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Fiona Parker

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Breakfast Presenter 6.30am-9.00am weekdays 91.1FM ABC Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Macedon Ranges, Kyneton, Rochester, up to the Murray at Echuca etc

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"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...

I finally finished writing a long, winding piece on "America's distinctive political culture of vernacular fascism." It's about white country music, AM radio, paramilitary camps for Klansmen in 1960s Colorado, TPUSA, and a former chair of the OR GOP. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...

08.03.2026 18:30 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8
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I’m very taken with this beautiful blue glass cup with white speckles found in Pompeii, 1st century Β© Parco Archeologico di Pompeii
www.alaintruong.com/archives/201...

08.03.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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This morning’s broadcast from the #PortFairy Folk Festival was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who showed up and got a taste of β€œthe best of the fest.” So much positive energy in the beautiful Reardon Theatre. Loved it!
#PortFairyFolkFestival
#PFFF

07.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning’s broadcast from the #PortFairy Folk Festival was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who showed up and got a taste of β€œthe best of the fest.” So much positive energy in the beautiful Reardon Theatre. Loved it!
#PortFairyFolkFestival
#PFFF

07.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sound checks underway, audience arriving at the Reardon Theatre in #PortFairy for our live broadcast for the Port Fairy Folk Festival 10.00am - 12noon, across ABC Victoria. Tune in via your local ABC, or stream via your local ABC website or through the ABC Listen App!

06.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Survivor's 'disbelief' her childhood abuser misled Australian Story A "plucky pensioner" from a cancelled Australian Story episode is a convicted child sex offender who has failed to pay his victim more than $385,000 in civil damages.

So good to see the local ABC in #Bendigo thoroughly investigating and holding its own organisation to account.
(Before #MediaWatch got into it)
This is about the Australian Story episode that was sensationally pulled hours before it was set to air a couple of weeks ago
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

05.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An echidna just crossed the road in front of us tonight! So cool #echidna #portfairy

13.02.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re off to the Port Fairy Folk Festival this weekend, do pop along to our Outside Broadcast: 10.00am - high noon on Saturday. A taste of the fest with 8 acts playing live over 2 hours, hosted by yours truly & Jeremy Lee. Looking forward to it and being coastal for a few days!
#PFFF
#PortFairy

05.03.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy footy season to all who celebrate #AFL

05.03.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Ummmmm there was something about #Epstein.. I can’t quite remember.. I recall it was rather consequential, in the scheme of things and such… Hmmmm
🧐🧐

04.03.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The face of a fried Barramundi, with the rest of the fried body curving around, on a plate in a restaurant

The face of a fried Barramundi, with the rest of the fried body curving around, on a plate in a restaurant

The curved back of a fried barramundi on a plate in a restaurant

The curved back of a fried barramundi on a plate in a restaurant

Just had dinner at Kang Thai in #Bendigo and might I say, the fish dish really brought it

#ThaiFood
#FishDish
#Food
#Dining
#Restaurant
#Thailand
#FoodSky

04.03.2026 09:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I completely agree! LOVED IT!
So worth seeing on the big screen… it’s mesmerising. Thank you Baz Luhrmann. Thank you.

#EPiC
#Elvis
#ElvisPresley
#Filmsky
#BazLuhrmann

03.03.2026 08:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN's Paula Hancocks reports from Dubai, after Iranian retaliatory strikes hit the commercial area of Jebel Ali.

Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/3MX2nVJ

01.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

The new #Elvis doco!
WOW Loved it! Shows behind-the-scenes like never before, his cheeky smile.. but the on-stage footage is also astounding; the way he orchestrates the band & choir, the way he channels rhythm in his body is freaking amazing.. AND all the #BazLuhrmann filmic touchesπŸ‘ŒπŸΌ #FilmSky #EPiC

01.03.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#MardiGras
Well, I thoroughly enjoyed that.
Thanks #ABCTV #Sydney
… a marvellously joyous occasion.
Thank you for the live coverage on the Telly/ App πŸ‘

28.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree- one of the most memorable floats given… well, Magda.

28.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quite the graph

(UK byelection)

27.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜– 😑

26.02.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes it’s a chicken dish that’s based on the Italian eggplant dish… from Australia- let me be clear- it’s Aussie, not American!
Australia owns the Parma!! It’s found in pubs mainly. Some pubs are known specifically for their good Parmas.

26.02.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How the chicken parmigiana became a staple of the Aussie pub menu It's a pub favourite across Australia, but when did the chicken parmigiana pop up on the menu?

Oh sorry I missed this! Parma looks like a lovely spot!

This is the Parma I was talking about… πŸ˜‹

www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07...

26.02.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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25.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha Neil from The Young Ones!
I’m sure you looked *slightly* better than that
:)

25.02.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I tried a middle part and it looked atrocious. My forehead is too big. It didn’t last long!

25.02.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Woo hoo I’m back in fashion

25.02.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This day started as the day of remembrance for me.

Remembering those who died during this damned war. My friends and people I knew are among them.

I often think about them and will never forget them.

The faces of murdered and tortured Ukrainians whom I didn't personally know but wrote about

24.02.2026 07:18 πŸ‘ 769 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 10

Parma. All day every day.

23.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Talkback today is: do you say Chicken Parma… or… Parmi?
(Don’t say we don’t do the hard topics on Breakfast).
PEOPLE HAVE VERY STRONG THOUGHTS I TELL YOU!
Including me: Parma.

23.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Lucky to have a brother with the perfect occupation! (Besides a GP in the family - wish I had one of them; would be very useful)

22.02.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will be interesting to see how the tourism goes once the race has gone… Everyone loves the penguins!!
Hope you get more than drizzle next time.

22.02.2026 09:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes the BOM site says we got 11 over the day today so I’m taking that. I think it may have cleared up now but hard to tell. Forecast for tomorrow is sunny.. then showers on Tuesday- we may get a few more mm. We so need it.

22.02.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0