@neil1808.bsky.social
Apologies for the sarcasm but I can't help myself. It's probably best to assume I'm being sarcastic unless there's a frowny face.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I had never heard about the NAZI connotations of Joy Division before Susssan Ley raised the issue.
Was I naiive or had others been similarly ignorant?
#auspol
Was I naiive or had others been similarly ignorant?
#auspol
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I had never heard about the NAZI connotations of Joy Division before Susssan Ley raised the issue.
Was I naiive or had others been similarly ignorant?
#auspol
Was I naiive or had others been similarly ignorant?
#auspol
It didn't start with #Whitlam! Politicians have been engaging in sneaky plots & coups since ancient Greece.
The same people who take pride in their own chicanery at other times seem to think we should all be eternally angry because of this one incident.
#Auspol
The same people who take pride in their own chicanery at other times seem to think we should all be eternally angry because of this one incident.
#Auspol
In a speech at Old Parliament House on Monday night, PM Albanese has said the dismissal of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975 was a "calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces", firing up a decades-long debate. There is no denying that.
#auspol
#TheDismissal
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
#auspol
#TheDismissal
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Anthony Albanese labels Gough Whitlam's dismissal 'a calculated plot'
Five decades on, the Labor prime minister has weighed in on one of the most dramatic moments in Australia's political history.
www.sbs.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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“Barnaby Joyce is a one-man plotline,” writes Tony Windsor. “His achievements for the people he professes to represent are slim to infinitesimal. Even Joyce’s former campaign manager, Russell Webb, told local television, ‘Barnaby can’t get anything done.’” satpa.pe/SGVbQRc
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
satpa.pe
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
“Barnaby Joyce is a one-man plotline,” writes Tony Windsor. “His achievements for the people he professes to represent are slim to infinitesimal. Even Joyce’s former campaign manager, Russell Webb, told local television, ‘Barnaby can’t get anything done.’” satpa.pe/SGVbQRc
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#Auspol This
If worker pay grew at the same pace as CEO pay, today’s typical worker would make a staggering $431.80 per HOUR (including benefits).
Instead, today’s typical worker makes $36.49 per hour — while CEOs make 280 times that on average.
The system is rigged.
Instead, today’s typical worker makes $36.49 per hour — while CEOs make 280 times that on average.
The system is rigged.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#Auspol This
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John Laws is dead. One of Australia's most successful broadcasters. As a teenager I rang his show. We argued for 10mins on air. He hung up on me with the words "you're obviously a loser in life & going nowhere. Goodbye."
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
John Laws is dead. One of Australia's most successful broadcasters. As a teenager I rang his show. We argued for 10mins on air. He hung up on me with the words "you're obviously a loser in life & going nowhere. Goodbye."
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youtu.be/M3u8xhTNdy4?... Improved trade between Australia and Canada, I'm here for it. #Auspol #Cdnpol
Australia and Canada’s New Food Trade Corridor That’s Quietly Redefining Global Supply Chains
YouTube video by Geo Capitalist
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
youtu.be/M3u8xhTNdy4?... Improved trade between Australia and Canada, I'm here for it. #Auspol #Cdnpol
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Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
The detainees include at least two civilians who are being held without charge or trial: a nurse detained in his scrubs, and a young food seller, according to lawyers from the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) who represent both men. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
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Not only has Sportsbet lobbied the govt to a standstill on gambling reform, it's taking for 4 regulators for a ride #asic #ACMA #ATO & NT Wagering.
We find multiple breaches of the law #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
We find multiple breaches of the law #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
A hot mess. The 'irregulation' of sneaky Sportsbet - Michael West
The accounts of Sportsbet are a hot mess. An independent analysis finds multiple breaches of accounting standards, ergo the laws of Australia.
michaelwest.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Not only has Sportsbet lobbied the govt to a standstill on gambling reform, it's taking for 4 regulators for a ride #asic #ACMA #ATO & NT Wagering.
We find multiple breaches of the law #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
We find multiple breaches of the law #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Richardson, who's just passed away, once wrote a book called, 'Whatever it Takes'.
His former friends & colleagues still scream blue murder about people who followed his advice to oust ALP icon, Whitlam, decades ago.
#Auspol
His former friends & colleagues still scream blue murder about people who followed his advice to oust ALP icon, Whitlam, decades ago.
#Auspol
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Richardson, who's just passed away, once wrote a book called, 'Whatever it Takes'.
His former friends & colleagues still scream blue murder about people who followed his advice to oust ALP icon, Whitlam, decades ago.
#Auspol
His former friends & colleagues still scream blue murder about people who followed his advice to oust ALP icon, Whitlam, decades ago.
#Auspol
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
If there were adequate control of the gambling then we wouldn't need to ban the advertising.
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
If there were adequate control of the gambling then we wouldn't need to ban the advertising.
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“After winning a thumping majority, the prime minister is more dominant in his party room than ever and his backbenchers fear speaking out on an issue he's shown little passion for.”
What a depressing shitshow.
What a depressing shitshow.
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“After winning a thumping majority, the prime minister is more dominant in his party room than ever and his backbenchers fear speaking out on an issue he's shown little passion for.”
What a depressing shitshow.
What a depressing shitshow.
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NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97.
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Good on Andrew Wilke for persisting
Shame on Albanese for not doing what most Australians want
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Shame on Albanese for not doing what most Australians want
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Good on Andrew Wilke for persisting
Shame on Albanese for not doing what most Australians want
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Shame on Albanese for not doing what most Australians want
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Before we shoot for more ambitious targets how about we try to hit one of the targets we set ourselves.
Australia & other countries have history of setting high targets then putting grossly insufficient effort into achieving them.
#Auspol #Climate #science
Australia & other countries have history of setting high targets then putting grossly insufficient effort into achieving them.
#Auspol #Climate #science
Examining Australia's climate commitments, and making the case for greater ambition www.croakey.org/examining-au... #publichealth
Examining Australia's climate commitments, and making the case for greater ambition
www.croakey.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
One in five Australian households 'severely food insecure', report finds
A new report from Foodbank finds 20 per cent of Australian households have skipped meals or days of eating in the year to July.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
I left the X network because of the biased content so Musk has definitely affected me.
I doubt leaving the site was the intention he had though.
#SocialMedia #Auspol
I doubt leaving the site was the intention he had though.
#SocialMedia #Auspol
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I left the X network because of the biased content so Musk has definitely affected me.
I doubt leaving the site was the intention he had though.
#SocialMedia #Auspol
I doubt leaving the site was the intention he had though.
#SocialMedia #Auspol
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
WA gov hides report showing that exporting gas to Asia will slow energy transition
#auspol
WA gov hides report showing that exporting gas to Asia will slow energy transition
#auspol
Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy
Report by consultants Deloitte undermines Labor’s public claims that WA’s gas exports help reduce emissions overseas
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
WA gov hides report showing that exporting gas to Asia will slow energy transition
#auspol
WA gov hides report showing that exporting gas to Asia will slow energy transition
#auspol
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..oh and there's this www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
..oh and there's this www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
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I'd expect this to be the norm in the USA but in Australia? So much for the classless society. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'd expect this to be the norm in the USA but in Australia? So much for the classless society. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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Listen to farmers, not Facebook: Regional support for renewables steady at 62%
#auspol
esdnews.com.au/regional-sup...
#auspol
esdnews.com.au/regional-sup...
Listen to farmers, not Facebook: Regional support for renewables steady at 62%
Polling of Australia's renewable energy zones again shows support for clean energy projects steady at 62%, with opposition at 17%.
esdnews.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Listen to farmers, not Facebook: Regional support for renewables steady at 62%
#auspol
esdnews.com.au/regional-sup...
#auspol
esdnews.com.au/regional-sup...