Howard Walter
@howardwalter1.bsky.social
Melb, Australia. Beach, cinema, country walks, home cook, music & pizza lover, road trips, theatre. Bespoke, curious, eclectic, gobsmacked, livid, optimistic, pedantic, sarcastic, witty, young @ heart. Middle-class boy, middle-class schooling. Go Pies!
"Do we want her to pay her fair share of Tax to fund education, hospitals, roads etc"? ABSOLUTELY, everyone else aka Aussies, said
Matt Dennien@mattdennien.bsky.social · 13h ago"She supports regional Australia, great. Invests in regional Australia, great. She’s the richest person in Australia. Do we want her money investing in Queensland? Absolutely," Bleijie said.
After a Hancock Prospecting spokesperson praised any govt effort to reduce roadblocks for critical minerals projects, Bleijie said Rinehart had not raised such matters before he intro'd a controversial draft bill boosting state approval powers. But said he'd be happy to talk her or anyone
Bleijie again refused to outline whether Rinehart's letter to him lobbying for Olympic rowing in the "beef capital" Rockhampton arrived before the government made a decision against GIICA's eventual advice, saying "what does it matter" if it did & denying the intervention influenced anything anyway.
Besides being Canberra icons, it’s a lot harder to destroy these than the heritage 1930s wooden bus shelters like the one on Schlich St, Yarralumla that mysteriously burned down in 1993 just after someone built a huge house opposite it whose lake views it obstructed 👀 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Icon of our history': Canberra bus shelters added to heritage register
Canberra's bus shelters were described as "concrete monstrosities" when installed in 1975 but have since been noted for their brutalist architectural style and functionality.
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"I didn't expect to be asked the question".....wtaf mate, had you known would you not have turned up?
stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 21h agoAfter failing to prove his claim that the Palestine Action Group was “celebrating” Oct 7, David Ossip is asked if he can admit his evidence is wrong here too. Cornered but too shameless to admit it, takes it on notice & says he ‘wasn’t expecting the question’ Sneaky liar. 🙄
Infantino may as well get "I'm a corrupt narcissistic fucker" tattooed on his forehead. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa accused of using ‘blackmail’ to force support for Infantino’s re-election bid
The Jordan FA president has accused Fifa of “blackmail”, claiming it threatened to withhold financial assistance from his federation if it refused to back Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election
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A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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if one can believe The Australian's reporting then Alex Ryvchin is a bigger fool than I already thought he was www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Commissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearing
The royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ...
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Just so everyone’s clear. I’m keen to make things easier for people being widowed and also for the government to phase out the grandfathered provisions. #auspol
Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · 21h ago🧵Thanks to @jimchalmers.bsky.social for not making being widowed harder. My husband died out of the blue not that long after Covid, and I had chosen to return to study instead of work after that interruption. Being stripped of a credit card (and no right to my own) felt humiliating. All bills to be
Victorians turn out in massive numbers to denounce Pauline Hanson’s “racism and fascism” — swarming her fundraiser to demand she get out of the state.💥 This should be the greeting she gets everywhere she peddles her hate. Well done Victoria. #auspol
After the Pauline shit-show I am surprised anyone would bother addressing the NPC. Just do a press release. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Labor was poised to reveal massive migration cuts, then suddenly delayed
The ABC understands the cuts to migration numbers are contentious within Labor, but no reason for the delay is given.
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the pro-Israel witnesses in this RC are reinforcing all the negative stereotypes of Zionists
What a dishonest fellow. He knows the reasoning. It will expose his lies.
After failing to prove his claim that the Palestine Action Group was “celebrating” Oct 7, David Ossip is asked if he can admit his evidence is wrong here too. Cornered but too shameless to admit it, takes it on notice & says he ‘wasn’t expecting the question’ Sneaky liar. 🙄
Caught giving false evidence, David Ossip tries dodging questions as Commr Bell demands he answer on his claim the Oct9 Opera House protest was held “before” Israel's military response. Toomey SC reveals Gaza was being hit by IDF airstrikes on Oct7.🙄 Another exposed witness.💥
one could be tempted to say "It would be worth the price of admission to watch this coward scurry back onto the train for the return trip to his lair."
crikey, looks like old mate could "die of shame" soon
looks like old mate has had a "sock shoved down his throat"
He’s 💯 right here. Easy to focus on the horse race of who could be the next one, but the real fix is breaking apart the system that allows these guys to rise in the first place
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d agoInfantino is not the problem ft.trib.al/5qdaL5k
what's the bet old mate will be running for PHON in the November election www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Mildura man sentenced for shooting neighbour's barking dog
Former Mildura supermarket owner John Green admits repeatedly shooting his Essendon neighbour's shih tzu dog with an air rifle.
abc.net.au
In June, Elon Musk weighed in on the murder of Austin Metcalf, expressing that the suspected killer, Karmelo Anthony, deserved the maximum, saying "murderers should be executed." There being unequivocal evidence Musk's destruction of USAID led to the deaths of 600,000, what should we do with him?
Yeah, nah. Does anyone with a double digit brain cell count give a shit?
Every other journalist there should have walked out and refused to cover the event.
The ABC, The Guardian and The Age denied access to One Nation publicity event in Victoria Imagine the hue and cry if Labor or The Greens denied access to the Murdoch media www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
One Nation reveals Victorian state leader ahead of November election
One Nation reveals its upper house candidates for Victoria, with army veteran and party state president Warren Pickering set to lead the party to the upcoming state election.
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