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@d5vidchalmers.bsky.social

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He / him. Climate change, economics, equality, music, literature, technology. I detest cars & fascists. Always was, always will be, Noongar & Whadjuk boodja.

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Foreign aid must be the most misunderstood organ of government. The name gives the impression it’s a handout, but it’s a powerful tool of soft power & diplomacy.

Foreign aid programs serve the interests of the country GIVING the aid. It’s why they exist.

#auspol

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly! Why would these cretins think a sporting event in Australia should be preceded by ANY anthem, much less the AMERICAN anthem?

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Masked_Elf @maskedelf.bsky.social · 18d

Maybe he should receive a Robodebt Notice to pay it back???

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · 16d

Sanctions!
Now!
#auspol

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Greta Thunberg arrested by Israeli forces after military boards aid flotilla headed for Gaza – Middle East crisis live

Israeli foreign ministry posts video of Thunberg’s arrest; vessels carrying about 500 activists intercepted about 75 miles off coast of war-torn territory

www.theguardian.com

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LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · 26d

Quite understandable perhaps when one recognises our #ClimatePolicies are being written by the #fossilcriminals for the #capturedstate?
#ExistentialEmergency
#EcologicalEmergency
#auspol
#wapol

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27d

How did we get to the shitshow of Australia's 2035 62% emissions reduction target (aligned w >2.4°C of warming above pre-industrial levels)?

Find out in @marchudson.bsky.social's rollicking romp through a history of spine-deforming acts of climate target bastardry

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 28d

Australia and its climate targets - a dismal history (1988-2025)

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ApaulD @apauld.bsky.social · 26d

Sleep my country, sleep
#australia #auspol #nature #animals

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Paul Kelly - Sleep, Australia, Sleep (Official Video)

YouTube video by Paul Kelly

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LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · 26d

Recognising Palestine when Gaza has essentially been levelled? Still shipping arms to the terror regime. Still calling to exclude Hamas but not to exclude Netanyahu. Still unable to say #genocide. Performative irrelevance.
Still #ComplicitinGenocide
#StoptheGenocide
#auspol
#wapol

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 29d

#Auspol. Remember Australia, Murdoch owns FOX. We need that Royal Commission into Murdoch Media to proceed and Media Integrity ( truth in media ) Legislation in Australia. @albomp.bsky.social

SweetWitch2697 @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 29d

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 18

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#withfriendslikethese
#auspol

This says a lot about the Government's priorities... #auspol

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · Sep 13

Greg Jerico: He’s right on the money re Woodside WA NW shelf approval.

There is nothing in it for Australua at all. Zero. Zilch.

The cost of this approval is extraordinary.

You have to have rocks in your head.

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M. Jack O'Lantern @caspia.rocks · Sep 13

Thinking about Charlie Kirk and the Australian reaction.

First of all, the Australian media's first response was to repeat the propaganda they'd been fed. Several outlets used the same photo of Kirk throwing MAGA hats to the crowd.

A right-wing politician who'd lost her public role...

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · Sep 13

I co-wrote a paper on Countering Violent Extremism for the NSW police in 2011 which argued that the focus on Islamic terrorism in the state was allowing the growth of right-wing extremist ideologies. All CVE programs were focused on Muslims. We argued it was a mistake

#Fascism #Australia #auspol

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Honest Government Ad | Global Sumud Flotilla

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David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · Sep 13

If batteries are so good Chris why is gas at the heart of of ALP's energy policy, as approval of the massive Woodside "carbon bomb" out to 2070 shows? You could have gone with cheap renewables but chose fossil-fuels (& the donations) instead, and all Australians are now paying the price ... #auspol

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 13

Woodside.

You're detonating a carbon bomb & defacing the oldest human art on the planet, a continuously updated record stretching back 50,000 years.

You can't polish this turd. You can't even roll it in glitter.

#withfriendslikethese

d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 13

Nailed it.

Greg Jericho.

#auspol

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North West Shelf is a climate, economic, and energy security disaster #auspol

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yet another "With Friends Like These" moment from our ALP government.

Shame!

#auspol

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Australia news live: Labor approves extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project until 2070

Follow live

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Sep 12

"How much more evidence does Australia need that being a US 'ally' now brings no benefits in the event of a threat from a hostile power? Ask Ukraine. Ask Poland. Ask Qatar."

And then there is the 'descending into a fascist autocracy' thing.
Ditch #AUKUS. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/c...

If America descends into fascism, does Australia just grin and bear it?

America is fast becoming a fascist autocracy; some argue it already has. Are Australian policymakers grappling with what this means for our security?

www.crikey.com.au

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Shame!

#auspol

Murujuga: Prehistoric Rock Art vs Industry

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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · Sep 4

Former despised PM, Howard, lost his own seat while in the top job, fuelled racism via the Children Overboard scandal for cheap populist support and sent Australia to war on nothing but a hideous, blatant lie

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d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 10

He & Bush & Blair all belong in The Hague. I loved Ash Samar’s response to a question about Blair being involved in Gaza negotiations: “Obviously, Satan wasn’t available.”

d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 10

The murderers show no compunction slaughtering unarmed civilians engaged in protected activity.

Fuck these killers, and fuck our ‘antisemitism envoy’ who uses a definition that categorises criticism of Israeli atrocities as hate speech.

QOTL 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦 @iamqotl.bsky.social · Sep 10

I’d be surprised if this isn’t a pivotal report. The callous evil, the shrug of the shoulder indifference, the justification. No excuse. All the privilege and care in the world to create a monster like this.
#gaza #auspol

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich

Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians

www.theguardian.com

d5vidchalmers.bsky.social @d5vidchalmers.bsky.social · Sep 10

‘Negotiating’ over emissions destroying rock art 10 times older than the pyramids.

Like negotiating over how much cyanide is acceptable, to say nothing of the outrageous greenhouse emissions.

robfollis.bsky.social @robfollis.bsky.social · Sep 10

#BoycottWoodside #auspol

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Sep 10

The Govt's negotiations with Woodside over the North West Shelf have come to a 'sticking point'...over limits on nitrogen oxide emissions.

Emissions that are destroying priceless ancient rock art

The Government should be fighting to protect Australia's heritage. Not 'negotiating' over it. #auspol

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Cloudalicious @cloudalicous.bsky.social · Sep 9

@albomp.bsky.social SANCTION ISRAEL NOW or pack your bags for The Hague
Source: Mohammad Assad on Instagram @mohammedasad.84
#auspol

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Sep 9

Koalas say yes.
My @smh cartoon.

Single frame, tree close up with koala on branch turning to us. Text: “An end to native forest logging in NSW and the establishment of the Great Kiala National Park”. Koala (with its two thumbed hand up) says “Two thumbs up.”

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ChattyCathyPRGuysGrandma @chattycathyau.bsky.social · Sep 9

It would be a good time for the Australian Government to expel the Israeli Ambassador, but the way things have gone they will probably end up expelling the Qatar Ambassador because they had the audacity to get bombed by Israel. 😬

#AusPol

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