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Rob Smith
@onyadon.bsky.social
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I've covered Olympics, World Cups, Cricket, Kangaroo tours, F1, Brit Opens, MotoGPs, Wimbledons, interest in politics/environment/music & I follow AFC Wimbledon
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onyadon.bsky.social
Convicted felon pardons other felons.. #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
If you want to sustain your carefully-cultivated fury at the stupid Panorama edit then don’t, whatever you do, read or listen to Trump’s speech in its entirety…
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
From #AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, #AnthonyAlbanese is closer to Liberal PM #ScottMorrison than #GoughWhitlam
Albanese won office on a risk-free small-target strategy marked by timidity and hesitancy on all fronts. #Auspol
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
michaelwest.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
Show us what you really believe, #Albanese: This lesson in politics stretches 50 years
@mrseankelly.bsky.social
#Auspol

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Show us what you really believe, Albanese: This lesson in politics stretches 50 years
Gough Whitlam and New York’s mayor-elect illustrate just how important belief is in politics.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
In Jim #Chalmers' warning about paths of least resistance delivering “mediocrity and malaise” there seemed just a hint of the kind of frustration you might see in someone who wants to go big when others around — or above — them are more wary. #Auspol
insidestory.org.au/jim-chalmers...
Jim Chalmers is here “to run the joint” • Karen Middleton
Was the treasurer channelling Paul Keating at ANU this week?
insidestory.org.au
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
An image that defines the #DonaldTrump presidency ..
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
Two frames.1: Background lists “undermining the judiciary; ignoring due process; defying the constitution; seeking retribution against political enemies; inciting mob violence; punishing (dissent); under(mining free press); extra-(judicial killing); mass (deportations); param(ilitary crackdowns); cult of (personality); militaristic symbols; purging minorities; rewrit(ing/eras)ing history; state(propa(ganda)”. Commentator in cardigan with patched elbows and reading glasses says, “To call Trump fascist would be a wild exaggeration *snort*” 2: Back-ground lists “free childcare; free buses; rent freezes; affordable housing; city-owned grocery stores; taxing billionaires; boost minimum wages”. Same commentator throws hands in air, glasses fly, says, “AAAAK!! MAMDANI’S A COMMUNIST!”
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
onyadon.bsky.social
Time and again the smallness of intra-& inter-party politics has got in the way of #Australia achieving big things, especially on #climate action. Australia should have become a #renewables global powerhouse & yet this endless struggle has repeatedly got in the way #Auspol
@nickbryantoz.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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goldingcartoons.bsky.social
Moderate Liberals breeding program.
The Age
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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chriswallace.bsky.social
‘Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the PM’s office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.’

Arise, Caucus MPs! You have nothing to lose but your chains!

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
onyadon.bsky.social
Australia’s #environment is going downhill and the changes are meant to turn that trajectory around. But lawyers, experts and advocates say the (EPBC) Act rushed through parliament before the end of the year is full of loopholes and problems. #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Will Labor’s environment laws actually address Australia’s biodiversity crisis? Five reasons to be concerned
Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"For essentially the last 25 years every single resources minister, bar one, has left Parliament and gone to work for the resources industry."

- Senator Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025
@larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
This has never been about common sense:
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Liberal strife is really about winning – but not elections
One of the hardest things for people to understand with this latest Liberal Party implosion is that it’s not rational.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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markgkenny.bsky.social
“Liberals are slow to twig that the Nationals are doing the same to them, forcing them into positions that threaten no rural-regional seats but cause electoral carnage in the cities”.

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/910550...
Embattled Ley eyeing 'Nat-zero' disaster
The Nationals are driving the Liberals to electoral ruin in the cities.
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
onyadon.bsky.social
The #Coalition is done. It might formally remain in place for the rest of this term, but it is destined to be a dead weight, hampered by infighting and a misreading of Australia’s evolving political environment. #Auspol
smh.com.au/politics/fed...
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
Rupert Murdoch's @nypost.com .. on your Marx, get set, Zo.... no doubt how they will be reporting from here... #ZohranMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
The #NYmayor election even Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch's NY Post and the Democrat establishment couldn't swing. #ZohranMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Gift horse.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Murray Watt and Albo looking at papers with headlines “LIBS MAY DROP NET ZERO” and “LEY’s LEADERSHIP IN PERIL” Noticeboard behind them: “Environmental…#Weaken EPA ✔️#Never look a gift horse…”Approve new coal projects ✔️ #Approve North West Shelf ✔️ #Weaken Tas Salmon…” Murray Watt says, “They make us look like we’re serious about climate action!” Albo says, “Never look a gift horse…”
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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agnessmack.bsky.social
David Pope in Canberra Times
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
"Yet rather than condemning the crime of the alleged abuse, some right-wing #Israeli politicians instead condemned the crime of leaking it, while others stayed silent."
@matthewdoran1.bsky.social continues to shine a light and hold to account..

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
A leaked video showed an alleged abuse. It has sparked a political fight in Israel
Israel's top military lawyer is behind bars after leaking a video of shocking alleged abuse of a Palestinian man in a military jail. This is why the case has shaken politics and the military to the co...
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
Labor or the LNP.. what's the difference? #Nauru
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d
Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates
Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates
Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man chartered to former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Another two men from the NZYQ-affected cohort have been deported to Nauru in a process human rights advocates say is shrouded in secrecy. Sources told Guardian Australia a Sudanese national, who was detained in the Yongah Hill centre just outside of Perth, and another man held within a different centre were chartered to Nauru last week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
"In my darkest hours when death was knocking and fear and uncertainty had set in, I'd often think of the #BaliboFive. They were a comfort, an anchor for me. Thinking of them gave me an assurance that what I was doing had meaning and purpose."
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
The Ostrich Party ....
cathywilcox.bsky.social The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 6d
No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Left side: Storm clouds, lightening, house on fire among trees also burning, “HELP” coming from house. To the right, David Littleproud, behind him a huge wave. He says: “No point in us doing anything until the rest of the world is on board.”
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
onyadon.bsky.social
#Palestinians have started to dig through 61m tonnes of debris, 20 times more than the combined mass of all debris generated by conflicts since 2008. Underneath, at least 10,000 people are thought to be buried. #GazaGenocide‌

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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rolandmcs.bsky.social
This from @lewisgoodall.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM