Milly Molly Mandi
@indigomilly.bsky.social
sci-fi aficionado, lover of coffee, believer in social justice for all
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Political parties receive more than $138m in ‘dark money’ before new donation rules begin
Political parties receive more than $138m in ‘dark money’ before new donation rules begin
Labor, Liberals and the Greens given tens of millions of dollars each from undisclosed sources, analysis shows
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The source of more than $138m in donations to Australian political parties remains unknown, thanks to contributions that fall below the disclosure threshold in the federal electoral system that are known as “dark money”.
The Australian Electoral Commission’s release of the 2024-25 political financial disclosure reports found a record amount of donations made to the major parties. There was also a record in terms of all money declared. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Political parties receive more than $138m in ‘dark money’ before new donation rules begin
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I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
Australians to experience more 50C days as heatwaves intensify, experts say | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
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Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?
January 22, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Why the hell does everything have to happen at once?
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Today’s comic in @australia.theguardian.com
It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!
It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today’s comic in @australia.theguardian.com
It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!
It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!
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Well it was nice knowing you all.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Well it was nice knowing you all.
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As they swab down my inside elbow at the blood donor centre while I watch a news report about how 50% of patients arriving at hospital in Gaza are children with severe blast wounds and burns…
let me remind you that the word ‘gauze’ comes from the place the fabric was first made – Gaza
let me remind you that the word ‘gauze’ comes from the place the fabric was first made – Gaza
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
As they swab down my inside elbow at the blood donor centre while I watch a news report about how 50% of patients arriving at hospital in Gaza are children with severe blast wounds and burns…
let me remind you that the word ‘gauze’ comes from the place the fabric was first made – Gaza
let me remind you that the word ‘gauze’ comes from the place the fabric was first made – Gaza
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Publisher: This is great! How do you pronounce the name?
Lovecraft: Oh, I don’t know.
Lovecraft: Oh, I don’t know.
May 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Publisher: This is great! How do you pronounce the name?
Lovecraft: Oh, I don’t know.
Lovecraft: Oh, I don’t know.
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What a comforting fact-check.
14,000 Palestinian babies won't die in #Gaza in the next 48 hours, it'll be in the next year.
Who got on the blower to Kim Williams to push this rapid 'fact-check'?
#Israel #genocide #EthnicCleansing #afternoonbriefing #auspol
14,000 Palestinian babies won't die in #Gaza in the next 48 hours, it'll be in the next year.
Who got on the blower to Kim Williams to push this rapid 'fact-check'?
#Israel #genocide #EthnicCleansing #afternoonbriefing #auspol
May 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
What a comforting fact-check.
14,000 Palestinian babies won't die in #Gaza in the next 48 hours, it'll be in the next year.
Who got on the blower to Kim Williams to push this rapid 'fact-check'?
#Israel #genocide #EthnicCleansing #afternoonbriefing #auspol
14,000 Palestinian babies won't die in #Gaza in the next 48 hours, it'll be in the next year.
Who got on the blower to Kim Williams to push this rapid 'fact-check'?
#Israel #genocide #EthnicCleansing #afternoonbriefing #auspol
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Overhaul the tax system you say? OK. End the Capital Gains Tax discount... improve the PRRT... bring in a wealth tax.... also a broad super profits tax.
Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.
"Business chiefs called on Labor to prioritise a productivity agenda which included unwinding or relaxing its industrial relations agenda from the first term, overhauling the tax system and removing regulatory barriers."
Seriously. Get stuffed.
Seriously. Get stuffed.
May 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Overhaul the tax system you say? OK. End the Capital Gains Tax discount... improve the PRRT... bring in a wealth tax.... also a broad super profits tax.
Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.
Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.
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Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
May 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
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Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.
May 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.
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Every election, we've made a video to help voters understand how our preferential voting system works. This is for the 2025 election. If you find it helpful, pls share with your family, friends and pets. Good luck Australia! 💛🗳️
📌 ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!
📌 ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!
Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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April 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Every election, we've made a video to help voters understand how our preferential voting system works. This is for the 2025 election. If you find it helpful, pls share with your family, friends and pets. Good luck Australia! 💛🗳️
📌 ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!
📌 ICYMI: this is satire, NOT official electoral advice!
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A shadow on its former self.
My cartoon in today's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
My cartoon in today's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
February 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A shadow on its former self.
My cartoon in today's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
My cartoon in today's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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The ABC is defending Antoinette Lattouf’s case partly on the legal argument that there is no such thing as a Lebanese or Arab race. Cool story.
February 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The ABC is defending Antoinette Lattouf’s case partly on the legal argument that there is no such thing as a Lebanese or Arab race. Cool story.
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Gee I wonder which South African white supremacist could have mentioned this to Trump?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land ‘confiscations’
Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Gee I wonder which South African white supremacist could have mentioned this to Trump?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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For the visual learners...
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For the visual learners...
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No Australians aren’t trying to solve it. We are trying to melt it.
Australia is the 2nd largest fossil fuel exporter and 5th largest producer.
If we want to stop Antarctic glaciers collapsing it’s pretty f***ng simple.
Stop new fossil fuel projects.
Australia is the 2nd largest fossil fuel exporter and 5th largest producer.
If we want to stop Antarctic glaciers collapsing it’s pretty f***ng simple.
Stop new fossil fuel projects.
January 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No Australians aren’t trying to solve it. We are trying to melt it.
Australia is the 2nd largest fossil fuel exporter and 5th largest producer.
If we want to stop Antarctic glaciers collapsing it’s pretty f***ng simple.
Stop new fossil fuel projects.
Australia is the 2nd largest fossil fuel exporter and 5th largest producer.
If we want to stop Antarctic glaciers collapsing it’s pretty f***ng simple.
Stop new fossil fuel projects.
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Jon has been an absolute giant of political cartooning. He’s also a giant of a human, so go well. You’ve more than earned it.
Morning everyone, I took a couple of months off over Christmas as I have not been particularly well and have been waiting on seeing the results of my next scan, which if not good would be not good at all. Having given it a lot of thought, I’ve decided that even if the result is good, eventually, one
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Jon has been an absolute giant of political cartooning. He’s also a giant of a human, so go well. You’ve more than earned it.
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the lesson here is that the next honest pastor who gets a chance to have Trump in the audience shouldn't offer a mild plea for mercy, they should straightforwardly condemn him for the sin of Sodom, because they're getting the death threats either way.
Bishop Budde told Time she's received death threats since her sermon asking Trump to show mercy to LGBTQ children & undocumented migrants (time.com/7209222/bish...). That's sadly not surprising given animosity against her by Trumpian pastors & pundits (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/brave-serm...)
'I Am Not Going to Apologize': Bishop Who Confronted Trump Speaks Out
In an interview with TIME, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde discussed her sermon, which has drawn death threats and prompted Trump to demand an apology
time.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
the lesson here is that the next honest pastor who gets a chance to have Trump in the audience shouldn't offer a mild plea for mercy, they should straightforwardly condemn him for the sin of Sodom, because they're getting the death threats either way.
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The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up.
Talkin' about the need to change how superannuation is taxed and how we need to stop giving tax breaks to the richest that has nothing to do with their saving for retirement
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-not...
Talkin' about the need to change how superannuation is taxed and how we need to stop giving tax breaks to the richest that has nothing to do with their saving for retirement
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-not...
The not-so-super tax concessions
Superannuation tax concessions benefit the richest Australians most – so why is the government finding it so hard to make modest changes to the system?
australiainstitute.org.au
January 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up.
Talkin' about the need to change how superannuation is taxed and how we need to stop giving tax breaks to the richest that has nothing to do with their saving for retirement
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-not...
Talkin' about the need to change how superannuation is taxed and how we need to stop giving tax breaks to the richest that has nothing to do with their saving for retirement
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-not...
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Australian independent publishing stalwart Text acquired by global giant Penguin Random House
Australian independent publishing stalwart Text acquired by global giant Penguin Random House
Local publishing house says it will ‘retain creative control’ and no redundancies are planned for Melbourne office
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The world’s largest general book publisher has acquired one of…
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January 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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The fastest potato you'll ever see!
Whilst #wombats might look cuddly and slow, when needed they can hit speeds of 40km/h. While they can’t sustain it for long, these bursts of speed are truly impressive for such stocky little legends.
Happy #WombatWednesday!
📷: Bowles Wildlife Photography
Whilst #wombats might look cuddly and slow, when needed they can hit speeds of 40km/h. While they can’t sustain it for long, these bursts of speed are truly impressive for such stocky little legends.
Happy #WombatWednesday!
📷: Bowles Wildlife Photography
January 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The fastest potato you'll ever see!
Whilst #wombats might look cuddly and slow, when needed they can hit speeds of 40km/h. While they can’t sustain it for long, these bursts of speed are truly impressive for such stocky little legends.
Happy #WombatWednesday!
📷: Bowles Wildlife Photography
Whilst #wombats might look cuddly and slow, when needed they can hit speeds of 40km/h. While they can’t sustain it for long, these bursts of speed are truly impressive for such stocky little legends.
Happy #WombatWednesday!
📷: Bowles Wildlife Photography
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Showing more courage than the entire media in the US, and 99% of Democrats
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Showing more courage than the entire media in the US, and 99% of Democrats