Donna MacKinnon
@dmackinnonau.bsky.social
Proud leftie. Unionist, retired teacher. Voted Yes. Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Have been watching Netanyahu's press conference- a master class in gaslighting. What a prick.
August 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Have been watching Netanyahu's press conference- a master class in gaslighting. What a prick.
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‘Wow! Did you know that Victorian residential gas use has fallen by 18.6 PJ since it peaked in 2019-20?’ 👏👏👏@tomquinn.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
‘Wow! Did you know that Victorian residential gas use has fallen by 18.6 PJ since it peaked in 2019-20?’ 👏👏👏@tomquinn.bsky.social
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Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities
Van Badham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Van Badham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities | Van Badham
It’s not so much that rural and metro communities hold different opinions about climate change but rather they are holding completely different conversations
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities
Van Badham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Van Badham www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When are the AEC going to grow a spine. Liberals breaching electoral rules again and nothing happens. This time they are spray painting 'Vote 1 Liberal' on the footpaths around the booths. A clear breach of the rules (look them up) and graffiti. Nothing happened. They should be kicked out of booths.
May 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When are the AEC going to grow a spine. Liberals breaching electoral rules again and nothing happens. This time they are spray painting 'Vote 1 Liberal' on the footpaths around the booths. A clear breach of the rules (look them up) and graffiti. Nothing happened. They should be kicked out of booths.
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#TemuTrump is getting more hysterical #auspol
April 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#TemuTrump is getting more hysterical #auspol
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Dear alternative Prime Minister Peter Dutton: Neither the ABC nor Guardian Australia is “the hate media” as you assert. This is an egregious smear/incitement. A robust liberal democracy needs a free and questioning media. By misrepresenting ABC/Guardian you expose your illiberalism.
April 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Dear alternative Prime Minister Peter Dutton: Neither the ABC nor Guardian Australia is “the hate media” as you assert. This is an egregious smear/incitement. A robust liberal democracy needs a free and questioning media. By misrepresenting ABC/Guardian you expose your illiberalism.
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Hey @australianlabor.bsky.social I hope you asap pronto get onto stating that “Dutton is lying again” - because ABC are repeatedly showing clips from his press conference of Peter Dutton saying “abolishing negative gearing is labor’s policy, that is their policy” death tax vibes #ausvotes25 #auspol
April 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hey @australianlabor.bsky.social I hope you asap pronto get onto stating that “Dutton is lying again” - because ABC are repeatedly showing clips from his press conference of Peter Dutton saying “abolishing negative gearing is labor’s policy, that is their policy” death tax vibes #ausvotes25 #auspol
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Coalition hve added Covid vaccination rollout stats to the Medicare bulk billing rate to make it look like they are exceeding Labor’s Medicare bulk billing rate.
In reality Labor’s bulk billing rate is a vast improvement on the coalition’s- & the coalition hve been caught lying their ass off. Again
In reality Labor’s bulk billing rate is a vast improvement on the coalition’s- & the coalition hve been caught lying their ass off. Again
February 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Coalition hve added Covid vaccination rollout stats to the Medicare bulk billing rate to make it look like they are exceeding Labor’s Medicare bulk billing rate.
In reality Labor’s bulk billing rate is a vast improvement on the coalition’s- & the coalition hve been caught lying their ass off. Again
In reality Labor’s bulk billing rate is a vast improvement on the coalition’s- & the coalition hve been caught lying their ass off. Again
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Today the Climate Change Authority has come out and said that the Coalition nuclear energy proposal is equivalent to adding ‘two Beetaloo basins’ worth of emissions into the atmosphere.
We simply can’t keep looking away from the climate crisis. It’s here and it’s accelerating.
We simply can’t keep looking away from the climate crisis. It’s here and it’s accelerating.
Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows
Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean says Dutton’s energy proposal is equivalent to adding ‘two Beetaloo basins’ worth of emissions to atmosphere
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Today the Climate Change Authority has come out and said that the Coalition nuclear energy proposal is equivalent to adding ‘two Beetaloo basins’ worth of emissions into the atmosphere.
We simply can’t keep looking away from the climate crisis. It’s here and it’s accelerating.
We simply can’t keep looking away from the climate crisis. It’s here and it’s accelerating.
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Dutton is not a leader.
He is a competent sycophant
from the Real Estate Nouveau Riche since his mentor Howard made that all possible
Now in his life's slimy phase selling racist white Australia by any means Gina trump
Copied Howard's battlers claiming to be the workers friend
A FRAUD
He is a competent sycophant
from the Real Estate Nouveau Riche since his mentor Howard made that all possible
Now in his life's slimy phase selling racist white Australia by any means Gina trump
Copied Howard's battlers claiming to be the workers friend
A FRAUD
February 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Dutton is not a leader.
He is a competent sycophant
from the Real Estate Nouveau Riche since his mentor Howard made that all possible
Now in his life's slimy phase selling racist white Australia by any means Gina trump
Copied Howard's battlers claiming to be the workers friend
A FRAUD
He is a competent sycophant
from the Real Estate Nouveau Riche since his mentor Howard made that all possible
Now in his life's slimy phase selling racist white Australia by any means Gina trump
Copied Howard's battlers claiming to be the workers friend
A FRAUD
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So more like a skin-graft than a funding pledge. Just a matter of which bit of skin elsewhere is going to be sacrificed?
"Dutton says public service cuts would fund Medicare pledge"
"Dutton says public service cuts would fund Medicare pledge"
February 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
So more like a skin-graft than a funding pledge. Just a matter of which bit of skin elsewhere is going to be sacrificed?
"Dutton says public service cuts would fund Medicare pledge"
"Dutton says public service cuts would fund Medicare pledge"
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Totally agree
I cannot tolerate anything about Dutton.
My timeline speaks for itself
Of course ordinary folks will suffer under him
Being "Nouveau Riche" makes it worse as he tries to "fit in" with the establishment it leads to excesses in policy , implementation & behaviour
I cannot tolerate anything about Dutton.
My timeline speaks for itself
Of course ordinary folks will suffer under him
Being "Nouveau Riche" makes it worse as he tries to "fit in" with the establishment it leads to excesses in policy , implementation & behaviour
Do you honestly think he'll wait until next year? This will be just like Howard's 'non core promises', Abbott's 'no cuts to health, no cuts to education' and Turnbull's 'cheaper NBN'. Ordinary Australians will suffer under Dutton.
February 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Totally agree
I cannot tolerate anything about Dutton.
My timeline speaks for itself
Of course ordinary folks will suffer under him
Being "Nouveau Riche" makes it worse as he tries to "fit in" with the establishment it leads to excesses in policy , implementation & behaviour
I cannot tolerate anything about Dutton.
My timeline speaks for itself
Of course ordinary folks will suffer under him
Being "Nouveau Riche" makes it worse as he tries to "fit in" with the establishment it leads to excesses in policy , implementation & behaviour
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Clive Palmer has been unable to register UAP b4 the election - so does exactly as predicted in another mammoth effort to interfere in an election - he creates a new party
The Trumpist “Trumpet of Patriots” party🙄
Palmer does this to pick up extra preference votes for the coalition. NO other reason
The Trumpist “Trumpet of Patriots” party🙄
Palmer does this to pick up extra preference votes for the coalition. NO other reason
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Clive Palmer has been unable to register UAP b4 the election - so does exactly as predicted in another mammoth effort to interfere in an election - he creates a new party
The Trumpist “Trumpet of Patriots” party🙄
Palmer does this to pick up extra preference votes for the coalition. NO other reason
The Trumpist “Trumpet of Patriots” party🙄
Palmer does this to pick up extra preference votes for the coalition. NO other reason
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Advance, an unaffiliated far-right group, has received money from the Liberal Party’s biggest investment fund, which is supposed to help support aspiring candidates. As we’ve seen, Advance is not afraid to breach electoral laws, writes John Hewson.
RMilne
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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Truth in advertising should be an urgent priority
Clearly truth has been the first casualty of recent politics, both internationally and domestically. The issue that has been most distorted has been immigration.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Advance, an unaffiliated far-right group, has received money from the Liberal Party’s biggest investment fund, which is supposed to help support aspiring candidates. As we’ve seen, Advance is not afraid to breach electoral laws, writes John Hewson.
RMilne
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
RMilne
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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From the horses mouth, Spudnik’s bud, Howarth, has confirmed that the coalition wld indeed cut free TAFE.
TAFE gave me skills to be employed & TAFE got me into university.
To make TAFE user pays wld disadvantage a broad section of vulnerable ppl who wld benefit.
..Just the way the libs like it.
TAFE gave me skills to be employed & TAFE got me into university.
To make TAFE user pays wld disadvantage a broad section of vulnerable ppl who wld benefit.
..Just the way the libs like it.
February 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
From the horses mouth, Spudnik’s bud, Howarth, has confirmed that the coalition wld indeed cut free TAFE.
TAFE gave me skills to be employed & TAFE got me into university.
To make TAFE user pays wld disadvantage a broad section of vulnerable ppl who wld benefit.
..Just the way the libs like it.
TAFE gave me skills to be employed & TAFE got me into university.
To make TAFE user pays wld disadvantage a broad section of vulnerable ppl who wld benefit.
..Just the way the libs like it.
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Wish a few more abc journos had the bravery of Lattouf when it came to the Voice and Gaza.
There was never balance on abc digital news sites .Dutton was enabled and the atrocities and retaliation in Gaza by the IOF were largely ignored.
The hypocrisy and double standards of the abc is sad indeed
There was never balance on abc digital news sites .Dutton was enabled and the atrocities and retaliation in Gaza by the IOF were largely ignored.
The hypocrisy and double standards of the abc is sad indeed
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Wish a few more abc journos had the bravery of Lattouf when it came to the Voice and Gaza.
There was never balance on abc digital news sites .Dutton was enabled and the atrocities and retaliation in Gaza by the IOF were largely ignored.
The hypocrisy and double standards of the abc is sad indeed
There was never balance on abc digital news sites .Dutton was enabled and the atrocities and retaliation in Gaza by the IOF were largely ignored.
The hypocrisy and double standards of the abc is sad indeed
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Have we ever seen any of these headlines in a mainstream news paper:
👉🏻DUTTON HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻 DUTTON CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻 DUTTON ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻 DUTTON WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
Agree in full @drvicfielding.bsky.social
#auspol #FuckMurdoch
👉🏻DUTTON HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻 DUTTON CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻 DUTTON ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻 DUTTON WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
Agree in full @drvicfielding.bsky.social
#auspol #FuckMurdoch
Have we ever seen any of these headlines in a mainstream news paper:
👉🏻TRUMP HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻TRUMP CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻TRUMP ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻TRUMP WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
👉🏻TRUMP HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻TRUMP CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻TRUMP ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻TRUMP WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
February 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Have we ever seen any of these headlines in a mainstream news paper:
👉🏻DUTTON HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻 DUTTON CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻 DUTTON ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻 DUTTON WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
Agree in full @drvicfielding.bsky.social
#auspol #FuckMurdoch
👉🏻DUTTON HABITUALLY LIES
👉🏻 DUTTON CREATES CHAOS TO GROW HIS POWER
👉🏻 DUTTON ACTS AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
👉🏻 DUTTON WORKS FOR BILLIONAIRES
No? Why not. All are factual.
Agree in full @drvicfielding.bsky.social
#auspol #FuckMurdoch
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"Given the Coalition are pretty stuck on that ‘36,000 extra public servants’ number, it might be a good time to remind you that in the last year of the Morrison government, the Coalition spent $20.8 BILLION on consultants – which is the equivalent of about 54,000 full-time public servants."
Australia Institute Live: First question time of the year gets underway – Australia Institute Live
live.australiainstitute.org.au
February 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Given the Coalition are pretty stuck on that ‘36,000 extra public servants’ number, it might be a good time to remind you that in the last year of the Morrison government, the Coalition spent $20.8 BILLION on consultants – which is the equivalent of about 54,000 full-time public servants."
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Here we go. The attacks on trans and gay people go up another notch. Dutton is intent on bringing Trump's culture wars to Australia. Don't doubt he will round people up from schools and workplaces just like is happening in the US. #auspol #lgbti #queer #diversity
January 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here we go. The attacks on trans and gay people go up another notch. Dutton is intent on bringing Trump's culture wars to Australia. Don't doubt he will round people up from schools and workplaces just like is happening in the US. #auspol #lgbti #queer #diversity
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Inflation down, wages up, unemployment low, investment in housing & cost of living relief. That's what Labor's delivering.
Grateful for the opportunity to join Minister O'Neil & Matt Gregg in Ringwood on a big day talking about our substantial & sustained progress in the fight against inflation.
Grateful for the opportunity to join Minister O'Neil & Matt Gregg in Ringwood on a big day talking about our substantial & sustained progress in the fight against inflation.
January 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Inflation down, wages up, unemployment low, investment in housing & cost of living relief. That's what Labor's delivering.
Grateful for the opportunity to join Minister O'Neil & Matt Gregg in Ringwood on a big day talking about our substantial & sustained progress in the fight against inflation.
Grateful for the opportunity to join Minister O'Neil & Matt Gregg in Ringwood on a big day talking about our substantial & sustained progress in the fight against inflation.
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People who think removing DEI in universities leads to meritocracies, are too stupid to get into universities on the merits.
January 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
People who think removing DEI in universities leads to meritocracies, are too stupid to get into universities on the merits.
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NEW—CDC officially ordered by Trump WH to cease working with the @WHO, effective immediately. This is the first time in almost 77 years since WHO’s founding after World War 2. This is a dark day for America and the world.
apnews.com/article/cdc-...
apnews.com/article/cdc-...
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW—CDC officially ordered by Trump WH to cease working with the @WHO, effective immediately. This is the first time in almost 77 years since WHO’s founding after World War 2. This is a dark day for America and the world.
apnews.com/article/cdc-...
apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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Wind Turbine Syndrome: the non-'disease' that only speaks English. simonchapman6.com/2019/10/29/w...
Wind turbine syndrome: the non-disease that only speaks English
Wind farms across Europe I’ve just returned from a three week trip northern Germany and Denmark. After a week in Berlin, my wife and I drove north to Rügen Island on the Baltic Sea, then west towar…
simonchapman6.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Wind Turbine Syndrome: the non-'disease' that only speaks English. simonchapman6.com/2019/10/29/w...