Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 26/09/2026To think the Prancing Pony couldn’t get a game at Essendon, well done Brad Scott #AFLGF 020
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 16/09/2026Talk about #Shrinkflation, won’t be long before there is nothing in the packet. 000
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/09/2026Beautiful wildflowers in bloom. #Spring #Gariwerd #Grampians #Wildoz 0112
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/09/2026Pobblebonks & Dragonflies enjoying the Ribbonweed #Gariwerd #Grampians #wildoz #spring 051
Reposted by Tom ParkesDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/07/2026It’s tragic that CO₂ doesn’t look and smell like wildfire smoke. 12743127
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 18/07/2026Bit cold in the #Grampians today, #Stawell recording its coldest July daytime maximum of 6.7°c. #BOM #Weather 010
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/07/2026Two 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...abc.net.auMan charged with the murder of missing mum after body foundA 48-year-old man has been charged with murder after the body of missing mother Jana Armstrong was found in bushland late on Saturday. 2156
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/07/2026Apparently 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 011
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 28/06/2026I’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...thomasparkes.com.auPassive House - Thomas ParkesThese are a series of posts about our journey to design and build a passive house in Stawell, near the beautiful Grampians National Park. 000
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 27/06/2026New display wall at #KrauseBricks has some beautiful colours in them. #Stawell #Grampians #Bricks 120
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/06/2026Cercophonius squama - Wood Scorpion #Grampians #WildOz #Scorpion #Arachnid 163
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 22/06/2026I found the real life Caspar Jonquil out campaigning with Chris screeches MP #Auspol #MadAsHell #ABC #SpringSt 041
Reposted by Tom ParkesJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20/06/2026This appears to be the president’s "proof" that vandals are sabotaging the Refelecting Pool. 790130841945
Reposted by Tom ParkesSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Commissioner 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. 52544180
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/05/2026Looking forward to Liam Bartlett’s 7 Spotlight on this disaster #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auDeath toll jumps to 90 after Chinese coal mine blastA gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to 90, state media reports. Nine people remain missing. 040
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 21/05/2026Australia should declare Israel as a terrorist state. #auspol 2104
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/05/2026Freshly 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 111
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/05/2026Considering the horizon is roughly 25km away, and the Grampians are more than 250km away, I don’t think you’re looking at the Grampians. 000
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/05/2026The RBA have lever, best to trigger too early than too late. Increasing rates only hurts the small person, time to target the big end of town and their spending habits. 120
Reposted by Tom Parkesnordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 29/04/2026no gas company left behind ❤️ 19683290
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 27/04/2026Time to cut losses with Brad Scott & Development coaches, try and salvage something this year. 000
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 20/04/2026Southern 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 041
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 20/04/2026Seems Liam has gone full Chris Uhlmann. Never watched whatever show it is. 030
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 19/04/2026Surely if an everyday Joe were to post this stuff on social media, they’d either be on an ASIO watch list, or in an asylum. 0143
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 15/04/2026Great days, Freehand, Flash, Dreamweaver & Fireworks. 000
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/04/2026Not an original thought inside the Liberal Party. Just regurgitated dog-whistling. #Auspol 050
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 14/04/2026The 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 111
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/04/2026Considering that migration is now lower than under the Liberals last term, how will they prosecute that levels are too high? 121
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/04/2026What are the crime and foreign policy issues in Vatican City? 000
Reposted by Tom Parkesenrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I like Presidents who DON'T tweet. 484139503833
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026The only party that has really condemned the comments in the Greens. Albanese got the wet lettuce out, I'm yet to see strong oppostion to the comments from Labor, Liberals, Nationals & One Nation. #Auspol 130
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026If 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 #auspolpodcasts.apple.com220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-SmithPodcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min 283
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. #auspolpodcasts.apple.com220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-SmithPodcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min 020
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/04/2026Australia 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 #auspolpodcasts.apple.com220: Senator Mehreen Faruqi talks war, racism & Ben Roberts-SmithPodcast Episode · Serious Danger · 11 April · 1hr 9min 2196
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 11/04/2026Australia 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...podcasts.apple.comIsrael 'assumed' Iran would not disrupt the global supply chains | Insiders On BackgroundPodcast Episode · Politics Now · 10 April · 22min 32511
Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 09/04/2026Netanyahu has the thirst for more blood. Israelis should hand him over to The Hague for his war crimes. 040
Reposted by Tom ParkesRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 09/04/2026The biggest #policy question in #Australia right now is this: what will the #government do to rapidly electrify everything?reneweconomy.com.auAustralia needs to rapidly electrify as much as possible, as fast as possibleThe biggest policy question in Australia right now is this: what will the government do to rapidly electrify everything? 23015