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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 10d

@albomp.bsky.social

Nothing yet posted on this BlueSky account by our PM on the piracy on the high seas and the kidnapping of Australian citizens seeking to deliver desperately needed aid to starving babies, men, women & children?!

International rules based order, anyone?
@senatorwong.bsky.social

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

She insisted we should be making migrants feel welcome while at the same time she blamed them for hospital congestions & house prices rising. It was a clown act, Speers failed to call out the hypocrisy.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Melissa McIntosh says she agrees with “both” anti-immigration colleague Andrew Hastie that Australians feel like strangers in their own country & pro-immigration colleague Paul Scarr that migration is needed
I believe this is what is known as having your cake & eating it too🍰🙄 #Abc

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10h

I feel like today is a good day to remind everyone that just last year Barnaby Joyce called on a crowd of cookers to say “goodbye” to 3 Labor MPs inc the PM by getting ready to “load that magazine” & think of a “bullet” when casting their vote.
And received no penalty or censure.

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Well said. 👍😱

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 2h

I don't know how it's possible but Morrison was fun to hate cos we all knew he was gone. So we got not Scott who is doing what Scott wanted to do better than Scott. We did not want that.

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely. We need a major overhaul. Fairness and safety are key.

Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone KNOWS Lidia Thorpe was speaking metaphorically. It’s such a dumb response.

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Allan’s Night Sky @allansnightsky.bsky.social · 2h

Perplexity recognises it as a metaphor with a number of different meanings. The one I associated Lidia’s comment with is:

“Conflict and Protest: It is often used to express intense anger or a call for radical action, signaling dramatic upheaval, rebellion, or destruction of the status quo.”

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely frustrating.

How many people are injured by idiotic knee-jerk responses by AFP? Sarcasm

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

Plod be plodding, dutifully, at the behest of partisan interests, once again

The AFP beyond parody

Hanson's useful morons make an offer to undermine our gun laws in return for $ from the NRA? Crickets

Someone embarrasses the Govt? Lights & sirens, boys

Must be soul destroying for the good ones

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7h

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Josh Butler @joshbutler.bsky.social · 6h

Labor government announces major changes to superannuation tax proposal, in a big backdown

$3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m

Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 5h

Dumb fucking maga wannabe “Senator” Bumble head

Beware #antifa Melbournians!!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 21h

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Israel has about 8,000 more Palestinian hostages imprisoned.

Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... A total of 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisons are expected to be released &1,716 Palestinians from Gaza detained by Israel to be released at Gaza’s Nasser hospital.

Israeli hostage release: first seven hostages handed to Red Cross in Gaza, says IDF – live updates

Israeli military says it is preparing to receive remaining hostages; Donald Trump set to arrive in Israel

www.theguardian.com

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 2h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands.

‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remains

www.theguardian.com

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Obsessive Compulsive @0b5essed.bsky.social · 3h

Real time vision.

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 2d

[NACC CEO] told the hearing Mr Brereton had not informed him he was continuing work for the IGADF in this capacity.

Asked if Mr Brereton's advice or contribution had "fed into ministers and external agencies", the Inspector General of the ADF replied: "Yes, Senator."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

www.abc.net.au

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 2h

If you were hoping to hear Chris Hedges speak at the National Press Club and were stymied by the NPC's cancellation of him...

There is this instead (in Adelaide):
events.humanitix.com/edward-said-...

Edward Said Memorial Lecture 'Chris Hedges'

Join the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) in 2025 as we host Chris Hedges at UniSA for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture.

events.humanitix.com

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

It definitely needs fixing. Nation wide.

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Why so many warnings, so little action against Russia from Agent Krasnov?

TACO Trump.

southpatt 🇦🇺🍿 @southpatt.bsky.social · 10h

Trump Warns Russia of Potential Tomahawk Missile Deployment to Ukraine

(there is no try - only do)

news.ssbcrack.com/trump-warns-...

Trump Warns Russia of Potential Tomahawk Missile Deployment to Ukraine - SSBCrack News

During a flight aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Russia regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, suggesting the

news.ssbcrack.com

Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Any truth to the rumour that the AFP are raiding pop group, Talking Heads, because they had a hit with “Burning down the house”?

Barnaby Joyce for bullets reference?

Scott Morrison for robodebt, human rights abuses?

Screeching Michaelia Cash for bursting ear drums?

Racist One Nation?

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3h

The Australian Federal Police has issued a rare statement confirming it is investigating whether independent senator Lidia Thorpe broke any laws by saying she was prepared to "burn down Parliament House" in support of Palestinians.

AFP probes Lidia Thorpe's 'burn down Parliament House' remark

www.abc.net.au

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Yes

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2h

Why?

US is looking more and more like a failed state. Moving rapidly to fascism.

The expensive, risky, never-never nuclear submarine deal that would make Australians prime targets in the event of war was always a dumb Morrison brain fart.
Return Sovereignty back to Australia.

Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 1d

I look forward to continuing Australia’s close partnership with the United States.

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