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𝔻𝕒𝕟 [spooky pun] 🎃🍻🐦‍⬛ @danmynrd.bsky.social · 2d

AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.

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r1nce.bsky.social @r1nce.bsky.social · 1d

With sincerest apologies - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ypY...

TV's most agonizing 2.5 minutes

YouTube video by Steve Mays

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 1d

An open letter to David Marr as a respected senior journalist regarding the hatchet job interview he conducted with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges in the wake of the cancellation of his National Press Club address. #auspol

Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges

Well-known journalist Chris Hedges, whose talk scheduled to be delivered at the National Press Club was suddenly cancelled, was confronted by the ABC's Late Night Live host David Marr in an unexpectedly ferocious interview. One reader took exception to this.

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Rhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 1d

Labor: we’re going to end the climate wars!

Australians: yay!

Labor: *whispers* by watering down climate action so the L/NP supports our legislation.

Australians: huh? What was that?

Labor: oh nothing, nothing. (To the L/NP): are these policies shit enough for the environment yet, Sussan?

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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 1d

Jane Hume working hard for Australia, making a mintie necklace in the Senate 🤦‍♀️ #auspol

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

*They’re trying to create a MARKET out of environmental destruction*

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

The government has finally stopped drip feeding EPBC details and provided them to everyone! www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/...

One of many howlers

"The proposed changes will also allow certain biodiversity certificates issued under the Nature Repair Market to be used for environmental offsetting."

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 2d

Independent Senator David Pocock has successfully moved a motion in parliament to add five questions to each Senate Question Time from non-government senators, until Labor releases the long-awaited “jobs for mates” report.

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Pressure mounts on Labor to release ‘jobs for mates’ report

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

I had a spare t-shirt cartoon.

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Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 In Newcastle today, Rising Tide painted “TAX ME” on a coal ship named Climate Justice, calling for a 78% fossil fuel profits tax to fund a just transition for workers + communities. Australia’s biggest polluters pay less tax than nurses.

#RisingTide #ClimateJustice

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Damien Irving @drclimate.bsky.social · 1d

"AI slop governance. Not the real thing, but a simulation; coherent only if you don’t look too hard... Environmental reform that guts protection. FOI changes that invoke a transparency scandal to justify secrecy. It’s government as performance art, reform as its own opposite."

The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy

They gave him 94 seats and a mandate like no other. But barely five months after his landslide re-election, Anthony Albanese’s government is already disappointing voters. From FOI requests plunging…

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

Joyless.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Doorstop. Reporter to Sussan Ley: “Ms Ley, you claim that you yourself were once a punk.” Sussan Ley, wearing a t-shirt with”NO JOY, JUST DIVISION”, says, “Yes, but I didn’t inhale.”

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r1nce.bsky.social @r1nce.bsky.social · 2d

#auspol

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 2d

You could condemn the PM's complicity with Israeli atrocity, the gaslighting, and that he won't say 'genocide' after two years (despite acknowledging it privately), but let's focus on the 'antisemitic' nature of a Joy Division t-shirt. This is the discourse of the dumbfuck.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 3d

Every time I don’t think Auspol can get any stupider, I get proven wrong. A national conversation over whether the PM should apologise for wearing a t-shirt featuring a very popular band that’s been around for decades because of its name, is stupid, stupid, even for us

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Rare Earth #auspol #climate #RareEarth ko-fi.com/hudsoncartoons

Single panel editorial cartoon. Farm scene with green pastures, blue sky, a koan in a tree, sheep in the foreground and a mob of kangaroos in the background. In the middle a massive hole has been excavated and large piles of soil lay around, a cow is a top of one in the background a mining truck is entering crushing the trees. Running up from the hole is a (tiny in proportion) miner, holding aloft a small rock, as in a eureka moment.

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Dan Holmes @dholmesnoise.bsky.social · 3d

Home Affairs is asking agencies to confirm they've removed Tiktok, Kaspersky, and Deepseek from government devices by Friday.

Home Affairs checks agency cyber homework

Home Affairs has given agencies days to uninstall software deemed a national security risk, including TikTok and Kaspersky.

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 3d

Fifty years after the dismissal of #Whitlam, it is a national disgrace that the full story is still yet to be told, as more than a thousand files relating to the dismissal remain closed by the National Archives of Australia. @palaceletters #auspol

Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general

This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam.

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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 3d

The Carlton Blues are facing a backlash from their fanbase in Melbourne's north after firing the club mascot for refusing to participate in a pro-Israel fundraiser

www.deepcutnews.com/p/im-disgust...

'I'm disgusted' – Carlton fans in Melbourne's north feel betrayed after mascot's sacking

AFL club faces backlash from supporters after firing its mascot for refusing to participate in a pro-Israel fundraiser.

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Triggered #auspol ko-fi.com/hudsoncartoons

Single panel - Murray Watt says to PM Albanese, “some people are saying perhaps we SHOULD have a climate trigger”, Albanese replies, “We already do, when the political climate starts looking a little grim, it will trigger the need to appear to be doing something consequential”.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

Contortions.
My @smh cartoon.

Three frames. Intro: “Humans are a funny lot. They make up rules, establish principles, then contort themselves to get around them.
Frame 1: Fellow holding IPCC report. “Science says we must act NOW to save the planet!” Below, same fellow lying down legs crossed, writing asterisk on paper from off stage. “But business and politics mean we just put an asterisk in the legislation.” Frame 2: Same fellow, holding page with FOI, NACC ets, says, “A healthy democracy requires transparency and accountability….” Below, bent over backwards, “still, it might destabilise the nation if they knew what govt got up to.” Frame 3: fellow holding bible, “God says every life is sacred and we must not kill…” Below he strikes an awkward pose, “But God wants us to BOMB the CRAP out of those barbarians.”

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 4d

Why Are You Singling Out Israel?

Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has six panels.

PANEL 1

An outdoor park environment. In the background, a bearded man with a blue shirt holds a "Save Gaza" sign. In the foreground, a man in a polo shirt and a woman in a red skirt and black vest are talking about the bearded man.

POLO: Why does that guy single out Israel for criticism? Lots of countries do bad things!

VEST: I'll ask him.

PANEL 2

The woman in the vest has approached the bearded man. From this angle, we can see that under the vest, she's wearing a shirt with the Israeli flag on it.

VEST: There are so many evil governments, and yet you've decided to protest the only Jewish state. Do you have something against Jews?

PANEL 3

The bearded man earnestly replies.

BEARD: Huh. I guess I was raised to care about Israel. We talked about Israel a lot in Hebrew school. When other kids fundraised for UNICEF we donated our allowances for growing trees in Israel.

PANEL 4

The bearded man looks angrier.

BEARD: Also, I'm American. We give tons of weapons to Israel. So when Israel commits genocide, my tax dollars enable it.

PANEL 5

The bearded man smiles; the vest woman looks unconvinced.

BEARD: Besides, no one can focus equally on everything. I bet you pay more attention to Israel. If it's okay for you to prioritize some issues, why isn't it okay for me?

PANEL 6

The vest woman has returned to talking with the guy in the polo shirt.

POLO: So what did he say?

VEST: It's like we thought, he just hates Jews.

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Pat Hudson Cartoons @hudsoncartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Legacy #auspol ko-fi.com/hudsoncartoons

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•Anti-capitalist meme pebbler• @seizethememez.bsky.social · Apr 4

The meme features a historical painting of Vladimir Lenin passionately speaking to a crowd, likely from the Russian Revolution era. Lenin is shown standing and gesturing with his right hand, holding papers in his left. The crowd is animated, with some people holding flags and raising their arms, indicating a rally or political gathering.

Above the image, the text reads:

"Me: 'I promise I won’t get political.'
Zero drinks later, literally the moment I walk into the bar:"

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 4d

Get in loser, we are trashing Australia’s national environmental laws! Labor are making sure their legacy is as easy as possible on their fossil fuel mates and as awful as possible for the community. #auspol

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 4d

This is the first indication from Sir John Kerr that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of Gough Whitlam, historian @palaceletters.bsky.social writes.

Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general

www.crikey.com.au

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r1nce.bsky.social @r1nce.bsky.social · 5d

Full credit to this Labor staffer for giving us all a chance to see behind the curtain of the ALP's Oz.

Disgusting, cretinous, and cowardly in the extreme.

I wonder how the "change from within" folks sleep at night.

#auspol

Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 5d

A Labor staffer mistakenly emailed the federal government’s full talking points on Israel, Palestine and Gaza to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Organisation.

Read them in full here:

www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Australian government’s full talking points on Gaza accidentally sent to Palestinian advocacy group

Government notes reveal they won’t back Gaza hospital proposed by Dr Mohammed Mustafa

www.deepcutnews.com

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