Freo
@freodocker.bsky.social
Introverted, passionate Dockers fan living in the Western Australian desert. UWA graduate. Love reading, especially Australian literature. Have been told I live in a pink bubble. Would love to live in a world of equality and no fear.
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“A passer-by told Triple Zero a man was "bashing the hell out of his woman.” The nearest police station was 600 metres away, but the partner's manslaughter trial would later hear it took officers almost an hour to get to the scene.”
A woman is killed every 8 days in Australia.
#Auspol
A woman is killed every 8 days in Australia.
#Auspol
a bystander called NSW police with the exact location of where a man was beating a woman to death in real time. It was 600m from the police station. Police mosied past an hour later and saw “nothing suspicious” from the comfort of a patrol car.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Watchdog to probe why police took an hour to respond to bashing 600m away
The independent body in charge of overseeing NSW Police misconduct allegations will today probe the response to Lindy Lucena's fatal bashing in 2023.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“A passer-by told Triple Zero a man was "bashing the hell out of his woman.” The nearest police station was 600 metres away, but the partner's manslaughter trial would later hear it took officers almost an hour to get to the scene.”
A woman is killed every 8 days in Australia.
#Auspol
A woman is killed every 8 days in Australia.
#Auspol
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The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Think of others…
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Think of others…
Every little bit helps 😀
Pearls and Irritations is reaching more people than ever – with record readership, new voices, and fresh formats like our podcast. But we need your help to keep going. Please donate if you can. #auspol #PearlsandIrritations
Message from the Editor
First of all my thanks to those who've already made a donation to our end of year fundraiser. As many of you know we are absolutely independent and fund operations purely through the generosity of the Pearls and Irritations community.
johnmenadue.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Every little bit helps 😀
And they need to be saved in their natural habitat!
We are fucked if we can’t even save koalas 🐨
By 2050 – less than two-and-a-half centuries since invasion – koalas will be extinct in New South Wales, and at risk across all other mainland states and territories, without urgent government intervention.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
By 2050 – less than two-and-a-half centuries since invasion – koalas will be extinct in New South Wales, and at risk across all other mainland states and territories, without urgent government intervention.
#Auspol #ClimateChange
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
And they need to be saved in their natural habitat!
Are you looking at me?
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Are you looking at me?
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Meet Bumpy, the Noongar artist preserving language through music: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/bumpy-kanana-debut-album-noongar-language-culture-country/106017142
Meet Bumpy, the Noongar artist preserving language through music
Connecting language and culture with culture and community, Bumpy's beautiful debut album is closing the gap through music.
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Meet Bumpy, the Noongar artist preserving language through music: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/bumpy-kanana-debut-album-noongar-language-culture-country/106017142
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The dumbing down of Australia continues in a quest to make the Australian populace as ignorant & gullible as the USA's. Coalition or Labor same same. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @csiro.bsky.social #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The dumbing down of Australia continues in a quest to make the Australian populace as ignorant & gullible as the USA's. Coalition or Labor same same. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @csiro.bsky.social #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social
“Stop cramming 80% of the population into a handful of already overcrowded capital cities.”
We are creating a future where, increasingly, only people with high-paying jobs or rich parents will be able to afford a house with a backyard. And, as the cost of apartments continues to rise, as it will, a higher proportion of our population will be condemned to a lifetime of renting. #auspol
The Whitlam agenda – the one thing we left out
Fifty years ago, the Whitlam Government was swept from power, leaving a policy legacy unmatched by any administration, before or since.
johnmenadue.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Stop cramming 80% of the population into a handful of already overcrowded capital cities.”
One of the most damaging and enduring aspects of the Dismissal, fifty years ago today, was its poisoning of the electorate against the Whitlam government, ensuring that it would lose the subsequent election and creating fear of progressive government.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Whitlam knew the role of government and how to wield it. But he also knew the role of leadership. Of not allowing mealy mouthed vested interests to narrow the debate window to a reflective strip”
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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With the 50th anniversary of The Dismissal tomorrow, the article below is an interesting read that goes through a list of who would benefit from the removal of a democratically elected Whitlam Government while noting some of Whitlam’s personal strengths and short comings.
Worth a read.
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Worth a read.
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Original post on aus.social
aus.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
With the 50th anniversary of The Dismissal tomorrow, the article below is an interesting read that goes through a list of who would benefit from the removal of a democratically elected Whitlam Government while noting some of Whitlam’s personal strengths and short comings.
Worth a read.
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Worth a read.
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Gosh. There’s been scores of nicknames for Trump. Here’s another:
The Nodfather. Love it
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Gosh. There’s been scores of nicknames for Trump. Here’s another:
The Nodfather. Love it
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Congratulations to the photographer. Historic shot.
#DementiaDon Trump stands emotionally devoid behind his desk, his shoulders dropped, hands by his side. His eyes looking slightly left… blankly.
In rear right a woman in a white suit & 3 men in suits attend another man collapsed on the floor…
#DementiaDon Trump stands emotionally devoid behind his desk, his shoulders dropped, hands by his side. His eyes looking slightly left… blankly.
In rear right a woman in a white suit & 3 men in suits attend another man collapsed on the floor…
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Congratulations to the photographer. Historic shot.
#DementiaDon Trump stands emotionally devoid behind his desk, his shoulders dropped, hands by his side. His eyes looking slightly left… blankly.
In rear right a woman in a white suit & 3 men in suits attend another man collapsed on the floor…
#DementiaDon Trump stands emotionally devoid behind his desk, his shoulders dropped, hands by his side. His eyes looking slightly left… blankly.
In rear right a woman in a white suit & 3 men in suits attend another man collapsed on the floor…
Me in awe of the greatest Prime Minister Australia has had, and probably will have in my lifetime
I’ve got next Monday and Tuesday off, told work I was in mourning.
#Whitlam
#November1975
I’ve got next Monday and Tuesday off, told work I was in mourning.
#Whitlam
#November1975
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Me in awe of the greatest Prime Minister Australia has had, and probably will have in my lifetime
I’ve got next Monday and Tuesday off, told work I was in mourning.
#Whitlam
#November1975
I’ve got next Monday and Tuesday off, told work I was in mourning.
#Whitlam
#November1975
From The Whitlam Institute: “On 11 November 1975, the dismissal of the Whitlam Government plunged the nation into a political crisis. Fifty years on, the events of November 1975 remain the most contested and consequential in Australian political history.”
#Whitlam
#November1975
#Whitlam
#November1975
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
From The Whitlam Institute: “On 11 November 1975, the dismissal of the Whitlam Government plunged the nation into a political crisis. Fifty years on, the events of November 1975 remain the most contested and consequential in Australian political history.”
#Whitlam
#November1975
#Whitlam
#November1975
Even though the rain was welcomed I think Gough (my dog) will be pleased the thunder has stopped, it’s so awful watching him shake with fear 😞
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Even though the rain was welcomed I think Gough (my dog) will be pleased the thunder has stopped, it’s so awful watching him shake with fear 😞
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Yes, Andrew deserves punish, but so do the other paedophile rapists deserve their punishment #EpsteinFiles
Accountability at last. A concept still foreign in America.
"King Charles III strips brother Andrew of titles and his home" www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
"King Charles III strips brother Andrew of titles and his home" www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
King Charles III strips brother Andrew of titles and his home
King Charles III has moved to strip his younger brother Andrew of his titles and honours, and force him out of his home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, over his ties with the late sex offender Je...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, Andrew deserves punish, but so do the other paedophile rapists deserve their punishment #EpsteinFiles
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