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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 8h

Morrison & tudge declined to be interviewed for the robo debt TV series on the ABC it just shows how cowardly the liberals really are #auspol

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 7h

And ignoring the far-right big money push.

Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 7h

That doesn't mean that she's not dangerous though.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 7h

I grew up in the same town. Only the racists like her and she's only really in politics for herself. Never stuck at anything when there are greener pastures going.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 19h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 15h

#ClimateCriminals are ripping us off while destroying our future, #auspol.

Ross Heyen 🧔‍♀️ @rosco385.bsky.social · 15h

Queensland families are homeless, school kids are going to school after sleeping in a car or a tent overnight, but Labor and LNP are throwing cash at mining multinationals.

Glencore has made billions in profit already this year, why fleece taxpayers? #auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The Department of Agriculture expects the recall to grow.

HelloFresh Meals May Contain Listeria-Contaminated Spinach, USDA Says

The Department of Agriculture expects the recall to grow.

www.forbes.com

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 8h

Might have to report Advance and Turning point Aus. to them.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 10h

to be fair to him, he was far from alone in this

Mike Sampson @mfsampson.sda.io · 10h

“Unfortunately, it occurs to me that Alan Tudge was not even close to being a genius.” Mean Streak - @squigglyrick.bsky.social

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🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · 22h

Mike Johnson swore in 2 GOP Members during a pro forma session but refuses to swear in the 218th signature to ...
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

not only is the whole "the left is organizing against us" thing just bullshit for suppressing speech and dissent, its also hilarious because if you've spent 10 seconds on the left you can see there isnt the power to organize a bake sale let alone an antifa plot to take down the govt

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 13h

#auspol #housingcrisis

Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 21h

Unless we can resolve the housing crisis, wealth will become more unequally distributed in Australia creating a country of “haves” and “have-nots” when it comes to the most important item determining our living standards. #auspol #housingcrisis

Inequality and the future of democracy

Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in Australia. However, the increasing inequality of wealth, driven by housing becoming unaffordable without rich parents, is a threat.

johnmenadue.com

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 14h

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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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 12h

#Deloitte Australia used AI to churn out a report with made-up quotes, then offered only a “partial” refund? After the #PwC & #KPMG scandals, the Big Four are treating the Australian government like a cash cow. Absolutely shocking!
#AusPol #AIHallucination #Accountability #FinancialServices #Ethics

Deloitte to partially refund Australia for report with apparent AI-generated errors

Deloitte Australia will partially refund the Australian government for a report filled with apparent AI-generated errors

abcnews.go.com

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Anne-Maree Gray @mtramg.bsky.social · 12h

Utterly CLEAR conflict of interest.

#auspol

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

Today marks yet another day that Speaker Mike Johnson has denied Adelita Grijalva her right to govern.

She won her special election on Sept 23rd but has yet to be sworn in.

Why? Because she will become the 218th vote needed to discharge the release of the Epstein files.

Say her name.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

AI data centres are gobbling up environmental resources.

Billionaires are flying around on private jets.

Endless amounts of money & resources spent on wars around the globe.

But inhalers are the real threat to the climate?

They really will blame disabled people for everything

Screenshot of a post from local 12 WKRC TV which reads “inhalers contribute significantly to global warming study finds” and then a photo of two blue inhalers

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 13h

Former childcare director who employed convicted child sex offender husband fined

Amanda Louise Vassel was sacked from her job at the south-east Queensland childcare centre after the matter came to light.

www.abc.net.au

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 13h

A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers? - Michael West

Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission ignores Robodebt.

michaelwest.com.au

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

Clearly the National Guard is needed to save us all from:

Dancing unicorns
Gyrating frogs
ICE fisherman

And our hard working immigrant friends and neighbours.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 14h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17h

The ABC reports that extreme weather costs Australians more each decade and, as a country, we have some of the highest per capita economic and insurance losses in the world.

This is why we need a climate compensation levy on fossil fuel exports > theaus.in/fossilfuelco...

Betting on the weather emerges as a solution as insurance costs skyrocket

Amid more extreme weather events, parametric insurance — described as a bet on the weather —is on the rise. It is now being touted as a possible solution for Australians, who have some of the highest ...

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Saraphima Voynich @saraphimavoynich.bsky.social · 18h

Disabled people in CANADA are not treated as people with actual lives in any real terms. Disability income in EVERY province has failed to meet the basic needs of people with disabilities for the last 5 years because there had been NO increase reflective of the inflation seen in this country.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 17h

The Stoic path isn’t one of endless self-construction but of disciplined recognition — stripping away illusion, ego, and externals until what remains is the rational will acting in harmony with virtue.

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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️‍⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social · 17h

life isn’t about “creating” the self in a vacuum of will or desire, it’s about aligning the self with reason and nature. We don’t invent who we are through sheer force of choice; rather, we discover our proper role within the order of things and live it well.

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