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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 2m

Know Your Enemy

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Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy [Lyrics]

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 3h

NSW Premier Chris Minns has rejected calls to light up the Sydney Opera House in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he did for Israel. Says it could be “inflaming the situation”
Palestinian flag is inflammatory? This man is an absolute disgrace.

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 1h

The fuck is he on about? "...blah blah....arm's length from the Commission..."

The only thing that should be at "arm's length" is that Brereton cannot be involved due to his historical connection to a central figure

Investigation???? Read. The. Fucking. Royal Commission. Report.

Then file charges

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 1h

Not good enough. The job was already done for them by the RC

What, exactly, are they getting paid for? Forget public hearings, they have the names. Prepare briefs for prosecution and apply to the Courts for dates

This is NOT just going to go away, so they either act, or we take that as a cover up

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 2h

Gorg, Robyn. Wonder if it might be France Libre. I have one and it's often the first of mine to bloom

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 5h

And the problem is?

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 5d

My latest article in The Shot

"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"

#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot

There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

theshot.net.au

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 5h

The idea that knuckle dragging moron Roberts gets to waste the valuable time of important people like this because of preference deals that get him a Senate seat when he attracted no more than 5% of votes is utterly ludicrous

Him & his red headed racist imbecile boss can make like birds & flock off

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d

🔴 Santos Limited has racked up a 10th straight year of zero corporate tax payments from $48 billion in sales.

🔴 Ichthys LNG Pty Ltd paid zero corporate tax for the 6th year running, from $43 billion in sales.

Add your name to make the gas industry pay their fair share > theaus.in/fix_gas_expo...

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DianeD @rogueytwinkles.bsky.social · 5h

America has the Epstein files

Australia has the Robodebt files… RELEASE THE NAMES!!
#Auspol #Robodebt

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7h

It's good that the govt is rolling out a robotax scheme to get old debts from individuals, that should fix things....

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Tables showing from 2013-14 to 2023-24 Santos Ltd had $46.7bn in revenue and paid $0 tax

Year Total income ($m) Taxable income ($m) Tax payable ($m)
2014-15 $3,389.4 $0.0 $0.0
2015-16 $3,476.0 $0.0 $0.0
2016-17 $3,715.3 $0.0 $0.0
2017-18 $3,498.0 $0.0 $0.0
2018-19 $4,360.6 $8.3 $0.0
2019-20 $5,013.9 $29.0 $0.0
2020-21 $4,070.3 $68.8 $0.0
2021-22 $4,746.0 $74.1 $0.0
2022-23 $6,257.4 $19.8 $0.0
2023-24 $8,210.3 $21.2 $0.0
Total $46,737.3 $221.2 $0.0

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 6h

Criminals of a feather flock together

Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 6h

Heard a gushing article on #ABC radio about this last night, talking effusively about jobs etc

Various State & Fed ministers patting each other on the back

Why wasn't Glencore told "you'll hand over 30% of your business to the Australian people?"

#NoSuchThingAsGovernmentMoney

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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 2d

“Given these actions against Kneecap and ongoing efforts to censor the group, it’s essential to ask: Why are governments so scared of the spread of decolonial speech?”

@nicolefroio.bsky.social answers this question effectively in this must-read on censorship and the revolutionary potential of music

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 21h

Please sign
Government E Petition to expel the sadistic Israeli diplomat from Australia.
9885 signatures and rising..
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

e-petitions

www.aph.gov.au

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 20h

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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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 20h

They are NOT walking from this

I've already written to my local, who also happens to be a Minister

Tomorrow I'm writing to @albomp.bsky.social & the AG

Then the NACC

After that, I think I'll start a petition

These bastards must face justice

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Leanne Veronica @leanneveronica.bsky.social · 22h

Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece said the next phase would be voting on whether to incorporate artificial intelligence video analysis into the monitoring system.

"We are seeing the way that cities around the world are embracing these new technologies to keep people safe," the Lord Mayor said ...

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

The City of Melbourne is set to vote on a new plan that would see more privately owned CCTV cameras feeding into the city's security network and staff able to access the footage to investigate local law breaches.

Melbourne council staff to be given surveillance powers under draft plans

The City of Melbourne is set to vote on a new plan that would see more privately owned CCTV cameras feeding into the city's security network and staff able to access the footage to investigate local law breaches.

www.abc.net.au

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone seen "The Capture?"

Maybe the MCC should have a watch of season one before they start going down this route

As to your question, the element of necessity is tenuous, at best

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 22h

Really sad for Courtney. As you say, Gemma, she's been lighting it up this year, and so tough as the club is on the climb up the ladder

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 2d

Highest scores by sides sitting 18th on #AFLW ladder
16.12 (108) - 2025 R03 port v gcs
8.10 (58) - 2025 R08 RICH v ADEL
9.3 (57) - 2024 R04 wbd v coll
7.10 (52) - 2025 R04 gcs v gws
7.8 (50) - 2024 R08 gcs v syd
8.2 (50) - 2025 R05 gws v wbd

#AFLWTigersCrows

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Peter Wilkie 🏳️‍🌈 @wilks6.bsky.social · 3d

Think there's a big story not being talked about widely in #AFLW footy

West Coast are about to record 5 wins in a season for the first time, and currently sit in 7th

From absolute battlers to a competitive, skillful and cohesive unit, in a couple of years

The story? Daisy Pearce

#AFLWEaglesPies

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 4d

Black Lives Matter was the last true bastion against fascism that posed a real threat to what the regime is now

And instead of supporting it, many of you “both sides’d” it because of your loyalty to carcerality and lack of imagination

Our ancestors fought for a world they’d never see. You can too

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 4d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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