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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 · 14/09/2026
Look up striated pardalote.
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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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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 25/07/2026
That aged well, how is your mate Bike Boy going?
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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 · 13/07/2026
John Clarke was sensational.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/07/2026
Watched this Friday night.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 12/07/2026
He has an opportunity to lead, he is the elected PM.
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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 · 02/07/2026
Immoral Sycophancy.
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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 · 26/06/2026
50mm long,
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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
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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 · 12/05/2026
Considering the horizon is roughly 25km away, and the Grampians are more than 250km away, I don’t think you’re looking at the Grampians.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 09/05/2026
Well done Angus
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 07/05/2026
That should increase female participation!
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 06/05/2026
The 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.
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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 · 27/04/2026
Time to cut losses with Brad Scott & Development coaches, try and salvage something this year.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 23/04/2026
Sounds like Robodebt 2.0
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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 · 20/04/2026
Seems Liam has gone full Chris Uhlmann. Never watched whatever show it is.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 19/04/2026
Surely 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.
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 19/04/2026
Masculinity crisis.
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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
Not an original thought inside the Liberal Party. Just regurgitated dog-whistling. #Auspol
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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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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/04/2026
Considering that migration is now lower than under the Liberals last term, how will they prosecute that levels are too high?
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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 13/04/2026
What are the crime and foreign policy issues in Vatican City?
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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
The 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
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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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Tom Parkes @thomasparkes.com.au · 09/04/2026
Netanyahu has the thirst for more blood. Israelis should hand him over to The Hague for his war crimes.
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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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