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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 1d

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 1d

So I see another decade in the political wilderness beckons - goodo…

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 1d

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 1d

Ensuring they will NEVER EVER get a vote from me and many others - colonialism and racism is the core policy of the LNP. #auspol

Victorian Liberals will scrap Australian-first Treaty within 100 days if elected

The Victorian Liberals will scrap the state's proposed Treaty agreement with First Peoples' if elected. The opposition had previously withdrawn support for the proposed agreement, which is set to be d...

www.abc.net.au

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ArchedEyebrow @archedeyebrow.bsky.social · 2d

#BREAKING : The Australian Parliament Sports Club has just DE-REGISTERED itself as a lobby group... despite still being run by the Australian gambling lobby.
The change relieves our PM from having to explain why he's the PRESIDENT of an organisation designed to lobby HIS OWN GOVERNMENT.
#AusPol

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Collette Snowden @drcollette.bsky.social · 1d

Just one of the reasons why ABC Australia, the national broadcaster should stop prioritising news from the USA and focus closer to home.

Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.

Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality

povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 2d

Russia invades Ukraine.
Banned by FIFA.
Banned by Eurovision.
Israel commits genocide in Gaza.
NOT banned by FIFA.
NOT banned by Eurovision. 😠
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

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Paul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 1d

Babet gets away with disgusting language on social media and is never held to any standards.
Lydia Thorpe, however ….
#AusPol

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 1d

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 1d

Timor-Leste just scrapped lifetime pensions for former parliamentarians after student-led protests.

But sure — protest doesn’t work.
#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

screenshot of ABC article. text captured says Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after student-led protests
Topic:Activism and Lobbying

Fri 26 Sep
Friday 26 September
Police officers in the street usher crowds.
Police appeal to students to clear the road to await the result of the parliamentary vote. (AFP: Valentino Dariell de Sousa)

In short
Protests broke out last week in Timor-Leste, with thousands of demonstrators demanding parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers and lifetime pension for MPs and public officials.

Sixty-two members of parliament voted unanimously on Friday to pass a new law that scrapped the pensions for MPs, former presidents, prime ministers and cabinet ministers.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Rural communities battling power cuts to mobile towers during natural disasters are being offered a temporary solution with a trial of community-operated generators.

Communities given generators to save mobile coverage during emergencies

Rural communities battling power cuts to mobile towers during natural disasters are being offered a temporary solution with a trial of community-operated generators.

www.abc.net.au

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 2d

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Two separate appeals are launched in the Federal Court in a bid to overturn Environment Minister Murray Watt's approval of Woodside's gas hub extension on the North West Shelf.

Two groups launch Federal Court appeals against Woodside gas extension

Two separate appeals are launched in the Federal Court in a bid to overturn Environment Minister Murray Watt's approval of Woodside's gas hub extension on the North West Shelf.

www.abc.net.au

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 1d

What a vile lowlife act. Nothing says “I’m a nasty vindictive pos..” more than this. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 1d

If you’ve any spare coins left in your jar please give to support this court challenge.

Our government should be responding to warnings about environmental and biodiversity collapse instead of protecting corporate greed and destructive. But here we are 🪨⛏️

Environmental Justice Australia @envirojustice.bsky.social · 2d

EJA lawyers have just filed a Federal Court challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf Extension on behalf of the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Read more 👇
envirojustice.org.au/legal-work/c...

The North West Shelf extension case

Taking the Environment Minister to court over his approval of Australia’s largest, longest operating and most polluting gas project.

envirojustice.org.au

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 2d

Well, well, well. Origin Energy is planning to drill 4,435 coal seam gas wells across Central Queensland.
* Extraction of 29 billion litres of groundwater
* 1,300 hectares of koala habitat cleared
* 435 million tonnes of climate pollution
Tell shareholders we’re 😠 Wed Oct 15, Sydney, details 🧵⬇️

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 4d

Yes 😬😳

Sista Cate Ruth ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 4d

Australian friends, I know I'm amplifying a lot of American content at the moment. This is because 1) I feel, and worry for, our American friends and 2) What's happening in the US is also happening in the UK and AUS. We're just not quite as far into it as the US. Watch and learn. We're next.

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 4d

Good question 🤔

Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder how much money the gambling industry donates to Labor. Independent Senator David Pocock has integrity. Our Govt does not. 🤔 #auspol #ParliamentarySportsClub #sports #gambling #lobbying

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Lynie @lynlinking.bsky.social · 4d

Watchdog says Synergy not the only energy company overcharging amid $40m bungle - www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 4d

Dump the doom and enjoy some good news with us 🧶 Nannas.
knittingnannas.org/2025/10/10/g...

Good News Oct 10, 2025

Coal is on its way out globally, make way for electric freight deliveries in Sydney, plastic beach rubbish reused, Australia Post overshoots emissions target and more…..

knittingnannas.org

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 6d

Yes! How about it @albomp.bsky.social . The Constitution and High Court interpretation of its Heads of (Federal) Power gives you the legal - let alone moral - duty to do so. #auspol

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 8d

The Federal Government funds 71% of every spit hood put on an Aboriginal child in the NT. It's time to ensure Federal Funding comes with conditions including complying with human rights law!

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 8d

"PM condemns ‘abhorrent’ Hamas graffiti"

I am still waiting for you to condemn Israel's abhorrent genocide of the Palestinians, @albomp.bsky.social. You know ... the actual terrorists? The Zionist Israelis? Committing GENOCIDE? #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 8d

Vindictive b*tch🤬🤬🤬

angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 8d

I don't hate many people BUT I hate Linda Reynolds, vindictive cow! 😡

Linda Reynolds moves to make Higgins’ husband bankrupt

Linda Reynolds is seeking to have David Sharaz declared bankrupt, weeks after he was ordered to pay eye-watering damages and legal costs.

thenightly.com.au

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 8d

Disgusting 😱🤬🤬🤬

Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 8d

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 8d

I certainly didn’t vote for him 🤬. Would dearly love to have an independent to represent us instead of that slimy tool.

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 9d

Boycott Nike

🦋🐬🐳🐋🌊🧜‍♀️🦜☮️🌊🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🦋🔥 @lavegannative.bsky.social · 9d

Well here we go. Nike is supplying all the masks to ICE. EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO SHARE AND BOYCOTT NIKE

#boycottnike

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMhgHhcV/

TikTok video by Darren TenToez Jones

www.tiktok.com

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Christine 🦘 @copingwithsuicide.bsky.social · 9d

Yes

wth are we even doing? @s0m3bodee.bsky.social · 9d

Always ALWAYS listen to the kids!!

putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 9d

PLEASE 🙏🥺

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