Irene
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Irene
@basrene.bsky.social
Into cryptic crosswords, cooking and growing my own food. Living on Gunaikurnai lands.
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For many Aussies today 👇👇
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Why is it that the people who keep insisting they love it here and everyone else should leave are the ones who feel the need to keep marching around angrily saying how much they love it here
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Just checked my emergency app, only to find out there is a place in Victoria called Peter The Swede.
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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This is really good.

Every Australian should know about the influences underpinning our politics - which goes a long way to explain the mess we’re in #auspol
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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15 people shot on Bondi Beach and the government introduced new legislation within days.
1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days.
2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets.
Their priorities are wrong!
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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A shout out to our First Nations brothers and sisters on this Invasion Day.

We thank you for your planetary stewardship, your wisdom, inspiration and patience.

We haven’t got this country right yet but we’re never going to stop trying.

Peace and Love ✊🏽
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Sen. David Shoebridge:

Palantir, the far-right US data corporation, has just been given security clearance with access to secret Australian govt data.

They're enabling ICE surveillance and helping target the genocide in Gaza.

It's time ban them from govt contracts and all our data.

#auspol
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Stop the Genocide! Israel's President Herzog is not welcome here! Scrap the anti-protest laws.
Pro-Palestine Rally Sun 01Feb26 1pm
Hyde Park North, Sydney
#EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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My friend Julie sent me this. Great idea@
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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“The IMF’s report makes no mention of Greenland, or Venezuela, or even Trump. Everything that defiles the pretence that normality continues is scrubbed away,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.

For more from Greg, read his piece on The Point: theaus.in/4sSTqwQ
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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For the un-zombified, the news will be painful today. I was stuck in a car listening to 774 and had to endure a lengthy glowing eulogy for this man, about what a humanitarian hero he was, and not a single inch of push back from Raf Epstein. We're all the "good Germans" now.
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Sign the Petition
Australia Day - Jan 26 - Not A Date To Celebrate
c.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Totally and utterly agree
#Bondi was very, very bad, but I don't recall these many days, or any in fact, of national clothes rendering after Port Arthur when twice as many innocent people were murdered.
This hysteria is not what I consider Australian.
#auspol
January 20, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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Utterances of a gibbering idiot. And any media org that does not report it as such is complicit
mad king moment

from the PBS Newshour correspondent
January 19, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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This is gold! 🏆
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.

He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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GetUp is being attacked by Murdoch, who wants to declare people-powered campaigning dead and buried. Let's prove him wrong! getup.to/YMrOOulCKVAh4
Prove Murdoch wrong
GetUp is being attacked by Murdoch, who wants to declare people-powered campaigning dead and buried. Let's prove him wrong!
getup.to
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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dear sistas

be proud of who you are

💪
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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The AUKUS deal will cost taxpayers at least $368bn to build nuclear submarines for the U.S. with zero guarantee of a single submarine for Australia. Join me in signing the @australiainstitute.org.au petition demanding more scrutiny nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
Petition: Launch a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Our first contingent of Defense forces arriving in Greenland. It feels like home!

Looking forward to be joined by Germany, Sweden, France & Norway soon. Flippers up!
@ec.europa.eu @germany.diplo.de @swedenun.bsky.social
@norwayinusa.norway.no @norwaymfa.government.no
@ecfr.eu
@en.france24.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Explained.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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The USA was party to an agreement with Ukraine, back in the 1990s, if Ukraine gave up their nuclear arsenal they would be offered protection. So much for the good old USA’s word!
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Rabbi Eli Schlanger is STILL being praised on the ABC News website. This Zionist hate preacher openly celebrated Israel's #GazaGenocide, raised funds for illegal Israeli settlements in the #WestBank AND called for the ethnic cleansing of "Arabs" from Palestine bc "it's our land, it belongs to us." 😲
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.

This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.

A thread on how to do that 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Just your daily reminder that @JoshFrydenberg was the treasurer (and scomo’s bff) who left Australia with a trillion dollars of debt and nothing to show for it.
January 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM