Leah
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Leah
@leah-w.bsky.social
Here for politics, climate, social and economic stuff. Home is Awabakal land, Lake Macquarie NSW. Adventurer, wife, raising teenagers, yoga, trails, beginner gardener.
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"News Corp will always encourage the Liberals to pursue policies that punch downward, that divide and alienate, that are about culture wars targeting minorities", says @keanebernard.bsky.social.

While Libs keep following the Murdoch formula, they're doomed. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/05/n...
News Corp owns much of the Liberals' spectacular defeat. If they want more of them, keep going
News Corp contributed deeply the Liberals' election disaster. Its agenda, designed to serve its business interests and not the national interest, is deeply damaging to the Liberals.
www.crikey.com.au
May 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Maybe we could "make Australia great again" by removing from Federal Parliament any politician who misuses taxpayers' funds 14 times. 🤔 #auspol #AusVotes25 #PutTheLibsLast
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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This! Share this, far and wide!

Minority governments ARE good!

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Honest Government Ad | Minority Government
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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March 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Prayer makes you feel better because it restores your faith that no helpful action on your part is required.
December 23, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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“Coal companies & politicians keep telling us that coal royalties are huge, & that they fund schools, hospitals, & regional communities all across the state. This report shows that these claims simply aren’t true.” - @rodcampbell.bsky.social

Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/coal-ro... #auspol
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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"Already wealthy schools do not need a leg-up from the taxpayer. It’s fine for private schools to have building funds and ask for donations, but public money could be better spent on public schools."

Read more from @mhharrington.bsky.social and Dr Alexia Adhikari:
Private schools, public subsidies: with $50k fees per child per year, how can tax breaks be justified?
Private schools are competing to see who can boast the most luxurious accoutrements, and the tax-deductions they can claim on constructing buildings are
australiainstitute.org.au
December 3, 2024 at 11:56 PM
She’s a good big sister.
December 4, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Having managed 5 prisons I can assure everyone the way to reduce youth crime is not by imprisoning ten year olds.
December 2, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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The national broadcaster has aired another interview riddled with falsehoods to deceive voters as an election looms, as Alan Austin reports.

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
ABC News misleads on the economy and risks pushing more Australians into poverty
ABC presents old data from the previous Coalition Government as a 'new' cost-of-living crisis study.
independentaustralia.net
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM