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Regan Spence

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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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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The antisemitism royal commission has failed. My column explains what happened:
abc.net.au
The antisemitism royal commission made two big mistakes — will these compromise their findings? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Australian society has been riven by a combustible debate about antisemitism, criticism of Israel and the boundaries of free speech. The royal commission could have provided the intellectual and moral...
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Pot, kettle, black - the slop part.
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is there a developer, construction company, or private provider that Queensland resources will be channeled to?
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The housing market has always risen and fallen. Advice used to be that it didn’t matter as long as you sell and buy in the same market.
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Brisbane City Council branding is also virtually identical to the LNP. They must see it as a winning tactic.
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We don’t have parks in Brisbane. We have event spaces for hire. Our “parks” are just sites for commercial activity and food trucks.
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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...
abc.net.au
'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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
He got rid of the dragon problem.
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is nice.
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Decades after my father’s garden grew wild, one man helped us see the sky again | Jessie Cole
A giant bamboo grove had completely blocked our light – but with the right help, no problem is insurmountable
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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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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
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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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What would Ahmed do?
This is a tough one.
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It’s a good piece.
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is all so predictable and boring - so why does it keep happening? www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Facts among the first casualties in war against renewable energy
Opponents to climate action are deliberately using details out of context, and have done so countless times in the past.
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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.
Volcanic Ashes trophy
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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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/australia_ne...
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✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register
Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...
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Dave @dave2kitties.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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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...
abc.net.au
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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
All their ideas come through developers who make their money by taking over public assets. The people of Queensland are poorer 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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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels
Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.
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sylmobile @sylmobile.com · 10/09/2025
chalkboard > whiteboard
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
gofund.me/98c697e3
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Donate to Save Victoria Park from Destruction, organized by Save Victoria Park Inc
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The LNP managed to send me dozens of text messages before the state election. You would think they could send a few about vaccinations.
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
They learnt from the Brisbane City Council. Compare LNP branding with that of the BCC.
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Regan Spence @reganspence.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
gofund.me/9f8b0f19
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Donate to Save Victoria Park from Destruction, organized by Save Victoria Park Inc
Help Us Save Victoria Park from Destruction* Save Victoria Park Inc. is a… Save Victoria Park Inc needs your support for Save Victoria Park from Destruction
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