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Brett Lee

@blee0502.bsky.social

No - not the cricketer. Volunteer and walking tour guide (Check the insta: @bretts_walking_tour ) Meanjin (Brisbane Australia)

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Barmies are quiet.
No god save our king today.

06.12.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How can we stop her bitching and moaning about opposition to genocide?

06.12.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why? I thought racism was their #1 policy?

06.12.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If they have to be built at all build them near sewage treatment plants and they can pay for the treatment.

06.12.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Corruption

06.12.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gets my vote.
Maybe tying with β€œherb”.

06.12.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Labor sat on the β€œjobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.

06.12.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Pretty sure it’s not for submarines. Sounds like we’re paying for the privilege of the US parking their nuclear subs (and nuclear weapons and nuclear waste) in Perth.

06.12.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why would a dreadful person like Infantino be trolling him? Seems perfectly in character to me.

05.12.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t it gridiron?

05.12.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote about CNN partnering with a gambling app that lets you wager on famine in Gaza, what this shift portends in our media, the obvious moral hazards of this arrangement, and β€œnews” as politically impotent, disempowering spectator sport

05.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 28

Fair point Susan but desperate
times …
And these are demonstrably desperate times housing-wise.

05.12.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin GardaΓ­ are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

Christ on a cracker β€” these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...

04.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2607    πŸ” 1120    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 137

As does the spineless Australian govt.

05.12.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once read in the last years of the Menzies govt 1 in 5 houses was built with state/fed govt money. Absolutely no reason why we can’t bring that back. (Also Greens policy.)

05.12.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Percentage of *social housing* in πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊAustralia is 4.1%. Down from 4.7% in 2013.
How do we rank against other western democracies?
πŸ”ΉAustria - 24%
πŸ”ΉNetherlands 30%
πŸ”ΉDenmark 20%
πŸ”ΉUnited Kingdom 17%
πŸ‡«πŸ‡· 25% of all residences in Paris are public housing. #auspol

05.12.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I feel like the chances of them telling us to keep our $368B for no submarines as opposed to them taking our $368B for no submarines were always fairly slim.

05.12.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Zelenskyy has said no elections till war with Russia is ended. Maybe that’s what Venezuela is about (as well as the oil).

05.12.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Although what that meant was β€œIf you’re with us you’re also terrorists”.

05.12.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘
(from an Australian)

04.12.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even more importantly - it might be an opportunity to stop doing genocide.

04.12.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does voting for a racist make you not a racist?

04.12.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ta for the repost Peggy @peggysanders.bsky.social
For that you are cordially invited on a personal tour next time you’re in Brissie.

04.12.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You wouldn’t think that was possible

04.12.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not hearing the Democrats saying they’ll do away with pardons

04.12.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t let the door hit you on the arse on your way out.

04.12.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Under oath

03.12.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But does it matter? He’s murdering people. Then murdering more. And more.
And nothing happens.
Seems like nobody cares.

03.12.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great work Penny

03.12.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still genuinely shocked she turned out to be evil.

02.12.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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