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"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...

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A friend arrived for a chat while I eat breakfast

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I remember a story a German woman told about her father carefully paying into his superannuation all his life, and upon his retirement receiving just enough money to buy a punnet of strawberries.

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My eyes are spiralling 😵‍💫 I read on the news, that the NSW liberals want Dutton gone, in order to install, wait for it! WELL DONE ANGUS😵😳 seriously????

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China is not to be messed with, as Donald is finding out. 😂

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BREAKING: AOC bringing the house down in Utah. “It will never be just institutions and officials alone who uphold our democracy. It will always be the people, the masses who refused to comply with authoritarian regimes who are the last and strongest defense of our country and our freedom.”

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So disappointed in The Simpsons for their incorrect prediction of Trump’s demise on April 12, 2025. Can’t trust anything anymore.

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White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood condemns SNL’s ‘mean and unfunny’ sketch

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Americans didn't sort out the irregularities of English words they just added to the confusion. Maybe Microsoft will eventually get everyone in line with IT.

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#auspol An outline of polling, and how media uses it to push agendas. Also a very good outline of the Australian preferential voting system and why it is the best voting system in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr3m...

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@albomp.bsky.social Absolutely shocking and you can stand up and say your friends with Israel.... www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-ho...

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Peter Dutton is a multi millionaire - and we're meant to believe he's not going to help his son buy a home. Dutton is either lying or cruel. Neither are good #auspol #ausvotes25

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Latest Newspoll 52 to 48 Labor. This headline from The Australian is simply pathetic. At 52-48 what looms is what loomed last election. 52.13%-47.87% A Labor majority. #election2025 #auspol

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"Kirilly & I spoke last night & she said to me, you have to think about this as a stingy father. What would you want to happen if it were our boys not able to buy a house? Kirilly has a way of clarifying things & so, as I’ve reflected on that overnight I decided to bring my son, today" 😀 #AusPol

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I don't blame them one little bit! Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says #auspol

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He reminds me of the kid who leaves it to the night before a major exam to do some study study. Yesterday was Dutton's major exam, and he has failed. Finally, I think we will see the exit of Peter Dutton from Australian politics at last.

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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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I hope we're not going to have days of 'awkward greeting' news on the ABC this week. Sigh. It will alter my political opinion no more than Albo falling off a platform did.

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#auspol #election2025 #VoteDuttonGetTrump

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Compare & Contrast: When the UK Prime Minister tanked the economy, she was replaced within the life cycle of a lettuce. When POTUS imposes a far worse situation he cannot be removed as long as he’s surrounded by loyal idiots. USA is not a strong democracy.

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Supporters of Tariffs are successfully talking about US job losses from off-shoring and blaming the other country for “stealing” US jobs. Since the ‘80’s US firms send production overseas to lower costs. US consumers CHOOSE between paying more for a product supporting US jobs, or buying cheaper.

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The federal Liberal party is a political party going extinct, totally out of touch with Australian voters (except those sufficiently brain-washed by Murdoch media). Read these "10 things" and wonder! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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At last! We all need to rethink the old centralised power grids and their role as fire hazards and how difficult they are to maintain during bad weather. More local micro grids sharing solar AND buried power lines are obvious reforms.

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"So if you don’t like what the two major parties have done to campaigns and timidity in government, you should share my hope that this election puts neither major party back in majority government." #auspol #AusVotes

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"Australian academics are not only cancelling trips ...Scholarships are being rescinded and grant funding pulled as the fallout from the Trump administration’s interference continues." @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social So much for "shared values" with the US. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Why is it so easy to afford tax cuts and so hard to raise the benefits rate?

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Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this?? theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #IsraeliNazis #GenocideInPalestine #auspol #IsraelIsATerroristState #FreePalestine

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