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@unstuckintime

Retired. A life spent loving music, books and writing, film, and sport. Interested in politics, came of age in the time of Gough and Billy Bragg. Loved Twitter until Elmo destroyed it. So it goes.

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So disappointing @bsky.app @pfrazee.com Kent was an early adopter. He brought me to Bluesky. This needs to be fixed for him and all other skywalkers that need this. Please.

13.03.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran is increasingly controlling the direction of this war If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump's decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

Great analysis by Laura Tingle.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

13.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAnalysis from The Australia Institute shows that LNG exporters ship far more gas overseas than Australians uses domestically,” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.

β€œYet Australians are repeatedly told there is a looming gas shortage.”

Read more: https://theaus.in/4lolvZz

13.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The reality is the Canberra bubble was never going to allow their own to face consequences for Robodebt

11.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

They deserve an order of awesome medal

Australian federal and state governments are fascist trash

#ridiculous #auspol #australia

12.03.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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I’ll always trust the findings on Robodebt from Commissioner Catherine Holmes, who led a commission of integrity, who didn’t hold hearings in secret, over & above the findings of the NACC, led by Paul Brereton who works in the shadows with conflicts running through his veins.

12.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 379 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7
Building sign being replaced with β€œNACC: No Actual Consequences Commission” 

Person commenting: β€œit used to be to be called the National Anti-Corruption Commission, but I guess they wanted to lower our expectations”

Building sign being replaced with β€œNACC: No Actual Consequences Commission” Person commenting: β€œit used to be to be called the National Anti-Corruption Commission, but I guess they wanted to lower our expectations”

The β€˜No Actual Consequences Commission’, by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social

11.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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David Shoebridge has called out the β€˜three war parties’ Labor, the Coalition & One Nation for joining forces to shut the door on refugees who are now fleeing the illegal war on Iran.
β€œYou support your uncle Donald, the fascist duck” πŸ”₯ #auspol

12.03.2026 04:35 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
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Varoufakis: β€˜Fascism is darkening our doorsteps’ Former Greek finance minister and economist Yanis Varoufakis has warned that fascism is re-surging in global politics, with extremist ideas gaining influence even in countries where the far-right is n...

thepoint.com.au/news/260312-...

12.03.2026 05:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speaking in Sydney as a guest of The Australia Institute, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, former Greek finance minister and economist, told the crowd he feels β€œthat surge of fascism darkening in my soul … darkening our doorsteps”.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3NlP69r

12.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

I can not believe how generous you have all been about Where it all went wrong - the response has blown me away. Truly. I have a couple of copies I can send to people who might be waiting a long time at their library or can't afford a book right now - please pop into my DMs and I'll do my best x

11.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s so close to getting it

11.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

it is actually pathetic watching these β€˜reporters’ pretend there’s any content in that soupy demented mess of a brain of his

they now go away and file stories based on pretending there’s something going on here

journalism has betrayed the world by consistently polishing his turds for him

11.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

Remember this next time anyone in the govt says they can’t afford to raise the rate.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 240 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

the key is what Richardson said about having got to a point that he was β€œno longer enjoying the work”. Maybe it is incredibly unpleasant to have Albanese abandon you to orchestrated pro-Israel lobbyists lol very hard to say.

11.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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A list of state laws in Australia targeting protests and free speech State governments have played a key part in stripping Australians’ democratic rights at the behest of powerful interest groups

From the river to the beach, Australia won't have free speech

www.deepcutnews.com/p/a-list-of-...

11.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9

The NACC's view here is even funnier when you consider it's about a bloke who secretly appointed himself to multiple roles and thought no-one would find out.

11.03.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3
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The architects of Robodebt are still sitting pretty.

The NACC has made two findings of corruption, but those who should shoulder the blame for one of the biggest scandals in Australian history remain unscathed.

Cold comfort to the thousands of people whose lives were destroyed.

11.03.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

Trying to get my head around the Anti-Corruption Commission's argument that a corruption hearing of a former prime minister is somehow not in the public interest

11.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2

Jeremy's reaction is a good measure of how this failure will be received among the wider public, not only as it concerns the NACC, but what it suggests about the broader ability of Australian institutions to hold anyone of significant power or influence to account for anything in future.

11.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Albanese's line that "We're sending defensive forces" to the war should ring everybody's bullshit radars. These "defensive" assets are part of a larger offensive. Take yourself back to school if you're buying it. Centrists can't even send us to war without pretending they're not.

10.03.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 10

The NACC continues to be a joke

10.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œAustralia does not have a gas shortage problem. It has a gas export problem,” writes Louise Morris, Advocate at The Australia Institute.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Nwzdgz

11.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

It will be historically significant that the Albanese government decided to spend its enormous political capital not on addressing systemic inequality but on mindless fealty to the demands of the United States and Israel. That is how it'll be remembered.

10.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 8
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The NACC held *35 days* of private hearings in its investigation into Robodebt corruption, but decided that these hearings didn't need to be public.

I, for one, would have liked to have watched the corruption hearing of Scott Morrison

11.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
British Journalist UNCOVERS SHOCKING Iran War COVER-UP
British Journalist UNCOVERS SHOCKING Iran War COVER-UP YouTube video by Double Down News

youtu.be/4BlXzB8E8h4?...

10.03.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Australia has always been a reliably supine lapdog to US foreign policy...with perhaps a brief lapse during Whitlam period. Whereas both Canada and NZ have always taken a more independent stance more in line with their own national interests. And haven't suffered for it.

09.03.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've had multiple people message tonight about some Zio proganda fest on the ABC and I gotta say I'm pretty ok with having no idea what the fuck they were talking about. Just cut the cord already, why would you ever listen to habitually news that lies about genocide and war?

09.03.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @albomp.bsky.social, don’t you love those shared values?

09.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4