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Luke, cool
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · Dec 21
Antarctica December 2023
#Photography
Ripples of water from a moving ship on a calm sea stretch into the distance with icebergs and clouds sitting near the horizon.
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“The Department of Social Services has accepted all the recommendations except the one that calls for amendments to key child support and family tax laws that would strengthen compliance”
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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mon4kooyong.bsky.social
There's been too little progress on the shockingly high rates of violence against women and children in Australia.

The government has failed to act on a series of enquiries and reports. Our responses have been inadequate and fragmented.
National watchdog needed for violence against women, commissioner says
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission found systems meant to keep governments accountable are so fragmented they are leading to authorities passing the buck on responsibility.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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mon4kooyong.bsky.social
A lobbying code of conduct which allows our defence minister to discuss defence business with a global contracting firm in cabinet then take a job with that firm nine days after leaving politics is a lobbying code which is corrosive of public trust.
A poodle is a dog
Christopher Pyne was still a cabinet minister when he met with EY to discuss taking a job with the consultancy. There was no confusion about the purpose of the meeting.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
coolhandluke.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Pocock booted from pollie sports club after criticising gambling lobby sponsor
The former star Wallabies player turned independent senator was kicked out of the social sports club after raising concerns about its links to the gambling industry.
www.abc.net.au
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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David Pope in Canberra Times
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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chaser.com.au
"He's basically celebrating political violence" said tabloid writers chaser.com.au/general-news...
Local man fired for giving barista his name instead of saying ‘My name isn’t important, I mourn Charlie Kirk’
September 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Exactly this 👇 from the always on point Cathy Wilcox.

Hate to say it, but perhaps one of our best hopes for effective climate action are all the very wealthy and influential people with harbourside and seaside real estate. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
cathywilcox.bsky.social The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Sep 17
Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. In each, a man is reclining in an armchair, feet up, while television is on. 1. TV newsreader: “The latest climate risk assessment says without drastic greenhouse emission reduction, we can expect…” (man snoozes) 2. TV shows bushfire “…a large increase in deaths from heat stress, more coastal flooding, storms and extreme weather events…” (man snoozes) 3. TV shows waves crashing on coastal house “…sea level rises will displace coastal dwellers and inhabitants of nearby island states, and…” (man snoozes) 4. TV shows house with arrow pointing down and $BILLIONS) “…our property values could fall by as much as $611 billion…” Man on chair wakes and gasps.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
coolhandluke.bsky.social
NOTE!!! "The magistrate also noted that changes to the standard of proof required for consent, which couldn’t be applied retrospectively as they came in after the time of the allegations, could have changed the outcome of the charges."

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...
Craig McLachlan withdraws from Cluedo production after backlash over casting
The actor, who was cleared of historical sexual assault allegations in 2020, says he has withdrawn as a result of a social media campaign against him
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Isabella Higgins has completely roasted Jacinta Price the “amateur” on #ABCInsiders for her “racist” remarks against Indian ppl,
Says she might be able to “destroy” things like #TheVoice but is a flop when it comes to “selling a vision”🔥💯
Totally correct.
September 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
coolhandluke.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Outback nurse tackles diabetes with cans, rocks, bush tucker and chat
When Rishoniy Caine arrived in a remote NSW community with one general store and no gym, she knew fixing its diabetes problem would need a different approach to what had already failed the locals.
www.abc.net.au
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
coolhandluke.bsky.social
Utterly shameful.
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
Australian War Memorial changes book prize rules to reject Ben Roberts-Smith exposé
When the judges announced acclaimed journalist Chris Masters as the winner, it proved a step too far for the institution.
www.smh.com.au
September 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Who pays?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Scene of audience attending single speaker on the stage. US flags beside. Audience and speaker all have guns for heads. Speaker says “It’s the price we pay for liberty…”
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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larissawaters.bsky.social
The Environment Minister has approved a coal mine extension overnight – the first of the new Parliament.

This is a decision that will lock Australia into providing coal for decades, and put threatened wildlife at risk.

This is not climate action. This is a climate crime.
September 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Gehamat Shibasaki has lost his spot in the starting line-up for Thursday night’s game against the Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium.

This follows a breach of Broncos team standards, which has been dealt with internally.

Worst timing ever.
#NRL #BrisbaneBroncos #NRLFinals
September 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Sam Maiden, thanks for the complex background to Bob Katter, but he’s an adult who bears responsibility for his behaviour, and if he is so troubled by this aspect of his identity, he should get proper help and not make others carry the cost. #insiders
August 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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squigglyrick.bsky.social
Like, this is just an extremely abbreviated recent history.
Screenshot of article excerpt that reads: What Butler could not do in his press club speech, or subsequently, is guarantee children will not be negatively affected by agency decisions in advance of any rollout. He told the audience that any child “enrolled in the NDIS now – or who become enrolled before that time [2027] – will remain on the scheme, subject to its usual arrangements, including reassessments”. These “reassessments” have been turbocharged after a significant investment in the agency’s access and eligibility team. The Saturday Paper has previously revealed the agency was sending out thousands of eligibility reassessment letters suggesting people may no longer have a right to support, and demanding further unspecified evidence within 28 days. This process resulted in people being wrongfully removed from the scheme. Some who were able to appeal managed to be reinstated. The Saturday Paper later revealed the agency relented under pressure to extend this timeframe to 90 days but, under the direction of then chief executive Rebecca Falkingham, used a deliberately bastardised version of this process to kick a disability advocate off the scheme without evidence. The advocate was later reinstated with an extra disability recognised under the act. Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service says these abuses of power are becoming more common and materialise in both policy decisions taken by the agency and in a new flex of its power made with the backing of legislative reforms that began in October last year. “More matters are being met with intransigent conduct by the NDIA at the Tribunal, resulting in an increase in other funded advocacy services seeking our assistance for support with their work,” the service says in a report obtained by The Saturday Paper.
August 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The high ground
More cartoons, gifs an videos on Patreon
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#Israel #Gaza
October 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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Missed again #auspol #SanctionsNow #Israel t.co/pwQVDLYzH2
Netanyahu press conference in front of tv screen post recent hit on Gaza hospital. The lectern drips with blood that surrounds a white circle containing a dark coloured Star of David. Netanyahu says, “Terrible tragedy, terrible. If we had got all the journalists, you’d never have known.”
August 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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chrispomfret.bsky.social
Why do we need a cricketer to go to Parliament to tell the politicians they have not done enough on gambling or Gaza? It’s just embarrassing for everyone in the building.
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Usman Khawaja said in Parliament today that the Government has been “100% too slow” in banning gambling ads.

Australia Institute polling shows three in four Australians (76%) support a total ban on gambling ads!

@amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol
August 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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siriusstar3.bsky.social
I think it’s safe to say: this is the biggest pro-Palestine rally that this city has ever seen.
Brisbane
Sanctions and action now @albomp.bsky.social

#Auspol #MarchForPalestine #Genocide
March for Palestine ABC March for Palestine ABC March for Palestine ABC March for Palestine ABC
August 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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If you’re keeping score at home, Svalbard is where they built the Global Seed Vault — a storehouse of seeds humanity needs to survive in the event of a global catastrophe.
August 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM