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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 22h

The US Study Centre says it did polls that show only 17% of Australians support ending the alliance.

I find this…. How shall I put this…. A load of bullshit.

In fact I find it propaganda to protect Albanese’s acquiescence

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 9h

Governments caving in to Zionist pressure can certainly get themselves into a lot of trouble.

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 14h

Nick Feik: “The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.” #auspol

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 15h

Does the NACC have any hope of regaining public trust?

Good article by @nickfeik.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/16/n...

Does the NACC have any hope of regaining public trust?

The NACC has over two hundred employees and an annual budget of over $60m, but has yet to land a single major finding from over 5,000 referrals.

www.crikey.com.au

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 9h

Apparently Trump wasn’t happy with the way they photographed his hair, so I fixed it

Trump with dark hair and a moustache drawn on

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 22h

The proper remedy to our budget deficit is not triming spending, it’s to increase revenue. 1) Have multinationals pay their fair share of tax. 2) Collect proper royalties for our (finite) resources. 3) Stop just exporting our rocks - value add here. 4) Stop Defence waste. #auspol

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 17h

Love it!

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 1d

“Australians are increasingly feeling that corporations & lobbyists are drowning out their voices. Major industries donate millions to political parties, hire former politicians as lobbyists, & shape public policy to serve their own private interests.”

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/democracy-fo...

Democracy for Sale: The Hidden Cost of Corporate Power

Democracy for Sale reveals how the hidden costs of corporate power in Australian politics harm citizens and hinder fair reforms.

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 1d

“The Albanese Government is committed to no new extinctions” Environment Minister Murray Watt, reaffirming Labor’s 2022 pledge on Threatened Species Day 2025

2 weeks later Australia’s only shrew is declared extinct.
#auspol #climate @australiainstitute.org.au
minister.dcceew.gov.au/watt/media-r...

screenshot of Minister watt's media release. Text captured says:
Recognising Threatened Species Day
7 September 2025
Today is Threatened Species Day, an opportunity to acknowledge the risks to Australia’s unique species and the work being done across the country to help them recover and thrive.

From tree plantings and weed removal to species specific mapping and monitoring using the latest conservation technology, countless individuals and organisations help every day to support and provide hope for threatened species.

It’s not just the work happening on the ground – research is finding innovative solutions to stay ahead of the game in the fight against key threats like feral cats, invasive weeds and climate change.

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for highlighting and pressing this issue.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

But it’s clear who’s paying. Another (non-refundable) $1,000,000,000 of your money about to be shunted to the US to build THEIR industry capability 🤦‍♂️. 2/2 #AUKUS #USUKA #auspol

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, I trained a leopard to eat faces and I was incredibly surprised and disappointed when it ate mine.

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 1d

did the greens scarper this superannuation tax deal #auspol

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

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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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

Thank goodness for the cross bench.

Holding @albomp.bsky.social Labor Government to account.
#auspol

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 1d

Has there ever been a more disappointing PM? Mr “I just like fighting tories”. Pull the other one cunt, you are one.

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

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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Clay Bennett @claybennett.bsky.social · 2d

10/14/2025- Mideast Peace www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 2d

www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 2d

What is worse - having no anti-corruption commission, an anti-corruption commission that doesn’t do anything, or a corrupt anti-corruption commission?

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 3d

is ai a risk to . it is youtu.be/gIxq03dipUw?...

ChatGPT in a robot does exactly what experts warned

YouTube video by InsideAI

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3d

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3d

Gotta say @albomp.bsky.social sure does love capitulating to Tories.

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Darken @darkenkafka.bsky.social · 5d

Has there ever been a more disappointing PM?

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 6d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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