Gerry
@smcclory303.bsky.social
Trying to tread softly. Love accounts from ppl I’d otherwise never know. Hoping here can be a bit like the early days of that other place.
Location: Australia
Location: Australia
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There there are people in the world who never received a full education.
There are people in the world with learning issues.
There are people in the world with brain injuries.
Then there is Pauline Hanson #auspol
There are people in the world with learning issues.
There are people in the world with brain injuries.
Then there is Pauline Hanson #auspol
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There there are people in the world who never received a full education.
There are people in the world with learning issues.
There are people in the world with brain injuries.
Then there is Pauline Hanson #auspol
There are people in the world with learning issues.
There are people in the world with brain injuries.
Then there is Pauline Hanson #auspol
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on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
on this logic all the alleged rapists could be sacked without notice. So as to you know cut off their income based on “serious” allegations. Oddly nobody is proposing that employed rapists be punished without a guilty plea or guilty verdict.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
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So we’ll miraculously find $2billion to host COP should we win the bid to host it, but we can’t fund our scientists at the #CSIRO
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
So we’ll miraculously find $2billion to host COP should we win the bid to host it, but we can’t fund our scientists at the #CSIRO
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
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Reason 327 why Tassal should be shut down.
New: "Minister Gavin Pearce has confirmed the closure of the commercial rock lobster fishery near diseased salmon pens south of D’Entrecasteaux Channel, citing concerns that antibiotic residues could prompt Japan and China to ban imports of Tasmania’s $90-million southern rock lobster industry."
Minister Confirms Antibiotics Close Rock Lobster Fishery
Japanese and Chinese markets at risk
tasmaniantimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Reason 327 why Tassal should be shut down.
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A smart govt - or even one with a PM who had a desire to do anything - would be using the LNP rabble to put in place every fucking thing they wanted.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
Good column by Sean Kelly on the ALP needing to not waste the idiocy of the Libs
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
You thought climate was a Coalition problem, but Albanese may rue his enemy’s low ebb
Before Labor becomes too smug, it should heed the warning of its president, Wayne Swan: Complacency is “the handmaiden of decline”.
www.smh.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A smart govt - or even one with a PM who had a desire to do anything - would be using the LNP rabble to put in place every fucking thing they wanted.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
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This is the correct question
There were cops present, watching & listening to the nazis as they broke laws around hate speech & inciting hate. Were they instructed not to intervene .... with bats, pepper spray & arrests .... like they do with climate change or anti genocide protesters??
What instructions were they given ??
What instructions were they given ??
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is the correct question
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"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
If you want to avoid unknown medical consequences I’d avoid eating Tasmanian salmon altogether. Do you know what you are eating when you buy it? Beware!
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
@indy4franklin.bsky.social
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"On the day of the approval, Tassal started using florfenicol at two salmon farm leases at Dover in Tasmania's far south, and other companies are expected to begin using it soon."
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🎯 "But Labor is still looking to the Liberals for approval on policies where it wants the status quo to continue." The government were given a mandate to change & the list of what most of the community want changed 🐌 🦗 #Auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🎯 "But Labor is still looking to the Liberals for approval on policies where it wants the status quo to continue." The government were given a mandate to change & the list of what most of the community want changed 🐌 🦗 #Auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75
New Zealand film-maker became a Hollywood fixture in the 90s and 00s, including making Pierce Brosnan’s last 007 movie, before returning to his home country
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lee Tamahori, director of Once Were Warriors and James Bond movie Die Another Day, dies aged 75
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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This ought to terrify you.
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This ought to terrify you.
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
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He literally has no idea what an actual human person would do in this situation
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
He literally has no idea what an actual human person would do in this situation
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I'm ashamed to observe that the same goes for Australian Labor. #ZohranMamdani #auspol
If Zohran Mamdani was a Labour candidate, he'd have been purged and smeared long ago.
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm ashamed to observe that the same goes for Australian Labor. #ZohranMamdani #auspol
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I think after all is said and done we’re gonna have to rebrand America to some other name like “Balgatra” and pretend like the other stuff never happened. “That was all America and we in Balgatra also thought it was bad”
put it in the smithsonian
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I think after all is said and done we’re gonna have to rebrand America to some other name like “Balgatra” and pretend like the other stuff never happened. “That was all America and we in Balgatra also thought it was bad”
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WTAF? Did I fall asleep in Australia and wake up in America? Keep your religious claptrap to yourself. With every passing year, religion and faith play less of a role in Australian society. We certainly don't need to hear our politicians blathering on about it. #auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
WTAF? Did I fall asleep in Australia and wake up in America? Keep your religious claptrap to yourself. With every passing year, religion and faith play less of a role in Australian society. We certainly don't need to hear our politicians blathering on about it. #auspol
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I find the words from Attorney-General Michelle Rowland, conflating her religious beliefs with her role as Australia's Attorney-General, to be dangerous, disturbing, shallow and ignorant. #auspol #auslaw #religion
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Your regular reminder. Stop eating salmon from Tasmania
This is a fine testament to every politician who has used the word ‘innovative’ to describe this rancid industry. If even the Tasmanian government is calling you out you’ve got no where to go. #politas #auspol
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/salmon-...
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/salmon-...
Salmon industry was ‘overwhelmed’ as mass fish deaths sent waste to Tasmanian beaches, review finds
A government review found major failures in the response…
pulsetasmania.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Your regular reminder. Stop eating salmon from Tasmania
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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"Australia is also the first nation to surpass 1 GWh of utility battery capacity per million people, launching it into a league of its own, far ahead of China and the United States, each with less than 400 MWh per 1 million people."
Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market
Australia has overtaken the United Kingdom to rank behind China and the United States in utility-scale battery capacity, with 14 GW/37 GWh of projects at or nearing financial close.
www.pv-magazine.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Australia is also the first nation to surpass 1 GWh of utility battery capacity per million people, launching it into a league of its own, far ahead of China and the United States, each with less than 400 MWh per 1 million people."
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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Absolute must idea.
The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Absolute must idea.
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As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.
No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.