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Naarm / Melbourne Australia A bit left of centre. Pro public health. Say no to nuclear power

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Henderson is just another winging sooky Liberal hack looking for a headline

09.03.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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on the backswing

08.03.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

" #AtlasNetwork conceals its partners or β€˜thinktanks’, which in turn hide their support for fake β€˜β€™grass roots organisations’. Their focus is on undermining Climate Science, spreading #Misinformation about renewable energy and reducing the rights of indigenous peoples, trade unions and workers."

06.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia capitalises on low fuel prices to establish stockpile in US Australia will buy fuel from the US at historic low prices to bolster its national stockpile, after criticisms that the Government only holds about 30 days' worth of fuel in domestic storage, far belo...

Whose bright idea was it to store Australia's strategic oil reserve in the USA?

It was Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his energy minister Angus Taylor in 2020.

Now our emergency oil stockpile is at the mercy of Trump.

(Article from 2020:)
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04... #auspol

08.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Utter bullshit
Propaganda for an illegal war
It's looking like WMD I. Iraq when John Howard committed Australia to another illegal American war
#auspol

08.03.2026 02:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm 155cm (5'1")
I need a stool to reach top shelves
Clothes always an issue as small sizes always made for taller women.
Have to take everything up
But I travel a lot in Asia and it's great to be on level with everyone else
And clothes shopping is great

08.03.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed Sue
I was also there but has anything really changed?

08.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcast: We've Been Marching for Justice. Now We Must Live It - Every Day. 8 March 2026 | International Women's Day The same words. Five years apart. Around the world. The work continues

5 years ago, Janine Hendry's tweet sparked a national reckoning - @march4justice.org.au
UN IWD 2026 theme: "Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls." The same words. 5 years apart. Justice demands the same things until we finally deliver them.
#IWD2026
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And now for something entirely indifferent…
Donald Trump’s Lying Circus

07.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Racist ignoramus

08.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Iran war is not our war @senatorwong.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
#Trump and the genocidal Zionist #Netanyahu regime manufactured it for their own grubby purposes.
They can use their own troops & resources to protect those they put in harm’s way
#auspol

07.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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The words of a real leader. A leader of courage and conviction. A leader who puts peace before craven compliance and subjugation of his nation to an illegal war and an autocratic warmongering US President.
Well done Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez!

07.03.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

🎯 Rex

08.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#HardTruth: While feigning concern, it’s actually Govt policy to let fuel prices rise (early). It reduces fuel demand (up to 10%) which is important when you’ve gifted billions to the US & UK for #AUKUS and not spent a dime on addressing low fuel stocks #25DaysDiesel #FOI #auspol

07.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Softening up the gullible Australian public
For a decision already made in Washington
Gutless hypocrites
#auspol

08.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Inevitable
Selective adherence to IHL

07.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's expanding war of choice: footnotes #3 Mixed messaging, a man-child at the Pentagon, the unintended consequences of war

Struggling to think of a US military mission where the rationale was so poorly explained, incoherent and inconsistent, where planning for the next day was so shambolic, and where the ultimate aim was so ill-thought out. My latest at History Never Ended:

open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

05.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pulling the Thread: How Everything That’s Overwhelming Us Right Now is Connected From bombed oil fields to your grocery data to a cringe-worthy singing MP in Canberra - the single logic behind our most alarming news stories, and why seeing it clearly is the first act of resistance

What do a US airstrike on Iran, a farmer who can't fix their tractor, your grocery data & a cringe-worthy shadow treasurer in Canberra have in common?

Welcome to Enclosure of the Commons 2.0 The overwhelm isn't accidental. Clarity is the first act of resistance. πŸ‘‡
open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

07.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sue Barrett: β€œThe commons being fenced off today are not just fields - they are oil reserves, seeds, software, data, political representation, and our attention itself. The method is identical: transfer ownership, agency, and power from many to few.

What has changed is scale…”

07.03.2026 05:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia loses another oil refinery, leaving our fuel supply vulnerable to regional crises The loss of Melbourne's Altona oil refinery, on top of the looming Kwinana closure in Perth, raise fresh concerns about the nation's ability to produce enough fuel if shipping and supply chains are ev...

In a space of 4 months in 2021, OZ lost half its oil refineries. Did anyone argue to keep them open? Who was Energy Minister at the time? www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02...

07.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Push for gas tax as LNG exports reap huge profits after one week of war Gas prices tripled in 2022, which was the last time an international conflict hit energy markets. Experts say it may happen again due to the Iran war.

In 2022 oil prices doubled and gas prices quadrupled after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Australian govt needs to act quickly to ensure that domestic prices are protected from price spikes internationally and that we get a fair return on windfall profits from multinationals' exports of our LNG.

07.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

"Australia, in the person of Dr HV Evatt, played a central role in the construction of those rules – motivated by, as the current prime minister put it, the idea that 'looking after each other' matters.

It’s hard to believe that Evatt and Albanese belong to the same party." πŸ’₯🎯 #AUKUS #auspol

06.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Australia always the compliant unquestioning lap dog to USA
#auspol

06.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Super glad that Labor agreed to pay the US half a trillion dollars so that we can make ourselves a target when America decides to bomb whomever they want (but we also might get like 3 submarines in 20 years) 🀩🀩🀩

06.03.2026 05:34 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4
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David Pocock calls for inquiry into why Government collects more revenue from beer excise than PRRT Independent Senator for the ACT David Pocock has called for an inquiry into why gas companies pay less for gas exports than Australians pay in the beer excise.

All hail David Pocock. Clearly a difficult man. #Auspol thepoint.com.au/news/260303-...

06.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

#auspol πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

06.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

christofascists

06.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Pope cartoon.

David Pope cartoon.

David Pope.

06.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Almost all bacon in Australia is made from imported Danish pork.
Probably the only part that is local is the packaging.

06.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that dessicated relic of the 1950s Catholic right still alive?
So irrelevant

06.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0