Tony Cartledge
@decentral21.bsky.social
Writer interested in social equality and new forms of leadership, determined by Taoist principles. Social Idealist/Metaphysical Idealist. Decency + Consciousness are primary. Queenslander, on Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailail country
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Tony Cartledge
@decentral21.bsky.social
· Feb 12
The best captain doesn't rush in front
The fiercest fighter doesn't bluster
The big winner isn't competing
The best boss takes a low footing
This is the power of noncompetition
This is the right use of ability
Tao Te Ching 68
trans. Ursula Le Guin
The fiercest fighter doesn't bluster
The big winner isn't competing
The best boss takes a low footing
This is the power of noncompetition
This is the right use of ability
Tao Te Ching 68
trans. Ursula Le Guin
The new PHON-ey whip just made a maiden speech and all i can say is he can go jump in the far canal. #auspol
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November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The new PHON-ey whip just made a maiden speech and all i can say is he can go jump in the far canal. #auspol
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#BREAKING 🚨 A FOURTH Liberal Party leadership change is being flagged, with Ashton Hurn emerging as a possible replacement for South Australian opposition leader Vincent Tarzia
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 A FOURTH Liberal Party leadership change is being flagged, with Ashton Hurn emerging as a possible replacement for South Australian opposition leader Vincent Tarzia
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
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BREAKING | A legal challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, which claims the federal government's social media minimum law is unconstitutional.
Teen social media ban constitutional challenge filed, group says
A spokesperson for Digital Freedom Project told Crikey that a challenge had been filed in court on Wednesday morning.
www.crikey.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
BREAKING | A legal challenge to Australia's teen social media ban has been filed in court, which claims the federal government's social media minimum law is unconstitutional.
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Sometimes you have to call these One Nation attacks on migrants out for what they are 🤮
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sometimes you have to call these One Nation attacks on migrants out for what they are 🤮
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November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Minister Murray Watt asks Australians to believe we can better protect nature by facilitating faster exploitation with less regulation and less scrutiny.
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Minister Murray Watt asks Australians to believe we can better protect nature by facilitating faster exploitation with less regulation and less scrutiny.
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Virginia Young’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
PHON-ey in the #Senate seem to be trying to put forward a plebiscite on immigration, so the burqa stunt seems to be a purposeful stunt. The bill has no chance of getting up. Once again they are probably just pitching to Barnaby. David Shoebridge is ridiculing it right ATM. #Auspol
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Not sure why more people aren't calling this speech out. It seemed as egregious as the burqa stunt itself. Wish I could find a clip of it online but haven't so far. #Auspol
Wow, this is getting heated. Bridget McKenzie is throwing fuel on the racism fire. And Canavan is close to getting booted.
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not sure why more people aren't calling this speech out. It seemed as egregious as the burqa stunt itself. Wish I could find a clip of it online but haven't so far. #Auspol
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Hearing from Juliet Harris from Together Scotland about how Scotland has made huge changes for young people by upholding the rights of the child - key mechanisms including lifting young people out of poverty with govt payments and genuinely consulting with them
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Hearing from Juliet Harris from Together Scotland about how Scotland has made huge changes for young people by upholding the rights of the child - key mechanisms including lifting young people out of poverty with govt payments and genuinely consulting with them
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There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.
Maybe Barnaby is smarter than we think and foresees the splintering of the Coalition? In that environment, PHON could well be on a par with whatever minor parties form out of the Lib/Nat ashes. Even so, it makes little difference. the RWNJs will remain on the #Auspol cringe fringe.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Maybe Barnaby is smarter than we think and foresees the splintering of the Coalition? In that environment, PHON could well be on a par with whatever minor parties form out of the Lib/Nat ashes. Even so, it makes little difference. the RWNJs will remain on the #Auspol cringe fringe.
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If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
It's all just so stupid, isn't it? - Amy Remeikis
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis
www.deepcutnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/its-all-ju...
Greedy capitalists posing as philanthropists? No! Surely not? Should this be called virtue-washing? #auspol #capitalism
Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Greedy capitalists posing as philanthropists? No! Surely not? Should this be called virtue-washing? #auspol #capitalism
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Here's a cartoon from a few years ago about ole Pauline
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Here's a cartoon from a few years ago about ole Pauline
Looks like the Senate will suspend Hanson for her burqa stunt. Wong and Ruston have approved it, but Faruqi is saying, bravo but too little too late. Stay tuned for any comments by Hanson. #Auspol Or tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJQ...
Senate | 25/11/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Looks like the Senate will suspend Hanson for her burqa stunt. Wong and Ruston have approved it, but Faruqi is saying, bravo but too little too late. Stay tuned for any comments by Hanson. #Auspol Or tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=enJQ...
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Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
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Larissa Waters calls out “extremely Racist” Pauline Hanson & demands Senate Pres Slade Brockman review his ruling where he allowed her to waltz around in a burqa
“Clearly…this is not a genuine demonstration of faith, in fact it’s the middle finger to ppl of faith.”💥 #Senate
“Clearly…this is not a genuine demonstration of faith, in fact it’s the middle finger to ppl of faith.”💥 #Senate
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Larissa Waters calls out “extremely Racist” Pauline Hanson & demands Senate Pres Slade Brockman review his ruling where he allowed her to waltz around in a burqa
“Clearly…this is not a genuine demonstration of faith, in fact it’s the middle finger to ppl of faith.”💥 #Senate
“Clearly…this is not a genuine demonstration of faith, in fact it’s the middle finger to ppl of faith.”💥 #Senate
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Just a friendly reminder that Channel 7's Sunrise helped resurrect Pauline Hanson's career. In 2016, Hanson was paid to appear on Sunrise at least 16 times. She then successfully re-entered politics in the federal election that year, resurrecting the One Nation party. Thanks Kochie and Sam!
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just a friendly reminder that Channel 7's Sunrise helped resurrect Pauline Hanson's career. In 2016, Hanson was paid to appear on Sunrise at least 16 times. She then successfully re-entered politics in the federal election that year, resurrecting the One Nation party. Thanks Kochie and Sam!
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Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Good explainer on what is "The Opposition" and is it still a useful concept in #Auspol @browne90.bsky.social @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
If the Opposition is not the alternative government, what is the point of it?
With Victoria on its third Oppostion Leader in a year, and speculation about pressure on the Federal and NSW Liberals, we're left wondering: what makes an Opposition Government?
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Good explainer on what is "The Opposition" and is it still a useful concept in #Auspol @browne90.bsky.social @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...
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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
So far this year at least 43 women have lost their lives to family and domestic violence, according to data kept by @deadwomenaustralia.bsky.social
So far this year at least 43 women have lost their lives to family and domestic violence, according to data kept by @deadwomenaustralia.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
So far this year at least 43 women have lost their lives to family and domestic violence, according to data kept by @deadwomenaustralia.bsky.social
So far this year at least 43 women have lost their lives to family and domestic violence, according to data kept by @deadwomenaustralia.bsky.social
I think if they have more local Independents running you'll see a steep rise in the grey square. Hold another poll closer to the election and it will be even more encouraging. And maybe the blue square will disappear entirely. #Auspol
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I think if they have more local Independents running you'll see a steep rise in the grey square. Hold another poll closer to the election and it will be even more encouraging. And maybe the blue square will disappear entirely. #Auspol
Yes, please. He can even be king if he wants. 😜 The fact that he'd reject this is the strongest reason to give him a throne! #Auspol
I’m comfortable with burning the Westminster system to the ground and just trusting David Pocock to make all our decisions for us
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Yes, please. He can even be king if he wants. 😜 The fact that he'd reject this is the strongest reason to give him a throne! #Auspol