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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 9h

Or Hawke. Or Keating.

Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 9h

Yep - what are Labor (ALP) and LNP if not political parties ?
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 9h

Greens policies are the opposite of Coalitions. Not sure why people say they are Lib-lite. Its Labor that capitulates on policy

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 9h

He’s such a massive disappointment 😔.
A capitulating, appeasing coward who sells out his stated principles and drags down the rest of his party with him.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Jun 5

The biggest problem with the ALP right now is it is led by someone who irrationally hates the Greens.

He doesn't really like to "fight Tories"; he loves to fight the party that reveals his actual lack of "left-wing" positions.

Someone needs to tell him to get over his uni politics crap.

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 9h

Political donors are the major fossilfuel corporations - its money not just politics

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 19h

"Enraged, disoriented, but also determined to restore all of Israel’s advantages since Oslo, Netanyahu embarked on a campaign of mass killing that, over the course of two years, culminated in one of the worst genocides in human history."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage

If we are to speak of a Palestinian victory in Gaza, it is a resounding triumph for the Palestinian people, their indomitable spirit and their deeply rooted resistance that transcends faction, ideolog...

johnmenadue.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful. Threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act is even more ridiculous when the "rebellion" needing suppressing is frogs, dinosaurs and sharks.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Parliament House Canberra by night - with bright neon signs saying “AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPORTS CLUB” “PLAY TO WIN - ACCESS” “TRY YOUR LUCK” “PAY TO PLAY” “‘RESPONSIBLE’ LOBBYING AUSTRALIA”

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 2d

She’s a delight. 🤯

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 2d

Pathetic.

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 2d

If you don't fear for what awaits the world's children ... you haven't been paying attention.

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Coral reefs at risk of mass dieback as global warming reaches tipping point

An international report from climate scientists suggests tipping points for coral reefs have been reached, putting them at risk of dieback.

www.abc.net.au

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 2d

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Two legal challenges to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension filed on environmental and cultural grounds

Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art want Murray Watt’s decision to approve extension of LNG project in northern WA overturned

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 2d

Vote #independent and #Greens.
#Labor needs to be told.

#auspol

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 2d

Can anything ever happen in this country? Can there ever be progressive economic change?

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 2d

The environment's had a real look in since Murray WattTF and Mike Kaiser teamed up.

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 2d

Seen this Murray?

#Murraywatt
#Nonewfossilfuels
#climatecrisis

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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Roseanne Byrne @roseannebyrne.bsky.social · 3d

Dickhead.

Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 3d

I look forward to continuing Australia’s close partnership with the United States.

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 4d

All ok then.
Opening more #fossilfuel mines good to go willth #MurrayWatts and #Labor.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.

Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely.

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 4d

Every time the government accepts money from the gambling industry, it increases its debts to companies whose business models are based on preying on young and vulnerable people, and doing them harm.

The Albanese government does this again and again.

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

Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry

Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 4d

Vote #independent
Vote #Greens
Labor needs to be told 😡

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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