Laurence
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These are songs of the Friends I neglected—And the Foes, too, in part;
These are songs that were mostly rejected—And songs from my heart.
H. Lawson
These are songs that were mostly rejected—And songs from my heart.
H. Lawson
Most Aussies seeing that would not begrudge a PM wearing the T-Shirt of their favourite rock band. For crying out loud he used to be a DJ and you want to hang him over that? Some of these Noalition people seem to have nothing better to do than be vexatious.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Liberal MPs question Sussan Ley's attack on Albanese's Joy Division shirt
Sussan Ley stands by her criticism of the prime minister for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt while stepping off a plane last week. Privately, some of her Liberal colleagues are questioning the attack.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Most Aussies seeing that would not begrudge a PM wearing the T-Shirt of their favourite rock band. For crying out loud he used to be a DJ and you want to hang him over that? Some of these Noalition people seem to have nothing better to do than be vexatious.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Perfect video … no notes.
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today:
1. Your countries all suck.
2. None of you know what you are doing.
3. The US is better at everything.
4. All because of me.
5. I’m right about everything.
6. You should listen to me & do what I say.
7. And give me lots of awards.
1. Your countries all suck.
2. None of you know what you are doing.
3. The US is better at everything.
4. All because of me.
5. I’m right about everything.
6. You should listen to me & do what I say.
7. And give me lots of awards.
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Summary of Trump’s speech to the UN today:
1. Your countries all suck.
2. None of you know what you are doing.
3. The US is better at everything.
4. All because of me.
5. I’m right about everything.
6. You should listen to me & do what I say.
7. And give me lots of awards.
1. Your countries all suck.
2. None of you know what you are doing.
3. The US is better at everything.
4. All because of me.
5. I’m right about everything.
6. You should listen to me & do what I say.
7. And give me lots of awards.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
It’s a foreign owned company - why would it have an intrinsic interest in protecting the lives of all Australians in vulnerable positions?
Question is whether they’ve got a universal emergency service obligation to us or not…or it’s just the cost of doing business?
It’s a foreign owned company - why would it have an intrinsic interest in protecting the lives of all Australians in vulnerable positions?
Question is whether they’ve got a universal emergency service obligation to us or not…or it’s just the cost of doing business?
'Cost-cutting' hasn't just led to job losses, it's led to loss of life: analyst
Optus made another catastrophic mistake, but this time three people are dead after the telecommunications giant let customers down "when they needed them most".
www.abc.net.au
September 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
It’s a foreign owned company - why would it have an intrinsic interest in protecting the lives of all Australians in vulnerable positions?
Question is whether they’ve got a universal emergency service obligation to us or not…or it’s just the cost of doing business?
It’s a foreign owned company - why would it have an intrinsic interest in protecting the lives of all Australians in vulnerable positions?
Question is whether they’ve got a universal emergency service obligation to us or not…or it’s just the cost of doing business?
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ANZ has acted deceitfully and it has profited. Misconduct of this magnitude cannot be waived through as business as usual. I asked ASIC, after 7 misconduct investigations in 8 years, where's the proof this fine alone will change the culture?
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
ANZ has acted deceitfully and it has profited. Misconduct of this magnitude cannot be waived through as business as usual. I asked ASIC, after 7 misconduct investigations in 8 years, where's the proof this fine alone will change the culture?
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ANZ - one of the world’s most profitable banks - has betrayed Australians. Gouged customers. Engaged in repetitive misconduct. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Breaking: ANZ faces record penalty for ripping off customers and government
ANZ bank agrees to a record penalty with the corporate regulator over its dealings with about 65,000 customers, as well as the federal government.
www.abc.net.au
September 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
ANZ - one of the world’s most profitable banks - has betrayed Australians. Gouged customers. Engaged in repetitive misconduct. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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My DNA is 60% 🏴, 18% 🏴, 13% 🇩🇪, 5% 🏴, 2% 🇵🇱, and 🇮🇪. I’m 5th generation Australian in one side and 1st gen on the other with that parent being one of the last “£10 Poms” who immigrated here in 1973.
Those racist fuckwits marching today are just racist fuckwits who share similar DNA but hate diversity.
Those racist fuckwits marching today are just racist fuckwits who share similar DNA but hate diversity.
August 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
My DNA is 60% 🏴, 18% 🏴, 13% 🇩🇪, 5% 🏴, 2% 🇵🇱, and 🇮🇪. I’m 5th generation Australian in one side and 1st gen on the other with that parent being one of the last “£10 Poms” who immigrated here in 1973.
Those racist fuckwits marching today are just racist fuckwits who share similar DNA but hate diversity.
Those racist fuckwits marching today are just racist fuckwits who share similar DNA but hate diversity.
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HAPPY NEWS, Australia! Based on the turnout of the “March for Right-Wing Racist Dickheads & Plague Rats” today (less than 20k nationwide with Perth still to report in), more than TEN (10) TIMES as many Australians are willing to mobilise for peace in the Middle East than make #auspol more racist. ✅
August 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
HAPPY NEWS, Australia! Based on the turnout of the “March for Right-Wing Racist Dickheads & Plague Rats” today (less than 20k nationwide with Perth still to report in), more than TEN (10) TIMES as many Australians are willing to mobilise for peace in the Middle East than make #auspol more racist. ✅
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Who gives a fvck what Ted O'Brien thinks? Why does #AfternoonBriefing focus on the 43 members of the Opposition? Focus on the actual decision-makers in Government FFS. #Auspol #ABCNews
August 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Who gives a fvck what Ted O'Brien thinks? Why does #AfternoonBriefing focus on the 43 members of the Opposition? Focus on the actual decision-makers in Government FFS. #Auspol #ABCNews
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Things i didn't go into education to be (presented in order of best rhetorical impact):
1) a shill for tech company marketing hype
2) a cop surveiling my students & trying to "catch" anyone who falls for the tech co. marketing hype permeating their entire sociocultural milieu
So you see my dilemma
1) a shill for tech company marketing hype
2) a cop surveiling my students & trying to "catch" anyone who falls for the tech co. marketing hype permeating their entire sociocultural milieu
So you see my dilemma
August 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Things i didn't go into education to be (presented in order of best rhetorical impact):
1) a shill for tech company marketing hype
2) a cop surveiling my students & trying to "catch" anyone who falls for the tech co. marketing hype permeating their entire sociocultural milieu
So you see my dilemma
1) a shill for tech company marketing hype
2) a cop surveiling my students & trying to "catch" anyone who falls for the tech co. marketing hype permeating their entire sociocultural milieu
So you see my dilemma
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Nothing to see here but more incompetence by Morrison trying to weigh in with his echo chamber. We were hurt because of dumb arrogant diplomacy by the Morrison government. China depends on trade too, why is that “a threat”? Dumb language,a quarter for such thoughts.
Nothing to see here but more incompetence by Morrison trying to weigh in with his echo chamber. We were hurt because of dumb arrogant diplomacy by the Morrison government. China depends on trade too, why is that “a threat”? Dumb language,a quarter for such thoughts.
Beijing punished Australia's loyalty to US, Scott Morrison tells Congress
Scott Morrison appears before a committee of the US Congress to implore America to "never become casual" about the economic threats posed by China and its willingness to weaponise trade.
www.abc.net.au
July 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Nothing to see here but more incompetence by Morrison trying to weigh in with his echo chamber. We were hurt because of dumb arrogant diplomacy by the Morrison government. China depends on trade too, why is that “a threat”? Dumb language,a quarter for such thoughts.
Nothing to see here but more incompetence by Morrison trying to weigh in with his echo chamber. We were hurt because of dumb arrogant diplomacy by the Morrison government. China depends on trade too, why is that “a threat”? Dumb language,a quarter for such thoughts.
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AUKUS has never been a good deal for Australia.
Worse, it was a deal cobbled together by political hyenas to match the politics of the time and not the interests of our nation.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Worse, it was a deal cobbled together by political hyenas to match the politics of the time and not the interests of our nation.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
America’s AUKUS, PBS push forces Australia toward sovereignty red line | The New Daily
There are signs the Albanese government may be laying the groundwork to lay down some red lines when it comes to AUKUS and sovereignty.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
July 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
AUKUS has never been a good deal for Australia.
Worse, it was a deal cobbled together by political hyenas to match the politics of the time and not the interests of our nation.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Worse, it was a deal cobbled together by political hyenas to match the politics of the time and not the interests of our nation.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Yeah they just have to find some more ways they can rip us off with this colossus than they’ve already managed to do in the original “deal”.
Yeah they just have to find some more ways they can rip us off with this colossus than they’ve already managed to do in the original “deal”.
US review of AUKUS incomplete as cost of defence boost revealed
The acting defence minister says he was advised the Trump administration's review was incomplete, as he defends Australia's approach to defence spending.
www.abc.net.au
July 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Yeah they just have to find some more ways they can rip us off with this colossus than they’ve already managed to do in the original “deal”.
Yeah they just have to find some more ways they can rip us off with this colossus than they’ve already managed to do in the original “deal”.
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US Supreme Court allows #Trump to move forward with plans for mass firings of workers, such as those who issue weather warnings for deadly events like the #Texas #Floods.
111 dead including 20+ girls from a summer camp, 167 still missing.
#TexasFloods #SCOTUS #DOGE
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111 dead including 20+ girls from a summer camp, 167 still missing.
#TexasFloods #SCOTUS #DOGE
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July 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
US Supreme Court allows #Trump to move forward with plans for mass firings of workers, such as those who issue weather warnings for deadly events like the #Texas #Floods.
111 dead including 20+ girls from a summer camp, 167 still missing.
#TexasFloods #SCOTUS #DOGE
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
111 dead including 20+ girls from a summer camp, 167 still missing.
#TexasFloods #SCOTUS #DOGE
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
The Secret Police Are Here
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The Secret Police Are Here
While the Professional Moderates Clutch Their Pearls
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July 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Secret Police Are Here
www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-secret...
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Lib senators Bragg & Hume caught out lying by AAP Fact Check about Australia never taxing unrealised gains.
It appears in their efforts to sling mud regarding Labor’s super tax on unrealised gains - they haven’t checked historical data.
Lies as usual from the Libs
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
It appears in their efforts to sling mud regarding Labor’s super tax on unrealised gains - they haven’t checked historical data.
Lies as usual from the Libs
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
Liberal senators falsely claim Australia has never taxed unrealised gains
Amid Labor's super tax proposal, Andrew Bragg and Jane Hume are claiming there has never been a tax on unrealised gains in Australian history, but experts say such taxes have been, and are, in place.
www.aap.com.au
July 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Lib senators Bragg & Hume caught out lying by AAP Fact Check about Australia never taxing unrealised gains.
It appears in their efforts to sling mud regarding Labor’s super tax on unrealised gains - they haven’t checked historical data.
Lies as usual from the Libs
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
It appears in their efforts to sling mud regarding Labor’s super tax on unrealised gains - they haven’t checked historical data.
Lies as usual from the Libs
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
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Except that I now get 0c/kW for my surplus solar electricity and now need to invest in battery infrastructure. A lot of capital investment cost shifting to individual households is going on.
June 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Except that I now get 0c/kW for my surplus solar electricity and now need to invest in battery infrastructure. A lot of capital investment cost shifting to individual households is going on.
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Yes, we warned about all of it last year. Every last detail, every policy. Watched every rally speech, every interview, every campaign video. Posted thousands of clips about it all. Most completely or largely ignored by legacy media.
And yes, it is going to get much worse.
And yes, it is going to get much worse.
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yes, we warned about all of it last year. Every last detail, every policy. Watched every rally speech, every interview, every campaign video. Posted thousands of clips about it all. Most completely or largely ignored by legacy media.
And yes, it is going to get much worse.
And yes, it is going to get much worse.
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“To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain.’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of ...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain.’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of urban living.”
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For those looking for a blueprint of the Trump style of leadership - look no further than Joh.
Was a surprise and honour to be asked to talk about this time in Queensland (and Australian) politics, which more people should know about. His shadow still looms large
youtu.be/j66IGOlJKOA?...
Was a surprise and honour to be asked to talk about this time in Queensland (and Australian) politics, which more people should know about. His shadow still looms large
youtu.be/j66IGOlJKOA?...
Joh Last King of Queensland - Trailer 2 - SFF25
YouTube video by Sydney Film Festival
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June 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
For those looking for a blueprint of the Trump style of leadership - look no further than Joh.
Was a surprise and honour to be asked to talk about this time in Queensland (and Australian) politics, which more people should know about. His shadow still looms large
youtu.be/j66IGOlJKOA?...
Was a surprise and honour to be asked to talk about this time in Queensland (and Australian) politics, which more people should know about. His shadow still looms large
youtu.be/j66IGOlJKOA?...