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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · 9d

This is the best option of keeping constitutional conversation alive in Australia following the failure of @albomp.bsky.social to take any action for future constitutional change in Australia. We can’t afford to be complacent or apathetic about our nation’s future. #australia #future #vision

everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 9d

SIGN PETITION TODAY FOR REFERENDUM ON PREAMBLE TO OUR CONSTITUTION THAT OUTLINES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AUSTRALIAN. everaldcompton.com/2025/04/28/a...

SIGN PETITION TODAY FOR REFERENDUM ON PREAMBLE TO OUR CONSTITUTION THAT OUTLINES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AUSTRALIAN. - Everald Compton

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 With significant help from three eminent Australians, Paul de Jersey, David Muir and Anthony Lynham, I have drafted a Preamble I believe our Founding...

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 13d

Spot on David. I have written the Preamble because I have not yet met anyone who can tell me what it means to be an Australian.

David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · 13d

This preamble could lead to the first constitutional change since the successful referenda of 1977. It will mean we can answer the question about what it means to be an Australian. #preamble #constitution #Australia

everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 15d

I have made petition to Australian #Parliament seeking #Referendum to add Preamble to #Constitution setting out our national values. Need your support. Please click below, read preamble & sign. www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/.... Need at least 1000 signatures covering all States. Thanks for your help.

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 13d

Alfred Deakin tried to have #Preamble put in Australian #Constitution but other Founding Fathers were not interested. They wanted to be known as British Christians. We can now fix it & let world know that Australians are totally different to #Trump. Click on blue link below to read and sign.

everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 15d

I have made petition to Australian #Parliament seeking #Referendum to add Preamble to #Constitution setting out our national values. Need your support. Please click below, read preamble & sign. www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/.... Need at least 1000 signatures covering all States. Thanks for your help.

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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · 13d

This preamble could lead to the first constitutional change since the successful referenda of 1977. It will mean we can answer the question about what it means to be an Australian. #preamble #constitution #Australia

everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 15d

I have made petition to Australian #Parliament seeking #Referendum to add Preamble to #Constitution setting out our national values. Need your support. Please click below, read preamble & sign. www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/.... Need at least 1000 signatures covering all States. Thanks for your help.

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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · 13d

I support this important initiative and have signed the petition. This preamble will answer the question about what it means to be an Australian. Well done Everald.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Well done to the ABC for publishing this statement on Richard Boyle. 👏👏👏 #auspol www.abc.net.au/about/media-...

ABC statement on Richard Boyle - About the ABC

The ABC welcomes today’s decision not to convict whistleblower Richard Boyle, although his case again highlights the need for whistleblower protections to be strengthened.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today’s outcome is a relief, but there was little justice in the eight year persecution of Richard Boyle, a hero who everyone (including the judge) accepted was motivated by public interest. #auspol

Whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids conviction and jail after revealing tax office’s unethical behaviour

‘Blowing the whistle can be a tough gig,’ Adelaide judge says, while Rex Patrick declares Boyle ‘a hero’ for speaking out in 2018

www.theguardian.com

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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · Aug 28

A mighty tree has fallen – the passing of William Robinson

www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/com...

Queensland's Greatest Artist William Robinson Has Died at 89 - InReview | InDaily, Inside Queensland

Queensland's greatest artist William Robinson has died at 89, leaving a legacy of love and admiration in the art world.

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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · Aug 23

Keys to the City of Brisbane and naming of a BCC metro bus marked the 100 year birthday for the remarkable Sister Angela Mary Doyle in Brisbane today.

David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · Aug 23

This was my last full Foodbank Queensland board meeting this week following my first FBQ board meeting 30 years ago with founding directors Clem Jones and Ian Brusasco. FBQ now provides15 million kilos of food annually to the Qld community. #food #hunger #community #Queensland

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · Aug 23

Enjoy today's #podcast OLD EVERALD AND YOUNG JAMES TALK POLITICS. I get angry that this week's Roundtable in Canberra totally ignored economic potential of #Old Aussies. We do not want to be a burden on #Young Aussies but are penalised when we try to contribute. We are a wasted asset.

jlmjustice.bsky.social @jlmjustice.bsky.social · Aug 23

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@everaldatlarge.bsky.social and i on this week's show highlight albo for standing up to netanyahu as well as the takeaways from the productivity summit... listen in and have your say!!
#auspol #auspol25

Netanyahu's War of the Words (S5E30)

Old Everald and Young James talk Politics · Episode

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · Aug 14

80 years ago today I was at South Brisbane Railway Station when station master announced #Japan had surrendered & #WorldWarTwo was over. He led us all in singing national anthem. I paused to remember family & friends who had been killed. At age 13 I was sure there would be no more wars. Such is life

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · Aug 15

Advance is lobby group for Christian Right in #politics & aims to take over #Liberals & #Nationals to ensure election candidates are 'born again' #Christians in mould of Scott Morrison.
Advance an ‘insidious threat’ to Liberals www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Advance an ‘insidious threat’ to Liberals

As lobby group Advance campaigns against the Coalition on net zero, Liberals accept the debate has become ‘a proxy battle for the future of the Liberal Party and control of the Liberal Party’.

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to #AnthonyAlbanese. Australia has done okay in #Trump war on #tariffs. 10% is as lenient as any nation has achieved. Main victims are Americans themselves who will pay inflationary prices.
Trump reveals Australia's fate on tariffs www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...

Australia's tariff fate revealed in Trump announcement

Australia will be spared higher tariffs after the Trump administration announced new levies for dozens of countries.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 10

The Howard Govt spied on Timor in 2004 during purported ‘good faith’ negotiations. This is evidenced in formal Australian and Timorese Govt court docs. Everyone knows! But our Govt refuses to acknowledge this wrongdoing. I’m now challenging this foolish secrecy in the ART. #auspol

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Liverpool ECHO @liverpoolecho.co.uk · Aug 4

The Met Office has issued advice to UK households as strong gusts of wind are expected across parts of the UK today

People told to shut their windows until midnight in Storm Floris

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Aug 4

⚡️Ukraine confirms drone strike on fuel depot at Russia's Sochi airport.

Videos posted to social media purported to show the view from a plane landing at the airport with the burning depot clearly visible.

Ukraine confirms drone strike on fuel depot at Russia's Sochi airport

Videos posted to social media purported to show the view from a plane landing at the airport with the burning depot clearly visible.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · Jul 22

Until now, the $24B Medical Research Future Fund has operated in total secrecy. Taxpayers’ money was being thrown around inside a ‘corruption incubator’. After a 4 year #FOI battle I’ve had a massive transparency win that opens the fund’s grants up to scrutiny 💥🎉💪. 1/2 #auspol

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David Muir AM chair Clem Jones Trust @muirdavid.bsky.social · Jul 23

UQ vaccine tech strikes billion-dollar deal

www.indailyqld.com.au/news/busines...

UQ Vaccine Tech strikes billion-dollar deal

UQ's Molecular Clamp Technology has been sold to one of the world’s largest healthcare companies for US$1.6 billion.

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everaldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · Jul 17

This week I enjoyed lunch with my friend Grantlee. We chatted about good #books you can enjoy.
LUNCH WITH GRANTLEE KIEZA everaldcompton.com/2025/07/17/l...