Flotsam Greg
@flotsamgreg.bsky.social
Voted Yes, No new Coal/Gas, No AUKUS, No Mutual Obligation, Raise Jobkeeper, Bring back CES, Support Environment/people first, #Auspol, living on the land of the Dhudhuroa peoples
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The Albanese govt has certainly learnt something from #robodebt:
they can treat people like shit, and get away with it. #disability #NDIS #auspol
they can treat people like shit, and get away with it. #disability #NDIS #auspol
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The Albanese govt has certainly learnt something from #robodebt:
they can treat people like shit, and get away with it. #disability #NDIS #auspol
they can treat people like shit, and get away with it. #disability #NDIS #auspol
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Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
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Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts - Michael West
156 people arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
michaelwest.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
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David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
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Lynelle Briggs: Found frequent practice has been for govts to appoint “friends” to board positions, reward loyalty, promote political priorities.
“All too often these appointments have looked like forms of patronage and nepotism that should have no place in the modern Australian society”.”#auspol
“All too often these appointments have looked like forms of patronage and nepotism that should have no place in the modern Australian society”.”#auspol
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Lynelle Briggs: Found frequent practice has been for govts to appoint “friends” to board positions, reward loyalty, promote political priorities.
“All too often these appointments have looked like forms of patronage and nepotism that should have no place in the modern Australian society”.”#auspol
“All too often these appointments have looked like forms of patronage and nepotism that should have no place in the modern Australian society”.”#auspol
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I’m still buzzing from yesterday. This is what true leadership, equality, and respect for the trans and gender-diverse community looks like. Thank you to everyone who attended. #auspol #politas #LGBTIQA
Thanks to everyone who helped organise and attended today’s gender health care forum in the state parliament, as well as the launch of the new Parliamentary Friends of LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians.
More here: ymlp.com/zDh6bq
More here: ymlp.com/zDh6bq
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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A super dry continent like Australia needs to use more water to make bad decisions 🤬🤬🤬
Federal Gubba has decided to not put any stops on AI, but continue with a hodgepodge of state and federal laws not created to safeguard humans against the slop
#AUslop
#peopleoverprofits
#GovtCantIT
#auspol
Federal Gubba has decided to not put any stops on AI, but continue with a hodgepodge of state and federal laws not created to safeguard humans against the slop
#AUslop
#peopleoverprofits
#GovtCantIT
#auspol
Government drops AI 'mandatory guardrails', reveals road map on data centres
The federal government's long-awaited National AI Plan will seek to accelerate the growth of artificial intelligence in Australia, and largely leverage existing laws to protect against its worst harms...
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A super dry continent like Australia needs to use more water to make bad decisions 🤬🤬🤬
Federal Gubba has decided to not put any stops on AI, but continue with a hodgepodge of state and federal laws not created to safeguard humans against the slop
#AUslop
#peopleoverprofits
#GovtCantIT
#auspol
Federal Gubba has decided to not put any stops on AI, but continue with a hodgepodge of state and federal laws not created to safeguard humans against the slop
#AUslop
#peopleoverprofits
#GovtCantIT
#auspol
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Sure. Let AI run rampant. It's too late to stop it anyway now.
How fucking lazy is this ALP Govt ? Not even mention of the EU AI Act. NO CORPORATION LEFT BEHIND is the ALP motto.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How fucking lazy is this ALP Govt ? Not even mention of the EU AI Act. NO CORPORATION LEFT BEHIND is the ALP motto.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor rejects standalone AI legislation with plan that offers to help ‘unlock’ public and private data
Roadmap focuses on technology’s ‘economic benefits’ and says existing laws will cover the fast-growing new technology
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Sure. Let AI run rampant. It's too late to stop it anyway now.
How fucking lazy is this ALP Govt ? Not even mention of the EU AI Act. NO CORPORATION LEFT BEHIND is the ALP motto.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How fucking lazy is this ALP Govt ? Not even mention of the EU AI Act. NO CORPORATION LEFT BEHIND is the ALP motto.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Greens say new gas won’t fix shortages as research links exports to soaring prices #ThePoint
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Greens say new gas won’t fix shortages as research links exports to soaring prices
The Greens have put the Albanese Government on notice, warning they’ll block any gas-shortage response that includes funnelling more public money into new gas fields.
thepoint.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Greens say new gas won’t fix shortages as research links exports to soaring prices #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251202-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251202-...
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Scammers are going to be targeting children thanks to the social media age ban, imitating age verification tools to steal data, and dodgy 'free VPNs' being promoted to kids.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Scammers are going to be targeting children thanks to the social media age ban, imitating age verification tools to steal data, and dodgy 'free VPNs' being promoted to kids.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/cyber-security-story-scam-warnings-scams/106036670
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Blistering response by the Australia's Jewish diaspora to the Segal Report.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
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Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon
Nine Jewish organisations have labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.
theklaxon.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Blistering response by the Australia's Jewish diaspora to the Segal Report.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
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So glad to be with a bunch of protesters in Newcastle who did more for the climate in one weekend than the Australian Labor Party has done in 3 years
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner Greg Mullins, joined the "protestival".
"I've been fighting fires for more than 50 years and the way they've become worse [because of climate change] is frightening," he said.
#auspol
"I've been fighting fires for more than 50 years and the way they've become worse [because of climate change] is frightening," he said.
#auspol
Police arrest more than 30 people in Newcastle Harbour for alleged marine-related offences during an anti-fossil fuel protest.
Protesters arrested for blocking world's largest coal port
Police arrest more than 30 people in Newcastle Harbour for alleged marine-related offences during an anti-fossil fuel protest.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner Greg Mullins, joined the "protestival".
"I've been fighting fires for more than 50 years and the way they've become worse [because of climate change] is frightening," he said.
#auspol
"I've been fighting fires for more than 50 years and the way they've become worse [because of climate change] is frightening," he said.
#auspol
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Nanna Gemma looks out for Nanna Alex who chose to be arrested this morning @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade of the worlds largest coal port.
As Professor of Public Health at Sydney University Nanna Alex knows that @australianlabor.bsky.social should improve their TEAM SAFETY NOW. #RisingTide.
As Professor of Public Health at Sydney University Nanna Alex knows that @australianlabor.bsky.social should improve their TEAM SAFETY NOW. #RisingTide.
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Nanna Gemma looks out for Nanna Alex who chose to be arrested this morning @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade of the worlds largest coal port.
As Professor of Public Health at Sydney University Nanna Alex knows that @australianlabor.bsky.social should improve their TEAM SAFETY NOW. #RisingTide.
As Professor of Public Health at Sydney University Nanna Alex knows that @australianlabor.bsky.social should improve their TEAM SAFETY NOW. #RisingTide.
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“Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, and its outsized role in the climate crisis calls for serious action."
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%
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Activists have blocked another two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to three.
Thousands of people have gathered at Rising Tide’s annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. It began on Thursday and will continue until Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, and its outsized role in the climate crisis calls for serious action."
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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Convincing evidence
Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
@jasonburke.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
@jasonburke.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Convincing evidence
Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
@jasonburke.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
@jasonburke.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.
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Strategic cuts to the CSIRO include 'environment' and 'health and biosecurity' 🤓
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Strategic cuts to the CSIRO include 'environment' and 'health and biosecurity' 🤓
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"the Australian govt has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
'Turning a blind eye' is polite. On the face of it, ministers knowingly engaged with a corrupt regime. #auspol
'Turning a blind eye' is polite. On the face of it, ministers knowingly engaged with a corrupt regime. #auspol
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"the Australian govt has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
'Turning a blind eye' is polite. On the face of it, ministers knowingly engaged with a corrupt regime. #auspol
'Turning a blind eye' is polite. On the face of it, ministers knowingly engaged with a corrupt regime. #auspol
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Michael West Media scoops the prize pool in the 2025 Walkey Awards https://michaelwest.com.au/michael-west-media-scoops-the-prize-pool-in-the-2025-walkey-awards/ #auspol
Michael West Media scoops the prize pool in the 2025 Walkey Awards
Journalists from Michael West Media have scooped the pool in this year’s Walkey Awards for Excellence in Journalism taking home no less than 28 Walkeys.
michaelwest.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Michael West Media scoops the prize pool in the 2025 Walkey Awards https://michaelwest.com.au/michael-west-media-scoops-the-prize-pool-in-the-2025-walkey-awards/ #auspol
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Will the social media ban be like shark nets?
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Will the social media ban be like shark nets?
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
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YOU MUST READ THIS! By Bill Hare, Physicist:
Extract: ..."It’s physics. Getting to net zero CO2 globally means we can halt global warming... by... rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There’s simply no other way."
#auspol #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels
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Extract: ..."It’s physics. Getting to net zero CO2 globally means we can halt global warming... by... rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There’s simply no other way."
#auspol #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion? | Bill Hare
Getting to net zero CO2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
YOU MUST READ THIS! By Bill Hare, Physicist:
Extract: ..."It’s physics. Getting to net zero CO2 globally means we can halt global warming... by... rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There’s simply no other way."
#auspol #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Extract: ..."It’s physics. Getting to net zero CO2 globally means we can halt global warming... by... rapidly phasing out fossil fuels. There’s simply no other way."
#auspol #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Listening to @amyremeikis.bsky.social talk to @seankelly.bsky.social about how Albanese pretty much prevents cabinet ministers from doing anything he doesn’t want…. And pondering how long they will allow that to keep happening
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Listening to @amyremeikis.bsky.social talk to @seankelly.bsky.social about how Albanese pretty much prevents cabinet ministers from doing anything he doesn’t want…. And pondering how long they will allow that to keep happening