Ross Heyen 🧔♀️
@rosco385.bsky.social
🔺Living in Meanjin/Brisbane on unceded Turrbal and Yuggera land. ❤️💛🖤
🔺Union Proud 💪
🍉From the River to the Sea...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally
🐕Basenji fan
🧵threads.net/@rosco385
🐦twitter.com/rossheyen
🐘[email protected]
🔺Union Proud 💪
🍉From the River to the Sea...
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Ally
🐕Basenji fan
🧵threads.net/@rosco385
🐦twitter.com/rossheyen
🐘[email protected]
❝Border officials will collect face, fingerprint, DNA and iris biometrics, as well as names, addresses, places and dates of birth of family members.❞
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
❝Border officials will collect face, fingerprint, DNA and iris biometrics, as well as names, addresses, places and dates of birth of family members.❞
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/australia-us-tourism-new-visa-rules-social-media-history
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A fundamental quality needed to be a politician is judgement. A fundamental role of a politician is to ‘show the way’. Taking advantage of flexible travel rules for private benefit demonstrates neither. #auspol
Anthony Albanese sidesteps calls for reform amid growing community anger over MP travel perks
The federal opposition and crossbenchers have backed a review of expenses spending rules
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A fundamental quality needed to be a politician is judgement. A fundamental role of a politician is to ‘show the way’. Taking advantage of flexible travel rules for private benefit demonstrates neither. #auspol
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In the UK, the Labour Party, steered by Keir Starmer, is literally slaughtering children at the behest of a *tiny* lobbying entity [iZrael] & doing so against UK & international law. The LABOUR Party!
In Australia, *exactly* the same scenario: LABOR and Albanese.
WTF!?
youtube.com/shorts/O5Nh0...
In Australia, *exactly* the same scenario: LABOR and Albanese.
WTF!?
youtube.com/shorts/O5Nh0...
Trailer: Britain's Gaza Spy Flight Scandal
YouTube video by Declassified UK
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
In the UK, the Labour Party, steered by Keir Starmer, is literally slaughtering children at the behest of a *tiny* lobbying entity [iZrael] & doing so against UK & international law. The LABOUR Party!
In Australia, *exactly* the same scenario: LABOR and Albanese.
WTF!?
youtube.com/shorts/O5Nh0...
In Australia, *exactly* the same scenario: LABOR and Albanese.
WTF!?
youtube.com/shorts/O5Nh0...
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"Workers rights have come a long way since 1889 [but it's still true] when workers stand together, we can achieve great things
Equal pay for equal work, fair pay, decent conditions are all fundamental human rights. Together with our members, we fight for them every day"
via Coral Fineman
#JoinAUnion
Equal pay for equal work, fair pay, decent conditions are all fundamental human rights. Together with our members, we fight for them every day"
via Coral Fineman
#JoinAUnion
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Workers rights have come a long way since 1889 [but it's still true] when workers stand together, we can achieve great things
Equal pay for equal work, fair pay, decent conditions are all fundamental human rights. Together with our members, we fight for them every day"
via Coral Fineman
#JoinAUnion
Equal pay for equal work, fair pay, decent conditions are all fundamental human rights. Together with our members, we fight for them every day"
via Coral Fineman
#JoinAUnion
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Breaking: Property developers will again be allowed to make political donations in Qld state elections under proposed electoral law changes by the Crisafulli LNP govt, also reducing prison voting rights from those serving up to 3y sentences to those serving less than 1.
LNP moves to allow political donations from developers
The change is laid out in proposed laws introduced on Thursday, also winding back voting access in prisons but avoiding a promised change to preferential voting.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Breaking: Property developers will again be allowed to make political donations in Qld state elections under proposed electoral law changes by the Crisafulli LNP govt, also reducing prison voting rights from those serving up to 3y sentences to those serving less than 1.
I will no longer allow monopolies to lick my balls.
https://i.imgur.com/x7kCMMj.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/x7kCMMj.mp4
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I will no longer allow monopolies to lick my balls.
https://i.imgur.com/x7kCMMj.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/x7kCMMj.mp4
❝Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz❞
https://www.forever-wars.com/torture-techniques-from-cia-black-sites-were-used-at-alligator-alcatraz/
https://www.forever-wars.com/torture-techniques-from-cia-black-sites-were-used-at-alligator-alcatraz/
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
❝Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz❞
https://www.forever-wars.com/torture-techniques-from-cia-black-sites-were-used-at-alligator-alcatraz/
https://www.forever-wars.com/torture-techniques-from-cia-black-sites-were-used-at-alligator-alcatraz/
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Governments are deleting data, slowing FOI access, and reshaping statistics. As evidence disappears, accountability collapses – and democracy weakens. #Transparency #Democracy #FOI #PressFreedom #DataIntegrity #auspol
Governments are hiding data and threatening democracy
From being custodians of public knowledge, governments are turning to architects of manufactured ignorance. Amid disappearing evidence, citizens are struggling to hold power to account.
johnmenadue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Governments are deleting data, slowing FOI access, and reshaping statistics. As evidence disappears, accountability collapses – and democracy weakens. #Transparency #Democracy #FOI #PressFreedom #DataIntegrity #auspol
This #SocialMediaBan is cooked. The age verification AI classed my 15yo daughter as 13, but my 9yo son as 21.😂
December 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This #SocialMediaBan is cooked. The age verification AI classed my 15yo daughter as 13, but my 9yo son as 21.😂
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I have five kids.
I can some with some confidence that this spineless dickhead does not understand the world kids live in.
I can some with some confidence that this spineless dickhead does not understand the world kids live in.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban. #national
PM Albanese delivers message to kids ahead of social media ban
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban. #national
www.theage.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I have five kids.
I can some with some confidence that this spineless dickhead does not understand the world kids live in.
I can some with some confidence that this spineless dickhead does not understand the world kids live in.
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I can't help but think that this whole Anika Wells "travel rorts" outrage, which is almost laughable coming from the super-rorting coalition, is just a distraction from Barnaby's latest alcohol-induced stunt, defecting to One Nation.
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I can't help but think that this whole Anika Wells "travel rorts" outrage, which is almost laughable coming from the super-rorting coalition, is just a distraction from Barnaby's latest alcohol-induced stunt, defecting to One Nation.
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Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
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On 20 June 2026 the Australian team hotel is raided by ICE agents the day after Australia defeated USA 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup group stage.
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On 20 June 2026 the Australian team hotel is raided by ICE agents the day after Australia defeated USA 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup group stage.
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Fresh insight into why Labor is refusing to release the AUKUS review. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby is backgrounding journalists on the upcoming US National Defence Review, calling Israel an “partner” and Australia “dependent.” That’s how they think. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...
Why Australia is facing ‘dependent’ status over AUKUS deal
The Pentagon’s review has affirmed the timeline for the ambitious nuclear-submarine endeavour, but another key US defence document is soon expected to refer to Australia as a ‘dependent’ rather than a...
thenightly.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Fresh insight into why Labor is refusing to release the AUKUS review. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby is backgrounding journalists on the upcoming US National Defence Review, calling Israel an “partner” and Australia “dependent.” That’s how they think. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...
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So it appears that NDIS recipients are no longer allowed to appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal (formerly the AAT) when funding is reduced. And funding will be calculated by a computer, not by case officers. This could be Labor's Robodebt moment.
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So it appears that NDIS recipients are no longer allowed to appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal (formerly the AAT) when funding is reduced. And funding will be calculated by a computer, not by case officers. This could be Labor's Robodebt moment.
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“the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media”.
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Are we now just the 51st state of the USA?
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Are we now just the 51st state of the USA?
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
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Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
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Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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Just so we are clear. Many of us rightly believed that Scott Morrison was the most antidemocratic PM Australia has ever seen.
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just so we are clear. Many of us rightly believed that Scott Morrison was the most antidemocratic PM Australia has ever seen.
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
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Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
As it turns out, not that much
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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🔥🔥 #BoycottEurovision 🔥🔥
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🔥🔥 #BoycottEurovision 🔥🔥
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
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Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meanwhile, over at the apocalyptic wasteland hellscape that is Twitter (with roaming gangs of sexist, misogynistic, racist, Islamophobic and gay-hating MAGA zombies) the wonderful @deniseshrivell.bsky.social absolutely nails it. 👇 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Meanwhile, over at the apocalyptic wasteland hellscape that is Twitter (with roaming gangs of sexist, misogynistic, racist, Islamophobic and gay-hating MAGA zombies) the wonderful @deniseshrivell.bsky.social absolutely nails it. 👇 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan