Heather
@heatherforward.bsky.social
Australian, living in Central Victoria. Interested in politics and cultural issues. Despise Murdoch, media and anything Trump. Centre, leftist views and a strong leaning towards socialism. Voted YES, of course
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The sex offender to right-wing grifter pipeline needs to be thoroughly studied.
Russell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The sex offender to right-wing grifter pipeline needs to be thoroughly studied.
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Please join me to press for enquiry into the state of ABC finances that permits them to screen the 2011 Xmas edition of Antiques Roadshow tonight. Nursing home fare for the nation. Pension off Macca on Sunday morning & use the saving to get us up to speed.
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Please join me to press for enquiry into the state of ABC finances that permits them to screen the 2011 Xmas edition of Antiques Roadshow tonight. Nursing home fare for the nation. Pension off Macca on Sunday morning & use the saving to get us up to speed.
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Thanks. It’s needling and niggling, and so very manipulative. A special “gift”for me to drag around for Christmas. Another attempt (among many) to silence and intimidate me and wear me out.
Looking forward to a break.
Looking forward to a break.
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Thanks. It’s needling and niggling, and so very manipulative. A special “gift”for me to drag around for Christmas. Another attempt (among many) to silence and intimidate me and wear me out.
Looking forward to a break.
Looking forward to a break.
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I hope you are okay. I love your cartoons, the humanity in them, the compassion, the wit, and the intelligence.
Wishing you all good things. 🌻
Wishing you all good things. 🌻
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I hope you are okay. I love your cartoons, the humanity in them, the compassion, the wit, and the intelligence.
Wishing you all good things. 🌻
Wishing you all good things. 🌻
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Happy Festivus everyone for those who celebrate, and for those who don't, happy Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you so much for your company through the year - I suspect we have all kept each other sane and my god, have we needed it.
❤️ 🎄 ❤️
#Igotalottaproblemswithyoupeople
Thank you so much for your company through the year - I suspect we have all kept each other sane and my god, have we needed it.
❤️ 🎄 ❤️
#Igotalottaproblemswithyoupeople
a group of men are sitting at a table in a diner
Alt: A scene from Seinfeld the tv series, with George and Jerry sitting in the diner and George's father Frank Costanza, coming in carrying the Festivus pole along with Kramer behind him, crying out "Happy Festivus".
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Happy Festivus everyone for those who celebrate, and for those who don't, happy Christmas to you and yours.
Thank you so much for your company through the year - I suspect we have all kept each other sane and my god, have we needed it.
❤️ 🎄 ❤️
#Igotalottaproblemswithyoupeople
Thank you so much for your company through the year - I suspect we have all kept each other sane and my god, have we needed it.
❤️ 🎄 ❤️
#Igotalottaproblemswithyoupeople
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December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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"...the social contract Australians relied on their politicians to uphold, to place the nation’s needs above politics, has been destroyed by the Coalition."
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"...the social contract Australians relied on their politicians to uphold, to place the nation’s needs above politics, has been destroyed by the Coalition."
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Not sure there is a bottom in the barrel for The Australian.
#TruthInMedia
#Multicultural
#respect
#auspol
#TruthInMedia
#Multicultural
#respect
#auspol
Just when you thought the bottom of the barrel was well and truly scraped …
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Not sure there is a bottom in the barrel for The Australian.
#TruthInMedia
#Multicultural
#respect
#auspol
#TruthInMedia
#Multicultural
#respect
#auspol
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Homelessness is a housing and health crisis. New research shows Australia could end rough sleeping with a 'housing first' approach – if governments choose to act, write Katrina Raynor.
#auspol #Homelessness #HousingFirst #PublicHousing
#auspol #Homelessness #HousingFirst #PublicHousing
How much does it cost to end rough sleeping? An Australian-first study may have just found out
Homelessness in Australia is worsening, with services stuck in crisis mode. Evidence from Finland – and new research in SA and WA – shows a different path is possible.
johnmenadue.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Homelessness is a housing and health crisis. New research shows Australia could end rough sleeping with a 'housing first' approach – if governments choose to act, write Katrina Raynor.
#auspol #Homelessness #HousingFirst #PublicHousing
#auspol #Homelessness #HousingFirst #PublicHousing
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The National Firearms Register is a key piece of the 1996 gun reforms but unfinished. The inadequate system was raised after Wieambilla when weapons moved from NSW to Qld. Now Bondi. Accurate info on firearms will greatly assist police & ASIO. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A key piece of Port Arthur-era gun reform remains unfinished. Could it have helped prevent the Bondi attack?
National register would have allowed police to better assess risk posed by alleged Bondi shooters before attack, expert says
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The National Firearms Register is a key piece of the 1996 gun reforms but unfinished. The inadequate system was raised after Wieambilla when weapons moved from NSW to Qld. Now Bondi. Accurate info on firearms will greatly assist police & ASIO. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Really not in the mood to hear the hysterical screeching about Albo “allowing antisemitism” from the racist dickheads who voted no on The Voice and relentlessly attacked Julia Gillard with their sexist drivel
It is political opportunism at its most venal
#auspol
It is political opportunism at its most venal
#auspol
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Really not in the mood to hear the hysterical screeching about Albo “allowing antisemitism” from the racist dickheads who voted no on The Voice and relentlessly attacked Julia Gillard with their sexist drivel
It is political opportunism at its most venal
#auspol
It is political opportunism at its most venal
#auspol
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Because the two things the Murdochracy hates more than anything are:
1. Integrity
2. The ABC
1. Integrity
2. The ABC
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Because the two things the Murdochracy hates more than anything are:
1. Integrity
2. The ABC
1. Integrity
2. The ABC
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“How did a man previously rejected for gun ownership, whose son was already on the intelligence radar, legally amass an arsenal?”
theaimn.net/bondi-massac...
theaimn.net/bondi-massac...
Bondi Massacre: When Disinformation Buries State Failure
“The price of metaphor is eternal vigilance,” wrote Flannery O’Connor. She might have added that lazy metaphor, repeated by a complicit media, does not just mislead. It kills. And it feeds the slow st...
theaimn.net
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“How did a man previously rejected for gun ownership, whose son was already on the intelligence radar, legally amass an arsenal?”
theaimn.net/bondi-massac...
theaimn.net/bondi-massac...
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❤️💔❤️
issydphoto: Community coming together. Moving scenes for the paddle out at buzz Bondi today
#bondibeach #paddleout #sydney
issydphoto: Community coming together. Moving scenes for the paddle out at buzz Bondi today
#bondibeach #paddleout #sydney
December 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
❤️💔❤️
issydphoto: Community coming together. Moving scenes for the paddle out at buzz Bondi today
#bondibeach #paddleout #sydney
issydphoto: Community coming together. Moving scenes for the paddle out at buzz Bondi today
#bondibeach #paddleout #sydney
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"When a man whose son was investigated by ASIO for links to Islamic State extremists is able to enact mass murder with a stockpile of six legal firearms, it is clear Australia's gun laws are not working as intended."
My Saturday column is up early >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913773...
My Saturday column is up early >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913773...
The stark reality we need face about guns in Australia
A gun is stolen every four hours, feeding a growing black market.
www.canberratimes.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"When a man whose son was investigated by ASIO for links to Islamic State extremists is able to enact mass murder with a stockpile of six legal firearms, it is clear Australia's gun laws are not working as intended."
My Saturday column is up early >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913773...
My Saturday column is up early >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/913773...
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Some languid academic on the radio today was saying it's not a big deal for suburban men in NSW to have more than 6 high-powered rifles. Well it bloody well should be illegal. Vote Shooters Party last for all elections to come. LNP will be obliterated if they don't step up on way tougher gun laws.
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Some languid academic on the radio today was saying it's not a big deal for suburban men in NSW to have more than 6 high-powered rifles. Well it bloody well should be illegal. Vote Shooters Party last for all elections to come. LNP will be obliterated if they don't step up on way tougher gun laws.
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In a party littered with unfathomable arseholes, Linda Reynolds sits among its most historically prolific practitioners. A rare arsehole indeed.
December 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In a party littered with unfathomable arseholes, Linda Reynolds sits among its most historically prolific practitioners. A rare arsehole indeed.
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Data reveals Sydney's 'frightening concentration' of gun ownership ahead of the Bondi terror attack
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Data reveals Sydney’s ‘frightening concentration’ of gun ownership ahead of the Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns vows to review gun laws, with thousands of licensed firearms located in the state’s major cities
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Data reveals Sydney's 'frightening concentration' of gun ownership ahead of the Bondi terror attack
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If you’re an Australian politician or activist using the Bondi terror attack to provoke hate towards immigrants, while also opposing quite clearly necessary gun law reform, we see you! Shame!
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you’re an Australian politician or activist using the Bondi terror attack to provoke hate towards immigrants, while also opposing quite clearly necessary gun law reform, we see you! Shame!
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The symbolism of Australians racing to donate blood to help the victims of the antisemitic terror attack in Sydney should not be underestimated.
This is a people saying: I give of my most inner self to help you, unknown friends. I give without credit. I recognise that humanity is one body.
#auspol
This is a people saying: I give of my most inner self to help you, unknown friends. I give without credit. I recognise that humanity is one body.
#auspol
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The symbolism of Australians racing to donate blood to help the victims of the antisemitic terror attack in Sydney should not be underestimated.
This is a people saying: I give of my most inner self to help you, unknown friends. I give without credit. I recognise that humanity is one body.
#auspol
This is a people saying: I give of my most inner self to help you, unknown friends. I give without credit. I recognise that humanity is one body.
#auspol
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A very brave Australian. Ahmed al Ahmed disarms one gunman and takes two shots from the second gunman. youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI
Hero suffers two gunshot wounds in Bondi beach shooting | 7NEWS
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A very brave Australian. Ahmed al Ahmed disarms one gunman and takes two shots from the second gunman. youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI
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Australia’s gun laws are why there weren’t hundreds of victims at the Bondi shooting
Australia’s gun laws are why this horror is so rare here
Australia’s gun laws are why our public schools don’t know what an “active shooter drill” is let alone how to do one
It’s the only good thing Howard did
Australia’s gun laws are why this horror is so rare here
Australia’s gun laws are why our public schools don’t know what an “active shooter drill” is let alone how to do one
It’s the only good thing Howard did
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Australia’s gun laws are why there weren’t hundreds of victims at the Bondi shooting
Australia’s gun laws are why this horror is so rare here
Australia’s gun laws are why our public schools don’t know what an “active shooter drill” is let alone how to do one
It’s the only good thing Howard did
Australia’s gun laws are why this horror is so rare here
Australia’s gun laws are why our public schools don’t know what an “active shooter drill” is let alone how to do one
It’s the only good thing Howard did
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Tony Fitzgerald recently turned 84. We Queenslanders don't deserve such a person. Still watching over us.
Mr Fitzgerald & Catherine Holmes are are two justices that care deeply about the Australian people. Ask them to fix the NACC & they will. #qldpol
www.themandarin.com.au/290400-fitzg...
Mr Fitzgerald & Catherine Holmes are are two justices that care deeply about the Australian people. Ask them to fix the NACC & they will. #qldpol
www.themandarin.com.au/290400-fitzg...
Fitzgerald at loggerheads with Queensland government again
Tony Fitzgerald is concerned an electoral redistribution appointment could return Queensland to the 'bad old days' of the Bjelkemander.
www.themandarin.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tony Fitzgerald recently turned 84. We Queenslanders don't deserve such a person. Still watching over us.
Mr Fitzgerald & Catherine Holmes are are two justices that care deeply about the Australian people. Ask them to fix the NACC & they will. #qldpol
www.themandarin.com.au/290400-fitzg...
Mr Fitzgerald & Catherine Holmes are are two justices that care deeply about the Australian people. Ask them to fix the NACC & they will. #qldpol
www.themandarin.com.au/290400-fitzg...