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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 10h

It's about 7 months since TC Alfred hit south-east Queensland & Peter Dutton fled to Sydney for a fundraiser. The category 4 cyclone stripped four million cubic metres of sand from Gold Coast beaches. Parts are still exposed & vulnerable. #qldpol www.9news.com.au/national/gol...

Gold Coast beaches particularly vulnerable to storm season after Cyclone Alfred

Seven months following the most significant weather event in 50 years, the Gold Coast's beaches are showing...

www.9news.com.au

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 14h

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wallacenadia.bsky.social @wallacenadia.bsky.social · 14h

Got the job on merit ?

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 18h

Editorial: Scott Morrison’s last and only meaningful acts in parliament were about securing his first opportunities outside it. AUKUS is less a security partnership and more a one-man superannuation scheme. satpa.pe/K2fKgAv

The one-man super scheme

Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.

satpa.pe

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AnnaLeela @annaleela.bsky.social · 18h

For $700 billion we can maybe buy a few submarines we won't be able to use without permission from the USA or we could fund CSIRO for 700 years.

#auspol
#@albomp

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 18h

OMG!!

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬"

Says the boy-senator who has never done a days REAL work having gone straight into the IPA school of ideology - the Liberal Party's think tank!

Don't be fooled by the beard and glasses!

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 17h

How does Bruce Lehrmann fund his representation in various legal cases? It's not known overall but it appears he was promised some federal funding during National Anti-Corruption Commission hearings. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Bruce Lehrmann ordered into mediation over funds for lawyers

The Federal Court orders mediation for former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann over funding he says he was offered to pay for his lawyers.

www.abc.net.au

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wallacenadia.bsky.social @wallacenadia.bsky.social · 14h

#LNPLostDecade stalled wages and NBN, protected by #MurdochGutterMedia #Foxtel

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 16h

Before praising Tony Abbott (and seeking his return to politics), Steve Price really needs to read:
"The Road to Ruin" by Niki Savva and "The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott" by @andrewpstreet.bsky.social #auspol #AusHistory #books #BookSky

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 15h

Michael Pascoe:
“If anyone was hoping for significant economic reform to improve Australia’s outlook, to realise this nation’s enormous potential, hope buried Monday 13/10 when Treasurer Chalmers announced PM Albanese’s reformed superannuation reform.”

michaelwest.com.au/albos-supera....

Albo’s super dance: one step forward, one backward, one to the side - Michael West

It was Jim Chalmers’ superannuation reform but we get Anthony Albanese’s reform of the reform - Government is risk-adverse and incremental

michaelwest.com.au

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Lisa the Antifascist “Leftist”🇦🇺 @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 15h

“Murdoch is a “great Australian”
in the same way that Attila was “a great Hun”

~ Geoffrey Robertson

- I would add in the same way that Adolf was “a great socialist”

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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Trusted media vital in cutting through Gaza crisis misinformation https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trusted-media-vital-in-cutting-through-gaza-crisis-misinformation,20267?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol

Trusted media vital in cutting through Gaza crisis misinformation

Finding out about the crisis in the Middle East and trying to understand it can be a marathon undertaking.

independentaustralia.net

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Derek @derekianrobinson.bsky.social · 1d

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signtst @signtst.bsky.social · 1d

sign outside a women’s bathroom featuring a yellow warning sign with black text that reads ‘WATCH OUT FOR BARNABY’ and an image of a person falling backward. The women’s restroom icon is displayed above the sign on a frosted glass wall, and the open restroom door reveals purple tiled walls inside.

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wallacenadia.bsky.social @wallacenadia.bsky.social · 19h

#LNPNeverAgain
Deadpan members
#LNPToxicCulture

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Prof Matt Haggis 🐀 🍉 @matthaggis666.bsky.social · 21h

James Paterson is a nepo-baby Liberal since he was 17, an IPA disinformation stooge, and hasn't had a real job in his life. Why anyone platforms him is a mystery. #auspol

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Just a reminder that political parties are exempt from privacy legislation in regards to contacting you on your private phone number and email

So goose - gander applies

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

AFP promises ‘swift action’ after Albanese, Ley and Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed online

Richard Marles says investigation under way into how the prime minister and other senior government staff’s phone numbers appeared in the databases

www.theguardian.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 22h

Bittersweet.
My @smh cartoon.

Single frame. Three pairs of hands reaching from the left towards three pairs of hands reaching from the right. But on the left, two pairs of hands are dotted outlines.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h

Unlawfully built, now leaking through the safety liner. Enough fuel to blow Darwin Harbour to kingdom come

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 21h

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT government approved the tanks for operation in September.

Safety liner under US military fuel tanks still failing, weeks after approval

Groundwater is leaking through the safety liner under some of the fuel facility's 11 tanks, which were constructed unlawfully on Darwin Harbour without a building permit. It comes after the NT government approved the tanks for operation in September.

www.abc.net.au

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Barry Tucker @btucker.bsky.social · 19h

Trumpty Dumpty reckons he's brought peace to the Middle East for first time in 3,000 years.

Apart from the 3,000 years bit, it's odd to hv a peace agreement with non-combatants only bc Israel & Hamas did not attend his peace summit in Egypt.

There are already cracks in the ceasefire.

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ChattyCathyPRGuysGrandma @chattycathyau.bsky.social · 20h

"The LNP needs to stop it's apology tour" James Paterson

Commentator: We have yet to hear any apology from the LNP for any of the sh!tfukkery that happened over the 9 years they were in power.

#AusPol

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wallacenadia.bsky.social @wallacenadia.bsky.social · 19h

#LNPLostDecade
#LNPCorruptionParty
#nemesis
#LNPMisogynists
#LNPToxicCulture protected by
#MurdochGutterMedia

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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 21h

Australia Post to roll out 500 electric three-wheelers to replace petrol bikes by Christmas thedriven.io/2025/10/14/a...

Australia Post to roll out 500 electric three-wheelers to replace petrol bikes by Christmas

Australia Post to roll out 500 three-wheeled electric vehicles to replace petrol-powered motorbikes before the Christmas rush.

thedriven.io

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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 20h

We’re building thousands of new homes across the country, including 100,000 exclusively for first home buyers.

And we're training more tradies with Free TAFE, to help build them.

Because every Australian deserves the security of a place to call home.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22h

From the other place. No peace without justice.

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