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The US Government proposals to gather social media data on people applying to enter the USA is dramatic overreach. I think you may be watching the Football World Cup and Olympics largely on your own USA. Don't bet on a tourist boom. Enjoy the peace and quiet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Politically active' travellers most at risk over US proposal to reveal social media history
Australians travelling to the United States could soon face an unprecedented invasion of privacy, an international law expert has warned.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The US Government proposals to gather social media data on people applying to enter the USA is dramatic overreach. I think you may be watching the Football World Cup and Olympics largely on your own USA. Don't bet on a tourist boom. Enjoy the peace and quiet.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The European Union is a complex but powerful and very necessary organisation. It operates on democratic principles and follows the rule of law. So please stop whinging Elon, get control of the open sewer that is X and pay the fine.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Why is Elon Musk in a war of words with the European Union?
The latest target of Elon Musk's ire is the European Union, which he has called a "bureaucratic monster" that "should be abolished". So, what's going on?
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The European Union is a complex but powerful and very necessary organisation. It operates on democratic principles and follows the rule of law. So please stop whinging Elon, get control of the open sewer that is X and pay the fine.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
It is tragic and alarming that we can no longer count the USA as a friend of the democratic countries of the West, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Everything President Trump has said recently indicates that he now does Putin's bidding. We must respond accordingly.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Trump criticises 'decaying' Europe and says 'size will win' in Ukraine
The US president hints he could walk away from supporting Ukraine and suggests the nation could cede territory to Moscow because "Russia has the upper hand".
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It is tragic and alarming that we can no longer count the USA as a friend of the democratic countries of the West, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Everything President Trump has said recently indicates that he now does Putin's bidding. We must respond accordingly.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Wow, the USA under Trump has no friends left. He just gave away the USA's place in the world. What does Putin have him on him that is so powerful?
#whatthefu..
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#whatthefu..
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Trump lays bare his contempt for Europe in blistering new national security plan | CNN
“America Alone” might be the simplest précis of the White House’s new National Security Strategy, an extraordinary document released Friday that starkly lays out the administration’s broad foreign pol...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Wow, the USA under Trump has no friends left. He just gave away the USA's place in the world. What does Putin have him on him that is so powerful?
#whatthefu..
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/05/e...
#whatthefu..
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Meanwhile, in a parallel Universe, the Central Committee for Accepting Football Related Bribes awards a meaningless medal to a corrupt transactional felon turned politician, in the hope of future kickbacks.
#whatthefu..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#whatthefu..
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Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?
At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Meanwhile, in a parallel Universe, the Central Committee for Accepting Football Related Bribes awards a meaningless medal to a corrupt transactional felon turned politician, in the hope of future kickbacks.
#whatthefu..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#whatthefu..
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump had been President. He is a convicted felon and sexual predator. He said what he was going to do. Despite that, of the Americans who voted, the majority voted for him. How did the USA become so full of reckless hate?
What does the USA want to do about it?
What does the USA want to do about it?
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump had been President. He is a convicted felon and sexual predator. He said what he was going to do. Despite that, of the Americans who voted, the majority voted for him. How did the USA become so full of reckless hate?
What does the USA want to do about it?
What does the USA want to do about it?
Congratulations to the Labor Victorian Government (Australia) on the opening of the fabulous new Metro rail line. Great work. Only Labor is capable of getting these things done.
bigbuild.vic.gov.au
#australia #bigbuild
bigbuild.vic.gov.au
#australia #bigbuild
bigbuild.vic.gov
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Congratulations to the Labor Victorian Government (Australia) on the opening of the fabulous new Metro rail line. Great work. Only Labor is capable of getting these things done.
bigbuild.vic.gov.au
#australia #bigbuild
bigbuild.vic.gov.au
#australia #bigbuild
Barnaby, I think its time you took the very brave decision to leave Australian politics altogether, to spend more time with your young second family and your favourite piece of footpath. Time to let a new generation figure out what the Nationals actually stand for. Australia will cope with out you.
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Barnaby, I think its time you took the very brave decision to leave Australian politics altogether, to spend more time with your young second family and your favourite piece of footpath. Time to let a new generation figure out what the Nationals actually stand for. Australia will cope with out you.
Well its not just me - Peter Dutton (ex-Leader Australian Liberal) was truly disliked across the board. But look, there is a real home for Peter and Nigel Farage (UK Reform) in the USA GOP. They'll take any rabid right wing lunatic. A new career Peter!
#australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy
The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Well its not just me - Peter Dutton (ex-Leader Australian Liberal) was truly disliked across the board. But look, there is a real home for Peter and Nigel Farage (UK Reform) in the USA GOP. They'll take any rabid right wing lunatic. A new career Peter!
#australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
I've heard from several people that work in international finance that the Russian economy is in real trouble: fighting this pointless war, sanctions, the oil embargoes are working. If Ukraine can just hang on the Russian economy could collapse. Trump's peace treaty might SAVE Russia! Don't sign!
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I've heard from several people that work in international finance that the Russian economy is in real trouble: fighting this pointless war, sanctions, the oil embargoes are working. If Ukraine can just hang on the Russian economy could collapse. Trump's peace treaty might SAVE Russia! Don't sign!
Ukraine doesn't need a new treaty - it already has one in the Budapest Memorandum. Russia violated that agreement in the most egregious way possible. Rather than capitulate to Russian demands, the USA (and Britain and France) should be getting even tougher with Russia. Ukraine is being stuffed over.
![The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Congress Center [de; hu] with U.S. Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance,[3] prohibited Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bj6brpp74h7lzjilma3paap4/bafkreiaoix32lx22fflxsf5bnordwnyp356ujutp3jvw6iwauvwbaur2vy@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ukraine doesn't need a new treaty - it already has one in the Budapest Memorandum. Russia violated that agreement in the most egregious way possible. Rather than capitulate to Russian demands, the USA (and Britain and France) should be getting even tougher with Russia. Ukraine is being stuffed over.
It is alarming that President Trump constantly needs people to express their gratitude towards him, even when he hasn't actually done anything of worth. To require that level of affirmation indicates that he is a deeply insecure person - perhaps Histrionic or Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It is alarming that President Trump constantly needs people to express their gratitude towards him, even when he hasn't actually done anything of worth. To require that level of affirmation indicates that he is a deeply insecure person - perhaps Histrionic or Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
The USA is like a big ugly dumb clumsy kid relative. You have to put up with him but really you just wish he'd go back to the home. At least now he no longer turns up at family gatherings - it means things get done and we have a good time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Trump isolated after G20 leaders unite behind climate declaration
US President Donald Trump was the only G20 member to boycott the summit in South Africa.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The USA is like a big ugly dumb clumsy kid relative. You have to put up with him but really you just wish he'd go back to the home. At least now he no longer turns up at family gatherings - it means things get done and we have a good time.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
All across Australia the Liberals are tearing themselves apart as they search for relevancy. But their purpose is to make the top 1% wealthiest Australians even richer - we all know this. So they shouldn't be coy about it - it's the only thing they have ever really cared about.
#australia
#australia
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
All across Australia the Liberals are tearing themselves apart as they search for relevancy. But their purpose is to make the top 1% wealthiest Australians even richer - we all know this. So they shouldn't be coy about it - it's the only thing they have ever really cared about.
#australia
#australia
Budget pressures mean that Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is again having to cut staff numbers and certain areas of research.
It's tragic - Australia needs this intellectual firepower to maintain its place in the world.
#australia #csiro
It's tragic - Australia needs this intellectual firepower to maintain its place in the world.
#australia #csiro
'The cost of science has gone up': CSIRO chief defends job cuts
The chief executive of the CSIRO has defended the decision to cut hundreds of jobs, arguing the organisation needs to alter its priorities to remain relevant.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Budget pressures mean that Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is again having to cut staff numbers and certain areas of research.
It's tragic - Australia needs this intellectual firepower to maintain its place in the world.
#australia #csiro
It's tragic - Australia needs this intellectual firepower to maintain its place in the world.
#australia #csiro
I am very hopeful that the Australian Liberal and National's new climate policies will keep them out of government for a generation. When it comes to climate, young people are sensible enough not to repeat the mistakes of their parents.
#australia #globalwarming
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#australia #globalwarming
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Conservatives win this one, but it could lose them the war
It was only a week ago that the moderates in the Liberal Party were flexing their muscle privately (and some publicly), threatening a divorce with the Nationals and to walk the plank if net zero was d...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I am very hopeful that the Australian Liberal and National's new climate policies will keep them out of government for a generation. When it comes to climate, young people are sensible enough not to repeat the mistakes of their parents.
#australia #globalwarming
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#australia #globalwarming
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
At the last general election in Australia, the hateful politics of the Liberal and National parties were rejected. But rather than thinking about how to improve the lives of ordinary people, they follow Trump style lunacy and abandon the net zero target.
Gaia does not need more CO2.
#australia
Gaia does not need more CO2.
#australia
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
At the last general election in Australia, the hateful politics of the Liberal and National parties were rejected. But rather than thinking about how to improve the lives of ordinary people, they follow Trump style lunacy and abandon the net zero target.
Gaia does not need more CO2.
#australia
Gaia does not need more CO2.
#australia
I feel very proud and not a little excited that Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia, is now President Trump's newest and BEST imaginary friend. Go Australia!
#australia #youbeauty
#australia #youbeauty
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I feel very proud and not a little excited that Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia, is now President Trump's newest and BEST imaginary friend. Go Australia!
#australia #youbeauty
#australia #youbeauty
Donald Trump said, to his face, that he didn't like Kevin Rudd (the Australian Ambassador to the USA). Kevin, you should wear that as a badge of pride - well done.
#australia
#australia
October 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Donald Trump said, to his face, that he didn't like Kevin Rudd (the Australian Ambassador to the USA). Kevin, you should wear that as a badge of pride - well done.
#australia
#australia
It's Aussie bird count week. I just submitted a count - I think most of them were hiding though.
#australia #birds #aussiebirdcount
#australia #birds #aussiebirdcount
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It's Aussie bird count week. I just submitted a count - I think most of them were hiding though.
#australia #birds #aussiebirdcount
#australia #birds #aussiebirdcount
It feels like we are hearing only bad news from Radio USA.
Another attack on action to slow down global warming.
Madness - they're putting corporate profits before the lives of their own children.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another attack on action to slow down global warming.
Madness - they're putting corporate profits before the lives of their own children.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It feels like we are hearing only bad news from Radio USA.
Another attack on action to slow down global warming.
Madness - they're putting corporate profits before the lives of their own children.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Another attack on action to slow down global warming.
Madness - they're putting corporate profits before the lives of their own children.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's so good to know that the techbros are not untouchable. Their fortunes are built on us wanting what they offer - and when we no longer what it or them ... change is possible.
March 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's so good to know that the techbros are not untouchable. Their fortunes are built on us wanting what they offer - and when we no longer what it or them ... change is possible.
Oh USA, seriously, Zelensky is not your enemy.
March 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Oh USA, seriously, Zelensky is not your enemy.
February 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM