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@swampycarl.bsky.social
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Australia is making progress—but we must accelerate our transition to clean energy.

We need urgent action:
✅ Stronger targets for transport, agriculture and aviation
✅ A Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate
✅ Accurate monitoring of methane
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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If you're an Australian looking for quality, principled, independent journalism, I strongly encourage you to follow the superb @deniseshrivell.bsky.social. Denise provides an outstanding email newsletter of the best independent journalism: #TrueNorth. #auspol #JournalismMatters
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Opulence for #AUKUS. Austerity for public services. #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Support @davidpocock.bsky.social's campaign to save our #CSIRO. Please sign the online petition. #auspol #science #research www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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The slow degradation of the CSIRO is music to the ears of fossil fuel industry groups.... the government works for them. not us.
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Did you know that when you send a postal vote application to a political party, it can (and does) harvest your personal data, store it, and sell it on to third parties?

It’s illegal in Victoria - but fine at a federal level.
Voters warned to be wary of unsolicited postal vote application texts
Australia's electoral commissioner has urged voters to "carefully consider" who they give their personal information to as the election campaign gets underway.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry.

We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs
It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I’m beyond disappointed in the gov. ☹️☹️
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I am so distressed that after decades of being an @australianlabor.bsky.social supporter, I cannot stomach this piss-weak RW bunch of grifters.
And let's not mention, #genocide enablers.
I will vote for a cane toad before I vote Labor ever again.
*the amphibian, not the Pauline
To paraphrase Groucho Marx as the Albanese Cabinet:

'Here are our principles on protecting the public from gambling harm.

If you don't like them, we don't give a fuck.
We are busy playing touch footy with our mates from the gambling lobby.'
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Wow the Dutch go...extremely hard
Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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This is how broken our lobbying laws are.

Every resources minister since 2001 went on to work for fossil fuel companies & 8 ex-ministers & senior advisers now lobby for gambling💰

It's time for complete reform of lobbying rules + independent watchdog.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'Revolving door' between politics and lobbying rings transparency alarm bell
Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.
www.abc.net.au
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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August 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Are you tired of people who expect too much? Who want you to do something really good for a change?

Try new Albo’s Expectations Dampening Spray - now in new scents of Vanilla Disappointment, and Odourless Mandate.

It’s the gentler way to get people to pull their head in and shut the fuck up.
August 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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He’s just stating the facts…
July 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Why isn’t there a Special Envoy to Combat Violence Against Women in Australia?
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Shared values
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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July 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Today marks 2 years since the Murphy Report on the harms of online gambling.

The crossbench has been calling for a ban on online gambling ads for two years. The Government has remained silent.

In those 2 years Australians have lost $50 billion.

It’s time for our government to act.
June 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Dear @albomp.bsky.social
cc @senatorwong.bsky.social
Howard's war-mongering support for the USA's deceitful "WMD in Iraq" in 2003 led me to actively campaigning for Labor at every election since. Never again. Absolutely gutted by your support for Trump & Israel. 😢 #auspol #USA #Iran #GazaGenocide
June 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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June 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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WHAT FOX WILL NEVER SHOW YOU!!

The news won't show you this because they have a narrative to spin.
June 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM