David Lunt
@davidlunt.bsky.social
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“50 yrs ago, Australia saw bloodless coup where underpinning conventions of parliamentary democracy were overthrown. The Dismissal established dangerous precedents. We have failed to put in place safeguards that would prevent it happening again.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22019/...
An Australian coup: Reflecting on Whitlam’s dismissal
It is not true that Australia has never experienced a revolution. Fifty years ago, the nation saw a bloodless coup where the underpinning conventions of our parliamentary democracy were overthrown. Th...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“50 yrs ago, Australia saw bloodless coup where underpinning conventions of parliamentary democracy were overthrown. The Dismissal established dangerous precedents. We have failed to put in place safeguards that would prevent it happening again.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22019/...
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Find out just how organised and deliberate groups are - which push climate disinformation to us through the Senate's live public hearings into climate disinformation - here right now #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy | Melbourne, VIC | 30/09/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Find out just how organised and deliberate groups are - which push climate disinformation to us through the Senate's live public hearings into climate disinformation - here right now #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
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What continues to be ignored, 50 years after the #WhitlamDismissal, is that it was the denial - by the LIBERAL and the COUNTRY party members in the Senate - to grant Supply to the Whitlam government that triggered the entire saga.
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What continues to be ignored, 50 years after the #WhitlamDismissal, is that it was the denial - by the LIBERAL and the COUNTRY party members in the Senate - to grant Supply to the Whitlam government that triggered the entire saga.
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“”The Biden administration deliberately looked the other way in the face of overwhelming evidence that war crimes were being committed with U.S. weapons in Gaza,” @vanhollen.senate.gov
of Maryland, told Reuters.
of Maryland, told Reuters.
US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“”The Biden administration deliberately looked the other way in the face of overwhelming evidence that war crimes were being committed with U.S. weapons in Gaza,” @vanhollen.senate.gov
of Maryland, told Reuters.
of Maryland, told Reuters.
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«The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google … have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout. They have chased growth and scale at all costs …»
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
«The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google … have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout. They have chased growth and scale at all costs …»
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"It is tricky to determine whether Andrew Hastie’s Fundamentalist Christianity or his global networking with Trumpist forces should worry Australians more"
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"It is tricky to determine whether Andrew Hastie’s Fundamentalist Christianity or his global networking with Trumpist forces should worry Australians more"
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
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Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
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👇”Andrew Hastie is a dangerous potential leader, not because he has the eyes of a “killer” as allegedly said by Liberal Party colleagues, but because he is a more presentable face concealing a more extreme Fundamentalist Christianity.”👇
Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
👇”Andrew Hastie is a dangerous potential leader, not because he has the eyes of a “killer” as allegedly said by Liberal Party colleagues, but because he is a more presentable face concealing a more extreme Fundamentalist Christianity.”👇
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We’ve found it. It cost the world a trillion dollars to discover, but literally the saddest, most pathetic shit in all humanity has just happened and you, Elon Musk, ARE that sad, pathetic shit.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
We’ve found it. It cost the world a trillion dollars to discover, but literally the saddest, most pathetic shit in all humanity has just happened and you, Elon Musk, ARE that sad, pathetic shit.
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"Fung-wong [..] with its 1,600-kilometer- (994-mile-) wide rain & wind band, approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left at least 224 people dead [..] before pummeling Vietnam, where at least five were killed."
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, knocking down power, forcing the evacuation of more than a million people.
More than a million people evacuate as Super Typhoon Fung-wong threatens the Philippines
Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, has started battering the country’s northeastern coast ahead of landfall.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"Fung-wong [..] with its 1,600-kilometer- (994-mile-) wide rain & wind band, approached from the Pacific while the Philippines was still dealing with the devastation wrought by Typhoon Kalmaegi, which left at least 224 people dead [..] before pummeling Vietnam, where at least five were killed."
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
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Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
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This 🧵provides a clear example of how American politics and culture has gone so far off the rails.
History is indeed rhyming, if not repeating.
For many of us outside the US, it is bizarre that popular commentators with dangerously radical #FarRight views can be widely considered "conservative".
History is indeed rhyming, if not repeating.
For many of us outside the US, it is bizarre that popular commentators with dangerously radical #FarRight views can be widely considered "conservative".
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This 🧵provides a clear example of how American politics and culture has gone so far off the rails.
History is indeed rhyming, if not repeating.
For many of us outside the US, it is bizarre that popular commentators with dangerously radical #FarRight views can be widely considered "conservative".
History is indeed rhyming, if not repeating.
For many of us outside the US, it is bizarre that popular commentators with dangerously radical #FarRight views can be widely considered "conservative".
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I'm producing a special newsletter for TrueNorth curating articles, podcasts etc on Whitlam's Dismissal - which will be sent around midday on Tuesday - the 50th Anniversary of his Government's Dismissal.
If you don't yet subscribe to TrueNorth please do so here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
If you don't yet subscribe to TrueNorth please do so here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
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November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I'm producing a special newsletter for TrueNorth curating articles, podcasts etc on Whitlam's Dismissal - which will be sent around midday on Tuesday - the 50th Anniversary of his Government's Dismissal.
If you don't yet subscribe to TrueNorth please do so here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
If you don't yet subscribe to TrueNorth please do so here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com
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There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
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“Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules.”
Another Labor special then. Try to legislate a do-nothing policy, pat yourself on the back for being so sensible.
Another Labor special then. Try to legislate a do-nothing policy, pat yourself on the back for being so sensible.
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules
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November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules.”
Another Labor special then. Try to legislate a do-nothing policy, pat yourself on the back for being so sensible.
Another Labor special then. Try to legislate a do-nothing policy, pat yourself on the back for being so sensible.
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The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Marles' worship of the Sydney weapons industry expo which includes genocidal #Israel's corporations is obscene. This is Disney ghoul world. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #BDS
At Sydney’s mighty arms convention, weapons are sold as ‘solutions’. No one mentions the people they will target
As protesters outside condemn war, inside the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition the defence minister praises the ‘beautiful, menacing and extremely cool’ technology on show
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Marles' worship of the Sydney weapons industry expo which includes genocidal #Israel's corporations is obscene. This is Disney ghoul world. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #BDS
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.