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5 years

In this time of fake news & lying leaders, finally there’s a cure for Rampant Dumbfuckery . Thank you George Clooney.

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7 years

Sad news. I've just heard that the bloke who invented predictive text has pissed away. His funfair is next monkey.

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6 years

More proof of the IQ level of American gun owners.

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4 years

As Trump’s refusing to appear in the next presidential debate , why not just run this? Says it all really.

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1 year

Farewell to my favourite person. Heartbroken. RIP dearest darling. #BarryHumphries

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3 years

Proving once more that laughter is the best medicine. Besides vaccines that is!

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4 years

Watch right to the end. The last line is, well, genius. #Trumped

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1 year

As ever, Dame Edna gets the last word & final say on the late, great #BarryHumphries

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1 year

My beloved Barry roasting me on my birthday. “Of course Kathy, sixty is the new…sixty.” Witty, gritty, wicked, original, wise & wonderful - the greatest comic since Charlie Chaplin. Here’s to the late, great #BarryHumphries

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2 years

Highlight of 2023 so far - catching up with Albo & Jodie at the #pinktest Returning home for the 1st time since Labor won the election there’s a palpable sense of relief & optimism in the Aussie air. ⁦Let’s hope broken Britain follows electoral suit. ⁦ @AlboMP ⁩

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4 years

I’ve now felt the true cruelty of this vile Corona. Since Covid struck I’ve skyped Mum in Oz every day saying 'You can’t get sick 'cause I can’t get home. If you get sick I’m gonna kill you!' Well the joke's fallen flat. My dear Mum's in intensive care. Anyone got a teleporter?😟

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3 months

Going for Gold in the cellphone Olympics. My favourite photo from Paris so far? Mobile-addicted Millennials not realising they’re sitting next to Mick Jagger. #Olympics

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4 years

This moves me.😜

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10 months

Well, Dame Edna did always enjoy a night on the tiles…Sydney pays homage tonight to a comedic gladiator who took on the world, armed only with a gladdie. #barryhumphries

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5 years

I know Australia invented the secret ballot but there’s nothing secret about why I’m casting my vote for ⁦⁦ @AustralianLabor ⁩ at London’s Oz House - because I care about climate change, school & hospitals. ⁦ @tanya_plibersek ⁩ ⁦ @billshortenmp ⁩

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2 years

Why do Dykes on Bikes kick off @MardiGras ?Respect. At a time when the queer community was targeted with homophobic violence & gay men were being murdered at beats, the Dykes patrolled the streets scaring away aggressors & rescuing victims on their 2 wheeled steeds. #heroines

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3 years

With insanely long Covid testing queues & the cricket victory dominating the news, here is the Aussie joke de jour. Want a rapid test? Play the Poms. 😉

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2 years

Warning! Incoming! Proud Mum Moment. My darling son Jules has just won best actor at the Rome Independent Film Awards. Oscars here we come! #Love

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4 years

Even in a pandemic, proof reading imperative. #coronavirus

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3 years

In reference to my tweet yesterday asking if I should swim in my bra and G-string. Thanks for all the encouragement to go for it. Which of course, I did - & it was total bliss. Yes, I got a few comments, but simply turned the other cheek. Literally.

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2 years

The Opera House sails lit to honour Olivia's colourful life + pay tribute to her huge contribution to cancer research. Goodbye Sandra Dee... #OliviaNewtonJohn

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1 year

The last laugh.

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3 years

A sign of the times.

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4 years

And you foolishly thought it was just a throat & nasal swab....

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3 years

Clearly, when it comes to tennis, Scott Morrison is expert at unforced errors and how to return a Serb. #Novak #AusOpen

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2 years

The Queen had grit but also wit. Greeting her in this corgi-themed suit I said, cheekily, “I wore this for you but am worried one of your corgis might mate with my leg.” A flared-nostril-ed flunkey fumed. How would the Queen react? Well, she cackled like a kookaburra #RIPQueen

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2 years

Happy 30th to my darling daughter Georgie. Straight A student, double 1st in politics & history, Uni student co-president, Labour counsellor, top prize for Tort law, now working 4 human rights NGO Reprieve & a loyal & loving pal/sister/ daughter. Clearly a total underachiever!❤️

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4 years

What heartbreaking news - the death from cancer of Helen McCrory. She and Damien Lewis raised more than £1m to provide NHS workers with restaurant meals during the pandemic. Philanthropic + formidably talented, clever + kind - what wasn't to love about her? #RIPHelenMcCrory

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2 years

My sisters & I are taking turns looking after our beloved 91 yr old mum who’s just out of hospital. We’ve been doing a bit of cupboard clearing too & today discovered her pretty 1950’s wedding dress. Have you kept yours? I’d love to see it. #altarego

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4 years

Shoeless immigrant puts best feat forward. #CovidVaccine

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6 years

On #WorldMentalHealthDay I want to congratulate my dear son Jules on his @BBCHolbyCity success playing Jason + to thank the BBC for casting an autistic actor to play an autistic character. Clearly "normal" is just the setting on a washing machine.

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3 years

An jocular inoculation against serious stupidity. #vaccines

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2 years

Be afraid…Be very afraid.

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2 years

Dear Harry, Spanx for the memories... #mysteryolderwoman #spare

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10 months

So, Billy Connolly sent me a message on his Aye! Phone. “Have a wonderful Hogmanay & follow it with a great year. Tell Australia I was asking for it.”…And so I am. How much do we love him!! (This is the most recent photo I have of the Big Yin, comic genius & totally Top Bloke.)

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4 years

Punctuation imperative during this pandemic. For example, “I’m giving up drinking until this is over” is clearly meant to read – “I’m giving up. Drinking until this is over.”

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2 years

This little gem gets the um, thumbs up from me. I am also pleased to report that it was sent to me by a bloke! Thx Vince. X

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1 year

I’m just a girl who can’t say No…If in Britain, you can vote at Oz House so don’t miss your chance to speak out in favour of the First Nations Voice to Parliament. #Yes23

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1 year

As #BarryHumphries mates mourn his death Stephen Fry reminded me of this brilliant farewell Barry penned to his pal Coral Browne, the witty, wily actress wed to Vincent Price. We can think of it as a farewell to our beloved Barry in many ways too. (Read at your own risqué!)

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1 year

I’m deeply saddened by the tragic news about my old friend Gabrielle Carey. I have such happy memories of our teenage years. They were halcyon, heady days full of love, laughter and adventure. 1/2 🧵

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10 months

Goodbye dear Bill Granger - the most gentle, charming, humble man. His London restaurant is an Aussie haven & headquarters of the Gumleaf Mafia, where he always greeted us with a warm, cheeky grin & his iconic avo on toast. Deepest sympathies to Nat and the girls #RIPBillGranger

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1 year

Luis Rubiales clearly thinks he can treat female players like a football - make a pass…then drop you once he’s scored. The Spanish women’s footy squad, famous for their strikes on the field, now striking off it, refusing to play till this dinosaur resigns. @jennihermoso #MeToo

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8 months

The trouble with Australia is that the skies are so grey & foreboding & the beaches so bloody crowded. #Aus

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1 year

Too soon?

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4 years

In Iran a father is sentenced to 9 yrs for beheading his 14 yr old daughter while a woman who uncovers her hair in public can be imprisoned for 20. You don't have to be Einstein to work out that's a viciously misogynistic equation.

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4 years

It’s a yr since we first went into Lockdown & we all deserve a right royal laugh. Old but gold & guaranteed to oil your laughing gear. Enjoy.

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2 months

Sorry about this unsolicited tick pic. #Trump

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1 year

Wimbledon’s latest score? Advantage - men. This new painting of past winners sidelines all our legendary female champions. Iconic Martina Navratilova & Serena & Venus Williams etc look like ball girls in the background. And Billie-Jean King? Written/painted out of history. Why?

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2 years

Happy 80th b’day to the Big Yin. I once moaned to Billy about the state of the world to which he replied “I know that’s true but everybody walks towards me smiling.” And they do. Thx for decades of joy & mischief & for lighting up dark times with laughter. #billyconnolly

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3 years

The worst thing about contracting this Covid variant is the sore throat. Feel as though I've swallowed razor blades, so expect some particularly cutting remarks in the next few days. #CovidChristmas

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2 months

Aussie women top the world’s medal table. As our female athletes are running Olympic rings around the blokes, perhaps all those diehard ocker chauvinists will finally stop running women down! #girlpower

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4 years

Just to be clear, the article published in the Mail on Sunday titled “Amber’s Angels” which claimed that Kylie Minogue & Cate Blanchett attended a dinner or skyped into a dinner I held on Saturday 11th of July is categorically untrue. @kylieminogue #CateBlanchett

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3 years

The thing I don’t like about puns is that they can be a bit cheesy...

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2 years

Oh Liv. If only you could boomerang back to us. #OliviaNewtonJohn #Grease #aussie

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3 years

Hmmm. Might be time for Dorothy to get back to Kansas.... How to make your Tourist board the butt of the joke. 😂

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Lex Marinos directed my 1st play called, subtlety, 'Wet Dreams'. His unknown cast, Gia Carides, John Doyle, Ned Manning et al went on to stellar careers. We put the theatre critic’s verdict “Worst play I’ve ever seen!” on the posters...& sold out. Oh the fun we had! RIP dear Lex.

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3 years

Happy 90th birthday, Mum. Party cancelled (Scomo's ineptitude - the gift that just keeps on giving) but sis Liz (Mum's carer) + I are still going to dance around a cupcake in the backyard, wearing tiaras, with family zooming in. Let's hope we've all inherited Mum's designer genes

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5 years

The question is - how the hell does @kylieminogue pack so much charisma, charm & talent into such a teeny weeny petite package? #Glastonbury #kylie

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2 years

Ladies and gentlemen, Britain’s new health Secretary enjoying one of her five a day. She’s making me feel healthier already!

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2 years

As I went for my walk today I thought if only Sydney had the odd redeeming feature…

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2 years

Dear Mum is now in respite care so I’m heading back to Britain. But what an iconic last day Down Under…Although clearly I have the opposite of animal magnetism.

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4 years

Am so sleep-deprived from worry about my Mum in ICU that I just cracked an egg on my palm & fried my iPhone. But all yr kind messages have clearly helped because I’m relieved to report she’s on the mend. THANKYOU Wish I could give her this hug right now.

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5 years

It’s official. We broke the planet. My sister’s fire-ravaged farm now cut off by flooding. #bushfiresAustralia #floodsnsw

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4 years

In Oz, when a stranger gets up too close & personal, the new warning is “hey mate, back it up a Minogue.” Kylie is now not just renowned, but also a noun. #self -distancing #coronavirus ⁦ @kylieminogue ⁩

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When I first met dear #BarryHumphries in my late teens I asked if he’d invented me; Dame Edna has a daughter Valmai who married Mervyn & moved to suburbia…My mum Valmai married Mervyn & moved to suburbia. Barry laughed, “How spooky, possum.” And our 45 yr friendship was forged.

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9 months

Thrilled about this excellent appointment. Can’t think of anyone better to be the next @ABCaustralia Chair than Kim Williams. Kim is incredibly dedicated, principled, passionate and of course he has great taste in wives, although his current wife is far superior obvs! #auspol

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1 year

Always look on the bright side of life…Well how can you not with this motley comedic crew? A joyous night celebrating our cherished chum Eric Idle. After surviving pancreatic cancer, he founded #BrightSideFund to finance further research to help others keep shining on.

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2 months

I would suggest teaching this beautiful word to the MAGA maniacs who mocked Tim Walz’s 17 yr old autistic son Gus, but it has waaaayy too many syllables for those ignoramuses. #Gus_Walz #Autism

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On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay let's celebrate autistic people for their idiosyncrasies, eccentricities + originality. How bland life would be if we were all the same - a case of Send in The Clones. And thx to @BBCHolbyCity for casting my autistic son Jules to play autistic Jason

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3 months

Can you imagine the “knees up” we’ll have when Trump gets trounced in the election? Women are fed up with the Predator in Chief taking liberties. #Kamala4President2024

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2 years

Thinking of brilliant #SpikeMilligan on his b’day. He kinda adopted me in my teens. The worst thing about being his pal is that whenever I tried to tell him a joke he’d reply “Um, I wrote that.” And he always had. A complicated comic genius, dearly missed. Your fave Spike-isms?

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2 years

After 2 yrs away, the Pride parade returned to Oxford St tonight. And for the 1st time in our history, a sitting PM marched at Mardi Gras. The happy crowd chanted its appreciation with shouts of “Albo! Albo!” Just one more joyous moment in a life-affirming evening. #worldpride

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3 years

Hmmm...Is it just me or has this supermarket chain gone nuts? 😂

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4 years

How to read between the lines ; taking the blur out of book blurbs. Enjoy. #books

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5 years

#bushfires Our friend Natalie had to jump into Lake Conjola + tread water for an hr with three 70 year olds. She has no eyelashes + her hair is burnt. Her house is also gone. Hard to take the phoney sincerity of @gladysb who’s govt has systematically cut funding from the #RFSNSW

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1 year

Hello possums! Doubt the Dame will be pleased to see her manager. Although I’m pretty sure her cultural attaché Sir Les has gone the other way! #barryhumphries

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2 years

Melbourne is famed for its cuisine but it also boasts the most delicious human menu. Have been feasting on the company of my favourite Melb friends; Jane Turner, Gina Riley ⁦ @MeowTopia ⁩ ⁦ @DanniiMinogue ⁩ & the legendary ⁦ @MagdaSzubanski ⁩ What can I say but yum!

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Went to bring in the washing & got mobbed. (That’s the collective noun for kangaroos.) What could be more Aussie than cossies drying on a hills hoist by a septic tank, surrounded by roos…

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2 years

So, what are you wearing tonight? I’m paying sartorial tribute to the revolutionary Mary Quant, who liberated the female leg. Let’s give minis maximum exposure in her honour. Can’t wait to see your pics. #MaryQuant

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8 months

Huge congrats to Anthony and Jodie on discovering their ALTAR-egos. Having been lucky enough to get to know them over the past few years, I can confirm they are a perfect couple. Thrilled by this joyous news. Hoping to muscle in as Matron of Dishonour! ❤️ #Albo #albojodie

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4 years

“No! No tea, thank you.”

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4 years

Autism is an invisible disability - there’s no wheelchair or white stick. But with the right help autistic people, like my actor son Jules, can give back to society in the most innovative ways. On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay ⁦⁦plse do think outside the neurological box #Holby

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10 months

How cool is the Danish Queen, to just casually abdicate on telly, with no warning. And now the world has its first Aussie queen. (Well, outside Mardi Gras.) I trust Mary will get a koala on her crown. #queenmary

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2 years

Thanks Sydney for turning on such a beautiful day for my homecoming. It’s scientifically proven (i.e. my girlfriends agree with me) that swimming a mile in the Bondi sunshine is the best known cure for jet lag. Hope you’re also having a very happy Chrissy, wherever you are 😍

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3 years

My first day of freedom - sort of. Liberated from hotel quarantine, straight into lockdown. But so great to be in the Aussie bush with my beloved sister, Liz. And Mum? Separated by COVID for 17 months, well, I just hugged her until my arms fell off. #reunited

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4 years

Covid gives new meaning to ‘distant relatives’; my beloved family are 17,018 kms away in Syd away while I’m marooned in #LockdownLondon . But, best Chrissy pressie ever – MY MUM IS OUT OF HOSPITAL! To all those missing rellos this year I send self-distanced air kisses, Mwah! Mwah!

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6 years

Watching Kylie watching Kylie, well, Kylies plural, at the magical #mardigrassydney ⁦ @kylieminogue ⁩

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5 years

Off on our favourite bush walk - only there’s no bush, thanks to #ScoMo & his coal-addicted conservatives. Is our PM hellbent on destroying our environment as revenge for being sacked as MD of Tourism Australia in 2006? #bushfires #ScoMoMustGo

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4 years

If Trump calls COVID the “China disease”, then the world should call Trump the “USA disease” – because he’s a two legged virus; a super spreader of lies and sedition. With no vaccine. #TrumpCoupAttempt

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1 year

Heartbroken by the untimely death of my beautiful, talented, hilarious friend, Haydn Gwynne. Her intellect was as towering as her stature; her warmth & wit sky high. Life will feel so much smaller without her. #RIPHaydnGwynne

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2 years

Covid forced me to miss the last two family Christmases which is why this year I’m having double the fun with my marvellous mum & 3 sensational sisters. I do hope your day proves equally joyous. Happy Xmas, possums.

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Kylie watching Kylies at the 2019 ⁦ @sydneymardigras ⁩ ⁦ @kylieminogue ⁩ Longing to don a tiara & party once more! Have fun, possums. Missing you all from #LockdownLondon 🌈🌈🌈🌈

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5 years

Australia now estimated to have lost HALF A BILLION of our beautiful animals. We’ll have to replace the emu & kangaroo on our Coat of Arms with a fire hose & a climate-change-denying PM holidaying in Hawaii & Emergency Services Minister jetting to Europe. #bushfires #ScoMoResign

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Kerr by name; cur by nature. Watch “The Search for the Palace Letters” ABC to fully comprehend the enormity of this piss-pot's betrayal. Just think about where Oz would be today if the enlightened Whitlam govt had not been sabotaged and sacked? #Whitlam #Kerr #ThePalaceLetters

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7 years

As the #BBC cops flak over gender + diversity, let's hear a cheer for #HolbyCity for casting an autistic actor to play an autistic character

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3 years

So, why have I dug out my Bondi beach bikini pants? Because after 16 months of trying to get home, due to Sco Mo’s cruel flight caps, I FINALLY got a flight into Fortress Oz. Sadly, Sydney in Lockdown but at least I’ll be there to celebrate my Mum’s 90th. See youse soon possums!

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1 year

Happiest of birthdays to the marvellous Ms. Minogue. ⁦Kylie’s star quality is so great she could have her own galaxy, yet her perfectly pedicured feet remain firmly on the ground. You are our down-to-earth Diva & we adore you. ⁦ @kylieminogue ⁩

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