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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 3h

“two-party system as a two-headed monster that doesn’t have the best interests of the country at heart.”
“absence of ethical leadership”
#auspol #robodebt #NACC

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 3h

This is a much watch. Heartbreaking and infuriating in equal measure.

This should disqualify the Coalition from ever being allowed in government again.
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-... #auspol #robodeb

Watch The People vs Robodebt

Watch The People vs Robodebt for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

www.sbs.com.au

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🦇 CEO of CuntGPT 🕸️ @cunexttuesday.lol · 3h

It wrecks my head that CHL look so great in articles & media releases. My complaints about their misconduct go nowhere because it would be incredibly embarrassing for the government to have to discipline them after giving them all these projects.

#AusPol

www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/hig...

Social BtR Project Rising on Site of Abandoned WA Tower

The four-storey development of more than 100 social housing units will replace Stirling Towers at Highgate…

www.theurbandeveloper.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 11h

A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues

She is a quiet, impactful giant

Thanks Denise 🙏🏽

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 4h

#AusPol

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 14h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 4h

#AusPol

Mosman Resources @mosmanresources.bsky.social · 11h

Fascism and conspiracies prosper when governments become secretive and particularly when they reduce transparency and accountability. Our political duopoly are promoting and even encouraging this social disruption and degradation of our democracy.

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 13h

Albanese’s an insular, deeply institutionalised apparatchik who has spent his whole adult life in service to ‘The Party’.
ALP is his principal loyalty & focus - instead of people of Australia.
He is emblematic & stereotypical of the ‘political elite’ & lacks a scintilla of real world life experience

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 5h

#AusPol

fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 6h

This is what happened here in 2023 with The Voice to Parliament referendum. It didn’t end well. #AusPol

What is the Voice to Parliament

You may have heard people talking about the Voice to Parliament and the upcoming referendum and have wondered, what does it all mean? Find out here.

www.unicef.org.au

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 12h

It still saddens me to my core that so many of us are OK with asking the majority if the minority should have a voice. Talk about stacking the deck. #nzpol

Nandor Tanczos @nandortanczos.bsky.social · 13h

MĀORI WARDS
40% of areas chose to keep Māori wards. Some by a wide margin.

A better result than I expected, given the demographics and embedded racism in our country.

In areas that lost, I'd love to know whether the numbers have improved since any previous referendum.

Aotearoa on the move.

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 5h

#auspol

💀ℙ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕞 ℝ𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣🐓🍉 @phantom-rooster.bsky.social · 6h

It was a very good episode today. Informative and enjoyable to listen to.
A complete BS Free Zone!
#auspol

Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 6h

Have you caught today's #SundayShot ? #auspol

Dave Milner. Joel Jenkins. Greg Jericho and making her debut - Ronni Salt!

Watch on YouTube here > youtu.be/lcYUot1qnNs?...

Or listen on Podcast here > podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 5h

#qantas #auspol

Nicko @vicenvironment.bsky.social · 6h

Looks like #qantas outsourced their cyber security as well . Class action anyone? #auspol www.smh.com.au/business/con...

Qantas customer data put on dark web as hackers deliver on threat

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters has come good on its promise to release personal details of almost of 5.7 million Qantas customers.

www.smh.com.au

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 6h

Large crowd of peaceful protesters on St Kilda Road.
#FreePalestine #Genocide #Auspol

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🦇 CEO of CuntGPT 🕸️ @cunexttuesday.lol · 19h

Also this blurb from the 2019 December recap made me lol because how many Kafkaesque battles with the bureaucracy do I need to endure in one lifetime? Fucking hell

#AusPol

(they spelled Claire wrong but it's fine, the French are perverts about vowels and the name really doesn't need all of them)

Lenore Taylor, editor: Robodebt is preying on the vulnerable

In this early episode, Luke Henriques-Gomes was able to clearly explain the human cost of this deeply flawed policy because he had been doggedly pursuing it for years. The episode includes audio tape from one robodebt recipient, Clare, and her Kafkaesque battle with the bureaucracy as she tried to get some answers.

Luke’s analysis and explanation and Clare’s recordings combined to allow listeners to really understand the harm this policy was causing.

Full Story

Is the Coalition profiting off Australia's most vulnerable people with its robodebt scheme?

00:00:00 - 00:26:12

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 1d

#Auspol #CommunityIndependents
#WhatIsThePointOfLabor
#gambling #climate #environment #agedcare

Paul Boland @paulobear.bsky.social · 1d

What a week for Independents - Sophie Scamps. Zali Steggall, Monique Ryan, Kate Chaney, Allegra Spender, Andrew Wilkie, David Pocock.
Gambling
Lobbying
Preventative health
CDC
FOI
While others ………. , these contribute positively.
#auspol

Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 1d

Given a choice between protecting its citizens from harm, or protecting those who inflict the harm, @albomp.bsky.social chooses the latter every time.
👉Gambling
👉Environment
👉Climate
👉Aged Care

Gough would be spinning in his grave.

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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 1d

"With the ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media now apparent, the few remaining democracies may wish to reconsider whether they are well served by their long history of capitulation."
– Roland Burke

#AusPol
#FuckMurdoch

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

www.theguardian.com

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 1d

#auspol #ausecon