Drew
@drewkeychange.bsky.social
Grumpy old bugger on unceded Gumbaynggirr land. Love my family, all native wildlife, cricket, collect & play guitars, ride motorcycles. Hate fascists & zionists, despise piss weak @AlboMP - Free Palestine.🇵🇸
I have posted about this before but again today I had to try to capture a shot these male King Parrots. There are 9 of them in this single small tree (Acacia Viscidula). Despite their bright colouring they blend in so well.
#AusBirds #AustralianBirds
#AusBirds #AustralianBirds
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I have posted about this before but again today I had to try to capture a shot these male King Parrots. There are 9 of them in this single small tree (Acacia Viscidula). Despite their bright colouring they blend in so well.
#AusBirds #AustralianBirds
#AusBirds #AustralianBirds
Land clearing and logging must be included
Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
Graeme Samuel calls for Labor to ditch ‘national interest’ workaround for environment laws
Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with law
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The former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says the government should axe its proposal to allow the environment minister to make decisions in breach of national laws if it is deemed in the “national interest”.
Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Land clearing and logging must be included
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Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal has a fully staffed office in Parliament to speak truth to power.
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal has a fully staffed office in Parliament to speak truth to power.
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
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"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts
If he doesn’t change course, the Prime Minister may end up leading exactly the kind of 'shadow government' that he derided his predecessor for.
thepoint.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts"
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy
#OffTheCharts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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"I shut my eyes. I don't see it."
Sums up the attitude of most Israelis to #WestBank 'settler' violence [aka terrorism] and the #GazaGenocide.
Sums up the attitude of most Israelis to #WestBank 'settler' violence [aka terrorism] and the #GazaGenocide.
Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss tries to claim that "there is no settler violence" against Palestinians.
In response, ITV News' Peter Smith pulls out his phone and plays a video of a recent attack on a grandmother in the West Bank.
Watch her reaction:
In response, ITV News' Peter Smith pulls out his phone and plays a video of a recent attack on a grandmother in the West Bank.
Watch her reaction:
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"I shut my eyes. I don't see it."
Sums up the attitude of most Israelis to #WestBank 'settler' violence [aka terrorism] and the #GazaGenocide.
Sums up the attitude of most Israelis to #WestBank 'settler' violence [aka terrorism] and the #GazaGenocide.
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"Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party"
Hard to argue against Chris Hedges' analysis.
This is also how I see what Labor has become in Australia.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...
Hard to argue against Chris Hedges' analysis.
This is also how I see what Labor has become in Australia.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...
Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
chrishedges.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party"
Hard to argue against Chris Hedges' analysis.
This is also how I see what Labor has become in Australia.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...
Hard to argue against Chris Hedges' analysis.
This is also how I see what Labor has become in Australia.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...
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"Only 8% of Australians fully convinced Australia 'shares values' with Donald Trump's America" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
Only 8% of Australians fully convinced Australia 'shares values' with Donald Trump's America
New research has revealed that just 8% of Australians strongly agree that Australia “shares values” with Donald Trump’s United States.
thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Only 8% of Australians fully convinced Australia 'shares values' with Donald Trump's America" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...
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"It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers" @richarddenniss.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers" @richarddenniss.bsky.social #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Along with tweaking the algo, buying tiktok, paying influencers $7k to post "Israel rules! I love their hummus, they don't even kill kids", they're trying to rebrand the livestreamed Gaza Genocide as the "War of Redemption". Good luck with that, dickheads.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Along with tweaking the algo, buying tiktok, paying influencers $7k to post "Israel rules! I love their hummus, they don't even kill kids", they're trying to rebrand the livestreamed Gaza Genocide as the "War of Redemption". Good luck with that, dickheads.
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I had some very territorial magpies on my deck once, so I befriended a couple with some dried meal worms. 🐦🪱 This is what was said when I ran out of meal worms one day. 😅👩🎤
#birds #magpie #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #birdvideo #Australia #phonecamera
#birds #magpie #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #birdvideo #Australia #phonecamera
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I had some very territorial magpies on my deck once, so I befriended a couple with some dried meal worms. 🐦🪱 This is what was said when I ran out of meal worms one day. 😅👩🎤
#birds #magpie #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #birdvideo #Australia #phonecamera
#birds #magpie #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #birdvideo #Australia #phonecamera
We live in an internet black hole that with some coat hangers on the roof worked ok for last few years but last 2 years it has been crap ...both Optus and Telstra 4G.
I just (7:30 pm) had a very refreshing conversation with a lady from Multiwave Connect about going NBN Satellite.
I just (7:30 pm) had a very refreshing conversation with a lady from Multiwave Connect about going NBN Satellite.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We live in an internet black hole that with some coat hangers on the roof worked ok for last few years but last 2 years it has been crap ...both Optus and Telstra 4G.
I just (7:30 pm) had a very refreshing conversation with a lady from Multiwave Connect about going NBN Satellite.
I just (7:30 pm) had a very refreshing conversation with a lady from Multiwave Connect about going NBN Satellite.
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Got anything to say about that Albanese?
No?
Didn't fucking think so
#AlbaneseIsScum
#BringOnAnElection
#KickTheseCuntsToTheCurb
#auspol
No?
Didn't fucking think so
#AlbaneseIsScum
#BringOnAnElection
#KickTheseCuntsToTheCurb
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows that in areas where at least 10% of the population is Indigenous, there are likely to be 50% more poker machines than the national average.
Stronger poker machine regulation would significantly benefit Indigenous Australians.
#auspol
Stronger poker machine regulation would significantly benefit Indigenous Australians.
#auspol
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Got anything to say about that Albanese?
No?
Didn't fucking think so
#AlbaneseIsScum
#BringOnAnElection
#KickTheseCuntsToTheCurb
#auspol
No?
Didn't fucking think so
#AlbaneseIsScum
#BringOnAnElection
#KickTheseCuntsToTheCurb
#auspol
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“Shameful”: Study shows only a third of Australia’s mature forests remain.
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“Shameful”: Study shows only a third of Australia’s mature forests remain
Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release New analysis from the Australian Conservation Foundation has highlighted the enormous scale of deforestation in Australia, exacerbated by ‘deforestatio...
theaimn.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
“Shameful”: Study shows only a third of Australia’s mature forests remain.
theaimn.net/shameful-stu...
theaimn.net/shameful-stu...
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Ind MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the #robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people.
“We have now seen a pattern of behaviour that points to deep cultural problems within the ATO,”
All while corporations get away with paying no tax.
#Auspol
“We have now seen a pattern of behaviour that points to deep cultural problems within the ATO,”
All while corporations get away with paying no tax.
#Auspol
ATO rebuked by tax watchdog for using debt collectors on people ‘doing the right thing’
Inspector general of taxation and ombudsman says she is receiving an ‘increasing number’ of complaints about tax office
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This needs to be fixed @albomp.bsky.social why is dental excluded FFS you cover ingrown toenails, why are teeth different. If you have to raise the levy...so what? Everything else has gone up. How much is spent repatriating people who would not have required it had dental been covered.
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This needs to be fixed @albomp.bsky.social why is dental excluded FFS you cover ingrown toenails, why are teeth different. If you have to raise the levy...so what? Everything else has gone up. How much is spent repatriating people who would not have required it had dental been covered.
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
PETITION: Strong environment laws now!
The Australian public voted for a climate majority at the last election, and we want strong environment laws that can stop new coal and gas.
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Strong environment laws stop new coal and gas! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Bloody cold this morning but great to hear rain on the roof.
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bloody cold this morning but great to hear rain on the roof.
Playing Vets cricket in South West Rocks last week, it's a beautiful spot
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Playing Vets cricket in South West Rocks last week, it's a beautiful spot
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We moved into our current 22 years ago today. It was a basic owner builder house on 2 acres almost entirely grass.
Today it's still the same house, with lots of upgrades, improvements and additions. But the garden is amazing
several horticulturists describe it as a "botanic garden".
We love it
Today it's still the same house, with lots of upgrades, improvements and additions. But the garden is amazing
several horticulturists describe it as a "botanic garden".
We love it
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We moved into our current 22 years ago today. It was a basic owner builder house on 2 acres almost entirely grass.
Today it's still the same house, with lots of upgrades, improvements and additions. But the garden is amazing
several horticulturists describe it as a "botanic garden".
We love it
Today it's still the same house, with lots of upgrades, improvements and additions. But the garden is amazing
several horticulturists describe it as a "botanic garden".
We love it
Video Report: Why is NSW Still Logging the Great Koala National Park?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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This government isn’t representing me
I’m so pissed off Albo and Labor lied to us, pretended they were better than the LNP, and promised to act on climate, environment, housing, cost of living, and they have done F all. And approved more new coal and gas than Abbott or Scomo! LIARS
#auspol
I’m so pissed off Albo and Labor lied to us, pretended they were better than the LNP, and promised to act on climate, environment, housing, cost of living, and they have done F all. And approved more new coal and gas than Abbott or Scomo! LIARS
#auspol
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This government isn’t representing me
I’m so pissed off Albo and Labor lied to us, pretended they were better than the LNP, and promised to act on climate, environment, housing, cost of living, and they have done F all. And approved more new coal and gas than Abbott or Scomo! LIARS
#auspol
I’m so pissed off Albo and Labor lied to us, pretended they were better than the LNP, and promised to act on climate, environment, housing, cost of living, and they have done F all. And approved more new coal and gas than Abbott or Scomo! LIARS
#auspol
I just sent a standard email about aged care refusing VAD starting with ...
"Do you oppose "induced labour" on the grounds that God will decide when you enter the world. If you do then you are a religious nutcase, please ignore the rest of this email."
#VAD #VoluntaryAssistedDying
"Do you oppose "induced labour" on the grounds that God will decide when you enter the world. If you do then you are a religious nutcase, please ignore the rest of this email."
#VAD #VoluntaryAssistedDying
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I just sent a standard email about aged care refusing VAD starting with ...
"Do you oppose "induced labour" on the grounds that God will decide when you enter the world. If you do then you are a religious nutcase, please ignore the rest of this email."
#VAD #VoluntaryAssistedDying
"Do you oppose "induced labour" on the grounds that God will decide when you enter the world. If you do then you are a religious nutcase, please ignore the rest of this email."
#VAD #VoluntaryAssistedDying
All good except there is no way America can meet it's own needs let alone AUKUS. It is a sham and a fucking expensive one for Oz. Let's move on and find better ways to piss billions of taxpayer dollars against a new wall.
Former prime minister Malcoim Turnbull says any talk of removing Kevin Rudd as Ambassador to the United States should be ignored.
'Vengeance on Rudd' not a priority for Trump, says Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcoim Turnbull says any talk of removing Kevin Rudd as Ambassador to the United States should be ignored.
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
All good except there is no way America can meet it's own needs let alone AUKUS. It is a sham and a fucking expensive one for Oz. Let's move on and find better ways to piss billions of taxpayer dollars against a new wall.
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One week into the ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are returning to destroyed homes and trying to find shelter.
Drone footage reveals Gaza City's destruction as people return home during ceasefire
One week into the ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are returning to destroyed homes and trying to find shelter.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
One week into the ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are returning to destroyed homes and trying to find shelter.