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Gen Y Social Advocate | Indp supporter | Talks: Social equity, Justice, Intl Affairs, Travel | Adventurer 🌏 | Gardener 🌱 | Australian/Spanish | RTs ≠ End | Don't confuse other people's noise for substance 📚
AFR today highlighting plummeting Liberal party membership rates - Highlights Sandringham (in Goldstein area) down to just 180 members (40% drop)

No wonder why Tim Wilson is worried - esp the leaked group chat showing issues to find scrutineers.
#auspol
June 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The factional Liberal political knives are out again. 🔪

"Sky News host Peta Credlin slams Opposition Leader Sussan Ley for having 'almost no political identity'". And adds a barb about her name.

Ms Credlins' remarks are in response to Sussan Ley's press club speech. #auspol
June 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Australian Community Independents movement annual conference tickets now released.

This year's theme "Communities in action - Strengthening Democracy Together".

Online two day conference. Fri 5 & Sat 6 Sept.

Early bird tickets via link. #auspol

events.humanitix.com/cip-conventi...
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A reflection of how culturally diverse esp the inner west of Melbourne is - here in Highpoint on just this one billboard we have the digital advertising in Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese and Mandarin.
June 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
As you see Elon and Trump embroiled in messy public beef, I can't help but observe that there's a distinct theme of these "unhinged very fragile & ego filled men" seeking political power - both in Australia and globally.

Case in point - "Goldstein Trumps'" behaviour #auspol
June 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Naturally Trumpists are now turning to this. 🥴
June 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Australians waking up to Elon and Trump overnight embroiled in messy public beef - with a flurry of mutual claims and provocations.

Key posts here #auspol
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bradfield community Independent Nicolette Boele thanking the community after the AEC called the seat in her favor after a close result. 👏

Whilst the Liberal party continues to implode more into cringe and sexism, prompted by Alan Stockdale being a total dinosaur.🦖 #auspol
June 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The events on for the Australian festival of Democracy and Human rights this week:
June 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Today's (wed 4 June) 3rd Annual Democracy and Human Rights Conference

Agenda:

#auspol
June 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Journo Rachel Withers:

Sort of weird to run for Greens deputy leader/deputy whip when you don't think the crossbench is the place to make change 🤔

I'd be willing to entertain the idea that Dorinda Cox has decided "change from within" is the way to go, but not within that 2-week turnaround #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Goldstein facts:

The 2025 margin is 175 votes - out of 115,673 formal votes (3,198 informal votes). As of time of posting.

Thats only a formal vote margin of 0.15%

In 2022, Independent Zoe Daniel won with a larger margin of 5,635 votes. A formal vote margin of 2.87% #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Dorinda Cox said back in 2023 that Labor was a “puppet for the fossil fuel industry".

Only last week Ms Cox said the WA North West Shelf gas project “must not go ahead”. Yet today when defecting says it “wouldn’t be for me to make public commentary during provisional approval stage”
#auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The statement from Dorinda cox last Wednesday 28th May (as Greens senator) ends:

"In the 48th Parliament I will... protect and preserve sites like Murajuga from destructive industrial emissions and keep fighting for stronger cultural heritage protections.”

#auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Senator Dorinda Cox by jumping to Labor from the Greens has now put herself into a predicament now.

She says her values now align "more with Labor" yet just last Wed, issued a pointed statement against the Labor environment minister about approving the WA north west shelf gas extension. #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We have "Mr 305" Pitbull..

... now we have "Mr 175" Goldstein Liberal Tim Wilson (aka Goldstein Trump) #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Goldstein facts:

What happened to Tim Wilson's "Goldstein blue tsunami" - per social media posts and leaked group chat. 🫠😵‍💫

Considering its Liberal heartland, only a 175 vote margin (0.15%) - awkwardly lambasted akin to "a rounding error" by the Spectator magazine #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Mr 175 (votes)" Goldstein Liberal Tim Wilson #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Goldstein facts:

Goldstein, which is Liberal party heartland, is now the second most marginal federal seat in Australia.

Bradfield (undergoing a full recount) currently most marginal - at time of posting. #auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Goldstein facts
- A thread 🧵

#auspol
June 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
⚠️👇 Something important that everyone should know - and that all media outlets and political commentators have failed to hold to account is:

that back in May 2022, when Tim Wilson @tw4goldstein lost that election - he *never* directly called up Indp Zoe Daniel by telephone to concede defeat #auspol
June 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Nothing to see here. 👇💩

Just Parnell who's an advisory board member of "Australians for prosperity" (received 750,000 from Coal Australia) who ran anti Independent smear - and now conveniently writing a glowing Age article today on Tim Wilson

The greasy wheels of political grift on show #auspol
June 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm sure its just a "coincidence" that the Australians for Prosperity group Advisory Board Member, Dr Nataliya Ilyushina is here crowing on social media pictures and a selfie with Goldstein Liberal Tim Wilson.
#auspol
June 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Regarding Goldstein Liberal preselection. He obtained around 160 votes, that's only 53ish % of the 300 voting Liberal party members in Goldstein supporting Tim Wilson in the final round of preselection voting vs Colleen Harkin (previously Liberal candidate for Macnamara).
#auspol
June 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New music by Barkaa - "Ngamaka" (ft Leroy Johnson) to add your playlist. 👇🔥

Even more of a timely music release - with the Federal Labor govs actions to approve the extension to Woodside’s North West Shelf project #auspol
June 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM