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Ronni🧂Salt

@ronnisalt.bsky.social

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👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/ronnisalt Political-social commentator/sometime-journo. I write books & media articles, sometimes I investigate stuff. Whiny male edgelord's pinup girl. Mostly hilarious most of the time. Likes are acknowledgments only. She/her

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you everyone

❤️ 🙏🏽 ❤️

#Gunnawah

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 12h

I'd have to agree

Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 12h

Scott Morrison is number 6 in the sealed section

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks for watching Dean and also, thanks for saying that. I was a nervous wreck

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 14h

I should have put some puppets on them Sean (thank you for watching 🙏🏽)

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 15h

Suchita, thank you for that, but I did get a few stats a little bit out (I was going by memory on most of them)

But for the most part, yes, they're a taxpayer funded (very highly funded) public education unit, masquerading as some sort of investigative body. Thank you for watching. xx

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 1d

Albanese’s an insular, deeply institutionalised apparatchik who has spent his whole adult life in service to ‘The Party’.
ALP is his principal loyalty & focus - instead of people of Australia.
He is emblematic & stereotypical of the ‘political elite’ & lacks a scintilla of real world life experience

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Mosman Resources @mosmanresources.bsky.social · 23h

Fascism and conspiracies prosper when governments become secretive and particularly when they reduce transparency and accountability. Our political duopoly are promoting and even encouraging this social disruption and degradation of our democracy.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 22h

Thank you for that Brendan. I must clarify that a lot of my figures were going by memory, but 6000 referrals to date is about right

It's obvious from the Commissioner's behaviour that he sees the NACC as being a public educator

That's not what the Australian people (or your friend) signed up for

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 23h

A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues

She is a quiet, impactful giant

Thanks Denise 🙏🏽

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 23h

Nope

They have received ~6000 referrals, not all of them are relevant to corruption or even relevant. They are then assessed and shortlisted, then investigated again

The mid-level manager was not a criminal conviction, nor was it deemed criminal behaviour. She resigned and that was the end of it

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaay, thank you

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 1d

The Sunday Shot starts at 9am. Jo is enjoying a well deserved break, so it's me, @boganintel.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, and making her debut, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. So much to discuss. Join us!

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The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much David - I hadn't seen that promo 🙏🏽

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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 1d

Woohoo!
#SundayShot with @grogsgamut.bsky.social and @ronnisalt.bsky.social!
#auspol

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Corpus is innocent until proven guilty - so is his sister Ms Corpus Delicti

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

And so is my wife

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Corpus is innocent until proven guilty - so is his sister Ms Corpus Delicti

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 2d

This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.

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Miki Perkins @mikiperkins.bsky.social · 2d

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct.

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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 4d

To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter?

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NACC says: No comment.

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the clients of the lobbying firm the Prime Minister is currently the President of include:

Ampol Australia Petroleum P/L (fossil fuels)

Lion P/L (brewing, alcohol)

Pfizer Australia P/L (pharmaceuticals)

Serco Australia P/L (defence, immigration)

Responsible Wagering Aust (gambling)

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

How does any of that negate the fact that the Prime Minister is the sitting President of a registered lobbying group (Sept 22, 2025)?

The circumstances of his office bearing are not at issue, nor is the fact that it is customary. It's irrelevant

Pocock being reinstated is also irrelevant to that

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