Leslie C. Thiess
@lesliecthiess.bsky.social
Vegemite loving fully vaccinated global traveler based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Not interested in chat, porn, adult content, charity or drugs.
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John Howard has again shown how out of touch he is with modern Australia. His intervention in the horrific events at Bondi are simply playing politics, just like Pauline Hanson.
Randall Bradshaw, Fitzroy
The Age, letters
Randall Bradshaw, Fitzroy
The Age, letters
December 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
John Howard has again shown how out of touch he is with modern Australia. His intervention in the horrific events at Bondi are simply playing politics, just like Pauline Hanson.
Randall Bradshaw, Fitzroy
The Age, letters
Randall Bradshaw, Fitzroy
The Age, letters
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Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bondi politic.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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No doubt the kiddies will be banned from eating watermelon, in case it gives them ideas.
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No doubt the kiddies will be banned from eating watermelon, in case it gives them ideas.
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Australia’s former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg — who was exposed running illegal political ads of the CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria for his own political gain — says he’s “deeply offended” at suggestion he could be politically self-serving.
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Australia’s former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg — who was exposed running illegal political ads of the CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria for his own political gain — says he’s “deeply offended” at suggestion he could be politically self-serving.
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Prostate cancer survivor Mick Barrett is calling on businesses to consider installing rubbish bins inside men's bathrooms to help those with incontinence.
Cancer survivor puts used pad in pocket due to lack of men's sanitary bins
Prostate cancer survivor Mick Barrett is calling on businesses to consider installing rubbish bins inside men's bathrooms to help those with incontinence.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Prostate cancer survivor Mick Barrett is calling on businesses to consider installing rubbish bins inside men's bathrooms to help those with incontinence.
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Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
John Howard’s dog-whistle intervention in gun debate all but dashes any hope of meaningful reform
In the absence of strong, swift action from Anthony Albanese, the former PM is shifting political debate from gun control to a divisive culture war
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle.
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Frydenberg claims Albanese should accept ‘personal responsibility’ for Bondi attacks in escalation of rhetoric
PM condemns ‘perversion of Islam’ that police allege may be behind the attack
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A man who has abjectedly failed the test of leadership at the first hurdle.
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In the past, trying to revive your political career off the back of a massacre might be viewed as tasteless...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Victorians should not forget how this man acted and denigrated Victoria and Victorians during the pandemic
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Victorians should not forget how this man acted and denigrated Victoria and Victorians during the pandemic
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Frydenberg’s statements blaming Bondi terrorist attack on Albo are outrageous. Extremism and radicalisation exists in every society. Frydenberg and everyone else - inc. News Corp - who are using a devastating terrorist attack to score political points against Labor should be ashamed of themselves
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Frydenberg’s statements blaming Bondi terrorist attack on Albo are outrageous. Extremism and radicalisation exists in every society. Frydenberg and everyone else - inc. News Corp - who are using a devastating terrorist attack to score political points against Labor should be ashamed of themselves
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In the wake of the Bondi tragedy should one have been surprised that Josh Frydenberg would opportunistically slither to the public megaphone - gaslighting the Australian public.
His outburst is offensive, divisive, and disingenuous.
#auspol
His outburst is offensive, divisive, and disingenuous.
#auspol
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In the wake of the Bondi tragedy should one have been surprised that Josh Frydenberg would opportunistically slither to the public megaphone - gaslighting the Australian public.
His outburst is offensive, divisive, and disingenuous.
#auspol
His outburst is offensive, divisive, and disingenuous.
#auspol
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I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.
December 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.
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So, the Israeli controlled Coalition let the terrorist in and then gave him 6 guns. Got it.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So, the Israeli controlled Coalition let the terrorist in and then gave him 6 guns. Got it.
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the bondi shooters were firing as fast as they could , if they had automatics there would be hundreds of innocents slaughtered
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the bondi shooters were firing as fast as they could , if they had automatics there would be hundreds of innocents slaughtered
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Two men.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Two men.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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"No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Blame, grief and responsibility after Bondi
In the aftermath of a devastating attack on Sydney’s Jewish community, political leaders must resist the urge to weaponise grief or assign blame.
johnmenadue.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are." #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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Your regular reminder that Sussan Ley is an empty-headed baying gorgon and an inflammatory idiot with the morals and political acumen of groin fungus.
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Whose idea was it to get Barnaby to dress as Santa FFS
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Whose idea was it to get Barnaby to dress as Santa FFS
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We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4
This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4