@samsplace9.bsky.social
Surprise! Advance the tool of Liberals in Goldstein Wannon & elsewhere funded hugely by.... the Cormack Foundation - exempted by Don Farrell from campaign finance laws
No mention of that @SatPaper in your recent hagiography.
#shamejob
@communityindeps.bsky.social
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
No mention of that @SatPaper in your recent hagiography.
#shamejob
@communityindeps.bsky.social
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Who are 'Advance' and what are they doing to our politics?
Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the elite.
johnmenadue.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Surprise! Advance the tool of Liberals in Goldstein Wannon & elsewhere funded hugely by.... the Cormack Foundation - exempted by Don Farrell from campaign finance laws
No mention of that @SatPaper in your recent hagiography.
#shamejob
@communityindeps.bsky.social
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
No mention of that @SatPaper in your recent hagiography.
#shamejob
@communityindeps.bsky.social
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Reposted
Vice Admiral Mead, head of the Australian Submarine Agency, to retire next year. Another #AUKUS architect to depart before the project turns turtle. #auspol
Australia's 'no fail' submarine mission set for shake-up as boss quits
Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead's retirement will come just a year before the first US nuclear-powered submarine is due to be deployed to Western Australia in 2027 under the AUKUS agreement.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
'If there’s another leadership ballot, the next contest will most likely be Taylor V Melbourne moderate Tim Wilson'
FFS they have got to be kidding
see Mark Dreyfus' Hansard account of Timmy's appalling behaviour in Goldstein last election.
'Hi there I'm Tim and I am a zionist'
FFS they have got to be kidding
see Mark Dreyfus' Hansard account of Timmy's appalling behaviour in Goldstein last election.
'Hi there I'm Tim and I am a zionist'
What Wednesday’s Question Time said about Sussan Ley and the Liberal Party is that they are in diabolical trouble.
mnth.ly/UB0tZnJ
mnth.ly/UB0tZnJ
Down to the Leys
Sussan Ley is losing her grip on the Liberal leadership, as the party’s factions openly fight
mnth.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
'If there’s another leadership ballot, the next contest will most likely be Taylor V Melbourne moderate Tim Wilson'
FFS they have got to be kidding
see Mark Dreyfus' Hansard account of Timmy's appalling behaviour in Goldstein last election.
'Hi there I'm Tim and I am a zionist'
FFS they have got to be kidding
see Mark Dreyfus' Hansard account of Timmy's appalling behaviour in Goldstein last election.
'Hi there I'm Tim and I am a zionist'
'Politics is not something done to us. Politics is something we do.'
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
Watch Zohran Mamdani’s full speech after NYC Mayor win | CNN Politics
Democratic State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech to a roarous crowd in NYC after a historic win.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
'Politics is not something done to us. Politics is something we do.'
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
Watch Zohran Mamdani’s full speech after NYC Mayor win | CNN Politics
Democratic State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech to a roarous crowd in NYC after a historic win.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
'Politics is not something done to us. Politics is something we do.'
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
@CommunityIndeps
@albomp.bsky.social WATCH OUT.
Mean-minded 'compromise' is not good enough.
looking at you in particular Don Farrell
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/05/p...
see below
@albomp.bsky.social
Have some guts and actually do something beyond scummy deals
with the broken COALition.
Looking at you in particular Senator Farrell
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-...
@albomp.bsky.social
Have some guts and actually do something beyond scummy deals
with the broken COALition.
Looking at you in particular Senator Farrell
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-...
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes
Perhaps contrary to others' definitions, the study authors defined hope as having a "strong grounding in individual agency."
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
see below
@albomp.bsky.social
Have some guts and actually do something beyond scummy deals
with the broken COALition.
Looking at you in particular Senator Farrell
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-...
@albomp.bsky.social
Have some guts and actually do something beyond scummy deals
with the broken COALition.
Looking at you in particular Senator Farrell
Hope Is the Most Impactful Emotion in Determining Long-Term Economic, Social Outcomes www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hope-is-the-...
Never expected & am extremely disappointed by this hagiography on Farrell from
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
This on his likely illegal 'finance' 'reforms' which will end up in the High Court:
'..stands as Farrell’s most enduring institutional legacy: the rules of the game, rewritten...'
Indeed.
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
This on his likely illegal 'finance' 'reforms' which will end up in the High Court:
'..stands as Farrell’s most enduring institutional legacy: the rules of the game, rewritten...'
Indeed.
Meet the man who really controls Canberra
Don Farrell’s power extends to every ministerial office. The PM relies on him factionally and strategically – and will benefit from an ambitious plan to expand the parliament.
satpa.pe
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Never expected & am extremely disappointed by this hagiography on Farrell from
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
This on his likely illegal 'finance' 'reforms' which will end up in the High Court:
'..stands as Farrell’s most enduring institutional legacy: the rules of the game, rewritten...'
Indeed.
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au
This on his likely illegal 'finance' 'reforms' which will end up in the High Court:
'..stands as Farrell’s most enduring institutional legacy: the rules of the game, rewritten...'
Indeed.
well said
Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges
Well-known journalist Chris Hedges, whose talk scheduled to be delivered at the National Press Club was suddenly cancelled, was confronted by the ABC's Late Night Live host David Marr in an unexpected...
johnmenadue.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
well said
Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Open letter to David Marr on his interview with Chris Hedges johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
'Beginning in 1933, the federal government launched a tax fraud investigation on Mellon, leading to a high-profile case that ended with Mellon's estate paying significant sums to settle the matter.'
More parallels? Hope so
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...
More parallels? Hope so
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...
October 28, 2025
In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
'Beginning in 1933, the federal government launched a tax fraud investigation on Mellon, leading to a high-profile case that ended with Mellon's estate paying significant sums to settle the matter.'
More parallels? Hope so
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...
More parallels? Hope so
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-28...
The Australian sense of difference & separation grows with the increasing lawlessness of the US administration, its departures from national and international rules of law and the nation’s increasing authoritarianism..
Australians and Americans enjoy “shared values”??
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Australians and Americans enjoy “shared values”??
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Albo brings peace in our time
The prospect of a military confrontation between the US and China is receding, as is the prospect of a conflict over Taiwan, according to a relaxed Donald Trump talking to Australian journalists and p...
johnmenadue.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Australian sense of difference & separation grows with the increasing lawlessness of the US administration, its departures from national and international rules of law and the nation’s increasing authoritarianism..
Australians and Americans enjoy “shared values”??
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Australians and Americans enjoy “shared values”??
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
At last some facts about Community Independents
Many thanks Zoë Wundenberg @canberratimes.bsky.social
Congratulations for being so much better than the lazy Murdoch-trained hacks at @abcnews and almost all MSM
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/909458...
Many thanks Zoë Wundenberg @canberratimes.bsky.social
Congratulations for being so much better than the lazy Murdoch-trained hacks at @abcnews and almost all MSM
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/909458...
Independents aren't perfect. But here's where they beat major parties every time
I cannot fathom why this scare campaign always takes hold.
www.canberratimes.com.au
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At last some facts about Community Independents
Many thanks Zoë Wundenberg @canberratimes.bsky.social
Congratulations for being so much better than the lazy Murdoch-trained hacks at @abcnews and almost all MSM
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/909458...
Many thanks Zoë Wundenberg @canberratimes.bsky.social
Congratulations for being so much better than the lazy Murdoch-trained hacks at @abcnews and almost all MSM
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/909458...
'And while many reports suggest Trump has “confirmed” AUKUS, there is nothing to suggest this is either true or even possible.'
Too true @EmmaShortis
Sadly you failed to note that the Rudd question was set up by an Australian Murdoch minion.
#loyalty ?
theconversation.com/can-albanese...
Too true @EmmaShortis
Sadly you failed to note that the Rudd question was set up by an Australian Murdoch minion.
#loyalty ?
theconversation.com/can-albanese...
Can Albanese claim ‘success’ with Trump? Beyond the banter, the vague commitments should be viewed with scepticism
Trump waved away concerns about AUKUS, but as is common with the mercurial president, much of the detail is unclear or a problem for the future.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
'And while many reports suggest Trump has “confirmed” AUKUS, there is nothing to suggest this is either true or even possible.'
Too true @EmmaShortis
Sadly you failed to note that the Rudd question was set up by an Australian Murdoch minion.
#loyalty ?
theconversation.com/can-albanese...
Too true @EmmaShortis
Sadly you failed to note that the Rudd question was set up by an Australian Murdoch minion.
#loyalty ?
theconversation.com/can-albanese...
'Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date'
Correct ALP is mean and gutless as Waterford spells out here - and dumb.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Correct ALP is mean and gutless as Waterford spells out here - and dumb.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date
Sooner or later Anthony Albanese or his successor will lead the Labor Government to defeat.
johnmenadue.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
'Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date'
Correct ALP is mean and gutless as Waterford spells out here - and dumb.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Correct ALP is mean and gutless as Waterford spells out here - and dumb.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
re Wannon
Tehan won - just - because he had /paid for?
the Plymouth Brethren intimidating voters at the booths and
Advance's sending BS to voters
That is his idea of a 'good clean campaign'
FYI
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Tehan won - just - because he had /paid for?
the Plymouth Brethren intimidating voters at the booths and
Advance's sending BS to voters
That is his idea of a 'good clean campaign'
FYI
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Big bills, no seat: Some of the federal election's big spenders didn't actually win
Independent candidates received and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get elected to federal parliament — some unsuccessfully.
www.sbs.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
re Wannon
Tehan won - just - because he had /paid for?
the Plymouth Brethren intimidating voters at the booths and
Advance's sending BS to voters
That is his idea of a 'good clean campaign'
FYI
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Tehan won - just - because he had /paid for?
the Plymouth Brethren intimidating voters at the booths and
Advance's sending BS to voters
That is his idea of a 'good clean campaign'
FYI
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Reposted
@jimchalmers.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
Hey take a look 👀 👇🏻
#auspol
Hey take a look 👀 👇🏻
#auspol
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@jimchalmers.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social
Hey take a look 👀 👇🏻
#auspol
Hey take a look 👀 👇🏻
#auspol
Reposted
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
'Special Minister of State Don Farrell said the government's reforms delivered needed transparency.'
Senator Farrell is a liar sand all together a very nasty piece of work
Let's go to the High Court ASAP to scupper this Farrell Libs attach up of democracy
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Senator Farrell is a liar sand all together a very nasty piece of work
Let's go to the High Court ASAP to scupper this Farrell Libs attach up of democracy
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Incoming laws would have blocked $8m in Climate 200 campaign donations
Climate 200 would have been blocked from making $8.34 million in donations to independent candidates if new election donation laws were in place at the 2025 poll.
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
'Special Minister of State Don Farrell said the government's reforms delivered needed transparency.'
Senator Farrell is a liar sand all together a very nasty piece of work
Let's go to the High Court ASAP to scupper this Farrell Libs attach up of democracy
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Senator Farrell is a liar sand all together a very nasty piece of work
Let's go to the High Court ASAP to scupper this Farrell Libs attach up of democracy
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
David Marr is being faux naive here in dismissing the importance of headlines in the MSM
we all know headlines drive clicks = $$$
All media moguls only care about that - ask Kim Williams -sadly
Marr was unnecessarily hostile to Chris Hedges
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
we all know headlines drive clicks = $$$
All media moguls only care about that - ask Kim Williams -sadly
Marr was unnecessarily hostile to Chris Hedges
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Journalist Chris Hedges on being cancelled by the National Press Club - ABC listen
Australia’s National Press Club was due to host Pulitzer prize winning journalist, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times, Chris Hedges on Monday October 20, 2025. But after receiv...
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
David Marr is being faux naive here in dismissing the importance of headlines in the MSM
we all know headlines drive clicks = $$$
All media moguls only care about that - ask Kim Williams -sadly
Marr was unnecessarily hostile to Chris Hedges
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
we all know headlines drive clicks = $$$
All media moguls only care about that - ask Kim Williams -sadly
Marr was unnecessarily hostile to Chris Hedges
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
'Australia’s ability to “speak about international issues” is code for the least popular child in the schoolyard hoping and praying that the coolest kid takes note (while still stealing your lunch money).'
#AUKUS #ANZUS
#AntonyLoewenstein
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
#AUKUS #ANZUS
#AntonyLoewenstein
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
A brutal analysis of how Australia fits into the Trump administration’s agenda
Clinton Fernandes’ compelling and impeccably sourced book does not paint a pretty picture.
www.smh.com.au
October 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
'Australia’s ability to “speak about international issues” is code for the least popular child in the schoolyard hoping and praying that the coolest kid takes note (while still stealing your lunch money).'
#AUKUS #ANZUS
#AntonyLoewenstein
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
#AUKUS #ANZUS
#AntonyLoewenstein
www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
October 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
@theshovel.bsky.social
many thanks for this and well said
'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.'
xxxx
many thanks for this and well said
'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.'
xxxx
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
@theshovel.bsky.social
many thanks for this and well said
'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.'
xxxx
many thanks for this and well said
'There’s a touching eulogy commemorating the passing of Peter Dutton’s career, which died this year after a long and painful battle with the Australian electorate.'
xxxx
Reposted
Linda Reynolds deserves to be ridiculed and scorned for the rest of her miserable existence. #AusPol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
A note on Linda Reynolds
A brief list of things that can be said about Linda Reynolds without defaming her…
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Linda Reynolds deserves to be ridiculed and scorned for the rest of her miserable existence. #AusPol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...