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TheOriginalPaula

@theoriginalpaula.bsky.social
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Passionate about social justice. Awoke af. A ‘dirty leftie’ according to my ex-MP, a label I wear with pride ✊ #VoiceTruthTreaty. Meanjin, Turrbal country

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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor MP Josh Burns falsely claiming newly-elected @greens.org.au Leader @davidshoebridge.bsky.social is "prejudiced" against Jewish Australians is an obscene lie. He should withdraw it and apologise. Criticising Israel's genocide is NOT antisemitism. 😠 #auspol #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The House and Senate needs to submit STAND ALONE BILLS. None of this bullshit that sneaks in other bills that they KNOW would never pass if it was a STAND ALONE BILL.
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TheOriginalPaula @theoriginalpaula.bsky.social · 21h
The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 23h
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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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'When tested in Australia’s courtrooms, by now the notion that criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic has a documented history of failure.' Australia's institutions yet to follow court rulings on antisemitism ~ Paul Begley independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
independentaustralia.net
Australia's institutions yet to follow court rulings on antisemitism
Australia’s courts stand tall on antisemitism while our universities, health and arts institutions continue to be cowed into submission.
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Shoebridge has been party leader for 3 days. But the media is grilling him on everything from the housing crisis, Jewish relations, party democracy and the war in Ukraine. Pauline Hanson has been leader of her party for 30 years, and she gets grilled on, well, practically nothing. #auspol
Image of newly elected Greens leader David Shoebridge at a press conference.Image of Pauline Hanson scowling, after being leader of One Nation for almost 30 years.
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polqat @polq.at · 03/10/2026
#auspol
Bicycle stick meme with text: LABOR ARE TERRIBLE WE CANNOT VOTE FOR THEM AGAIN then
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WHY THE GREENS ARE NOT PERFECT SO THAT LABOR STAY IN POWER
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"That right-wing hooey sure stunk up the joint" @kristihimmelfarts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the same week as Anderson is appearing there, CPAC Australia is rebranding as NatCon too. Did they have to pay for licensing to use the label? Know what NatCon is: it’s a northern hemisphere conference org promoting religio-ethnonationalism. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/30/c... #Auspol
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CPAC Australia is calling itself 'NatCon' this year. It may mean more than you think
Sure, it's short for "national conference". But CPAC Australia would be well aware it's also the name of another very prominent European conference for national conservatism.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brave young women who understand they will have to protect each other, showing solidarity. So many of their male classmates, their university staff, cops, lawyers and local prosecutors have turned out to be rapists or rape enablers, apologists & bystanders. #waragainstwomen #cornell
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
End AUKUS. The US military is destabilizing the world and spreading violence, all headed by a bunch of Trump's true weirdos fighting culture wars.
Screenshot of Australian article headline kill purge army of ‘fatties, beardos and weirdos’ says Hegseth with a picture of Pete Hegseth saluting in front of a large American flag projection
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A foreign military is getting more and more bases, control and domination over our country. Labor, the Coalition and One Nation are all celebrating this. They are not on our side.
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Y'all might hate politics. I hear that a lot. But, here's the rub. Politics do AND will influence your entire life. (I even heard Trump is considering reinstating the draft in 2027) So, get with it. We all want better. So, vote better. Vote BLUE. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #Pinks #SheShed
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Citizen Jane @rivergoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How about Labor be constructive with the environment and not keep approving massive fossil fuel projects you pernicious twat
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zero tax on $51BN of revenue. But they chased people until they suicided for Robodebt. How have we not burned down the oligarchy already. JFC
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s been saying this for 11 years. Obviously if the cultists still believe this BS they are just hopelessly lost to an alternate reality.
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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TheOriginalPaula @theoriginalpaula.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How worried is Labor about new Greens leader David Shoebridge?  www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/02/d...
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How worried is Labor about new Greens leader David Shoebridge?
It seems Anthony Albanese would rather only One Nation spoke to voters’ “searing anger”, even if it means more seats for the right than the left.
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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Apparently PM Anthony Albanese is concerned David Shoebridge wants the Greens to replace Labor. Given the Albanese Labor Govt no longer upholds ANY "Labor values" and actively supports Israel's genocide, Albo should be concerned. As a long-term Labor supporter, the Greens have my vote. #auspol
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Keren Lavelle @kerenlavelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not just Santos... Propagandist-In-Chief Murdoch's NewsCorp pays no tax in Australia
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NEWS CORP AND THE BUDGET DEFICIT
Rupert Murdoch's Australian media outlets are famous fiscal hawks. So it's relevant to see how much tax they're contributing to Jim Chalmers' bottom line.
$23.9 billion: News Corp's Australian income across the past 11 years. (The official company name here is News
Australia Holdings.)
$1.89 billion: News Corp's Australian income in 2024-25, according to tax data released Thursday, first reported by Crikey's Bernard Keane.
ZERO: The tax News Corp paid in 2024-25.
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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Productivity commissioner talking about company tax reform to lift productivity on #rnbreakfast How about forcing the big corporations and multinationals to pay more than fucking zero? 😏
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On so many issues (climate, human rights, Palestine) Labor is now right wing. The irrelevant Liberals & Nationals are reps for the fossil fuels & mining industries. Pauline Hanson's One Nation serves Gina Rinehart. The Greens (and some Independents) represent the interests of Australia. #auspol
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the Greens mean by saying they want to 'replace Labor'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOwZ... #auspol #politas
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What Does Replacing Labor Actually Mean?
YouTube video by Australian Greens
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amy should form her own party, the FFS, and run for a seat in the House. I'm sure she'd get lots of people to join the party. Vote 1 Amy Remeikis, FFS. #Auspol amyremeikis.substack.com/p/ffs-stop-p...
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FFS stop punishing households and just tax gas
(First published by The New Daily)
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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JRBsays @jrbsays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remind me @albomp.bsky.social, what was it you preached to the United Nstions last week. Something about the desperate need to act on climate change was it? 🙆‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤬 #AusPol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why poor people starve in rich countries. ATO says 1,149 large companies paid no tax as it scrutinises AI firms #auspol
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More than 1,000 large companies paid no tax in Australia, ATO reveals
Almost 30 per cent of large companies paid no tax in 2024–25, an Australian Taxation Office report reveals, resulting in the corporate tax amount payable dropping by $8.2 billion from the previous yea...
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
David Shoebridge’s rise to the Greens leadership offers a chance to challenge Labor from the Left and push for more radical action on inequality, climate change and AI. David Shoebridge brings a fighting edge to the Greens ~ Dr Mark Beeson buff.ly/7mHKrEE
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David Shoebridge brings a fighting edge to the Greens
David Shoebridge’s rise to the Greens leadership offers a chance to challenge Labor from the Left and push for more radical action on inequality, climate change and AI.
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Senator David Shoebridge may you and your party annihilate the duopoly in 2028. #Auspol We need change
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Greens’ David Shoebridge on his plan to beat One Nation and replace Labor – video
Guardian Australia's political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with the new Greens leader about taking on One Nation, pushing back on Aukus and his vision for the party's future
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The rich do not contribute they TAKE. The billionaires are not 'Wealth Creators' they are Poverty Creators. These parasites must have you believe that their wealth will magically 'trickle down'. But it is ALL your money which they have stolen, in the first place.
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Terry Sedgwick 🦘 T.S. un ami. @lordsedgwick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes, and some other leader's remarks are WAY more than 'somewhat concerning.'
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Mr Krabappel @krabappel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I blame Albo for finding the money for AUKUS, but not the money for homelessness, DV, FN deaths, NDIS etc etc But each to their own
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sometimes the Onion hits one out of the park. 🤣
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 01/10/2026
There’s a war on Iran choking global oil supplies, an artificial intelligence boom & a US president torpedoing the global trading system. But inflation simply MUST be normal, according to the RBA. 🎧 theaus.in/4hWT057 @grogsgamut.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol
Photo of Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock standing at a lectern
NEW EPISODE | New world, same Reserve Bank
Listen to the latest episode of Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts
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Dr. Karen Austria @kavienna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social 💚👨🏼‍⚖️⚖️ you’ve already got Albo on the back foot. That “somewhat concerning” line says it all! Labor would rather police the Greens than tax the gas giants and the 1% raking in the profits. Time to #TaxTheGas and #TaxThe1percent.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anthony Albanese has crossed red line after red line and is now complicit in actioning wrong actions, legislation, PM position. If we don’t name things properly, if we don’t use language that rings alarm bells, as David Shoebridge is deliberately doing, we normalise evil. youtu.be/isge-IKQLQM?...
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Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (w/ Susan Neiman) | TCHR
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.
Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows" Me for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows
The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum ...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hearing talk of a 15% fall in house prices. Yep. Will take us all the way back to Dec 2023 levels. You know, back when housing was so cheap.
Chart showing the index of dwelling prices and avge disposable income since 1970 (1970=100)

They moved together until 2000 (CGT discount introduced) 

Nowe incoem is at around 3,000 while dwelling prices are at 6,700
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#taxTheRich #NepoBillionaire
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shoebridge vs Albo If Labor was still the party of Gough, we would vote for it. But Labor is not left. Labor is the party of the fossil fuel industry. The party of the gambling lobby. The party of the Israel lobby. It's not left. Shoebridge is the new leader of the left with the Greens. #auspol
Image of Greens leader David Shoebridge.Image of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese belittling himself and our nation by snuggling up for a selfie with sex offender Donald Trump.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence."
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shoebridge wins Greens leadership. May be missed in Estimates but will put the heat on the Epstein parties michaelwest.com.au/greens-newco...
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Greens reveal new leader after former head steps down - Michael West
The Greens have appointed newcomer David Shoebridge as their new leader after Larissa Waters stepped down due to ill health.
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