Nate Cochrane
@natecochrane.bsky.social
Recovered journalist. Game show maven. #technology #boardgames #photography #auspol
Gotta be where the Defence execs hang out. #auspol #PoliticianDisclosure #SeekingInfluence
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3h agoRichard Marles, Corio, Victoria: +1. Added: 13. Memberships. Melbourne Cricket Club (continuation of membership as per earlier iterations of the register of members’ interests) https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Marles_48P.json
@grogsgamut.bsky.social calls out the accounting trickery that enables a smug RBA to gaslight Australians. As if we don't know our own household budgets that we live with every minute of every day. Pfft! #auspol #inflation #CostOfLivingCrisis www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho
The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says
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Ed Husic takes time off after car and truck crash into his #Tesla sedan. 👀 #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor MP Ed Husic taken to hospital with fractures and concussion after car crash
Husic to take ‘short’ period of leave after collision on Sydney motorway on Tuesday
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Dear Australians, @albomp.bsky.social et al are coming for your sons & daughters as they prepare for war. #NationalService #Conscription #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
It's remarkable that wonks wrote policy that turns on psychology without interrogating who would be attracted to policy. Psst! Aussies invest their own 💰 in ☀️+🔋 to flee legacy abusive & coercive relationships with power companies. #auspol #renewables www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Battery-powered households not signing up to 'virtual power plant' scheme
Thousands of households with batteries installed under the federal government's scheme are choosing not to sign up to be a so-called virtual power plant that sells stored energy back to the grid.
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The Australian Labor Govt was one of the first global supporters of Zionist Israel. It’s not a drift to the Right when it’s been the party platform from the very start. #auspol
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 23h agoAustralian left grappling with Labor drift rightward 📊 Israel-Palestine lobby influence dominates, AUKUS military concerns spike, housing crisis persists. Progressive base fractured & angry. 🧵1/3
Were anyone in the CPG doing their jobs they would be all over this #PoliticianDisclosure. #auspol #ConflictOfInterest #SeekingInfluence
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 20h agoDonations Data Has Changed — +2 rows in 2024-25 https://politicalgadgets.com/donations_update/2026-08-05_21-11-07.html
Canavan, Matthew, Queensland: +1. Added: Sponsored Travel Or Hospitality. Two tickets provided by FIFA to attend a Quarter Finals Game in Los Angeles on 10th July 2026 https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=245212.json
🧵 2/3 VIRAL MOMENT: Michael West's post on the Royal Commission exploded—'Australians investigated for objecting to genocide, not hating Jews.' Critics say inquiry conflates pro-Palestine activism with antisemitism. 184 engagements.
The ABC understands the cuts to migration numbers are contentious within Labor, but no reason for the delay is given.
Tony Burke delays speech expected to reveal sweeping migration cuts
The ABC understands the cuts to migration numbers are contentious within Labor, but no reason for the delay is given.
abc.net.au
Saw this on the other place and could not help myself.
Most viral: ICAC drops bombshell on UOW VC lavish consultant deal. @michaelwestbiz exposé on university commercialisation sparked huge engagement—signals deep concern over institutional integrity beyond party politics. 🧵2/3
The VIP fleet flew at least 3,773 km in the last few days. That's 1 plane doing 3 flights over 7 hrs and 22 mins and costing around $33,659. https://politicalgadgets.com/
It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.
Pauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.
ClearVue Technologies says its Gen 3 solar glass can now be offered with key “Low-E” coatings for applications to reduce heat transmission, opening the door to a wider global façade market. #business #companies
ClearVue coated glass breakthrough opens global façade market
ClearVue Technologies says its Gen 3 solar glass can now be offered with key “Low-E” coatings for applications to reduce heat transmission, opening the door to a wider global façade market. #business #companies
theage.com.au
“Our government has become the largest human trafficking organization in the world.”
Prisons in the sky: Human trafficking at Hanscom airport fueled by complicity with ICE
Jared & Laurie Berezin, co-organizers of Bearing Witness @ ICE, August 2nd 2026
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Given that he’s moonlighting on our tenner, disclosure of the quantum of the payment is most definitely in the public interest. #auspol #PoliticianDisclosure
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3d agoAndrew Hastie, Canning, Western Australia: +1. Added: 10. Income. Payments related to writing project with Allen & Unwin. https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Hastie_48P.json
In case anyone is wondering... I have no more idea than anyone else why there is a sudden flood of declared interests. But it's quite a deluge.
Paid for out of the ~$1b Aussie taxpayers have paid her over the years. Who wears a $45 tie? #qldpol #auspol #SeekingInfluence #PoliticianDisclosure
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3d agoDugald Dick, Oxley, Queensland: +1. Added: 11. Gifts. Tie from Sarina Russo - received on 11 May 2026 - valued at $485 https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Dick_48P.json
They seldom tell us for whom they’re holding the fundraiser. 🧐 #auspol #SeekingInfluence #PoliticianDisclosure
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3d agoCassandra Fernando, Holt, Victoria: +2. Added: 11. Gifts, 11. Gifts. 2 x $200 gift hampers from Lim's Pharmacy for fundraiser auction https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Fernando_48P.json
Mining construction equipment & services provider hires #climatechange minister’s spouse, Rebecca Mifsud, an industrial relations executive. #auspol #PoliticianDisclosure
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3d agoChristopher Bowen, McMahon, New South Wales: +2. Added: 11. Gifts, 10. Income. I received two Turkish football jerseys, a tin of baclava and tin of pistachio nuts from the Minister for Climate of Turkiye, Murat Kurum. https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Bowen_48P.json
Quite the exhausting social calendar. Someone likes a flutter, no? #auspol #SeekingInfluence #PoliticianDisclosure
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 3d agoJoanna Briskey, Maribyrnong, Victoria: +4. Added: 11. Gifts, 11. Gifts, …. 2x tickets to the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day from Moonee Valley Racing Club https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Briskey_48P.json
Mark Butler, Hindmarsh, South Australia: +2. Added: 11. Gifts, 11. Gifts. The Australian - 2 x tickets for the Mid-Winter Ball Canberra https://politicalgadgets.com/Interests/dbase/person.html?f=Butler_48P.json
Long ago Popper and Marcuse were like, “yeah, if you tolerate Fascism you’re stupid, because it will use that tolerance to destroy your freedom.”
Who could it be? What impact will their eventual naming have on their reputation? And why is QPS opposing the publication of their name? #qldpol #auspol #OnlyInQld www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Judge reserves decision in unmasking high-profile man in alleged extortion case
MM's name has been suppressed by a Cairns court since late May, although he was not the direct target of the alleged threat.
abc.net.au
