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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 10/09/2026

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher spoke at the National Press Club on Wednesday. It'll blow your mind to discover that he spread an awfully large amount of shit. Me in The New Daily:

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Profits of doom: Gas boss stretches the truth at press club

Countries across our region are seeing gas as a strategic liability. That’s good for climate and energy security, but bad for gas executives.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New cartoon by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The 58th Queensland Parliament has been a complete failure for women & children. We can build a better 59th in 2028. It starts now. #qldpol www.parliament.qld.gov.au/soop

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Opening of the 58th Parliament | Queensland Parliament

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Australian human rights advocates, where are you? Terra nullius declared on Goori people at Barrambin in early June. Again last week. You'll speak for other countries but you won't speak for Goori people or for Queenslanders. Why? This is happening in your own country. #qldpol

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I know exactly what you're thinking - “I’m fed up with posts about the hot weather and the precarious geopolitical landscape, so how about a picture of a squirrel eating a Tunnock's Tea Cake instead?" NO PROBLEM.

A squirrel in a tree, enjoying a hearty mouthful of the aforementioned sweet treat.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Last night my dinner table was full of family, with English and Cantonese sprinkled together. That's not a problem to be fixed, it’s the best of this country. Pauline Hanson wants you scared of dinner tables like this so you never ask why her billionaire mates get richer while your rent goes up.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/06/2026

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Can't help but be reminded of how author Jonathan Miller schooled Enoch Powell on same.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Queenslanders have urged senior International Olympic Committee officials in Lausanne, Switzerland to intervene now in the Barrambin Victoria Park stadium before DP Jarrod Bleijie's bulldozers move in. Premier David Crisafulli reneged on a pledge. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

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'Stop the madness': Olympic stadium fight taken to IOC head office

Opponents of Brisbane's centrepiece Olympic stadium take their concerns directly to the IOC's headquarters in Switzerland as a critical deadline looms.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It's full-on Joh era return in Qld under Jarrod Bleijie. Tony Fitzgerald's standing army the Qld CCC warned this would happen & recommended property developers be banned from political donations. David Crisafulli removed the ban in March. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

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Qld developer donation overhaul yields $170,000 in cash

More than $170,000 in donations from developers has been given to Queensland state politicians since laws banning developer donations were overturned in March.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/05/2026

Angus Taylor''s plan to bar migrants from accessing welfare until they become citizens ignores the fact that the vast majority of those people already face up to decades-long waits to access welfare. "It's just another bomb in the culture war." @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol

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LIV 🌻🍉😷 @mmechomski.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Terrific piece by Geraldine Brooks in SMH this week. Well worth a read for anyone interested in #Auspol.

Clip from Sydney Morning Herald newspaper of tough article by Geraldine Brooks this week on Oz PM Albanese.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Tax billionaires out of existence.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

If you're interested in learning more, please read the whole piece here (GIFT LINK). It represents the results of months of research, distilled down to a (hopefully) readable form. Let me know what you think! www.vox.com/politics/479...

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How to stop a dictator

I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Let's get this straight. Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election. After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties. Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Superb idea from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social “When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature spike’."

Dr Monique Ryan launches campaign to
name killer heatwaves after climate polluters
Following another sweltering weekend in Melbourne and throughout southeastern Australia, the Independent
Federal Member for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, has launched a new advocacy campaign to name killer heatwaves
after the companies responsible for fueling dangerous heat.
Quotes from Dr Monique Ryan, Independent Federal MP for Kooyong:
“Extreme weather events like Black Summer, Cyclone Yasi and the Lismore floods are seared into our memories.
But heatwaves, the climate hazard responsible for more Australian deaths than floods, storms and bushfires
combined, remain a silent killer.
“Extreme heat strains every system in the body. It stresses the heart, destabilises diabetes, worsens respiratory
conditions, and intensifies mental health crises. When temperatures rise, so do emergency department
presentations. Heat kills, and it’s time the Albanese government did something about it.”
Dr Ryan’s campaign also proposes naming extreme heat events after the companies responsible for producing
coal and gas that, when burned, drive hotter temperatures.
Dr Ryan: “Fossil fuels are the leading cause of climate change. They contribute to longer, hotter, and more
frequent heatwaves.
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’.
“We’ve seen this with tobacco: when the causal link was accepted, public policy changed and lives were saved. To
tackle our most deadly climate hazard—heat—we should start by calling it what it is, and by asking those who profit
from it to own their share of that harm.”

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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “The increasingly extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists to stifle even the mildest criticism has had a chilling effect on free speech and democratic institutions.”

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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler

Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

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ithedark.bsky.social @ithedark.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The lack of civility is stark when listening to Queensland Government ministers, you can disagree and be polite at the same time. This is men behaving badly make no mistake

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Jarrod Bleijie labels as "loopy" opponents to Barrambin Victoria Park Olympics stadium for their cost warnings; from $3.6b to $4.4b. Effectively declaring terra nullius, he described the historical land usage as a "dump". The Yagara Magandjin launched legal protection action in August. #qldpol

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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors. “Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I had to cut and cut again to remove Bad JB from the final copy

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The Volcanic Ashes is the most historic tournament known in cricket. First played here between rival clans on the banks of the River Hvítá in Árnessýsla in 925 CE, in more recent times there has been a cheap replica event played between Australia and England that has garnered a lot of attention.

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Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Two things to bear in mind given the words you’ll hear over and over today in Australia: (a) the louder “the national interest” is invoked, the more likely it masks a narrow political interest, and (b) functionally, delay amounts to denial. #NetZero

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Bill Sugden @billsugden.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

WHY has council commercialised public parkland… handing it over to entrepreneur mates and excluding the public?!! If you think it’s the wrong thing to do with parkland… email Lord.Mayor@brisbane.qld.gov.au and opposition@bcc.qld.gov.au youtube.com/shorts/61jo5...

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Roma Parklands Venue #brisbane #australia #travel #queensland #visitbrisbane #brisbanecity

YouTube video by The Travel Quest

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Anyone that's seen firsthand the Brisbane flooding events knows what an appalling decision this is by David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie. Removing the Woolloongabba flood protection measures benefits developers but puts thousands of people at risk. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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Flood risk put on residents as flood measures relaxed in housing push

Experts say changes by the Queensland government could ease construction costs by removing what the property industry describe as "unnecessary" restrictions, while residents could be left wearing the ...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The ALP didn't bother negotiating with the Libs when it changed IR laws, but now apparently it needs LNP support for environmental protection changes. When govts want to do something, they do it. When they don't, they use bipartisanship as the excuse. No one here should fall for it

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/09/2025

The Bonaparte carbon capture project proposal is a test for how willing our government is to take REAL emissions reduction seriously. CCS is a distraction from real emissions reduction and is used as an excuse to expand fossil fuels. @ketanjoshi.co #auspol

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sylmobile @sylmobile.com · 10/09/2025

chalkboard > whiteboard

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Didn’t think we’d see another bullshit WMD excuse for a war being so easily swallowed by the worlds media. But here we are.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The split. My @smh cartoon.

David Littleproud (holding a small nuclear cooling tower) and Sussan Ley at either end of a sofa which has been severed in the middle, facing a bucket of coal, saying “Mummy and Daddy still love you very much.”

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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Nobody tell him

I’m still trying to take it all in! The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV was an extraordinary and delightful surprise. I was one of the many commentators who said that the choice of an American as Pope was an impossibility (or at least extreme improbability). I took my cue from the late Cardinal George who said that there would never be an American Pope until our country went into political decline.

But the Cardinal electors obviously felt otherwise. I am very intrigued by the new Pope’s choice of regnal name. Leo XIII has long been one of my papal heroes. He not only inaugurated the modern social teaching tradition of the Church, but he also gave rise to the revival of Thomistic thought as a means of creative engagement with the contemporary world. There is actually much in Leo’s teaching that would appeal to both liberals and conservatives today, and this might signal how this new Leo will function as a bridge.

And he’s a Chicagoan! Ad multos annos, Pope Leo.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Lord Pocketsquare has attempted humour in Qld parliament with a Barbie & Ken joke. Crisafulli government's Olympics legislation will override 15 planning laws around Victoria Park including those to do with the environment, conservation & the heritage act. #qldpol

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

In the dying days of his campaign - and potentially his political career - is there anyone who ISN'T over Dutton? My latest for @theshot.net.au. theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

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Everyone, even The Australian, is over Peter Dutton - The Shot

When you lose the fan club at The Australian, a Coalition leader is in serious trouble. After Andrew Hastie was...

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It’s reported that heated debates on our island are rapidly increasing glacial melt. Premier Tuxley urging a return to political apathy and Icelationist policies.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Dutton wants to work remotely if he gets the job

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Guys, I've only just discovered this, and given that ANZUS doesn't mean anything now I think we've just found our new alliance partner.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I don't need history to prove me right because I am fully capable of judging right from wrong now, in real time. Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. It is threatening people with ethnic cleansing by forced removal as the BEST case scenario or complete annihilation.

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