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Denise C.

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Dog-lover, dog-mother. Trying to learn to paint in watercolour.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.
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Mister Bailey OAM @misterbailey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Brava Polly!! ❤️❤️
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The pet I’ll never forget: Polly, the golden retriever who saved my husband’s life
We got her as a puppy and she became particularly close to Adam – a blessing when he went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the night
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Calliss Clan @callissclan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#BerenBanana does the best head tilts
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Lisa 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🦘 @makingmeals.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’m guessing she would like these memes either! Sad.
Dog yelling at barnaby
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Graeme S Cartledge @gckoz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Australia's new AI rules protect data centres, not citizens pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
pearlsandirritations.com
Australia's new AI rules protect data centres, not citizens
The new national framework for AI is all about infrastructure. Where are the guardrails to protect citizens?
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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The fact that Husic is seen as being bold and that his actions so annoy senior party figures point to real problems in the ALP's culture. He is simply fulfilling the proper roles of a parliamentarian and party member in a democracy. Elsewhere, his actions would be thought completely unremarkable.
theage.com.au
Ed Husic has taken on the role of Labor’s conscience. Will it last?
Far from sulking on the sidelines, Husic has turned into the chief irritant within Labor’s caucus and, at this week’s national conference, the lead advocate on issues of importance to the Labor base.
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MJ Today, woke elite tomorrow @mjtoday470.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
chefs kiss for that alt text 😂
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ladystardust ☮️ @ladystardust64.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The same could be said for every other religion. Would this person be ok with Jewish students having mandatory comprehensive education on Islam? Or Hinduism? Or Buddhism? 🤯
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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Labor, are you addicted to gambling donations? The first step to recovery, after all, is admitting you have a problem.
crikey.com.au
Labor, we've invited you here for a gambling intervention. Please sit down
With Labor hoovering up millions in donations from gambling bodies — and a pokies giant nestling up to its recent national conference — is it time we had a little chat?
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pauline Hanson in hot water after her new Secret Harbour candidate Luke Herdegen is exposed as an unvetted, social-media scrubbing former coke-head. 🚩 Hanson claims total ignorance, promises to "ask questions." You’re meant to ask before selecting them, Pauline. 🤦‍♂️ #auspol
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Boost this one Aussies
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Mister Bailey OAM @misterbailey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We’re sure that Margot McKinney’s clientele also includes those said battlers.
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Mister Bailey OAM @misterbailey.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Pauline looking out for the battlers with Julie Bishop’s favourite jeweller in Italy. 🙄🙄🙄
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 17/07/2026
The new Sharknado sequel looks utterly terrifying
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A former Trump campaign manager, Brad Parscale, is paid to run an Israeli online influence operation to undermine the Trump administration’s diplomatic efforts toward a settlement with Iran. Influencers are paid thousands per post for similar campaigns.
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Trump's Former Campaign Manager Is Running An Influence Operation For Israel
Brad Parscale has a $1.5 million per month contract to run the digital messaging effort
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Courtesy of Hegseth, everyone who goes to any beach in America with their families consents to sudden and unexpected low flyovers from military jets as part of your experience. Maybe the pilot will be getting testosterone injections. This is how your tax dollars are being spent.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What could go wrong?
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Love to take a night stroll with the sky rats looming above me
Sky rat on a power line against a dark cloudy sky lit up by a flash
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Calliss Clan @callissclan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Who remembers that scared little puppy who got chased by a sheep 8 weeks ago? #BerenBanana Is definitely not scared of #Finn anymore 🍌💛🐑
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Stolen goods. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Two frames. 1. Scene at night outside a building at ground level where there’s a person visible in a room one floor up. Two black clad, hooded robbers with AI emblazoned on chest and back. Giant hole in the wall they’ve presumably made. Bricks and a tool bag to one side. One holds a large mallet standing by while another pulls a large crate marked “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” out through the hole in the wall.
2. The robbers are sprung in torchlight standing by the crate and the hole in the wall. One has pulled back balaclava and says, “Pay for it?! But we just happened to find it here on the street.”
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Nick Feik: “A Nadir for the Royal Commission: How it became a platform for Jillian Segal's attack on the public broadcasters.” The RC recommendations will tell the story. As will Anthony Albanese’s rush to implement them. This RC into antisemitis is a big con job by Israel Zionist lobby.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Australia: 83,000 cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) recorded so far this year. 🔹890 confirmed RSV cases daily since winter started 🔹51,000+ COVID-19 cases officially recorded 🔹50,000 people struck down with influenza Source: www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...
An article screenshot from news.com.au titled "Health officials issue urgent vaccine call as RSV cases grip Australia."
The subtitle states that a common cold-like virus has outpaced Covid-19 and influenza this winter, with Australia on track to record more than 120,000 cases. The article is written by Jackson Barnes and dated July 15, 2026.
Below the text is a microscope image showing a close-up, cross-sectional view of cellular tissue. The tissue sample is heavily stained in bright pink and deep purple colours, displaying dense clusters of microscopic oval and circular cells with prominent dark nuclei. A caption below the image reads: "More than 83,000 cases of RSV have been recorded across the country this year. Picture: Supplied".
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/07/2026
New Zealand detects first H5N1 bird flu case, starts vaccination of endangered species reut.rs/4vtEky4
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New Zealand detects first H5N1 bird flu case, starts vaccination of endangered species
New Zealand reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu after a migratory seabird found on a beach near ​the capital, Wellington, tested positive, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard said on Wednesday.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
More on #datacenters
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Deepcut sent questions to the multicultural affairs minister and Segal’s boss, Anne Aly, regarding the inaccurate statements and potential risk of breach of the Royal Commission Act. The minister, and only Muslim member of cabinet, failed to respond – an unusual practice for a government minister.
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Pinnacledrop54 🌈 @pinnacledrop54.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Lobbyists 1: Public Benefit 0
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WoooSpookybill🎃 @spoonbill.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Driest inhabited continent to support data centres which hoover up every last drop of water. Playing strong, Australia. 🙄
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"Shore up investment". Sigh. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment
PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major speech
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There's a bigger question that legacy media has yet to ask: If Jillian Segal's ability to gather evidence and make policy is so bad, why was she appointed to such an influential position at taxpayers' expense? Was Albo more focused on appeasing the Israel lobby than tackling antisemitism? #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal said Jews had “strongly held perceptions” of bias in ABC reporting on Israel. Linton Besser #MediaWatch noted “Segal handed up little evidence that these perceptions were well-founded.” Great that at least one mainstream journo is taking apart her dodgy claims.
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SBS Recommender @sbsrecommender.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Or you could Remember Sam Neill in ‘My Talks with Dean Spanley’ on SBS for two more weeks 🐶🎩
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CMDR GreyAreaUK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greyareauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This will never not make me smile.
Sam Neill with one of his pigs. They both appear to be smiling.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
substack.com/app-link/pos... Beloved man
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Farewell Sam Neill
A migrant boy from Northern Ireland who became one of the best things Australia and New Zealand ever shared
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Mister Bailey OAM @misterbailey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Vale Sam Neill. ☹️☹️
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Aus Kiwi Dog @auskiwidog.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The sunshine came out yesterday - there were wonderful smells in the air - but it was hard to find anybody to play with me 😕
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Trump wanted NATO to be about him. Instead, it was about everyone else
Trump demanded to be the centre of attention. But the more significant news out of NATO was really about everyone else.
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Par Rot @abc098754321.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Is perjury still a legal thing @albomp.bsky.social ? You appointed this repeadly lying shit stain #Auspol
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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Independent media counted the errors Jillian Segal made in her Antisemitism testimony claiming bias at the ABC & SBS. She lied.
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
RIP, Derryn 💕
Daily Mail
@DailyMail • 18/3/2022
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas, 22, blows away competition to win 500 yard freestyle at NCAA championships 

Derryn Hinch @HumanHeadline • 18/3/2022
What a surprise. How did he/she go in the men's events?

Daryl Maguire's tractor @DarylTract... • 18/3/2022
Probably better than you'd go, you old soakDerryn Hinch
@HumanHeadline

@HumanHeadline has blocked you
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Scott Mitchell @scottmitchell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We counted, so you don’t have to. Insane is the number of things Jillian Segal actually HERSELF conceded she had no evidence for, or backflipped on, but went completely unreported. www.lamestream.com.au/we-counted-a...
lamestream.com.au
We Counted All the Errors in Jillian Segal’s Attack on the ABC and SBS
Jillian Segal wants a new body to vet journalism. If she had submitted her evidence in front of the Royal Commission as an article to a newsdesk, it wouldn’t pass fact-check.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Former Reserve Bank economist Justin Wolfers says Australia urgently needs to consider the role of money in its politics while examining how US President Donald Trump profits from his position.
abc.net.au
Economist Justin Wolfers on the 'absurdity' of Trump's America
Former Reserve Bank economist Justin Wolfers says Australia urgently needs to consider the role of money in its politics while examining how US President Donald Trump profits from his position.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There's "a strongly held perception" among Jews I know that Jillian Segal: - does not speak for them - was and is primarily a pro-Israel lobbyist, and is using the Antisemitism Envoy position to further Israel's goals, and - 'evidence' she put to the commission is low on facts and high on hasbara.
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Denise C. @spudbenbean.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Well said. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
ABC and SBS coverage of the Middle East isn’t perfect – but the proposed solutions are ill-conceived and dangerous
After 40 years at the public broadcasters I know they must be accountable to all of the public and for editorial decisions they make, not ones imposed on them
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In memory of Bonnie Tyler please enjoy again the Literal Total Eclipse of the Heart video youtu.be/XMmXCyrV_WQ?...
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Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Literal Version Remastered)
YouTube video by Joe Vecchio
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Elderly cheetah named Zeus doesn't live in the house, he has a large enclosure at the reserve, he just comes inside sometimes for company since his partner died. TT: LibranWildlifeReserve Johannesburg, South Africa
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LIV 🌻🍉😷 @mmechomski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Correction, SMH : *Government’s* legal bills vs protesters ‘The govt lost both constitutional challenges, first from Palestine Action Group in 2025, who successfully argued laws restricting protests impermissibly burdened implied freedom of political communication.’ www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
smh.com.au
Revealed: How much taxpayers have been slugged to pay protester’s legal bills
The premier labelled this serial protester a “professional agitator”, but his government has forked out thousands from the public purse to cover his legal costs.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Awful result. “I find that the MSO would have taken the same actions if Mr Gillham had expressed a political belief in support of Israel” Bullshit. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Pianist Jayson Gillham loses discrimination case against Melbourne symphony orchestra over Gaza comments
Gillham claimed Melbourne concert in 2024 cancelled in attempt to silence him over stance on Israel attacks on Gaza
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 09/07/2026
Under the Segal Protocols, the ABC will going forward report each day the number of Palestinians who Israel has not killed, tortured, sexually assaulted, starved, illegally detained, dispossessed or denied basic human rights.
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