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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4h

No one will remember anything Linda Reynolds did in politics, but we will remember this forever. What a piece of sh#t.

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 6h

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 4h

It's on YouTube and isn't geoblocked AFAICT.
youtu.be/sij89ENvZqQ

Investigating how crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions | Four Corners Documentary

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

youtu.be

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 5h

What a mistake!
What about OS Australians??

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 5h

For any USA followers, log on to ABCiview (Aust public broadcaster) & watch #4corners for more flagrant Trump corruption - this on his private profiteering on bitcoin & crypto currency.
Even to point of skewing US foreign policy.
Award winning ABC reporter John Lyons, who was attacked by Trump

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 8h

Remember the documentary Rats in the Ranks on machinations of old Leichhardt Council?
Albo was sent over in early 90’s as a party ‘factional fixer’.
Even then, he refused to be filmed or recorded on camera.
A ‘party man’ all the way

Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 1d

Albanese’s an insular, deeply institutionalised apparatchik who has spent his whole adult life in service to ‘The Party’.
ALP is his principal loyalty & focus - instead of people of Australia.
He is emblematic & stereotypical of the ‘political elite’ & lacks a scintilla of real world life experience

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 21h

💬 Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly once said: “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 16h

New Planning laws with no “parliamentary or public consultation, & communities are being kept in the dark, with Govt choosing not to promote anything non-housing related in legislation, but with Lib Party already enthusiastically on board, there is little chance of any potent parliamentary challenge

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 1d

#America, 2025

And the UK #Farage wants to create.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

If you're worried about Climate Change, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Mass Extinction, it's billionaires
If you're worried about poverty, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Genocide, it's billionaires

Unite to deal with the cause of ALL the problems, Greed.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they could have just built of competition winning scheme (with #janeirwinlandscape & #paulberkemeier) for Barangaroo & got something even better (in exactly same place) 20 years earlier!!
Thwarted #publicsydney

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

The #smh has followed up on its excellent article on our convertible Campbelltown Carpark with an Editorial supporting its design & in built flexibility.
Big thanks must also go to #campbelltowncitycouncil - about 20 people over 4 years - who supported the design, helped manage $ & Fed grant process

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

Disgraceful abuse of the legal system to silence and defame critics of Israel. In honour of the Streisand effect, I encourage everyone to listen to this

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

'University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against them under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.'

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Anti-Zionism on trial - ABC listen

University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...

www.abc.net.au

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 2d

The ageing fellas at the news desk have such a boner for a strong, young white man in politics they are going to will Hastie to the top of the pile whether we like it or not.

Opinion piece in the 9Papers:

Hastie's got the right stuff but one obsession may fast-track or derail his ambitions
By Peter Hartcher
October 11, 2025 - 5.00am
"The train coming down the tracks isn't the one that you expected. It's not the one advertised on the board," says actor Benedict Cumberbatch playing the role of a pro-Brexit strategist.
"Well, tough," he says. "It isn't even the one that I imagined. But I accept it. And you can't stop it," he says in the 2019 movie Brexit: The Uncivil War in the persona of the notorious Dominic Cummings, adviser to Boris Johnson.
"There is a new politics in town. One that you cannot control."

Article extract:

As he read his charter letter from his leader, Sussan Ley, setting out his duties as opposition home affairs spokesman, he realised he would have no part in immigration policy - opposition immigration spokesman Paul Scarr, not Hastie, would "lead" and "develop" the policy. Hastie practised his personal policy of a
48-hour cooling off before making any major decision.
At this point, a more typical politician would accept the ruling, but then begin a quiet campaign of leaking and undermining against the leader. Hastie did not.
He was careful to take counsel with a handful of trusted allies, including only two Liberal MPs, so that he couldn't be accused of "doing the
numbers" as a prelude to a leadership challenge.
He told the most trusted of his trusted circle, his wife, Ruth, that he'd have to take a 25 per cent pay cut if he went ahead with the resignation. She rejoined that the family budget would simply have to adjust.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING
Anthony Albanese approves 50 million dollar funding for new wing of the Australian War Memorial to honour those who served in the Conflicts of Interest.
The collection is expected to include a display of at least 16 of Paul Brereton’s hats
#auspol

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 1d

Can we please see more of these in Australian cities?
Much better than using energy-hungry, clothes-wrecking dryers.
& always welcome seeing #signsoflife inhabitation

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 7d

In March 2025, the median Australian taxpayer earned $55,619 per year.

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

Appreciate this excellent article on the layers of design thinking built into our colourful Campbelltown commuter Carpark;
“How does a responsible architect interpret a brief for a carpark in C21st? We think about the structure’s life & future beyond carbon & cars.”
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

It is Sydney’s prettiest car park, and it has a hidden secret

This car park has been future-proofed for the days when public transport is improved, and the multi-storey deck can be adapted for other uses.

www.smh.com.au

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 2d

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/tasm...

Spot on. Stop the extortion.

Tasmania Cannot Afford a $3.5 Billion Stadium for the AFL

This is just madness. Even Rob Sitch and Utopia could not come close to this. Andrew Wilkie in parliament todaymcriticised the AFL’s demand for Tasmania to build a third AFL stadium at Macquarie Point...

tasmaniantimes.com

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 2d

How many recommendations did the Robodebt Royal Commission make, again? And which one, specifically, did the government refuse to recognise, let alone commit to?

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 2d

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

satpa.pe

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!

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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent that NSW Police have investigated alleged antisemitic attacks over last 2 years…& found they were overstated.
But why were they so wrongly recorded in 1st place?
& why did NSW Premier Chris ‘knee jerk’ Minns then bring in draconian laws, on wrong numbers?
www.theage.com.au/politics/nsw...