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26/1/1808 corrupt army officers led by MacArthur stormed govt house looking for Bligh - start of Rum Rebellion Macquarie finished it when he arrived in Sydney 1/1/1810

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And there it is. One of Trump’s billionaire allies Jamie Dimon just admitted that Trump’s tariffs are going to raise prices and Americans should just “get over it.”

submitted 36 days ago • 668 comments

Single jobseeker is $55.57/day

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

The seeming timidity of “progressive” political parties may spell the downfall of us all.

submitted 38 days ago • 22 comments

Trump WH has now cancelled reproductiverights.gov — which helped women find health care.

submitted 38 days ago • 41 comments

Definately #BackOnTrack

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

🌅🇵🇸 Good morning from the Gaza sea, it's the only place we go to amidst the destruction we're living in in Gaza. I was sitting by the sea and thinking about my dreams, my life, my bombed house, and my bombed university 💔🥺 I hope you can help me ❤️‍🩹🙏🏻 gofund.me/3fa71caa

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

Every time a corporation or a billionaire complains about red tape and regulation, remember that we had to write laws because they behaved so unethically, and we had to enforce those laws because they insisted on breaking them. #AusPol

submitted 60 days ago • 15 comments

Interesting. One of the most remarkable eradications of a feral species from an island in history, and the collective response from the media is ... meh conservationbytes.com/2024/12/04/5... It's important to understand that Kangaroo Island is just over half the size of Corsica #invasivespecies

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

Dear non-Aboriginal people, if asked to be a speaker on a panel/judging committee etc about First Nations matters, check to see if there’s a majority First Nations representation/speakers. If nah then it’s an easy oh dear, yeah, nahhhh.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Excl the pandemic, the last time Australia's economy grew slower than 0.8% was.... during the 1990s recession. If you still that is a sign of excess demand then it might be time to stop pretending you are an economist and admit you really are just a ghoul who wants more people unemployed.

submitted 86 days ago • 22 comments

‘The social engineering of shame’: Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...

submitted 86 days ago • 4 comments

The RBA board refusing to recommend to cut rates is getting up there with the Catholic Church refusing to recognise heliocentrism

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

The sooner Australia gets out of AUKUS the better

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

Yay! I don't need it, but SO MANY do. Endometriosis drug Visanne to be listed on the PBS, more than halving its annual cost #ChronicIllness Medsky Australia

submitted 89 days ago • 9 comments

So, after 28+ years of constant service to the ABC, tonight I present my final show as a permanent employee. Am stepping back next year. My choice. It's been a blast. Going out with a lovely chat with this handsome fella, Ben Quilty. #Songs & Stories. Xx

submitted 89 days ago • 44 comments

Every Sunday, Melbourne stands in the streets in solidarity with Palestine. Ordinary people are less enthusiastic about the sadistic slaughter of the most oppressed people on the planet, by Israel and its Western allies, than the soulless ghouls in the Albanese government are

submitted 89 days ago • 14 comments

Why was this not covered by Australian media? #auspol #rhetorical

submitted 89 days ago • 16 comments

I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law I guess the job qualifications are changing…

submitted 89 days ago • 889 comments

My ALP federal MP sent me a request to donate to their Christmas appeal, to raise money for crisis accommodation. Do they not know they are in government? Do they not understand they could just fund crisis accommodation? Do they believe associating themselves with a charity makes them look good?

submitted 90 days ago • 69 comments

Why does nobody like the surf and turf turkey?

submitted 89 days ago • 1870 comments

Raise the rate of unemployment benefits or shut up. #AusPol

submitted 92 days ago • 22 comments

So if not social media companies, who will we have to provide id to? Some government dept that will get hacked and lose all our details? 🤔 #auspol

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

Get ready, Australia Major storm outbreak across Australia to follow hottest spring weather in up to 42 years

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

BREAKING: Albo urges under 16 year-olds to tune into his good buddy, Kyle’s, free-to-air radio program once the social media ban hits. “As a the son of a single mum in public housing I can say there’s nothing harmful about children listening to Kyle talking sex.” podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Just horrendous. Between them, Trump and Netanyahu seem determined to wipe the Palestinians off the face of the Earth. It was terrible under Biden. It'll be even worse now. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

submitted 103 days ago • 106 comments

A question for Bishop Bird, of Ballarat, who instructed his lawyers to go all the way to High Court to avoid paying damages to a complainant of child sexual abuse on basis that priests aren’t technically employed by his diocese: Did your priests accept JobKeeper during COVID pandemic? If so, why?

submitted 103 days ago • 105 comments

I see Robert Kennedy's campaign to make America healthy again by ridding it of the poison of fast food is off to a good start... Also, how cold must that food be and why do they have cutlery on their trays?

submitted 103 days ago • 725 comments

Hello friends I'm AdyLady- AdyLady9969 from Twitter from X hope to find all my friends and followers from there and make new friends here too!

submitted 107 days ago • 9 comments

Is Queanbeyan Hospital publicly funded? Yes. It is. Is abortion legal in Queanbeyan. Yes. It is. Solution - fire all management at Queanbeyan Hospital. Why do we fuck around waiting for publicly paid people to follow the law? Just fire them. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

submitted 108 days ago • 30 comments

Yeah it would be dreadful if it was shared far and wide…

submitted 108 days ago • 6 comments

Pressure mounts on Paul Brereton to Resign as Geoffrey Watson SC weighs in on NACC Inspector’s damning findings against him “I was wondering whether he might think it was in the interest of the NACC to leave” “I hope he’s seriously thought through the damage that has been done”

submitted 108 days ago • 30 comments

Let’s not do this Australia. One person’s religion can’t be forced on another person. #AusPol

submitted 113 days ago • 16 comments

I would have probably mentioned that Dyson owns 36,000 acres of farmland in England which was previously liable for zero inheritance tax

submitted 116 days ago • 44 comments