Lou Pollard
@loupollard.bsky.social
I like to sing. mama, writer, cat herder; book addict, casual thespian: 10 Pound Poms, Bump, The Last Anniversary
Straya 🐈⬛🐈⬛🦄
Straya 🐈⬛🐈⬛🦄
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Soup tastes better when you are eating it out of your most beloved bowl. Coffee or tea taste better when you are drinking them from your most cherished mug. A book is more captivating when you’re reading it in your preferred chair.
Denying these facts is akin to denying science itself.
Denying these facts is akin to denying science itself.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Soup tastes better when you are eating it out of your most beloved bowl. Coffee or tea taste better when you are drinking them from your most cherished mug. A book is more captivating when you’re reading it in your preferred chair.
Denying these facts is akin to denying science itself.
Denying these facts is akin to denying science itself.
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if the grifter goes to the 1nation nutjobs, it'll be because he can secure a high position on a senate ticket
giving him 6 years with the snout in the public trough
he can resign from 1 nation, remain in parliament for the remainder of his term, no requirement to do any work and no accountability
giving him 6 years with the snout in the public trough
he can resign from 1 nation, remain in parliament for the remainder of his term, no requirement to do any work and no accountability
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
if the grifter goes to the 1nation nutjobs, it'll be because he can secure a high position on a senate ticket
giving him 6 years with the snout in the public trough
he can resign from 1 nation, remain in parliament for the remainder of his term, no requirement to do any work and no accountability
giving him 6 years with the snout in the public trough
he can resign from 1 nation, remain in parliament for the remainder of his term, no requirement to do any work and no accountability
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This is what happens when you have Greens in parliament fighting for you, what’s possible when we negotiate and refuse to back down from our values.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is what happens when you have Greens in parliament fighting for you, what’s possible when we negotiate and refuse to back down from our values.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
With your support, we’ve stopped the worst of Labor’s plans.
Together we can take on the major parties & their corporate donors.
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Labor’s proposed bill would have given polluting corporations special treatment and caused more damage.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s proposed bill would have given polluting corporations special treatment and caused more damage.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
We’ve stopped Labor’s plan to fast-track coal and gas approvals in as little as 30 days.
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Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
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NACC needs a stiff broom and new leadership.
NACC CEO Philip Reed has apologised on behalf of NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton after he has been found to have provided False information to the Senate about his 2nd, secret side-job working for the Inspector General of the ADF.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
Brereton is refusing to apologise himself.
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 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
NACC needs a stiff broom and new leadership.
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Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information
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Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of environmental activist Ben Pennings.
Pennings declared victory on Thursday, after the Queensland supreme court signed off on orders on Wednesday, ending the five-and-a-half-year court battle. The order requires Pennings not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information or to ask others to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
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He should be sacked, at the very least. He has single handedly undermined the credibility of the whole organisation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC chief executive apologises to parliament for inaccurate evidence
National Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Philip Reed writes to parliament apologising for inaccuracies in evidence given during Senate estimates.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
He should be sacked, at the very least. He has single handedly undermined the credibility of the whole organisation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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@australiainstitute.org.au wearing aus music t-shirts today. You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
@australiainstitute.org.au wearing aus music t-shirts today. You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au
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Kind of magical a serendipitous found this Sinéad cover of Meet Me in the Morning. She just threw it up on YouTube years ago. It’s a home reel with her kids. Rough mix — shows the raw power of a track before a lot of production gets to it. Also her vocal is as always flawless.
#BobDylan #Sinead
#BobDylan #Sinead
Sinead O'Connor Meet Me In The Morning
YouTube video by Sinead O'Connor
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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From radio listeners, that guest who refuses to leave:
wontgoer
lingerlonger
velcro-visitor
polterguest
cueless
cunninglinger
barnacle
neverleaver
Kate (coz she’s notorious for it)
wontgoer
lingerlonger
velcro-visitor
polterguest
cueless
cunninglinger
barnacle
neverleaver
Kate (coz she’s notorious for it)
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
From radio listeners, that guest who refuses to leave:
wontgoer
lingerlonger
velcro-visitor
polterguest
cueless
cunninglinger
barnacle
neverleaver
Kate (coz she’s notorious for it)
wontgoer
lingerlonger
velcro-visitor
polterguest
cueless
cunninglinger
barnacle
neverleaver
Kate (coz she’s notorious for it)
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To your point "Labour have... [adopted] a Turnbull policy... that entangles policing & the welfare system, undermining the rule of law & separation of powers. It... fuels prejudice towards welfare recipients in the precise way Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes warned politicians against"
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
To your point "Labour have... [adopted] a Turnbull policy... that entangles policing & the welfare system, undermining the rule of law & separation of powers. It... fuels prejudice towards welfare recipients in the precise way Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes warned politicians against"
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It wasn't just the website that cost $96m but the whole computer system. The original cost for that was $80m.
"The BoM website redesign and the broader technology overhaul (known as the "Robust" program) were scoped and approved by the Turnbull Cabinet in 2017. The Minister for the Environment and Energy (the portfolio responsible for the BoM) at that time was Josh Frydenberg"
BOM boss reveals $96.5m website rebuild approved by Turnbull government
The Bureau of the Meteorology's new chief executive has blamed a "miscommunication" for the furore that has erupted over a costly and controversial website redesign.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It wasn't just the website that cost $96m but the whole computer system. The original cost for that was $80m.
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Scientists deserve better & they deserve answers, as do all Australians. It's critical the Senate examines how the CSIRO ended up here, who knew about the dire state of the agency & for how long & why senior execs took bonuses while funding cliffs were obviously approaching.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Scientists deserve better & they deserve answers, as do all Australians. It's critical the Senate examines how the CSIRO ended up here, who knew about the dire state of the agency & for how long & why senior execs took bonuses while funding cliffs were obviously approaching.
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Reform Bills now being rushed through Australia’s parliament. Take it slower, have more consultation. Want environment protected, climate crisis responded to effectively without business made more difficult #auspol @quentindempster.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Reform Bills now being rushed through Australia’s parliament. Take it slower, have more consultation. Want environment protected, climate crisis responded to effectively without business made more difficult #auspol @quentindempster.bsky.social
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
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ABC Radio Sydney should never have sacked Sarah Macdonald or given us the sad line up we’ve had since Glover et al. left us.
Sack the person in charge - they obviously have no idea what ABC listeners want
Sack the person in charge - they obviously have no idea what ABC listeners want
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ABC Radio Sydney should never have sacked Sarah Macdonald or given us the sad line up we’ve had since Glover et al. left us.
Sack the person in charge - they obviously have no idea what ABC listeners want
Sack the person in charge - they obviously have no idea what ABC listeners want
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Say no to an inquiry into the ABC.
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Say no to an inquiry into the ABC!
Join our call to all senators to oppose Senator Henderson's motion for senate select inquiry into the ABC
www.abcfriends.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Say no to an inquiry into the ABC.
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
Ironically this push for an inquiry is coming from Sarah Henderson who used to be a journalist with @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
www.abcfriends.net.au/no?utm_campa...
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What tf are Labor doing
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What tf are Labor doing