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Appreciate kindness and honesty. Love nature, Australian Birds & Wildlife. No life without art. Despise greed.

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🤚 Hands up if you are in a self imposed lockdown.
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Thank you ladies. Morrison won the lowest percentage of female votes in the history of the Liberal Party.
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🎶 The rich get richer The poor get the picture
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BREAKING: Italy bans the unvaccinated from entering bars, restaurants AND domestic public transportation — saying that a recent negative COVID-19 test is no longer enough to gain entry.
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Geoffrey Robertson KC was right
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2020: The federal health department paid mining magnate Andrew Forrest's charity more than $212 million for COVID test kits and PPE from China. The millions of tests have been thrown out. Great economic managers my a #se !
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The Catholic Church was fighting a family who refused to accept $55,000 compensation for each of their raped daughters. At the same time it purchased a Kew mansion for Archbishop Denis Hart now valued at $2.25 million. DON’T EVER FORGET. #TaxChurches
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Will never forget what they did to Emma Alberici. Lateline was a wonderful programme.
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John Howard decimated the public service, killed off the CES, privatised social security and job finding services. Abbott followed in his footsteps, and Morrison… words fail me, what can you say about such a cruel man, such truly cruel men? Laura Tingle in 2015 wrote this essay
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Australians are “not racists in the eyes of the rest of the world”, Jacinta Price. Recently Al Jazeera has reported on our “horrific racism”, the BBC has reported on how “lies fuel racism”, and a UN working group told Geneva “Australia has a racism problem”.
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Dear Victoria, please do a WA style result, obliterate the Liberals and the cookers.
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Ms Peris “My grandfather had chains around his neck. That’s not 100 years ago. This is in our lifetime,” she said. “He was so ashamed of how he was treated, so ashamed and that’s in our blood memory.”
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Is it just me or does anyone else think that the ‘no’ campaign is getting way more media coverage? Watching ABC this evening and they featured Mundine on the news, the drum and now 7.30. It’s sickening.
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Laura Tingle
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Bridget McKenzie said the opposition was not responsible for the lack of bipartisanship on the Voice. Is anything that comes out of her mouth the truth?
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DPP Shane Drumgold has just told the inquiry that he believed that of the 12 jurors - 11 jurors were willing to convict Bruce Lehrmann of rape and 1 wasn’t. “The one that wasn’t was the juror at the centre of the mistrial.”
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When did the LNP first know about FMD? Did they know before the election?
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#7 .30 another story on empire games. Media has given more attention to this than #Robodebt , Morrison’s 5 ministries, the corruption and cruelty of the ‘Pacific Solution’, the endless LNP rorts, the American takeover of the ‘no’ campaign, & more, all put together.
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Prof Marcia Langton’s press club address today was heartfelt. I made me want to cry that Australia’s media are giving so much publicity to Dutton, Mundine and Price and all the naysayers. The majority of the media should hang their heads in absolute shame for what they are doing
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What words or emotions come to mind when you see this? I don’t feel any optimism, trust or respect for them. When I look at this photo I just feel revulsion. I see cruelty and a total lack of care. They seem soulless and empty.
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A mother of three children has been murdered in Molong, NSW. Her male partner is under guard in hospital. She is the 24th woman killed this year. It is currently the 23rd week of the year. It never changes does it?
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@latingle @PressClubAust Marise Payne is too scared to go up against the most trusted politician in the country, Penny Wong. Colbeck can barely string a sentence together. He’d rather be at the cricket than have rings run around him by the empathetic and intelligent Clare O'Neil.
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This is a lie. I received my postal vote form from the AEC and there isn’t any ‘yes’ (or ‘no’) flyer in it. Blocked the liar. Trolls are nothing if not dishonest. They are trying to cause Trump like friction about the referendum. #VoteYES23Australia
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For someone who just got back from holidays, he sure doesn’t look well rested. He looks just as hard-hearted, cruel and vindictive though. I guess that’s what happens when you’re mingling with America’s Republican/Trump party and their divisive politics and cruel politics.
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At Wednesday’s meeting, Dutton admitted the decision to vote “No” on the Voice was his personal view, put to shadow cabinet and the shadow ministry. If I’m going down I’m taking you all with me. So the idiots follow him down into his bottomless black hole.
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@GregHuntMP This is the image we will always remember of you as environmental minister.
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It must be a man writing this. “The early childhood minister, Anne Aly, is in a purple number, pictured here with senator Jacqui Lambie who is wearing some standout jewellery.” It’s not purple, it’s lilac, it’s not jewellery it’s a bejewelled part of the dress.
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Stan Grant never shuts up! He doesn’t share answers amongst the panel. He asks more questions than the audience does. He has ruined #QandA I thought if Geoffrey Robertson was on we might get some interesting insights. The original question from the audience is overridden by Grant
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Wish there was a hot mike left on when the show finished. It looked like David Marr was going to tear into that Liberal, James Brown. Marr genuinely cares about human rights, for children, first peoples, refugees, all of us, and against all discrimination & cruelty. #thedrum
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Rick Morton won a Walkley for his extensive, sensitive, detailed, exhaustive and exhausting coverage of Robodebt for The Saturday Paper. The judges certainly got that right. Rick’s award was possible through the platform provided by The Saturday Paper
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@LibraryCareer @DataDrivenMD I never had children, sadly. 1st was ectopic and the next pregnancy my baby had a chromosome disorder with unformed heart and other abnormalities. Was told baby was dying inside me. Grief was terrible. I can’t imagine how much worse it would have been if I had no choices.
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I truly wish that Stan Grant had allowed Geoffrey Robertson KC, human rights barrister, to speak for much much longer last night on #QandA
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Scott’s “fisho” Lesson of the Day: ‘how the fish rots from the head down’.
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Thank you ladies. Morrison won the lowest percentage of female votes in the history of the Liberal Party. I’m pretty sure Dutton hasn’t won a single one back.
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The Liberals/LNP are trying to normalise corruption and unethical behaviour, and the funnelling of taxpayers money to whoever and wherever they want it to go. Don’t let them. Don’t ever vote for any of them ever again. They have no morals.
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@AmyRemeikis I was lucky. I didn’t try to change him, but he changed himself. He grew up and became a better person. I did leave him once, for 6 months, & he kept seeing the relationship counsellor and formed a men’s anger mgmt group. He won me back. 30 years married next month (minus 6 mths)
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@MaryKostakidis Carlton Football Club has huge ties to the Liberal Party. Always have had. Menzies was No. 1 ticket holder, Elliott was state and federal president of the party, Richard Pratt, Josh Frydenberg, and on and on it goes. The Karma is they haven’t won a premiership since 1995.
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@Peter_Fitz Shared 5 years ago.
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@PPantsdown 1921 four trans activists stand outside Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Science, 12 years before Nazis stormed the facility and burned its books. “The photo is among the most captivating I've colorized/restored from the pre-war era” Eli Erlick
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The opposition’s Treasury spokesman, Angus Taylor, says the 1% are in just as much pain as the rest of us during periods of high inflation. One might counter that being unable to put food on the table is a little different from selling your spare yacht.
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If you don’t subscribe to @SatPaper you really should think about doing so. This article is just one of the many written by @SquigglyRick . Rick should receive multiple Walkley Awards for his work on Robo-debt, Aged Care and many social issues.
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Robodebt royal commissioner Catherine Holmes has requested a one week extension to her inquiry’s reporting date. This is so she can make referrals directly to the new national corruption watchdog, NACC which starts operating July 1, 2023. gift link👉🏽
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Classic Cathy Wilcox. Even if his internet history was erased we all know who he is. He is an insult to all caring, compassionate Australians.
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Anne Aly, Labor, was a professor, lecturer and academic specialising in counter-terrorism, and she is considered a global authority on understanding how & why young people are drawn into violent extremism. We need Anne in Parliament to help draw attention to threats like #Buffulo
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Creeps me out
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@naveenjrazik @SBSNews They are so affectionate towards him. It’s beautiful
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@Boeufblogginon Nightmare number 4. We wanted rid of Abbott and got Turnbull. Disappointed in Turnbull so got Morrison. Disgusted in Morrison so… please not Dutton!
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@Peter_Fitz Melbourne had a sense of community. I remember the teddy’s in windows, and Spoonsville’s to give interest to kids when playgrounds shut down. Saw numerous photos of highlights of daily walks, flowers, birds. Solidarity in that all communities were under the same rules.
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“Oscar Wilde described the dawn as "a frightened girl" who crept along the street "in silver sandalled feet". It's so British. In Australia the dawn is an arsonist who pours petrol along the horizon and sets it on fire.” — Dr Julia Baird @bairdjulia (Photos my own)
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Baby Galahs! Aren’t they adorable little Aussies? 💕 📸Louise Rowland, via Facebeak Birds Sanctuary
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Oscar Wilde described the dawn as "a frightened girl" who crept along the street "in silver sandalled feet". It's so British. In Australia the dawn is an arsonist who pours petrol along the horizon and sets it on fire. (Dr Julia Baird)
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@MikeCarlton01 @AlboMP Sahar’s right to study was rescinded when her family’s bridging visa was renewed in April 2022, in the final months of the Morrison government. This needs to be attended to now Andrew Giles. Please give this woman a future we can all be proud of.
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Happy Birthday Linda Ronstadt I remember the first time I heard this great song - loved it 🎶
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That’s some headline!
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Kid: I feel like you’re always making up rules and stuff. Me: Like what? Kid: Like if I don’t clean my room a portal will open and take me to another dimension. Me: Well that’s what happened to your older brother. Kid: What older brother? Me: Exactly
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135 families lost a loved one yesterday. Are you wearing a mask? If not, why not?
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@JonathanLea10 I’m not surprised Jimmy would align with Labor. Labor supports the contemporary arts so much more than the Liberals ever will. It’s Time!
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@meadea Only suspended a week. Coming on same day as Sky News launches on free to air regional TV across Australia. Spreading more misinformation about covid and just in the run up to the next federal election. The continued Americanisation of Australia’s politics is getting dangerous!
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Bridget Archer IS a Liberal, in the party she calls One Nation lite. She aligned with Scott Morrison and the Liberal side of politics. She defends a business owner pharmacist rather than her poorer constituents. She is a hypocrite in so many ways.
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Sorry, I know everyone is sick of hearing it. 97 deaths yesterday, 97 today. That’s a lot. The last daily count here in Australia. So many people grieving for their loved ones. So hard to understand really.
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John Howard’s legacy - “He left us a meaner society than we were” ~ Hugh Mackay Excerpt of article by Mike Seccombe in @SatPaper 11/3/2016 ‘the economic and political damage of John Howard’s leadership is becoming clearer.’
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How’s that working for other countries? Thank goodness for our Premiers who care more for us than their budgets or billionaires.
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They say a picture paints a thousand words. What description would you give to this image?
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Gina finally has her girl in cabinet. Barnaby is out, Jacinta is in. Was Jacinta ever employed by Hancock Prospecting or one of Gina’s companies?
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GANGgajang has issued a song in support of the Indigenous voice referendum, marking the first new music to be issued by a notable Australian band for the Yes campaign with William Barton and actor Jack Thompson. #Yes
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Geoffrey Watson SC said it was appalling that a former Commonwealth attorney-general would appear to sue the Commonwealth.
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The gutting of senior public servants jobs by successive Liberal governments from Howard onwards, and the subsequent cowering that no doubt went on surely led to this. Seems like ministers just got told what they wanted to hear. Privatisation exacerbated the issue. #RobodebtRC
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@WhiteRoseSocAU @becletourneau @toddsampsonOz Please don’t do this program @toddsampsonOz and @becletourneau . Amplifying these voices is wrong and dangerous for our society.
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@PatsKarvelas Kerry White was the One Nation candidate in the Liberal-held seat of Grey last year. Why does she get a platform to spew her right wing propaganda? And why do you amplify it Patricia. The media is doing Australia a great disservice. It’s breaking our hearts if the truth be known.
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@hughriminton It’s not a joke. Police have already found weapons and ammunition. They didn’t search every vehicle or person. It is dangerous. They want a Capitol Hill type incident.
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@JoshBBornstein Here we go! The last cryptic tweet I remember from you was the Dyson Heydon case. On tenterhooks, waiting with bated breathe.
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Thank you Daniel Andrews. In my opinion he is the best Premier Victoria ever had. I even think he was the best premier any state of Australia ever had. #ThanksDan
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@benitakolovos @AAPNewswire @picpockett @aap_photos Looks like he’s got the water. Great photo with women and children in an outdoor setting. Wonderful contrast to Perrottet’s all males standing at the bar photo.
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@ParrotOfTheDay Please let me know what this parrot is
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@bruceyhammond @crazyjane13 She is working for the main arts funding body Australia Council and could only be bothered going to 4 meetings out of nine in her first year and a half of tenure. She should have been fighting for funding the arts but instead she’s fighting for the Liberal Party.
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Relentless attacks on ABC by Murdoch hacks and Liberal Party have led to departure of Stan Grant, Emma Alberici and Yassmin Abdel-Magied. ABC must stop giving a platform to Murdoch staff and too many Liberal grifters. They want to destroy you Stand up to them Defend your staff!
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@theprojecttv Not one single Victorian I know has said this. On the contrary, all have said it was the correct decision, except for media and liberal politicians
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@marquelawyers They don’t mind insulting all female voters do they?
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Laura Tingle: “This is nuts... it’s completely sick.” “they say if you can’t get somebody who’s a No, you can’t put on somebody who’s a Yes”. Price declined to appear on 7.30 since July. ...outlandish claims made & subjects unwilling to be scrutinised.
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@FKhnopff @marquelawyers LNP has brought Trumpism to our country. They deserve to sink in the slime that is their poisonous vitriol. Moderates are not moderate if they remain in the LNP. Maybe the Liberals should think on Geoffrey Robertson’s words in the SMH today…
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@SandraEckersley Pauline Hanson encouraged these cookers for years. Morrison defended cookers with gallows and giving death threats to Dan Andrews. Dutton speaks the same language as republicans in his education culture wars.
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Gladys Berejiklian tells Daryl Maguire 'I'll throw money at Wagga, don't you worry about that' in phone call tapped by ICAC. $5.5million for gun club, $10million for conservatory, $170 million for hospital… who knows what else? Imagine if it had have been Annastacia, Dan or Mark
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It would be good if the MSM did a series of articles on the white people who have been paid a lot of taxpayer money, some making themselves wealthy, on funding meant for indigenous people. Like Westfarmers, fishing clubs, employment agencies etc.
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@SharazDavid @TwitterSupport Grace Tame, Ronni Salt. Looks like a pattern to me.
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@RonniSalt @janeamanning As soon as I read those words, “No different to Morrison”, that made me think Zali has really overstepped the mark. They need to pull their heads in and negotiate instead of going to the Murdoch/Costello press. Annoyed!
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Can someone do a highlights video of Tony Barry’s great one liners during the last couple of ABC’s election coverage? “it will get worse before it gets worse” The Liberals are known as the “Nasty Party” “The Victorian Liberal Party is where hope goes to die” “Ugly Baby”
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What is the point of this rubbish from Samantha Maiden/NewsCorp today? “What Penny Wong knew about Brittany Higgins’ allegations” (the ‘secret briefing’ to Wong & Corman was about AFP request for CCTV footage. They were not shown the footage) Sam’s article then went on to say…
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The ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, completed by drone lighting
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@CharmaineTT @PatsKarvelas @DanielAndrewsMP It’s yet another myth being perpetuated by all the media. Ridiculous. Dan showed them all up for their hyperbole and conspiracy theories. Everyone could see what the media were doing. They threw everything at him. He shone a light on their pathetic baiting. Media felt his sting.
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At dusk every day this Pale Headed Rosella flys into our Grevillia and starts chattering away at me. I wonder if it’s the baby that was born here in October. Love seeing it.
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@ItsBouquet Margaret Court said she was called to the ministry after being visited by Jesus Christ one morning while washing up after breakfast.
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@Nicolsonraea @paddybts My husband gave me a vacuum cleaner for our 7th wedding anniversary. I haven’t vacuumed since! He accepts that it was a BIG mistake.
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@JoshBBornstein I’ve never forgotten how the press responded. They had no understanding of how powerful her speech was. How could they have missed that? I don’t remember any MSM defending Julia Gillard or commenting on the rampant misogyny that was plain to see. I’m still angry & disgusted by it
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@RonniSalt Thank you for everything Ronni. 🙏🏻 We really appreciate you. If this is a farewell message then I wish you and Mr Salt all good things in your life (well I wish that anyway). Looking forward to reading your words elsewhere in future, if not here.
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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) data indicates that FMD was first suspected in backyard farms in beef & dairy cattle in 2 provinces: on 12 April 2022 in Jawa Timur province with 4 districts affected (1,641 animals infected) and on 22 April 2022 in Aceh
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@PatsKarvelas It’s only to soften his image. His apology is meaningless.
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@clementine_ford @susieob It’s time for murdoch and the monarchy to go. People should be able to live their lives without this unwarranted vitriol.
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