gardenmuser
@gardenmuser1.bsky.social
Concerned citizen and planet lover. Formerly health and education. Now painting, planting and pondering: how to bequeath a fairer, kinder world to my grandkids. Transferring from Twitter.
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Denouement: trapped between empires - Part 6
“What you in Australia must understand is that you are more to blame than the CIA. You want this to happen, you want a certain administration in control, and you don’t want another administration in c...
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Since demise of Whitlam, orchestrated remotely from UK & US, our govts have been cowed into subordination to US. We need to become a Republic; to review constitution re role and composition of Senate; to extricate ourselves from foreign policy control by US. #auspol
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Brilliant piece by @davemilbo.bsky.social. Essential reading, @albomp.bsky.social.
We are in danger of repeating US mistakes after 9/11, the folly of which responses began America's unravelling. #auspol.
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
We are in danger of repeating US mistakes after 9/11, the folly of which responses began America's unravelling. #auspol.
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children - The Shot
Breathe, slowly. It helps. Cry if you need to. All of this hurts. But please understand, before we go any...
theshot.net.au
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Brilliant piece by @davemilbo.bsky.social. Essential reading, @albomp.bsky.social.
We are in danger of repeating US mistakes after 9/11, the folly of which responses began America's unravelling. #auspol.
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
We are in danger of repeating US mistakes after 9/11, the folly of which responses began America's unravelling. #auspol.
Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Teach ethics, not religion, in our schools. Letters to the editor SMH 20/12/25. “Now is the time to introduce a secular curriculum.. Please, David Gonski, be brave enough to take this step”. 👇
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Teach ethics, not religion, in our schools. Letters to the editor SMH 20/12/25. “Now is the time to introduce a secular curriculum.. Please, David Gonski, be brave enough to take this step”. 👇
By niece of JFK:
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
By niece of JFK:
If only our politicians would stop knee-jerking! We need leaders who can articulate the distinction between antisemitism (odious) and opposition to the policies of the current Israeli government (rational). It is crucial that they stop conflating the two. #auspol
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On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
overland.org.au
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If only our politicians would stop knee-jerking! We need leaders who can articulate the distinction between antisemitism (odious) and opposition to the policies of the current Israeli government (rational). It is crucial that they stop conflating the two. #auspol
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
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Great comment under a Kangaroo Court article:
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Great comment under a Kangaroo Court article:
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The question "What can be done?" has a simple answer: Charge rego by emission (NOx & Carbon).
Boom 💥 Done.
Boom 💥 Done.
The proliferation of SUVs and giant Ute's has made it unsafer for drivers of smaller cars. Owners of these monsters should be hit in the hip pocket - the only way to reverse this trend. #auspol #roadsafety
theconversation.com/australias-r...
theconversation.com/australias-r...
Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?
If larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more risks behind the wheel?
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The question "What can be done?" has a simple answer: Charge rego by emission (NOx & Carbon).
Boom 💥 Done.
Boom 💥 Done.
The proliferation of SUVs and giant Ute's has made it unsafer for drivers of smaller cars. Owners of these monsters should be hit in the hip pocket - the only way to reverse this trend. #auspol #roadsafety
theconversation.com/australias-r...
theconversation.com/australias-r...
Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?
If larger vehicles make us feel safer inside them, do they also make us take more risks behind the wheel?
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The proliferation of SUVs and giant Ute's has made it unsafer for drivers of smaller cars. Owners of these monsters should be hit in the hip pocket - the only way to reverse this trend. #auspol #roadsafety
theconversation.com/australias-r...
theconversation.com/australias-r...
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Albanese has I think showed very strong leadership in the wake of the Bondi massacre. Has not attempted to self aggrandise as others have, has stayed out of the gutter politicking by Ley and Frydenberg. Got on with tightening gun laws.
December 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Albanese has I think showed very strong leadership in the wake of the Bondi massacre. Has not attempted to self aggrandise as others have, has stayed out of the gutter politicking by Ley and Frydenberg. Got on with tightening gun laws.
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A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle.
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
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In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Frydenberg claims Albanese should accept ‘personal responsibility’ for Bondi attacks in escalation of rhetoric
PM condemns ‘perversion of Islam’ that police allege may be behind the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle.
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"We don't need to check Instagram or Facebook or refresh Twitter every two minutes....It would be better for our ruined attention spans if we didn't; better for our mental health, our relationships, our democracy." Great read. #auspol
Barbarians inside the gate www.themonthly.com.au/december-202...
Barbarians inside the gate www.themonthly.com.au/december-202...
Barbarians inside the gate
Techno-libertarians are seizing power in the US, intent on collapsing government and liberating society from work, taxes and elections – and human “inefficiencies” – but there may still be hope for Au...
www.themonthly.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"We don't need to check Instagram or Facebook or refresh Twitter every two minutes....It would be better for our ruined attention spans if we didn't; better for our mental health, our relationships, our democracy." Great read. #auspol
Barbarians inside the gate www.themonthly.com.au/december-202...
Barbarians inside the gate www.themonthly.com.au/december-202...
Sad to read nothing has changed despite decades of awareness raising. #sexism
Confronting harassment in uni STEM courses www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Confronting harassment in uni STEM courses www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Confronting university harassment: ‘You’re dumb, but you’re a pretty girl’
Sitting in my mandatory coding workshop, I felt a spray on the back of my neck. As the thick smell of men’s deodorant spread and sank into my clothes, I saw my tutor slip the can back into his bag bef...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Sad to read nothing has changed despite decades of awareness raising. #sexism
Confronting harassment in uni STEM courses www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Confronting harassment in uni STEM courses www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah... @getup.org.au
Ahmad al Ahmad for Aussie of the Year
His actions disarming a gunman are the actions of a naturally heroic person.
petitions.getup.org.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah... @getup.org.au
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Aged care reforms built on the myth of the cashed up boomer risk leaving those who most need support unable to afford it. Rising fees, a fragile Support at Home system and pressure on families point to a policy failure we will all feel, writes Kathy Eager @k_eagar #AgedCare #AusPol
A beginners guide to Australian aged care policy in 2025
Stereotypes about wealthy baby boomers are skewing aged care policy. New fees, the shift to Support at Home, and pressures on community services risk leaving many older Australians without affordable, safe support. The consequences will be felt across families, hospitals and future generations.
johnmenadue.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Please God, don't touch it. #auspol
‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments
As the NSW government considers backing the Shooters party on a bill that would ease restrictions on weapons, those close to the 1996 massacre warn against any move that could fuel the national surge ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please God, don't touch it. #auspol
‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Don’t touch it’: Port Arthur veterans on gun law amendments www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
"Neoliberalism, techno-solutionism, nationalist populism....promise stability while delivering precarity, defend growth on a planet exhausted by it." Great big-picture article on where we're potentially heading. Fingers crossed for the last option. #auspol
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The next century will be shaped by resistance, not inevitability
Across six centuries, power has claimed inevitability while resistance has redrawn the possible. As the world enters a century defined by climate, inequality and democratic strain, the forces that pus...
johnmenadue.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Neoliberalism, techno-solutionism, nationalist populism....promise stability while delivering precarity, defend growth on a planet exhausted by it." Great big-picture article on where we're potentially heading. Fingers crossed for the last option. #auspol
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Where could our money be better spent?
✅ preferences
AUKUS?
Fossil fuel subsidies?
Elite private schools?
Tax breaks for the wealthy?
Negative gearing?
Useless NACC?
Housing & feeding poor?
Free uni & TAFE education?
Quality public schools?
Renewables?
Healthcare?
…
Where could our money be better spent?
✅ preferences
AUKUS?
Fossil fuel subsidies?
Elite private schools?
Tax breaks for the wealthy?
Negative gearing?
Useless NACC?
Housing & feeding poor?
Free uni & TAFE education?
Quality public schools?
Renewables?
Healthcare?
…
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Where could our money be better spent?
✅ preferences
AUKUS?
Fossil fuel subsidies?
Elite private schools?
Tax breaks for the wealthy?
Negative gearing?
Useless NACC?
Housing & feeding poor?
Free uni & TAFE education?
Quality public schools?
Renewables?
Healthcare?
…
Where could our money be better spent?
✅ preferences
AUKUS?
Fossil fuel subsidies?
Elite private schools?
Tax breaks for the wealthy?
Negative gearing?
Useless NACC?
Housing & feeding poor?
Free uni & TAFE education?
Quality public schools?
Renewables?
Healthcare?
…
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"Australia, a mere annexure of the US imperium." We have been dudded by our own governments. When do we get to vote on this abomination? #AUKUS #auspol
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The Colby Review, AUKUS and lopsided commitments
The Colby review of AUKUS highlights how deeply Australia has tied itself to US strategic priorities while offering little clarity on what Canberra receives in return.
johnmenadue.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Australia, a mere annexure of the US imperium." We have been dudded by our own governments. When do we get to vote on this abomination? #AUKUS #auspol
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Marles and Wong embarrass themselves and us. #AUKUS is "a defence policy written by a tourism executive. At great expense, it makes the country less safe. It is to Labor's immense shame that it lacks the courage or insight to walk away from it." #auspol
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Pete Hegseth and the AUKUS folly
The man who sets Australia’s defence policy is an alcoholic former Fox News commentator who is known for his gross financial mismanagement and on at least one occasion paid a settlement to a woman he ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Marles and Wong embarrass themselves and us. #AUKUS is "a defence policy written by a tourism executive. At great expense, it makes the country less safe. It is to Labor's immense shame that it lacks the courage or insight to walk away from it." #auspol
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
"Some...view the timing of the pile-on suspiciously. The steady drip of stories comes just as Wells has been forging ahead with Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s...furiously resisted by technology giants such as Google." I smell a rat! #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's a feeding frenzy over Anika Wells' expenses. But if we want women in parliament it needs to be more family-friendly | Sarah Martin
The official justification of the allowance is to facilitate ‘the family life of the parliamentarian’. Yes, they are supported by the taxpayer to have one
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Some...view the timing of the pile-on suspiciously. The steady drip of stories comes just as Wells has been forging ahead with Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s...furiously resisted by technology giants such as Google." I smell a rat! #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#AUKUS is a nonsense as is Marles' posturing during Albo's honeymoon. Australia would be a damn sight better off without either. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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Marles’ Defence overhaul raises an awkward question: why AUKUS at all?
Australia’s new Defence Delivery Agency may finally expose an uncomfortable truth – that Australia already has formidable deterrent capabilities through the Royal Australian Air Force and emerging dro...
johnmenadue.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#AUKUS is a nonsense as is Marles' posturing during Albo's honeymoon. Australia would be a damn sight better off without either. #auspol
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The good news is that we’re talking about this, posting about this, protesting about this, VOTING about this.
So in the near future this will be rescinded by a sane administration…with a corresponding public celebration.
So in the near future this will be rescinded by a sane administration…with a corresponding public celebration.
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The good news is that we’re talking about this, posting about this, protesting about this, VOTING about this.
So in the near future this will be rescinded by a sane administration…with a corresponding public celebration.
So in the near future this will be rescinded by a sane administration…with a corresponding public celebration.