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Retired in Australia- my beautiful wife and I have lived, travelling Australia for past 12 months in caravan with our dog ! I hold the record for number of hip replacements-4!!- but trying to get fit again to surf in Mentawais- follow history, politics!
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Want change? Let's talk. I’m not here to hide behind press releases or party lines. I’m here to listen, learn and act on what matters to you. 🔗 See where I’ll be this week: https://www.elliesmith.com.au/events Want change? Vote for it. Vote 1 Ellie Smith, Independent for Dickson

If anyone wants to see the degree to which the #AtlasNetwork is a genuine conspiracy, there is a collection of resources listed here. Some academic, some investigative, some explanatory. Atlas is making the world safe for plutocrats at your expense. #AtlasNetwork docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"After 18 months of endless carnage, it should be clear to everyone that this is not a war. That this is not self-defence. What is happening in Gaza is, quite simply, annihilation." The US still funds this genocide, while media outlets normalize it. #StopIsrael www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Extremely telling that #insiders didn’t mention Price’s Make Australia Great Again comment. What are we to conclude by this omission? Particularly considering LNP will defund & undermine the ABC if they’re elected. We need our ABC - but not like this. #auspol

ICYMI — here’s a little glimpse of the magic. Our day at Bunbury Wildlife Park was packed with joy, connection and a whole lot of animal antics. These moments remind me what we’re really working for — stronger, kinder communities where families can thrive.

Super awkward Jacinta!

Make Australia Great Again? Jacinta Price had a MAGA Christmas. David Littleproud tried to bail out the NT senator by dismissing it as a slip of the tongue, blaming Labor & diverting into Australians not able to afford dinner. #ausvotes www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Good on Dr Monique Ryan calling out Speers on the relationship between media and the Coalition #auspol

Jacinta Price, at left. Do we really want these Trumpy arse-lickers in government in Canberra ?

Bold @greens plan to tax billionaires - yes it is - and it works (just not for billionaires) timesnewsgroup.com.au/byroncoastti...

Ignored for decades, now suddenly in the spotlight. Fascinating. #auspol

Please join us for this great event. Everyone is welcome wherever your feet might stand

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

🚨 Liberal inflation claims debunked! Experts confirm Australia's inflation under Labor is lower than many advanced economies. Don't fall for misinformation this election. Read more: www.aap.com.au/factcheck/ex... #auspol

Nuclear energy is "largely irrelevant" given massive increase in cheap solar generation. ANU Professor Andrew Blakers cuts through the lies of "vested interests". Says economics have spoken - Australia on "fast track" to 100% renewable energy future... theklaxon.com.au/rj19

High time we had a good talk about Atlas/Advance - what they do, who is behind these orgs - and the impact on parts of our community. Please join us in the morning #auspol

Whether or not Peter Dutton loses his seat I take immense joy in how hard he’ll be seething currently re that new poll

Like the wife of Murdoch hack, James Campbell, didn’t live anywhere near the Blue Ribbon electorate she was running in🤣Wonder if they ended up buying in the area after promising they would…after being exposed, of course🙄🤬

‘Largest mass censorship operation in modern history’ @dropsitenews.com via Mary Kostakidis. www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-dat... The broligrachs control everything you see.

I will be voting for our Independent (Nathan Barton) in Moore Electorate. The “ same inadequate shit” no longer!!

From @davemilbo.bsky.social in his article today... "Vote for a minority government. The sellouts need adult supervision" Hear. Hear. Read his article here #auspol > theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Ali France is running in Dickson for the third time. Despite the tragedies she has experienced in her life, she is doing the hard work (again) to try to unseat Dutton, for the betterment of the whole country. She is an inspiration - we’re with you @alifrance.bsky.social 💪🏻

I agree with every word of this… On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Noongar Elder Renae Isaacs-Guthridge and other local community members objected to Price’s visit in Bunbury due to her polarising views on Indigenous policy after she played a critical role in defeating the Voice to parliament referendum proposal. #auspol

The Liberals have been running a scam group funded by the coal lobby. They say "We believe that the right to govern comes from the people, not from the elites" Yet it is run by former Liberal MPs including the bloke I ousted Stop treating us like mugs #dodgybrothers www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Unacceptable. #VoteGreens

Independents listen. Independents understand. Independents act. Extremely proud to be your Community Independent candiate for Groom. #Auspol #ausvotes2025

Dutton imprisoned these two young girls in a detention centre on Nauru for several years and denied them timely medical attention? (Daily reminder)

From Samford to Kallangur to Eaton's Hill the support has been incredible. Our community is showing up—because people are ready for something better than the same tired politics.  Together, we can.  #EllieSmith4Dickson #MaroonIndependent #PeoplePoweredPolitics #CommunityIndependent #Dickson

The Scot’s College building a faux castle displays all that is wrong with school funding in Australia. This school does not need a single cent of public funding. Not. One. Cent.

Gaza medic deaths just the latest in Israel’s long history of changing its story over civilian killings

Every day you continue to refuse to put in place severe sanctions for Israel's horrific genocide and war crimes you embarrass and further diminish us, and you make a mockery of law, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I'm not sure which video to post--the fifteen paramedics in their last moments as one of them prays amid gunfire, the journalist being burned alive, the man holding a headless toddler, the people blown into the air, or the young man quietly rocking the shrouded body of a child. It's a genocide.

Defend Free Speech and help Mary Kostakidis defend herself against the most ridiculous, nonsensical, grotesque persecution by supporters of industrial-scale mass murder. t.co/FOqYbmRlG6

Climate Council posted this for the Australian election 2025 #auspol2025 #climatecrisis

Just like Dutton, who defined himself as a local, hardworking cop but spent barely 9 years on the force and over 20 years on a cosy Fed MP wage, building a 30Million plus property portfolio Hamer’s yet another Lib with nothing to offer but BS PR spin and a whopping sense of entitlement #NeverLNP

Amelia Hamer, the Liberal Party’s great hope to wrest the blue-ribbon seat of Kooyong back has pitched herself as a renter & someone who empathises with tenants’ struggles. But while the Oxford-educated 31-year-old is renting in Hawthorn, she is a landlord & owns two investment properties. #auspol

Geez These people really are authoritarian lunatics 🙄