Douglas M🇦🇺
@itsmeedoug.bsky.social
Down-under lurker. Probably won't post much.
Likes cocker spaniels and sci-fi and fantasy novels.
Likes cocker spaniels and sci-fi and fantasy novels.
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PM's possible pick to lead Bondi royal commission sparks pushback.
ABC News Australia.
The mysogynistic and sexest attacks by zionist Jews and their supporters and the lnp on one his choices his quite disgusting.
They should be called out for their behaviour.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
ABC News Australia.
The mysogynistic and sexest attacks by zionist Jews and their supporters and the lnp on one his choices his quite disgusting.
They should be called out for their behaviour.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
PM's possible pick to lead Bondi royal commission sparks pushback
Anthony Albanese has been in talks about calling a Commonwealth royal commission into last month's attack, signalling to colleagues he is preparing to renege on his opposition to the idea.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
PM's possible pick to lead Bondi royal commission sparks pushback.
ABC News Australia.
The mysogynistic and sexest attacks by zionist Jews and their supporters and the lnp on one his choices his quite disgusting.
They should be called out for their behaviour.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
ABC News Australia.
The mysogynistic and sexest attacks by zionist Jews and their supporters and the lnp on one his choices his quite disgusting.
They should be called out for their behaviour.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Looks like the old endemic corruption in the NSW @australianlabor.bsky.social party didn't die with Graham Richardson after all. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... #nswpol #auspol
'Bunch of cash': The big little fundraiser causing problems for the NSW premier
A decade-old Labor fundraiser at the centre of allegations that NSW Premier Chris Minns conspired to evade a state donations law was reported at the time as a much bigger event than official records s...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Looks like the old endemic corruption in the NSW @australianlabor.bsky.social party didn't die with Graham Richardson after all. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... #nswpol #auspol
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Listen to all four episodes of a new Australia Institute podcast explaining why an amnesty is needed to address the estimated 7000 cases of people who have “disengaged” from the PALM scheme.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Listen to all four episodes of a new Australia Institute podcast explaining why an amnesty is needed to address the estimated 7000 cases of people who have “disengaged” from the PALM scheme.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read more on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260108-...
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If you could defend your kids' future with the same gusto you defend your sellout PM, we'd all be a lot better off
January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
If you could defend your kids' future with the same gusto you defend your sellout PM, we'd all be a lot better off
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Why is the media staying silent about more than a thousand rank-and-file Labor members calling on the govt to rescind its invitation to Israeli Pres Herzog?
Is it bcoz they’re too busy making noise about a small group of former Labor MPs calling for a Royal Commission? #auspol
Is it bcoz they’re too busy making noise about a small group of former Labor MPs calling for a Royal Commission? #auspol
January 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Why is the media staying silent about more than a thousand rank-and-file Labor members calling on the govt to rescind its invitation to Israeli Pres Herzog?
Is it bcoz they’re too busy making noise about a small group of former Labor MPs calling for a Royal Commission? #auspol
Is it bcoz they’re too busy making noise about a small group of former Labor MPs calling for a Royal Commission? #auspol
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It feels pre-ordained. Rigged. The Australian establishment manoeuvring the nation into a subservient fascist surveillance shithole against the will of the informed populace. The newspapers moving in lockstep with conservatives and Zionists; the ALP capitulating wherever it can.
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
It feels pre-ordained. Rigged. The Australian establishment manoeuvring the nation into a subservient fascist surveillance shithole against the will of the informed populace. The newspapers moving in lockstep with conservatives and Zionists; the ALP capitulating wherever it can.
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Albanese can’t win. Surprised he hasn’t figured this out yet.
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Albanese can’t win. Surprised he hasn’t figured this out yet.
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It seems likely that the govt will do a royal commission, so just know they Zionists etc will now shift to "we don't like the terms of reference" "we don't like the the commissioner".
The entire point of the calls for the RC was not to get one, but to be able to complain and attack the govt.
The entire point of the calls for the RC was not to get one, but to be able to complain and attack the govt.
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It seems likely that the govt will do a royal commission, so just know they Zionists etc will now shift to "we don't like the terms of reference" "we don't like the the commissioner".
The entire point of the calls for the RC was not to get one, but to be able to complain and attack the govt.
The entire point of the calls for the RC was not to get one, but to be able to complain and attack the govt.
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It’s all ready happening.
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It’s all ready happening.
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Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap that it makes a profit selling it on to other countries!
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap that it makes a profit selling it on to other countries!
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
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DONE!
Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap that it makes a profit selling it on to other countries!
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia ✍️ https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_royalties
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 AM
DONE!
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January 8, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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If Josh Frydenberg wants to talk about bad appointments for Royal Commissioner, he should start with his party’s appointment of Dyson Heydon, who was later found to have sexually harassed multiple women.
I don’t recall Josh raising any objections?
I don’t recall Josh raising any objections?
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
If Josh Frydenberg wants to talk about bad appointments for Royal Commissioner, he should start with his party’s appointment of Dyson Heydon, who was later found to have sexually harassed multiple women.
I don’t recall Josh raising any objections?
I don’t recall Josh raising any objections?
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Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Virginia Bell’s role in protest laws under scrutiny as Albanese weighs royal commission
Judgments handed down by former high court judge Virginia Bell and another contender, former Federal Court of Australia chief justice James Allsop, are under scrutiny as the government decides on a ro...
www.smh.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Oh ffs. Vote these pricks out.
"The federal government has agreed to accept the Antisemitism Envoy’s recommendation that funding may be withheld from universities that do not adequately respond to antisemitism."
thejewishindependent.com.au/antisemitism...
thejewishindependent.com.au/antisemitism...
Government to Withhold Funds From Universities over Antisemitism - The Jewish Independent
The federal government's response to antisemitism includes withholding funding from universities that fail to address it, but not from arts organizations.
thejewishindependent.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Oh ffs. Vote these pricks out.
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They’d be an honest representative rather than the current status quo of being glorified vassals of corporate interests
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
They’d be an honest representative rather than the current status quo of being glorified vassals of corporate interests
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Sigh, here we go. Frydenberg would only be happy if either he or Netanyahu were appointed as the commissioner.
Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.
Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Sigh, here we go. Frydenberg would only be happy if either he or Netanyahu were appointed as the commissioner.
Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.
Frydenberg used the massacre to stoke his own political fortunes. Utterly contemptible.
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Leave Cathy alone - one of this nation's greatest, bravest 'toonists in these difficult times
Or come after me too, you fuckers!
Or come after me too, you fuckers!
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Leave Cathy alone - one of this nation's greatest, bravest 'toonists in these difficult times
Or come after me too, you fuckers!
Or come after me too, you fuckers!
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A sentiment many of us share.
Stay safe folks. My disgust in this world and the morons who ‘lead’ us is too overwhelming. Back tomorrow. For now videos and dinner.
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
A sentiment many of us share.
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Fraudenberg continues on the divisive, self-promoting, incompetent and opportunistic manner he demonstrated during his Parliamentary career. He's just what the (il)Liberal Party needs to remind the electorate why we tossed them out at the previous two elections. #auspol www.liberal.org.au
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Fraudenberg continues on the divisive, self-promoting, incompetent and opportunistic manner he demonstrated during his Parliamentary career. He's just what the (il)Liberal Party needs to remind the electorate why we tossed them out at the previous two elections. #auspol www.liberal.org.au
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Trump has just withdrawn the US from a stack of organisations including
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Trump has just withdrawn the US from a stack of organisations including
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
(xi) Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Because it is “Contrary to the Interests of the United States”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Well said, Jo Dyer. An unforgivable act of censorship.
I appeared at Adelaide Writers' Week as an author when Jo was director. Respect and solidarity to those writers who have and are withdrawing from participation - a hard decision in these fraught times for writers, but the right one.
#auspol
I appeared at Adelaide Writers' Week as an author when Jo was director. Respect and solidarity to those writers who have and are withdrawing from participation - a hard decision in these fraught times for writers, but the right one.
#auspol
As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Well said, Jo Dyer. An unforgivable act of censorship.
I appeared at Adelaide Writers' Week as an author when Jo was director. Respect and solidarity to those writers who have and are withdrawing from participation - a hard decision in these fraught times for writers, but the right one.
#auspol
I appeared at Adelaide Writers' Week as an author when Jo was director. Respect and solidarity to those writers who have and are withdrawing from participation - a hard decision in these fraught times for writers, but the right one.
#auspol
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She will. I knew Virginia Bell when she worked at Redfern Legal Centre and I was a lowly law student volunteer. Her integrity and passion for justice had a profound effect on me, and I've watched her career since then, all the way to Justice of the High Court. She will not tick boxes.
Quite genuinely, this is why Frydenberg et al never wanted Bell as commissioner. She will no doubt examine real, appalling instances of antisemitism, and the extremism that led to Bondi massacre, but I suspect she will spend at least some time on the plain truth of Israel’s campaign for silence.
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
She will. I knew Virginia Bell when she worked at Redfern Legal Centre and I was a lowly law student volunteer. Her integrity and passion for justice had a profound effect on me, and I've watched her career since then, all the way to Justice of the High Court. She will not tick boxes.