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Helen Russell

@rusty49

Believer in human rights and social justice.

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I'll proudly wear the T-shirt with one word ... difficult

05.03.2026 05:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely.

04.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Section. From linked article.
Poor ratings have been compounded by a prolonged campaign by activist group Mad F---ing Witches, which has resulted in falling metro advertising revenue and lost ground to its main competitors, Nova and Southern Cross Austereo.

Section. From linked article. Poor ratings have been compounded by a prolonged campaign by activist group Mad F---ing Witches, which has resulted in falling metro advertising revenue and lost ground to its main competitors, Nova and Southern Cross Austereo.

Congrats & Thanks to @mfwitches.bsky.social helping end K&JO Shit Show✊

They’d on air fight, yes, but massive pressure from MFW’s prolonged campaign, sucking 100’s of advertisers from station & posting about misogynistic, toxic & bigoted content, sealed the dealπŸ˜ŽπŸ’œ
www.smh.com.au/business/com...

03.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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In the coming days, weeks, months and years, NEVER EVER forget.

28.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Am getting *very* worried that the govt will do the smallest fricken thing on capital gains tax and negative gearing.

Probably will end up changing the policy so little that it will have next to bugger all impact.

Sigh. If you want to change the country, CHANGE. THE. F*CKING. COUNTRY.

27.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 376 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah Albo, FFS do something about the tax system. If you can't be brave, give the game away and move aside to let someone else take the bull by the horns.

27.02.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How's this for a response? When I told my adult son that I loved him (so much) he said "In that case for your sake I hope you die before I do".

27.02.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Only anecdotal.

22.02.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also heard "Australia have".

20.02.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Single frame. Angus Taylor at table with generic colleague at whiteboard holding marker. On whiteboard, two headings: β€œGOOD IMMIGRANTS” and β€œBAD IMMIGRANTS”. Under first: β€œ# People like us; # Business people; # Wealthy people; # Cheap labour”. Nothing yet under second. Taylor says: β€œWell, we DON’T want the kinds of people that come from repressive terrorist regimes…” Colleague says: β€œYou mean, the people most likely to need somewhere safe to flee to?”

Single frame. Angus Taylor at table with generic colleague at whiteboard holding marker. On whiteboard, two headings: β€œGOOD IMMIGRANTS” and β€œBAD IMMIGRANTS”. Under first: β€œ# People like us; # Business people; # Wealthy people; # Cheap labour”. Nothing yet under second. Taylor says: β€œWell, we DON’T want the kinds of people that come from repressive terrorist regimes…” Colleague says: β€œYou mean, the people most likely to need somewhere safe to flee to?”

Bad immigrants.
My @smh cartoon.

17.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 8
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Enjoy this little round up of Angus Taylor's many talents

. . . and yes, it's from the tiktok pages of Rupert's Australian

(apologies for the aspect ratio, my converter refused to do anything better than this 😎)

14.02.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 191 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 8
Anus McAnus and Jane Hume-Highway.

Anus McAnus and Jane Hume-Highway.

May I present to you Numpty Grammar School Captains for 2026.

Anus McAnus and Jane Hume-Highway.

#auspol

13.02.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 246 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 9

It does seem perfect that Friday the 13th is the day the execrable Angus Taylor will be elected leader of the liberal party by his parliamentary colleagues.

12.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.02.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is saying `` because i 'm a cave man that 's the way i think '' ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying `` because i 'm a cave man that 's the way i think ''

What defines a β€˜progressive’ inside the Liberal Party? Someone who favours the cat’o’7 tails over nine? Pulls only one wing off butterflies? Wants us to go back to 1958 instead of 1948? It’s a fight for the Angry Old White Man vote.

12.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Love your cartoon Cathy. I see that Jane Hume is right there beside Angus, ready for when she is needed as his right-hand woman.

12.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Two frames. 1. Lib Party Room, members huddled around table, one says β€œWe have no policies, no principles, no vision, no credibility, no gravitas, no consistency, no popular appeal…” 2. Same scene, another says, β€œYou’re right - Angus Taylor is the leader who best represents us.”

Two frames. 1. Lib Party Room, members huddled around table, one says β€œWe have no policies, no principles, no vision, no credibility, no gravitas, no consistency, no popular appeal…” 2. Same scene, another says, β€œYou’re right - Angus Taylor is the leader who best represents us.”

If the cap fits.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

12.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 742 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 19

Love this SO much!!!!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜ƒπŸ€£ #Auspol

12.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look at me, look at me, look at me.

11.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Herzog visit and the Israelisation of antisemitism Inviting Israel’s president to Australia in the wake of the Bondi attack has blurred the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel, weakening rather than strengthening social cohesi...

"Inviting Israel’s president to Australia in the wake of the Bondi attack has blurred the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel, weakening rather than strengthening social cohesion."

Precisely the Israel lobby's aim.
Albanese & Minns complied.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

11.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Grace Tame’s public behaviour questioned by family values MP.

11.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 5

Funny how obsessed Australian politicians are with social cohesion when both the federal and state political spheres entirely revolve around finding issues to differentiate, wedge and create fights between parties.
Maybe take a look in a mirror and set a better example you stonking hypocrites

10.02.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I am also very reluctant to comment but the images of NSW police punching people and in one case punching a person already on the ground and restrained, in the kidneys, makes me feel sick.

10.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We knew from the moment we heard it that β€œsocial cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.

10.02.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 949 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 17

Passing the poisoned chalice

Everything Angus Taylor touches turns to shit, so this should be the final death throes of the Liberal party as we know it then

09.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Suggesting the crisis of confidence in the Liberal Party can be fixed by anointing Angus Taylor as leader is....optimistic.

But I encourage them to give it a go.

09.02.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 427 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 3
Single frame, press conference of David Littleproud and Sussan Ley at lecterns marked NATS and LIBS, 4 Australian flags behind them. Lecterns are on a small podium, and the classic cartoon saw is cutting around Sussan Ley’s lectern. 
Littleproud and Ley touching hands and Littleproud says β€œSolid as.”

Single frame, press conference of David Littleproud and Sussan Ley at lecterns marked NATS and LIBS, 4 Australian flags behind them. Lecterns are on a small podium, and the classic cartoon saw is cutting around Sussan Ley’s lectern. Littleproud and Ley touching hands and Littleproud says β€œSolid as.”

Reunited.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

09.02.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7
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Albanese’s stupid, immoral decision to invite Herzog has inflamed divisions in the local Jewish community too.

08.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 10
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The Jewish community speaks:

08.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
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The Zionist lobby, antisemitism and Herzog Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.

Like our politicians, "So much of our media, including, shamefully, the ABC is intimidated by the Zionist lobby
...Palestinians and Muslims are treated as much less human and less valuable than white Jews and white Christians."

Must read from @johnmenadue.com
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

08.02.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3