JRBsays
@jrbsays.bsky.social
Living on Gubbi Gubbi country and loving life.
Purveyor of mediocre haiku and bad humour. #F1 & #Auspol too. You’ve been warned 🤗
Haiku feed: @JRBHaiku.bsky.social
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Purveyor of mediocre haiku and bad humour. #F1 & #Auspol too. You’ve been warned 🤗
Haiku feed: @JRBHaiku.bsky.social
Substack: https://jrbhaiku.substack.com?r=55lvun&utm_medium=ios
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David Pope nails it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
David Pope nails it.
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Who are you @albomp.bsky.social and what have you done with the boy from social housing who promised a fairer, more transparent Australia? We didn't vote for this body snatcher. Off, you fuck. Bring back the real Albo.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Who are you @albomp.bsky.social and what have you done with the boy from social housing who promised a fairer, more transparent Australia? We didn't vote for this body snatcher. Off, you fuck. Bring back the real Albo.
I’ve only been here since 1997, so I may have missed it, however:
When was the last time Australia’s government passed legislation that was 100% for the benefit of Australian people, not corporations (or themselves)?
#AusPol
When was the last time Australia’s government passed legislation that was 100% for the benefit of Australian people, not corporations (or themselves)?
#AusPol
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’ve only been here since 1997, so I may have missed it, however:
When was the last time Australia’s government passed legislation that was 100% for the benefit of Australian people, not corporations (or themselves)?
#AusPol
When was the last time Australia’s government passed legislation that was 100% for the benefit of Australian people, not corporations (or themselves)?
#AusPol
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
You Can Foster an Endangered Species in Your Home
In their own basements and living rooms, hobbyists are building a decentralized Ark for Earth’s most threatened wildlife.
#GoodNews
reasonstobecheerful.world/foster-endan...
In their own basements and living rooms, hobbyists are building a decentralized Ark for Earth’s most threatened wildlife.
#GoodNews
reasonstobecheerful.world/foster-endan...
You Can Foster an Endangered Species in Your Home
In their own basements and living rooms, hobbyists are building a decentralized Ark for Earth's most threatened wildlife.
reasonstobecheerful.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
You Can Foster an Endangered Species in Your Home
In their own basements and living rooms, hobbyists are building a decentralized Ark for Earth’s most threatened wildlife.
#GoodNews
reasonstobecheerful.world/foster-endan...
In their own basements and living rooms, hobbyists are building a decentralized Ark for Earth’s most threatened wildlife.
#GoodNews
reasonstobecheerful.world/foster-endan...
The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride
Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/lifestyle/ar...
Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/lifestyle/ar...
The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride
Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities
www.positive.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Indian designers turning waste into art – and insult into pride
Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/lifestyle/ar...
Persecuted craftspeople in Mumbai are transforming old tyres into sustainable accessories beloved by celebrities.
#GoodNews
www.positive.news/lifestyle/ar...
Be under no illusion, whatever Barnaby Joyce chooses to do, it will be all about Barnaby, not the people of New England.
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Joyce's looming defection could spell trouble for the Nationals
At the end of this week, Barnaby Joyce will either confirm his exit from politics or join One Nation — at least, that is the binary choice the maverick former deputy prime minister has set for himself...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Be under no illusion, whatever Barnaby Joyce chooses to do, it will be all about Barnaby, not the people of New England.
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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72% of Australians support a total ban on gambling ads.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
Gambling ad ban would pass parliament with conscience vote, Labor MP says
Macarthur MP Mike Freelander believes the multi-partisan support for restricting gambling advertising means the reforms will "get there" eventually.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
72% of Australians support a total ban on gambling ads.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
It’s been 881 days since the Murphy Report recommended that Parliament ban gambling advertising.
30% of Australian children aged 12 to 17 gamble - they lose nearly $20 million every year.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Great to see 1800 RESPECT getting the funding it needs to keep up with demand.
Not great to hear Tanya accusing media of being obsessed with gambling advertising when it’s an issue people care about and, gambling is a big cause of family and domestic violence.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Not great to hear Tanya accusing media of being obsessed with gambling advertising when it’s an issue people care about and, gambling is a big cause of family and domestic violence.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Funding boost for 1800RESPECT as demand soars - ABC listen
The federal government has announced it will increase funding for the national domestic, family and sexual violence support service — 1800RESPECT — by almost 40 per cent.
The service has reported a 3...
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Great to see 1800 RESPECT getting the funding it needs to keep up with demand.
Not great to hear Tanya accusing media of being obsessed with gambling advertising when it’s an issue people care about and, gambling is a big cause of family and domestic violence.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Not great to hear Tanya accusing media of being obsessed with gambling advertising when it’s an issue people care about and, gambling is a big cause of family and domestic violence.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
So Australia’s political parties need a rebrand.
Liberals & Nationals are Conservative (at best)
Labor is now Liberal (of John Howard)
Greens are now Labor (of Whitlam)
(One Nation are still a 1930/40’s German party)
#AusPol
Liberals & Nationals are Conservative (at best)
Labor is now Liberal (of John Howard)
Greens are now Labor (of Whitlam)
(One Nation are still a 1930/40’s German party)
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
So Australia’s political parties need a rebrand.
Liberals & Nationals are Conservative (at best)
Labor is now Liberal (of John Howard)
Greens are now Labor (of Whitlam)
(One Nation are still a 1930/40’s German party)
#AusPol
Liberals & Nationals are Conservative (at best)
Labor is now Liberal (of John Howard)
Greens are now Labor (of Whitlam)
(One Nation are still a 1930/40’s German party)
#AusPol
I just don’t recognise @albomp.bsky.social’s Labor Party anymore.
How the hell did we get to a place that this would be “breaking ranks” and not a unity policy 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How the hell did we get to a place that this would be “breaking ranks” and not a unity policy 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I just don’t recognise @albomp.bsky.social’s Labor Party anymore.
How the hell did we get to a place that this would be “breaking ranks” and not a unity policy 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How the hell did we get to a place that this would be “breaking ranks” and not a unity policy 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry heavily and gives their kids free higher education ... we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and charge a fortune to go to uni.”
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Man charged after women allegedly sexually assaulted at Melbourne venues
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/305075/
A 36-year-old man has been charged with rape and sexual assault after two 19-year-old women were allegedly attacked…
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/305075/
A 36-year-old man has been charged with rape and sexual assault after two 19-year-old women were allegedly attacked…
Man charged after women allegedly sexually assaulted at Melbourne venues - Australia News Beep
A 36-year-old man has been charged with rape and sexual assault after two 19-year-old women were allegedly attacked in Melbourne.
www.newsbeep.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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This is so vile and unnecessary- the kind of nasty bullying, hatebaiting thing Howard or Morrison would do. Just gobsmacking that Labor is initiating this out of nowhere.
What tf are Labor doing
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is so vile and unnecessary- the kind of nasty bullying, hatebaiting thing Howard or Morrison would do. Just gobsmacking that Labor is initiating this out of nowhere.
FFS @albomp.bsky.social just ban gambling advertising like we did for tobacco. Sports and media organisations all survived that.
You have the support of an overwhelming number of Australians. Or is that not who you represent? 🤔
#AusPol
You have the support of an overwhelming number of Australians. Or is that not who you represent? 🤔
#AusPol
"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...
Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again
If Albanese is serious about ‘progressive patriotism’ he could start by prioritising the livelihoods of Australians over the profits of gambling companies.
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
FFS @albomp.bsky.social just ban gambling advertising like we did for tobacco. Sports and media organisations all survived that.
You have the support of an overwhelming number of Australians. Or is that not who you represent? 🤔
#AusPol
You have the support of an overwhelming number of Australians. Or is that not who you represent? 🤔
#AusPol
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM