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After 50 years, it’s time we called it a coup Fifty years ago today, an elected government was ousted by a representative of a hereditary monarchy. Broadly, Australian society has still not grappled with these events.

3/ After 50 years, it’s time we called it a coup. Fifty years ago today, an elected government was ousted by a representative of a hereditary monarchy. Broadly, Australian society has still not grappled with these events.
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Title “Main players in the Liberal Party room net zero meeting.” Subtitles: top left “The moderates” showing Jane Hume, Julian Leeser, Tim Wilson, ? , Melissa Price, Ann Ruston, Andrew Bragg. Centre: “The Leader” Sussan Ley. “The conservative rump” includes James Paterson, ?, Andrew Hastié, ?, Angus Taylor, ?, Sarah Henderson, Dan Tehan, Ted O’Brien, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Bottom left: “The mining lobby” including rural type in Akubra, business type, Gina Rinehart, type in sunglasses holding cash, anonymous type on phone… Bottom right: “The Advance/Atlas/IPA propaganda units” showing Advance boss, faceless operator, Sky News numpty, glamorous influencer, sponsored nuclear whizz-kid

Who’s in the room?
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Bob Brown walks the talk. Still.
#Democracy is not a spectator game.
#ClimateAction
#auspol
#wapol

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Yep

Trump Asks Staff for List of Potential Countries To Bomb To Distract From Epstein Emails — The Shovel President Donald Trump has immediately initiated standard distraction protocols, after new emails were released tying him to Jeffry Epstein.

Trump Asks Staff for List of Potential Countries To Bomb To Distract From Epstein Emails

Copy of a tweet from Eddy Jokovich showing a screenshot from the Guardian with a side photo of NSW Premier Chris Minns. Headline reads: State politics Minns says his office possibly not notified of neo-Nazi rally because it was held on the weekend. Eddie Jokovich's tweet reads: How much bullshit does Minns expect us to believe? Pro-Palestine rallies are scrutinised across every inch of their actions. Why did the Nazi rally proceed? #auspol

The original March for Humanity on the harbour bridge in Sydney was planned for Sun Aug 3, 2025

After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025

But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt

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Liberals poised to dump net zero target after majority reject policy in marathon five-hour meeting Senior Liberal sources say 28 speakers wanted to jettison the 2050 net zero emissions target entirely, 17 expressed desire to retain it in some form, while four were on the fence

It took 5 hours for Gina to decide what her Party's policy would be? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol #COALition

Epsteingate is the tip of the iceberg — and the beginning of the end for Trump.

I guarantee you that Jeffrey Epstein sold Melania to Donald Trump

#FitzPOTW @peterfitz1.bsky.social

Great speech Sally McManus.

You speak for the workers and people of Australia.

There is no place in Australia for Neo Nazi’s or far right ideology in Australia that increases inequity. #auspol

What we think of neo-nazis

Rudd/Gillard actually had same basic philosophy behind their governing & Party they led.

Their differences were not about ideology or Party direction, it was about Rudd's personality/management.

Starmer had a scorched earth attitude to progressive members/ideas on his way up.

He has many enemies

These "get rid of Starmer as leader" rumours have been going for a while now.

He pissed off PLENTY of people on his way up....

Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.

For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.

The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.

Fascinating #RNBreakfast this morning re #TheDismissal.
Jenny Hocking lays out the evidence and Kerry O’Brien utters the words we dare not: “It was a coup.”

Tonight was a very bad night.

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.

Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.

The American people need more from their leaders.

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

Standing up didn’t work?
Let’s see how caving in works!

Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.

Earlier in the week the Choice Shonky awards came out……

Commonwealth Bank was in the Hall of Fame for overcharging 2.2 million customers $270M in fees between 2019 and 2024. The bank is reluctant to repay the $$$.

However, ABC RN chose to report on the Shonky awarded to Temu for selling shit stuff

Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.

How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?

NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.

The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.

His position is untenable.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

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'We need to learn from this': Scottish parties react to Zohran Mamdani election win

Zohran Mamdani’s New York election triumph has been hailed as a win against 'corporate donors, mega polluters and the super-rich'