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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It’s genuinely tragic when Labor’s Defence Minister says that the US, not Australia, will decide which of their nuclear submarines will come here and how long they will stay.
Headline about US deciding how long nuclear subs will be in Australia and image of Minister Marles
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 06/08/2026
Some social security payment cancellations and suspensions are resuming from 26 October: •payment suspensions for work refusal failures and •payment cancellations for not meeting a reconnection requirement within 4 weeks These penalties were paused because many were unlawful. 1/4
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/05/2026
“If we have a 25% gas export tax, we’ll be at least $17 billion a year better off.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute The Petroleum Resource Rent Tax is broken. Australians deserve a fair return for our resources. ✍ Sign the petition! theaus.in/4dwf7NR
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The Federal Courts handed every court transcript to outsourced provider VIQ Solutions. VIQ then publicly boasted their AI was trained in partnership with Australian courts, without a single litigant ever being told or asked for their consent on often intensely private material.
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Solilequn @selwyndavis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#auspol our political class sees Australia as a resource to sell to private enterprise. We need a political class that sees Australia as a nation.
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The Coalition has done a deal with One Nation because they are worried One Nation will wipe them out. We will never know what One Nation offered the Liberal/National Parties to strike this deal, but what we do know is this isn’t about Farrer.
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Australia news live: independent candidate for Farrer says Coalition preferencing One Nation ‘not for the good of our community’
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Jane Doe @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Australia "invests" $184 billion into fossil fuels by 2030 via diesel subsidy, which kills 1 in 5 people through emissions alone (then there's suicidal workers, ff induced climate fuckery like heatwaves, the list goes on...), The NDIS = every $1 in gives back $2.25. Which is blowing out the budget?
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Coulda Woulda Shoulda Didn’t. Australian Labor Government under Albanese. Disappointing. A super majority, and a ton of political goodwill. Under-utilised.
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
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Big T @big-tony.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"Experts" are saying that the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme is not viable. Then spend the AUKUS subs money on it instead. We'll never get the subs anyway.
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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
There is no razor gang for the diesel subsidy. There is no razor gang for 170 billionaires. There is no razor gang for fossil fuel's unpaid taxes and damages to society. There's a razor gang for the disabled. Congratulations, corrupt Australia. We know who you want dead. #AusPol #NDIS #disability
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Shell Oil suggested they were putting $1m into the Aus Energy Producers advert campaign because its adverts need to meet "Advertising Standards" "unlike those from The Australia Institute" So @jack-thrower.bsky.social & I decided to fact check their advert live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Business and gas companies have their say on gas tax proposals.
Representatives from the Business Council, Shell and ConocoPhillips are among those fronting the gas tax senate inquiry today, while the health minister lays out proposed changes to the NDIS.
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Kate Littlejohn @kelittlejohn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I love that they say things like 'people will be moved to services outside NDIS' as though there are actually services there for those people to access. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia news live: about 160,000 people to be cut from NDIS as Mark Butler says scheme ‘costs too much and growing too fast’
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 21/04/2026
New Australia Institute research shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing Australian gas than the Australian Government! "They're taxing our gas. There's no reason we can't." @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
So we have all the money in the world for bombs and submarines but sfa for NDIS weird am I the only person that finds this offensive?
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I will say it again. Warfare in the technological age has changed everything. We don’t need to spend $380bn on subs.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Is private health insurance a rort surely not? $6.9B subsidies, $1.7B in combined profits Medibank, BUPA, NIB but underpay hospitals by over $1B #auspol Claudia Weisenberger analysis michaelwest.com.au/private-heal...
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Private health inusrance. Unfit for purpose and in need of reset - Michael West
A $6.9 billion annual subsidy supports a model for private health insurance that's losing consumer confidence. There's a proven alternative.
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Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
You do not need to be a "good" writer to be successful. If Rowling was the genius writer you're claiming people would be clamouring for her detective novels, but she's not. She's a mediocre hack who got lucky.
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Fifty Shades of Grey Outselling Harry Potter? The Full-On Resurgence of the Dirty Book Is Here
Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels have been perched atop the New York Times best-seller list for five months now, while Amazon UK announced this week that on that site, the trilogy has cumulati...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"Spitting on the ANZAC tradition". Table @euromedhr.bsky.social rape and torture report, report it, writes Andrew Brown, or else Australia's politicians and media are complicit in IDF war crimes #auspol michaelwest.com.au/table-the-eu...
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Table the Euro-Med Report! Else politicians, media are complicit in atrocities - Michael West
A report titled ‘Another Genocide Behind Walls' was published this week, bearing witness to unspeakable atrocities committed by IDF soldiers.
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SpaceGhost @spaceghost13.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Apocalypse Salesman: How Richard Marles Sold Australia’s Future to the Permanent War Economy theaimn.net/the-apocalyp... #auspol #FuelCrisis #defence #sovereignty #Marles
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The Apocalypse Salesman: How Richard Marles Sold Australia’s Future to the Permanent War Economy
Dedicated to my wife, who sees a future and is not buying the tickets. The Great Distraction On April 16, 2026, Defence Minister Richard Marles stood before the National Press Club and announced the b...
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
Another interest rate rise will tip Australia into a recession we don’t have to have johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04/anothe… #Auspol
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Another interest rate rise will tip Australia into a recession we don’t have to have
A sharp fall in confidence and rising fuel prices point to a potential downturn, but traditional policy responses risk making the situation worse.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 17/04/2026
Defence Minister Richard Marles is dedicated to ensuring Australia remains a loyal vassal of the United States — at enormous cost to taxpayers, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/17/r...
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Richard Marles' deeply delusional, unserious defence speech points to bleak times for taxpayers
Richard Marles' speech on our new defence strategy was completely delusional about what the US has done to the world — and promises billions in wasted, borrowed money.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We need an unequivocal statement from Labor that Australia will not be dragged into an illegal war led by Netanyahu and Trump. Obfuscation, weakness, sycophancy, fear and appeasement of Trump weakens our economy sovereignty and standing on the world stage. Courage not cowardice!
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Federal Court has today ruled that Australian citizen Dan Duggan will be extradited to the United States, where he faces up to 65 years in prison for conduct that wasn’t even an offence under Australian law. It's deeply distressing news for so many.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Once upon a time Australia used to laugh at America for spending ludicrous amounts of money on weapons of mass destruction as their own citizens couldn't afford Food, Shelter healthcare or quality education. How time changes... We don't have to continue this path AUKUS must be abolished immediately
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just yesterday Labor bet everything in defence on binding us to the US. Trump didn’t even notice, let alone care, and has come out and attacked Australia anyhow. This is not a relationship of friends or allies, we are being held hostage and need to escape.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Who owns you? www.threads.com/@georgie_bar...
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Georgie 🌱🇦🇺 (@georgie_bartholemew) on Threads
The first human trials took place in Australia between 2019 and 2022. Four patients, all with ALS. The trial established safety and showed participants could perform hands-free texting, emailing, onl...
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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · 13/04/2026
If you think it’s embarrassing to be from the USA, at least you aren’t Australian. Imagine watching the current USA leadership and yet you’re still tripping over yourself to be its vassal state. Pathetic.
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
How long before we admit that the US is now an enemy of Australia, and of our region? It is actively interdicting vital resource deliveries, to us and our close neighbours. Many might interpret that as an act of war.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
You know what... only the dumbest of dumbfucks thinks dealing with the Epstein Regime is a matter of diplomacy and we clearly have far too many dumbfucks because here we are... These greedy parasites need to be arrested for war crimes. Their supporters shunned their ideologies relegated to history
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Australia we can be better than a weapons manufacturing plant beholden to nefarious regimes who on a whim decide whether or not we should feel threatened this week or next. We need to abolish AUKUS untangle ourselves from to the Epstein Regime reject the insanity from Israel. Punch up not down
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Critical legal step taken today to help end Australia’s export of weapons and weapon parts to Israel. Three Palestinian human rights groups, represented by @theacij.bsky.social have filed legal action to force transparency over Australia’s arms exports to Israel acij.org.au/joint-media-...
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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Palestinians file legal action against the Minister for Defence to force transparency over arms exports to Israel
Palestinian human rights organisations have launched legal action against the Minister for Defence, seeking the release of documents to determine if the Australian government has permitted arms export...
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@albomp.bsky.social It's past time to be diplomatic when dealing with the Epstein Regime it's time to tell them to take a long fucking walk to fuck off mountain anything less is pure bullshit
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Anybody else really pissed off that Australia is wasting time money and resources to facilitate indiscriminate killing of people to make a few billionaires richer whilst people are unable to put food on the table? Who's fucking idea was this? Do we grow up at any point? No more wars!!
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Here is a list of the #EV trucks coming to Australia real soon! fleetevnews.com.au/electric-tru...
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Electric Trucks and Vans Coming to Australia - Fleet EV News
Australia’s electric truck market continues to expand, with a growing number of models soon to be available across light, medium and heavy vehicle segments.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This must end the Israel state is a terrorist organisation they have forfeited their rights for it will never be enough
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Australia ought to be with Spain not complicit with the Epstein Regime www.threads.com/@aaliamauro/...
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Aalia Mauro (@aaliamauro) on Threads
BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez just touched down in China, literally hours after Donald Trump said he’s cutting off trade with Spain over refusing to support Israel. Spain knows exactly where this is headin...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A reminder that the adoption of the IHRA definition - as pushed by Australian Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal - is part of a coordinated global effort to suppress any criticism of Israel's genocidal policies. And the Australian government has caved in. #auspol
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1truthwhisperer.bsky.social @1truthwhisperer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
👇👇👇 youtu.be/_nHizCbd5Cs?...
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The U.S. is starving the Cuban people and most Americans have no idea
YouTube video by Heather Delaney Reese
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Australia should be doing this! www.threads.com/@aaliamauro/...
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Aalia Mauro (@aaliamauro) on Threads
BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez just touched down in China, literally hours after Donald Trump said he’s cutting off trade with Spain over refusing to support Israel. Spain knows exactly where this is headin...
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Anybody else watching these clowns right now? Dig, dig, dig FFS
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Angus Taylor pretending he didn't fuck up our fuel supply when last in power what a joke unelectable trash
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social WTF ALBO? Since when are charities in Australia untouchable because they are funding a genocide tax free! Get off your arse and make it law. Your government is quite used to not abiding international law. DO IT! michaelwest.com.au/charities-fu...
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Charities funding Israel's illegal settlements untouchable, Labor says - Michael West
The Labor Government tells Senate that Australian charities don't have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled to.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
How is bombing for peace going?
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Antfarmer @antfarmer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This fool Barnaby Joyce could not be more wrong. In the midst of a diesel scarcity crisis, bringing regional Australia into a shutdown - he wants to pour scorn on renewables and double down on the fossil fuel grift. EV trucks exist Joyce! #insiders www.volvotrucks.com.au/en-au/trucks...
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Guild Navigator Ix @guildnavigatorix.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Watching #insiders and see how inept and uninformed the panel is on what’s actually happening in the world - then to Barnaby - what a joke Australian MSM has become #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This appalling war that Labor supports is unravelling into chaos as Trump now calls for a Coalition of the Unwilling to send warships. Australia must refuse and instead join with other nations, not to fight this illegal war, but to help end it.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 04/01/2026
For the sake of taxpayers, let's hope that the Audit Office is inspecting the AUKUS books closely. Australian money is flushing into the US submarine construction system – a billion US dollars so far, with another billion by year's end. What will Australia have to show for it? #auspol #AUKUS
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Best of 2025 - Chasing a chimera: The political dream of AUKUS that consumes reality
For the sake of taxpayers, let's hope that the Audit Office is inspecting the AUKUS books closely.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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wattlecosmos.bsky.social @wattlecosmos.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The $300 energy rebate won't be extended for struggling citizens in 2026 but The commonwealth government and the NSW government will underwrite costs from Snowy-Hydro to guarantee affordable power for the Tomago aluminium smelter owned by Rio Tinto it's unclear how much this will cost... 🤦‍♀️
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