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Amateur, artist, engineer, father, husband, son, friend, brother. Improving... Love, music, food, wine, travel - in any order Support community independents to keep the parties honest Make miners pay royalties, tax the billionaires! #Auspol #Australia
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Malcolm Turnbull's centrist leadership was marred by far right factions that have since destroyed the Liberal Party. The right forced the referendum on same-sex marriage. Australian politics is marred by the 2 party system. Choose true community independents! www.communityindependentsproject.org

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Something to note. The Proud Boys are at the Capitol today and Trump wore a yellow tie. Black and yellow are proud boy colors. It's very clear that he views them as his personal militia that will mete out political violence. "stand back and stand by."

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

Miners pay almost zero royalties, and then we get price gouged to buy our own resources back! Australian politicians rigged the game against us with laws that favour billionaire tax dodgers. Vote for true community independents to save Australian democracy. www.communityindependentsproject.org

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Clive is like a rat with a gold tooth. Can't trust him. He'll roll any votes he gets to LNP, like he has before.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone who pays $110k to speak to Albo or Dutton is seeking to influence Australian politics This should be banned! But ALP & LNP political class are on the gravy train for life. They won't change unless we elect community independents to force improvements! www.communityindependentsproject.org

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

submitted 4 days ago • 157 comments

Here's LNP's plans to date... #auspol

submitted 6 days ago • 28 comments

#Bradfield @climate200.bsky.social If you want to advance the clean energy transition, tax the miners properly. Make them pay us so coal isn't cheap, gas isn't cheap. Put the tax into solar, into education, into tax cuts for citizens. #MakeMiningPayTax

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

We need better politicians who listen to us. Here's a list of community independents across Australia: www.communityindependentsproject.org #PutTheLibsLast #DontTrustDutton

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

submitted 7 days ago • 941 comments

#auspol - whaddowewant? Access to Housing Ability to buy food and pay electricity bills Exit aukus No nuclear No new coal or gas mines Restore the reef Full Medicare including dental Fund all schools fairly Tax the mining companies Tax the billionaires National Transport infrastructure

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Don't we have new laws against inciting hatred in this country, @australianlabor.bsky.social? Did you give the Murdochs an exemption or do our new laws only apply to those who oppose the genocide of Arabs but give a free pass to all those who incite Islamophobia? Please advise asap. #auspol

submitted 8 days ago • 44 comments

This is the substance. Not the Panama pish, not the Canada coup. Trump is disassembling important parts of govt. Checks and balances removed. Beware, Australia. #Auspol

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Dutton is copying Trump. This is Steve Bannon's strategy called "Flooding the Zone". It's what Trump is doing right now (but he's a professional - Dutton is nuthin') Thanks @dazedjosh.bsky.social helping sourcing a longer video - I'll post in reply #Auspol youtube.com/shorts/iTSgL...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Need the hive-mind AI of Bluesky (Actual Intelligence)! I can't locate a video where Steve Bannon describes Trump's tactic precisely- all the crazy is part of a strategy. It's what Dutton is weakly attempting. #Auspol Can anyone provide a link to the video in replies, please?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Short video from @latingle.bsky.social - how APL & LNP have colluded to crush Community Independents youtube.com/shorts/unSI3... #Auspol @nicboele.bsky.social @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

I don’t want to know when my food is “best by.” I want to know at which point eating it will kill me

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"They're angry and I think that's why they've made all these donations," said @allegraspender.bsky.social #OwnGoal #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

This is a bad day for democracy in Australia. The major parties have stitched up a backroom deal together - to leave themselves the most gigantic loophole allowing them to shut out independents. They’re afraid of being held to account. #integrity #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

LNP & ALP colluded to try and crush Community Independents! Politics should be about people, not parties. Here's list of Community Independents who need our support: www.communityindependentsproject.org #Auspol @nicboele.bsky.social @zalisteggall.bsky.social @allegraspender.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Millions of Australians are being forced deeper into poverty as the ultra-rich get much, much richer. They use the same roads & bridges that we do, yet they pay a lower tax rate than the middle class does. Demand the rich pay their fair share of taxes! #auspol #ClassWar #TaxTheRich #Election2025

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

Media Watch - well worth your time! Kudos @lintonbesser.bsky.social Maybe should have led with scandalous ABC Latouff sacking debacle rather than Ch9 "fake TV" headliner. When Ita cuts off Linton Besser's head, I would like to put in a bid for his marvelous hair. youtu.be/FtYAndFFvz0?...

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