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When will we hold politicians accountable for their actions. When was the last time they were fined, had privilege's removed or pensions clipped, free flights taken away, or even jail time. I'll wait 🦗🦗🦗 With no care of consequences we get what is happening now.
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Ya’ll sold?!??
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Albo at his finest.
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Caledon, Ontario: These two stole all the bags of firewood available for sale roadside for the second time in less than a month. They have enough money for a +$100k Denali pickup but would rather steal than pay people for their hard work. Make them famous, these people are turning Canada into a low trust society.
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That is crazy.
Western Highway just past Dadswell's Bridge. Right down to road base. Tyres blown and rims cracked. Before he was premier, Ben Carroll was the roads minister. It says it all doesn't it? Billions for unwanted trains, while rural roads remain unsafe.
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If the state parliament had the same laws as federal parliament on dual citizenship that would solve a lot of where do loyalties lay.
VOTE ONE NATION This is just the start and needs to end IMMEDIATELY ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
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Who’s the problem again.
This piece of filth - this far-left extremist freak waving a rainbow flag and draping that Middle Eastern rag around his scrawny old neck - stood at a rally this week and openly called for Pauline Hanson to be executed. So the next time this country’s worst Prime Minister ever climbs on a podium, snivels about “dark forces,” and gaslights the public into believing the imaginary “far right” is the threat, shove this man’s face in his. Remind that disgusting excuse for a leader what actual vermin looks like: people like the one in this photo.
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Join the dots between news you see now and what news the government wants you to see. New laws anyone.
EVERY MAJOR NEWS ORGANISATION IN AUSTRALIA SIGNED THE SAME STATEMENT The ABC. Australian Community Media. Network 10. News Corp. Nine. SBS. Southern Cross Seven West. Guardian Australia. Commercial rivals who compete for every reader and every advertiser, and both public broadcasters, on one joint statement supporting the government's news bargaining incentive legislation. They called it a critical step toward securing the future of Australian news, and said that by prioritising commercial deals, the legislation protects our democratic way of life. The legislation pays all of them. I don't say that as an accusation. It's a description. A charge on digital platforms, offset by deals with news businesses, expected to move between $225 million and $275 million a year into the news sector. Everyone on that statement is a recipient. And they are entitled to lobby. Every industry does. What's unusual is the completeness of it. There is no dissenting major masthead, because there is no major masthead outside the arrangement. Now hold that next to what happened to the money from the first round. The original Code moved more than two hundred million dollars a year, most of it to Nine, News Corp and Seven West. In 2024, while that money was flowing, News Corp's parent launched a one billion US dollar share buyback. Nine bought QMS Media for $850 million and cut two hundred jobs, ninety of them in publishing across the Herald, the Age, the Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAtoday. Seven West announced a $100 million cost-out with a hundred to a hundred and fifty redundancies. Roughly four hundred and fifty journalists were made redundant across the three main recipients in that one year. There was no obligation on any of them to say how the money was spent. There still isn't. Treasury's own review identified that gap in December 2022 and it has not been closed. The money is for journalism. Nobody has to show that it went there. Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No miss information. What's your thoughts…? Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺 Sources: Joint statement of Australian news businesses on the News Bargaining Incentive draft legislation, 2026. Treasury, Review of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, December 2022. Public Interest Journalism Initiative, Australian Newsroom Mapping Project. Contemporaneous reporting of 2024 corporate announcements by News Corp, Nine Entertainment and Seven West Media.
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I want to shake the hand of the guy who wrote this... Have you ever seen a Muslim hospital? Have you heard a Muslim orchestra? Have you seen a Muslim band march in a parade? Have you witnessed a Muslim charity? Have you shaken hands with a Muslim Girl Scout? Have you seen a Muslim Candy Striper? The answer is no, you have not. Just ask yourself WHY ??? Barack Obama, during his Cairo speech, said: "I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America 's history." AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE Dear Mr. Obama: Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first landed? Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians. Were those Muslims who celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day? Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians. Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution? Declaration of Independence? Bill of Rights? Didn't think so. Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom from England? No. Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to free the slaves in America? No, they did not. In fact, Muslims to this day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery. Your own half-brother, a devout Muslim, still advocates slavery himself, even though Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug-nosed slaves." Says a lot about what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich Islamic heritage," doesn't it, Mr. Obama? Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights era of this country? Not present. There are no pictures or media accounts of Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. or helping to advance the cause of Civil Rights. Where were Muslims during this country's Women's Suffrage era? Again, not present. In fact, devout Muslims demand that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture. So much so that they are often beaten for not wearing the 'hijab' or for talking to a man who is not a direct family member or their husband. Yep, the Muslims are all for women's rights, aren't they? Where were Muslims during World War II? They were aligned with Adolf Hitler. The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops, and accepted support from the Nazi's in killing Jews. Finally, Mr. Obama, where were Muslims on Sept. 11th, 2001? If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, or a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people on our own soil, they were rejoicing in the Middle East. No one can dispute the pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and other cable news networks that day. Strangely, the very "moderate" Muslims whose asses you bent over backward to kiss in Cairo, Egypt on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11. To many Americans, their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day. And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage" Muslims have here in America ... Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the Barbary Pirates. They were Muslims. And now we can add November 5, 2009 - the slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counseling soldiers returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, don't forget the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15.2013 was done by 2 Muslim Brothers. That, Mr. Obama, is the "Muslim heritage" in America EVERY AMERICAN MUST READ THIS !! Be sure to SEND IT TO ALL. Muslim Heritage, my ass. Copy and post. That's what I did to inform people about these things.
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PEAK BODIES GET FOUR TIMES THE CAP The donation cap that starts on 1 January 2027 is $50,000 a year from one donor to one recipient. That’s the number in every headline. It isn’t the number for everybody. Section 292FAE of the Electoral Act sets the limit on subscriptions, affiliation payments and levies that can be credited to a federal account. Subsection (2) says the sum must not exceed the annual gift cap — unless the recipient is a peak representative body, in which case it’s four times the annual gift cap. Four times fifty thousand. Two hundred thousand dollars, from each member, each year. A peak representative body is defined in section 287. Most of its income comes from its members, branches or affiliates. Its members aren’t natural persons, apart from officeholders. It exists mainly to represent its members’ shared interests. Most of its income isn’t spent on electoral expenditure. It was formed or incorporated in Australia. That definition catches the ACTU. It also catches the Business Council of Australia and the Minerals Council of Australia. Both sides of the table, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise. The argument for it holds up. A peak body isn’t one donor, it’s an aggregation point for many organisations that each have their own interests. Holding a body representing fifty member organisations to the same limit as one individual would effectively silence collective representation, and there’s a real free-association question underneath that. Here’s what still sits with me. The reforms were sold on the principle that no single source should have outsized influence. The Act then wrote a category of organisation that may receive four times what anyone else may. The reporting at the time said $250,000. The Act says four times the cap. Two hundred thousand is the statutory figure. Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No miss information. What’s your thoughts…? Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺 Sources: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, ss 287 (definition of peak representative body), 287AAB(4) and 292FAE(2), read from the Federal Register of Legislation, Compilation No. 81, 1 July 2026. AEC, Fact sheet: Gift caps, updated 1 April 2026.
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Oh damn! 🤣
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🚨 17 HOURS ON: 3YR OLD NOAH STILL MISSING Its 7:30am and almost 17 hours have passed since vulnerable 3-year-old Noah vanished in Brantham, Suffolk, shortly after 3pm yesterday. Noah, who is autistic, non-verbal and partially deaf, has still not been found. Police have released a new photo and warned that, due to his vulnerabilities, Noah may not respond to his name being called, making the search even more challenging. He was last seen near Merriam Close after reportedly running down an alleyway towards a new-build estate. Temperatures fell to around 10°C overnight. Emergency services searched throughout the night, with specialist officers, dog units, helicopters from NPAS and HM Coastguard, Suffolk Fire & Rescue, Suffolk Lowland Search & Rescue and members of the public involved. Door-to-door enquiries, CCTV and doorbell footage are being checked. Train services between Manningtree and Ipswich are also running at reduced speed due to the searches. Residents are urged to check gardens, sheds, outbuildings, behind bins and cars, including neighbours’ gardens. Noah is white with curly ginger hair. He was wearing a Bluey T-shirt, shorts and Vans trainers with a white stripe. Please share and check your property. Noah needs to be found.
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BREAKING: Pauline Hanson just did what every real leader does, and what Anthony Albanese has never done in his entire political life. She fronted the press. She copped it from Labor, the Liberals, Jacinta Price and the Human Rights Commission. Then she owned it. “I’ve always put my foot in my mouth, I’m not the most eloquent speaker” Hanson said. “If I’ve offended people by using the word primitive, yes I will apologise for that” she added. She continued “I regret saying that because I don’t want to upset people. That wasn’t my intention to hurt people.” On Albanese’s late mother and public housing: “If he’s taken offence to it, well I’m sorry for that” That’s ownership. Then she drew the line every politician in this country is too gutless to draw: She will not back away from the conversation Australia actually needs. Equal treatment on a needs basis, not race. The division, the third world conditions, the failures no one in Canberra will touch. Albanese doesn’t do this. He never has. He gets hit and immediately finds someone else to blame. The last government. The media. “The far right.” Anyone but himself. Hanson stood there and took it. That’s the difference between a leader and and someone like Anthony Albanese.
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Seems the ad is working as intended.
Who better to tell you that Novig is Just Sports than Sydney Sweeney wearing just sports?
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James Macpherson nails it on One Nation's migration policy and skewers its critics. Worth a watch.
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This is my new chemical free way of weeding. Do a little each day, once weeds are under control very easy to manage, doesn't leave residue either.
Late season weeding pro-tip: boiling water kills sidewalk and driveway weeds like a champ. No shitty chemicals needed. The heat from the boiling water ruptures the plant's cell walls on contact. You'll see the weed wilt within minutes. Root systems in cracks tend to be shallow, making boiling water a particularly potent weed killer. Pour it straight from a kettle or pot onto the weed and into the crack around its base.
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Challenge question for all you political reporters. Or social reporters looking to see some shocked and confused politicians.
IF YOU DIDN'T SHARE IT, THAT'S ON ME I wrote last post about why this work doesn't turn up in the news. There's a reason I left out, and it's the one I've been slowest to face. A lot of people read this and don't pass it on. Some of that is the writing, and that part is entirely mine. If you've never heard the phrase nominated entity, or associated entity, or you're not sure what separates a gift from a receipt, then a post full of section numbers isn't information. It's a wall. And nobody shares something they couldn't defend if a mate pushed back on it in the comments. That isn't apathy. It's the perfectly sensible instinct not to look like you're out of your depth on something you only half understood. So when a post doesn't travel, the honest reading is that I didn't make it clear enough. Not that people didn't care. The other part is harder to say without it sounding like a guilt trip, so let me be plain about what I'm not doing. I'm not asking anyone to prove anything by sharing this. I'm not suggesting that staying quiet makes you complicit. People have real reasons for keeping their names away from political posts. Employers. Contracts. Clients. A small town where everybody knows everybody. Those aren't excuses, they're circumstances, and I'd never tell someone their livelihood matters less than my post. But I've stood for office. I know exactly what it costs to put your name on something and wait for what comes back. So I'm not asking anyone to do a thing I haven't done. Here's what I'd say instead. You don't have to share a word of this to use it. Ask your local member one question. Why does the Electoral Act require parties to declare the total they spent, and no section requires them to say who they paid it to? You don't need to have read the Act. You just need to ask, and then tell people what the answer was. That's it. That's the whole ask. One question, from one person who isn't posting anything. And if this still reads like a wall, tell me which part and I'll write it again properly. That's my job, not yours. Cold Hard Facts. Corrected when wrong. No miss information. What's your thoughts…? Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺
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One of Britains mysteries, like affording BMW’s and Mercedes. Seems some just have a special ability.
I couldn’t afford to live in holborn and st pancras in London How can these people afford to live there?
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Live stream of our run of 120km to build a hospital for street dogs. We are 90km in absolute bits but we can maybe make it… piped.video/live/K44RPa-wg-c…
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Just 7 hours left to go of Niall’s challenge for Tina’s Hospital, here’s the highlights so far … 🥰Our amazing community out supporting happy Doggo Incredible adopted dog owners travelling far and wide to join us. 🌧️Niall experiencing the true British weather. 🚀And Super Mario came to lift team spirits! you all have continued to support us for 17 hours into the challenge, we can’t thank you enough! Let’s cross the finish line for Tina! ❤️
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Big day cleaning up the community worm-waste garden for spring, wearing my One Nation Cap. I live in a fairly dominated Labor/Greens area, and even some self confessed socialists! I got comments on the hat from supporters and perplexed looks from the rest 😂. I get the confusion folks. The only time you see your Party Paraphernalia out and about is when there is 🇦🇺Flags to burn ♀️Women to Oppress ✡️Anti Jewish-Australian sentiment to scream 🧑‍🔧And Politicians in hard hats who have never done a days labour in their life!
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