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Flaneuse, Denizen of the Universe. People before profits - People before politics (‘Like’ ‘Repost’ = Acknowledge)

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Omg, Dr Morrison now lecturing Australians on vaccine safety & the need not to rush.......Does he think we are imbeciles?
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#COVID19 Here we go again: phone call from my local pharmacy today to CANCEL my 6-month Pfizer booster Appt due in mid-January. Reason? No supply of vaccines!🤯 Wtf Australia? Who is to be held accountable here?
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🏆Quote of the Day: “Australians always stand up to bullies” Scott Morrison PM 23 February 2022
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In todays Age - Letters:
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#7 .30ABC Sarah Ferguson just given a lesson in media abuse of power by Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin…👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘A hand that is raised in violence, can never overpower what so many hands have built in peace’ Anthony Albanese PM Canberra Australia 9 July 2022
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Thought for today: 👇🏻👇🏻
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#Referendum I’m getting the impression that the ‘No’ campaign will stop at nothing in their efforts to sink The Voice. We are now fighting for the well-being of our entire country: don’t let hate win - Vote YES 😍
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It’s going to be a long journey for Sussan Ley…..She’s just said on abcRN that LNP failed because women weren’t listening - But wonders why?
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘Labor is great at making announcements. But after two, three or six months later, you’ll find they haven’t delivered’ Peter Dutton MP LNP Opposition Leader 2 September 2022
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#PressClub Barnaby blows his nose into his fingers…..on camera.
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#NationalCabinet Mask mandate on Domestic flights in Australia to be removed: I feel sick…..
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Uh oh…….⁦⁦
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The most interesting part of the BL interview on Ch7 tonight was his thinly-veiled threat at the end: ‘Beware the man who has nothing to lose - There’s a lot that can come yet……’ Why did he feel the need to say that on camera I wonder? Who was the threat meant for? Interesting.
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘The point about the Morrison Government, was that there was no point to it!’ Paul J Keating (Ex PM🇦🇺) Sydney July 2022
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#masks ‘Mask mandate by stealth’ Grow up Matthew Guy!!!!! Whose side are you on - The virus or the children?
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#TheVoice Serious question: do Twiggy Forest & Gina Rinehart have a Voice to Parliament? How loud is it?
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘The fact that Anthony Albanese ISN’T Scott Morrison seems to be sufficient grounds for a reset….’ Andrew Probyn Reporting from Paris 2 July 2022
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🏆Quote of the Day: “You elect Labor. We will do the work.” Hon Penny Wong Leader of the Opposition- Australian Senate 26 April 2022
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Jim Chalmers having fun at the Opposition’s expense in #qt today: ‘This is the party that got John Howard in to talk to them about the future!’🙌🏻
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#PressClub The sheer guts & courage of Marcia Langton in the face of despair: what a woman!
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Love or Fear Australia - The choice is yours…..
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Far out! Dutton calling for PM & others TO APOLOGISE to Julian Leeser for harassment!!!!! I can’t take this any more - The man’s a nutter.
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Dr Chant now saying prisons are a target for vaccinations. Surely this should have been the case twelve months ago! Also talk of ‘locking down’ prisons - HELLO!!!!!
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@PeterDutton_MP A mischievous statement, & you know it. Victorian Labor has nothing to do with Pell’s conviction. If you understand so little about The Separation of Powers you are not fit to sit in Parliament.
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🏆Quote of the Day: “For now we can draw a line on our colonial past, because we choose to make it our history, rather than our legacy” #VoteYesAustralia Noel Pearson National Press Club 27 September 2023
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@PhillipAdams_1 If you were a Victorian you would feel differently Phillip. I’m afraid Leigh & Josh are in the same naughty corner as a direct consequence of politicising Victoria’s lockdown strategies; It was personal for us - They both attacked our chosen leader, & insulted us. Why?
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Just 43.9% of Australians identify as Christian. Why is the Canberra Memorial like a church service?
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#WarrenMundine ‘I’m not a Constitutional Lawyer’ - In fact, Warren, you’re not a lawyer at all are you - You’re in the pocket of a Mining Company - aren’t you!
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In memory of Jesse Baird & Luke Davies: may they RIP - together. Condolences to their family, friends & colleagues🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐
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@MrsRBaker What a treasure that it! Just look at the detail….
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Dutton on ABCtv sounding off about Albanese ‘train record’ - Is this guy all there?
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#auspol David Speers just described US as Australia’s ‘security blanket’. God help us.......
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🏆Quote of the Day: “I’ve never met Greg Hunt. I’ve never spoken to Greg Hunt - I wouldn’t know him if I met him: he’s got a very vivid imagination” Premier Mark McGowen 15 November 2021
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Is there a more sensational beach in Oz?
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Well that’s a relief! 😅
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#InternationalWomensDay2024 There she was, Samantha Murphy, running free thru the forest near Ballarat. Until some man, with nothing better to do, stopped her in her tracks…….The rest is history. When women can run free, it will be a happy day. RIP Samantha - 🦋🦋🦋
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘This isn’t something that can be dismissed: this is something that goes to the very heart of Government’ Anthony Albanese PM Canberra 23 August 2022
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@PaulRob11880584 @jacmauber @murpharoo @EurekaJustice @PressClubAust @AlboMP Albanese is an opportunity to demonstrate to Australians that you do not have to be a dominating bully in order to lead the country: indeed, Morrison’s dominance has been counterproductive in the extreme. #auspoll2022 #VoteForChange
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@rachellejmiller @simplysolo Rachelle, this is so offensive. You had a huge debt to pay off? Where, in that case, was the empathy for those confronted with such so unexpectedly?
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🏆 Quote of the Day: “You’d have to assume that the more people who get the virus the more deaths we will have.” Brad Hazzard 27 July 2021
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Saturday Sausage Rolls:
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At the end of the day #VoteYES 🩷💛🧡❤️🤍
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Margaret Olley: 🎨
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Say ‘NO’ to Dutton’s #WhiteAustralia : Vote YES✔️✔️✔️
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🏆Quote of the Day: “I’ve travelled from Toorak to Townsville, & they are really hurting” Sussan Ley Deputy Opposition Leader Canberra 2023
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Alexander Downer pontificating on abcRN this morning - No shred of doubt in his mind that first Israel MUST eliminate Hamas at any cost, & THEN negotiate with Palestinians - (IF any remain I presume…). Question: Why did Israel not negotiate with the Palestinians earlier?
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@cheryl_kernot Since when does an MP require counselling & ‘support’ from the PM for casting a vote in parliament? Isn’t that what they are democratically elected to do? It sounds very much like censure to me. I thought LNP was supposed to be a ‘broad church’ - Haha…..
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#Insiders The program went up a notch or two today with Linda Burney at her best, & both Laura Tingle & John Paul Janke shining on the panel: at last a show worth watching 🤩 @nancycato1
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Just a little bit terrifying out & about today in the sunny fool’s paradise: few masks (even on trains & trams), people acting as if the pandemic is over & done with. Meanwhile, UK experiencing 4th Wave - hospital admissions up 48%….. I wonder why. Hold on Australia 😬
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@LesStonehouse Simply one stage in the cycle of abuse - remorse, begging for forgiveness, until next time! Don’t fall for it.
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#PressClub journos providing an Aunt Sally opportunity for #Keating today. They’re popping up with their best & most dutiful questions, only to be demolished by his wit & wisdom. A rare sight.
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Men’s violence must go! Swanston St Melbourne
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@MikeCarlton01 The most weird element of this ‘outrage’ is that Andrews was wildly popular & easily won 3 elections in a row - Go figure Herald Sun.
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@Dustmopp31 Hi Dustin’s Gran. From Victoria Australia 🥰
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘I don’t know the answer to that question, & I say that in all transparency’ Marise Payne LNP MP Robodebt RC Brisbane City Qld 13 December 2022
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#Insiders Jacinta Price going hell-for-leather to betray her people in, reckless, worst ways possible. No acknowledgement of long-standing cultural problems caused by removing indigenous children from kin. These families are subject to laws & policing same as all families.
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OMFG, China & US now ‘working together’ - HOW SENSIBLE!!!!! So where does that leave Australia? Oh, wait…….😳
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#insiders Message for Fran: Victoria being a bit more ‘AMBITIOUS’ would be Victoria going for elimination, not just getting the numbers down to controllable measures. Insidious use of the word ‘ambitious’ under the circumstances. Are you actually THAT determined to smear Andrews?
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Morrison will never get away with that hit & run jibe against New Zealand’s vaccination program being inferior to Australia’s..... Go get ‘‘im Jacinda!
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Journalist to Glad: “You can see there’s light at the end of the tunnel: why are you leaving everyone else in the dark?”
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Four little girls at Xmas.....
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@tms_s14 @Milliganreports It jarred. And I gradually realised what was so shockingly patronising about it. Morrison ‘blessed’, others cursed? Deeply offensive, totally unnecessary, & revealing of the cruel hubris of the man.
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@rizzizzy @mana_kailani Death is ‘horrible’, but boredom is worse? Ffs…… Are you listening Sydney?
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Vote YES for fresh air🪴
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#Downer Reflecting upon the behaviour of Alexander Downer towards Dr Ryan last night on #qanda , it was abuse, pure & simple. It’s unacceptable for guests of the ABC to be exposed to this experience, & I suggest that steps are taken to ensure it never happens again. @ItaButtrose
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#Coronation Just saw clip where Albo explains to Piers Morgan why he will partake in the Oath of Allegiance - ‘In 1999 Australians voted for it!’ So true. Touché.
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What a Woman🏆
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#Budget2021 Jim Chalmers is right: it’s vaccines & quarantine that are this government’s two big fails. And guess what? Without vaccines & quarantine we are frozen in time. Not good enough.
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@vanOnselenP The whole story is extraordinary. It would make a great movie. What a narrow escape Australian has had: I certainly hope we never forget it. Meanwhile, I hate to think how many of his ‘followers’ might be seeded in our public institutions - including the ABC…..
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@leighsales @abc730 What positive outcome did you succeed in contributing to the world as a consequence of your behaviour at the presser?
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🏆Quote of the Day: “A No Vote would mean that ill-will, prejudice, & sheer bastardry had won” Jack Thomson AM Re #VoiceToParliament 6 June 2023
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@SenPaterson Killing children - For or Against James?
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#AstonByElection How good is it to see all those excited, fully engaged young people celebrating a political victory in the ALP Party Room at Aston🎉
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@Leo_Puglisi6 @6NewsAU What on earth has it got to do with Victorian Labor? That’s a question for Dutton to answer, & fast!
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#Coronation My take-away upon reflection on the Coronation: Harry had the right idea - fly in, fly out, job done! Apart from the wonderful music, what amiserable affair the Coronation was: no real sense of joy or gratitude: more like a very expensive tourist attraction exercise.
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@KFilcock Awful. Thank goodness those two blokes had more sensitivity & sense than Sarah Ferguson! Not my ABC - She clearly tempted them to name children involved: unethical on so many levels. How low can you go? Shame #abc730
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@Narty0071 So he’s cut the umbilical cord, & behaved like an educated adult. Bravo!
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Julian Leeser ( #abcRN ) commending Sussan Ley for ‘taking the fight to Labor every day’ - Is this really the most constructive role of Opposition? Being a purely negative presence on the political stage seems a singularly unhelpful thing to do for the country. LNP has it all wrong
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#RobodebtRC Anyway else feel a bit sick & teary………?
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🏆Quote of the Day: “As Ronald Reagan once said, ‘You’ll get a lot more done if you don’t care who gets the credit’ - I don’t care who gets the credit…..” Scott Morrison 28 July 2021
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@JJKALE2 To be fair, if you were Scott Morrison (god forbid) you would be keeping your visit to Lismore a secret too. We now have a PM unable to appear in public - What does that tell you? #TimeForChange
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@MSMWatchdog2013 @votejoshout @BelindaJones68 @JoshFrydenberg Guide Dogs Victoria losing donors left, right & centre. What a disaster for the organisation & those vulnerable citizens they are there to support.
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🏆Quote of the Day: ‘We’re not Left Wing, we’re not Right Wing - we’re right down the middle’….. Michael Rowland ABCNewsBreakfast 1 February 2023
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🏆Quote of the Day: “Delta’s going to creep into the community” Gladys Berejiklian Sydney 23 August 2021
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@6NewsAU So this is a concerted political campaign against Perrottet - by the Gambling lobby?
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@refurmerge And there’s the British class system writ large by Probyn. Australia has an opportunity to demonstrate, in reality, the egalitarian ideals that we espouse from time to time - We must all work to ensure this Albo-lead ALP Government is a roaring success!
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12 serves of Green Pea, Bacon & Veg Soup from one 500 gm pkt of split peas…..👩🏻‍🍳
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@Anne_Ruston @political_alert Far. Out. You’ve had NINE (9) years…….🤯 Please realise, you can’t lie to us any more. We’re done!
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@andrewprobyn Andrew, you’ve let us down when we need you most prior to a Federal election. I used to admire your integrity, but it has not be a feature of your more recent reporting. Maybe lift your game & Paul’s claim won’t bother you……
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#60minutes This focus upon Morrison’s political survival was just that: all about him & whether or not he can keep his job. I would have liked some vision for the future of Australia. ‘He’s married to the job’ says Jen. But we’re not actually married to him - Jen IS, we are NOT.
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@philiplarkin @kezhall I had a devoted boxer dog. If I accidentally locked myself out of the house, I could lift dog up & thru the window, ring the door bell, & she would run around inside & jump up to open the latch front door to let me in! Clever dogs Boxers! 🐾🐾🐾
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#auspol Interesting to see Albo waiting to greet Johnson at NATO meeting: Johnson not making eye contact with Albo - poor behaviour by Johnson! 😠
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🏆Quote of the Day: “Many people in Western Sydney come from countries where there has not been a high level of trust in Government” Brad Hazzard 1 July 2021
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🏆Quote of the Day: “ I did not turn my mind to the legality of the program: it never occurred to us it was unauthorised ” Malcom Turnbull (ex PM) Robodebt RC 6 March 2023
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Puccini in the Park: amazing capture of Bowl
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Can anyone explain why, in additional to news coverage of local crime & violence, we here in Australia are also exposed to saturation coverage of US crime & violence coverage? Enough is enough…..
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Bill Hayden’s Funeral 💐 Quite the occasion today:
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👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻☘️
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