Coleen MacKinnon
@coleenmack.bsky.social
Political integrity shouldn’t be an oxymoron
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Guess where former defence ministers are? 👀
The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.
The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Guess where former defence ministers are? 👀
The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.
The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.
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"Independent reminder that truth in political advertising is unfinished business" - I join @australiainstitute.org.au live blog to discuss new bill from @davidpocock.bsky.social @zalisteggall.bsky.social live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/07/aust...
Australia Institute Live: Parliament returns for its second week. As it happens
The 48th parliament has returned for its second week
live.australiainstitute.org.au
July 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Independent reminder that truth in political advertising is unfinished business" - I join @australiainstitute.org.au live blog to discuss new bill from @davidpocock.bsky.social @zalisteggall.bsky.social live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/07/aust...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Another election, another round of misinformation.
A shame the major parties refused to legislate @zalisteggall.bsky.social’s End the Lies in Political Advertising bill.
#Straya #Election2025 @deniseshrivell.bsky.social
A shame the major parties refused to legislate @zalisteggall.bsky.social’s End the Lies in Political Advertising bill.
#Straya #Election2025 @deniseshrivell.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Another election, another round of misinformation.
A shame the major parties refused to legislate @zalisteggall.bsky.social’s End the Lies in Political Advertising bill.
#Straya #Election2025 @deniseshrivell.bsky.social
A shame the major parties refused to legislate @zalisteggall.bsky.social’s End the Lies in Political Advertising bill.
#Straya #Election2025 @deniseshrivell.bsky.social
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Liberal Leader Mark Carney voices support for LGBTQ rights, says Liberals will defend all Canadians ‘without exceptions’ #LGBTQS+
#MarkCarney #Canada #cdnpoli #FederalElection
globalnews.ca/video/111238...
#MarkCarney #Canada #cdnpoli #FederalElection
globalnews.ca/video/111238...
Carney voices support for LGBTQ rights, says Liberals will defend all Canadians ‘without exceptions’ | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Carney voices support for LGBTQ rights, says Liberals will defend all Canadians ‘without exceptions’ Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Liberal Leader Mark Carney voices support for LGBTQ rights, says Liberals will defend all Canadians ‘without exceptions’ #LGBTQS+
#MarkCarney #Canada #cdnpoli #FederalElection
globalnews.ca/video/111238...
#MarkCarney #Canada #cdnpoli #FederalElection
globalnews.ca/video/111238...
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Who cares about a liveable plant for our grandchildren, its all about a liveable parliament for the LNP & their fossil fuel overlords. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition confirms it is committed to Paris climate agreement, hours after refusing to rule out withdrawing
Shadow climate and energy minister Ted O’Brien releases statement after ambiguous stance at debate with Labor’s Chris Bowen
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Who cares about a liveable plant for our grandchildren, its all about a liveable parliament for the LNP & their fossil fuel overlords. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“He made 2.5 million today and he made $900 million. That’s not bad.”
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
Sounds like market manipulation to me. That’s bad.
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Murat Dizdar is a hero. It was not a gaff. He said what needed to be said. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘We support parent choice’: Uproar over NSW schools chief’s push to reconsider private schools
Premier Chris Minns says his government is “certainly not” going to take away options for parents after NSW’s head of public schools questioned if private schools should exist.
www.smh.com.au
April 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Murat Dizdar is a hero. It was not a gaff. He said what needed to be said. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership.
Sadly, the opposite has happened, research by @australiainstitute.org.au has found.
bsky.app/profile/aust...
Sadly, the opposite has happened, research by @australiainstitute.org.au has found.
bsky.app/profile/aust...
The slow death of newspapers in Australia has led to a plunge in media diversity and local storytelling, research by The Australia Institute has found.
Stephen Long joined ABC Darwin to discuss.
Listen to the full discussion here, starting at 09:25. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Stephen Long joined ABC Darwin to discuss.
Listen to the full discussion here, starting at 09:25. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership.
Sadly, the opposite has happened, research by @australiainstitute.org.au has found.
bsky.app/profile/aust...
Sadly, the opposite has happened, research by @australiainstitute.org.au has found.
bsky.app/profile/aust...
Busy weekend in #Warringah campaigning to ensure that #climateaction #integrity and #inclusion remain Australian priorities thanks to a hard working cross bench. Go @zalisteggall.bsky.social and all Indies! #Election2025
April 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Busy weekend in #Warringah campaigning to ensure that #climateaction #integrity and #inclusion remain Australian priorities thanks to a hard working cross bench. Go @zalisteggall.bsky.social and all Indies! #Election2025
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Pass it around, people !
April 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Pass it around, people !
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Despite campaigning on cost of living & families doing it tough, Dutton rebuffed a question on whether public servants’ families deserved to know if their jobs were at risk
He again repeated discredited claims Labor hired 41,000 new public servants in Canberra
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
He again repeated discredited claims Labor hired 41,000 new public servants in Canberra
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Dutton refuses to rule out ABC cuts and repeatedly declines meeting with chair Kim Williams, sources say
Opposition leader still won’t say which jobs will be cut in plan to slash 41,000 public sector positions
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Despite campaigning on cost of living & families doing it tough, Dutton rebuffed a question on whether public servants’ families deserved to know if their jobs were at risk
He again repeated discredited claims Labor hired 41,000 new public servants in Canberra
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
He again repeated discredited claims Labor hired 41,000 new public servants in Canberra
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Apartheid Clyde a petty, dangerous, incompetent man but what always amuses me is how no one likes him and he can’t even buy his way into getting people to like him. He can’t buy a good sense of humor or good looks or good reputation.
April 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Apartheid Clyde a petty, dangerous, incompetent man but what always amuses me is how no one likes him and he can’t even buy his way into getting people to like him. He can’t buy a good sense of humor or good looks or good reputation.
“…what we are seeing here in America today is not only the most egregious example of such a war on truth that we have ever seen in America but one of the fastest examples…”
I learned a lot at Columbia and was, until recently, proud to have attended and taught there. Not so much at the moment. This essay explains why but in the broader context of trying to understand the roots of the Trump-MAGA war on knowledge and truth.
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/putting-de...
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/putting-de...
Putting Descartes Before the Whores
We've Seen This Movie Before...Over and Over Again for Hundreds of Years
davidrothkopf.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“…what we are seeing here in America today is not only the most egregious example of such a war on truth that we have ever seen in America but one of the fastest examples…”
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Sen. Michaelia Cash declares that under a Dutton Coalition Govt, Israeli war criminal Netanyahu would be welcome to visit Australia. So, a Dutton Govt would oppose international law and support genocide. Good to know. 😠 #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #auspol #AusVotes25 youtu.be/Ne7lr7t0HRM?...
Penny Wong and Michaelia Cash clash over Netanyahu question
YouTube video by SBS News
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March 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sen. Michaelia Cash declares that under a Dutton Coalition Govt, Israeli war criminal Netanyahu would be welcome to visit Australia. So, a Dutton Govt would oppose international law and support genocide. Good to know. 😠 #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #auspol #AusVotes25 youtu.be/Ne7lr7t0HRM?...
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A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war and is currently working at Harvard has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and is now being held in a Louisiana detention center, facing possible deportation to Russia.
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
March 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war and is currently working at Harvard has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities and is now being held in a Louisiana detention center, facing possible deportation to Russia.
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
Absolutely appalling.
theins.press/en/news/280037
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
March 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.
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we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️🔥 @teenvogue.com
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
www.teenvogue.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️🔥 @teenvogue.com
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes
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Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE!
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Boycott Airbnb! They’re DOGE!
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Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
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"Once again, the Catholic Church is getting away with it. In the eyes of the hierarchy, the church has been granted judicial approval to avoid its legal and moral obligations to right the odious wrongs of its criminal past." #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
The Catholic Church’s legal loophole for abuse
The Catholic Church is at it again. The decision in Bird v DP has the privileged, affluent and braggadocious church publicly thanking the High Court for a ruling that pierced the hearts of thousands o...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Once again, the Catholic Church is getting away with it. In the eyes of the hierarchy, the church has been granted judicial approval to avoid its legal and moral obligations to right the odious wrongs of its criminal past." #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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"Government funding increases for Catholic and Independent schools have outstripped those for public schools since 2009 and entrenched a major resource advantage for them." #auspol
https://johnmenadue.com/government-funding-increases-entrench-private-school-resource-advantage/
https://johnmenadue.com/government-funding-increases-entrench-private-school-resource-advantage/
Government funding increases entrench private school resource advantage - Pearls and Irritations
Government funding increases for Catholic and Independent schools have outstripped those for public schools since 2009.
johnmenadue.com
March 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government funding increases for Catholic and Independent schools have outstripped those for public schools since 2009 and entrenched a major resource advantage for them." #auspol
https://johnmenadue.com/government-funding-increases-entrench-private-school-resource-advantage/
https://johnmenadue.com/government-funding-increases-entrench-private-school-resource-advantage/