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@vkbowe.bsky.social
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Accountant, likes books, dogs, classical music, ballet and birds. Not necessarily in that order. Follows science not politics.

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We are using the same energy sources as Queen Victoria in the 1890s (coal & gas) because while that's fatal for the planet, it makes up to hundreds of rich people even richer.
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 22h
Australia’s version of the French ad. Made by AHA.
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 18h
"NSW taxpayers will pay an extraordinary $450m to fossil fuel giant Origin Energy to prop up its unviable coal-fired Eraring Power Station for 2 more years.. ..the Minns govt deal will see NSW taxpayers fund 80% of Origin’s losses in operating the plant..." www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/23/c...
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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Central West NSW 🧶👵, Bathurst Community Climate Action Network and @risingtideaus.bsky.social deliver a dead plant to Bathurst ANZ bank manager “this is what an unhappy planet looks like”. Nanna Steph also embroidered a banner for him to forward to ANZ headquarters “Don’t fund the NE pipeline!”
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 22h
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 23h
Ethoxyquin is a fire retardant used in dried animal and fish food. It’s carcinogenic. Australia the US and Asia allows its consumption. The EU and UK have banned it Here, higher levels have been found in Tasmanian salmon than in pre-ban tested fish in the EU The Greens want it banned #auspol
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Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What do we want? A gas tax. What is Labor delivering? Another favour factory with their favourite gas donors! 📣Labor: do a deal for Australians. Tax our gas exports a minimum 25% so we can raise some revenue, bring down the cost of living and fund the clean energy transition. It’s a no-brainer.
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Apparently Chris Minns had a whinge about this mural in Sydney and signs at the march on Sunday. Looks accurate. Be a shame not to share it. #ScottieMarsh
Mural depicting Minns with surveillance cameras and the caption ‘Mossad Minns’
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🇨🇦 NanaGale in Alberta @nanagale.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 21h
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The Greens want Labor’s trust tax changes to work. Chalmers should be grateful for the help www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/14/t...
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The Greens want Labor’s trust tax changes to work. Chalmers should be grateful for the help
After months of wealthy tax-avoiders screaming bloody murder over trust changes, Labor has a negotiating partner openly backing their original intent.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Watching a data center burn to the ground might be the highlight of our year
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A summit to replace Australia’s housing casino. Build homes, not excuses Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/a-summit-to-repl…
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Today's Tip for Thursday, November 26, 2026 =================================
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
What do the Tech Bros say we get for enormous investment in AI - "nothing clear, nothing soon, and possibly nothing at all" #auspol Claudia Weisenberger - jobs, labour devastation coming michaelwest.com.au/ai-threats-t...
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AI threats. The jobs that won't come back and who pays? - Michael West
AI race continues apace, driven by those who reap the financial benefits, while ignoring those who lose their jobs. Where is the regulation?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Agree 💯% With Joe Walsh.......
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12/10/2026
"Countries with higher tax rates report the highest levels of economic wellbeing, average income, life expectancy, education, and lower rates of inequality," writes Ebony Bennett. Read more: theaus.in/4zstXgn
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"No lethal control program is pleasant to contemplate". Richard Swain on the controversial cull of the Snowy Mountains brumbies #auspol michaelwest.com.au/the-plight-o...
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The plight of the Brumbies. Kosciuszko’s heritage deserves a voice, too - Michael West
There is something missing from the heated debate about the culling of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Germany, the curb can charge your car. Developed by Rheinmetall, these electric vehicle charging points are integrated directly into sidewalk curbs, removing the need for conventional charging posts. The compact system delivers up to 22 kW while taking up virtually no additional sidewalk space.
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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A picture guide to how productivity is making Australians better off
To help those in high office struggling to understand the economy, Alan Austin has prepared this colourful primer for children.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist. Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/what...
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What’s shameful is that no party before the Greens called Zionism racist
Israel was forged out of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. The Greens have very belatedly recognised what should have been obvious all along
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11/10/2026
In the latest episode of “What’s the Point?” co-CEO Richard Denniss exposes neoliberalism for the political trick it is. Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism/
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Man faces 5 years in jail for being annoying #whatsthescam #auspol #gaza michaelwest.com.au/man-faces-pr...
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Man faces prison for being annoying. Trial likely next year - Michael West
Palestine activist Austin Mackell is back in Katoomba Court tomorrow fighting over subpoenas to get NSW Police body-cam and notes.
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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 09/10/2026
Richard Denniss discusses how neoliberalism helps political figures obfuscate your choices in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism/
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The public housing answer Australia already knows. Andrew Brown takes the long handle to neoliberal housing fallacies. The facts of the #housingcrisis are clear, as is the solution #auspol michaelwest.com.au/the-public-h...
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The public housing answer Australia already knows - Michael West
While the public debate on housing shortages is as ill-informed as ever, one solution is not just obvious, but been well and truly tested.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/09/2026
Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports? Australia Institute research shows that over the past 5 years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years? A 25% tax on gas exports could end the gas shortages. #auspol
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please sign and share this important petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pr...
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Protect Safe Abortions in Victoria
Safe abortion has always been a union issue. Because when politicians choose to turn abortion from a reproductive health procedure into a criminal offence, it’s not their rich mates who lose access t...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If we want to clean up Trump's mess — and prevent it from happening again — here are 10 reforms every midterm candidate should support. Call them the “10 Commandments for a Better Government.”
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Australia's craven newsrooms suffer worst week in a very bad year
The mainstream media continue to deny the positives, amplify the negatives and fabricate falsehoods.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Australia halved its public housing in a generation and handed the young a voucher instead. The fix is a public builder, a 10 per cent target and a national summit." Andrew Brown #auspol Australia's Housing Casino Part 1 michaelwest.com.au/australias-h...
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Australia’s Housing Casino: the house always wins - Michael West
Andrew Brown analyses how successive Australian governments turned shelter into a casino. Australia's Housing Casino.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Australia’s Housing Casino: the house always wins Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/australias-housi…
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"You can fool some for a while but it doesn't treat the disease." @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social takes the axe to politicians' lies and spin on housing #auspol michaelwest.com.au/lies-damned-...
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Lies, damned lies, and pollies talking about housing - Michael West
The housing debate is on again and as ill-informed as ever. But which politicians are telling the most lies about housing?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Zio whinging cancels yet another event - Children's Hospital talk on children and war #whatsthescam #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/hospital-can...
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Hospital cancels education event fearing pro-Palestine bias - Michael West
Last week, Perth Children's Hospital cancelled a scheduled 'Grand Round' because of "perceptions of pro-Palestinian bias”.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They've replaced doctors with an algo to determine funding for the disabled - but it's not TGA approved or validated. What could go robowrong? Claudia Weisenberger investigates. #auspol #NDIS michaelwest.com.au/i-cannot-the...
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I-CANnot. Is the computer algo replacing the clinician up to the task? - Michael West
The algorithm the government plans to use to determine disability funding has yet to be validated or approved by the TGA.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many more If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them. Instead there will be silence
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Kate @kateretired.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Feeling overwhelmed by world events? Find a dog, any dog. 😂🥹❤️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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vkbowe.bsky.social @vkbowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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One Nation's immigration plan: A dystopian future for Australia
Imagining a dystopian future that would befall Australia under One Nation's immigration plan.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026
He fucked it up so badly they had to explain it with crayons.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/09/2026
Offsetting fossil fuel emissions is like thinking that going for a walk makes up for having a cigarette. That's the logic our governments use to justify fossil fuel expansion. 📺co-CEO Richard Denniss delivers his keynote address at today's #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2026 @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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Patrick Laff @patricklaff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Purnululu, Bungle Bungle National Park's Western Australia 🇦🇺unique living sandstone mountains, that keep 🌱growing. 😏✌️☮️ 🇦🇺 #omarcmysteries #Australia #BungleBungle #Westaustralia
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Yemenis have basically said that the Red Sea is open to everyone except the Israelis and Saudis (lol, f*ck them), UNLESS the US 'intervenes', then they'll close it.
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