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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 2h

'Australia’s ability to “speak about international issues” is code for the least popular child in the schoolyard hoping and praying that the coolest kid takes note (while still stealing your lunch money).'
#AUKUS #ANZUS
#AntonyLoewenstein

www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

A brutal analysis of how Australia fits into the Trump administration’s agenda

Clinton Fernandes’ compelling and impeccably sourced book does not paint a pretty picture.

www.smh.com.au

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 1d

Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy

Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 3d

@theshovel.bsky.social
many thanks for this and well said
'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.'
xxxx

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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · 3d

Linda Reynolds deserves to be ridiculed and scorned for the rest of her miserable existence. #AusPol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...

A note on Linda Reynolds

A brief list of things that can be said about Linda Reynolds without defaming her…

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 17d

“If you read the agreement itself, there are no guarantees provided to the Palestinians, not a single guarantee,” she added.

“All guarantees are provided to the Israelis.”

#notapeaceplan

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

What does Trump’s plan mean for the state of Palestine?

Analysts say Trump's ceasefire plan has no guarantees for the Palestinians and, once again, favours the Israelis.

www.aljazeera.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 18d

@squigglyrick.bsky.social so well done - just a shame neither @alboMP or his piss weak NACC did nothing about it
theconversation.com/prime-minist...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality

The winners of this year’s awards include celebrated novelist Michelle de Kretser, journalist Rick Morton on Robodebt and poet David Brooks.

theconversation.com

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 24d

Honestly Trump sounds quite pathetic - whiny and miserably inadequate.

If I was an American I would be mortified and humiliated.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw9f...

President Trump delivers remarks to the United Nations General Assembly

YouTube video by U.S. Department of State

www.youtube.com

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 29d

'Have you no sense of decency?'
Trump and his minions have no sense - at any level
@albomp.bsky.social
should be very wary.
IMO Australia may need to fight not align further with this regime
Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism theconversation.com/political-wi... via
@ConversationEDU

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

theconversation.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · 29d

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/phase-out-fo...

✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Phase out fossil fuels

Emissions reduction targets won’t solve the climate crisis if they’re built on fiction. It's time for the government to tackle the biggest source of carbon emissions in Australia – fossil fuels.

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 15

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...

Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians

Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · Sep 15

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.

(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).

Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted

I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

amyremeikis.substack.com

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 15

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3-0...

Stop Acting Like This is Normal | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

www.youtube.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 15

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted

I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

amyremeikis.substack.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 15

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SS_...

Australian doctor attacked by drone aboard the Gaza flotilla talks to Dave

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

www.youtube.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 13

Enough.
Forget Aukus.
Let's reject AUZUS
It offers us nothing, costs us billions and removes our sovereignty.
Who here wants to align with the no-longer-United States as it attacks its allies and devolves ?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Albanese to unveil $12 billion AUKUS defence facility expansion

The Albanese government will spend $12 billion on building a submarine and naval shipbuilding facility south of Perth under AUKUS, as doubts linger over the agreement's future.

www.abc.net.au

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · Sep 12

This excellent reflection from @katemanne.bsky.social articulates everything that has felt so deeply distorted about the commentary this week, particularly in New Zealand where all nuance has been lost and media reporting has been overwhelmingly sanitised and guided, unchallenged, by bad actors.

What Charlie Kirk's Death Means to Me

Liberals are rushing to participate in his canonization. Don't let them.

katemanne.substack.com

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Sign the Petition

Deport New Zealand born immigrant Thomas Sewell

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 6

chng.it/kdkLPddqH9

Sign the Petition

Deport New Zealand born immigrant Thomas Sewell

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 4

@johnmenadue.com author please? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

Miners want to go green, then we hear News Corp's "China!" scream

Another week, another national security threat, cooked freshly with local ingredients, News Corp’s signature technique, a lot of aged China-threat cliché, and a hint of unprofessional typo. This time...

johnmenadue.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Sep 3

FFS how did
@albomp.bsky.social
allow this?

Who is Richard Marles working for us or Trump?
This is a disgrace.
#auspol
Deputy PM Richard Marles to address Israel lobby summit on Gold Coast
michaelwest.com.au/deputy-pm-to...

Deputy PM Richard Marles to address Israel lobby summit on Gold Coast - Michael West

Deputy PM and Minister for Defence is on the speakers' list to address the controversial Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Summit today.

michaelwest.com.au

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Australia making global headline on refugees for the wrong reasons once more. Even Human Rights Watch has come out to condemn the Albanese Government. “Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Australia Should Halt Plan to Deport Refugees, Migrants to Nauru

The Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation.

www.hrw.org

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samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Aug 30

boo hoo

OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · Aug 30

youtube.com/shorts/_I5g_...

I wonder how many more stories like this are out there? Millions?

Very sad but no sympathy from me for ANY Trump voter……..

MAGA Voters FURIOUS After Losing Their Medicaid Insurance

YouTube video by Jay Reed

youtube.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Aug 30

Well done Mark Dreyfus this speech is excellent & your praise for Zoe Daniel is much appreciated by those of us also familiar with the tone & behaviour of her opponent's campaign.
You and she have class. He has none. Goldstein will regret it.
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Hansard Display

www.aph.gov.au

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Aug 29

Suggest this speech become part of our hopefully soon to be markedly improved civics education in secondary schools?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKe...

2025 Annual Hawke Lecture delivered by Mike Burgess AM, Director-General of Security, ASIO

YouTube video by HawkeCentre

www.youtube.com

samsplace9.bsky.social @samsplace9.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are this dodgy mob [which the AHRCommissioner should not be seen dead with] connected to the equally dodgy 5A academic zionist group I wonder ?
@anthonyklan.bsky.social ?

michaelwest.com.au/point-of-ord...

Point of Order. Antisemitism Summit raises ethics eyebrows - Michael West

An all expenses paid pro-Israel summit marketed to local government councillors raises concerns about ethics, politics in local communities.

michaelwest.com.au