coachrobbo
@coachrobbo.bsky.social
Partner, parent, educator, coach.
Not always in that order.
Living the dream…
Not always in that order.
Living the dream…
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As NDIS costs continue to balloon exponentially, @australianlabor.bsky.social hasn’t got the guts to admit its privatised delivery model is a parasite’s paradise!
And it ever be thus until and when ALL services are delivered directly by public sector employees recruited by the NDIA
#auspol
And it ever be thus until and when ALL services are delivered directly by public sector employees recruited by the NDIA
#auspol
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Following over two years of grassroots and international mobilization led by solidarity groups including BDS Japan Bulletin, on Nov 18th the government of Aichi Prefecture announced the end of the Aichi-Israel Matching Program between Japanese manufacturers and Israeli tech startups!
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December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A. Public money, not taxpayer money (fed taxes do not fund fed expenditure)
B. $3k /y is a rounding error. Can we keep our eye on the ball please; AUKUS, FOI legislation, NACC incompetence, bank reform, Jobs-4-Mates inquiry the list goes on.
It’s a dead cat when there are bigger fish to fry.
B. $3k /y is a rounding error. Can we keep our eye on the ball please; AUKUS, FOI legislation, NACC incompetence, bank reform, Jobs-4-Mates inquiry the list goes on.
It’s a dead cat when there are bigger fish to fry.
New: trade minister Don Farrell charged taxpayers $9000 over three years for his family’s travel costs around Australia after being invited to football games, tennis matches, a sunset dinner at Uluru and a wine event, parliamentary records show
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor minister Don Farrell claimed $9,000 for family travel during sports events and theatre showings
Minister says family travel expenses, including those claimed around the time of AFL grand final and a sunset dinner at Uluru, are ‘in line with relevant rules’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A. Public money, not taxpayer money (fed taxes do not fund fed expenditure)
B. $3k /y is a rounding error. Can we keep our eye on the ball please; AUKUS, FOI legislation, NACC incompetence, bank reform, Jobs-4-Mates inquiry the list goes on.
It’s a dead cat when there are bigger fish to fry.
B. $3k /y is a rounding error. Can we keep our eye on the ball please; AUKUS, FOI legislation, NACC incompetence, bank reform, Jobs-4-Mates inquiry the list goes on.
It’s a dead cat when there are bigger fish to fry.
RTVE understood the assignment.
Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
RTVE understood the assignment.
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Congrats to the 21,000 @uptecwa.bsky.social health care, research and technical workers at the University of California on voting to ratify their new contract! After 17 months of negotiations, this new contract is a testament to the power of our solidarity.
UC Workers Ratify ‘Best Contract Yet’ After Four Strikes and 17 Months of Negotiations
The union representing 21,000 healthcare, research, and technical professionals celebrates what union leaders are calling a historic win.
www.independent.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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And they say sheep are silly…
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And they say sheep are silly…
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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It’s not the Coalition stopping the Labor government taking real action on climate and pretty much anything else. It is timid Anthony Albanese with no vision, no energy and no intention to use Labor’s huge mandate and majority to modernise Australia with real progressive and transformative policies.
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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For years, I was told my unemployment was a personal failing. I was an economic pariah, a ghost in the machine of the Australian Dream. 👻
They tell you the system is a fair race. It's not. It’s a game of musical chairs, and the government is deliberately taking chairs away.
For years, I was told my unemployment was a personal failing. I was an economic pariah, a ghost in the machine of the Australian Dream. 👻
They tell you the system is a fair race. It's not. It’s a game of musical chairs, and the government is deliberately taking chairs away.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Great explanation for US$20B to Argentina.
Spoiler: prop up the value of the peso so US hedge funds (making fast money on FX) could cash out in USD.
player.captivate.fm/episode/c0c9...
Spoiler: prop up the value of the peso so US hedge funds (making fast money on FX) could cash out in USD.
player.captivate.fm/episode/c0c9...
Ep 353 - Dollars for Oligarchs, Austerity for Argentina with Daniel Kostzer
Quickly and easily listen to Macro N Cheese for free!
player.captivate.fm
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Great explanation for US$20B to Argentina.
Spoiler: prop up the value of the peso so US hedge funds (making fast money on FX) could cash out in USD.
player.captivate.fm/episode/c0c9...
Spoiler: prop up the value of the peso so US hedge funds (making fast money on FX) could cash out in USD.
player.captivate.fm/episode/c0c9...
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"Not only did the Palace hide the truth. So also did The National Archives of Australia."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Queen’s implausible denial
It beggars belief that the Queen did not know that John Kerr was planning to sack Gough Whitlam. She may not have known the detail of the coup in progress, but she knew the substance. But like Lord Ne...
johnmenadue.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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This Fed Gov SO disappointing.😠
"The amendment was not brought up in the inquiry looking at the original legislation. It was not publicly floated by the government. It was only found when anti-poverty advocates looked through the tabled legislation."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
"The amendment was not brought up in the inquiry looking at the original legislation. It was not publicly floated by the government. It was only found when anti-poverty advocates looked through the tabled legislation."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope
It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This Fed Gov SO disappointing.😠
"The amendment was not brought up in the inquiry looking at the original legislation. It was not publicly floated by the government. It was only found when anti-poverty advocates looked through the tabled legislation."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
"The amendment was not brought up in the inquiry looking at the original legislation. It was not publicly floated by the government. It was only found when anti-poverty advocates looked through the tabled legislation."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR
ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.
trib.al
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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THREAD: A veil of secrecy and forgetfulness hangs over a taxpayer-funded mission to the United States earlier this year, involving Special Envoy Jillian Segal and one staffer.
The purpose of the trip, which covered less than ten days, have never been made public.
The purpose of the trip, which covered less than ten days, have never been made public.
October 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Culture wars mask the class war.
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Both @australianlabor.bsky.social and ACTU's @sallymcmanus.bsky.social need to get THIS 👇 message out to all Australian workers. Fight division. Fight racism and bigotry. Fight the greed of unprincipled bosses. #auspol #UnionStrong #NoRoomForRacism
October 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Culture wars mask the class war.
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
October 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Is there an app for that?
GOV. PRITZKER CREATES "ILLINOIS ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION" TO CREATE PUBLIC RECORD OF FEDERAL AGENTS' BAD CONDUCT
Illinois Governor Pritzker today signed an executive order creating the Illinois Accountability Commission,..
Illinois Governor Pritzker today signed an executive order creating the Illinois Accountability Commission,..
October 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Is there an app for that?
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the tell is almost always a string of white media stories directly quoting - without even the pretence of verification - Israeli operatives reciting Khamas did this Khamas did that.
US & Israel are about to start bombing Gaza again to protect Israel backed gangs.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I wonder what they’ll come up with?
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Pro-Israel group gets £7m from UK government to 'identify' antisemitism - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-awards-ps7m-pro-israel-group-deliver-antisemitism-training-universities
Pro-Israel group gets £7m from UK government to 'identify' antisemitism
The Union of Jewish Students describes itself as the 'voice of Jewish students' and is linked to a pro-settler organisation
www.middleeasteye.net
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I wonder what they’ll come up with?
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“That’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”
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As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.
October 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“That’s not a bug, it’s a feature!”
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