IlmeccanicoJed
@ilmeccanicojed.bsky.social
Ilmeccanico builds and fixes bikes and jed is a non executive director and dad who loves living by the sea.
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Many are going to very disappointed and dismayed when they find out the truth about the #nobelwarprize recipient - as I was 😞😞😩 #auspol #NobelPeacePrize
October 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Many are going to very disappointed and dismayed when they find out the truth about the #nobelwarprize recipient - as I was 😞😞😩 #auspol #NobelPeacePrize
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Dutton was running around yesterday, screeching that “ the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! “ and howling about “ a catastrophic failure of Australian diplomacy.” It was total bullshit. Worse it was grossly irresponsible.
Australia election 2025 live: Penny Wong takes aim at Peter Dutton over ‘extraordinary’ claims about Indonesia
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www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Dutton was running around yesterday, screeching that “ the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! “ and howling about “ a catastrophic failure of Australian diplomacy.” It was total bullshit. Worse it was grossly irresponsible.
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With the US no longer a reliable ally, we need to stop Defence waste and then spend more to turn a weak ADF into a strong, sovereign, flexible and Defence-of-Australia focussed force. Industrial resilience & fuel security must also be addressed. #auspol
Turnbull Press Club summit: Trump 2.0 means it's time to strengthen Defence - Michael West
With Donald Trump overturning assumptions about international order, we must re-examine the fundamentals of our foreign and defence policies.
michaelwest.com.au
March 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
With the US no longer a reliable ally, we need to stop Defence waste and then spend more to turn a weak ADF into a strong, sovereign, flexible and Defence-of-Australia focussed force. Industrial resilience & fuel security must also be addressed. #auspol
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And yet - they repeat this lie in front of a full press pack in the full confidence they will not be called out.
Our democracy needs better than this #auspol #ausvotes25
Our democracy needs better than this #auspol #ausvotes25
March 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
And yet - they repeat this lie in front of a full press pack in the full confidence they will not be called out.
Our democracy needs better than this #auspol #ausvotes25
Our democracy needs better than this #auspol #ausvotes25
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It unbelievable that it’s drinkies time once more
March 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It unbelievable that it’s drinkies time once more
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Let’s not call it a hung parliament.
Let’s call it a parliament.
We elect the parliament, our MPs represent us.
#AusPol
Let’s call it a parliament.
We elect the parliament, our MPs represent us.
#AusPol
If we elect a hung parliament, voters are sending a message that can't be ignored
Voters have demonstrated they're not afraid of creating a bit of political disruption to the major parties.
www.abc.net.au
March 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Let’s not call it a hung parliament.
Let’s call it a parliament.
We elect the parliament, our MPs represent us.
#AusPol
Let’s call it a parliament.
We elect the parliament, our MPs represent us.
#AusPol
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Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC
Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC
Bridget McKenzie, Barnaby Joyce, Alex Antic, Matt Canavan and Keith Pitt were invited to speak at the annual showcase of rightwing political activism
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Coalition senators who addressed last…
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC
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Call it what it is: white supremacy.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Call it what it is: white supremacy.
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Protecting our independence. This is how we must react to Trump's bullying.
Here’s a clue, it’s not by begging a favour, or doubling down on failure, it’s about believing in ourselves and our region.
michaelwest.com.au/protecting-o...
Here’s a clue, it’s not by begging a favour, or doubling down on failure, it’s about believing in ourselves and our region.
michaelwest.com.au/protecting-o...
Protecting our independence. How to react to Trump's bullying - Michael West
Labor and the Coalition look the other way while the US and Trump is engaged in a petulant meltdown. David Shoebridge calls for a review
michaelwest.com.au
March 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Protecting our independence. This is how we must react to Trump's bullying.
Here’s a clue, it’s not by begging a favour, or doubling down on failure, it’s about believing in ourselves and our region.
michaelwest.com.au/protecting-o...
Here’s a clue, it’s not by begging a favour, or doubling down on failure, it’s about believing in ourselves and our region.
michaelwest.com.au/protecting-o...
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Where's the beef?
March 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Where's the beef?
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“He considered it and considered against it. There will be no exemptions,”
So he thought about it then decided “fuck Australia”. Despite a massive trade imbalance in favour of the US.
Well fuck the USA.
Allies for all these years.
#FuckTheUSA
#AusPol
So he thought about it then decided “fuck Australia”. Despite a massive trade imbalance in favour of the US.
Well fuck the USA.
Allies for all these years.
#FuckTheUSA
#AusPol
US rules out tariff exemption for Australia after Trump ‘considered it and considered against it’
Global 25% levy regime on steel and aluminium imports due to come into effect at midnight US time
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“He considered it and considered against it. There will be no exemptions,”
So he thought about it then decided “fuck Australia”. Despite a massive trade imbalance in favour of the US.
Well fuck the USA.
Allies for all these years.
#FuckTheUSA
#AusPol
So he thought about it then decided “fuck Australia”. Despite a massive trade imbalance in favour of the US.
Well fuck the USA.
Allies for all these years.
#FuckTheUSA
#AusPol
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As an opposition spokesperson, Jacinta Price is paid between $280,000 & $292,054 a year, along with various allowances & super.
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
Jacinta Price being investigated for 14th potential misuse of expenses
The Coalition senator has had to repay expenses she improperly claimed from the taxpayer 13 times totalling almost $11,000.
www.smh.com.au
March 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As an opposition spokesperson, Jacinta Price is paid between $280,000 & $292,054 a year, along with various allowances & super.
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
But that didn’t stop her being investigated for 14 breaches of misuses of expenses, 13 of which she was found to have improperly have claimed from the Tax payer.
#auspol
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Canada is an ally and friend of Australia.
The US is currently attacking the economy of this ally and threatening it with annexation.
It’s time for @australianlabor.bsky.social to stand up for Canada and accept that the US is no longer a fitting partner for Australia.
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
The US is currently attacking the economy of this ally and threatening it with annexation.
It’s time for @australianlabor.bsky.social to stand up for Canada and accept that the US is no longer a fitting partner for Australia.
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
March 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Canada is an ally and friend of Australia.
The US is currently attacking the economy of this ally and threatening it with annexation.
It’s time for @australianlabor.bsky.social to stand up for Canada and accept that the US is no longer a fitting partner for Australia.
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
The US is currently attacking the economy of this ally and threatening it with annexation.
It’s time for @australianlabor.bsky.social to stand up for Canada and accept that the US is no longer a fitting partner for Australia.
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
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And now this…👇
Angry yet?!
This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
Angry yet?!
This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
March 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
And now this…👇
Angry yet?!
This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
Angry yet?!
This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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"What we seem to be back to is the kind of unequal treaties the French imposed on Niger for uranium, Mali for gold, Guinea for diamonds (human beings too if we go a little further back), and by Britain, the Ottomans and every other empire."
johnmenadue.com/ukraine-deal...
johnmenadue.com/ukraine-deal...
Ukraine deal: Beware of Americans bearing gifts - Pearls and Irritations
The extraordinary cage fight this week between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office provided an eye-popping glimpse of behind closed doors.
johnmenadue.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"What we seem to be back to is the kind of unequal treaties the French imposed on Niger for uranium, Mali for gold, Guinea for diamonds (human beings too if we go a little further back), and by Britain, the Ottomans and every other empire."
johnmenadue.com/ukraine-deal...
johnmenadue.com/ukraine-deal...
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Some very timely media analysis from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on our latest ep of Spin Cycle with @theshufflediary.bsky.social and @rachelwithers.bsky.social - Listen back to the full show at www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
March 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Some very timely media analysis from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on our latest ep of Spin Cycle with @theshufflediary.bsky.social and @rachelwithers.bsky.social - Listen back to the full show at www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
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She’s pleased about those results, but Lee says she did not expect to spend her retirement hunting through strangers’ rubbish as a means to supplement her pension. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Every yellow lid is like a box of chocolates’: the Sydney retirees fossicking in bins to pay the bills
Early mornings, razor-like broken window panes, private property restrictions and territorial fellow recycling collectors – it’s all in a day’s work for a growing cohort of elderly Australians
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
She’s pleased about those results, but Lee says she did not expect to spend her retirement hunting through strangers’ rubbish as a means to supplement her pension. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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On ABC RN Breakfast just now, Health Minister @markbutlermp.bsky.social provided clear, direct, informed answers on the new emergency care clinics. On 3 separate occasions, host Sally Sara misrepresented the facts or conflated issues. Very disappointing. 😔 #auspol #healthcare #AusVotes2025
March 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
On ABC RN Breakfast just now, Health Minister @markbutlermp.bsky.social provided clear, direct, informed answers on the new emergency care clinics. On 3 separate occasions, host Sally Sara misrepresented the facts or conflated issues. Very disappointing. 😔 #auspol #healthcare #AusVotes2025
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GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
February 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.
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Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
February 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy.
Let that sink in.
Let that sink in.
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