Heather
@heatherforward.bsky.social
Australian, living in Central Victoria. Interested in politics and cultural issues. Despise Murdoch, media and anything Trump. Centre, leftist views and a strong leaning towards socialism. Voted YES, of course
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Let's get this straight.
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
February 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Well, glad they cleared that up; kicking a car in America is punishable by being tackled & immobilised by 6 masked men in the street, beaten in the head with a tear-gas cannister and then shot 10 times at point-blank range.
BBC News says it has authenticated a video that shows Alex Pretti kicking and damaging a vehicle used by federal agents nearly two weeks before he was fatally shot in Minneapolis. [Mediaite]
BREAKING: BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting
After much speculation online, the BBC has confirmed the authenticity of new viral footage appearing to show Alex Pretti kicking an agent's car on Jan. 13 — 11 days before he was shot to death by Bord...
www.mediaite.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Well, glad they cleared that up; kicking a car in America is punishable by being tackled & immobilised by 6 masked men in the street, beaten in the head with a tear-gas cannister and then shot 10 times at point-blank range.
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How many times do Americans need to say “that’s not who we are “ before they realise that is exactly who they are.
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
How many times do Americans need to say “that’s not who we are “ before they realise that is exactly who they are.
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Australia’s sugar shame: why we’re falling behind in the fight for our health johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Australia’s sugar shame: why we’re falling behind in the fight for our health
Australia once led the world in confronting tobacco harm. On sugar consumption – a major driver of obesity and chronic disease – more than 100 countries are now ahead of us, and health ministers face ...
johnmenadue.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Australia’s sugar shame: why we’re falling behind in the fight for our health johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
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So he was consistently excellent.
Alex Pretti was forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers, videos that emerged Wednesday show.
New videos show Alex Pretti scuffle with federal officers in Minneapolis 11 days before his death
Videos show Alex Pretti forcefully taken to the ground by federal immigration agents after kicking out the tail light of their vehicle during a Minneapolis protest 11 days before he was shot and kille...
www.mprnews.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
So he was consistently excellent.
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“When one religion teaches that their religion is superior for what ever reason, allowing to judge, even dehumanise those of other religions, or of no religion, we have a problem, and that problem manifests itself in acts of violence.”
theaimn.net/the-trouble-...
theaimn.net/the-trouble-...
The trouble with religion
In Australia, we have, we ‘enjoy’, sometimes ‘suffer’, freedom of religion. Freedom of religion: What does that really mean, especially in the context of the urgent call to somehow inscribe restrictio...
theaimn.net
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
“When one religion teaches that their religion is superior for what ever reason, allowing to judge, even dehumanise those of other religions, or of no religion, we have a problem, and that problem manifests itself in acts of violence.”
theaimn.net/the-trouble-...
theaimn.net/the-trouble-...
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Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison. Two of the most out-of-their-depth, ineffectual, policy-light and spectacularly uninspiring Australian prime ministers of the past 50 years.
And yet, somehow, both men now roam the globe dispensing wisdom.
theaimn.net/the-afterlif...
And yet, somehow, both men now roam the globe dispensing wisdom.
theaimn.net/the-afterlif...
The Afterlife of Failed Prime Ministers
There is a curious phenomenon in modern politics whereby leaders rejected by voters at home are reborn as sages abroad. It is a kind of political reincarnation, except instead of coming back as someth...
theaimn.net
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison. Two of the most out-of-their-depth, ineffectual, policy-light and spectacularly uninspiring Australian prime ministers of the past 50 years.
And yet, somehow, both men now roam the globe dispensing wisdom.
theaimn.net/the-afterlif...
And yet, somehow, both men now roam the globe dispensing wisdom.
theaimn.net/the-afterlif...
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Child/youth psychologists earn $90 to $140k per year. But we often go with a "spare the rod" approach - sending kids to criminal 'finishing schools' where they're traumatised/abused. That anger has to go somewhere.
Here's the pricetag, 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 the cost of crime itself:
#auspol #springst
Here's the pricetag, 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 the cost of crime itself:
#auspol #springst
January 30, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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Going full Nazi.
10,0000 person camps with train lines straight to them is literally how Hitler killed millions
10,0000 person camps with train lines straight to them is literally how Hitler killed millions
“What they’re talking about is a facility between 5,000 to 10,000 humans who will be warehoused in something that was built as an Amazon distribution facility … And the attractiveness of the site is because it’s next to railroads. I don’t like big encampments next to train tracks and all of that.”
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas continues push against ICE detention facility in city
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas continued his push Wednesday to turn back plans for an ICE detention facility in his city.
www.kshb.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Going full Nazi.
10,0000 person camps with train lines straight to them is literally how Hitler killed millions
10,0000 person camps with train lines straight to them is literally how Hitler killed millions
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel in March to Australia to meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. PM Carney will address the Australian Parliament.
It'll be over 18yrs since the inaugural address of Canadian PM Stephen Harper in 2007. #auspol www.canzukinternational.com/2026/01/mark...
It'll be over 18yrs since the inaugural address of Canadian PM Stephen Harper in 2007. #auspol www.canzukinternational.com/2026/01/mark...
Canadian Prime Minister Will Address Australian Parliament In March
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will deliver an address to the Australian parliament.
www.canzukinternational.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel in March to Australia to meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. PM Carney will address the Australian Parliament.
It'll be over 18yrs since the inaugural address of Canadian PM Stephen Harper in 2007. #auspol www.canzukinternational.com/2026/01/mark...
It'll be over 18yrs since the inaugural address of Canadian PM Stephen Harper in 2007. #auspol www.canzukinternational.com/2026/01/mark...
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The evangelical creepshow returns.
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
The evangelical creepshow returns.
I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The evangelical creepshow returns.
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
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THIS. If it wasn't for the gun law legislation post Port Arthur (and credit where it's due) Howard would be one of the most reviled PMs of all. Weaponised racism for political gain instead of slapping it down and Australia has paid an enormous price for 30 years as a result.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
THIS. If it wasn't for the gun law legislation post Port Arthur (and credit where it's due) Howard would be one of the most reviled PMs of all. Weaponised racism for political gain instead of slapping it down and Australia has paid an enormous price for 30 years as a result.
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China has declared war: on poverty, on corruption, on pollution, on climate change, and on drugs.
theaimn.net/war-without-...
theaimn.net/war-without-...
War Without Bombs: China War on Poverty and Development
By Denis Hay Description How China war on poverty and development contrasts with US militarised wars, revealing different uses of power and human outcomes. This article was inspired by Jerry Grey fr...
theaimn.net
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
China has declared war: on poverty, on corruption, on pollution, on climate change, and on drugs.
theaimn.net/war-without-...
theaimn.net/war-without-...
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I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo. Yet somehow Scott Morrison came back from the dead this week.
The evangelical creepshow returns.
I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I was always taught that if you cut the head off the monster, filled its mouth with salt, and buried the carcass at a crossroads at midnight, everything would be tickety-boo. Yet somehow Scott Morrison came back from the dead this week.
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Is this deranged man the Australian gvt should be comfortable standing side-by-side with, paying billions for AUKUS subs that will probably never arise?
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Is this deranged man the Australian gvt should be comfortable standing side-by-side with, paying billions for AUKUS subs that will probably never arise?
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Could it be that slowly (too slowly) but surely, we are doing this thing?
Solar provided 59% of electricity in the Australian national (east coast) grid between 9am and 6pm over the past week. It was 30% of total generation.
Life moves pretty fast etc.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Life moves pretty fast etc.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish
Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Could it be that slowly (too slowly) but surely, we are doing this thing?
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Djokovic has gone from winning the third round to the semi finals without winning a single set.
I can’t stand him. I was so happy Musetti was wiping the floor with him.
I can’t stand him. I was so happy Musetti was wiping the floor with him.
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Djokovic has gone from winning the third round to the semi finals without winning a single set.
I can’t stand him. I was so happy Musetti was wiping the floor with him.
I can’t stand him. I was so happy Musetti was wiping the floor with him.
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A guy who should never have been leader is being challenged by a guy no one has ever heard of. It’s all A Grade at the Nats
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A guy who should never have been leader is being challenged by a guy no one has ever heard of. It’s all A Grade at the Nats
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I’m not sure what fresh hell 2026 has planned for us but I have seen articles about Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott today and I thought we were done with that shit.
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I’m not sure what fresh hell 2026 has planned for us but I have seen articles about Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott today and I thought we were done with that shit.
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Trump is the only one who can hold a candle to the total negative to humanity that is Rupert Murdoch.
Such a pity for us all that they have been alive at the same time we all have.
Such a pity for us all that they have been alive at the same time we all have.
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Trump is the only one who can hold a candle to the total negative to humanity that is Rupert Murdoch.
Such a pity for us all that they have been alive at the same time we all have.
Such a pity for us all that they have been alive at the same time we all have.
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‘The shift to clean electric options has its own momentum. The question is whether the shift away from coal, oil and gas will be orderly – or chaotic.’ Wesley Morgan @climatecouncil.org.au #auspol #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/fossil-fuels...
Fossil fuels are doomed – and Trump can’t save them
Yes, climate change is worsening and action is uneven. But the shift away from fossil fuels is beginning.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
‘The shift to clean electric options has its own momentum. The question is whether the shift away from coal, oil and gas will be orderly – or chaotic.’ Wesley Morgan @climatecouncil.org.au #auspol #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/fossil-fuels...
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Trump goes into damage control mode following the fallout after his regime murders VA nurse Alex Pretti, GOP cracks widen, agents pulled from MN, shutdown fears rise, and even Fox sources revolt. Today's bulletin is packed. Read it now:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 294. 1/26/26
… The theme of the day was Trump trying to do damage control after federal agents murdered VA nurse Alex Pretti while Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino and others continued to make it worse for...
www.meidasplus.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Trump goes into damage control mode following the fallout after his regime murders VA nurse Alex Pretti, GOP cracks widen, agents pulled from MN, shutdown fears rise, and even Fox sources revolt. Today's bulletin is packed. Read it now:
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Superb idea from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Superb idea from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
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This is great because it kills the whole "Australia need gas LIE" And it kills the whole "Gas is a transition fuel LIE"
#auspol #climatechange #australia #gas #electrification
#auspol #climatechange #australia #gas #electrification
January 26, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This is great because it kills the whole "Australia need gas LIE" And it kills the whole "Gas is a transition fuel LIE"
#auspol #climatechange #australia #gas #electrification
#auspol #climatechange #australia #gas #electrification
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Hey @barackobama.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com
What’s more powerful than other countries boycotting the World Cup & Olympics?
US athletes refusing to play under a govt that behaves like Trumps
Make it happen
What’s more powerful than other countries boycotting the World Cup & Olympics?
US athletes refusing to play under a govt that behaves like Trumps
Make it happen
January 26, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Hey @barackobama.bsky.social @gtconway.bsky.social @georgetakei.bsky.social @joncooper-us.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com
What’s more powerful than other countries boycotting the World Cup & Olympics?
US athletes refusing to play under a govt that behaves like Trumps
Make it happen
What’s more powerful than other countries boycotting the World Cup & Olympics?
US athletes refusing to play under a govt that behaves like Trumps
Make it happen