Lachie Russ
@lachrusss.bsky.social
Lefty. Grew up a farmer's son. Now live in the city.
Interested in Oz politics, climate change, renewable energy & environment.
Interested in Oz politics, climate change, renewable energy & environment.
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Chris Minns announces 12 people are dead.
Just awful…
Just awful…
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Chris Minns announces 12 people are dead.
Just awful…
Just awful…
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Just don’t go. America doesn’t want you.
An Australian was denied US entry for bizarre reasons. He’s not alone
One Australian traveller says he’s now $15,000 out of pocket after being denied entry to the US after “enhanced vetting”. His crime? Choosing a cheap fare.
www.smh.com.au
April 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just don’t go. America doesn’t want you.
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Lordy. I’ve just realised it’s 50 years since I covered the 1975 federal election campaign, Fraser v Whitlam. For the Nine Network, with the late Peter Harvey. At the time I thought Fraser was an arsehole…but he was head and shoulders above the current Dutton rabble.
March 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Lordy. I’ve just realised it’s 50 years since I covered the 1975 federal election campaign, Fraser v Whitlam. For the Nine Network, with the late Peter Harvey. At the time I thought Fraser was an arsehole…but he was head and shoulders above the current Dutton rabble.
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
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"Former home affairs boss says Australia should take leaf out of Trump administration's book"
Bizarre that ABC news is taking a leaf out of the #MurdochGutterMedia playbook, and assisting the 'rehabilitation' of a disgraced and dangerous former bureaucrat. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Bizarre that ABC news is taking a leaf out of the #MurdochGutterMedia playbook, and assisting the 'rehabilitation' of a disgraced and dangerous former bureaucrat. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Live: Former home affairs boss says Australia should take leaf out of Trump book
Australia needs to take a leaf out of the Trump administration's book and be more aggressive in pushing countries to take back their citizens that commit violent offences, a former home affairs boss s...
www.abc.net.au
February 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Former home affairs boss says Australia should take leaf out of Trump administration's book"
Bizarre that ABC news is taking a leaf out of the #MurdochGutterMedia playbook, and assisting the 'rehabilitation' of a disgraced and dangerous former bureaucrat. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Bizarre that ABC news is taking a leaf out of the #MurdochGutterMedia playbook, and assisting the 'rehabilitation' of a disgraced and dangerous former bureaucrat. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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My column for ABC: Immigration is a mess, controlled by business and universities. There should be a target that balances housing and demography.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Australian immigration is a mess, controlled by business and universities
It seems beyond either the wit or the political muscle of Australia's political leaders to set an immigration target, let alone to meet it.
www.abc.net.au
February 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My column for ABC: Immigration is a mess, controlled by business and universities. There should be a target that balances housing and demography.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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February 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Pay attention here (if you can) because Michaelia is actually singing the core messaging the Liberal party will rely upon in this coming election
"External fears+internal fears+Peter Dutton will protect you"
Or . . .
Beecawz Paytah Dutt'n iz thu laydah aynd we awll wanna feeyal prutektd Andrehw
"External fears+internal fears+Peter Dutton will protect you"
Or . . .
Beecawz Paytah Dutt'n iz thu laydah aynd we awll wanna feeyal prutektd Andrehw
February 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Pay attention here (if you can) because Michaelia is actually singing the core messaging the Liberal party will rely upon in this coming election
"External fears+internal fears+Peter Dutton will protect you"
Or . . .
Beecawz Paytah Dutt'n iz thu laydah aynd we awll wanna feeyal prutektd Andrehw
"External fears+internal fears+Peter Dutton will protect you"
Or . . .
Beecawz Paytah Dutt'n iz thu laydah aynd we awll wanna feeyal prutektd Andrehw
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The Perfumed Warlord always was, and still is, a dangerous, US arse-licking, liability for Australia.
One wall in his Parl House office is entirely devoted to the USA, he even has a US flag there too.
His dickheaded devotion to the USA is both deluded and dangerous.
#RichardMarles
One wall in his Parl House office is entirely devoted to the USA, he even has a US flag there too.
His dickheaded devotion to the USA is both deluded and dangerous.
#RichardMarles
Trump’s 25% steel & aluminum tariffs will hit Aussie exports, raising costs & reducing U.S. demand.
But don’t worry Defence Minister Marles (aka ‘Idiot Dick’) will probably hand over the rest of WA too.
He’s already given him everything else bar the kitchen sink.
#auspol #AUKUS #U-SUKA
But don’t worry Defence Minister Marles (aka ‘Idiot Dick’) will probably hand over the rest of WA too.
He’s already given him everything else bar the kitchen sink.
#auspol #AUKUS #U-SUKA
Trump Plans to Unveil 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Monday
Steel, aluminum duties to apply to imports from all countries
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Steel, aluminum duties to apply to imports from all countries
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Perfumed Warlord always was, and still is, a dangerous, US arse-licking, liability for Australia.
One wall in his Parl House office is entirely devoted to the USA, he even has a US flag there too.
His dickheaded devotion to the USA is both deluded and dangerous.
#RichardMarles
One wall in his Parl House office is entirely devoted to the USA, he even has a US flag there too.
His dickheaded devotion to the USA is both deluded and dangerous.
#RichardMarles
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You don't often see the desire for more people to be out of work stated so blunty.
Also in this op-ed Hogan says the cash rate should have gone to 5%.
Some people *really* wanted a recession.
Also in this op-ed Hogan says the cash rate should have gone to 5%.
Some people *really* wanted a recession.
February 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You don't often see the desire for more people to be out of work stated so blunty.
Also in this op-ed Hogan says the cash rate should have gone to 5%.
Some people *really* wanted a recession.
Also in this op-ed Hogan says the cash rate should have gone to 5%.
Some people *really* wanted a recession.
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Excellent policy.
This is huge. HUGE. Oral contraceptive pills to be added to PBS for first time in decades. Funding for IUDs, long lasting contraception, and menopause supports. This is one for the history books. Seriously, BIG.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Labor pledges $573 million for women's health, including long-term contraceptives
The election pitch also includes new measures for women in menopause, including efforts to lift support and care provided by GPs.
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Excellent policy.
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Dutton wants an independent investigation into a police investigation that is still ongoing??
Trumpshite
Trumpshite
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dutton wants an independent investigation into a police investigation that is still ongoing??
Trumpshite
Trumpshite
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I note with extreme interest, the ABC has spent millions settling cases in the past few years with white men that they clearly have not wanted to enter into an open court battle with.
The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth.
Why?
#LatouffvABC
The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth.
Why?
#LatouffvABC
February 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I note with extreme interest, the ABC has spent millions settling cases in the past few years with white men that they clearly have not wanted to enter into an open court battle with.
The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth.
Why?
#LatouffvABC
The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth.
Why?
#LatouffvABC
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He's been a multi-millionaire property developer for 35 years, almost all of his life
For a brief 8½ in his 20s he was a suburban cop, a boring standard nobody cop
He's traded & lived off that ever since
Let's stop playing his game, call him what he is - a multi-millionaire property developer
For a brief 8½ in his 20s he was a suburban cop, a boring standard nobody cop
He's traded & lived off that ever since
Let's stop playing his game, call him what he is - a multi-millionaire property developer
February 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He's been a multi-millionaire property developer for 35 years, almost all of his life
For a brief 8½ in his 20s he was a suburban cop, a boring standard nobody cop
He's traded & lived off that ever since
Let's stop playing his game, call him what he is - a multi-millionaire property developer
For a brief 8½ in his 20s he was a suburban cop, a boring standard nobody cop
He's traded & lived off that ever since
Let's stop playing his game, call him what he is - a multi-millionaire property developer
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I read that Sarah has been subjected to a vicious, malicious onslaught by the usual Murdoch scum. They will stop at nothing.
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe.
Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I read that Sarah has been subjected to a vicious, malicious onslaught by the usual Murdoch scum. They will stop at nothing.
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Peter Dutton has just announced free lunches for business leaders but he does not support free TAFE for everyone else. It seems he has no problem with tax payer funded free stuff so long as it’s just for bosses.
January 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Peter Dutton has just announced free lunches for business leaders but he does not support free TAFE for everyone else. It seems he has no problem with tax payer funded free stuff so long as it’s just for bosses.
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factional brawling, campaigning incompetence, and a policy desert - the federal coalition is no different under Dutton:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Dutton can't dodge the spotlight — or his unresolved problems
The Coalition seems to be relying on the disgruntlement of voters with the government over tough times, rather than actively producing serious policies to do anything about it.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
factional brawling, campaigning incompetence, and a policy desert - the federal coalition is no different under Dutton:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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"Everything Dutton says and does suggests he’s MAGA in a pink tie, Trump without the dance moves."
@chriswallace.bsky.social on how an effective Labor campaign could point to the unfolding dystopia of Trump’s America as life under a Dutton regime. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
@chriswallace.bsky.social on how an effective Labor campaign could point to the unfolding dystopia of Trump’s America as life under a Dutton regime. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
A tale of two campaign launches
Gender parity in federal cabinet will be achieved for the first time, through Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s frontbench refresh spurred by the retirement of former Labor leader Bill Shorten from po...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Everything Dutton says and does suggests he’s MAGA in a pink tie, Trump without the dance moves."
@chriswallace.bsky.social on how an effective Labor campaign could point to the unfolding dystopia of Trump’s America as life under a Dutton regime. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
@chriswallace.bsky.social on how an effective Labor campaign could point to the unfolding dystopia of Trump’s America as life under a Dutton regime. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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Anthony Albanese has launched a stinging attack on Peter Dutton, accusing the opposition leader of a “cold-hearted, mean-spirited” politics that has targeted vulnerable people and skewed the Coalition “more conservative than they’ve ever been”.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese says Coalition ‘more conservative than they have ever been’ as Dutton labels him ‘weakest’ prime minister
Prime minister and opposition leader start election bids with early campaigning and funding announcements
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Anthony Albanese has launched a stinging attack on Peter Dutton, accusing the opposition leader of a “cold-hearted, mean-spirited” politics that has targeted vulnerable people and skewed the Coalition “more conservative than they’ve ever been”.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The party that fights for Aussie flag thongs at Woolworths but is captured by foreign owned fossil fuel masters that pay no tax…patriotism at its finest
January 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The party that fights for Aussie flag thongs at Woolworths but is captured by foreign owned fossil fuel masters that pay no tax…patriotism at its finest
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BE
WORRIED
BE VERY
WORRIED.
#ClimateCrisis means more droughts, bushfires & extreme weather events.
Stop subsidising & burning fossil fuels ASAP. You too, AUS !! #auspol #AusVotes25
WORRIED
BE VERY
WORRIED.
#ClimateCrisis means more droughts, bushfires & extreme weather events.
Stop subsidising & burning fossil fuels ASAP. You too, AUS !! #auspol #AusVotes25
January 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
BE
WORRIED
BE VERY
WORRIED.
#ClimateCrisis means more droughts, bushfires & extreme weather events.
Stop subsidising & burning fossil fuels ASAP. You too, AUS !! #auspol #AusVotes25
WORRIED
BE VERY
WORRIED.
#ClimateCrisis means more droughts, bushfires & extreme weather events.
Stop subsidising & burning fossil fuels ASAP. You too, AUS !! #auspol #AusVotes25
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Peter Dutton was part of a govt that for 9 years, drove people on benefits into the ground, chasing some for a measly $10.50, and even, causing some to suicide
And now this vainglorious plaster-saint tells Australians he's had high-level legal advice, but we can't be told its value
Oh the stench
And now this vainglorious plaster-saint tells Australians he's had high-level legal advice, but we can't be told its value
Oh the stench
December 29, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Peter Dutton was part of a govt that for 9 years, drove people on benefits into the ground, chasing some for a measly $10.50, and even, causing some to suicide
And now this vainglorious plaster-saint tells Australians he's had high-level legal advice, but we can't be told its value
Oh the stench
And now this vainglorious plaster-saint tells Australians he's had high-level legal advice, but we can't be told its value
Oh the stench
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“Peter Dutton has been a worthy Opposition Leader…”
Bollocks. He’s a devious, cynical, reactionary bully, a policy black hole, a disgrace to the office.
Bollocks. He’s a devious, cynical, reactionary bully, a policy black hole, a disgrace to the office.
Dutton’s had a great year, but 2025 will test his one great weakness
Peter Dutton has been a worthy opposition leader, exceeding most expectations. 2025 will test whether he has the hunger to win.
www.smh.com.au
December 28, 2024 at 11:21 PM
“Peter Dutton has been a worthy Opposition Leader…”
Bollocks. He’s a devious, cynical, reactionary bully, a policy black hole, a disgrace to the office.
Bollocks. He’s a devious, cynical, reactionary bully, a policy black hole, a disgrace to the office.