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Tom Parkes

@thomasparkes.com.au
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Gariwerd/Grampians aficionado Nature/Environment/Aboriginal Culture Opposed to wars and the war machine

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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 26/09/2026
To think the Prancing Pony couldn’t get a game at Essendon, well done Brad Scott #AFLGF
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 16/09/2026
Talk about #Shrinkflation, won’t be long before there is nothing in the packet.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/09/2026
Beautiful wildflowers in bloom. #Spring #Gariwerd #Grampians #Wildoz
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/09/2026
Pobblebonks & Dragonflies enjoying the Ribbonweed #Gariwerd #Grampians #wildoz #spring
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It’s tragic that CO₂ doesn’t look and smell like wildfire smoke.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 18/07/2026
Bit cold in the #Grampians today, #Stawell recording its coldest July daytime maximum of 6.7°c. #BOM #Weather
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/07/2026
Two young women murdered by men. There is a massive issue with violent and angry men in our society, and the Albanese Govt needs to set up a bipartisan taskforce to address this horrible situation. #auspol #Springst #nswpol #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Man charged with the murder of missing mum after body found
A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder after the body of missing mother Jana Armstrong was found in bushland late on Saturday.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/07/2026
Apparently you need a physical drivers licence and debit/credit card to hire a car in #Queensland. I haven’t carried a wallet with me for years. We progressives won’t survive under Poorline. #QLD #Auspol #QLDpol
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 28/06/2026
I’ve been blogging about our journey building a #PassiveHouse in #Stawell near the #Grampians in Western Victoria. Still a few more posts to come. #PassivHaus #EnergyEfficient #ElectrifyEverything thomasparkes.com.au/blog/categor...
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Passive House - Thomas Parkes
These are a series of posts about our journey to design and build a passive house in Stawell, near the beautiful Grampians National Park.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 27/06/2026
New display wall at #KrauseBricks has some beautiful colours in them. #Stawell #Grampians #Bricks
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/06/2026
Cercophonius squama - Wood Scorpion #Grampians #WildOz #Scorpion #Arachnid
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 22/06/2026
I found the real life Caspar Jonquil out campaigning with Chris screeches MP #Auspol #MadAsHell #ABC #SpringSt
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This appears to be the president’s "proof" that vandals are sabotaging the Refelecting Pool.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Commissioner Brereton has resigned from the NACC the day before he was due to appear at Senate Estimates for the first time ever following a successful Greens motion in the Senate. Incredible timing.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/05/2026
Looking forward to Liam Bartlett’s 7 Spotlight on this disaster #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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Death toll jumps to 90 after Chinese coal mine blast
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to 90, state media reports. Nine people remain missing.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 21/05/2026
Australia should declare Israel as a terrorist state. #auspol
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/05/2026
Freshly installed Chinese made battery inspired by Liam Bartlett & Chris Uhlmann. Thank you to @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social for driving this great incentive. Considering the 30% discount, I’m going to allow 30% of the battery to flow back into the grid. @reneweconomy.com.au #auspol #30for30
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 03/05/2026
Australia’s genocidal history. #Auspol #taspol
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
no gas company left behind ❤️
Satirical cartoon of Anthony Albanese sweating over two buttons: one to cut 160,000 people from the NDIS, the other to properly tax gas profits. The image highlights the tension between reducing disability support and under-taxing resource companies.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 20/04/2026
Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in the #Adelaide Hills on dusk. These endangered marsupials are endangered and the locals are helping restore habitat for these beautiful critters. #SA #SouthAustralia #WildOz #Bandicute
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 15/04/2026
Great days, Freehand, Flash, Dreamweaver & Fireworks.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/04/2026
The Liberal Party, with deputy Jane Hume lost the last election due partly to her “Indian migrants” comments, now think they can win the next election by demonising migrants. #auspol
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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I like Presidents who DON'T tweet.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026
If a Muslim person said online “27 million Australians would die tonight” I reckon the AFP & ASIO would have them killed within an hour. However @albomp.bsky.social thinks it’s just Trump being Trump! Cancel #AUKUS today. @tomcballard.bsky.social @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social #auspol
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220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-Smith
Podcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026
@albomp.bsky.social is a gutless wonder. People get arrested and charged for threats of violence on the internet. However he gets out the wet lettuce when Trump threatens to murder 1.9 million Iranians online. What an insipid and pathetic PM. A coward, beholden to the war machine. #auspol
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220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-Smith
Podcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026
Australia is cooked, here are two simple statements of what you can and can’t say. Acceptable: “A whole civilisation will die tonight” Not OK: “From the River to the Sea” podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s... @tomcballard.bsky.social @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social #auspol
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220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-Smith
Podcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 11/04/2026
Australia should deport the Israeli Ambassador #HillelNewman, a genocide apologist and warmonger. Your hatred has no place in Australia. #Iran #Lebanon #Gaza #Palestine #Auspol #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
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Israel 'assumed' Iran would not disrupt the global supply chains | Insiders On Background
Podcast Episode · Politics Now · 10 April · 22min
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Renew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 09/04/2026
The biggest #policy question in #Australia right now is this: what will the #government do to rapidly electrify everything?
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Australia needs to rapidly electrify as much as possible, as fast as possible
The biggest policy question in Australia right now is this: what will the government do to rapidly electrify everything?
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 08/04/2026
#AUPAUK new defence pack to replace #AUKUS Australia, Pakistan & UK. #auspol
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 08/04/2026
Incredible that Pakistan is now the world leader of peace and diplomacy. The US & Israel are no longer world leaders. #auspol #Iran
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached.  When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?
Trump truth social post: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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Justin Gibson @jgibsondem.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@aoc.bsky.social spitting truthbombs here. x.com/i/status/204...
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It was David McBride who blew the whistle, triggering the Brereton report & laying the groundwork for Ben Roberts‑Smith’s charges. The thanks he got was jail, while war criminals roamed free. It’s about time Roberts-Smith is put away for good, but McBride must be released.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 07/04/2026
The weekend ruined. “It won’t tow your boat, it won’t tow your caravan” - Scott Morrison #auspol
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EV sales surge as fuel anxiety clears auctions, showrooms in Australia
EV sales have surged in March, a month into the war in Iran. But it is not the only signal indicating a move away from fuel cars.
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Snacks @snacks59.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Perfect. 👌
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We execute with precision...we fight with honor." Bro, you bombed schoolgirls.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 07/04/2026
Next Trump & Netanyahu. #auspol
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John Barber @jonrob718.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
AMERICA IN MADNESS
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm not saying this rhetorically—I'm speaking literally here. At what point do Republicans admit that Trump has lost his mind and replace him with Vance through the 25th Amendment? Never? Do we need to see a nuclear weapon dropped on a city of 10 million innocent civilians first?
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/04/2026
How good is #CollectiveSelfDefence Penny Wong? #auspol
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A new commandment Cartoon by Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social Release The Epstein Files #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles Release The Epstein Files #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles Release The Epstein Files Epstein #Epstein Epstein #Epstein Epstein #Epstein
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/04/2026
If there was ever a day to cancel #AUKUS, it would be today. Albanese must grow a spine and leave the alliance today. Trump is beyond deranged, he is a dangerous psychopath. Hopefully #NATO starts defending Iran from these unprovoked attacks. #auspol
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 25/03/2026
"The terrifying power of a union" chaser.com.au/general-news...
Image of Andrew Bolt show with text: "Woke ABC silences our ability to be mad..."

Headline: Strike leaves ABC without content, leaving Sky News without content
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Australia’s gas resources belong to Australians, not the gas companies. A minimum 25% gas export tax is only fair. It means Australians get a return on the extraction of our resources and we can fund public programs for the benefit of all. 📷 Credit: Mike Bowers #auspol #politas
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/03/2026
I worry Trump is going to do some stupid things over the next week. Albanese must abandon #AUKUS #auspol
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 20/03/2026
Poorline will save Australia!! #auspol #SAparli #SAVotes www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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One Nation candidate wanted in UK on sexual touching charge
South Australian One Nation candidate Aoi Baxter has a warrant for his arrest in the UK after he failed to show up to court to face a charge of sexually touching a woman without consent.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 15/03/2026
What a waste of space and money the #NACC is. Corruption found with #Robodebt, no prosecutions. Maybe we should treat all crime in a similar regard for consistency? #auspol #WeakLabor
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 15/03/2026
Labor spin tshirts, $39.99 each, all proceeds go to the Zionist lobby to kill more innocent women and children. #War #WarCrimes #Auspol #Iran #Trump
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 03/03/2026
Lots of angry white far-right males being charged in Perth in the last month. Who is radicalising these youth? #auspol #asio #wapol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
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Breaking: Teen who threatened to ‘assassinate’ PM and Chris Minns says he did not mean it
A 19-year-old WA man admits threatening to kill the PM and NSW premier in a direct message to Chris Minns on Instagram.
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