Vicki Watson
@scorpiogcoast.bsky.social
Please don’t ask for money. I have none spare.
Currently fighting cancer.
The common good. UBI. Medicare. Public hospitals.
The need for charity is a failure of government.
Essendon, Politics, RP’s not endorsement.
BA (History) GradMgmtQual, MTechMgmt
Currently fighting cancer.
The common good. UBI. Medicare. Public hospitals.
The need for charity is a failure of government.
Essendon, Politics, RP’s not endorsement.
BA (History) GradMgmtQual, MTechMgmt
Pinned
Vicki Watson
@scorpiogcoast.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Finally made it to BlueSky. Don’t be fooled by the avatar picture of my cat George, he’s much nicer than Rotten Ronnie (Andrews) who was my avatar on the old site.
Here for a good time, hopefully a long time too……
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Here for a good time, hopefully a long time too……
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I finally loathe the Labor party
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I finally loathe the Labor party
Albo does what’s best for Albo, too bad about what’s best for the country……
That @albomp.bsky.social hides behind ‘caucus solidarity’ as a pathetic excuse for refusing a free vote on issue of banning gambling advertising is a poignant illustration why political parties are on the nose.
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol
Most Australians want a gambling advertising ban, few wanted a social media ban
#auspol
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Albo does what’s best for Albo, too bad about what’s best for the country……
Lunacy by the Labor party….
Luckily @australianlabor.bsky.social are installing a climate trigger in their environmental law reform package, oh, wait...luckily we have a 'safeguard mechanism' that genuinely prevents huge increases in GHG emissions and making climate change far worse, oh, wait...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Chinese-backed mining company looks to extend coal mine to 2070
Yancoal begins plans to extend the life of its central Queensland coal mine, which would see roughly 74 million tonnes of coal extracted over the life of the mine.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Lunacy by the Labor party….
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Australia Institute research shows that Australia is expanding gas and coal, with 94 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is expanding gas and coal, with 94 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
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Another Labor obscenity.
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 8:48 AM
Another Labor obscenity.
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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
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
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The revelation of their plan this week shocked European leaders, who are now paying almost all of the military costs of the war, as well as the Ukrainians, who were not sure whether to take this latest plan seriously until they were told to agree to it by Thanksgiving or lose all further US support.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The revelation of their plan this week shocked European leaders, who are now paying almost all of the military costs of the war, as well as the Ukrainians, who were not sure whether to take this latest plan seriously until they were told to agree to it by Thanksgiving or lose all further US support.
A very dangerous man
The extent of the damage done to public health, biomedical science, and healthcare in the US in less than a year will take a generation or more to repair. This is the scale of the destruction. Let that sink in. A new president, Congress won't be enough to reverse things fully. It's that bad.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A very dangerous man
Something seriously wrong with people who kill animals for fun.
No moral compass.
No moral compass.
Jewell Crossberg the Esperance acting manager for WA Parks and Wildlife standing gun-in-hand and grinning.
Beside him lay the slain bodies of an elephant, zebra, giraffe and rhinoceros all killed in South Africa
Beside him lay the slain bodies of an elephant, zebra, giraffe and rhinoceros all killed in South Africa
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Something seriously wrong with people who kill animals for fun.
No moral compass.
No moral compass.
This 👇
Shame it's a stinking, road-hogging and ugly fossil-guzzling RAM tank. I'd rather they didn't build them here. Or anywhere.
For the love of bejeezups, why not an electric car plant in a country with masses of renewables, abundant sun and wind?
For the love of bejeezups, why not an electric car plant in a country with masses of renewables, abundant sun and wind?
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This 👇
Never forget. Punctuation matters.
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Never forget. Punctuation matters.
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Our son, Rohan, is doing something extraordinary for his 18th birthday, & @scidocmartin.bsky.social & I are so proud.
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
Click here and donate to Mind Australia for Rohan's 100km run to raise funds for headspace Box Hill
Mind Australia supports more than 13,000 people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges every year. We have been providing this individualised,
www.mycause.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Our son, Rohan, is doing something extraordinary for his 18th birthday, & @scidocmartin.bsky.social & I are so proud.
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
A national disgrace. Labor is pathetic. Plenty of $ to prop up the US submarine industry, token amounts for R & D in Australia.
#CSIRO
#AUKUS
#CSIRO
#AUKUS
“The debt of gratitude Australians owe CSIRO for Aeroguard alone can never be repaid. Which is why it’s so alarming to watch its funding – and its people – bleed away,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute.
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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It’s important that we enrich our betters before suffering the financial ruin that is necessary to support…a product that doesn’t solve any real problems.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It’s important that we enrich our betters before suffering the financial ruin that is necessary to support…a product that doesn’t solve any real problems.
Fancy that. All it takes is a bit of financial help to bring people out of poverty and homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fancy that. All it takes is a bit of financial help to bring people out of poverty and homelessness.
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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Dear Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social I’m sure the Aussie citizens here on BlueSky would love for you to explain:
Why caving on gambling advertising is good for Aust.
Why caving to Woodside is good for Aust.
Why spending $380BN on subs is good for Aust.
We will wait for your response. #auspol
Why caving on gambling advertising is good for Aust.
Why caving to Woodside is good for Aust.
Why spending $380BN on subs is good for Aust.
We will wait for your response. #auspol
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Dear Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social I’m sure the Aussie citizens here on BlueSky would love for you to explain:
Why caving on gambling advertising is good for Aust.
Why caving to Woodside is good for Aust.
Why spending $380BN on subs is good for Aust.
We will wait for your response. #auspol
Why caving on gambling advertising is good for Aust.
Why caving to Woodside is good for Aust.
Why spending $380BN on subs is good for Aust.
We will wait for your response. #auspol
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My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
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And you’d be lucky if 10c in the dollar went to the people those charities say they are raising money for. Most of it goes to pay executives, call centre workers, professional fundraisers and for the advertising itself. These are businesses. It’s a rort.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
And you’d be lucky if 10c in the dollar went to the people those charities say they are raising money for. Most of it goes to pay executives, call centre workers, professional fundraisers and for the advertising itself. These are businesses. It’s a rort.
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Let’s make this arsehole famous.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Let’s make this arsehole famous.
The smith family want us to help children at school.
Mission want us to help the homeless.
Isn’t this the job of government?
Hey Albo What happened to “no one left behind”?
We vote you in do we don’t need these charities. Clearly lots are being left behind
Mission want us to help the homeless.
Isn’t this the job of government?
Hey Albo What happened to “no one left behind”?
We vote you in do we don’t need these charities. Clearly lots are being left behind
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The smith family want us to help children at school.
Mission want us to help the homeless.
Isn’t this the job of government?
Hey Albo What happened to “no one left behind”?
We vote you in do we don’t need these charities. Clearly lots are being left behind
Mission want us to help the homeless.
Isn’t this the job of government?
Hey Albo What happened to “no one left behind”?
We vote you in do we don’t need these charities. Clearly lots are being left behind
Wow!
I'm as flabbergasted as Dean on this one. Unfuckingreal. First off, it's illegal but more than that, some children never get over such abuse. Some adults never get over it even with therapy. WTF is going on in this country?
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Wow!
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly