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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 11h

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.

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · 1d

This article raises some excellent points about the #Superannuation changes. I broadly agree with the changes that Jim has made, but would have liked to see the 30% rate applicable to the #portion of balances above $2m. @greens.org.au #AusPol #Insiders
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Keating praises super backdown – but with such a feeble opposition, Labor should spend more political capital

If Albanese and Chalmers are to achieve the intergenerational fairness they say Australia so badly needs, much bigger fights than this will be necessary

www.theguardian.com

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 10h

It’s great to see the cross bench coming out early and with strength opposing the Govt’s evil #FOI Amendment Bill. Here’s @helenhainesindi.bsky.social’s amendment killing off the ability of the Govt to charge FOI applications fees and for officials to summarily dismiss FOI requests. #auspol

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19h

While China and India have rushed to buy up the oil and gas spurned by Europe in the wake of Russia’s 2022 intensification of its war against Ukraine, a handful of EU countries continue to import significant amounts even as the West examines wider restrictions on Moscow’s main source of revenue.

Who buys Russian oil and gas?

Summary: * Russia has earned 954 billion euros from exports of fossil fuels since the intensification of its war against Ukraine in 2022, 214 billion euros of which came from the EU * Oil and gas a...

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antiauthoritarian.bsky.social @antiauthoritarian.bsky.social · 19h

Are we to deduce that you are experiencing some sort of relief? (When confronted by such a situation my reaction is inevitably disappointing — kind of like “Okay. That’s done. Moving on.”

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20h

It is our duty to preserve the truth and work actively for reconciliation.

The European Union will always remember the Srebrenica genocide.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20h

My visit to the Srebrenica memorial moved me so deeply.

I honoured the memory of the more than 8,300 Bosniak boys and men who were murdered in Srebrenica 30 years ago.

And I paid tribute to the mothers, wives and daughters carrying the weight of loss for three long decades.

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⌛️🧮 Bruce Carnwell (🐣 & 🌴) Australia @brucec01.bsky.social · 1d

This article raises some excellent points about the #Superannuation changes. I broadly agree with the changes that Jim has made, but would have liked to see the 30% rate applicable to the #portion of balances above $2m. @greens.org.au #AusPol #Insiders
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Keating praises super backdown – but with such a feeble opposition, Labor should spend more political capital

If Albanese and Chalmers are to achieve the intergenerational fairness they say Australia so badly needs, much bigger fights than this will be necessary

www.theguardian.com

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 1d

Great to see the Victorian Government grandstanding for more housing.....

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Jessie Price @jessieprice4bean.bsky.social · 1d

We’re coming back together - folks who’ve been part of the team already + anyone curious about getting involved 🧡

The issues remain. We need to keep the pressure on Labor for stronger action on climate, gambling reform, housing affordability, the future of Palestine, investment in Bean and more.

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Jessie Price @jessieprice4bean.bsky.social · 1d

Bring your family & any friends interested to find out more, bring a picnic rug, and join us in building stronger connections that will carry us forward together. And bring your diary if you want to sign up to get involved!

www.jessieprice.com.au/keep_bean_on... We so look forward to seeing you! 🧡

Keep Bean on the map: Reconnecting Our Supporter Community

I’m Jessie Price, your Independent Federal candidate for Bean.

www.jessieprice.com.au

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 1d

On this day, October 14, in 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier.

No limits to human ingenuity and technology. Well, that would come (not much) later...

allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/13/o...

October 14, 1947 - Yeager breaks the sound barrier - All Our Yesterdays

Seventy-nine years ago, on this day, October 14th, 1947 – Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the spee...

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Bill Bovingdon @williambovingdon.substack.com · 1d

Santos socialising losses by trying to make the “cost of a failed high-risk strategy undertaken by the company in previous years become a national responsibility” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

www.abc.net.au

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of praising Trump the media should be asking why it took him so long & why he waited for the US & Israel to become completely isolated from the world for him to lift a finger when there was an obvious genocide going on. Trump & Netanyahu will forever be war criminals.

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

Strong from Sussan Ley re Albanese Govt's proposed FOI crackdown:

"This is not an administrative refinement or merely updating old laws, as the Prime Minister claims. It is a retreat from transparency. A truth tax on accountability." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...

Secrecy is becoming the defining feature of this government

These laws were never intended to make life comfortable for those in power.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 1d

Scientists can now calculate how climate pollution emitted by specific fossil fuel projects exacerbates risks like heat-related deaths.

Climate Council fellow Dr Wesley Morgan is part of a research team who have determined how much an individual fossil fuel project warms the planet.

bit.ly/4nSaYqb

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

bit.ly

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 1d

Townsville, don't forget polling day for your mayoral by-election is set for
Saturday, 15 November 2025. Voting is compulsory. Postal votes available. #qldpol event.elections.qld.gov.au/Events/Event...

Event details | Electoral Commission of Queensland

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 2d

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam directly states he was BLACKMAILED by Zionists to support Israel during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

Whitlam maintained a policy of strict neutrality.
Some say he was ousted in an Anglo-American CIA coup in 1975.
www.tiktok.com/@theartofbei...

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam directly states he was BLACKMAILED by Zionists to support Israel during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Whitlam maintained a policy of strict neutrality. What happen...

TikTok video by David Hollis

www.tiktok.com

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emilytripkey.bsky.social @emilytripkey.bsky.social · 2d

FFS These thick reporters on this plane asking Trump such stupid questions & swallowing all his bullshit without murmur. #ABCNews

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Kiera @kieragorden.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I’d have tears in my eyes looking at that horrific sight as well!

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 2d

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 1d

The Australian ABC Four Corners investigation, Chasing Trump's Billions, is now online. #4Corners www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Chasing Trump's Billions

Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

www.abc.net.au

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Beth in Canberra @bethinlyons.bsky.social · 1d

As western governments & media lapped up the Israeli government murder & lie program - political cartoonist analysis continued to succinctly deliver the truth.
Why?
I guess political cartoonists were the one group Israel forgot to buy off.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has turned the US government into a host body for a cordyceps-like parasite: the fossil fuel industry. It will backfire horribly

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column:

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The White House’s Fossil Fuel ‘White-Glove Service’ Will Backfire

Fungus enthusiasts and fans of the video game/TV show The Last of Us will be familiar with cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that invades insects and forces them to do its bidding until they die. It’s a g...

www.bloomberg.com

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 2d

The world economy has held up much better than expected this year despite the chaos triggered by Donald Trump's tariffs. But the biggest tests have yet to come

World Economy Faces Triple Risk of Tariffs, AI Bubble and Soaring Debt

The world economy has so far withstood the biggest barrage of US tariffs since the 1930s as American consumers continued to spend, companies absorbed higher costs and an AI boom fueled a new breed of animal spirits.

bloom.bg

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