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instanterudite.bsky.social
As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor.

theshot.net.au/news/opinion...
How the hell is Angus Taylor still a thing? - The Shot
Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.
theshot.net.au
February 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
John Howard brought in a tax policy that delivers 59% of the benefit to the richest 1%.

It truly is time to ditch the Capital Gains Tax 50% discount
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Charts showing that the PBO estimates that in this current financial year the discount will cost $21.8bn in revenue forgone. The richest 1% will get 59% or $12.9bn of it:
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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greenj.bsky.social
The problem of big party politics… and this is true across the aisle … is that they imagine a change of leadership will correct their public standing.
Not a change of policy. Not a realignment toward public need and sentiment, but a change in figurehead. Says it all really.
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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ingridm.bsky.social
as we mark 18 years since Closing the Gap was launched with the National Apology to Stolen Generations and their Descendants, know that police routinely target and brutalise Aboriginal people including children and then charge them with offensive behaviour, resist arrest, and assault police.
February 11, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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marquelawyers.com.au
Good to see the Israeli President’s non-political goodwill tour conclude with him telling protestors to go stand outside the Iranian embassy. He’ll be leaving us with so much unity and social cohesion we’ll all need a good lie down.
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
The job.
My @smh cartoon.
Two frames. (Like two pages of a picture book.) 1. Scene of PM Albanese at his desk, looking embattled, holding a phone that is shouting at him, pen in other hand. IN tray stacked full of papers on one side of him, OUT tray empty. Waste paper basket overflowing one side of desk, fire extinguisher other side. Text: “He used to wish he could just get on with his job, instead of spending all his time pandering to special interest groups…” 2. Zoom in on PM in same position, now looking at us, text continues: “Until one day he realised that *was* his job.”
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
At least Australians can be proud of Grace Tame. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #HerzogNotWelcome
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
Cool. Doing a frame by frame analysis to check whether 6 cops beating up a 76-year-old man is ok or not
Video shows protestor's violent arrest began with a hand on a shoulder
New video obtained by ABC NEWS Verify shows in vivid detail the arrest of a 76-year-old man, who was later released without charge.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
This Angus Taylor, ICYMI.
We still don't know where that money went btw - bc Cayman Islands.
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Thinking about it - what we’re actually seeing with LNP is a factional battle between the extreme right and the hard right 🤔#auspol
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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ingridm.bsky.social
there was a lot of chitter chatter about the Nationals leaving the coalition on that “national day of mourning” last month so I am sure we will see deep concern at the Liberals caucusing their leadership during National Apology to the Stolen Generations commemorations tomorrow morning.
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 12 Feb 2026

Week ending 7 February 2025:

🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.6% (+0.6%)

🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4

🔹COVID: 621 (+23.0%)
🔹Influenza: 595 (+5.5%)
🔹RSV: 457 (+0.2%)

Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
Government). A highlighted statement reads: “Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV are all at a low level of activity.” The summary below repeats that influenza, COVID-19 and RSV remained at a low level of activity, with the NSW Health coronavirus website link shown at the top. Section titled “Notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV.” Text explains that notification data comes from laboratory testing and reflects community infection. An interpretation notes week-on-week increases: COVID-19 up 23.0%, influenza up 5.5%, and RSV up 0.2%. A table for NSW, week ending 7 February 2026, shows totals: COVID-19 621 cases (2,914 year-to-date), influenza 595 cases (4,668 year-to-date), and RSV 457 cases (2,215 year-to-date). Bar chart titled “Figure 5. Weekly notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, by date of test and type of test performed, NSW, 1 August 2024 to 7 February 2026,” showing the COVID-19 panel. The x-axis shows test dates from August 2024 to February 2026 and the y-axis shows weekly notifications (0 to ~8,000). COVID-19 notifications fluctuate through late 2024, rise sharply to a peak around mid-2025 (about 4,000 per week), then steadily decline through late 2025, remaining lower and relatively stable into early 2026. Section with an interpretation and two figures from the NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report. Text states that in the last week COVID-19 test positivity increased to 3.6%, influenza test positivity decreased to 3%, and RSV test positivity decreased to 1.8%. A chart (Figure 12) shows the number of COVID-19 positive tests and percent positivity at NSW sentinel laboratories by week from August 2024 to February 2026, with positivity peaking in early 2025, falling through late 2025, and rising again to 3.6% in early February 2026. Below, Table 2 summarises four weeks of data to 8 February 2026, showing SARS-CoV-2 positivity increasing to 3.6% in the week ending 8 February, and the number of laboratories reporting COVID falling to two.
February 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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instanterudite.bsky.social
I have literally never heard of some of the frontbenchers who have resigned their positions.

Leah Blythea?
Matt O’Sullivan?
Phil Thompson?

Anyone?
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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ingridm.bsky.social
police rushed and sprayed crowds of people who were trying to run away from them but were trapped… by more police. The Muslims were kneeling and praying on their mats and were not on the road. If this is a riot, the police were rioting.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog
Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
How the hell did Trump win the presidency, not once but twice?

I'm guessing he locked-in the votes of a number of demographics: sexists, misogynists, racists, child molesters, rapists, Christo-fascists, the corrupt, the greedy, the selfish, the ignorant, the uneducated. You know, American men. #USA
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
Oh look ... more hasbara from your national broadcaster @abcnews @ABCaustralia.

If you’re not writing the truth about crimes against humanity and the people who commit those crimes like genocide, you’re culpable in those crimes. #auspol #HerzogNotWelcome
February 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
The president of the United States had his Justice Dept. raid an election office and seize ballots in order to cast doubt on an election he lost. Yet, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.

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January 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Another excellent TrueNorth today - & our 470th weekday send.

Don't miss the must see stories that should be on today's front pages.

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January 29, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
Refused bail.

For a satirical tweet.

In Australia, you can beat the shit out of your partner and threaten to kill her and the kids, and be 𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘍𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘕𝘛 you'll make bail. My despair grows by the minute. #auspol
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January 29, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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datareport.bsky.social
I will be shocked if the US is not next.
European countries including UK lose measles elimination status www.reuters.com/business/hea...
European countries including UK lose measles elimination status
Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 AM
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thunderbirds3.bsky.social
"This morning, Israeli army tanks pushed deep into Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza amid heavy gunfire, marking yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement."(PalTimes News) #Gaza #Genocide #CeaseFire
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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politikarma.bsky.social
IF a handful of wealthy Zionists can talk Albanese into self-serving ‘anti-hate’ legislation, why can’t signatures of more than half a million citizens, including 2 former PMs, convince this spineless man to conduct an inquiry into the mendacious operations of the Murdoch propaganda stable?
#auspol
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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didichanoch.bsky.social
I feel like the Nobel peace prize people could have avoided this if they gave their medal to someone who dedicated their life to peace, rather than just "this person is an opposition leader."
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
When you give the annoying kid at your birthday party your favourite present bc he might give you the leadership of your country in return, as a vassal state to his tyrannical empire. #USA #Venezuela #NobelPeacePrize
January 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
This submission by David Brophy is hilarious and demonstrates how poorly drafted the hate speech bill is
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM