Barry Smith
@barwil1.bsky.social
Someone with an avid interest in domestic and international politics.Lives on Central Coast,NSW,Australia.Left of centre but open to hearing other perspectives.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
www.megaphone.org.au
July 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
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MISSING
Holly, 14, last seen in Warialda, Sunday, 1 June 2025.
Holly may be in a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD rego 741JD9 or 2008 silver Audi A3, QLD rego 344GJ6.
May be with 2 men, age 22 & 24, may be in Woodridge, QLD.
#NSWpol #auspol
Contact: www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_ar...
Holly, 14, last seen in Warialda, Sunday, 1 June 2025.
Holly may be in a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD rego 741JD9 or 2008 silver Audi A3, QLD rego 344GJ6.
May be with 2 men, age 22 & 24, may be in Woodridge, QLD.
#NSWpol #auspol
Contact: www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_ar...
June 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
MISSING
Holly, 14, last seen in Warialda, Sunday, 1 June 2025.
Holly may be in a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD rego 741JD9 or 2008 silver Audi A3, QLD rego 344GJ6.
May be with 2 men, age 22 & 24, may be in Woodridge, QLD.
#NSWpol #auspol
Contact: www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_ar...
Holly, 14, last seen in Warialda, Sunday, 1 June 2025.
Holly may be in a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD rego 741JD9 or 2008 silver Audi A3, QLD rego 344GJ6.
May be with 2 men, age 22 & 24, may be in Woodridge, QLD.
#NSWpol #auspol
Contact: www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_ar...
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Why in God’s name does the ABC invite these 3rd rate hacks ?
March 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Why in God’s name does the ABC invite these 3rd rate hacks ?
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Rinehart has far too much power and all her opinions are driven by self interest. We shouldn’t be listening to her.
March 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Rinehart has far too much power and all her opinions are driven by self interest. We shouldn’t be listening to her.
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Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad'
Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad - The Shot
Civil liberties are being curtailed in Australia to silence any criticism of Israel's genocide of Palestine. What the fuck is that about?
theshot.net.au
March 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad'
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My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
Waiting for Liberal Democracy in the American South
Our country’s constitutional order is withering before us. In the states of the former Confederacy, democracy never fully flourished.
www.thebulwark.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
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This past week Trump has surrendered to Putin, retreated on Musk, & retreated on tariffs. He is tanking the US economy, spooking global markets and losing in the courts. Trump is a weak man, not a strong man, writes political strategist @simonwdc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
Trump Has A Week Of Retreats and Losses, And Is Far Weaker Than He Appears - We Need To Keep Working Hard All....
Hopium was launched 2 years ago today - thanks all for being part of this journey together!
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This past week Trump has surrendered to Putin, retreated on Musk, & retreated on tariffs. He is tanking the US economy, spooking global markets and losing in the courts. Trump is a weak man, not a strong man, writes political strategist @simonwdc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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"According retired Australian navy admiral Peter Briggs, the Aukus submarine plan is flawed, and the only chance Australia has to sustain its submarine fleet is to buy French vessels after all."
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
Former admiral urges Australia to renege on Aukus deal and buy French subs
An article published by an Australian think tank is calling on Canberra to back out of the controversial Aukus submarine deal – which annulled a contract to buy French nuclear submarines in favour of…
www.rfi.fr
March 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"According retired Australian navy admiral Peter Briggs, the Aukus submarine plan is flawed, and the only chance Australia has to sustain its submarine fleet is to buy French vessels after all."
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
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The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
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lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
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And of course Musk with Starlink
March 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
And of course Musk with Starlink
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March 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Smear campaigns ❌
Attack ads ❌
Floods of misinformation ❌
Theft of signs ❌
and now…
Push polling. ❌
The question
“How low will they go?”
Seems to be a moving target that spirals downward by the day. 🙄
#IntegrityMatters
#auspol
#Election25
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Attack ads ❌
Floods of misinformation ❌
Theft of signs ❌
and now…
Push polling. ❌
The question
“How low will they go?”
Seems to be a moving target that spirals downward by the day. 🙄
#IntegrityMatters
#auspol
#Election25
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Teal MPs decry anonymous ‘push poll’ sent to voters in two independent seats
Transparency advocates raise concerns over ‘survey’ that asked loaded questions about Climate 200-backed MPs Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Smear campaigns ❌
Attack ads ❌
Floods of misinformation ❌
Theft of signs ❌
and now…
Push polling. ❌
The question
“How low will they go?”
Seems to be a moving target that spirals downward by the day. 🙄
#IntegrityMatters
#auspol
#Election25
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Attack ads ❌
Floods of misinformation ❌
Theft of signs ❌
and now…
Push polling. ❌
The question
“How low will they go?”
Seems to be a moving target that spirals downward by the day. 🙄
#IntegrityMatters
#auspol
#Election25
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"we can’t omit what News has done to inflict Trump on the world and what they are trying to do to inflict Dutton on Australia."
Meanwhile, we get lectures from ABC journalists about the evils of social media.
While ignoring the Murdoch elephant in their industry.
johnmenadue.com/the-murdoch-...
Meanwhile, we get lectures from ABC journalists about the evils of social media.
While ignoring the Murdoch elephant in their industry.
johnmenadue.com/the-murdoch-...
The Murdoch plague on world politics - Pearls and Irritations
Any company which had a history of illegality, incurred massive costs for those illegal actions, polluted public discourse and, made massive false claims about companies and institutions, the director...
johnmenadue.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"we can’t omit what News has done to inflict Trump on the world and what they are trying to do to inflict Dutton on Australia."
Meanwhile, we get lectures from ABC journalists about the evils of social media.
While ignoring the Murdoch elephant in their industry.
johnmenadue.com/the-murdoch-...
Meanwhile, we get lectures from ABC journalists about the evils of social media.
While ignoring the Murdoch elephant in their industry.
johnmenadue.com/the-murdoch-...
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March 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Recalling when during an emergency event media would first interview a state emergency service expert. Now it’s the premier of the state, so it becomes another ‘political’ story. Why is that?
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Recalling when during an emergency event media would first interview a state emergency service expert. Now it’s the premier of the state, so it becomes another ‘political’ story. Why is that?
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This👇🏼The modern Liberal Party. Doing anything to win, except policy. So far it’s been
1️⃣ a politically motivated referral to the NACC
2️⃣ misleading sh*t sheets in letterboxes
3️⃣ bullsh*t billboards
4️⃣ verbal abuse and filming of me and my supporters
5️⃣ disgraceful, unethical push polling in Goldstein
1️⃣ a politically motivated referral to the NACC
2️⃣ misleading sh*t sheets in letterboxes
3️⃣ bullsh*t billboards
4️⃣ verbal abuse and filming of me and my supporters
5️⃣ disgraceful, unethical push polling in Goldstein
March 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This👇🏼The modern Liberal Party. Doing anything to win, except policy. So far it’s been
1️⃣ a politically motivated referral to the NACC
2️⃣ misleading sh*t sheets in letterboxes
3️⃣ bullsh*t billboards
4️⃣ verbal abuse and filming of me and my supporters
5️⃣ disgraceful, unethical push polling in Goldstein
1️⃣ a politically motivated referral to the NACC
2️⃣ misleading sh*t sheets in letterboxes
3️⃣ bullsh*t billboards
4️⃣ verbal abuse and filming of me and my supporters
5️⃣ disgraceful, unethical push polling in Goldstein
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Today’s piece of vulgar, bullying idiocy from the narcissistic Mango Mussolini.
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Today’s piece of vulgar, bullying idiocy from the narcissistic Mango Mussolini.
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But entirely unsurprising…
This is embarrassing and pathetic, even by Murdoch standards
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
But entirely unsurprising…
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WOW, 7.30 Report! Mused this morning why not be upfront, deliver a budget then go to an election where Dutton has no choice but to add and subtract. The Oz way of leading the world again, let’s do it!
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
WOW, 7.30 Report! Mused this morning why not be upfront, deliver a budget then go to an election where Dutton has no choice but to add and subtract. The Oz way of leading the world again, let’s do it!
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Stuff we've known for a decade now ... #Globalwarming causes storms to increase in intensity and "stall"...
Earth's circulatory winds slowing so that catastropic systems worsen, move more slowly and last longer.
Thoughts with everyone battening the hatches!
Earth's circulatory winds slowing so that catastropic systems worsen, move more slowly and last longer.
Thoughts with everyone battening the hatches!
March 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Stuff we've known for a decade now ... #Globalwarming causes storms to increase in intensity and "stall"...
Earth's circulatory winds slowing so that catastropic systems worsen, move more slowly and last longer.
Thoughts with everyone battening the hatches!
Earth's circulatory winds slowing so that catastropic systems worsen, move more slowly and last longer.
Thoughts with everyone battening the hatches!
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ABC Mgmt seems hell-bent on making once essential viewing ABC programs utterly unwatchable. Parnell Palme McGuinness AND Joe Hildebrand?! Neither one has any substance, depth, expertise or credibility. This is just insulting to viewers. 😠 #QandA #auspol #AusVotes25
March 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
ABC Mgmt seems hell-bent on making once essential viewing ABC programs utterly unwatchable. Parnell Palme McGuinness AND Joe Hildebrand?! Neither one has any substance, depth, expertise or credibility. This is just insulting to viewers. 😠 #QandA #auspol #AusVotes25