Peter Murphy
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#HumanRights #ClimateAction #auspol #USPolitics #journalism #SciFi #books #history 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 https://t.co/yFBYqyoMex
Sydney, Australia
Joined July 2014
Every nation should have a day to acknowledge its identity, reflect on its history, and celebrate, that can be enjoyed by all. We could celebrate our Indigenous history (origins) and our current multi-ethnic multicultural diversity (present). Jan26 is not that day. #InvasionDay
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If the Royal Family (Charles, Camilla, William, Kate) don't come out and unequivocally rebuke Jeremy Clarkson for his vile attack on Meghan, then they've just proven everything Harry & Meghan said to be true. #JeremyClarkson #MeghanMarkIe.
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The Royal Family now claiming Prince Harry caused the Queen's health to decline. I think Prince Andrew's child sex abuse scandal might have had a much greater impact on the Queen's health. #AbolishTheMonarchy #TeamHarryAndMeghan.
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I would love a referendum on Australia becoming a Republic before King Charles III's coronation in May. I want absolutely nothing to do with the toxic British Royal family. #auspol #RepublicNow
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It's 2022, and a privileged, wealthy, well-educated man used the platform of a national paper to tell a survivor of child sexual abuse to smile for a powerful man who has shown zero respect to women. Or stay at home. PvO's attack on @TamePunk was obscene. #EnoughIsEnough #auspol
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As a Sydneysider, what do I remember most about Victorian Premier @DanielAndrewsMP? During the Covid pandemic, at the daily Covid pressers he answered every question with patience and grace. Every question. Every day. For months. #Covid19Vic #VicVotes2022 #IStandWithDan.
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Imagine being a Liberal candidate for a safe Liberal seat, backed by the Seven, Nine & NewsCorp media (incl. a husband who's the Herald-Sun political commentator!) and you're the first person to lose a by-election to a Govt in more than a hundred years! #auspol #AstonVotes
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Without her knowledge and against her will, 2GB host Ben Fordham released the name of a woman at the centre of a formal complaint against a NSW Senator. The vicious bullying misogyny of this act, and the abuse of his position, should see Fordham sacked. Disgusting. #BinBen
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@nowthisnews Tony Robbins is so in the wrong here with his overt physical intimidation & verbal bullying tactics. The #MeToo movement isn't trying to "get significance", it's pursuing #justice & cultural change. #MeToo isn't "attacking" someone else, it's holding perpetrators accountable.
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Bondi Junction stabbing event:.• Ahmadi Muslim refugee Faraz Tahir was killed defending women. • Frenchman Damien Guerot and Ukrainian Silas Despreaux used a bollard to stop the suspect getting to a children's play area. • Multi-ethnic multicultural Australia. #BondiJunction
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Cardinal George Pell has died, aged 81. Pell opposed women's rights, saying abortion was "a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people." He also vilified the LGBT community and protected paedophiles in the #CatholicChurch. Pell was a vicious evil man #religion
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Will Camilla, wife of KingCharles III, condemn the obscene, hateful comments of Jeremy Clarkson against Meghan Markle, given he was her party guest so recently? Will Charles or even William speak out against this abuse?! #racism #sexism #misogyny #JeremyClarkson #MeghanMarkIe.
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Peter van Onselen's attack on AOTY Grace Tame makes me sick. The demand that a woman smile for the cameras in the presence of a man who has shown zero respect to women is degrading and offensive.😠 #AOTY #auspol #GraceTame #EnoughIsEnough #IStandWithGrace.
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Dear AUS PM @ScottMorrisonMP,.Two AUS Govt MPs, Craig Kelly and George Christensen, have posted disproven reports that Antifa were involved in the US Capitol riots. This isn't free speech. You literally have MPs in your govt spreading disinformation.😖😠 #auspol #USCapitolRiot.
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"The PM is lucky he can watch the AFL in a country and be peacefully booed. Not far from here, Mr Speaker, there are countries where he would be ousted from power or met with bullets." #auspol #wapol #AFLEaglesPies #MorrisonBooed #Insiders
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No one has done more damage to the reputation of Linda Reynolds than Linda Reynolds. #auspol
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THIS 👇 from the same Neil Mitchell who attacked Cath Andrews (wife of Dan Andrews) AND attacked the son of PM Anthony Albanese for being a member of the Qantas Chairman's Lounge that he was also a member! The rank hypocrisy of Mitchell is obscene. #auspol
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A couple of facts David Speers failed to mention just now:.• Albanese has attended the Garma Festival 4 times. • Morrison has never attended it. • Peter Dutton was formally invited to attend this year and refused. #GarmaFestival #auspol #Insiders.
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If @SBS was clever, they'd employ @barriecassidy to host a political commentary panel discussion program to air Sunday mornings at 9am. 😏 #auspol #Insiders
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Dear @abc730,.During lockdowns, you aired countless interviews with disgruntled cafe owners. I look forward to a similar number of nightly interviews with poor people who can't afford Rapid Antigen Tests. #abc730 #auspol #RATs #COVID19Aus.
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The British tabloid media seems to have completely forgotten that Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell were guests of Prince Andrew at Princess Beatrice's 18th Birthday in 2006. #AbolishTheMonarchy #RepublicNow
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Attending George Pell's funeral:.• John Howard.• Tony Abbott.• Peter Dutton .Not attending:.• PM Anthony Albanese .Says it all really. 😕 .#CatholicChurch #GeorgePell #ChildSexualAbuse.
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Looking for reliable guidance on #coronavirus on breakfast TV in Australia this morning. The ABC had Dr Norman Swan.Channel 7 had Barnaby Joyce. Channel 9 had Pauline Hanson. #covid19australia #covid19Aus.
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Alex Hawke could also use his powers to:.• free 70 refugees who've been in detention for NINE YEARS.• grant 20,000 humanitarian places to Afghans fleeing persecution.• allowed Nades & Priya and their daughters to return #HomeToBilo. He hasn't. 😠 #auspol #FreeTheRefugees.
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Dear @abcnews,.ICYMI: There was a change of govt in May last year. The guy on the left is our PM Anthony Albanese. The guy on the right is not. Could we perhaps hear more from our elected PM and his govt ministers please. And less from the angry potato man. 😠 #auspol #journalism
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Camilla, William and Kate have all received royal honours. • Camilla: Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire.• William: Great Master of the Order of the Bath.• Kate: Companion of Honour.What pompous nonsense. 🙄 #AbolishTheMonarchy #RepublicNow
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Neo-Nazis: That's a Nazi salute. Historians: That's a Nazi salute. Everyone: That's a Nazi salute. Journalists: Musk gave a weird wave that's being interpreted in different ways. The @chaser has more credibility than mainstream news media. #ElonMusk #TrumpInauguration #USPolitics
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Dear @ABCTV .You're concerned about #QandA's ratings fall? Consider this: You aired 2 specials on Climate. Neither ep had a climate scientist, Climate Council member or a Greens MP on the panel. Instead, 2 pro-coal pollies, "entrepreneurs" and "business" people. 😠 #ClimateCrisis.
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This Christmas photo of Lauren Boebert explains why we have a 6yo shooting their 1st Grade teacher in the USA. THIS is grooming. #GunViolence #GunControlNow
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Those who are attacking Jacinda Ardern, also attacked:.• Julia Gillard.• Yassmin Abdel-Magied.• Greta Thunberg.• Grace Tame. It's almost like there's a pattern. 😏.
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Q: Why do people vote Liberal?.A: Because there's something in it for them. Q: Why do people vote Labor?.A: Because there's something in it for everyone. #auspol #ausvotes #Election2022.
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Linda Reynolds should sue Linda Reynolds for the damage Linda Reynolds has done to her reputation, by her own words and actions. #auspol #IStandWithBrittany
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Dear @MarkDreyfusKCMP.I genuinely think that Peter Dutton & Angus Taylor rptedly calling the Labor Govt's Deputy Speaker Sharon Claydon "Mr Speaker" is deliberate subtle sexist workplace bullying. They should be warned once, then no longer allowed to speak. #auspol #RespectAtWork.
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Last Saturday, PM Scott Morrison posted 4 tweets regarding Shane Warne. Today, not even a single tweet re #InternationalWomensDay. 😏 #IWD2022 #auspol #EnoughIsEnough.
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If @SBSNews was smart, they'd offer @barriecassidy a spot at 9am on a Sunday morning to interview politicians and discuss Australian politics with a panel of journalists.😏 #auspol #Insiders #JournalismMatters.
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As an Australian who opposes Israel's aggression against #Lebanon, I am sick of the gaslighting lies from my Australian Govt and the Australian mainstream news media who are pushing a pro-Israel narrative. Israel is the aggressor. #auspol #IsraeliWarCrimes #LebanonUnderAttack
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Ahem. If @SBSNews was smart, they'd employ @AmyRemeikis to host a political commentary panel discussion program to air Sunday mornings at 9am. (Or any time that suited Remeikis.) With panelists from independent news media (not Seven, Nine or NewsCorp). 😏 #auspol #Insiders
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Senator @DavidPocock is perhaps the best person in the 47th Australian Parliament. Intelligence, integrity, empathy, compassion, with substance and depth in his policies and politics. Such a gift to the nation. 👏 #auspol
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Having been an advisor to the UK Conservative Govt, could that "suppository of all wisdom" Tony Abbott perhaps now visit the USA and help Trump lose that election too?! 🤔 #UKElection2024
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Bruce Lehrmann is on trial for rape. It took @abcnews THREE attempts before they made the alleged rapist the focus of the headline, rather than the alleged victim. #LehrmannTrial #WordsMatter
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Dear @abcnews,.Fauziah Ibrahim described people (incl. me), as "Lobotomised Shitheads" & "Labor Trolls/Thugs". I've never posted anything offensive about her & received no response to my formal complaint. Today she is back on-air as host of @BreakfastNews. "Not happy Jan." 😒.
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Liberal MP Tim Wilson joined a run in support of Indigenous Australians, leading the pack . for the first 100m as it left Parliament House. Then, when the tv cameras stopped filming, he turned and went back to his office.🙄 #auspol
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In 2015, then NSW Treasurer GladysB sold Vale Point power station for $1m. The company that bought it, sold it for $200m in 2022! And the Liberals continue to claim that they're "good economic managers". 😠 #nswpol
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AUS PM Scott Morrison will be on leave from tomorrow for a week. He'll be back on the 18th. Does anybody else struggle to tell the difference between when he's at work and when he's on holidays? 😏 #auspol.
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Dear PM @ScottMorrisonMP,.As you celebrate Christmas with your wife Jenny & daughters Lily & Abbey,. Spare a thought for Nades & Priya and their daughters Kopika & Tharunicaa, who you continue to hold in detention on Christmas Island. Please let them return #HomeToBilo.🙏 #auspol
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Can't King Charles III sack the UK PM, dissolve Parliament and order an election? Or do the British monarchs only do that to Australian PMs (c. 1975)? 😏 #UKPolitics #LizTruss.
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Royal commentators now angrily condemning Prince Harry. Harry has simply defended his wife against vile racism and cruel abuse from both the Royal family and the UK tabloid media. These two institutions are working together to destroy his reputation. #SparebyPrinceHarry.
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Barnaby Joyce stumbles as he unsteadily walks into the HoR chamber, slurs his words when speaking at the despatch box, and what he says is unintelligible gibberish. Are there no parliamentary rules being broken here?! Srsly! 😠 #auspol
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Peter Dutton isn't our PM. Peter Dutton isn't a former PM. Peter Dutton isn't a Minister. Peter Dutton isn't even a Govt MP. So WHY is he in Israel?.Why isn't he helping south Queenslanders recover from the storms or meeting with locals in his electorate of Dickson? 🤔 #auspol
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I'm happy to be corrected but Bruce Lehrmann's version of events seems to be: he took Brittany Higgins back to Parliament House, then left her alone, drunk, naked and unconscious in his boss’s office. And he claims he's done nothing wrong?! 😠 #auslaw #justice #BruceLehrmann
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Dear @PricelineAU .This sign misrepresents the facts. I will no longer shop at Priceline. 😠 #auspol #BoycottPriceline
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Greg Sheridan claims if the Voice referendum fails, you can't call Peter Dutton a racist bc most of the electorate is with him. Um, no. You can call him a racist bc he is one. And sadly, some Australians are too. #VoiceToParliament #VoteYes #Insiders
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DPM Barnaby Joyce is lying when he says food shortages are caused by Australians panic-buying. Woolworths has explained it's a supply chain problem due to staff (truck drivers & warehouse staff) being off due to Covid. Joyce is a lying, blame-shifting grub. 😠 #auspol #COVID19Aus.
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Dear Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg.As a Sydneysider, I am NOT sick of Victoria's @DanielAndrewsMP at all. I think he's outstanding. I AM sick of you and the grubby, incompetent, excuse-making, blame-shifting, lying & corrupt Morrison Govt. #auspol #abc730 #COVID19Aus.
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Watching the #DanAndrews presser. Astonished by the aggressive, obnoxious defiant rudeness from the journalists. Their "questions" aren't questions, they're making commentary and trying to score political points. This isn't real journalism. Is this just me? #springst #COVID19Vic.
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Tomorrow Peter Dutton will warn us that African gangs are eating the pets of Melbourne. 🙄 #auspol #PresidentialDebate
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Former AUS PM @ScottMorrisonMP has not tweeted since 21 May, Election Day. Not even a single polite tweet to acknowledge his loss, thank the Australian people, or wish the new Australian Labor Government all the best. #auspol #ausvotes.
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Hmm. Should I listen to the intelligent, informed, articulate Laura Tingle or loudmouth lout radio shock jock Ben Fordham? Hmm. Ben who? 🤔 #racism #IStandWithLauraTingle
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Just had coffee with a good friend, I've known for 20 years. Lovely to catch up. Until he started making racist comments about #Indigenous people. I rptdly corrected his false facts & politely warned him to stop or I would leave. He didn't. I left. #BlackLivesMatterAustralia.
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"If you need Nazis to support your cause, it's a rotten cause.".- Geoffrey Robertson, #QandA #SayNoToNazis #auspol #TransLivesMatter 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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PM John Howard lost his seat of Bennelong in the 2007 Federal election. Former PM Tony Abbott lost his seat of Warringah in the 2019 Federal election. Dear voters in Cook, it's time. #auspol.
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The GG David Hurley has said schools should introduce a daily "pledge of allegiance", similar to the one at citizenship ceremonies. No. We need to teach children critical thinking, not indoctrinate them with US-style, jingoistic, nationalistic patriotism. 😠#auspol #education
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Dear @Channel7,.Is it true you're paying #BruceLehrmann $250,000 for an interview? He refused to give testimony during his rape trial (as is his right) yet you're going to pay him for an interview where he can say whatever he likes bc it's NOT under oath?! 😠 #ThisIsNotJournalism.
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Christian Porter will be Acting Leader of the House next week, as Peter Dutton confirms he will be in quarantine in Queensland. Even though David Gillespie, the Deputy Leader of the House, is available. Morrison disgusts me.🤔😠😡 #auspol #EnoughIsEnough.
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I barely knew Whitlam (I was a young kid). I liked Hawke, loved Keating, Rudd and Gillard. I was absolutely gutted that Shorten didn't get elected PM in 2019. But I can honestly say I admire respect and trust @AlboMP. I want him to be our PM. #AlboForPM #auspol
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Dear @MarkDreyfusKCMP,.Barnaby Joyce accrued $675K in expenses in 3 weeks as Drought Envoy. He says he sent texts to PM Scott Morrison who has blocked FOI requests & refuses to release phone records. These "reports" should be released to the public given they cost $675K. #auspol.
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• Paparazzi photos of Brittany Higgins leaving Australia & arriving in France. • An Andrew Bolt attack piece in the Daily Telegraph. • The Herald-Sun publishes a photo of her new home AND its location. This is Princess Diana-level harassment by NewsCorp. 😠 #BrittanyHiggins.
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It's January 2022, and AUS Treasurer Josh Frydenberg STILL doesn't know how to wear a mask. 🙄 Kooyong deserves better. #auspol #KooyongVotes #WearAMask
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Imagine being appointed by God to serve as PM of Australia! What a wonderful opportunity to provide care for the poor, the sick, the homeless, the aged, to provide protection to refugees, to ensure the safety of women & children fleeing DV, and to act on climate change.😔 #auspol
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How come NewsCorp doesn't publish paparazzi shots of Bruce Lehrmann staying at his wealthy mate's boutique winery in Tasmania or shots of the apartment that Seven paid the rent for a year?! Or a series of photos of Lehrmann's favourite Canberra drinking spots?! 😠 #BruceLehrmann
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Next time Peter Stefanovic interviews Barnaby Joyce, he'll ask about:.• $675k expenses as Drought Envoy.• accusations by 10 women of his inappropriate conduct.That'd be fair, wouldn't it? Or is it only 19yo Indigenous men who have their past dredged up? 😡 #racism #journalism
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“A no vote would mean that ill will, prejudice and sheer bastardry had won.” - Jack Thompson .#VoiceToParliament #VoteYes
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Dear @SenatorWong,.The Maccabi Tel Aviv football hooligans tore down Palestinian flags, shouted anti-Arab slurs & ugly chants about Gaza children. They refused to observe the minute's silence for the victims of Valencia's floods. I am appalled by your tweet. 😔 #auspol #Amsterdam
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Angry old farts on Twitter attacking talented young journalist @Leo_Puglisi6 simply bc he'd never heard of Tina Arena sums-up Gen X old guy entitlement perfectly. She had a couple of Top10 singles in the 1990's! Not everyone listens to Smooth FM guys. 😁 #AFLGF #AusMusic 🎶.
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Imagine being raped by a colleague in your boss’s office. When you report this, your boss transfers you to a new job in another state! Then, during the court case, your boss's partner is seen conferencing with the defendant's team throughout the entire trial. Allegedly. #auspol
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Imagine the media response if Lidia Thorpe stumbled into the Senate chamber or slurred her words. Barnaby Joyce is either rptedly drunk in Parliament or he has serious health issues. Or both. Does he have to literally fall down drunk before the issue is addressed? 😠 #auspol
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As a progressive Christian, I am sick to death of conservative Christians being outraged that their bigotry is not welcome in the public sphere. That's right! Your sexism, misogyny, racism, and gay-hate bigotry isn't welcome. 😠 #EssendonFC.
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Thank you @latingle for opening tonight's @abc730 program with the #Tonga volcano eruption, rather than a certain sports story. 🙏 #abc730 #TongaVolcanoEruption.
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Both Tony Abbott and Angus Taylor were Rhodes scholars. I'm beginning to think that perhaps it's not as prestigious a scholarship as everyone thinks it is. 🤔 😏 #NPC #auspol #Budget #economics
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Each year, on New Year's Day, the Australian Cabinet papers released from the Howard era reveal more shameful, devious and deceitful actions by our worst AUS PM. And each year he dismisses the criticism. What an odious, vile man. 😠 #auspol
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Australia:.1911 - 96% Christian.2011 - 61% Christian.2016 - 52% Christian.2021 - 44% Christian.Well done, ScoMo, Brian Houston, Cardinal George Pell. #Census #religion #Christianity.
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If @SBSNews was smart, they'd employ @barriecassidy to host a political commentary panel discussion program to air Sunday mornings at 9am. 😏 #auspol #Insiders
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Dear @ABCaustralia @ABCTV @abcnews @BreakfastNews.When King Charles III's coronation occurs in May, can we please NOT have 2 weeks of fawning royalist coverage? Please. You're Australia's national broadcaster, not the Women's Weekly. #JournalismMatters #KingCharlesIIICoronation
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Dear @abcnews.David Speers is not a journalist. He's a right-wing commentator, on a par w. Ben Fordham or Steve Price. He's a Liberal Party fanboy. His political analysis has the same quality and depth as Samantha Maiden: shallow, tabloid gossip. #Insiders #Debate2024 #journalism
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Isn't it great to have a PM who doesn't feel the need to have a personal photographer taking propaganda shots of him sitting at a desk, or building a chicken coop, or making a curry, . 😏 #auspol.
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Dear MAGA Trump cultists,.You're threatening to leave the USA if Harris is elected President? Please, DO NOT come to Australia. Our wildlife are dangerous. And they can smell fear. kind regards,.Australian Drop Bear Assoc. #HarrisWalz2024 #USPolitics.
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