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@dayamcg

Australia-Shepparton Victoria here. Work/interested in Management & Adult Learning plus world affairs, history, fave tv is BBC’s QI (quite interesting) which explains me, broadly curious and love info + discussions. Gay, partnered, 50’s leftish bloke :)

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Today we should all acknowledge the poor buggers that do the #LNP parliamentary members’ payroll. #Auspol.

11.02.2026 22:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s literally all the #LNP are good for. They’d politicize their own mother if they thought there was a sky-‘news’ interview in it. The LNP are bad for #auspol processes.

15.01.2026 02:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hahaha …. I’m now of the opinion that not many words rhyme with coal, but iron ore, rotten core?

09.01.2026 06:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just remembered where i read the Hastie - Niki Savva’s excellent recent book, Earthquake, re last election. Great read and $25 at big w :)

07.01.2026 02:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Think so too, Hastie scares me as i think he may be smart enough to not say stuff out-loud. He’s apparently made noises about wanting to re-build a ‘broad church (i.e. inclusive of moderates and further rights’ within the Libs … ok … but he himself is totally god squad. Taylor? Embarrassing.

07.01.2026 02:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Yeah but who would they replace her with … they are rotten to the core? Not disagreeing with you though.

07.01.2026 01:28 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today

jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish... #Auspol #Bondi

30.12.2025 06:01 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’

Oh thank god, I’ve been waiting for #POTUS to switch to comic sans.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman | Trump administration | The Guardian

10.12.2025 19:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Man from high-profile Melbourne family found guilty of raping woman while pretending to be her boyfriend Jurors return verdicts on two rape charges in Victorian trial of man who cannot be identified for legal reasons

How is it a "high profile" rapist gets their identity protected "for legal reasons."

Oh. I see. Money equals power. It's just not good enough. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

05.12.2025 05:12 👍 132 🔁 48 💬 11 📌 7
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Fact-checking Sussan Ley's claim about high power prices Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

"Power bills are high, but the roll out of renewables is not the cause."

#auspol #climatecrisis #renewables

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

02.12.2025 04:42 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0

Thanks for this. Very clear, well done #ABCAustralia also.

02.12.2025 05:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, for the rest of this parliament (if not longer) he will have zero impact.

30.11.2025 21:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The US has guns, we have gambling :(. Nationalise it all. Prohibition would not work, and yes ban advertising.

28.11.2025 04:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Victorian opposition leader targets domestic violence in first policy Jess Wilson has announced her first policy as leader of the Liberal Party, promising to introduce legislation criminalising coercive control in Victoria.

Interesting, first sensible (make me remotely interested in considering them) thing from the Vic Libs in eons. Now if new leader Jess Wilson keeps this up (instead of idiocy eg re $30k machete bins when Hansard! tells them it’s $2k) … who knows re #VicPol election.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

28.11.2025 04:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love that they are rejecting a report based in their own data … if they acknowledged the issue they would be better placed to deal with it. Humans are designed to profile/make assessments/assumptions when engaging with the unknown. Only if you admit it, can you begin to manually correct it.

28.11.2025 04:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An Irish Catholic drunk from "New England", an ironic name for a pack of Irish famers #Auspol :)

28.11.2025 01:21 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, this is what we voted for. A clear party of Govt, that nonetheless needs to negotiate more broadly. Thanks #GreensAU for being prepared (and competent) to negotiate.

28.11.2025 01:30 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Maybe because i sometimes have a logic-bias, the above is an interesting proposition. I wonder if this is possible and the timeframe it would take? Clues in the Senate voting patterns/time?

28.11.2025 01:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yep, one of the cars i learned to drive in … now i feel bad about the comparison lol.

27.11.2025 09:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That is now literally all i want for Xmas 🎄… ewww the images :/

27.11.2025 08:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kind of surreal to think NE went from @tonywindsor.bsky.social to the likes of Barnaby … like going from a fully spec’ed Range Rover to a mini-moke with bald tyres and 100k overdue for a service.

27.11.2025 06:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Good, excellent actually. Let them try Norway, where they have built a $Trillion plus sovereign wealth fund from their minerals. ‘Royalties too high’ … more like scope for absolute highway robbery too low.

27.11.2025 03:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Live: Barnaby Joyce quits the Nationals, considering Senate run for One Nation Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce announces his resignation from the Nationals after more than two decades as a member. Follow live.

So Barnaby sees compulsory voting as inhibiting #AUSPOL ‘s slide towards some kind of Trumpian future. Yeah, it’s called a functional (albeit not perfect) democracy. Jumping ship should trigger by-elections.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

27.11.2025 03:21 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! Starting with all the bloody loopholes that allow individuals and companies to pay so little, relative to earnings and scale.

26.11.2025 03:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So succinct, comprehensive, and yet accurate:)

26.11.2025 03:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I know, the millions (by now it would be) that she had ‘earned’ and for what? Stunts that are on a repeat-cycle rivaling Fawlty Towers.

26.11.2025 03:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So over the consultants :(

23.11.2025 03:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Frankly, the current #LNP are a violation of Australian values.

20.11.2025 01:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Confused, what ‘boy’ and what tattoo?

18.11.2025 04:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, I’m absolutely not a fan of incarceration (If Health achieved same outcomes as Corrections, we’d all still be dead at 40) and $ cost - WTF! But, I am also over it re machetes in shops, etc., and frankly ready to lock-up and throw away the key. So very glad to see alt., Evidence based models.

18.11.2025 00:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0