TweetyB 🐀🏳️⚧️
@tweetyb.bsky.social
Desperately seeking leftie sewer rats from #auspol Twitter. Rebuilding community here. Voted Yes23. One of the 40 dirty lefties on the bird platform that Dutton despises. Don’t be like Dutton. Be kind to one another. Hoping ALP finds the backbone to be ALP
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TweetyB 🐀🏳️⚧️
@tweetyb.bsky.social
· Dec 4
#songlines extend back 40,000yrs: >10x older than Ancient Egypt. Proud of our oldest living culture
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Alright Canberra. Let’s go! Whitlam Dismissal symposium time with @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey, alongside a cast of thousands—
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Alright Canberra. Let’s go! Whitlam Dismissal symposium time with @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey, alongside a cast of thousands—
Excellent day at #MoAD today on the 50th Anniversary of The Dismissal - so privileged to have been there and to have met so many people who had worked there or been there on the day. Huge thanks to MoAD staff who made the day spectacular
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Excellent day at #MoAD today on the 50th Anniversary of The Dismissal - so privileged to have been there and to have met so many people who had worked there or been there on the day. Huge thanks to MoAD staff who made the day spectacular
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FOI is a massive thing and it needs to be open and transparent. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/f...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/f...
As the reigning FOI world record holder, I really want you to take my crown
I have filed more freedom of information requests than anyone else in one go — but that's because few people ever try. If I can do it, why can't you?
www.crikey.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
FOI is a massive thing and it needs to be open and transparent. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/f...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/23/f...
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Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws
Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Hard to believe @woolworths.bsky.social couldn't source butter made in Australia, cheaper than USA produce.
I hope its clearly labelled as imported so people can support local industry, promote Australian jobs and local economy.
#auspol
#BoycottUSA
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/dairy/woolie...
I hope its clearly labelled as imported so people can support local industry, promote Australian jobs and local economy.
#auspol
#BoycottUSA
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/dairy/woolie...
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hard to believe @woolworths.bsky.social couldn't source butter made in Australia, cheaper than USA produce.
I hope its clearly labelled as imported so people can support local industry, promote Australian jobs and local economy.
#auspol
#BoycottUSA
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/dairy/woolie...
I hope its clearly labelled as imported so people can support local industry, promote Australian jobs and local economy.
#auspol
#BoycottUSA
www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/dairy/woolie...
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WTAF? ‘For a while we have separation’ ?
This is a very disturbing speech.
#auspol
@ettemedia.bsky.social
This is a very disturbing speech.
#auspol
@ettemedia.bsky.social
This ought to terrify you.
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
WTAF? ‘For a while we have separation’ ?
This is a very disturbing speech.
#auspol
@ettemedia.bsky.social
This is a very disturbing speech.
#auspol
@ettemedia.bsky.social
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This ought to terrify you.
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This ought to terrify you.
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
What the hell is going on @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol
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#auspol the fuck is this?! Keep prayer out of government - not all of us are freaking Christian’s
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#auspol the fuck is this?! Keep prayer out of government - not all of us are freaking Christian’s
Ummm… what are we doing about those water bombers Scummo wouldn’t buy. Imagine how many we could buy for just a fraction of the AUKUS dollars #auspol #Straya
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
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In NSW, Nazi's are ok and left alone, but protesting genocide or climate destruction are met with violence and government obstruction. What a fucking shitshow NSW police are #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
Pro-Palestine and climate activists join Jewish voices criticising ‘entirely inconsistent police responses’ and ‘unfathomable approval’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
In NSW, Nazi's are ok and left alone, but protesting genocide or climate destruction are met with violence and government obstruction. What a fucking shitshow NSW police are #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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John Menadue: Whitlam’s Secretary of PM&C. 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 3:21 AM
John Menadue: Whitlam’s Secretary of PM&C. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Whilst it has said that our Tall Poppy syndrome has discouraged entrepreneurship, it has protected us from idolising the rich especially those who got there with little ethics. And we are not so full of ourselves to continuously laugh at ourselves.
No BS is good motto with healthy self deprecating
No BS is good motto with healthy self deprecating
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Whilst it has said that our Tall Poppy syndrome has discouraged entrepreneurship, it has protected us from idolising the rich especially those who got there with little ethics. And we are not so full of ourselves to continuously laugh at ourselves.
No BS is good motto with healthy self deprecating
No BS is good motto with healthy self deprecating
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Australia was colonised by convicts & immigrants from around world. Anti-Authoritarian culture is deeply embedded in our psyche.
American and Aussie thinking took different paths, with Christian puritans settling US, irreverent convicts settling Australia, whilst bonking on the beaches. #auspol
American and Aussie thinking took different paths, with Christian puritans settling US, irreverent convicts settling Australia, whilst bonking on the beaches. #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Australia was colonised by convicts & immigrants from around world. Anti-Authoritarian culture is deeply embedded in our psyche.
American and Aussie thinking took different paths, with Christian puritans settling US, irreverent convicts settling Australia, whilst bonking on the beaches. #auspol
American and Aussie thinking took different paths, with Christian puritans settling US, irreverent convicts settling Australia, whilst bonking on the beaches. #auspol
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And after the Meanjin Paper, after the contents page and the colophon, here’s my editorial to give this powerful edition of Meanjin its framing and its welcome. At a time of global political turbulence, let’s strengthen our democracy by strengthening our culture: meanjin.com.au/editorials/e...
Editorial — Spring 2025
How robust is Australia’s democracy? Exactly fifty years ago, an elected government was abruptly dismissed by a governor-general whose reasons, methods and secret correspondences have yet to be rev…
meanjin.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And after the Meanjin Paper, after the contents page and the colophon, here’s my editorial to give this powerful edition of Meanjin its framing and its welcome. At a time of global political turbulence, let’s strengthen our democracy by strengthening our culture: meanjin.com.au/editorials/e...
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There’s a special event in Perth on Wednesday 25 November to honour Aunty Prof Marion Kickett’s important Meanjin Paper. See you there? www.eventbrite.com.au/e/professor-...
Professor Marion Kickett - 'My Country: How and why I belong"
Come join us as Professor Marion Kickett shares her personal journey of belonging to country and the significance of connection to land.
www.eventbrite.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There’s a special event in Perth on Wednesday 25 November to honour Aunty Prof Marion Kickett’s important Meanjin Paper. See you there? www.eventbrite.com.au/e/professor-...
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Catch @tommcilroy.bsky.social on the ABC’s MediaLand discussing his essay in the latest Meanjin
‘“We shall all have to live with this”: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (listen from 8’40”)
‘“We shall all have to live with this”: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (listen from 8’40”)
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Catch @tommcilroy.bsky.social on the ABC’s MediaLand discussing his essay in the latest Meanjin
‘“We shall all have to live with this”: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (listen from 8’40”)
‘“We shall all have to live with this”: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (listen from 8’40”)
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Australian democracy "proved robust in the end – thanks in large part to the creativity of ordinary Australians who agitated for their country’s democratic culture, system and institutions." Great explainer by @frankbongiorno.bsky.social and James Watson: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a world with democracy in decline, we have much to learn from those who rallied against Whitlam’s dismissal | Frank Bongiorno and James Watson
In 1975, few Australians believed the dismissal of a democratically elected government was business as usual
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Australian democracy "proved robust in the end – thanks in large part to the creativity of ordinary Australians who agitated for their country’s democratic culture, system and institutions." Great explainer by @frankbongiorno.bsky.social and James Watson: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It is nonsense to say the Queen was not involved. Her favourite courtier and she carry joint responsibility for the sacking of a government that had a clear majority in the Australian House of Representatives. #auspol #theDIsmissal #Whitlam
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 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It is nonsense to say the Queen was not involved. Her favourite courtier and she carry joint responsibility for the sacking of a government that had a clear majority in the Australian House of Representatives. #auspol #theDIsmissal #Whitlam
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"Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago...He was not politically neutral." @johnmenadue.com
Mainstream media has been focused on the Andrew scandal.
It's time©️ they paid as much attention to the king's meddling. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Mainstream media has been focused on the Andrew scandal.
It's time©️ they paid as much attention to the king's meddling. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Prince and the Dismissal
Anthony Albanese recently told us with bated breath from Balmoral Castle that Charles is someone who is very interested in Australia”. “Interested “would be an understatement.
johnmenadue.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago...He was not politically neutral." @johnmenadue.com
Mainstream media has been focused on the Andrew scandal.
It's time©️ they paid as much attention to the king's meddling. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Mainstream media has been focused on the Andrew scandal.
It's time©️ they paid as much attention to the king's meddling. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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John Menadue:
“Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
“Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
The Prince and the Dismissal
Anthony Albanese recently told us with bated breath from Balmoral Castle that Charles is someone who is very interested in Australia”. “Interested “would be an understatement.
johnmenadue.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
John Menadue:
“Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
“Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
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"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
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It's time—to understand our history and get serious about our future. Tuesday marks 50 years since the Dismissal; Monday I'll be speaking with Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey on their @whitlaminstitute.bsky.social paper "The Double Dismissal" events.humanitix.com/whitlam1975
The Whitlam Dismissal and the Crisis of November 1975
A one-day symposium on the most infamous Constitutional crisis in Australian political history: the Dismissal of Gough Whitlam.
events.humanitix.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's time—to understand our history and get serious about our future. Tuesday marks 50 years since the Dismissal; Monday I'll be speaking with Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and Matt Harvey on their @whitlaminstitute.bsky.social paper "The Double Dismissal" events.humanitix.com/whitlam1975