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Perspective can be hard to find.

Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?

This is a great episode from @janfran.bsky.social , pulling apart the PM’s “turning the temperature down” bullshit while we are gaslit about who is actually turning the temperature up. Including himself, grinning in selfies with the world’s inflamer-in-chief.

The Govt enters into $100B worth of contracts each year, all with confidentiality terms that prevent citizens from knowing if the contractor is performing well. If I win in the Full Federal Court next week, that’ll all change. #transparency #Snowy #auspol

Happy happy Wombat Day to all you curious intelligent & muscular wombats out there. Dig those burrows across Australian grasslands, forests & mountains—we are advocating for your protection. www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaign... wombatecosystem.com/cultural-and...

Full costs of Segal's overseas travel since she took up the job.

AU. Helen Haines. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

This is fantastic. If @australianlabor.bsky.social decided to address the significant percentage of the population they’ve intentionally left mired in poverty, Isabella Weber has the recipe. It’s straightforward, logical and possible. #auspol

The focus on the ‘sensible centre’ has created a bad map where the road leads to nowhere, ignoring evidence when convenient and stifling democratic debate. Order a copy of Dead Centre: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store-dead-centre-vantage-point-issue-2/

Under fossil fool Albanese, Australia continues to shit in everyone's nest.

“The whole thing is so deferential,” David Pocock tells The Saturday Paper. “The way we're treating these so-called frontier labs, basically two US companies, that I don't think any Australians really trust, and yet we treat them with such deference.” trib.al/9cQtT88

Hillsong scandal hits ALP figures (Article from The Australian to which I do not subscribe.)

“We call on the NT Government and Beetaloo Energy to immediately revoke their plans for a hyperscale data centre at Weddell and reject any government or corporate plan that relies on fracked gas from our Countrymen. “ #auspol

Every Australian needs to watch this. Every Australian needs to be aware of the history. ”and the killing happened right up until 1929” #greatsouthernland #genocide #barbarity #racism #uncivilisation #Australia #auspol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aus...

Australia’s climate policy – a crime against humanity https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-10-11/480589/ #Auspol

The face Albo is showing us more and more often, these days.

Is Chris writing about the extraordinary and increasing amount of support Australian taxpayers are giving to foreign owned fossil fuel companies? No. Never listen to what @australianlabor.bsky.social say. You need to look at the horrors they commit against us and the land to see them as they are.

The Sunday Shot will be back the Sunday after next (18th) with Hannah Ferguson and an in-depth exploration of why she is attempting to unseat the Prime Minister and her ideas for a better/less overtly shitty Australia

"There is an astronomical increase in demand for homelessness services. "I find that deeply disturbing & I know a lot of other Australians do too." @barbarapocock.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss the housing crisis & its impact on younger Australians. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4y9JHDV

Worthwhile putting your mark on this one. Big Tech is profiting from online harms inflicted on Australians. One thing would change this faster than any regulator: the right for you to seek compensation. Sign the @australiainstitute.org.au petition now: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/big-tech

I would very much like PM Albanese to listen to the Canadian PM here👇🏼

#ndis #auspol

Poor mental health is linked to poverty, inequality, lack of safe housing and adequate food. Inadequate Centrelink payments are your governments policy. Your concern is patronising and cynical. As leader, you are directly to blame Anthony Albanese. #auspol

This is significant. theconversation.com/we-revisited...

The AUKUS Public Inquiry is live from Fremantle. Former Defence Minister Christopher Pyne is up first. 📺 Watch live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7uJvNoPE4 #auspol

@amyremeikis.bsky.social is right about the PM's speech yesterday: "Australia has a history of letting industry agree to policy before moving forward with implementing anything. Albanese’s speech on Wednesday shows no signs of this being any different."

Our largest trading partner has weapons. Be very frightened, but not too much. Our government will keep us safe. I’d like to get some news with my propaganda for a change. Utterly pathetic. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...?

Here's the real @australianlabor.bsky.social Mean-spirited Cruel Viscious Paranoid and secretive They talk the talk but year after year their actions show us who they really are. They are not our ally. #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

You know… if you’re selling your house and prices have dropped 5%, you can buy another one for 5% less. It’s only affecting people who use housing as an investment, not as a personal home. That’s. The fuck. King point. #insiders #auspol

This one is worth a read. Well researched. #Auspol Australia’s newest political party, "Community Strong Australia" started by Teals Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender – Will it work? kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/06/28/a...

Anoher gold from our living treasure, Cathy Wilcox. #auspol #Israel #IDF

The Federal gov is interfering with the ABS. it's illegal, but we know they get to ignore the law. They did it for the Roman Catholic Bishops, who lobbied the gov to stop a no religion question on the census. Cool and normal. #Auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/religio...

Tell Me I’m Pretty - 18x24” acrylic on canvas. Available.

Littered with colour #ThursdayBins #graffiti #UrbanGaze #colour

A new data drop by the ATO has A) brought @grogsgamut.bsky.social great joy & B) shed new light on Australians’ incomes. Greg & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss interest rates, the latest tax & income data + what Pokemon cards have to do with capital gains tax. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3QOX64D

Because I’m a very silly person I have another book coming out next month (please keep letting me know what you think of Where it all went wrong though!) - but is an audio book version also helpful?

yeah, you could say I’m an ally

He's a heroic samurai. He's a galactic superhero. He's both at the same time! He's also an Autobot, an Imaginary Friend, and a Jamaican bureaucrat from THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!!! #VoiceoverWednesday salutes the great Phil LaMarr, a man of impeccable range and talent.

My daughter got her PhD this week! Sociology, specifically, Sociology of Law, looking at inequities in conferring citizenship to immigrants (worldwide problem). Thesis topic is actually more complicated than what I just wrote, but anyway, KVELL KVELL, SO PROUD!

"The US has given this indication that they will sell Australia second-hand submarines, but they're actually under no obligation to do that." "The President can decide that it's not in the US’s interest to do so, and just renege on that commitment at any moment." @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol

As they were walking from behind the building, I asked them if they could find a better spot to park (like the parking lot literally five feet in front of their vehicle). They both angrily glared at me like I was the asshole in that situation. Squad 562, true public servants.

"If you had a $50,000 share portfolio five years ago...then that person would be about $1,000 over five years worse off because of the tax changes." "But also, over those same five years, house prices have been increasing by about $60,000 a year." @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

Discovery of a 14-protein biomarker that predicts lung cancer 5.6 years before it is diagnosed, even in non-smokers, and an anti-inflammatory medicine that prevents its progression. And, challenging dogma, the proteins are not coming from cancerous cells!

You go to that fancy Italian restaurant — and who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. You go to that fancy French restaurant — who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. Latinos grow it, pick it, clean it, cook it, serve it, and do the dishes. We are the backbone. Don’t fuck with us, we’re busy.

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A 25% tax on gas exports would raise $17 billion a year (which yes, is far more than $6.9 billion over four years!) Let's put it to the Australian people. Join the call for a national plebiscite to introduce a 25% gas export tax! #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social