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Twitter refugee now at home on Bluesky. 🐦🦋 Ratbag Lefty, Aussie Republican, Sportsfan, Stargazer, and part-time Intergalactic crime fighter. #auspol #AusRepublic #NotMyKing #CmonAussie #GoTiges 🟡⚫️🐅
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SpaceGhost @spaceghost13.bsky.social · Mar 12
That's home. That's us. All of us. In all our successes and glories, in all our failures and follies and in all our obscurity, we all live here. Together. On this pale blue dot.
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Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to finally become a republic, writes Dr John Jiggens.

#auspol #ausrepublic

Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking share.google/xs9hvrf8GEPp...
Republic campaign reignited by evidence of royal involvement in Whitlam sacking
Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to finally become a republic.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
It's on the basis of China-phobia that our stance towards China is being formulated. It's a distorted one that ignores America’s provocative strategy of encircling China – a strategy in which we are enthusiastically and stupidly colluding.

#auspol #China #security

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
China-phobia in Australia is endangering the country’s security
The toxic roots of China-phobia are deeply embedded in modern Australia’s cultural history. It has a firm grip on the minds of many of Australia’s policy wonks, politicians, media commentators, and th...
johnmenadue.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Andrew, unwittingly, has become the monarchy’s cautionary tale — proof that inherited power without accountability always rots from within.

#ausrepublic #auspol

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Why Andrew is the monarchy’s biggest argument for an Australian republic
Former Prince Andrew’s scandals highlight a monarchy losing relevance — and an Australia ready to move on.
independentaustralia.net
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Hi Bluesky,

God just needs 17k followers to hit 600k. And then 66k more after that to hit 666k. That will be funny.

Thanks,

God
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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qldaah.bsky.social
50 years on from the dismissal. The US government actively destabilising the Australian democracy. Pine Gap should be suspended and a full report made to the Australian & American people on all activities conducted there. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Dismissal, the role of the CIA, MI6 and Austral Americans
I was familiar with many of the events leading to the Dismissal on 11 November 1975. That knowledge was greatly increased by Professor Jenny Hocking with her long and successful campaign to have the P...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
World cricket’s best umpires will not be available for the start of the Ashes – and it means an umpire with decision review numbers almost as bad as axed official Joel Wilson’s is set to preside over the first Test in Perth.

#AUSvENG #Ashes

www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...
Why the world’s best umpires won’t be umpiring first Ashes Test
We reveal the umpires with the best Test record this year when it comes to the decision review system.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
It is not true that Australia has never experienced a revolution. Fifty years ago, the nation saw a bloodless coup where the underpinning conventions of our parliamentary democracy were overthrown.

#TheDismissal #AusRepublic #auspol

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
An Australian coup: Reflecting on Whitlam’s dismissal
It is not true that Australia has never experienced a revolution. Fifty years ago, the nation saw a bloodless coup where the underpinning conventions of our parliamentary democracy were overthrown. Th...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Elaborate constructions of plausible denial will just not wash. The Palace went to extraordinary lengths to whitewash the role of the Queen and the gaggle of royals around her including Charles.

#TheDismissal #AusRepublic #NotMyKing #auspol

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Queen’s implausible denial
It beggars belief that the Queen did not know that John Kerr was planning to sack Gough Whitlam. She may not have known the detail of the coup in progress, but she knew the substance. But like Lord Ne...
johnmenadue.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Danger ahead

#America #USA #USpol

theaimn.net/danger-ahead/
Danger ahead
By Alasdair Black   America just entered the most dangerous period in its history. Following massive Democrat wins in yesterday’s elections, Trump is now aware his time of absolute power is drawing to...
theaimn.net
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump. By Grace Tame.

#Australia #auspol

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...
Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia
Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
"....The PM's reticence to move decisively to progress the nation suggests he may have more of the hallmarks of a conservative than a progressive....."

#auspol #ausrepublic

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Awed Albo abandons republic (and Australia's dignity) in haste to embrace King Charles
Albo's recent meeting with Charles Windsor and avid declaration that Australia would not become a fully independent nation had interesting echoes to the past.
independentaustralia.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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theshovel.bsky.social
ADORABLE!

This Kid Is Dressing Up as a Coal Industry Lobbyist This Halloween in the Hope of Scoring More Handouts
This Kid Is Dressing Up as a Coal Industry Lobbyist This Halloween in the Hope of Scoring More Handouts — The Shovel
“I just said ‘Hello I’m from the mining industry, give me all your money or I’ll run a national advertising campaign to bring down the government,’ and the treats just flowed”.
theshovel.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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theshovel.bsky.social
"He has lived in the property under a long-term public housing arrangement with the Crown Estate, a Government body that provides affordable accommodation to unemployed Britons"
Man Evicted From Public Housing — The Shovel
The man has lived in the property for more than 20 years under a long-term public housing arrangement with the Crown Estate, a Government body that provides affordable accommodation to unemployed Brit...
theshovel.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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theshovel.bsky.social
Palace officials confirmed the change late on Thursday, saying it reflects “His Ex-Highness’s ongoing commitment to reinventing himself as a man of absolutely no accountability and ridiculous excuses”
Andrew To Use New Title: “Bullshit Artist Formally Known As Prince” — The Shovel
"It reflects His Ex-Highness’s ongoing commitment to reinventing himself as a man of absolutely no accountability and ridiculous excuses”.
theshovel.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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theshovel.bsky.social
Coalition MPs called for an urgent inquiry into whether the Prime Minister’s teenage music choices constitute a national security threat.

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/30/p...
"PM Advocating Political Violence", Sussan Ley Claims, After 1986 Photo Shows Albo in Dead Kennedys T-Shirt — The Shovel
Liberal leader Sussan Ley has accused the Prime Minister of “effectively endorsing violence and anarchism” after a recently unearthed 1986 photograph revealed a 23-year-old Albanese wearing a Dead Ken...
theshovel.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
No Joy, only Division: It’s just the stupidest stupid we’ve yet seen

Amy Remeikis
Oct 29, 2025, updated Oct 29, 2025

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

#auspol
No Joy, only Division: It's just the stupidest stupid we've yet seen
A self-processed former "punk" using her position to criticise the PM for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt is stupid-stupid, even for Auspol.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
If there’s a bandwagon to jump on, the Liberals have their tickets ready.

#auspol

theaimn.net/if-theres-a-...
If there’s a bandwagon to jump on, the Liberals have their tickets ready
If there’s one thing the Liberal Party can be relied upon, it’s enthusiasm for a good bandwagon. The moment an issue, controversy or passing outrage starts picking up speed, Sussan Ley and company are...
theaimn.net
October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.

Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.

No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.

Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
"Australia has been too subservient, too sycophantic, too risk-averse in our dealings with Trump. There is a cost to being risk-averse just as there is a cost to being a risk-taker."

#auspol #AUKUS #ConfidenceMan

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
We should never have agreed to AUKUS
Australia is paying for America's submarines, striking a deal with a President we still have to fact-check.
independentaustralia.net
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
“If Helen of Troy had the face that launched a thousand ships, Pauline Hanson has the only face that launched a thousand chips. She is Australia’s original populist snack: crisp on the outside, hollow in the middle, and always served with a side of vinegar.”

#auspol

theaimn.net/ask-not-what...
Ask Not What You Can Do for One Nation - But What Has One Nation Ever Done for Anybody?
Pauline Hanson’s political stable now includes two clueless newbies from WA, so fresh they still think a “budget emergency” is forgetting your wallet at the pub. This expanded squad, alongside the per...
theaimn.net
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
It is clear that Australian manufacturing is boosting Israel’s military capacity. Let’s acknowledge that and stop playing word games.

#auspol #Israel #Gaza #F-35 #LaunderedParts

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Australia’s role in the F-35 supply chain – what a tangled web we weave!
The government’s ducking and weaving about military exports to Israel went up a whole new notch this month, arguing in Senate estimates that just because something was shipped from Australia, doesn’t ...
johnmenadue.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Can't stand Richard Marles. He's the Minister for keeping Australia a tethered, dependant apparatchik of the US.
#auspol
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
spaceghost13.bsky.social
Oh Pam Bondi says she hates this photo. Oh well by all means let's not post it so everyone can see it lol😉
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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theshovel.bsky.social
"On one hand I'm glad we didn't get Zelenskied, but at the same time... I wish we got Zelenskied," said one Australian, who had to call in sick from work after seeing the news this morning.

theshovel.com.au/2025/10/21/a...
Aussies Unsure Whether to Be Relieved Or Embarrassed — The Shovel
In the wake of Albanese’s successful meeting with Donald Trump overnight, Australians everywhere have noted a weird feeling in their stomach that is one part relief, one part embarrassment, and a thou...
theshovel.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM