Kathy
kedawson.bsky.social
Kathy
@kedawson.bsky.social
Keen to expand diversity of introduced dung beetles into Australia; embedding biochar in agriculture; (surviving) annihilating rw politics. No profile bio or posts = no follow back; no bitcoin or religion
"Hastie’s first mission was to stop the drift of Liberals to One Nation and to arrest the fracturing of the right in Australia as it threatens to mimic events in the rest of the world, springing from Trumpism."
Strange approach - abolish net zero and wave the anti-immigration flag! We're Trump too?
Those around Sussan Ley seem confident her fragile leadership can survive into next year. But some in the party look to Andrew Hastie as the future.

👉 theconversation.com/view-fr...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Duniam: "...There should be a way of ensuring those values are upheld in this process.”

There are - called laws! Transgress the laws based on Australian values and you may be in trouble. Ask a certain neoNazi!
The Immigration Debate. Australian values, eh ? How come visa applicant have to sign up for them when a good chunk of our population and politicians don't ? Biggest load of jingoistic bullshit hypocrisy and our media keeps highlighting it. Makes me puke. #auspol
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Liberals want ‘Australian values’ screening for new migrants
Coalition frontbenchers want to focus on values – not race or religion – as they seek to strike a balanced tone while the party bleeds voters to One Nation.
www.smh.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"According to the latest Newspoll, the Coalition’s primary vote collapsed to 24 per cent under Ms Ley’s leadership."
What makes turncoats believe a leadership change will improve their acceptability?
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Three rogue moderates accused of urging Andrew Hastie to challenge Sussan Ley
Three members of the Liberal Party's moderate faction have been accused of switching their support to conservative MP Andrew Hastie and undermining Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.
www.skynews.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Can't read - behind The Oz's paywall. Murdoch actively undermining Ley, nominating her successor.
Source: The Australian www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...
www.theaustralian.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"China wants to see itself as a peer of the United States on the world stage.

In 2025, the US president has helped that happen."

Which country now is the bogey man?
Laura Tingle:

"...there have been some significant shifts in Australia's international position - incl the decision to recognise Palestine...

None of those changes happened because of Trump. Fair to say that at the least they have been done despite Trump. #auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Trump's sagas dominate, while world leaders politely try to work around him
As what's happening in Trump's America dominates our attention there is a lot going on, mostly involving everyone else around the world refashioning their politics in an environment that has never see...
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ullmann being shown up as the well-heeled conservative lackey he always was when posing as a so-called objective reporter.
reneweconomy.com.au/sloppy-misle...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Chris Minns offering a state funeral for John Laws? FFS!
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"...civility community and compassion can unite and inspire voters...".
Let's hope they can inspire ALP backbenchers to rock the boat and demand the leadership follow through on what their grassroots members and supporters demand: no loopholes in the new EBCA, ban gambling ads...
An era calling for courage over caution
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Yes Virginia, stays in the public system (cancer) and visits to the dentist convinced me paying premium cover, including Extras, was throwing money down the drain!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
A trip to the dentist made me question my private health insurance
Do I walk away from private insurance and trust that health challenges will have me seen promptly enough in the public system?
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Trump saying the quiet plans out loud and clear!
www.facebook.com/share/r/1EiT...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The evidence is overwhelming so why has the uptake been so slow?
#biochar
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Where is Gina Rinehart in this move?
"Barnaby Joyce to succeed" ... groan ...
The legacy media - desperate for clicks - will seek out his opinion on everything ... and then wonder why their ratings have plummeted.

Wonder if Canavan will follow him over to One Nation?
The bloke's a wrecking ball.

#auspol
October 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What financial support is Gina Rinehart providing One Nation and Pauline Hanson, her fellow Trumpette.
amp.9news.com.au/article/5bcd...
Barnaby Joyce reportedly in 'advance talks' to defect to Pauline Hanson's One Nation
amp.9news.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I had heard pineapple constituents are useful in addressing non-wetting soils. Can anyone elaborate? #non-wettingsoils #agsky
October 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Alex Ryvchin better hope he doesn't need a cardiologist!
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Unfettered, unregulated AI is a revolution with a predictably disastrous outcome.
It seems that this has been the sole objective of government for the last few years too.
#Auspol
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
October 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Transparency groups believe fundraising dinners damage faith in democracy and provide inequitable access to decision makers."

Anyone with a brain would come to that conclusion! Bad form, Labor.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 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.
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sarah Henderson, rejected by electors and 'rescued' by Scott Morrison doing her best to destabilise Sussan Ley.
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10...
Morrison parachutes medevac critic Henderson into human rights committee chair spot
Scott Morrison quietly selects new Liberal senator Sarah Henderson to take over a Federal Parliament human rights committee, seeking a less critical tone on laws.
www.abc.net.au
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Whether the United States understands the implications of this [South East Asia drift towards China] is as unclear as the idea that there is some rational Trump doctrine now underpinning the actions of Washington and its foreign policy." Classic Tingle!
Laura Tingle: "Combine that sense of Israel directing US policy with the ever-escalating chaos of the Trump administration and you end up with a lot of countries around the world that are not just feeling a bit sullen but strangely remote from cooperating with anything either country wants to do."
October 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"Much will now come down to how far Trump is willing to twist Netanyahu’s arm and force him to agree to a deal."
Arm-twisting because international boycotts are financially biting pro-Israeli interests!
October 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Doron Samuell recommends depoliticising hospitals and mandating civility training despite lobbying for pro-Israeli interests.
Then this hyperbolic claim:
“This is not just a threat against Jews, this is a threat to civilisation,” Samuell said.
October 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM