Reposted by Michelle MacGregormariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 4hwww.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auFamily turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys itLady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees. 45130
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 5hOne in six kids in poverty. Increasing housing stress. Fossil-fueled climate policy. Our closest alliance with the fascist US. Enabling the #GazaGenocide. Policy written by corporate donors. If this is what the “centre” delivers, “sensible” it is not. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...podcasts.apple.comAs the Coalition veers right, should Albo hold the centre?Podcast Episode · 7am · 9 October · 16min 86833
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 394329069978
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 21hMargaret 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.” 418240
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorMickS @mickstec.bsky.social · 17hHe needs to be gone, we need those who aren't on the corporate payroll running the show for a while. Greens, Legalise, Independents and anyone else who isn't a major feature in the AEC donation register when it comes to corporate donations. transparency.aec.gov.au/AnnualDetail...transparency.aec.gov.auDetailed Receipts - AEC - Transparency Website 051
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 13hBob Hawke, Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser must be rolling in their grave! Disgrace @australianlabor.bsky.social Disgrace 000
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don’t know what it is about “armed” police and my travels. I’ve been “lucky” enough to visit two major cities when they were “closed” It’s an interesting experience. Bangkok 2008 - Thai political crisis London 2019 - extinction rebellion. 100
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I’ve got a great doctor. A really good listener. I appreciate I always have a lot to download to doctors. What amazes me is the number of doctors we all interact with who can’t help with the simplest of issues. 1/4 100
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026makes it harder for men to actually seek the help they need. Having depression is not an excuse to be violent. Male violence against women is always a choice. 1346
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorJuanita Hardy @pikiran2ku.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NSW govt is turning the place into a police state. I certainly don't recall any such aggro response after the Port Arthur massacre. And there's 250 of them! What are they all going to do, apart from marching thru the streets intimidating everyone. I'll definitely be giving Sydney a miss. 1185
Reposted by Michelle MacGregormarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 08/10/2026We don’t think the case for this has been made. One constant in the global history of policing is that every weapon given to cops, they will eventually use. Therefore, every force escalation requires compelling justification. 2520676
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorGekko @gekko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Greens under new leadership have made the decision to be a government-in-waiting and many Australians are energised by that Its not only a mess made by Albanese and Labor, its a dysfunctional mess created by major parties in our body politic that serves no-one johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...johnmenadue.comGreens can hope to pick up the mess Labor and Albanese have madeLabor’s shift to the right has opened political space on its left. If the Greens seriously want to become an alternative party of government, they must take votes from Labor, professionalise and build... 58934
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorEmily Rowe @emilyrowe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Abracadabra! You’ve grown! 072
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So I guess we’re all voting @greens.org.au to get this one through and then regroup for the rest of the improvements? 100
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“The report shows the strongest results occur when affordable housing is combined with secure tenure, practical support and a sense of community” #PropertyWithPurpose 010
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Nobody says Medicare has failed because people on good incomes use it. That is why it survives. A service only for the desperate gets starved and stigmatised. A service the middle uses gets defended” 110
Reposted by Michelle MacGregor💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026We keep asking how to grow the economy, when we should be asking how to grow happier, healthier communities. 13011
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The universe is delivering ✊💫💅 I’ve got one more tidbit to put in place for our community newsagency, and a couple of more oldies to boycott us (🤦🏻♀️) before I can really have some fun with the NewsCorpse papers. I hope there will be skeeters who will help me with some of the “ammunition” 000
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And we haven’t been quiet about that. Esp the part about keeping the prices as affordable as possible. Ignored until msm put a story about not getting rorted by shops and then it’s assumed that we are the sane. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ this is the dance we do in the back of house.static.klipy.comFuck You Cute Fuck YouALT: Fuck You Cute Fuck You 000
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you see this, skeet a vampire that isn’t Dracula.static.klipy.comSesame Street The CountALT: Sesame Street The Count 000
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Delectable assortment of cakes for the family. I had one more than I should, which now I’m glad I did because after my weekly 600km drive, I micro dozed and Gran 96 had stuffed the remainder in a bowl. Which was ok., except in another micro doze the bowl went missing…. 120
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorThe DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Zero tax on $51BN of revenue. But they chased people until they suicided for Robodebt. How have we not burned down the oligarchy already. JFC 510658
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#sexism #misogyny #VAW #crime #CornellUniversity #Cornell7 1496
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorThe DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026ATO shows that 30% of large companies paid NO TAX in 24/25 None. Our systems are broken. 25542204
Reposted by Michelle MacGregortonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Man doing his job gets “acknowledged”… 1016833
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Woke up thinking of Enoki Mushrooms soaking in an ice bath and want to “fix the world”. Next thought was the final ep of Pluribus. Fat man or little boy? #mkr 000
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorbornwrong.bsky.social @bornwrong.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This issue has to be addressed, some parties have found ways to turn the electoral system into a business: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘Cash grab’: One Nation demands up to $630,000 from Victorian election candidatesExclusive: Many applicants left feeling ‘used, lied to, misled and gaslit’, complaint letter seen by Guardian Australia says 261
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorPaul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is a national disaster! Crisafuli should be held responsible. He should be sacked and an immediate investigation is required into why the State has failed the safety of so many children. It’s a national disgrace. #QLDPol #AusPol 58240
Reposted by Michelle MacGregor💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A single person on the Age Pension can afford just 0.2% of advertised rentals. Even somebody working full-time on minimum wage can afford only 0.5%. #auspol #HousingCrisis 23827
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Absofreakinlutely 💯% True...... 277189574933
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The myGov website security system when it’s… 47518
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorCrowbar @crowbar.wtf · 23/09/2026There’s being civil to the deranged leader of a country you have to deal with… …and then there is taking a grinning selfie with one. 96314
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a great insight from a young woman in Canberra on housing and time and multiculturalism www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... 8236106
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tell me you were a customer of Poppy Lipstick back in the day, without telling me you’re a fan of Poppy Lipstick Quintalist #768 1/5 Religion - Deadly Sins 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 1 quintalist.com #quintalistquintalist.comQuintalist - Daily Ranking ChallengeCorrectly answer the Daily Question in 5 tries or fewer. Select 5 choices and click Submit. Play each day! 000
Michelle MacGregor @thlittlegeneral.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Share a television show that raised youstatic.klipy.comJohnny Depp Scores a Perfect 10 on Hey Hey Its SaturdayAlt: Johnny Depp Scores a Perfect 10 on Hey Hey Its Saturday -two for one. Johnny Depp at the height of 21 Jump St Fame on Hey Hey it’s Saturday 000
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“Refusing to take a side doesn’t leave you in the middle.” Superb artwork by @nordacious.bsky.social. #StopTheGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine 78930
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorBethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I actually think Pauline Hanson hates Australia. Because why would someone who truly loves this country not respect the oldest continuous culture in the world? Why would someone want to stir up hate, bigotry and an ‘us and them’ division between all Australians? Its simply un-Australian. 1359
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Arbitrary, vicious cuts to life-saving services for #NDIS and #agedcare recipients. Failure to #RaiseTheRate. But private companies who run human services - and fossil fuels, gambling, defence... - get royal treatment. Tell us again, @albomp.bsky.social, about who you won't leave behind? #auspol 24825
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorMingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Can't argue with that. 07416
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorDr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is an absolutely brilliant ad We need this here in Australia too We need our own version made Says it all so succinctly #Immigrants we need them  1512054
Reposted by Michelle MacGregor💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Albanese has spent years dining out on growing up in public housing. That story means absolutely fuck all if you get to the top and spend your time protecting the economic system that makes sure other kids still grow up poor. #auspol 610333
Reposted by Michelle MacGregorABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 10/09/2026August the hottest month in global history after record European summerabc.net.auExtreme heat, fires and floods mark record hot monthClimate data has been released confirming August 2026 as the hottest month on record after heatwaves and severe drought dominated Western Europe's warmest summer. 13819