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Enthusiastically pro-education, pro-choice, pro-transparency/accountability, pro-free speech consistent with society’s guardrails. “Likes” are just “Likes” - not endorsements!
This is not helpgful @news.abc.net.au - headlines like these promote fear not preparation. How the conditions manifest will depend on the local landscape condition and land use. You can’t just tell half the story ands say done! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Record-smashing El Niño points to Australian spring of drought and fire
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
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Wow! A double header #ABitFruity and (1/2 of) #inBedWithTheRight on the same show. A guilty pleasure.
We’re never going to live on Mars. We’re never going to live on the Moon. There is no Planet B. We need to take care of our magical mystical miraculous planet like it’s the only home we will ever have. Because it is.
The main stream media needs to stop profiling these people. The politics are abhorrent, the views are abhorrent and if this is ‘newsworthy’ 🇦🇺is in a pickle. The profiling and profiting from these discussions says more about the audience than the speaker. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Live: Hanson says daughter Lee is the 'future', has 'potential' to run One Nation
Pauline Hanson says her daughter Lee Hanson is the "future" and has the "potential" to lead One Nation. Follow live.
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Oh look more #NDIS waste. How is it that the vulnerable endusers who rely on the scheme continue to be targeted and deemed ineligible when the perverse incentives if the delivery are glossed over? The losses are in the middle- not at the end. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Government vows crackdown on sale of NDIS shell companies
The federal government says it is moving to crack down on the growing trade in "off-the-shelf" NDIS providers.
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Banging around the house listening to @janfran.bsky.social do her thing💥💥 Reminded that this is where we let this stuff start - State sponsored undermining of multiculturalism by the #Consevstives thru the 18C distraction. They’ve never been far apart. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03...
Brandis defends 'right to be a bigot'
Attorney-General George Brandis has defended the Government's plan to amend a key part of the nation's racial discrimination laws, saying people have "a right to be bigots".
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CGT backdown means losses continue to be socialised while gains remain privatised. Real tax reform needs to look at both sides of the ledger. Let’s take a closer look at the tax offsets thru the life of the project . #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Live: Treasurer says Labor has lost 'political paint' from budget as he defends backdown
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the federal government has lost "political paint" from May's budget while defending a backdown on key budget measures. Follow live.
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Once again proof that lots of ideas are neeeded to get a good idea for a way forward. Also proving that not all ideas are good ideas. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Gina Rinehart says Qld should give some of its islands to Elon Musk
The mining magnate, speaking at the National Bush Summit, also talked about how she believed Townsville could become a base for the Israeli military.
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We need to be prepared but not panic. Adapting to a changing climate means thinking about what might happen, making plans to manage those impacts and waiting to see what actually happens and responding appropriately and safely. Follow the experts #BOM! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
El Niño declared by BOM and it could become the strongest on record
El Niño is a state that can linger for up to 12 months and disrupt weather patterns across the globe, with Australia especially prone.
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Inflation is a necessary component of capitalism- think about that for a moment- perhaps we could look at a bdg an economy that serves society rather than a society that serves a growth focused economy. #auspol
If @australianlabor.bsky.social wants to address the rise of of the #PHONY alternative then don’t ask for $ - stand up for the values of the organisation and 🇦🇺. If you’ve forgotten start with inclusivity, a living wage, access to safe housing, education, a caring 🇦🇺. Stop leaving a vacuum. #auspol
🇦🇺 needs sovereignty over its coms (and its health and its security etc) - working with international govt partners is one thing, relying on privateers is a much riskier proposition. Our satellites, our certainty!#auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Government flags risk of relying on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starlink
As tens of thousands of Australians line up to buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX blockbuster public offering, Australian government officials are privately flagging the risks of the country's growing r...
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Another banger from @adriandaub.bsky.social and @moiradonegan.bsky.social - love the focus on academic centralism re plagiarism - yes we’re all terrified of falling over that. Thanks for continuing to name the meat nit jyst tge BBQ sizzle! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i...
Episode 138 -- The Politics of Plagiarism-Hunting
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 5 June · 1hr 12min
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Thanks @sauleslake.bsky.social for the reality check. Those looking to buy for the old fashioned reason of a roof over their head will be disappointed but not particularly impacted. Stop talking about housing as a wealth creation mechanism #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Why some home owners are at risk of slipping into negative equity
The 46-year-old former "forever renter" believes her house is now worth less than what she paid for it and she is at risk of slipping into negative equity, which would mean her Marrickville home could...
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Providing an incentive to replace food production capacity with energy crop production is problematic. The perverse drivers of capitalism threaten food security. Let’s do some big picture planning before we jump on this one to minimise the obvious risks #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
Refinery on WA's south coast says it could replace region's diesel with biofuel
In the 1990s, Esperance was seen as a key to a major biofuels industry for Western Australia. Thirty years later, the industry has seen little change. But some say the area has untapped potential as a...
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The irony of the Shadow Treasurer at the #PressClub today outlining a #Voice to Parliament for small business that WILL seek to influence every legislation proposed is jaw dropping! #TinEars #auspol
One Nation voters are not voting to address their own inequality, they are voting to reinstate their inequality. If you don’t understand the fundamental difference between these things, you have no place reporting or commentating on Australian politics.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05... Looking forward to the #Libs and #Nats should be able to get behind this winding back of govt spending. #auspol
Negative gearing, capital gains tax and trusts explained simply
The government is poised to make changes to negative gearing, the capital gains tax discount, and the tax treatment of trusts in next week's federal budget. So how do they work, and what could the cha...
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If the electors of Farrer want to send a message to the cynical major parties and to the Trumpist copycat Pauline Hanson’s ‘One Nation’ there’s only one sensible choice: community independent Michelle Milthorpe. Back yourselves folks.
Love Sat morning with @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social cutting through the haze of lazy journalism. Check it out for yourself #Usedtobejournos #OnlyFran #auspol
And without a shred of urony detecred #WellDoneAngus opens up on fuel policy. Looking firwars to his next foray into water policty. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Taylor makes $800m pitch to double Australia's minimum fuel reserves
Australia would have 60 days' worth of fuel supplies in reserve under an $800 million Coalition proposal it says the government should match.
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If only they’d jump on the loss of social license for #AUKUS! How might that help programs that actually make a positive difference in people’s lives! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Social licence test shows why Labor acts on NDIS but not gas
Labor's radical transformation of the NDIS as it resists a growing chorus of support for a new gas tax exposes the limit of its willingness to act when given a social licence.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Seems unnecessarily complicated. Remove CGT discount from existing properties. Make it a policy with purpose. #auspol
Labor considering ways to spare new homes from capital gains changes
The possible budget centrepiece is likely to be finalised much closer to the May deadline than usual this year given global uncertainty, but progress has been made in recent weeks.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... Imagine if we hadn’t killed all the momentum of renewable fuel R,D&E in a decade-long ideological frenzy about the reality of climate change and its human origins. Another fabulous contribution from the adults on the #Right! Cheers! #auspol
'Potential is significant': The untapped fuel source already on our shores
Australia controls less than 20 per cent of our liquid fuel supply and relies on imports for the other 80-plus per cent we need to keep the nation moving. But proponents of biofuels argue that it does...
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www.instagram.com/p/DXGK_90kyh... @zalisteggall.bsky.social commentary deserves reproduction here. #Valuesoutfront! Bravo. #auspol
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Here’s an interesting headline. Another WTF moment from the media. This shouldn’t have been a surprise! Let’s have that discussion. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Iran 'holding global economy hostage' as Australia joins urgent Hormuz talks
Military planners are set to meet after ministers from 40 countries, including Australia's Penny Wong, attended virtual talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Conditions are ripe for an alternative, true. But #PHON has nothing to offer. Short-termism, racism, blaming migrants and a longing for yesteryear that never existed. It’s the pundits giving credibility hee where none should be given. Think about that. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Conditions are ripe for a party of grievance like One Nation to keep growing
One Nation delivers its best electoral result in nearly 30 years, demonstrating that opinion polls showing its vote rising was not a political beat-up but a real electoral phenomenon that will lead to...
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Appalling coverage - why in the name of all things does the media - looking at you #ABC - continue to promote these groups who have nothing to contribute to a progressive, inclusive, egalitarian, caring society? NOTHING! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Labor Party retains power in South Australia
The Labor Party has been re-elected in South Australia, while One Nation appears to have achieved its best electoral result anywhere in the country in nearly 30 years.
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