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Simmi Manya

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 12h
Angus Taylor & Matt Canavan have come out swinging against retired science teachers Wendy Wales & Tony Lonergan who led a community org's court challenge against MACH Energy's planned expansion of Mount Pleasant coalmine Unsurprisingly, Taylor & Canavan's utterances are spectacularly stupid 👇
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The Coalition will stop activists running Australia's resources projects and prosperity - Liberal Party of Australia
A future Coalition Government will stop Australia’s resources industry being ruined by activists, who are doing everything possible to shut down Australian
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Valentenya the climate policy strategy cat 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 54m
I'd add that one of the reasons far right climate denialism has such a strong foothold is because no-one is hearing/reading the above in their media feeds. We need media antitrust policy but we also need to be giving a freer media the words they need.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 54m
We all knew this was where we were headed the day Trump was elected. And the pro-Ukraine Republicans in Congress who claim they didn’t are either lying or stupid. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 52m
Such a treat to visit an Australian icon, genius polymath and very dear friend, Barry Jones AC yesterday, ahead of Barry turning 94 today. We talked science, research, climate, and politics. There was a bit to cover…
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1h
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 39m
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Amazing piece of technology’: solar ‘traffic controller’ for apartments takes top Australian design award
SolShare, enabling power produced by a shared rooftop solar system to be split among several apartments, also wins for sustainability
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There are more of us than you think. The real freeloaders aren’t migrants or people on welfare. They’re gas exporters paying less tax than beer drinkers, and 200 people holding $707 billion. They have the money. We have the numbers. We are the change. suebarrett.substack.com/p/there-are-...
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There Are More of Us Than the Freeloaders Need You to Believe. We Are The Change.
Most Australians want the same things: A home. A fair share. A liveable future. A small few are taking far more than their share and they’re counting on you never finding out how many of us there are.
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 10h
Another man has [allegedly] killed a woman. Carlton Victoria. 😰RIP Jayda
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Bethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 20h
Food for thought
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David J. @mallee-man.bsky.social · 16h
And if anyone should know about these things, it's him, right?
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Political Gadgets @politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 16h
Most-liked post: Simon Rosenberg says the Coalition has thrown away its liberal roots after Angus Taylor was heckled while courting One Nation voters. A clear sign of the rightward-shift story. 🧵2/3
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Simmi Manya @simmimanya.bsky.social · 23h
www.theage.com.au/world/south-... ‘The troops were there to protect the interests of Australia’s richest person – billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart.’
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Mountains of Trouble: Bumpy road for Rinehart’s offshore mining push
Australia’s richest woman’s company is chasing copper and gold in the Andes. Local communities want no part of it.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 10/10/2026
Buying oil from the enemy, that’ll teach’em
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David J. @mallee-man.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sexual assault on women is no joke ... real men need to hold other men accountable, not blame women! 🤬 Thanks to Jon Stewart for making this point clear. 👏🥰😎
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Phteven @2fbs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
But not Australia. If, at this point, you're still supporting Albanese and Labor you're cuddling a turd.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Margaret Mead told us that we should “Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vic Greens launched their campaign last night to a packed crowd. Fiery speeches from Hannah Thomas and the new federal leadership of Steph Hodgins-May and David Shoebridge went over well. The message has sharpened: "We're not here to make Labor better, we're here to replace them
Assorted pics from the Greens campaign launch, featuring the party's leadership and a packed crowd
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 23h
Australian Writer, Richard Flannagan on the possibilities of life. “Whatever the answer is to the great questions, it doesn't exist within yourself. It exists within others. And your relationship with others.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k5b...
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Writer Richard Flanagan: The Possibilities of Life
YouTube video by Louisiana Channel
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Simmi Manya @simmimanya.bsky.social · 23h
limelight-arts.com.au/news/andrew-... “For more than three decades he has brought intelligence, warmth and a rare depth of musical understanding to conversations across genres and generations. We wish him all the very best as he steps away from the program …”
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Andrew Ford to depart ABC Radio National
After 32 years at the mic, Ford leaves The Music Show to focus full-time on his own music. "Maybe there’ll be some new books, too," he says.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've said many times in recent years "just because you dodged a bullet doesn't mean they aren't still shooting at you". The far-right never quits. They face setbacks and they regroup. As they are doing right now in Brasil. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Breaking: Bolsonaro defies expectations in Brazil presidential vote to face Lula in run-off
Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro, has finished ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the country's election, which will go to a run-off i...
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Auspol This is a good news story.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the facts are there, the problem is Guardian Aus following zionist preferences to define Jews Against the Occupation 48 as a “pro-Palestine” group when they are quite evidently - ffs it is in the name!!! - a Jewish anti-zionist group.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
the Jewish group Jews Against the Occupation 48 are organisers of a vigil at Town Hall tomorrow night. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations
Peak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed
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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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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
David Shoebridge unloads on 2GB’s James Willis for distorting compassion for Palestinians facing genocide as “anger & hate” & fires back on claim he only targets Israel reminding him of his record “it may be convenient for u not to report that, but that’s u not doing your job”💥
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A case like this has not been brought before, but the constitutional principles are solid, and the impact of a win will be very significant. The case will be heard in Sydney on 2 and 3 Nov. Patrick vs Secretary DCCEEW, Minister Bowen and Snowy Hydro Ltd 3/3 #SaveTheDate #auspol
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The two main newspapers in Melbourne just reporting this like it's a normal thing to say.
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Ckan @ckanned.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A lot of commenters will continue to act like ON is just being unhinged & unserious, rather than believing in the reality that these are the increasingly explicit fascist norms we are living under, in part, influenced by the online rightwing western overculture. They have already had lasting effect.
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fact so many women are sharing their experiences in response to what happened to Jane Doe is testament to how common it is but they shouldn’t have to. There should be enough statistical data over DECADES now for law enforcement to go, ah yes, this is a classic technique for rapists.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A new YouGov poll has the Greens in Victoria on a new high at 18%. Nationally, 36% of young people say they’ll vote Green. Our vote is also higher among women, renters and working class people. We’re cutting through.” #auspol
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Insurgo Formica @insurgoformica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Absolutely true, but One Nation will just give them a more extreme version of this. Very frustrating
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions. #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 03/10/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "The problem is that nature, the independent force that has surrounded us since our earliest days, cannot coexist with our numbers and our habits." www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-end-of...
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The End of Nature book by Bill McKibben
Buy a cheap copy of The End of Nature book by Bill McKibben. Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the auth...
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Simmi Manya @simmimanya.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.themonthly.com.au/october-2026... Excellent reflection on the Australian capacity to close our eyes to unpleasant truths - particularly when it involves war veterans …
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Battle lines: Australian stories of war
While our bookshelves heave with military mythology, where are the Australian novels examining our participation in modern conflicts, including our longest war?
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Govt has appealed another of my #FOI wins to the Federal Court. Again it’s seeking costs against me if I’m unsuccessful defending my win. It turns out winning an FOI in a Tribunal is expensive - and that’s exactly the message the Govt wants to send to citizens. 1/2 #auspol
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The biggest coal mine expansion ever proposed in NSW has been approved by the Minns government. It threatens to wipe out Australia's emissions reductions. This is a major test for Anthony Albanese and Murray Watt; they cannot provide federal approval to a project of this scale.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/09/2026
After 10-year probe, police recommend charging 54 people, 20 organisations over Grenfell Tower blaze
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Met recommends charging 54 people, 20 organisations over Grenfell blaze
Almost a decade since London's Grenfell Tower fire disaster, police have asked prosecutors to consider charging 54 people and 20 organisations over the blaze, which killed 72 people.
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Thommo67 @thommo67.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
David’s greatest challenge is not the ALP, LNP or PHON. He is up against the fascist Murdoch propaganda machine. And I for one wish him every success #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For everyone looking to us: we are ready to fight the billionaires, the big polluters, and everyone trying to divide us while hoarding wealth and power. We are not here to manage a broken system. We are here to replace it. Join us ➡️
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At least people other than me are talking about it now
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hope #Auspol is smart and doesn't get left behind. We might need more Independents and Greens waving big sticks to make sure we catch up. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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The next race is not for liquid fuels. It is for cheap electrons.
The global evidence shows electrification is no longer a distant or marginal pathway. The deployment of solar and batteries now represents the fastest energy shift in human history. This is not simply...
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Peter Caffin @pcaffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seems to be all political humour and satire, not just newspaper cartooning. Mad As Hell closed up shop on the premise that Shaun Micallef wanted the next generation of comedians to have a go, and the ABC essentially sh*t-canned the entire genre on TV ☹️
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#GabrielleDevietri #TheGreens are polling at 18% across Victoria and are the leading party for under 34s. This is huge and unprecedented. Now is the time to join our people powered movement for a better future Link in bio or here: greens.org.au/vic/join #AUSPOL #SpringSt #Greens #VoteGreens
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Slow learners ...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks @crikey.com.au for publishing this great, but sobering, piece by Jason Chatfield.
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r1nce.bsky.social @r1nce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Greens could do a lot worse than having Senator Faruqi as leader, mainly because she doesn't take any shit from the usual suspects, and she's already got a win over the orange one.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Would love to be a journalist that gets to ask Tim Wilson if spending on franking credits is 'out of control'
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy.
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