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December 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Absolutely awesome Sandy!
Just hangin' around.
A silvereye, seen along the Riverwalk at Gympie.
(2023 photo)
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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“What happened in Goldstein 2025 was a warning ... What happens next is a choice.”
'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Maybe in 100 years AI may develop to provide accurate UNBIASED info but right now in its embryonic stage it will undermine the development of humanity & should have major safe guards imposed. Stop the profiteering of this technology now!
The jury is still out on whether AI will actually boost productivity for all organisations and businesses that adopt it.
Australia’s national AI plan has just been released. Who exactly will benefit?
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Absolutely AWESOME!
It's an old clip but still uplifting. In case you need it. I needed it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
History show us time again that inevitably it is the people who win. The rich & powerful work together to legislate our children's futures & food bowl away until finally the people rise up against it to re-establish equality, equity & a fair go for everyone in our societies. CHILDREN = FUTURE!
You glorious, brave lot, sticking your oar in to remind the billionaire bastard companies that Australians want the government to stop fannying about, start taxing giant fossil fuel companies and make the country run on renewables as much as possible.
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Absolutely! History shows us time & time again that inevitably it is the people who finally win.
Agree or disagree?
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Essentially their futures are being taken away from them. We hear it all the time out here on so many fronts. Our nation is standing on a cliff - do nothing & let the wealthy & powerful legislate & take away everything or fight back for equality & fairness for everyone in our societies.
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
How could anyone be so stupid? Orders the killing of drug boats and pardons a convicted drug dealer WTF? Unbelievable!
This is the Republican majority in Congress. Completely disinterested in looking into anything Trump is doing. Whatever he decides to do is fine with them and they won’t investigate or question anything. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Markwayne Mullin defends Trump pardoning Honduran president who was convicted of drug trafficking: "What the president is doing is always calculated. I haven't had a direct conversation with the president about it, but I do trust his natural reaction and his approach to foreign affairs."
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Keep up the good work Rex no matter the workbench. Focus, Achieve, Repeat - be the Change! The almost frenzied scramble to hide away records & information by this unbelievable mob loudly suggests to us all there is something BIG to hide. Always look for the money trails and/or jobs for the boys.
This morning I’m writing up a “follow the money” story for Michael West Media, although the Government has made it hard for me. But what better place to do it than from a beachside writing desk. Whyalla, South Australia. #WorkFromRoam
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Oh my goodness 9 Food Industry Representatives out of 11 Council Members! WTF is our government doing to our Nation? Additives in processed food are well known to be long term toxic & can eventually lead to poor health & even death. We have to stop lobbyist & donation corruption in our Parliaments.
Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts.

Reporting by Melissa Davey and Natasha May. Read the full story. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

📷: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Why the hell is this happening if it is true? Is our government no longer concerned to protect the people of this Nation? Do they not want to protect their own children & families if not themselves from toxic foods? @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts.

Reporting by Melissa Davey and Natasha May. Read the full story. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

📷: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
What is it that this government is fearful of that it drives them to this stupidity? It must be BIG! You need to find out what it is Rex & flush it out into the light of day. Whatever they are hiding it cannot be good for our people & Nation.
Govt accidentally revealed to ME the gender of the ‘spy’ I cross-examined in a Govt initiated #FOI appeal. Now they’re arguing (with your $$$) national security will be in peril if YOU know if the spy is a man or a woman🤦‍♂️. @albomp.bsky.social’s Govt’s gone secrecy mad! #auspol
Cone of Silence. Is secret Aussie spy in Rex Patrick case a man or a woman? - Michael West
Government's costly efforts to keep secret the gender identity of an Aussie spy, keeps it at 1 person in 18 million. What's the scam?
michaelwest.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts.

Reporting by Melissa Davey and Natasha May. Read the full story. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

📷: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What the hell is the PM Albanese up to?
Yikes
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 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Absolutely correct they serve only their masters & self. The destruction of our food bowl & water supply is very much still ongoing.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Lol like we have always maintained they have had months to work on the files to remove all incriminating references. Hopefully Epstein before his unfortunate "death" was smart enough to realise this would happen & has copies out there.
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Please stop with the nonsense voters are not stupid! What are you doing about the carbon credits?
We're getting on with the job.

We’ve delivered the largest annual fall in emissions outside the pandemic.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Will it take the destruction of our food bowl and drinking water so necessary to survival for these donor hungry politicians to wake up? It will be to late then the long lasting damage done. What do their children and families say to them at night we often wonder.
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We have always been of the view that he is a "nowhere" man. Always has been and always will be sadly. He had the numbers in Parliament and an opportunity to make reforms and rewrite history badly needed in our Nation. He did nothing! No more indefinite terms for politicians. Two terms & your out.
Surging inflation should be a wake-up call for Labor. But it lacks the capacity to respond or reform, writes Bernard Keane.
For a decent government, surging inflation would be a wake-up call. But Albanese wields a dead hand
www.crikey.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Now how could anyone get that so wrong? $4M - $97M is just to big a leap to be believable. So, whats it all about Alfie?
They predicted it would 'feel like' $4m dollars, but it ended up actually being almost $97m chaser.com.au/general-news...
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Question @johnmendelson.bsky.social - Do the Australian Politicians swear an Oath to protect & serve the Australian people as against just the King of the UK?
If Australia is to remain a confident, modern democracy, then the executive must be accountable to the people, not to the Crown, nor to Cabinet secrecy. If Australia is to flourish, we cannot remain bound to a system built on inherited habits rather than choices made. #auspol #republic #democracy
Only a republic can reverse executive power creep
A democratic republic would end the structural uncertainties that allowed both the Whitlam dismissal and Scott Morrison's many ministries,  as well as bringing the Australian people into a new constitutional relationship.
johnmenadue.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The only back this mob have got is their own profiteering.
PM @albomp.bsky.social sounds like a befuddled 80yo 2GB listener, not the PM of a progressive Labor Govt. The #SocialMediaBan is an insult to engaged teens who use social media to learn about history, politics, world events, science, music, art, film, sport. Yet still no #GamblingAdBan? 🤔 #auspol
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A crystal ball that could be so true!
Aust Govt in short:

We want to make sure that the primary interaction your kids have online is with betting companies because we all want board positions post politics.
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM