It’s taken a couple of days to absorb it all… but have to say that seeing Duddo get tossed by a disabled woman, who is a former journo (shout out to the ‘hate media’), & who just kept tenaciously going until she got him is probably the sweetest moment of any election, ever.
Bravo Dickson!
#AusVotes
My fellow Australians, and in particular my fellow Canberrans, what he said👇. 😁 Vote 1, @davidpocock.bsky.social … the man who actually walks his talk through the house on the hill.
#AusVotes
They were discussing Mary Poppins on @alltherightmovies.com and they mentioned that ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ was inspired by one of the composer’s sons getting the polio vaccine in a sugar cube.
A bright, cheery, classic song that sprang from the eradication of a horrific disease.
Superb thread well worth reading
‘US is now a threat to the global economy, to global health and to global stability. The sooner this is acknowledged the better’
BREAKING: We are suing Musk & DOGE for violating the constitution
They have no right to your personal data & no authority to dismantle entire agencies
We’re calling their bluff & taking them to court
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Apparently, spending $400 million on battery operated trash cans was not seen as government waste or fraud.
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Here is a quick guide by our outstanding graphics team. Malika Khurana; Andrew Wilson and Lily Boyce.
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
As with everything else that America is whacking tariffs onto, other buyers will be waiting with open arms. Xi must be delighted.
The fix is in
We've known from the start this would be a major party stitch up to lock out new community-backed independents.
Giving more taxpayer $$ to pollies with no truth in political advertising protections is particularly shameful👎
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What the Actual Truck?!?
It’s a zoo over there…
😳🤦♀️😳🤦♀️😳
Allies aren’t just questioning your leadership, mate…
They’re running for the bloody hills!
Or more accurately, into 🇨🇳 ‘s loving embrace.
🇺🇸 doesn’t want to trade with the rest of us anymore? Fine. Others will…
🇺🇸 will reap what its sowing right soon, so for everyone’s sake, do something over there!
Yes! I did it! Please take couple of seconds to set the record straight 💙🦋
And done.
Oh my word… I do believe I would lose my dinner… shan’t watch but even the thought… 🤢
Imports of raw aluminium to the USA in 2022: Country Trade Value Canada $8,899,011,590 United Arab Emirates $1,812,002,350 Bahrain $927,784,567 Russia $589,021,106 Argentina $588,997,282 Australia $541,520,053 India $428,001,472 Qatar $394,267,277 South Africa $259,890,526 Brazil $114,898,429
Apparently Australia is flooding the US with aluminium. FMD this is such a stupid fight
And if Trump chooses to give Australia an exemption, the RightWing Media will jump up and down that Albo caved or groveled or some crap, and scream that he needs to be stronger…
We are through the looking glass…
Charts showing Australia's exports of which aluminium accounts for 1.17% and destinations of those aluminium exports of which 12.7% went to the US, less than Japan and Sth Korea
"The Trump tariffs on our aluminium are a major test for the Albanese govt, could determine the election."
FMD. Aluminium articles account for a bit over 1% of all our exports and just 13% of that goes to the USA.
We really need to stop acting like pleasing Trump is vital to our economy
I can assure Peter Dutton that his claims that working families will be concerned if the RBA cuts interest rates next week are entirely wrong.
Lipstick, pig, etc…
Or as a BlueSky wordsmith titled him, the #DickTater wanna be…
#AustraliaDontBecomeAmerica
"America is not a software company. And letting a thin-skinned, Ketamine-fueled, video-game cheating, Nazi apologist billionaire take over the machinery of the United States is not something that anyone voted for."
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Me too. 👍
Excerpt from The Saturday Paper article by Paul Bongiorno, a 35 year veteran of the Canberra Press Gallery, which says that Liberal party leader Peter Dutton isn't helping to reduce cost of living pressures or bring social cohesion by his actions.
Paul Bongiorno, in The Saturday Paper, sums up game playing #MillionairePeterDutton quite well. 👇 #Auspol
Looking forward to this.
#auspol
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
