David Jones
@antsyturbo.bsky.social
Retired, Widower & a Grandfather. 27 yrs in public service. Believes good people do exist. Lives in Mooloolaba. Not a religious person in any shape or form.
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All those thinking the private sector would find a way to solve climate change, when of course all it was ever going to do was find ways to produce even more emissions and f*ck the environment royally.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Excellent reporting by @joshtaylor.bsky.social and @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
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December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
All those thinking the private sector would find a way to solve climate change, when of course all it was ever going to do was find ways to produce even more emissions and f*ck the environment royally.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
Because well... that's all it ever has done.
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This is one thing Australia really excels at: exploiting vulnerable migrant workers, abandoning them to destitution and denying their human rights. The PALM scheme is not much better than slavery www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Thousands have left Pacific worker scheme and are stuck in visa limbo
Pacific Islanders have been leaving Australia's guest worker scheme, a decision that breaches their visa conditions and leaves them "extremely vulnerable".
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is one thing Australia really excels at: exploiting vulnerable migrant workers, abandoning them to destitution and denying their human rights. The PALM scheme is not much better than slavery www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Embarrassing behaviour by Henderson. (yet again)
Sarah Henderson remains a complete waste of space.
We are badly served by these intellectually bereft and incompetent grifters. #auspol #SenateEstimates
We are badly served by these intellectually bereft and incompetent grifters. #auspol #SenateEstimates
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Embarrassing behaviour by Henderson. (yet again)
Really bad, but totally on point for Wilson. He has a very vindictive attitude towards anyone who is not aligned to his beliefs. A truly horrible human being, not just a bad politician. Shame on Goldstein voters.
This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Really bad, but totally on point for Wilson. He has a very vindictive attitude towards anyone who is not aligned to his beliefs. A truly horrible human being, not just a bad politician. Shame on Goldstein voters.
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This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is really bad!
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
First - it seems some kind of monitoring and/or database is being kept on community independent volunteers - and then there's the refusal to serve a constituent based on their political views.
This is REALLY bad!!! #auspol
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Watching 7.30 and have to laugh when farmers say they're worried about the plants and animals impacted by transmission towers, without a moment's pause on the fact their very farm exists because most of those plants and animals were disposed of...
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Watching 7.30 and have to laugh when farmers say they're worried about the plants and animals impacted by transmission towers, without a moment's pause on the fact their very farm exists because most of those plants and animals were disposed of...
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We are meant to believe the NACC is still trying to establish if somebody should be held to account on #Robodebt.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
It’s almost 2yrs since the day Commissioner Catherine Holmes handed down her final report on Robodebt & referred those responsible for criminal prosecution. It was a day we felt like finally something was happening.
I’m so sorry to all victims who are STILL waiting for justice.
I’m so sorry to all victims who are STILL waiting for justice.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We are meant to believe the NACC is still trying to establish if somebody should be held to account on #Robodebt.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
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The EPBC Act changes are nowhere near perfect, but there have been some important improvements to the pretty shite original bill.
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Labor and Greens to pass environment laws today, Nationals pretend to care about Barnaby Joyce's future
Labor wants a political win and wants its environment legislation pushed through, even if it means sitting on Friday to do it, while the Nationals are pretending to care about Barnaby Joyce's potentia...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The EPBC Act changes are nowhere near perfect, but there have been some important improvements to the pretty shite original bill.
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
Good on the govt for negotiating with the Greens to deliver something not completely shit.
Maybe think on doing a bit more of that?
live.thepoint.com.au
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*taps microphone*
Hi @bsky.app
If you want this to be a global platform, how about trending topics reflecting the other 96% of the world's population?
The domination of this site by American news and American topics is one of its greatest drawbacks
Hell, even old Elon manages to get this right
Hi @bsky.app
If you want this to be a global platform, how about trending topics reflecting the other 96% of the world's population?
The domination of this site by American news and American topics is one of its greatest drawbacks
Hell, even old Elon manages to get this right
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
*taps microphone*
Hi @bsky.app
If you want this to be a global platform, how about trending topics reflecting the other 96% of the world's population?
The domination of this site by American news and American topics is one of its greatest drawbacks
Hell, even old Elon manages to get this right
Hi @bsky.app
If you want this to be a global platform, how about trending topics reflecting the other 96% of the world's population?
The domination of this site by American news and American topics is one of its greatest drawbacks
Hell, even old Elon manages to get this right
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Political journalists are so intensely bad at dealing with environment and climate issues, it is absolutely remarkable
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archive.ph/tpFlb
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Political journalists are so intensely bad at dealing with environment and climate issues, it is absolutely remarkable
archive.ph/tpFlb
archive.ph/tpFlb
I so want this to be not true!! 😱
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I so want this to be not true!! 😱
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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We bought a Genny (generator), about a grand. Saved all our food and a couple of neighbour's freezers. (We towed it next door for 2 hours each house- enough to keep unopened freezers safe). Our energy-efficient house ran off it if we turned on one appliance at a time. Our power was out for 6 days.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We bought a Genny (generator), about a grand. Saved all our food and a couple of neighbour's freezers. (We towed it next door for 2 hours each house- enough to keep unopened freezers safe). Our energy-efficient house ran off it if we turned on one appliance at a time. Our power was out for 6 days.
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$1,000 a day of taxpayers’ money to fight antisemitism and can’t condemn actual Nazis attacking “the Jewish lobby”.
#Auspol
#Auspol
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is steadfastly refusing to condemn the NSW Parliament neo-Nazi rally. Paid over $1,000 a day by taxpayers but MIA since far-right Advance scandal over four months ago... theklaxon.com.au/wheres-jilli...
Where's Jillian Segal? Over $1,000-a-day but MIA - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family bankrolls far-right group “Advance” — is refusing to denounce the neo-Nazi rally held outside NSW Parliament House.
theklaxon.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
$1,000 a day of taxpayers’ money to fight antisemitism and can’t condemn actual Nazis attacking “the Jewish lobby”.
#Auspol
#Auspol
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The parliamentary year is done, which means the blog is down until it returns on Feb 3. Thank you to everyone who has joined this little project - it has meant the world to have your support. Please - take care of you. It's only going to get more unhinged next year x
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The parliamentary year is done, which means the blog is down until it returns on Feb 3. Thank you to everyone who has joined this little project - it has meant the world to have your support. Please - take care of you. It's only going to get more unhinged next year x
This is like a real life Monty Python skit. It just gets sillier and sillier, but unlike Monty Python stuff, no one is laughing.😢
Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is like a real life Monty Python skit. It just gets sillier and sillier, but unlike Monty Python stuff, no one is laughing.😢
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So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
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Ofir Birenbaum, the creepy little zio is taking Cairo Takeaway to court. He turned up there with a news crew and tried to bait them into looking antisemetic. It backfired badly on Ofir because it was a creepy fucked up false flag thing to do and he's trying to blame the victims of his racism.
Support Cairo Takeaway via the link in my bio 🇵🇸
November 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ofir Birenbaum, the creepy little zio is taking Cairo Takeaway to court. He turned up there with a news crew and tried to bait them into looking antisemetic. It backfired badly on Ofir because it was a creepy fucked up false flag thing to do and he's trying to blame the victims of his racism.
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US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James proving Trump commenced the proceeding not from evidence, but pure vindictiveness. share.google/SRMsm6Mjx7LB...
US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James
Judge says interim US attorney for eastern district of Virginia had ‘no lawful authority’ to indict former FBI director and New York attorney general
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November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
US judge throws out criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James proving Trump commenced the proceeding not from evidence, but pure vindictiveness. share.google/SRMsm6Mjx7LB...
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Penny Wong spks of a 7yr old girl who after Pauline Hanson’s racist stunt, asked her mum “do all Christians hate Muslims?”
Ralph Babet interjects “I do!”
Not just a racist, an openly hateful one too. Our parliament is a clown show of filth.
Wong “And we see it again” Yup #Senate
Ralph Babet interjects “I do!”
Not just a racist, an openly hateful one too. Our parliament is a clown show of filth.
Wong “And we see it again” Yup #Senate
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Penny Wong spks of a 7yr old girl who after Pauline Hanson’s racist stunt, asked her mum “do all Christians hate Muslims?”
Ralph Babet interjects “I do!”
Not just a racist, an openly hateful one too. Our parliament is a clown show of filth.
Wong “And we see it again” Yup #Senate
Ralph Babet interjects “I do!”
Not just a racist, an openly hateful one too. Our parliament is a clown show of filth.
Wong “And we see it again” Yup #Senate
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hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
hot take: the BoM is one of the most complex gov. websites with a ridic number of data and systems used by industry, the public and other gov agencies so redesigning it and fixing the security issues was always going to take a fair bit of $$$
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I’m so embarrassed that Pauline Hanson is a Senator in this country. Her stunt was designed to stoke anger and division but actually I’m just embarrassed that she sits there at all
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’m so embarrassed that Pauline Hanson is a Senator in this country. Her stunt was designed to stoke anger and division but actually I’m just embarrassed that she sits there at all
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If you’re in Melb check this out. Jimmy Mossie and Kate playing in the City Square at 1.30. Ian
Surprise pop up in Melbourne with Ian Moss and Kate Ceberano. 1:30pm at City Square. Free tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/always-liv...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you’re in Melb check this out. Jimmy Mossie and Kate playing in the City Square at 1.30. Ian
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And that’s just a small thing. The considered approach to looking at the bigger picture rather than just relying on lower speed limits and hoping for the best is how you get to zero fatalities in a 12 month period.
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And that’s just a small thing. The considered approach to looking at the bigger picture rather than just relying on lower speed limits and hoping for the best is how you get to zero fatalities in a 12 month period.
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Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat
Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat
Haigh’s name to be added to Wall of Names at Freedom Park in Pretoria, alongside former Australian PMs Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser
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The former Australian diplomat Bruce Haigh would rightly be proud of his inclusion on South Africa’s Wall of Names at the country’s Freedom Park, honouring those who resisted apartheid.
But the many who knew and loved Haigh, one of Australia’s least conventional but more effective and fearless diplomats, suspect he might also have been somewhat bemused that his name was being added to the wall on Friday at the same time as those of the former prime ministers Bob Hawke and Malcolm Fraser. Continue reading...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat