Ivy Stars
@ivystars.bsky.social
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Former lifelong Labor voter (since Hawke) but always put the Libs last
🚫DMs 🚫Gofundme 🚫OF
⬅️y 🐇
🇺🇦🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪
Former lifelong Labor voter (since Hawke) but always put the Libs last
🚫DMs 🚫Gofundme 🚫OF
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pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
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Wait, what!?
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wait, what!?
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
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Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
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#60mins reporting via a whistleblower that a bikie linked security gang has partnered with our own Australian Federal Police to manage refugees on Nauru. Wild. Tragic. Outrageous. Corruption. This is a genuine scandal. #60minutes #nauru #albanese
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#60mins reporting via a whistleblower that a bikie linked security gang has partnered with our own Australian Federal Police to manage refugees on Nauru. Wild. Tragic. Outrageous. Corruption. This is a genuine scandal. #60minutes #nauru #albanese
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I have zero expectations for LNP - and they exceed those expectations every day.
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I have zero expectations for LNP - and they exceed those expectations every day.
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed.
I truly didn’t think they would be this bad.
Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
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Corruption watchdog being watched by its watchdog again.
Would be good if they investigated corruption as much as they investigate their own conduct imo
Would be good if they investigated corruption as much as they investigate their own conduct imo
Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Corruption watchdog being watched by its watchdog again.
Would be good if they investigated corruption as much as they investigate their own conduct imo
Would be good if they investigated corruption as much as they investigate their own conduct imo
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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“Australia has one of the worst rates of deforestation in world & is number one in world for mammal extinctions. Every second a native animal is brutally killed by bulldozers.
www.greenpeace.org.au/act/forests-...
www.greenpeace.org.au/act/forests-...
Call on PM Albanese to introduce strong environmental protection laws
The government is overhauling our national environmental law. Together we can make sure they halt nature destruction and end the extinction crisis.
www.greenpeace.org.au
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“Australia has one of the worst rates of deforestation in world & is number one in world for mammal extinctions. Every second a native animal is brutally killed by bulldozers.
www.greenpeace.org.au/act/forests-...
www.greenpeace.org.au/act/forests-...
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Temu and Shein peddle dismembered child-like sex dolls as mannequins to skirt Australian bans, fueling depraved fantasies of pedophiles who customize prepubescent torsos for penetration. #ChildExploitation
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Temu and Shein peddle dismembered child-like sex dolls as mannequins to skirt Australian bans, fueling depraved fantasies of pedophiles who customize prepubescent torsos for penetration. #ChildExploitation
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Israeli settlers are burning down the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank
The village is known for its uniquely all-Christian population.
Cars, lands and home all attacked in a series of violent pogroms aimed at uprooting Palestinian communities
The village is known for its uniquely all-Christian population.
Cars, lands and home all attacked in a series of violent pogroms aimed at uprooting Palestinian communities
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Israeli settlers are burning down the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank
The village is known for its uniquely all-Christian population.
Cars, lands and home all attacked in a series of violent pogroms aimed at uprooting Palestinian communities
The village is known for its uniquely all-Christian population.
Cars, lands and home all attacked in a series of violent pogroms aimed at uprooting Palestinian communities
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Just think about this.
A supposedly left leaning Premier is going to force people out of their homes and livelihoods in service to a planet destroying fossil fuel company that pays no tax and hasn’t FOR A DECADE.
Make it make sense.
A supposedly left leaning Premier is going to force people out of their homes and livelihoods in service to a planet destroying fossil fuel company that pays no tax and hasn’t FOR A DECADE.
Make it make sense.
The NSW premier has warned farmers they may face compulsory land acquisition if they cannot reach a compromise with Santos on a multi-billion-dollar project at Narrabri.
Farmers condemn threat of compulsory land acquisition for gas project
The NSW premier has warned farmers they may face compulsory land acquisition if they cannot reach a compromise with Santos on a multi-billion-dollar project at Narrabri.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Just think about this.
A supposedly left leaning Premier is going to force people out of their homes and livelihoods in service to a planet destroying fossil fuel company that pays no tax and hasn’t FOR A DECADE.
Make it make sense.
A supposedly left leaning Premier is going to force people out of their homes and livelihoods in service to a planet destroying fossil fuel company that pays no tax and hasn’t FOR A DECADE.
Make it make sense.
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Rio Tinto has an old mining facility in Arnhem Land that it doesn’t really use but won’t close. Rio will need to pay $4bn to repatriate the land if closed. So it sits almost empty.
Their town which is similarly empty has 100 empty houses while First Nations ppl live 10 to a house 15 mins away.
Their town which is similarly empty has 100 empty houses while First Nations ppl live 10 to a house 15 mins away.
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Rio Tinto has an old mining facility in Arnhem Land that it doesn’t really use but won’t close. Rio will need to pay $4bn to repatriate the land if closed. So it sits almost empty.
Their town which is similarly empty has 100 empty houses while First Nations ppl live 10 to a house 15 mins away.
Their town which is similarly empty has 100 empty houses while First Nations ppl live 10 to a house 15 mins away.
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“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy
Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]
theaimn.net
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
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Imagine what Reynolds could have accomplished if she worked as hard at her job as she does at both inventing and then protecting her so called reputation
Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office.
The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time - Chris Wallace.
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Free to read
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21915/...
The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time - Chris Wallace.
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Free to read
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21915/...
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Imagine what Reynolds could have accomplished if she worked as hard at her job as she does at both inventing and then protecting her so called reputation
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Look, I think most liberal democratic systems are functionally equivalent, but in Australia and other Westminster states, the set of events which leads to a government shutdown in the US instead triggers a general election, and it'd be nice if the US had that, too
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Look, I think most liberal democratic systems are functionally equivalent, but in Australia and other Westminster states, the set of events which leads to a government shutdown in the US instead triggers a general election, and it'd be nice if the US had that, too
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The IMF reports on 191 countries.
Australia is ranked 2nd
We're 1 of only 7 countries out of 191 with an "AAA" credit rating. The USA & the UK's not AAA.
So, if the RW media, the #LNP, and #PHON are saying things are bad in Australia, then you should know they are only #gaslighting you.
#auspol
Australia is ranked 2nd
We're 1 of only 7 countries out of 191 with an "AAA" credit rating. The USA & the UK's not AAA.
So, if the RW media, the #LNP, and #PHON are saying things are bad in Australia, then you should know they are only #gaslighting you.
#auspol
October 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The IMF reports on 191 countries.
Australia is ranked 2nd
We're 1 of only 7 countries out of 191 with an "AAA" credit rating. The USA & the UK's not AAA.
So, if the RW media, the #LNP, and #PHON are saying things are bad in Australia, then you should know they are only #gaslighting you.
#auspol
Australia is ranked 2nd
We're 1 of only 7 countries out of 191 with an "AAA" credit rating. The USA & the UK's not AAA.
So, if the RW media, the #LNP, and #PHON are saying things are bad in Australia, then you should know they are only #gaslighting you.
#auspol
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"I have never seen this level of defiance of international law, with a state getting away with it due to powerful support."
Navi Pillay with @emmashortis.bsky.social on Israel's impunity, govts' responsibilities, and need for accountability. #GazaGenocide
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
Navi Pillay with @emmashortis.bsky.social on Israel's impunity, govts' responsibilities, and need for accountability. #GazaGenocide
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
No peace without accountability: Sydney Peace Laureate Navi Pillay
Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"I have never seen this level of defiance of international law, with a state getting away with it due to powerful support."
Navi Pillay with @emmashortis.bsky.social on Israel's impunity, govts' responsibilities, and need for accountability. #GazaGenocide
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
Navi Pillay with @emmashortis.bsky.social on Israel's impunity, govts' responsibilities, and need for accountability. #GazaGenocide
australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
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Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
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Here is an alarming illustration of what happens when governments ignore expert advice. This is truly appalling and those responsible must be held accountable. Koalas died due to negligence, and trust in conservation is undermined. Story by @lisacox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here is an alarming illustration of what happens when governments ignore expert advice. This is truly appalling and those responsible must be held accountable. Koalas died due to negligence, and trust in conservation is undermined. Story by @lisacox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
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Israel tests ceasefire by breaking it by blowing up some more civilians, gosh, hope the ceasefire can stand up to the test
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Israel tests ceasefire by breaking it by blowing up some more civilians, gosh, hope the ceasefire can stand up to the test
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As Israel breaks the ceasefire with air strikes on Gaza, its F35 fighter jets are being kept in the air through parts shipped from Williamtown NSW, and made in Bendigo Vic and numerous other locations. We say it again, there must be a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
As Israel breaks the ceasefire with air strikes on Gaza, its F35 fighter jets are being kept in the air through parts shipped from Williamtown NSW, and made in Bendigo Vic and numerous other locations. We say it again, there must be a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
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I'm only surprised that Israel bothers to make up excuses to justify its barbaric actions aimed at erasing all Palestinians from Palestinian lands. The whole world knows Israel has only lies, and still ... only Yemen has physically tried to stop them. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
October 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I'm only surprised that Israel bothers to make up excuses to justify its barbaric actions aimed at erasing all Palestinians from Palestinian lands. The whole world knows Israel has only lies, and still ... only Yemen has physically tried to stop them. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust