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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈

@wilks6.bsky.social

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Older than I was. Hunger for social equity, craving a better world for all. AFLW & AFL Hawks fan. I care about animals, nature, life and people. Occasional writer, regular gardener, enjoyer of the ridiculous. Wadawurrung lands. Left & proud of it

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 7h

If he's so worried about Taiwan, I'm sure they've got a tin hat & a gun for him...

Frankly, I never want to see his smirking ugly fucking dial again

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 8h

Look. I'm not suggesting any of my American friends resort to using Roman Moronie's language, but in the current circumstances, his description of someone as an "icehole" kinda seems apt, no?
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Roman Moronie's speech

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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 8h

www.quarterlyessay.com.au?utm_medium=e...
and
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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 8h

Charlie sends his best, too

Charlie, a black Labrador cross, laying on his side, brown eyes dreamily looking at the camera

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 8h

Happy for you. May the future bring joy

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 12h

www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02...

The Jobs Game

Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

www.abc.net.au

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 10h

If a kid, who can see no future, and no hope, and has observed his parents' struggle to survive the system, steals a fucking Mars Bar - "LOCK HIM UP!!"

White collar crime rampant in Australia, directly affecting the lives & livelihoods of millions?

Myeh. Nothing to see here

The land of hypocrisy

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Trans Moleman, Street Estrogen Junkie @transmoleman.bsky.social · 12h

Jesus fuck, you never really think of the term "scorched earth" until you see it literally.

samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 22h

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, they'll learn.....real soon

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 10h

The real question is did he ever head bang listening to Bohemian Rhapsody?

a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling .

ALT: a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling .

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 13h

Lmao the employment department has recovered 10.6 MILLION from providers due to fraud tip-offs over 3 years, and not shut down a single provider.

Reminder: They spend 4 BILLION A YEAR on this system, which is about 25% of how much they spend on JobSeeker payments each year.

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 11h

Finally, and this is the most important point, international observers and press MUST BE PERMITTED ENTRY INTO GAZA IMMEDIATELY.

We need a full accounting of the horrors of this genocide. The laughably implausible death toll of 60,000 must be corrected. It's time for the truth.

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 11h

Know Your Enemy

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Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy [Lyrics]

YouTube video by CaptainJimmy

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 15h

NSW Premier Chris Minns has rejected calls to light up the Sydney Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he did for Israel. Says it could be “inflaming the situation”
Palestinian flag is inflammatory? This man is an absolute disgrace.

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 13h

The fuck is he on about? "...blah blah....arm's length from the Commission..."

The only thing that should be at "arm's length" is that Brereton cannot be involved due to his historical connection to a central figure

Investigation???? Read. The. Fucking. Royal Commission. Report.

Then file charges

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 13h

Not good enough. The job was already done for them by the RC

What, exactly, are they getting paid for? Forget public hearings, they have the names. Prepare briefs for prosecution and apply to the Courts for dates

This is NOT just going to go away, so they either act, or we take that as a cover up

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 13h

Gorg, Robyn. Wonder if it might be France Libre. I have one and it's often the first of mine to bloom

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 16h

And the problem is?

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 6d

My latest article in The Shot

"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"

#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot

There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

theshot.net.au

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 16h

The idea that knuckle dragging moron Roberts gets to waste the valuable time of important people like this because of preference deals that get him a Senate seat when he attracted no more than 5% of votes is utterly ludicrous

Him & his red headed racist imbecile boss can make like birds & flock off

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d

🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...

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DianeD @rogueytwinkles.bsky.social · 17h

America has the Epstein files

Australia has the Robodebt files… RELEASE THE NAMES!!
#Auspol #Robodebt

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18h

It's good that the govt is rolling out a robotax scheme to get old debts from individuals, that should fix things....

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tables showing from 2013-14 to 2023-24 Santos Ltd had $46.7bn in revenue and paid $0 tax

Year Total income ($m) Taxable income ($m) Tax payable ($m)
2014-15 $3,389.4 $0.0 $0.0
2015-16 $3,476.0 $0.0 $0.0
2016-17 $3,715.3 $0.0 $0.0
2017-18 $3,498.0 $0.0 $0.0
2018-19 $4,360.6 $8.3 $0.0
2019-20 $5,013.9 $29.0 $0.0
2020-21 $4,070.3 $68.8 $0.0
2021-22 $4,746.0 $74.1 $0.0
2022-23 $6,257.4 $19.8 $0.0
2023-24 $8,210.3 $21.2 $0.0
Total $46,737.3 $221.2 $0.0

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 17h

Criminals of a feather flock together