Andrew Bartlett
@andrewbartlett.bsky.social
working for positive social change & community development for 40+ years, incl ~12 years as Senator for Qld & 20+ years volunteering at 4ZZZ community radio. Anti-war. Views stated here are my own. RTs ≠ agreement.
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Why have no media outlets reported on the statement of Australia’s special envoy on Islamophobia? Not even @australia.theguardian.com so far.
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Why have no media outlets reported on the statement of Australia’s special envoy on Islamophobia? Not even @australia.theguardian.com so far.
No bother. It’s happened before - it’s all fine. Gives me a bit of accidental cred.
February 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM
No bother. It’s happened before - it’s all fine. Gives me a bit of accidental cred.
Thank you - but wrong Andrew Bartlett. The one you’re wanting is English, not Australian. (Never met him, but based on his Twitter he seems like a good guy)
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Thank you - but wrong Andrew Bartlett. The one you’re wanting is English, not Australian. (Never met him, but based on his Twitter he seems like a good guy)
I had assumed as much, but given it’s a public conversation I thought I should be definitive.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I had assumed as much, but given it’s a public conversation I thought I should be definitive.
That’s not really the same party in my view, but answer is definitely no in any case. Last time I was in the Senate I gave up my job there when I didn’t need to, so I absolutely wouldn’t want to be back there - it would be too soul-destroying.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 AM
That’s not really the same party in my view, but answer is definitely no in any case. Last time I was in the Senate I gave up my job there when I didn’t need to, so I absolutely wouldn’t want to be back there - it would be too soul-destroying.
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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Loving reminder Australia, that @4zzzradio.bsky.social hosts "Locked In" on Christmas Day for VIP (Very Important Prisoners), friends + family.
Grab the community broadcasting app CPLUS, to listen to your favourite community radio stations around Australia!
#Australia #CommunityRadio @boltsmag.org
Grab the community broadcasting app CPLUS, to listen to your favourite community radio stations around Australia!
#Australia #CommunityRadio @boltsmag.org
My version of the Night Before Christmas - prison style
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December 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Loving reminder Australia, that @4zzzradio.bsky.social hosts "Locked In" on Christmas Day for VIP (Very Important Prisoners), friends + family.
Grab the community broadcasting app CPLUS, to listen to your favourite community radio stations around Australia!
#Australia #CommunityRadio @boltsmag.org
Grab the community broadcasting app CPLUS, to listen to your favourite community radio stations around Australia!
#Australia #CommunityRadio @boltsmag.org
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Taking a moment to acknowledge that today marks 50 years since Brisbane/meanjin’s original community radio station @4zzzradio.bsky.social began broadcasting from studios at UQ’s St Lucia campus. Brisbane’s thriving music scene and independent news landscape (and my youth) owe a lot to the Zeds 🖤
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Taking a moment to acknowledge that today marks 50 years since Brisbane/meanjin’s original community radio station @4zzzradio.bsky.social began broadcasting from studios at UQ’s St Lucia campus. Brisbane’s thriving music scene and independent news landscape (and my youth) owe a lot to the Zeds 🖤
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The Blak Out Party!
4ZZZ is throwing the biggest and blakest celebration of First Nations artists that have been heard over the 4ZZZ airwaves throughout the generations, Saturday November 22nd.
18+, from 6:30PM. Tickets $30/$10 for mob+b.f. available via Oztix!
4ZZZ is throwing the biggest and blakest celebration of First Nations artists that have been heard over the 4ZZZ airwaves throughout the generations, Saturday November 22nd.
18+, from 6:30PM. Tickets $30/$10 for mob+b.f. available via Oztix!
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Blak Out Party!
4ZZZ is throwing the biggest and blakest celebration of First Nations artists that have been heard over the 4ZZZ airwaves throughout the generations, Saturday November 22nd.
18+, from 6:30PM. Tickets $30/$10 for mob+b.f. available via Oztix!
4ZZZ is throwing the biggest and blakest celebration of First Nations artists that have been heard over the 4ZZZ airwaves throughout the generations, Saturday November 22nd.
18+, from 6:30PM. Tickets $30/$10 for mob+b.f. available via Oztix!
Fighting to host the next COP as though it’s hosting the Olympics is offputting. 50 000 people fly here to be part of the 31st demonstration of failure to prevent runaway climate change.
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Game of chicken fires up as Turkey rejects Australia’s deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the federal government’s offer to split hosting duties for next year’s UN climate summit.
www.afr.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fighting to host the next COP as though it’s hosting the Olympics is offputting. 50 000 people fly here to be part of the 31st demonstration of failure to prevent runaway climate change.
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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Freshly delivered! It’s a busy time for 50th anniversaries… look forward to diving into these pages and reminiscing on five decades of 4ZZZ radio on Brisbane’s airwaves 📻 🤘 @4zzzradio.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Freshly delivered! It’s a busy time for 50th anniversaries… look forward to diving into these pages and reminiscing on five decades of 4ZZZ radio on Brisbane’s airwaves 📻 🤘 @4zzzradio.bsky.social
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Each week on Talking Zeds we'll feature a rotation of special guests, historical figures and the people who shaped 4ZZZ into what it is today. This Thursday, the 13th of November we're continuing our 50th celebration special programming with the return of The Best Show Ever!
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Each week on Talking Zeds we'll feature a rotation of special guests, historical figures and the people who shaped 4ZZZ into what it is today. This Thursday, the 13th of November we're continuing our 50th celebration special programming with the return of The Best Show Ever!
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VOTING FOR THE HOT 100 IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!
For one year only, we’re mixing up the date of our annual music countdown to coincide with our birthday. On December 7th, we’re celebrating the 🔥SPICIEST, SWEATIEST TRACKS🔥 of the year– as voted by you, the listener!
www.4zzz.org.au/hot100
For one year only, we’re mixing up the date of our annual music countdown to coincide with our birthday. On December 7th, we’re celebrating the 🔥SPICIEST, SWEATIEST TRACKS🔥 of the year– as voted by you, the listener!
www.4zzz.org.au/hot100
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
VOTING FOR THE HOT 100 IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!
For one year only, we’re mixing up the date of our annual music countdown to coincide with our birthday. On December 7th, we’re celebrating the 🔥SPICIEST, SWEATIEST TRACKS🔥 of the year– as voted by you, the listener!
www.4zzz.org.au/hot100
For one year only, we’re mixing up the date of our annual music countdown to coincide with our birthday. On December 7th, we’re celebrating the 🔥SPICIEST, SWEATIEST TRACKS🔥 of the year– as voted by you, the listener!
www.4zzz.org.au/hot100
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Awesome! Voting is open in the only Hot100 that matters, the original & the best #4zzzhot100 😀 @4zzzradio.bsky.social #radio #communityradio Solid list of 10 songs chosen😎
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Awesome! Voting is open in the only Hot100 that matters, the original & the best #4zzzhot100 😀 @4zzzradio.bsky.social #radio #communityradio Solid list of 10 songs chosen😎
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Hail storms have injured and orphaned hundreds of bats. If you would like to help our team of volunteers who are helping rescue, transport & rehabilitate these bats, please donate here bats.org.au/get-involved...
#bats #flyingfox #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #flyingfox #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Almost 120 flying foxes hospitalised after giant hail smashes Queensland colony
Rescued bats taken to RSPCA wildlife hospital in Brisbane’s south-west with injuries including ‘faces that were smashed and broken wings’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Hail storms have injured and orphaned hundreds of bats. If you would like to help our team of volunteers who are helping rescue, transport & rehabilitate these bats, please donate here bats.org.au/get-involved...
#bats #flyingfox #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#bats #flyingfox #biodiversity
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital
Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...
www.democracynow.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
So it seems.
I fear she will soon be in a lonely place.
I fear she will soon be in a lonely place.
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
So it seems.
I fear she will soon be in a lonely place.
I fear she will soon be in a lonely place.
She’s Lost Control.
No shark has ever been more jumped, no bow more longer drawn.
Joy Derision.
Something apparently so clearly inappropriate it took them 5 days to say so. (Or more accurately 45 years to say so, given how long #JoyDivision shirts have been worn for).
Disorder
No shark has ever been more jumped, no bow more longer drawn.
Joy Derision.
Something apparently so clearly inappropriate it took them 5 days to say so. (Or more accurately 45 years to say so, given how long #JoyDivision shirts have been worn for).
Disorder
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
She’s Lost Control.
No shark has ever been more jumped, no bow more longer drawn.
Joy Derision.
Something apparently so clearly inappropriate it took them 5 days to say so. (Or more accurately 45 years to say so, given how long #JoyDivision shirts have been worn for).
Disorder
No shark has ever been more jumped, no bow more longer drawn.
Joy Derision.
Something apparently so clearly inappropriate it took them 5 days to say so. (Or more accurately 45 years to say so, given how long #JoyDivision shirts have been worn for).
Disorder
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
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Interesting chart in this report surveying people on what they think are the major contributions to the 'housing problem'.
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Interesting chart in this report surveying people on what they think are the major contributions to the 'housing problem'.
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
Feels like a failure of the (non-right wing) media, politicians and experts that the measures that would have the most impact are so far below immigration
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🗳️ #aras25 Count Results live, from as soon as each of the 43 constituencies start to report their results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Presidential Election 2025 (#aras25) - live results by @gavreilly
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🗳️ #aras25 Count Results live, from as soon as each of the 43 constituencies start to report their results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Looking like a resounding victory for Catherine Connolly.
A huge moment for the united left in Ireland, for the many young people whose energy and optimism fuelled Connolly’s campaign, and a pretty clear rejection of uninspiring government party candidates who couldn’t offer a vision.
#Aras25
A huge moment for the united left in Ireland, for the many young people whose energy and optimism fuelled Connolly’s campaign, and a pretty clear rejection of uninspiring government party candidates who couldn’t offer a vision.
#Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Looking like a resounding victory for Catherine Connolly.
A huge moment for the united left in Ireland, for the many young people whose energy and optimism fuelled Connolly’s campaign, and a pretty clear rejection of uninspiring government party candidates who couldn’t offer a vision.
#Aras25
A huge moment for the united left in Ireland, for the many young people whose energy and optimism fuelled Connolly’s campaign, and a pretty clear rejection of uninspiring government party candidates who couldn’t offer a vision.
#Aras25
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We are now as far from the film 24 Hour Party People as it was from that album... 1979 - 2002 -2025 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiy...
24 Hour Party People Official Trailer #1 - Simon Pegg Movie (2002) HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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October 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
We are now as far from the film 24 Hour Party People as it was from that album... 1979 - 2002 -2025 😬
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiy...
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Zed50 going on. Wish I could have been there for it all. Enjoy it all whether you're in a band or just a punter.
Velociraptor playing early at #Zed50 - a celebration of music, #Brisbane & @4zzzradio.bsky.social Tons more great bands to come until 9pm - nearly sold-out
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Zed50 going on. Wish I could have been there for it all. Enjoy it all whether you're in a band or just a punter.
