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watching the new 'Gilded Age' in real time ................
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At least when LNP was in we had hope that Labor would be better.
Now I feel trapped and betrayed
Could and should be SO different 😞😞 #auspol
Now I feel trapped and betrayed
Could and should be SO different 😞😞 #auspol
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
At least when LNP was in we had hope that Labor would be better.
Now I feel trapped and betrayed
Could and should be SO different 😞😞 #auspol
Now I feel trapped and betrayed
Could and should be SO different 😞😞 #auspol
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It's not at all staggering just how authoritarian, right-wing, gaslighty and pro-establishment this ALP government is. That's long been the trajectory. What's staggering is that so many people refuse to see it.
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
It's not at all staggering just how authoritarian, right-wing, gaslighty and pro-establishment this ALP government is. That's long been the trajectory. What's staggering is that so many people refuse to see it.
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It must also be said, that Sean Kelly writes like butter.
My review of Sean Kelly's latest piece in the Quarterly Essay.
The Good Fight 👇🏽
www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...
My review of Sean Kelly's latest piece in the Quarterly Essay.
The Good Fight 👇🏽
www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It must also be said, that Sean Kelly writes like butter.
My review of Sean Kelly's latest piece in the Quarterly Essay.
The Good Fight 👇🏽
www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...
My review of Sean Kelly's latest piece in the Quarterly Essay.
The Good Fight 👇🏽
www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2025/1...
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"We have embedded or own military with a rogue military state who is committing war crimes; murdering survivors in the water...How can we persist with that?" @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
Another great shot of #SundayShot this morning - as always, insightful, respectful, and informative.
As Molly would say, “Do yourself a favour!”
@instanterudite.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
youtu.be/wJq7Nnx-FZ4?...
As Molly would say, “Do yourself a favour!”
@instanterudite.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
youtu.be/wJq7Nnx-FZ4?...
The Sunday Shot - December 7 2025
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"We have embedded or own military with a rogue military state who is committing war crimes; murdering survivors in the water...How can we persist with that?" @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
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New Aus film quotas a Hollywood con?
"of 4,500 programs "commissioned", 4,459 were acquired (3,901 were sports) .. a mere 1.5% of the streamers' Australian content is new programs"
#auspol #ACMA #Netflix
michaelwest.com.au/the-netfix-i...
"of 4,500 programs "commissioned", 4,459 were acquired (3,901 were sports) .. a mere 1.5% of the streamers' Australian content is new programs"
#auspol #ACMA #Netflix
michaelwest.com.au/the-netfix-i...
The NetFix is in. Streaming production quotas no bonanza - Michael West
Is there a 'bonanza' for local film and TV producers in the new local content rules or is it just another Hollywood hustle by Netflix?
michaelwest.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New Aus film quotas a Hollywood con?
"of 4,500 programs "commissioned", 4,459 were acquired (3,901 were sports) .. a mere 1.5% of the streamers' Australian content is new programs"
#auspol #ACMA #Netflix
michaelwest.com.au/the-netfix-i...
"of 4,500 programs "commissioned", 4,459 were acquired (3,901 were sports) .. a mere 1.5% of the streamers' Australian content is new programs"
#auspol #ACMA #Netflix
michaelwest.com.au/the-netfix-i...
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The @sociallydemocratic.bsky.social podcast Ep. 326: The Good Fight with @mrseankelly.bsky.social What Does Labor Believe In? is superb. An informed, engaging conversation. Listen here:
sociallydemocratic.buzzsprout.com/308957/episo...
#auspol #QuarterlyEssay #SeanKelly #TheGoodFight #ALP #Labor
sociallydemocratic.buzzsprout.com/308957/episo...
#auspol #QuarterlyEssay #SeanKelly #TheGoodFight #ALP #Labor
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The @sociallydemocratic.bsky.social podcast Ep. 326: The Good Fight with @mrseankelly.bsky.social What Does Labor Believe In? is superb. An informed, engaging conversation. Listen here:
sociallydemocratic.buzzsprout.com/308957/episo...
#auspol #QuarterlyEssay #SeanKelly #TheGoodFight #ALP #Labor
sociallydemocratic.buzzsprout.com/308957/episo...
#auspol #QuarterlyEssay #SeanKelly #TheGoodFight #ALP #Labor
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What would it take for Ukrainians to give up more land to Russia for a "peace" deal?
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What would it take for Ukrainians to give up more land to Russia for a "peace" deal?
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Your attention please.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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This is my annual shameless Christmas plug . . . and please send any complaints about shameless Christmas plugs to management.
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Excellent rebuke from Independent Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excellent rebuke from Independent Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
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Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
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Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Trump's entire "peace plan" is just a $400 billion mafia deal for Trump's family and friends to profit from making Ukraine surrender to Russia. Just follow the money!
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trump's entire "peace plan" is just a $400 billion mafia deal for Trump's family and friends to profit from making Ukraine surrender to Russia. Just follow the money!
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Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity - The Shot
It really is the 1% versus the rest of us. The stakes couldn't be higher. And the enemy could not be more depraved. Still, we'll win.
theshot.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
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Kid from social housing kicking down on the most vulnerable Australians. This is what the Labor Party has become.
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Kid from social housing kicking down on the most vulnerable Australians. This is what the Labor Party has become.
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Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
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I understand that Australia once had a national anti-corruption body that might have been able to deal with this.
But they got too preoccupied with being investigated themselves for the Commissioner's questionable behaviour. #Nauru #auspol
But they got too preoccupied with being investigated themselves for the Commissioner's questionable behaviour. #Nauru #auspol
Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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A journalist from a Ukrainian media outlet spotted Putin’s so-called daughter — Liza — in Paris. She did not admit to being Putin’s daughter, but visually, she looks exactly like him.
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A journalist from a Ukrainian media outlet spotted Putin’s so-called daughter — Liza — in Paris. She did not admit to being Putin’s daughter, but visually, she looks exactly like him.
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And so The Last of Us moved one step closer to reality…
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
And so The Last of Us moved one step closer to reality…
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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Very disappointing the Albanese Govt has refused to accept the full suite of recommendations from the Briggs Review designed to stop the jobs for mates culture in federal politics.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
‘Patronage, nepotism’: Labor releases damning jobs-for-mates report
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher commissioned the review in early 2023 after the Coalition was accused of stacking dozens of plum positions.
www.afr.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Very disappointing the Albanese Govt has refused to accept the full suite of recommendations from the Briggs Review designed to stop the jobs for mates culture in federal politics.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
No surprise there is such low trust in politicians!
Communities constantly call for more integrity but are ignored.
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I've worked hard with all non-govt senators to secure release of the Briggs review.
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've worked hard with all non-govt senators to secure release of the Briggs review.
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Now it's clear why the Albanese Govt was hiding it for two years.
They are refusing to implement recommendations designed to ensure we have merit-based appointments 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Full update video here:
youtu.be/XyPTMGWYFlQ
youtu.be/XyPTMGWYFlQ
Ukraine Has Ended Russia's Oil Exports in Black Sea
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Full update video here:
youtu.be/XyPTMGWYFlQ
youtu.be/XyPTMGWYFlQ
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We solved the mystery of "Where are all of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles?" They are almost ready...
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We solved the mystery of "Where are all of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missiles?" They are almost ready...