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SRM @srm1968.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article. People need to be held accountable...

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Bowen taunts Dan Tehan following his visit to Nuclear sites in the US saying Tehan’s post-trip YouTube video shows “he did not visit any small modular reactors, advanced modular reactors or micro reactors, perhaps due to the small technical detail that none exist”🔥🤣 #QT

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

David Shoebridge has accused NACC CEO Philip Reed of “misleading the parliament” after he told the Senate that Commissioner Paul Brereton had no existing duties with the IGADF
DS “That’s what happened Mr Reed, didn’t it?”
PR “I’ll leave that to others to determine”
🔥 ouch 🚩 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

After claiming Commr Brereton rarely provides advice to IGADF, NACC CEO Philip Reed then says it’s going to “take some time” for Brereton to advise him on how many times he’s provided advice.
Shoebridge “Bcoz there’s so much advice?”
“Those things don’t sit together Mr Reed”💥🙄 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

CPP’s Raelene Sharpe says despite having spent hundreds of thousands on chasing Whistleblower Richard Boyle for 6 years & failing to have him convicted & jailed by the court, that it was still in the public interest to pursue him. Was it? 🤔 Yeah, right. #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Lorraine Finlay defends decision to attend the Antisemitism Summit despite controversial guest speakers inc a fmr head of the US Neo Nazi movement
Finlay “if we are actually serious about combating extremism & hatred…”
Shoebridge “You don’t put them on a stage”🔥 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay says she was happy to listen to Nova Peris speak on racism at the recent Gold Coast Antisemitism Summit, despite that Peris shared a social media post describing Muslims as “Satan worshipping cockroaches that need to be eradicated” #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

David Pocock asks Don Farrell some serious questions about why the govt has not implemented an important recommendation from the #RobodebtRC.
Farrell caught playing on his phone, not even paying attention.🙄 Pocock hasn’t the patience to try again & moves on. #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 22h

Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster exposed as overly determined Not to Answer & take things ‘on notice’

Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 20h

Sarah Hanson-Young has blasted the media watchdog ACMA after it’s revealed they waited 24hrs for Optus to get back to them to advise the outage was a lot worse, & that people had died
“You waited til the CEO called to tell you people had died! You are the watchdog!”🔥 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 19h

🔥Barbara Pocock slices up Richard Windeyer from Dept of Finance for allowing PwC back into govt contracts
RW “We were making a judgement about when we think the organisation is sufficiently changed & different”🤔
BP “How can u make that judgment over the top of the police?”💥 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17h

Jacinta Price has lashed & accused the ABC of not providing enough coverage on the assassination of Far Right advocate Charlie Kirk. Takes issue with ABC referring to him as a “Far Right advocate”

Pfft. ABC wouldn’t shut up about Kirk. And yes Jacinta, he’s far right, like you. #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 14h

This is why I love Barbs,

“I didn’t come to the Senate to chase down scoundrels in the consulting industry but tragically that’s what I found myself doing.”🔥 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

David Shoebridge turns up the heat on AG Dept Sec Kath Jones who objects bail law changes in QLD,NSW, NT are to
“put more ppl in jail”
DS “r u seriously challenging that?”
KJ “u said to put more FN ppl in jail”
DS “they were expressly identifying wanting to put more FN kids in jail”🔥 #Estimates

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 4d

Front bench Lib MP Melissa McIntosh says she feels for Andrew Hastie bcoz his only issue was “not being able to voice his opinions on immigration”
So goes right ahead to voice her opinions on immigration by accusing migrants of being responsible for hospital/road congestion, even pot holes🤦‍♂️

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 2d

Michaelia Cash on Sky has gone bonkers over reports Peter Dutton blames Andrew Hastie for the Liberal Party taking a record beating at the polls saying it’s not Hastie’s fault, but “Labor’s” bcoz of their “11 out of 10 disgraceful social media campaign & attack against us!” 🫠🤦‍♂️

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6d

James Paterson has taken a swipe at Australians onboard a flotilla heading to Gaza with aid saying it’s a “reckless” mission aimed at trying to “manufacture a clash with the IDF”

Paterson stands with Israel against our Aussie humanitarians. Paterson is a traitor to Australia.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6d

Penny Allman-Payne says everyone intercepted on the flotilla heading for Gaza was complying with international law & that it’s “shameful” that everyday citizens inc Australians “are taking more action to prevent a genocide & to get aid in, than our governments are”💥 #Abc

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6d

NACC has defended Commr Brereton’s decision to continue acting as Ass. IG of Defence suggesting it’s fine bcoz he’s not being paid & has “no formal or official pos.” What nonsense. Can we not have a Commissioner who is focused only their role? #ResignBrereton #conflictofinterest

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 5d

Sussan Ley demands Australians not attend a protest against Israel’s genocide at the Sydney Opera House on Sun 12 Oct accusing demonstrators of “sowing the seeds of division & hate”
Sussan making it very hard for anyone with a conscious to like her at the moment. #TemuDutton

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 4d

As Hastie craps pants & quits front bench over new KPIs, new Acting Home Affairs MP James Paterson rejects claim Liberals are no longer “relevant”🤣
Reminds LNP won TAS & QLD & fed election”as recently as 6yrs ago”
Forgets LNP were obliterated’as recently as 6mths ago’🤦‍♂️ #Deluded

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raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · 5d

National Press Club cancels address from Chris Hedges because the truth is too painful to bear. All Australian journalists can just go. and. get. fucked while this shit stain stays in charge. #auspol Cowards.

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Lindsay Parry @lins-oz.bsky.social · 5d

“The first thing you need to do is be trusted yourself, and yet Brereton continually seems to be unable to understand that.”

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese overruled push for public NACC hearings

Jason Koutsoukis The Saturday Paper can reveal that the prime minister and other ministers from NSW intervened in cabinet to constrain the operations of the country’s leading integrity body.
“The first thing you need to do is be trusted yourself, and yet Brereton continually seems to be unable to understand that.”

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