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Rob Irvine

@robjirvine.bsky.social
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Retired IT professional. Concerned about the state of politics and the legacy, we are leaving the grandkids. Boonwurrung land. Born 310.1 ppm. 1946 for those up the back.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 19h
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13h
This shows just how extreme the US is. Livestreaming an execution by firing squad is the behaviour of a bloodthirsty dictator. Yet the Albanese Government is tying us closer and closer to the Trump regime.
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be live streamed
By Annabel Bowles with wires
Topic:Homicide
Posted about 11h agoabout 11 hours ago, updated about 5h agoabout 5 hours ago
Nidal Hasan wears an orange T-shirt.
Nidal Hasan was an army psychiatrist who held the rank of major when he carried out the military base shooting in 2009. (AFP: Bell County Sherriff's Department)


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Terry Sedgwick 🦘 T.S. un ami. @lordsedgwick.bsky.social · 23h
Fear not, a white knight to the rescue.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No One Gives A Fuck About October 7 No one cares. They used to, but then Israel spent three years showing the world why October 7 happened in the first place. After witnessing the cruelty and savagery of the state of Israel, people get it now. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/no-one-giv...
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No One Gives A Fuck About October 7
Video reading by Tim Foley:
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Rob Irvine @robjirvine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What could possibly go wrong? 🤔
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Winkypop @winkypop.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Coalition learning that Immigration is not simply a numbers game 🙄 #auspol
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Labor’s Friendlyjordies $200,000 fraud scam exposed kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/1… #Auspol
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is this too much to hope for? What a boost for the Community indie movement if Hannah ousts a sitting PM. Make it happen, #Auspol michaelwest.com.au/albos-suppor...
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Albo's support down. Could he really lose his seat? - Michael West
It seems unthinkable, but could a PM enjoying a two-to-one margin at the last election be tossed out of parliament at the next?
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The elephant in room is the handing over of the Immigration minister’s sole decision making ‘god power’ to Jillian Segal. This ‘god power’ has now been extended beyond immigration to every government, dept, institution, MP, citizen of Australia. Deciding what can be said, who comes in, who goes.
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LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Beyond terrible. And this from the 'Albanese Labor government' who promised so much. #StopAUKUS #auspol #wapol
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 07/10/2026
The former Nationals leader has come out swinging on social media against a global wind giant over an issue the company says was resolved a year ago reneweconomy.com.au/tilting-at-wind…
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Tilting at wind masts: Turbine giant rebuts Littleproud's rant against "dangerous" monitoring equipment
The former Nationals leader has come out swinging on social media against a global wind giant over an issue the company says was resolved a year ago.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
. It’s the last one I’ll post .
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/10/2026
For many younger Australians, the prospect of sharing in Australia's prosperity is slipping out of reach. @barbarapocock.bsky.social joins @ebonybennett.bsky.social to discuss the impact of the housing crisis on younger Australians & her proposals to turn the situation around. 🎧 theaus.in/4y9JHDV
Photo of Senator Barbara Pocock in a senate inquiry.
NEW EPISODE | Younger Australians “locked out” as intergenerational housing divide grows
Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/10/2026
"The problem isn't being caused by immigration." Tax concessions cooked Australia's housing market, not migration, @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @maiyazize.bsky.social tell @ebonybennett.bsky.social. Listen to Follow the Money via the link or wherever you get your pods. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4cbA7IA
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One Nation let a neo-Nazi into its campaign launch but chucked out the ABC and SBS and threatened to jail political rivals. None of our news outlets condemned it. NOTE TO MEDIA: VIOLENT AUTHORITARIANISM IS NOT “A POLICY LAUNCH” “Truth Lies & Media” is live!⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ABC 7.30 is biased in favour of Aust alliances & talking points? A casual observer of the program knows that already. Sarah Ferguson has a glaringly obvious difference in tone, language and questions depending on whether the guest is from an allied country or not. www.ettemedia.com/war-of-words...
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War of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflict
An exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Big Coal's day in court" a new cartoon from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social See this morning's cartoon on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261008-big…
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The High Court has found that under NSW planning law, miners must also account for “scope three” emissions – the pollution created when the coal is burnt by their overseas customers www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To every Australian banging on this morning on talkback radio about wanting ZERO migration, I concede. You can have it. As long as you are ok with the high chance of ZERO emergency medical care when you’re sick. ZERO aged care when you’re old. ZERO fresh food when you’re hungry.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 07/10/2026
📢 In giving comfort to anti-immigration rhetoric we are turning our backs on a wealthy legacy of eminent Australians who have brought a tireless entrepreneurial energy.
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My grandfather built Myer from nothing. The bile of this debate harms all of us
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Dee Madigan @deemadigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also nobody refused her service. Nobody told her to go back where she came from. She got her coffee. The café just chose where the profit went. That's not exclusion. That's a business making a choice, which is something One Nation usually defends.
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Great news that High Court has ruled Scope 3 emissions (exported carbon pollution) must be considered in new environmental approvals for coal mines. I’ve moved two Bills in the Parliament to that effect, both times rejected by the enviro-vandals in the ALP and LNP #auspol
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Bethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In his race to the bottom with 🤡N, Angus Taylor is ignoring the facts about how slashing migration levels will negatively affect the economy. We will have a shortage of workers, which will seriously impact businesses. It will particularly impact on getting enough aged care & construction workers.
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reb of Melbourne @guttertwits.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Pat McCaffrie @patmccaffrie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Gillard and Ardern are "has-beens" then why do you and The Oz still ask John Howard his opinion on anything?
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Fox News network who protects the White House paedophiles around the clock is running a Memoriam for former Republican speaker Dennis Hastert, a self proclaimed child rapist. This renders me speechless.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Truly can not understand anyone getting excited about a new phone release anymore. Who is paying up to $4,000 for a phone that does the same thing as your current phone? Who’s paying that much for more AI to track you and make everything (including yourself) a bit more useless?
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meanwhile the Liberal party made Tony Abbott its president
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder - Japan imports more gas from Australia than it needs, and so it onsells it to other countries for a profit. www.afr.com/world/asia/a...
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Australia moves to calm Japan’s jitters over gas reservation policy
Treasurer Jim Chalmers used a large business gathering near Tokyo to promise executives that Australia would remain a dependable energy supplier.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Immigration is vital to our economy and our society. It’s entirely appropriate that we discuss it sensitively and constructively, but we should also celebrate our migrant history and our diversity.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than half of the people living in Kooyong were either born overseas or have a parent who was born overseas. I’m hearing from many of them that the political debate about immigration is making them feel marginalised and othered.
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Rob Irvine @robjirvine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alt, Steven Fry laughing.
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Stephen Fry Laughing Hysterically
ALT: Stephen Fry Laughing Hysterically
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh dear, that is a shame. Anywhoo, I sorted all my paperclips entirely by shade and structural rust level this morning. .
A soc-med post by the Australian announcing the death of Jeffery Archer, accompanied by a photo of Archer in a navy jumper and open necked-shirt looking at the camera like a convicted perjurer, forger and shameless bullshitter
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Michael Danby says he’s furious Shoebridge is leader of The Greens bcoz he calls out Jillian Segal, opposed Israeli Pres Herzog’s visit & gives prominent Jewish Aussies Louise Adler & Sarah Schwartz a voice. The genocide-complicit Zionists really are panicking over Shoebridge.💥
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livesarah @livesarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sounds like Shoebridge is doing just about everything right then, yeah? 🖕
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just wrote an actual physical letter to the ATO **via snail mail** after literal weeks trying to reach them by phone, being kept on hold for hours, then summarily hung up on. TAKE THAT AI, I guess
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Nerd Reich- My new cartoon for @thepointau.bsky.social
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Media Watch had a crack at us last night over #flydubai. We gently remind them of their own epic fail #auspol michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-...
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Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael West
ABC Media Watch has accused this reporter of "perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories" online. We say the ABC has failed
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Paul Begley @yelgeb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Is the flydubai incident a false flag? It’s too early to tell but the narrative has changed a lot, the evidence suggests the official story is not credible, CNN had a pilot demonstrate why it did not stack up. Many questions remain." @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-...
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Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch - Michael West
ABC Media Watch has accused this reporter of "perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories" online. We say the ABC has failed
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land should deliver lasting public value, not simply the highest possible sale price.
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Public land should deliver public value
David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land shoul...
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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Costs the Earth. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing three vignette drawings with captions below each one. First is a drawing of ceramic piggy bank labelled "Cost of attending COP talks." Second is a large sack full of money labelled "Cost of doing what COP recommends". Third is the Earth labelled, "The cost of doing neither."
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This proves she didn’t quit her job as press secretary to stay home and raise her spawn. Either her nose was out of joint for being left on the decoy plane or Trump fired her.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-duba…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Tis' Pookie, Immaculate Sister of the Butter Knife @katiesocialism.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Made it around #Uluru on my 95th birthday. So many friends helped me walk the 11kms. And so far we have raised 105000 dollars for @DorcasACTS. My grateful thanks.
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Being a soldier is like being a prostitute. Your service is worth less once it has been delivered. Monuments for the vain-glorius to be photographed with become more important than care of veterans. I refused to visit the momorial in Canberra for this reason
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Hundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves
Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says
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