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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 1h

Lol. I thought this was from The Chaser or Betoota... Googled it and found it was a real thing!

I guess they won't end up illegally detained in bed-bug riddled cells, denied food and clean water, and assaulted & humiliated by armed guards....

Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 1h

That's odd. Works fine for me. Good luck 👍🏼

Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 2h

Don Farrell sold his interests in the winery about 3 years ago, to avoid the perception of conflict of interest.

So now we've got a minister who has real world knowledge of his portfolio, and is not personally profiting from it.

Sounds pretty good to me...

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 3h

“There aren’t any developers out there that go: ‘Oh yeah, that fits with my business plan, I want to make point-zero-something per cent profit,’”

Or looking at it another way - cost neutral 🤷‍♂️

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 6h

A brilliantly clear and concise account by @australiainstitute.org.au of the disgraceful & dishonest behaviour of ANU leadership.

How TF serial grifter Julie Bishop is still there is beyond me...

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australiainstitute.org.au/post/a-close...

A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts

The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.

australiainstitute.org.au

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 10h

What a pathetic headline.

They've both just released an underwhelming album?
Donald Trump lashes out at them on social media?
They'll never win another Federal Election?

Hmmmm, I dunno 🤔

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 10h

Once again, The Guardian asks the question absolutely none of its rapidly declining readership was asking...

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 3d

Riiiiighhht... ABC News shilling for Trump, again.

Carrington Clarke claims Rubio just happened to be passing a major press conference, clutching a handwritten note for Trump, which the media somehow managed to get a photo of...

Deirdre fkn Chambers!

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 3d

Lol. Sussssan Ley demands to know if women & children, who've never been arrested, "are being rearrested, what is going on, why all the cover up?"

Fucking idiot.

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live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 5d

"You don’t single out a law to apply to one group, you want it to apply to all Australians." - Matt Thistlethwaite

Bang goes Jillian Segal's repellent Zionist 'anti-Semitism' laws 🤞🏼

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 5d

Whoah! Sussssan is going there - using Oct 7 to make political attacks on the govt.

Then ironically complains about "people using October 7 for their own political advantage"

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 7d

I see the NPC have responded. They seem to be quite proud that the decision was made solely by their Board & CEO, without any external pressure.

Not quite the moral high-ground you think it is, Maurice Reilly...

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npc.org.au/chris-hedges...

Chris Hedges – Statement by the National Press Club

npc.org.au

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 8d

"One newspaper foreign affairs commentator..."

I wonder why he doesn't name Greg Sheridan?

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 8d

Newly promoted Tom McIlroy (ex-Fin Review) continues his career-long war on Labor governments...

Tom claims "interest in investment property acquisitions is skyrocketing" due to the deposit scheme 🤔

The scheme specifically excludes investment property.

Tom is a Tory idiot.

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 8d

Hastie is an adult who genuinely believes the entire universe was created by a bearded man in the sky in 6 days.

Of course he thinks he has the numbers 🤣

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 8d

#libspill It's on! 🤣

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 8d

The clunky process continues. A day after filling in an online form, I get an email saying my request for opting out of betting ads will take effect in a week's time...

Interesting that it says it'll "significantly reduce the number of video advertisements served". That's not a total ban 🤔

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 9d

Approx 7 hours after Eric Tlozek & ABC News falsely claimed "the mission to breach the naval blockade has failed", the Greek-flagged vessel Mikeno... breached the naval blockade.

The ABC is nothing but an unashamed propaganda outlet for the Israeli regime.

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Pnkl @bopeep99999.bsky.social · 9d

'𝘓𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 ‘𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬’ 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬'

Who gives a flying fuck?

Why is The Guardian so desperate to shoehorn Susssssssssan Ley into absolutely everything?

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