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Twang 🍉

@twangmaker.bsky.social

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Democracy campaigner. Not a member of any politician party. The #1 issue for any politician to attend to is to uphold and protect our democracy. Because democracy is the heart of a government that functions for the people. Other issues come after that.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 10h

The ABC cost us $2.5 million, paying out Lattouf.

But the ABC cost the country much more than that. By hiding the truth and appeasing lobby groups, the ABC wounded Australia's democracy.

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 11h

Yes. Those are the ones.
They are weakening our democracy.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 11h

Secrecy is a step in the direction of autocracy.

When the people are prevented from seeing what the government is doing, they can't participate in government.

⚠️ Vote out any government that gives the people less say.

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 12h

The Nobel Prize for Peace might join the Economics prize in becoming a scam, if Donald Trump wins it.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 12h

The Saturday Paper this week revealed it was Albo himself who personally intervened to kneecap and hobble the NACC.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 12h

This guy ⬆️, the CEO of the NACC, just provided us with utter jibberish.

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 12h

Don Farrell.
Labor's special minister for playing with his phone.

As you can see, he has no interest in serving the Australian people.

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 13h

It's headed that way.

Usually it's only fascist states where you can't have large protests.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 13h

They like to have large crowd sizes for events that the state likes, such as 'Australia Day'.

But not for events the state doesn't like, such as protesting about the genocide in Gaza.

#auspol

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 17h

NSW Labor government says:
Little protests are OK,
But not big ones.

The pupose of our democratic right to protest is to make it a show of numbers. A show of force.

If protests are restricted to just small ones then our democratic right is taken away.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #auspol

Sydney Opera House pro-Palestine march has ‘disaster written all over it’, senior NSW police officer tells court

Case between police and representatives from the Palestine Action Group and Jews Against Occupation remains before the NSW court of appeal

www.theguardian.com

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 17h

I once had high hopes for Penny Wong.

Unfortunately, she has turned out to be:
• Arrogant
• Obstructive
• Devoid of any morals
• Useless

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 17h

What would we do without Senator David Shoebridge ( @davidshoebridge.bsky.social ) ?

This guy works hard.

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 23h

Labor is setting everyone up to get all their information stolen.

Forcing all adults to provide identification for everything they do on the internet allows US oligarchs and other companies to gather and retain more personal information on everyone.

That information will be stolen & sold

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 23h

Universities should be fully government funded.

It actually costs the country less to do it that way.

Because when universities rely on funding from other entities, it compromises the research, and the research results aren't as good, costing the community more in the future.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 23h

⬆️ This is part of an organised and financed global push for white supremacy.

Abbott is linked with shady US organisations and racist oligarchal billionaires.

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

It's only against the rules for passengers to leave luggage on a flight after they decide not to fly.

Most of the large wide-body passenger planes carry pallets of freight at the same time as passengers.

Though most are not carrying F-35 fighter jet parts. These parts went via Bangkok to Israel.

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

What is wrong in the electorate of Corio, situated around the city of Geelong, that they could elect this dinosaur called Richard Marles?

On election day they look at the ballot paper and see the name Richard Marles, and think, "Yeah, I'll vote for that."

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

PUNTER'S POLITICS

Interview with independent David Pocock.

Why is Australia giving away its gas to multinationals for free?

Our sovereign wealth disappears, while multinationals profit.

VIDEO: 23 minutes
youtube.com/watch?v=zW16... #auspol

Unpacking the Gas Industry with David Pocock: Why We Get Nothing | Punters Politics Podcast

YouTube video by Punters Politics Podcast

youtube.com

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

68 pallet-style shipping containers full of F-35 fighter jet parts.

The passengers on board these Thai Airways fights enjoyed their meal and movies, unaware the pallets of F-35 parts were beneath their feet in the cargo hold.

Albanese & Wong didn't want us to know.

#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

People need to know that so-called online safety laws will not help kids.

The kids will know how to access their social networks as before

But adults will have to identify themselves for everything they do on the internet.

Do you want your history trail to be known by the gov & oligarchs?
#auspol

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

How do we, as the public, allow a politician like Linda Reynolds⬆️ to sue a rape survivor for saying the politician (Reynolds) didn't offer her adequate support?

It's very clear the defamation laws are designed to protect the powerful and suppress the people.

Defamation laws must change.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:
Susssan Ley demands the government enact all the recommendations of Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal.

Oh my

Do we value our democracy?

Democracy requires free speech, and the freedom to criticise any government, including our own

They want to make it illegal to criticise Israel
#auspol

Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 1d

You're saying Albo muzzled the National Press Club?

Is there some evidence of this?

@ajax57.bsky.social

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 2d

It doesn't help the cause of Antisemitism to employ Envoy Jillian Segal, who has no interest in reducing Antisemitism or racism, and is only interested in stopping criticism of the Netanyahu government.

Meanwhile the Segal family invests in Advance, which spreads racial hatred across Australia.

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 2d

Albo doesn't want to get rid of the king of Australia, because he wants to be one himself.