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Friend spotted the late Ian Rilen, bass player of the band X, at the Sydney Trade Union Club. "I know him; come over", he says to me, "I'll introduce you".

So I go over and Rilen, who was drunk, starts cursing out my friend: "yer a fukken kunt" etc.

Didn't get to meet him.🤣

But who's counting? #memestream #auscontent

From 2021: “I take my health advice from your Health Minister and your Chief Medical Officer. I wish you would.” Tanya Plybersek, to Craig “nong” Kelly. ##dressinggown #Auscontent

Dutton launches new security blitz election campaign. #duttonuci
Secure border art by #memestreamclassic2017 #Auscontent

Renewables thrive as grid demand soars, coal states suffer from repeated outages and high prices Underlying demand and renewable output hit record levels in December quarter, but repeated fossil fuel failures and lack of transmission cause high prices in coal dependent states.

Wind, solar thrive as grid demand soars, as coal states suffer outages and high prices. “Renewable energy supplied a record 46% of the market’s electricity, peaking at 75.6% for a period on 6 November, driving emissions to record low levels.” #Auscontent
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“Give Big Lib Business Donors A Long Boozy Tax-free Lunch Again.” (Not sure if that will fit on a red cap). #MAGADutton #Auscontent

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A friendly exchange: Australian style. #auscontent youtube.com/shorts/Mruyx...

Melbourne stabbing: Man arrested after woman found dead at Langwarrin home on Boxing Day Homicide squad detectives investigating after 59-year-old found dead at Wood Duck Court in Langwarrin

Still awaiting the appointment of a “Special Envoy” on #femicide #oneaweek
Melbourne stabbing: Man arrested after woman found dead at Langwarrin home on Boxing Day. Officers arrested a 63-year-old man at the address who is known to the woman. #auscontent www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Christmas in Australia: Total fire ban declared in Victoria amid 'extreme' bushfire risk. No fire can be lit in the open air or allowed to remain alight on Thursday from 12:01am to 11:59pm anywhere in Victoria. #auscontent
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Toy yellow submarine.

This year’s allocated budget just for sustaining Australia's Collins submarines is a ‘wallet sapping’ $769M. And for that, we’ve got just one submarine available for operations. #auscontent
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The LNP’s nuclear policy is working just fine - Michael West Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy announcement has been totally nuked, so to speak, but Michael Pascoe argues it is nonetheless working just fine.

The truth does not matter. #auscontent michaelwest.com.au/peter-dutton...

Peter Dutton goes full MAGA, with detailed plans to wind back reconciliation, promising to scrap flags, dual names and the ambassador for First Nations people.

He's not racist, but! #auscontent

Shining art by #memestream

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New Zealand's recession shows how the RBA dodged a bullet New Zealand's economy has slipped into one of the developed world's worst recent recessions, but it seems like the Reserve Bank of Australia is avoiding the same mistakes.

NZ recession and Federal Reserve rate cut sink Aussie dollar, but show the RBA in Australia dodged a bullet. Kiwis, stuck with a regressive Dutton-esque gmnt, are not so lucky. #auscontent
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One of Australia's biggest power companies fined $25m for overcharging welfare recipients AGL apologises but says it may appeal a $25 million fine for a Centrepay scandal that saw it overcharge "vulnerable" people on welfare without their knowledge.

Power play: AGL apologises for overcharging 'vulnerable' welfare recipients but says it may appeal $25m fine. The Federal Court found AGL overcharged 483 Centrepay customers from 2016 to 2021 totalling $468,310. #auscontent www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Here's one I prepared months ago. Explosive art by #memestream #auscontent

Nine Entertainment hosts $10,000 a head fundraiser for Liberal party CEO Hugh Marks welcomes Scott Morrison and several government ministers at historic Willoughby TV studios

Indulge me, any style editors out there. I'm just trying to get the tense right. Which is more correct? Is it, “the ABC has been thoroughly f*cked,” “the ABC is being f*cked,” or, “the ABC will be increasingly f*cked?” #pastpresentfuture 🙄🤨🤔 #auscontent www.theguardian.com/media/2019/s...

Would you buy any electrical goods from this #$#@!? Boycott Harvey Noirman. #auscontent

John Howard once warned climate action would lead to a smaller economy. Now Peter Dutton promises a smaller economy with no action, writes Bernard Keane. #auscontent www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/16/p...

“Jelly-like creatures appear in south-eastern Tasmania en masse” | ABC News.
Well, this is how it ends. Or how low budget movies about how things end start, anyway. (Cue attractive woman going for a late night moonlight swim with ominous music playing). #auscontent

Top energy experts criticise Dutton's $331 billion nuclear gamble Energy analysts say the Coalition's nuclear plan will be more expensive, burn more carbon, result in a smaller economy, and be more disruptive than Peter Dutton claims.

What is a Turducken, you ask? Here are the ingredients. Although which is the Turd, which is the Uck and which the En, I can't quite decide. #radioactivewasteofspace #auscontent
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🎄Dutton's Nuclear Christmas Turducken. 🦃🦆🐓It's Grim, Overpriced, Stuffed With Radioactive Sawdust & Gristle. A Figment Of Sham Accounting. Yet Still, The Simpletons Of The Press Shout Its Praises, As They Gobble It Down Whole. “Gawd bless ya, guv'na!” 🍖 #auscontent
Radioactive art by #memestream

Dutton blames Labor for the synagogue fire. Bandt here blames Labor for tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza. Tell me again the difference between Dutton and Bandt. #auscontent

ABC premieres new game show, “PETER SAYS…”
Hosted by Greg Jennet, contestants vie to guess the pearls our “PM in Waiting” (sic) has dropped lately. Bonus points are given for sounding really enthused and convinced. Points are deducted for asking for costings. #theabcisdeadtome #auscontent

Graph of Labor on 48% LNP on 52%.

Incumbency is a poisoned chalice.
Latest Roy Morgan: If a Federal Election were held now, the Coalition would win with a slim majority. Two-party preferred vote: L-NP 52% cf. ALP 48%. Support for Independents increased significantly, up 2% to 10.5%. #auscontent
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Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan in profile at far right of frame. (Image: Reuters/Fred Greaves)

‘The day Rupert dies is the day Lachlan gets fired.’ A “scathing” legal finding in Reno, Nevada, revealed by the #NYTimes may see the global Murdoch media empire crumble. #auscontent www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/10/r...

Policy bum Dutton has two big ideas. They're both in bad trouble Peter Dutton has two big ideas: cut migration and build nuclear power plants. He's now abandoned one, and we know the other will be a disaster.

Dutton's forays into policy have been marked by confusion and missteps. His migration “plan” is in tatters, and the CSIRO confirms his nuclear fantasy would be massively expensive and deliver little power. Dutton should admit he’s a policy bum. #auscontent www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/09/p...

ABC News: Melbourne café owners ponder their business future as matcha shortage widens. #gloomyday #MatchaDoAboutNothing #AusContent

No, this is not a sketch from #MadAsHell
Another heart-rending story from the fading ABC about the woes of café owners.
'Café owners worry about the long-term implications of the matcha boom.' Oh, the humanity! #MatchAdoAboutNothing #theABCisdeadtome #AusContent 😳