Christine
@4humans.bsky.social
The usual stuff...politics, nature, environment, dogs etc. Not a fan of the duopoly. People are fascinating. Love the funny ones. (Was @human4good in the other place)
I would ask Richard Marles this question. If China is the biggest threat to the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific then why has the U.S. imposed tarrifs on all these countries?
May 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I would ask Richard Marles this question. If China is the biggest threat to the peace and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific then why has the U.S. imposed tarrifs on all these countries?
Good news for the Liberal Party! Everyone gets a shadow ministry position!
May 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Good news for the Liberal Party! Everyone gets a shadow ministry position!
@zoedaniel.bsky.social I'm devastated that you lost Goldstein. We need your voice.
May 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@zoedaniel.bsky.social I'm devastated that you lost Goldstein. We need your voice.
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Another report pointing to the prospect @albomp.bsky.social #AUKUS nuclear sub deal will unravel. Australia's strategic interests and USA's America First impulses are rapidly diverging. We need to end this folly before more billions are flushed away. #auspol
AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Sale Under Scrutiny as Trump Tariffs Rattle Australia
The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs take hold, and amid concern in Washington that providing the subs t...
gcaptain.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Another report pointing to the prospect @albomp.bsky.social #AUKUS nuclear sub deal will unravel. Australia's strategic interests and USA's America First impulses are rapidly diverging. We need to end this folly before more billions are flushed away. #auspol
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Now that's been passed with LNP support, expect an election announcement.
Are you tired of this charade? Two old parties throwing rocks at each other instead of leading our country?
Find your community independent, find any independent. Get active. Let's do politics differently.
#politicsofhope
Are you tired of this charade? Two old parties throwing rocks at each other instead of leading our country?
Find your community independent, find any independent. Get active. Let's do politics differently.
#politicsofhope
This is a dark day for Australia’s environment and our democracy.
Last night’s passing of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act weakens the protection of our natural treasures, rammed through by a govt which promised greater protection.
Last night’s passing of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act weakens the protection of our natural treasures, rammed through by a govt which promised greater protection.
A dark day for the environment - and democracy
This is a dark day for two of Australia’s greatest treasures: the environment and our democracy.
australiainstitute.org.au
March 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Now that's been passed with LNP support, expect an election announcement.
Are you tired of this charade? Two old parties throwing rocks at each other instead of leading our country?
Find your community independent, find any independent. Get active. Let's do politics differently.
#politicsofhope
Are you tired of this charade? Two old parties throwing rocks at each other instead of leading our country?
Find your community independent, find any independent. Get active. Let's do politics differently.
#politicsofhope
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Thought you were getting close to having a a deposit? lulz. no.
Rumours, rumours everywhere; election called tomorrow being one, the Coalition making mortgage repayments tax deductible (which would be insane - but then hey, so is nuclear!) is another
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/03/aust...
Australia Institute Live: Coalition to raise income tax if it wins government by repealing tax cuts for one off fuel excise cut
live.australiainstitute.org.au
March 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Thought you were getting close to having a a deposit? lulz. no.
Barnaby Joyce is trotting out "Are you better off than you were 3 years ago". Trump 101
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Barnaby Joyce is trotting out "Are you better off than you were 3 years ago". Trump 101
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When the Morrison Govt left office, they were employing 50,000 ppl through consultancies & labour hire & cost $20bn for a single year.
Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs
Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022, fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.
www.smh.com.au
March 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
When the Morrison Govt left office, they were employing 50,000 ppl through consultancies & labour hire & cost $20bn for a single year.
Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Michaelia Cash has just gone on record that a Peter Dutton government would not abide by the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
March 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Michaelia Cash has just gone on record that a Peter Dutton government would not abide by the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
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Yet another Defence debacle. Invest a billion dollars of taxpayers’ money on local design and development activity for a major defence capability ✅; then abandon it and pay again for something that further locks us into the USA ❌. Well done Richard Marles 🤦♂️. #FUBAR #auspol
March 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Labor and the Coalition want to frame the election as a choice between them. In fact the real choice is between the ALP/LNP duopoly that profits from the status quo and independent voices campaigning to clean up a broken and corrupt political system. #ditchtheduopoly #auspol
March 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Labor and the Coalition want to frame the election as a choice between them. In fact the real choice is between the ALP/LNP duopoly that profits from the status quo and independent voices campaigning to clean up a broken and corrupt political system. #ditchtheduopoly #auspol
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
Thank you for raising AUKUS in question time. The PM failed to answer your question about the likelihood of ever receiving these submarines. Both major parties refuse to reconsider this atrocious agreement or question the stability of our U.S alliance.
Thank you for raising AUKUS in question time. The PM failed to answer your question about the likelihood of ever receiving these submarines. Both major parties refuse to reconsider this atrocious agreement or question the stability of our U.S alliance.
March 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
@zoedaniel.bsky.social
Thank you for raising AUKUS in question time. The PM failed to answer your question about the likelihood of ever receiving these submarines. Both major parties refuse to reconsider this atrocious agreement or question the stability of our U.S alliance.
Thank you for raising AUKUS in question time. The PM failed to answer your question about the likelihood of ever receiving these submarines. Both major parties refuse to reconsider this atrocious agreement or question the stability of our U.S alliance.
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Would anyone be safe under a Trump/Musk inspired, Gina ordered Dutton DOGE?
Dutton is Lang Hancock's daughter's pet poodle.
Similar attitude to getting things done
#LowYeildNucs would solve so many problems he suggested.
Now the taxpayer is supposed to pay for 7 reactors.
#PutGinaLast #auspol
Dutton is Lang Hancock's daughter's pet poodle.
Similar attitude to getting things done
#LowYeildNucs would solve so many problems he suggested.
Now the taxpayer is supposed to pay for 7 reactors.
#PutGinaLast #auspol
Former Liberal attorney-general George Brandis rubbishes Peter Dutton's 'very bad' referendum idea.
Dutton is considering holding a referendum to allow dual nationals who break the law to have their citizenship stripped by ministers, if he wins the next federal election.
#auspol
Dutton is considering holding a referendum to allow dual nationals who break the law to have their citizenship stripped by ministers, if he wins the next federal election.
#auspol
Former attorney-general rubbishes Dutton's 'very bad' referendum idea
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has doubled down on his proposal to hold a referendum to change the constitution to allow citizenship to be stripped from dual nationals who break the law.
www.abc.net.au
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Would anyone be safe under a Trump/Musk inspired, Gina ordered Dutton DOGE?
Dutton is Lang Hancock's daughter's pet poodle.
Similar attitude to getting things done
#LowYeildNucs would solve so many problems he suggested.
Now the taxpayer is supposed to pay for 7 reactors.
#PutGinaLast #auspol
Dutton is Lang Hancock's daughter's pet poodle.
Similar attitude to getting things done
#LowYeildNucs would solve so many problems he suggested.
Now the taxpayer is supposed to pay for 7 reactors.
#PutGinaLast #auspol
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Who advertises in major media?
Not individuals.
Not families.
Rarely small businesses.
Not communities.
Gina, Clive, Hardly Normal, BHP..
We need representatives who put communities, families and people first.
#DumpFossilDonatedPoliticians
#ByThePeopleForThePeople
#auspol
#AusVotes2025
Not individuals.
Not families.
Rarely small businesses.
Not communities.
Gina, Clive, Hardly Normal, BHP..
We need representatives who put communities, families and people first.
#DumpFossilDonatedPoliticians
#ByThePeopleForThePeople
#auspol
#AusVotes2025
March 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Who advertises in major media?
Not individuals.
Not families.
Rarely small businesses.
Not communities.
Gina, Clive, Hardly Normal, BHP..
We need representatives who put communities, families and people first.
#DumpFossilDonatedPoliticians
#ByThePeopleForThePeople
#auspol
#AusVotes2025
Not individuals.
Not families.
Rarely small businesses.
Not communities.
Gina, Clive, Hardly Normal, BHP..
We need representatives who put communities, families and people first.
#DumpFossilDonatedPoliticians
#ByThePeopleForThePeople
#auspol
#AusVotes2025
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Vote on his actions not his words; what in his record suggests he has the slightest interest in anyone's human rights?
March 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vote on his actions not his words; what in his record suggests he has the slightest interest in anyone's human rights?
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'The county accuses the industry of “a scheme to rapaciously sell fossil fuels & deceptively promote them as harmless, while they knew that pollution emitted by their products into the atmosphere would likely cause deadly extreme heat events.'
Well, yeah. Great (sobering) piece ⤵️
Well, yeah. Great (sobering) piece ⤵️
Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters?
As climate change bites and insurance costs increase, a growing chorus is demanding that fossil fuel companies start paying for the chaos.
www.smh.com.au
March 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
'The county accuses the industry of “a scheme to rapaciously sell fossil fuels & deceptively promote them as harmless, while they knew that pollution emitted by their products into the atmosphere would likely cause deadly extreme heat events.'
Well, yeah. Great (sobering) piece ⤵️
Well, yeah. Great (sobering) piece ⤵️
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Peter Malinauskas’ Dept is so keen to impose secrecy over a broad range of Govt docs, they’ve retained no less than the State’s Solicitor-General to fight their case. But I have full confidence in my team, solicitor Dominic Agresta and barrister Daniel Lorbeer.💪 #saparli
March 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Peter Malinauskas’ Dept is so keen to impose secrecy over a broad range of Govt docs, they’ve retained no less than the State’s Solicitor-General to fight their case. But I have full confidence in my team, solicitor Dominic Agresta and barrister Daniel Lorbeer.💪 #saparli
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One of the biggest things that sets independents apart is our ability to stand up for our community against vested interests
It’s no surprise then that we have the coal lobby, gas companies and gambling industry all teaming up to fund their major party benefactors and attack community independents
It’s no surprise then that we have the coal lobby, gas companies and gambling industry all teaming up to fund their major party benefactors and attack community independents
March 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
One of the biggest things that sets independents apart is our ability to stand up for our community against vested interests
It’s no surprise then that we have the coal lobby, gas companies and gambling industry all teaming up to fund their major party benefactors and attack community independents
It’s no surprise then that we have the coal lobby, gas companies and gambling industry all teaming up to fund their major party benefactors and attack community independents
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. @yuan-frank.bsky.social just wondered - what comes first - a person in Sydney saving enough money for a house, or Australia getting a sub under AUKUS??
Budgeting for a house... "we're gonna need a bigger job"
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
. @yuan-frank.bsky.social just wondered - what comes first - a person in Sydney saving enough money for a house, or Australia getting a sub under AUKUS??
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Worth watching. Just in case you have any misconceptions about Community Independents.
#auspol
youtu.be/_g5V7ry-GLw
#auspol
youtu.be/_g5V7ry-GLw
IN FULL: Simon Holmes à Court's Address to the National Press Club of Australia
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Worth watching. Just in case you have any misconceptions about Community Independents.
#auspol
youtu.be/_g5V7ry-GLw
#auspol
youtu.be/_g5V7ry-GLw
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For 3 yrs, I’ve pushed the Govt so procurement works for 🇦🇺businesses
Yet, the "sovereign defence industrial base" includes ANY ABN holder who can supply the ADF
Foreign firms exploit tax loopholes while 🇦🇺 companies pay full freight
We need to fix this
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Yet, the "sovereign defence industrial base" includes ANY ABN holder who can supply the ADF
Foreign firms exploit tax loopholes while 🇦🇺 companies pay full freight
We need to fix this
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Albanese invokes 'Team Australia' in pitch to buy local after Trump tariffs
The PM suggests Australians should buy local goods instead of American ones ahead of a federal budget expected to have an "Australian-made" theme.
www.abc.net.au
March 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For 3 yrs, I’ve pushed the Govt so procurement works for 🇦🇺businesses
Yet, the "sovereign defence industrial base" includes ANY ABN holder who can supply the ADF
Foreign firms exploit tax loopholes while 🇦🇺 companies pay full freight
We need to fix this
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Yet, the "sovereign defence industrial base" includes ANY ABN holder who can supply the ADF
Foreign firms exploit tax loopholes while 🇦🇺 companies pay full freight
We need to fix this
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Politicians often say they haven’t broken any rules when they use taxpayer $ to attend sporting events.
Reminder: politicians made these rules & could change them at any time to better reflect what most 🇦🇺ns expect of their elected representatives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reminder: politicians made these rules & could change them at any time to better reflect what most 🇦🇺ns expect of their elected representatives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Peter Dutton took publicly funded flights to Sydney on days of NRL grand finals, records show
Guardian analysis reveals opposition leader also claimed for flights on days of a rugby tournament and, like many Labor MPs, a Matildas World Cup game
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Politicians often say they haven’t broken any rules when they use taxpayer $ to attend sporting events.
Reminder: politicians made these rules & could change them at any time to better reflect what most 🇦🇺ns expect of their elected representatives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reminder: politicians made these rules & could change them at any time to better reflect what most 🇦🇺ns expect of their elected representatives.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Even before the US turned unreliable, #AUKUS was too costly and too risky. We must ditch it. But Peter Briggs' French nuclear sub 'Plan B' is wrong. We need 20 off-the-shelf AIP subs, built here - less costly, less risky, more sovereign and in-service sooner. #auspol
‘We need a plan B’: Admiral’s call for AUKUS rethink over unreliable Trump
Former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie says he has watched with alarm as the US president upends traditional alliances.
www.smh.com.au
March 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM