Irene

Irene

@basrene.bsky.social

Into cryptic crosswords, cooking and growing my own food. Living on Gunaikurnai lands.

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Not to be missed . You can guarantee MSM won’t give it a glowing endorsement as an alternative party like ‘other’ Trumpian parties.

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Doug Cameron:”In my view it is now clear that AUKUS is about militarising Australia in interests of the US, ensuring the grifters in defence and the arms industry are well fed. It is an act of self-harm and madness on the part of the Australian government.” pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

pearlsandirritations.comAUKUS has escaped proper scrutiny for five years. That is about to changeThe independent public inquiry into AUKUS will report on 4 November after examining the project’s implications for Australia’s security, economy, sovereignty and international standing.

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Reposting this since the post-Haines conversation seems to finally be turning to what we think is obvious.

marque lawyers@marquelawyers.com.au

The critical defining feature of violence in Australian society is that it is, almost entirely, male. Pointing fingers in every direction (media, social media, gaming, gambling, porn, politics, whatever) will achieve nothing if it isn't also accepted that the problem is fundamentally a male one.

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No, they were middle-aged men wearing powdered wigs, elaborately embroidered hostess jackets, silk hose, and shoes with enormous buckles and substantial heels. In other words, our Constitution was written and signed by drag queens.

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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%. That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

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I expect most Australians don't know that bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a close relative of the rabies virus & like rabies is almost 100% fatal once symptoms develop. If bitten or scratched don't delay. See your GP stat for wound care & post-exposure prophylaxis www.medicalrepublic.com.au/gps-on-alert...

medicalrepublic.com.auGPs on alert as bat bites surge - Medical RepublicNSW has recorded a fourfold increase in bat bites and scratches, prompting warnings about the deadly Australian bat lyssavirus and the need for urgent post-exposure treatment.

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“At present, public school education is partly a training in class prejudice and partly a sort of tax that the middle classes pay to the upper class in return for the right to enter certain professions” George Orwell, 1941 (English “public” schools are private schools)

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Cranbrook School, a private school charging fees of up to $50,000 a year, just bought Martin Sharp’s residence for about $25 million. It takes $7million of public money every year - that it does not need! School funding in Australia has become a farce

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Jacqui Lambie drops Senate bombshell after a whistleblower & fmr Navy member has just revealed hidden cameras have been found inside female bathrooms onboard Cairns Navy ship HMAS Leeuwin😳 Lambie “It’s out of the bag! There you go reporters, give the Navy a ring!” Wake up Media

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DYK the diesel burned by these data centres is eligible for govt rebates of >50 cents/litre‼️🤯 NextDC of West Footscray infamy used ~2 ML of diesel across its national portfolio in the 2025 financial year, meaning taxpayers gifted >$1 million to DCs to run polluting diesel generators 🤯 🤬

Michael Dahlstrom@michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social

AI data centres that burn diesel to generate electricity in Australian suburbs are facing calls to have their government "handouts" cut. au.news.yahoo.com/call-to-end-...

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Here’s part lll on Hanrine (owned by Gina’s Hancock Prospecting) which focuses on the modern day slavery of its workers in Ecuador Some really difficult reading. *paywall free link in comments

smh.com.auMcLarens, Mar-a-Lago and machine guns: Introducing Gina Rinehart’s controversial new frontier point manCarlos de Miguel III is a well-connected former US serviceman with a penchant for fast cars and big guns.

Did anyone catch this epic investigative piece in yesterday’s Age on Evil Gina’s mining / corruption / thuggery / environmental vandalism shitfuckery in Ecuador 🇪🇨 Well today there’s a part ll which is in the comments along with paywall free links 🔗 so please read and share wildly

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Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.

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It’s a bit long, but worth reading every word. Twice.

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social

(🔓) PROOF UNLOCKED: PROOF is now *unlocking* this major breaking news, because bots are swarming online lying about its contents. Here’s the truth, fully sourced: Trump agents working for Israel are covering up murders of Americans—and Trump refuses to stop this wartime Treason. Please SHARE this.

So Darren Chester are you okay with your leder hanging out with nazis???

Chris Pomfret@chrispomfret.bsky.social

Matt Canavan posing for photos with White Nationalists at CPAC. Canavan knows this is Hugo Lennon.

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😱😱😱 And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. Lets make this viral again 👇