Nicole
@coleym64.bsky.social
side by side 🖤🤍 🖤 Go Pies 🏆
Independence is the Difference
Nice to be rid of that Musky smell
Independence is the Difference
Nice to be rid of that Musky smell
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“I am deeply humbled to return the stewardship of Australia to its original owners, the Sports Betting industry.”
October 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“I am deeply humbled to return the stewardship of Australia to its original owners, the Sports Betting industry.”
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You guys should really go read old issues of your newspaper to see just how idiotic you sound now by comparison.
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You guys should really go read old issues of your newspaper to see just how idiotic you sound now by comparison.
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Sportsbet was invited to a Labor party fundraising dinner with an Albanese government minister earlier this week, despite bipartisan calls for the party to ignore lobbying from the wagering industry and introduce tougher regulation.
@henrybelot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@henrybelot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Earlier that day, four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sportsbet was invited to a Labor party fundraising dinner with an Albanese government minister earlier this week, despite bipartisan calls for the party to ignore lobbying from the wagering industry and introduce tougher regulation.
@henrybelot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@henrybelot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club
Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
On Monday, the ABC's storied investigative program 4 Corners completely pole-axed the online bookmakers.
On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board.
Only in Australia
x.com/maynereport/...
On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board.
Only in Australia
x.com/maynereport/...
Stephen Mayne on X: "On Monday, the ABC's storied investigative program 4 Corners completely pole-axed the online bookmakers. On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board. Only in Australia https://t.co/XcLBtHnQx1" / X
On Monday, the ABC's storied investigative program 4 Corners completely pole-axed the online bookmakers. On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board. Only in Australia https://t.co/XcLBtHnQx1
x.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
On Monday, the ABC's storied investigative program 4 Corners completely pole-axed the online bookmakers.
On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board.
Only in Australia
x.com/maynereport/...
On Wednesday, Alexi Baker, the partner of new ABC managing director Hugh Marks, decides its a good idea to join the BETR board.
Only in Australia
x.com/maynereport/...
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Geez, imagine advising this bloke that going to this looney-racist festival is a smart idea
August 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Geez, imagine advising this bloke that going to this looney-racist festival is a smart idea
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Add your name to the call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS
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✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS
Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW!
Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS
✍️ Add your name now >
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July 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Add your name to the call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS
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nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
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The 2022-23 tax stats just dropped. And there we have it:
91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax
91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax
June 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The 2022-23 tax stats just dropped. And there we have it:
91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax
91 millionaires who paid ZERO tax
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@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social @abcnewsbot.bsky.social how are we now able to trust any news from you about anything from the Middle East? What don’t we yet know about how lobby groups have affected ABC decisions??
June 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social @abcnewsbot.bsky.social how are we now able to trust any news from you about anything from the Middle East? What don’t we yet know about how lobby groups have affected ABC decisions??
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"If 85% of 12-17 year olds have seen a gambling ad on TV in the past month, is it any wonder that young people talk about betting odds like they once did player stats?"
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big – @mhharrington.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big – @mhharrington.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big
The Labor Government has a path to curbing unfettered gambling advertising, if only it listened to advice from its own parliamentarians.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"If 85% of 12-17 year olds have seen a gambling ad on TV in the past month, is it any wonder that young people talk about betting odds like they once did player stats?"
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big – @mhharrington.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social
Unfettered gambling advertising means young Australians lose big – @mhharrington.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social
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"What was it you guys said about net zero emissions by 2050?"
"(Yet) you’re happy for (NW Shelf) to pump out greenhouse gases in 2070, 20 years after it’s meant to be over?"
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Effective government means standing up to corporate power. Ross Gittins nails Albo's essential weakness.
"(Yet) you’re happy for (NW Shelf) to pump out greenhouse gases in 2070, 20 years after it’s meant to be over?"
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Effective government means standing up to corporate power. Ross Gittins nails Albo's essential weakness.
June 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"What was it you guys said about net zero emissions by 2050?"
"(Yet) you’re happy for (NW Shelf) to pump out greenhouse gases in 2070, 20 years after it’s meant to be over?"
< t.co/KxkVq6wpSD >
Effective government means standing up to corporate power. Ross Gittins nails Albo's essential weakness.
"(Yet) you’re happy for (NW Shelf) to pump out greenhouse gases in 2070, 20 years after it’s meant to be over?"
< t.co/KxkVq6wpSD >
Effective government means standing up to corporate power. Ross Gittins nails Albo's essential weakness.
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Template seems to be; Have a well-known losing candidate campaign UNPAID for 3 years to win back the seat by the barest of margins. NB. Seat must have the 2nd biggest Liberal party membership in the State.
I can't see that being very replicable.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
I can't see that being very replicable.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
How to beat the teals? The city Liberals now have a template
Tim Wilson’s winning campaign in Goldstein contains two important lessons for future campaigners.
www.theage.com.au
June 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Template seems to be; Have a well-known losing candidate campaign UNPAID for 3 years to win back the seat by the barest of margins. NB. Seat must have the 2nd biggest Liberal party membership in the State.
I can't see that being very replicable.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
I can't see that being very replicable.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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The Age outlined all the different Liberal proxy groups who had targeted Goldstein Independent Zoe Daniel.
Liberal Tim Wilson denies any coordination with these groups - but that's frankly a load of 💩.
Factually there's relationships at hand. People aren't dumb
#auspol
Liberal Tim Wilson denies any coordination with these groups - but that's frankly a load of 💩.
Factually there's relationships at hand. People aren't dumb
#auspol
June 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Age outlined all the different Liberal proxy groups who had targeted Goldstein Independent Zoe Daniel.
Liberal Tim Wilson denies any coordination with these groups - but that's frankly a load of 💩.
Factually there's relationships at hand. People aren't dumb
#auspol
Liberal Tim Wilson denies any coordination with these groups - but that's frankly a load of 💩.
Factually there's relationships at hand. People aren't dumb
#auspol
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Laura Tingle on the idea that there’s a “need” for gas to “speed up the transition”
Tingle “This is all a little bit cute David”
“I mean the PM was linking the NWS project with the Tomago Aluminium smelter (in NSW) this week”
“NWS doesn’t provide any gas to the East Coast” youtu.be/0fYut3W4otA?...
Tingle “This is all a little bit cute David”
“I mean the PM was linking the NWS project with the Tomago Aluminium smelter (in NSW) this week”
“NWS doesn’t provide any gas to the East Coast” youtu.be/0fYut3W4otA?...
Tingle says the idea that gas is needed to speed up transition to renewables is “a little bit cute”
YouTube video by stranger777
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June 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Laura Tingle on the idea that there’s a “need” for gas to “speed up the transition”
Tingle “This is all a little bit cute David”
“I mean the PM was linking the NWS project with the Tomago Aluminium smelter (in NSW) this week”
“NWS doesn’t provide any gas to the East Coast” youtu.be/0fYut3W4otA?...
Tingle “This is all a little bit cute David”
“I mean the PM was linking the NWS project with the Tomago Aluminium smelter (in NSW) this week”
“NWS doesn’t provide any gas to the East Coast” youtu.be/0fYut3W4otA?...
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The main problem with gormless pricks like Tim Wilson is that they're not in parliament for the people of their electorates—they're only there for themselves. And over the years, I've come to the conclusion this descriptor fits at least 93-94% of our MPs. There's not many Andrew Wilkies. #auspol
May 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The main problem with gormless pricks like Tim Wilson is that they're not in parliament for the people of their electorates—they're only there for themselves. And over the years, I've come to the conclusion this descriptor fits at least 93-94% of our MPs. There's not many Andrew Wilkies. #auspol
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The ongoing loss of life, starvation and human suffering in Gaza is unconscionable and I do not accept that Australia's influence is limited. I have written to the Prime Minister asking him to use the authority of his office in a stand against the actions of Israel. #gaza #auspol
bit.ly/4mz81ut
bit.ly/4mz81ut
May 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The ongoing loss of life, starvation and human suffering in Gaza is unconscionable and I do not accept that Australia's influence is limited. I have written to the Prime Minister asking him to use the authority of his office in a stand against the actions of Israel. #gaza #auspol
bit.ly/4mz81ut
bit.ly/4mz81ut
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It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
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“Julian Burnside has locked horns with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over Liberal Party donations and the Treasurer approving the sale of 43 Australian hospitals, subsidised by taxpayers, to a company in the Cayman Islands tax haven.”
michaelwest.com.au/burnside-to-....
michaelwest.com.au/burnside-to-....
Burnside to Frydenberg: don't sell hospitals to tax havens - Michael West
Julian Burnside has locked horns with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over Liberal Party donations and the Treasurer approving the sale of 43 Australian hospitals, subsidised by taxpayers, to a company in t...
michaelwest.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Julian Burnside has locked horns with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over Liberal Party donations and the Treasurer approving the sale of 43 Australian hospitals, subsidised by taxpayers, to a company in the Cayman Islands tax haven.”
michaelwest.com.au/burnside-to-....
michaelwest.com.au/burnside-to-....
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“Private is always better at business than the public sector” - Liberal National ideology. And the evidence is IN!! www.smh.com.au/business/com...
Banks step in to keep Healthscope running as receivers appointed
One of Australia’s largest private hospital owners Healthscope has gone into receivership after its lenders voted to end their support of the current owner.
www.smh.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
“Private is always better at business than the public sector” - Liberal National ideology. And the evidence is IN!! www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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Ken Henry said voters, concerned about self-interest, were electing populist governments that were engaged in “intergenerational larceny”. They were aided by vested interests that did not want any change because they benefited from the current inequitable tax system. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians
Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says a succession of governments have used the tax system to deliberately hurt young people, propping up the old and vested interests like mining.
www.smh.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Ken Henry said voters, concerned about self-interest, were electing populist governments that were engaged in “intergenerational larceny”. They were aided by vested interests that did not want any change because they benefited from the current inequitable tax system. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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“High income earners get the lion's share of super tax breaks
About 68% of all super tax breaks go to the top 20% of earners.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
About 68% of all super tax breaks go to the top 20% of earners.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
Labor’s super tweak affects only the wealthiest Australians. To argue against it is misguided | Patrick Commins
A ferocious campaign is trying to discredit the policy, which addresses a real problem. No wonder reform is so hard in this country
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“High income earners get the lion's share of super tax breaks
About 68% of all super tax breaks go to the top 20% of earners.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....
About 68% of all super tax breaks go to the top 20% of earners.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne....