Vikkik88
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I'm delighted to be guest interviewee on 7News' The Issue discussing the dismissal of the Whitlam govt & the secret correspondence btwn Kerr and the Queen. Thank you Tim Lester! #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_W...
The Whitlam dismissal and secret royal correspondence | THE ISSUE
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I'm delighted to be guest interviewee on 7News' The Issue discussing the dismissal of the Whitlam govt & the secret correspondence btwn Kerr and the Queen. Thank you Tim Lester! #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_W...
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400 million years ago. Before Australia was a continent on its own, AU lay on its side, attached to Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia & Aotearoa/NZ in a giant land mass called Gondwanaland . Still can be Gondwana. 👇
www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-envi...
www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-envi...
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time - Australian Geographic
The Gondwana supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, researchers are piecing it back together again.
www.australiangeographic.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
400 million years ago. Before Australia was a continent on its own, AU lay on its side, attached to Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia & Aotearoa/NZ in a giant land mass called Gondwanaland . Still can be Gondwana. 👇
www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-envi...
www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-envi...
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5/... that results in a violence intersecting with discrimination & marginalisation." We've been dismissed by the colonisers for far too long. It's time to get their boots off our necks, accept First People's invitation & decolonise.
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...
greens.org.au/magazine/how...
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...
greens.org.au/magazine/how...
Colonialism - Wikipedia
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November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
5/... that results in a violence intersecting with discrimination & marginalisation." We've been dismissed by the colonisers for far too long. It's time to get their boots off our necks, accept First People's invitation & decolonise.
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...
greens.org.au/magazine/how...
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia...
greens.org.au/magazine/how...
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4/ ... a settler colony*, that committed genocide to supplant its First People & seize their resources & land for its own benefit. It keeps us, the colonised, socio-economically othered & inferior to the colonisers thru the modern biopolitics of sexuality, gender, race, disability & class...
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Colonialism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
4/ ... a settler colony*, that committed genocide to supplant its First People & seize their resources & land for its own benefit. It keeps us, the colonised, socio-economically othered & inferior to the colonisers thru the modern biopolitics of sexuality, gender, race, disability & class...
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3/...& in 2025 Australia remains cemented into the same ideology preached in 1788 by those who are still in pursuit of interests defined in an often distant metropole, who also claim superiority. Australia is still an imperialist project:
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November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
3/...& in 2025 Australia remains cemented into the same ideology preached in 1788 by those who are still in pursuit of interests defined in an often distant metropole, who also claim superiority. Australia is still an imperialist project:
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2/ one of the best in the world. JFC, you dickheads, what we've got is the same colonialism we had in 1788: the royal family, the Bunyip Aristocracy/today's Murdochracy, slave labour & the practice of "extending & maintaining political, social, economic & cultural domination over Australia ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
2/ one of the best in the world. JFC, you dickheads, what we've got is the same colonialism we had in 1788: the royal family, the Bunyip Aristocracy/today's Murdochracy, slave labour & the practice of "extending & maintaining political, social, economic & cultural domination over Australia ...
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Albanese said The Dismissal was a "partisan political ambush" & a "calculated plot" hatched by conservative forces to remove a democratically elected government; not a constitutional crisis but an illegitimate act. But, the ABC says, it did no harm really, we've still got a democracy... 2/
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Albanese said The Dismissal was a "partisan political ambush" & a "calculated plot" hatched by conservative forces to remove a democratically elected government; not a constitutional crisis but an illegitimate act. But, the ABC says, it did no harm really, we've still got a democracy... 2/
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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going offline having saturated myself in Australian political history after what happened 50 years ago today which was incredibly important, catastrophic etc, with this, my favourite politician after Gough, of course Bob was there - they were of a time of Titans..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on the dismissal
YouTube video by Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
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November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
going offline having saturated myself in Australian political history after what happened 50 years ago today which was incredibly important, catastrophic etc, with this, my favourite politician after Gough, of course Bob was there - they were of a time of Titans..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GHU...
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Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975.
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts
50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Australia’s democracy has changed radically since 1975.
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
So many more women in parliament, but less o in the Colaition
So many more minor party and independent MPs
And each MP now has so many more constituents…
Great article/graphs from @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
UN Climate Chief: Refusal to Halt Planetary Destruction Will 'Never, Ever Be Forgiven' www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-b...
UN Climate Chief: Refusal to Halt Planetary Destruction Will 'Never, Ever Be Forgiven' | Common Dreams
At COP30, a key UN leader warns that as "disasters decimate the lives of millions" and "when we already have the solutions," inaction on the climate crisis "will never, ever be forgiven."
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
UN Climate Chief: Refusal to Halt Planetary Destruction Will 'Never, Ever Be Forgiven' www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-b...
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The doors of the House of Representatives and the Senate were taped shut as the proclamation dissolving both Houses of Parliament was read on the steps of Parliament House by Smith, just as the speaker was ushered into the governor-general’s study with the motion of no-confidence. #auspol
The Second Dismissal
In an extract from The Double Dismissal, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking, distinguished fellow of the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Dr Matt Harvey, senior lecturer at Victor...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The doors of the House of Representatives and the Senate were taped shut as the proclamation dissolving both Houses of Parliament was read on the steps of Parliament House by Smith, just as the speaker was ushered into the governor-general’s study with the motion of no-confidence. #auspol
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If Ley is to be pushed out, she would not have achieved enough, whether as leader or, earlier, as a minister. No one will remember anything she said, or any new idea with which she enthused her colleagues. #auspol #SussanLey #Coalition #NetZero
It’s Ley, or virtually certain Liberal self-immolation
People closer to the action than I are suggesting that the end is nigh for Sussan Ley. They may be right; momentum is often all in these matters.
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If Ley is to be pushed out, she would not have achieved enough, whether as leader or, earlier, as a minister. No one will remember anything she said, or any new idea with which she enthused her colleagues. #auspol #SussanLey #Coalition #NetZero
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In examining whether US covert activities played any role in destabilising the Whitlam Government in 1975, we need to consider carefully both the likely approach by Kissinger as national security adviser and the example of the destabilisation of Chile under the Allende Government. #auspol
Whitlam and the White House – Part 2
“Australia and the territories under its control have become increasingly important to the US defence and space establishments in recent years as a site for satellite tracking stations, nuclear test d...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In examining whether US covert activities played any role in destabilising the Whitlam Government in 1975, we need to consider carefully both the likely approach by Kissinger as national security adviser and the example of the destabilisation of Chile under the Allende Government. #auspol
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Appeals are brought in accordance with the director's statutory responsibility to ensure sentences reflect the gravity of offending and are in line with community values and expectations. #auspol #DPP #Court
ACT director of Public Prosecutions responds
The ACT DPP issues a response to an exclusive article we published last week We don't do that in this country': judge slams DPP by Andrew Fraser.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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LNP dinosaurs vote for their own extinction. It seems likely that they will get their wish. Older voters are dying and the young are turning away from the nonsense, anti science LNP in droves.
The young are better educated, and know delaying action on climate will negatively impact their lives.
The young are better educated, and know delaying action on climate will negatively impact their lives.
Young voters drifted even further from the Coalition at the 2025 federal election and continued to regard climate change as a serious threat in large numbers.
And still the Coalitiin debate their climate stance 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
And still the Coalitiin debate their climate stance 🤷♂️
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
New figures show Coalition's 'existential' millennial problem getting worse
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
LNP dinosaurs vote for their own extinction. It seems likely that they will get their wish. Older voters are dying and the young are turning away from the nonsense, anti science LNP in droves.
The young are better educated, and know delaying action on climate will negatively impact their lives.
The young are better educated, and know delaying action on climate will negatively impact their lives.
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The “fossil fuel giants (including Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron) have paused, delayed, or retracted their climate commitments, increasingly pushing the world towards a dangerous future", The Lancet says. #auspol #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Environment
The black work of big oil
Now is the sinister time of year when the Barons of Big Oil gather together, under the auspices of the United Nations and with the blessing of most world leaders, to celebrate the 350 million needless...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The “fossil fuel giants (including Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron) have paused, delayed, or retracted their climate commitments, increasingly pushing the world towards a dangerous future", The Lancet says. #auspol #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Environment
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BREAKING: Trump just issued a blanket pardon for 79 individuals related to the 2020 fake electors scheme, to try and rig the election.
NOTE: He can’t pardon State crimes even if he thinks he can. He’s clearly trying to normalize election rigging for 2026.
NOTE: He can’t pardon State crimes even if he thinks he can. He’s clearly trying to normalize election rigging for 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
BREAKING: Trump just issued a blanket pardon for 79 individuals related to the 2020 fake electors scheme, to try and rig the election.
NOTE: He can’t pardon State crimes even if he thinks he can. He’s clearly trying to normalize election rigging for 2026.
NOTE: He can’t pardon State crimes even if he thinks he can. He’s clearly trying to normalize election rigging for 2026.
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Fuck every single one of these betraying asshats.
Here...they are:
1. Catherine Cortez Masto (D–Nevada)
2. Jacky Rosen (D–Nevada)
3. John Fetterman (D–Pennsylvania)
4. Dick Durbin (D–Illinois)
5. Tim Kaine (D–Virginia)
6. Maggie Hassan (D–New Hampshire)
7. Jeanne Shaheen (D–New Hampshire)
8. Angus King (I–Maine, caucuses with Democrats)
1. Catherine Cortez Masto (D–Nevada)
2. Jacky Rosen (D–Nevada)
3. John Fetterman (D–Pennsylvania)
4. Dick Durbin (D–Illinois)
5. Tim Kaine (D–Virginia)
6. Maggie Hassan (D–New Hampshire)
7. Jeanne Shaheen (D–New Hampshire)
8. Angus King (I–Maine, caucuses with Democrats)
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Fuck every single one of these betraying asshats.
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Since Trump’s 2024 win...Democratic leadership...as a collective unit....has been playing Tiddlywinks. Never unified. Never fierce. Never using every tool with spit-flying intensity. Not. One. Fucking. Time.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Since Trump’s 2024 win...Democratic leadership...as a collective unit....has been playing Tiddlywinks. Never unified. Never fierce. Never using every tool with spit-flying intensity. Not. One. Fucking. Time.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
You may "feel" like they have been...but...the facts do not support that feeling.
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This ain't isolated, this type of targeted racial discrimination and intimidation tactics by police against mob happens all over Australia, including right here in Ballarat.
A stain on us all and can be life destroying for those targeted.
Over targeted and under protected systematically.
A stain on us all and can be life destroying for those targeted.
Over targeted and under protected systematically.
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,” says Megan, who is using a pseudonym for legal reasons. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks
Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This ain't isolated, this type of targeted racial discrimination and intimidation tactics by police against mob happens all over Australia, including right here in Ballarat.
A stain on us all and can be life destroying for those targeted.
Over targeted and under protected systematically.
A stain on us all and can be life destroying for those targeted.
Over targeted and under protected systematically.
Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions | Common Dreams
"Why would corporations spend millions on Trump's ballroom or Bitcoin? Because they're getting billions in unlegislated tax breaks," said one Democratic lawmaker.
www.commondreams.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Trump Quietly Dishes Out More Tax Breaks to Rich Investors While Slashing Food Aid for Millions www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...
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Stop deforestation.
Let’s maintain diverse ecosystems on a liveable planet👇
Let’s maintain diverse ecosystems on a liveable planet👇
The Congo Basin is the world's biggest tropical carbon sink. There may only be a decade to save it.
The World Has a Decade to Save the Biggest Tropical Carbon Sink
The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, is at a point where further damage may rob the world of a crucial bulwark against climate change.
bloom.bg
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Stop deforestation.
Let’s maintain diverse ecosystems on a liveable planet👇
Let’s maintain diverse ecosystems on a liveable planet👇
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Survey finds 40% of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change
BUT
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all
#auspol #ClimateChange #environment
BUT
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all
#auspol #ClimateChange #environment
Survey finds 40% of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Survey finds 40% of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change
BUT
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all
#auspol #ClimateChange #environment
BUT
Research which polled a representative sample of 2,000 people also found over a third of Coalition voters believed the climate would not change at all
#auspol #ClimateChange #environment
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Welcome to Barangaroo! We graciously provide affordable housing but you’re not allowed to enjoy it | First Dog on the Moon
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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