Charles Tuise
@ctuise.bsky.social
Born an outsider desperately looking in... now I'm a grownup I don't even want in
But this Bluesky place isn't too bad... might stay awhile
But this Bluesky place isn't too bad... might stay awhile
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"The only people who benefit from the arrangement are Nauruan politicians and the Australian Govt, which has effectively shut down migration & refugee matters as an election issue by banishing vulnerable people who can’t vote to a remote Pacific Island."
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"The only people who benefit from the arrangement are Nauruan politicians and the Australian Govt, which has effectively shut down migration & refugee matters as an election issue by banishing vulnerable people who can’t vote to a remote Pacific Island."
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
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"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
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The Trump regime recruits Proud Boys and Oath-Keepers as ICE thugs.
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Trump regime recruits Proud Boys and Oath-Keepers as ICE thugs.
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
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The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
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"An errant email or a communications breakdown are not reasonable explanations as to why closely monitored neo-Nazis managed to pull off exactly what they intended." #nswpol #FarRight
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The premier and top cop say they didn’t know about Sydney’s Nazi rally. That just doesn’t cut it
Neo-Nazi group White Australia is known to be “antithetical to social cohesion” so why were no red flags raised when the group wanted to protest in Sydney’s CBD?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"An errant email or a communications breakdown are not reasonable explanations as to why closely monitored neo-Nazis managed to pull off exactly what they intended." #nswpol #FarRight
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Aussie ingenuity in the heart of Coal Country no less!!!
Extra credit for a solution that uses local sources for material and expertise to deliver the solution.
#NewEnergyFuture
Extra credit for a solution that uses local sources for material and expertise to deliver the solution.
#NewEnergyFuture
Allegro Energy’s patented water-based battery tech could reshape global renewables. Built in the Hunter, scalable anywhere. No vanadium. No lithium. Just Aussie innovation.
Cheaper, Safer
Australia future in renewables and not burning rocks #auspol
www.industryupdate.com.au/article/aust...
Cheaper, Safer
Australia future in renewables and not burning rocks #auspol
www.industryupdate.com.au/article/aust...
www.industryupdate.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Aussie ingenuity in the heart of Coal Country no less!!!
Extra credit for a solution that uses local sources for material and expertise to deliver the solution.
#NewEnergyFuture
Extra credit for a solution that uses local sources for material and expertise to deliver the solution.
#NewEnergyFuture
CHUK collects bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining after juice extraction from sugarcane, which is typically a waste product in sugar production.
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#Nuclear energy: “clean” until it’s dumping radioactive tritium into the Hudson River. Holtec’s plan to release 1.5 million gallons over several years just got court approval, nothing says "Clean" like flushing isotopes into a major waterway, as for public #health? HAHAH.
Residents outraged as US nuclear plant gets greenlight to dump radioactive waste into major river: 'Potential long-term consequences'
A federal court has ruled that a nuclear plant in New York can dump radioactive waste into the Hudson River.
www.thecooldown.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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you mean, LNP and Nationals claiming Net Zero would cost, (insert random trillion number here) is Incorrect and disinformation? No, Way! you don't say #auspol.
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
you mean, LNP and Nationals claiming Net Zero would cost, (insert random trillion number here) is Incorrect and disinformation? No, Way! you don't say #auspol.
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
reneweconomy.com.au/300-billion-...
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A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
This man had VISION!
He drew people to that VISION
He delivered on that VISION.
and he was removed because he dared to start doing what his principles compelled him to do.
#Auspol
He drew people to that VISION
He delivered on that VISION.
and he was removed because he dared to start doing what his principles compelled him to do.
#Auspol
My post on Gough: "Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Gough dreamed of a country that never was, and asked why not?
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This man had VISION!
He drew people to that VISION
He delivered on that VISION.
and he was removed because he dared to start doing what his principles compelled him to do.
#Auspol
He drew people to that VISION
He delivered on that VISION.
and he was removed because he dared to start doing what his principles compelled him to do.
#Auspol
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Australia Institute co-Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Denniss spoke to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on Monday.
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Australia Institute co-Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Denniss spoke to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on Monday.
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
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www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Truth matters:
Weird headline from our ABC:
Weasel words:
“Israel says ceasefire & aid will resume after dozens killed in air strikes”
Should be:
*Israel minorly pauses ongoing #genocide after it murders dozens of innocents with illegal bombing airstrikes
#Gaza
Truth matters:
Weird headline from our ABC:
Weasel words:
“Israel says ceasefire & aid will resume after dozens killed in air strikes”
Should be:
*Israel minorly pauses ongoing #genocide after it murders dozens of innocents with illegal bombing airstrikes
#Gaza
Israel says ceasefire and aid to resume after airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza - ABC listen
Israel has said it will return to a ceasefire in Gaza, just hours after carrying out strikes in the territory.
Both Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of breaching the agreement, whi...
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Truth matters:
Weird headline from our ABC:
Weasel words:
“Israel says ceasefire & aid will resume after dozens killed in air strikes”
Should be:
*Israel minorly pauses ongoing #genocide after it murders dozens of innocents with illegal bombing airstrikes
#Gaza
Truth matters:
Weird headline from our ABC:
Weasel words:
“Israel says ceasefire & aid will resume after dozens killed in air strikes”
Should be:
*Israel minorly pauses ongoing #genocide after it murders dozens of innocents with illegal bombing airstrikes
#Gaza
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"We’ll be hearing a lot of Gough Whitlam’s legacy, of Medicare and the fights he had to change Australia. Of the reforms Labor still proudly presents as its legacy" @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
But the Albanese govt has the political courage of custard. #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
But the Albanese govt has the political courage of custard. #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"We’ll be hearing a lot of Gough Whitlam’s legacy, of Medicare and the fights he had to change Australia. Of the reforms Labor still proudly presents as its legacy" @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
But the Albanese govt has the political courage of custard. #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
But the Albanese govt has the political courage of custard. #auspol
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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Note the ABC News presenter only refers to "yesterday's rally" and does not say "Nazi" or "neo-Nazi" even once. You can bet if this was a pro-Palestinian rally, we'd be hearing about "anti-Israel protesters" on ABC News. #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Note the ABC News presenter only refers to "yesterday's rally" and does not say "Nazi" or "neo-Nazi" even once. You can bet if this was a pro-Palestinian rally, we'd be hearing about "anti-Israel protesters" on ABC News. #auspol
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“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Whitlam announced “there should not be foreign military bases, stations, installations in Australia. We will honour agreements covering existing stations. We do not favour extensions or prolongation of any of those existing ones”.”
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Oh, how I miss him. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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And you wonder why, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social, the cynics among us viewed your "new laws" as a disgraceful plan to stop people from publicly opposing Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, supported by Zionists like you, & NOTHING to do with actual racism &/or AnTi-SeMiTiSm.
THIS is why. #auspol
THIS is why. #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And you wonder why, @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social, the cynics among us viewed your "new laws" as a disgraceful plan to stop people from publicly opposing Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, supported by Zionists like you, & NOTHING to do with actual racism &/or AnTi-SeMiTiSm.
THIS is why. #auspol
THIS is why. #auspol
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50 years on from the dismissal. The US government actively destabilising the Australian democracy. Pine Gap should be suspended and a full report made to the Australian & American people on all activities conducted there. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
50 years on from the dismissal. The US government actively destabilising the Australian democracy. Pine Gap should be suspended and a full report made to the Australian & American people on all activities conducted there. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Because everything is shit, I give you ... Puggles. #Platypus #AustralianWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Because everything is shit, I give you ... Puggles. #Platypus #AustralianWildlife
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There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
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NSW Police fought tooth and nail to prevent a pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbor Bridge.
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NSW Police fought tooth and nail to prevent a pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbor Bridge.
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
NSW Police allow neo-Nazis to rally.
NSW Police use their powers to beat-up/arrest peaceful pro-Palestinian activists.
NSW Police have no powers to stop neo-Nazis.
All cool and normal. #auspol
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Turns out climate change isn’t just cooking the planet — it’s roasting the economy too. Ignoring heatwaves, floods & weird weather means we’re undervaluing global GDP losses by up to 15%. Low-income countries pay the biggest price for everyone else’s emissions
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #auspol
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #auspol
Climate damage projections beyond annual temperature - Nature Climate Change
Existing global economic damage assessments only focus on the impacts induced by annual temperature changes. Including variability and extremes of temperature and precipitation in climate damage proje...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Turns out climate change isn’t just cooking the planet — it’s roasting the economy too. Ignoring heatwaves, floods & weird weather means we’re undervaluing global GDP losses by up to 15%. Low-income countries pay the biggest price for everyone else’s emissions
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #auspol
www.nature.com/articles/s41... #auspol
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How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"Incentivising new fossil fuel production, implementing weak, offset-ridden policies, and seizing up at a critical moment of coal power elimination are all notable climate failures".
But media's obsession with LNP conflict, and failure to grasp 'net zero', lets Labor get way with climate murder.
But media's obsession with LNP conflict, and failure to grasp 'net zero', lets Labor get way with climate murder.
“I cannot emphasise enough that what Repacholi says in a few short sentences is both fundamentally absurd, and deeply terrifying in how it flew into the climate space without a single raised eyebrow.” @ketanjoshi.co writes.
Forget the Coalition, Labor has already abandoned net zero in all but name (and its excuses are absurd)
www.crikey.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"Incentivising new fossil fuel production, implementing weak, offset-ridden policies, and seizing up at a critical moment of coal power elimination are all notable climate failures".
But media's obsession with LNP conflict, and failure to grasp 'net zero', lets Labor get way with climate murder.
But media's obsession with LNP conflict, and failure to grasp 'net zero', lets Labor get way with climate murder.
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The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Government is seeking a deal with the Coalition to pass changes to our environment laws….
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol
Which means those changes will need the support of climate sceptics like Matt Canavan, who recently called for renewable projects to be replaced by new coal plants.
📺 @ebonybennett.bsky.social
#auspol