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Englishman in Aus for 20+ years. Gratefully on Barngarla land. Social justice, mental wellbeing, left leaning, husband, father, always learning...... but still support West Ham ⚒️ No DMs, thanks.
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Santos was fined $10,000 for spilling ~25,000L of oil off WA - it cost them less than a nursing degree. "In Norway, they tax their oil industry & give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry & charge kids a fortune to go to uni." - @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

It is disgraceful that instead of promoting international law, Australia’s top law officer is trying to repair relations with a foreign government found by major human rights organisations to be committing genocide. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Don’t be fooled into thinking that Dutton is ONLY doing Gina and Rupert’s bidding. He himself has hundreds of millions of dollars of property. He is less handmaiden and more wannabe overlord. Long live the resistance ✊🏽

Yep, scared, weak, and little.

He's right....

I urge everyone to read this investigation which describes an evil so mundane and procedural that it reads like bad science fiction www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

A message from one of the anonymous Jewish signatories to our Core Principles You can still sign on here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sought some respite from the heat and Christmas build-up today. Mission accomplished on both counts 🧘‍♂️ Lipson Cove, South Australia

Not really the actions of a free and equitable country....

Australia is the world leader in arresting climate change and environmental protesters. Australian efforts to repress climate activism are part of an alarming global trend to squash dissent. More evidence that mining corporations own our governments? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Today's announcement on nuclear is a distraction from Australia’s ongoing fossil fuel use and production. It comes just one day after the approval of a 50 year extension to Australia’s largest fossil gas export plant – Woodside’s North West Shelf facility.

We must condemn in strongest terms the arson attack on Islamic school bus. We can’t allow such hate crimes in our country. A reprehensible, vile act of Islamaphobic violence which is an attack on Muslim communities broadly in Australia who’ve a human right to go to school safely.

Dave Sharma really is a pig of a man! Desperate to divide.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander flags are both official flags of Australia under Flags Act 1953. Dutton likes to punch down, exploit fear & it’s him being divisive once more. Shame on him. From walking out on apology to Stolen Generation to dooming the voice, not fit to lead.

Sure Dutton, when there is one proclaimed Australian flag that represents us all, we can all stand proudly in front of it. In the meantime, show some respect for our three proclaimed Australian flags. Divisive arsehole. #AusPol

Dutton specifically attacking a Jewish MP. Not anti-Semitic apparently.

"It is abundant, free and 100% renewable"

Hello media organisations of Australia - just wondering when you will finally do your jobs and report on the extraordinarily high costs in energy bills for Australians under Nuclear if we allow elitist Peter Dutton to become our next PM? 🙄 asking for a friend thx #NoMorePeterDuttonSays

Get the d*ck out of Dickson. Donate to Ali France for Dickson campaign Ali is a stellar candidate & is well liked & respected in Dickson. donate.queenslandlabor.org/ali-france-f...

Under Dutton, the Liberal Party is an angry, divisive lunatic fringe far right party. If Liberal voters want a return to the 'sensible centre', they need to #DitchDutton, then rebuild. Labor's @alifrance.bsky.social deserves their vote. #auspol #AusVotes2025 #DicksonVotes

CSIRO: nuclear is going to be more expensive than renewables Coalition: run those numbers again CSIRO: ........ ok........ nuclear is still going to be more expensive than renewables www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Love the jingoism of the Australian cricket media. A lifetime spent defending sledging, then Siraj gives Head a serve, Head totally loses his cool and Siraj is all of a sudden a “disgrace to cricket”. Funnier even with the post-Kohli India essentially modelling themselves on Australian arrogance.

The willingness of Aust media & politicians to use unfiltered & prejudicial comments by a corrupt Israeli PM to attack Australia's PM is truly disgusting. It's one thing having a political disagreement: quite another to undermine national sovereignty. What happened to "we decide" Australian policy?

I've just been watching Paul Fletcher on Afternoon Briefing. What an absolute joke of a human that man is, on almost every level.....

Albo’s refugee bills: the Coalitionification of the ALP is almost complete — First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ie the ban was not needed. Parents actually can be parents.

As Australia's policymakers, you need to abide by international law, @australianlabor.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. #auspol #StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

Israel has killed three World Central Kitchen aid workers and at least two others in an air attack on Gaza's Khan Younis, in the third deadly attack on the aid group this year.

Should be front page news “World-first analysis of the superpower trade finds 🇦🇺 could contribute up to 9.6% of the world's emissions reductions while generating 6-8 times larger revenues than those typical from Australian fossil fuel exports” www.superpowerinstitute.com.au/work/the-new...

Those telling me it was not Albanese’s fault and he really is trying his best. Please. Go be deluded elsewhere www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Yep....

I knew some, but learnt a lot, and few surprises. Very cool way to 30 minutes if you are into Hi-Hop.

The UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada: all running towards hard and racist borders. It makes no difference if a 'conservative' or 'progressive' government is in office. It's long past time that we reject these duopolies and fight against racism and for humanity!

Peter Dutton says his advice for Lidia Thorpe is to take a “break over Christmas” to ensure she has “reflected” on her behaviour. And my advice to Dutton is to not give advice on behaviour at a time he is facing legal action for publicly inciting racial hate.🙄

A future conversation... "Dad, how could people want things to be so bad?" "Well son, we used the internet mostly for porn and screaming our feelings. When it came time to look up things like "fascism" and "tariffs" I'm afraid it was a bridge too far for most."

This is appalling.

No idea why anyone in the ALP cabinet would bother turning up to work when you have the PM doing this shite

Note to Hollywood for the upcoming awards season,,, Some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

In case you missed it the 76th time around, here it is again, @australianlabor.bsky.social. #StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

Well obviously the Labor party is currently too lily livered to stand for what’s morally right. I could cry I’m so disappointed in the decisions of this government. Especially after suffering 10 years of gaslighting under Morrison.

Sad, but so true. Labor, and for that matter, Labour in the UK, bear no relation to the parties they once were. Both have taken huge steps to the right.

This is just a game, just political theatre for Labor but right now there are tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers living and working in the community- some for more than ten years- who have become really, really fearful for their futures.

Leading refugee and human rights advocates in Canberra to urge the Albanese Gov to scrap three Brutal Bills that threaten the lives, rights and safety of over 80,000 refugees, people seeking asylum and migrant communities in Australia. asrc.org.au/2024/11/27/t...