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A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Tony Windsor:
“Next to no infrastructure has been built in New England electorate in the past decade, other than the ill-thought-out relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22029/...
“Next to no infrastructure has been built in New England electorate in the past decade, other than the ill-thought-out relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22029/...
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
Barnaby Joyce has always talked a story about himself bigger than the brim on his Hopalong Cassidy hat. He is a one-man plot line, but his achievements for the people he professes to represent are sli...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tony Windsor:
“Next to no infrastructure has been built in New England electorate in the past decade, other than the ill-thought-out relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22029/...
“Next to no infrastructure has been built in New England electorate in the past decade, other than the ill-thought-out relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22029/...
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The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
Tamworth Council went to court to try and stop a wind farm. It didn’t go well. Tamworth Council argued that the wind turbines would be too big for local roads. The judge pointed out there is no approval needed to drive on a public road reneweconomy.com.au/youve-got-to...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The mayor of Tamworth Council is a very old mate of Barnaby Joyce's and a National party member
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
No surprises this backward collection of red-necks drags their council to court on their ratepayers' money to oppose a wind farm - and even then can't get their legal arguments right
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The Second Dismissal
In an extract from The Double Dismissal, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking, distinguished fellow of the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Dr Matt Harvey, senior lecturer at Victor...
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
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Masking indoors in public spaces boils down to this for me now:
I love never being sick from airborne infectious diseases.
The last cold I had was in early 2019, with not even a sniffle since. The only thing I don't do is dine indoors in public spaces; a good trade for health.
I love never being sick from airborne infectious diseases.
The last cold I had was in early 2019, with not even a sniffle since. The only thing I don't do is dine indoors in public spaces; a good trade for health.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Masking indoors in public spaces boils down to this for me now:
I love never being sick from airborne infectious diseases.
The last cold I had was in early 2019, with not even a sniffle since. The only thing I don't do is dine indoors in public spaces; a good trade for health.
I love never being sick from airborne infectious diseases.
The last cold I had was in early 2019, with not even a sniffle since. The only thing I don't do is dine indoors in public spaces; a good trade for health.
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
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Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
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“The seven-year-old girl had been torn apart. The rocket had hit her and torn her into pieces.”
Tell me again, @senatorwong.bsky.social, how that phony "ceasefire" is "the greatest contribution to peace in the Middle East for a generation or more." Go to Hell.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Tell me again, @senatorwong.bsky.social, how that phony "ceasefire" is "the greatest contribution to peace in the Middle East for a generation or more." Go to Hell.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Israel’s repeated ceasefire violations are part of its strategy to keep waging war on Gaza
Here’s Israel's strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill dozens of civilians and fighters, stop fire and claim you’re honouring the ceasefire. Then ...
johnmenadue.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“The seven-year-old girl had been torn apart. The rocket had hit her and torn her into pieces.”
Tell me again, @senatorwong.bsky.social, how that phony "ceasefire" is "the greatest contribution to peace in the Middle East for a generation or more." Go to Hell.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Tell me again, @senatorwong.bsky.social, how that phony "ceasefire" is "the greatest contribution to peace in the Middle East for a generation or more." Go to Hell.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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"As the military build-up continues—the US extra-judicial killings ramp up—the CIA activates assets—the US president & the military & political elites in Washington make weekly death threats against President Maduro, a vision out of North Africa looms before my eyes—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Will the US do to Venezuela’s Maduro what they did to Gaddafi?
Something truly horrific is being planned for Venezuela. Generals are being bought and paid for, death squads are being organised and a major regime change operation is slowly gathering steam that, if...
johnmenadue.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"As the military build-up continues—the US extra-judicial killings ramp up—the CIA activates assets—the US president & the military & political elites in Washington make weekly death threats against President Maduro, a vision out of North Africa looms before my eyes—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Preview of latest episode of New Politics – the Labor sell-out of the environment and the Joy Division. Sign up and listen to full early release now… #AUSPOL @dlew919.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
The Great Environmental Backflip and the Joy Division
The government gives up on environmental protection; Liberals keeps going back to their failed nuclear power policies; Australia’s slow move towards South East Asia; and not much joy for Sussan Ley.
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Preview of latest episode of New Politics – the Labor sell-out of the environment and the Joy Division. Sign up and listen to full early release now… #AUSPOL @dlew919.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
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Not far from guillotines I think
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not far from guillotines I think
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I’m shocked
I truly am
I didn’t think she had the mental capacity to do that
I apologise for thinking that she is a useless, mean spirited individual who could arguably be the leader of the LNP or PM of this country
The lady got some skills
👏👏👏👏
I truly am
I didn’t think she had the mental capacity to do that
I apologise for thinking that she is a useless, mean spirited individual who could arguably be the leader of the LNP or PM of this country
The lady got some skills
👏👏👏👏
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’m shocked
I truly am
I didn’t think she had the mental capacity to do that
I apologise for thinking that she is a useless, mean spirited individual who could arguably be the leader of the LNP or PM of this country
The lady got some skills
👏👏👏👏
I truly am
I didn’t think she had the mental capacity to do that
I apologise for thinking that she is a useless, mean spirited individual who could arguably be the leader of the LNP or PM of this country
The lady got some skills
👏👏👏👏
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Just disturbing their mindset
FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Just disturbing their mindset
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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."
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we are starting to win!!!
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
we are starting to win!!!
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After a fortnight of drama, Crikey can reveal the politicians who picked up perks from the Australian Parliament Sports Club.
Sports lobbying, Canberra footy matches and freebie tickets for politicians
www.crikey.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
After a fortnight of drama, Crikey can reveal the politicians who picked up perks from the Australian Parliament Sports Club.
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🚨 SLC joins the list of cities where someone who HAS documents is ignored and abducted in the light of day. And people just stand there and fucking watch, just like they did in 1938. You should be so ashamed for just standing and gawking. 1/2
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
🚨 SLC joins the list of cities where someone who HAS documents is ignored and abducted in the light of day. And people just stand there and fucking watch, just like they did in 1938. You should be so ashamed for just standing and gawking. 1/2
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This looks like a concentration camp.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This looks like a concentration camp.