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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 8h

Yes! How about it @albomp.bsky.social . The Constitution and High Court interpretation of its Heads of (Federal) Power gives you the legal - let alone moral - duty to do so. #auspol

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d

The Federal Government funds 71% of every spit hood put on an Aboriginal child in the NT. It's time to ensure Federal Funding comes with conditions including complying with human rights law!

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 8h

You're asking Australia's National Authority for Crime Coverups for an explanation, Senator? #auspol #robodebt nacc.gov.au
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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 8h

Sooner?

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 8h

Trump/Murdoch's Australian mouthpiece is only silent while awaiting their latest instructions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Andrew Hastie, the divisive star of the Liberal party’s internal political theatre, is staying silent – for now

The former shadow minister insists he won’t challenge Sussan Ley for party leadership. But the spectre of the dysfunctional Victorian Liberals remains

www.theguardian.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 9h

Go celebrate the murderous events of October 7 that triggered an even bigger murderous response elsewhere, useful idiots. Try Gaza City perhaps. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Court prohibits pro-Palestine march to Sydney Opera House after police raise safety concerns

Police had objected to planned march citing fears of a crowd crush

www.theguardian.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 9h

Israel plays Trump like a fiddle, a narcissist so desperate for a Nobel Peace Prize that he is willing to supply limitless weapons of war for credit for ceasefire proposals handed him by Israel. Oh, & possibly the right to build a casino/underage brothel in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas

Donald Trump announces that all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed upon line

www.theguardian.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 19h

I suspect much of the world hopes he does. youtu.be/A-RwSC6HEGc?...

Donald Trump Announces HE HOPES HE DOESN'T DIE IN 2026!!!

YouTube video by Jesse Dollemore

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 20h

What an ugly country we are in danger of becoming. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘The ground is shifting’: what’s driving One Nation’s surge and could it replace the ‘floundering Liberals’?

As its support doubles, One Nation is targeting conservative voters disillusioned with the Liberals and Nationals on immigration and net zero

www.theguardian.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 22h

And more importantly, my monstrous power-hungry boss Rupert Murdoch, the rancid old turd who helped put fascist pedophile Trump in power, isn't making any money from social media platforms. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free

www.theguardian.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 23h

Don't Australia's National Party voting #climatechange denying hayseed nincompoops realise we'll remember this when once more, they come begging bowls in hand during the next drought they helped create? www.nbnnews.com.au/2025/10/07/n... #auspol

NSW farmers call for daylight savings to be cut back - NBN News

While the days are beginning to stretch longer, not everyone is cheering about the extra sunlight. F

www.nbnnews.com.au

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1d

Any credible excuses to offer, @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 1d

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1d

Choices, choices.

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Westcountrybird @racheljs.bsky.social · 5d

Always remembered on 4th October. The anniversary of the Battle Of Cable Street.
In October 1936 Sir Oswald Mosley planned a highly provocative march of his British Union of Fascist blackshirts through predominantly Jewish Stepney. East Enders, Catholic dockers alongside Jewish tailors,

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1d

Australia's supermarkets (ALDI excepted) complain about shoplifting while systematically picking their customers pockets. action.choice.com.au/page/144087/... #auspol

Fairer supermarket pricing | CHOICE

Sign the petition calling on the government to force supermarkets to use fair, transparent grocery pricing.

action.choice.com.au

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

Having charged Richard Boyle for 66 offenses, tied up the courts for 6 years, spent $339,703 on external legal fees, chilled whistleblowing - with the Court refusing to convict - it’s mind-blowing the CDPP still thinks his prosecution was in the public interest. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ #auspol

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I wish to scare you first thing in the morning but ... It's not first thing in the morning. newatlas.com/cancer/skull... Reason #138 why funding for medical research should be generous and untouchable. #medsky

This brain cancer eats through the skull to sabotage body’s defenses

For the first time, scientists have detailed how a deadly brain cancer has a unique path of progression, aggressively eating away at the skull itself – and how drugs to impede this end up making it wo...

newatlas.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 1d

A man of integrity, true to his oath. How long before Trump tries to sack him?

energy9086.bsky.social @energy9086.bsky.social · 4d

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

It's a reform long overdue but one that would never have happened under a NSW @liberalaus.bsky.social government. www.echo.net.au/2025/10/gove... #nswpol

Government launches dedicated unit to prosecute industrial manslaughter

Announced on Labour Day, the NSW government says it is launching a dedicated unit within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute industrial manslaughter.

www.echo.net.au

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

On no! Won't those horrible environmentalists think of Gina and her 100% owned @liberalaus.bsky.social party? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #auspol #climatechange

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 2d

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

Where do you think a significant proportion of post-politician MPs and their ever obedient senior departmental staff get their overly generous monetary rewards...oops... consultancies from? #auspol

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

About time, useless AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory Agency) & the worse than useless health ministers that direct you. You've sat on your hands for years over this wdespite repeat warnings. The deaths that resulted belong to you both. #auspol www.smh.com.au/healthcare/s...

Podiatric surgeons to be stripped of title amid confusion

Health ministers have agreed to force podiatric surgeons to rename after a review found widespread confusion over their ability to perform invasive foot surgery without a medical degree.

www.smh.com.au

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

Can't see the problem with a little get together to celebrate a mass killing that triggered an even bigger mass killing? At least Netanyahu and his partners in crime Hamas will be happy. www.smh.com.au/national/aus...

Australia news LIVE: PM says October 7 ‘not a day for demonstrations’; Gaza ceasefire talks underway in Egypt

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.

www.smh.com.au

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 2d

Deloitte, again! Lazy, corrupt bastards. Ditto any government that uses them. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol www.deloitte.com/au @australianlabor.bsky.social

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

www.theguardian.com

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onewickedwonka.bsky.social @onewickedwonka.bsky.social · 3d

🎩 #America 🇺🇸

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