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Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'None of this passes the pub test'

The AFR with the list of 50 richest CEOs in Australia. Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m. Guess these people aren't really rich at all....

"To defend our democracy, PM must disavow and abandon Segal report" Richard Flanagan www.smh.com.au/national/to-...

I guess the IDF mistook the church for a hospital www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Always thought Prince Andrew's "I don't sweat" line was the dumbest excuse, but "I don't draw pictures" is now the clubhouse leader.

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International diplomacy. My @smh @theage cartoon.

The government doesn’t allocate a specific percentage of GDP to health or education. Why should defence be any different? On this Dollars & Sense, @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss 'magic' defence dollars & the PM's China trip. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3TMzpb6

Devo to hear Steve Colbert & the Late Show folding. Attended a live taping last October in NYC. Just as fun as you'd think it would be. Got to invite him to come to OZ in his Q&A before the show.Told him he could stay at our place, said "he'd think about it"🤣 Bucket list achievement right there!

"Please let us grieve." chaser.com.au/world/trump-...

"Like an old street directory, the left/right/centre map of Australian politics is dated, disorienting and dangerously incomplete." "We need a new map." Dead Centre, the Vantage Point essay is available to pre-order now ⤵️ @richarddenniss.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/store/dead-c...

Giving billions in tax cuts to big business would strip $57 billion out of the budget, meaning less to spend on things like hospitals and schools. Our research details 10 reasons why Australia does not need company tax cuts. @jack-thrower.bsky.social #auspol

This is basically why I think it will be adopted. 51 seat lead. They don't give a fuck.

One of Christine Milne's proudest moments in a minority government came when she helped make the apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people for the Stolen Generation happen. @christinemilne.bsky.social #auspol #politas

"Sounds like my kind of work event" Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

Playtpus detecting dogs on boats? Whatever will they think of next! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING: Donald Trump finally releases long awaited controversial list

“I want to reassure Australians that as soon as we’re in a proper recession and people are pushed into financial ruin, we’ll lower rates," Bullock said. theshovel.com.au/2025/07/18/r...

Richard Denniss is going on tour for his new book, Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us. He'll discuss the breadth of the choices the Australian government has, and the bravery they need to address Australia’s biggest challenges. Details below! @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Only Trump would respond by saying he’s never drawn a picture in his life.

Bennelong's open letter to Jerome Laxale MP regarding their Woodside North West Shelf approval - made the local news #auspol If you're in Bennelong - let me know > www.northshorelorikeet.com.au/p/constituen...

Santos has committed three decades’ worth of damage to the environment, but it’s one of only two big gas companies located in Australia. With foreign investors wanting to buy Santos, what does this mean for Australia’s future? @markogge.bsky.social #auspol

Muting the words trump and Latham. Let’s see what this does for my feed.

Thank you new subscribers and people who've already signed up too! It's a nice mental break to do silly gag cartoons instead of only political stuff all the time.

New cartoon up this afternoon. Subscribe for free gag cartoons three times a week! inklings.ghost.io/p/ff453c49-8...

"What's the best way to remember your wife's Birthday?" "Forget it Once."

Would you leave your child alone in a room with Donald Trump?

Watching Armageddon because why not, everything's on fire, and in this flag-waving tale of an anti-environmentalist oil rig worker who saves the world on a space shuttle called Liberty, you can see how we all become unthinking pawns for an evil empire, even Aerosmith.

I can’t believe people keep associating Trump with Epstein just because they were close friends when 43-year-old Trump was dating a teen. Surely, a man who peeps on beauty pageant contestants, sexualises his own daughter and has been adjudicated as a rapist in a court of law is above suspicion?

Going for a walk at lunch to find something that would make a good photo. I’ll put some music in my ears to help cheer me up. 😊

What was he thinking?

Oh man, this is a story. Monique Viele was a 14-year-old girl whose “management” as a tennis player Trump MYSTERIOUSLY took over and whose career never progressed beyond her early promise. She disappeared and he never managed a tennis player again. www.thetimes.com/sport/tennis...

Good morning from Seven Hills, NSW, Australia, where at 8 am, on Friday, July 18, it is a sunny °7C. Breakfast over, beds made dishes done, now to make a big pot of Vegetable Soup, I also have some left-over BBQ Chicken which I will turn into a curry for tea. Have a great day, catch up later. 😀

Outsourcing is becoming more common, as the unemployment rate jumps to 4.3%. "Those skills people have in Australia are now going to be developed somewhere else, potentially where there's lower labour costs, less safe work practices." - Dr Lisa Heap, Senior Researcher #auspol

The Reserve Bank have chosen to keep interest rates on hold even as more people are losing their jobs. “It’s a strong indicator of not a strong economy and one that could have certainly done with some interest rate cuts.” - Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

Agree! With so many Labor seats - and in the absence of any real opposition - members of the community can step up! #auspol

Labor may wipe $1.1b in welfare debt after landmark ruling. Court win gives greenlight to recalculate and recoup debts, but spectre of Robodebt may push Labor to forgive instead. www.afr.com//politics/fe...

According to shocking new data from the Bureau of Statistics, The Project was televised as many as six times a week, and received over a million complaints a night. theshovel.com.au/2025/07/18/r...

Rainbow this morning from the bus.

"What do you call a pile of coins in the rain?" "Climate change."

My curried (left-overs) Chicken tastes great . . . should have taken photo before I attacked it, wife also likes it. Watching Open Golf Rnd 2, live from Northern Ireland, where there are 5 players tied for 1st at -4. Have a good night, or whatever it is wherever you are; you are all in my thoughts.

"Why do you have to act quickly during a flood?" "Because it's an emerging sea."

"What kind if cake do you eat if your Birthday is on Halloween?" "I scream cake."

"Why didn't anyone say Happy Birthday to the Owl?" "Because it didn't give a hoot."

The Emperor asked: "Could this be rain?" "The answer was: "Hail Caesar."

"Why is Britain the wettest Country?" "Because Royalty has reigned there for Centuries."

Curry base made, celery, sultanas, apples, carrots sweet potato - leftover bbq chicken add before serving with boiled rice, tea-time around 6.30ish. 😀

Santos has committed three decades’ worth of damage to the environment, but it’s one of only two big gas companies located in Australia. With foreign investors wanting to buy Santos, what does this mean for Australia’s future? #auspol

"Why does a mummy Kangaroo hate the rain?" "Because on those days, the kids have to play inside."

Shops closing because of online & peoples hanits changing after covid is pretty common throughout Australia. In my little country town most shops have close now apart from the pub ,supermarket, baker & butcher www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Vegetable soup, had some for lunch with bread stick lathered in butter. 6 serves over, put in zip-lock bags and freeze for latter use. Now making chocolate mud cake. 😀

Good. This woman is obsessed and it’s gross and weird.

I'll watch @6newsau.bsky.social coverage of the Tasmanian state election result on Saturday night. Sadly, ABC News' political coverage is now so blatantly pro-Liberal, it's excruciatingly unwatchable (and not just David Speers). #auspol #taspol #TasVotes #6NewsAU

So the NAZIS are Calling the shots and winning in Trumps Authoritarian Totalitarian Autocracy of America. Don't even try to say this move isn't Political! #Trumpisatraitor www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Anyway it’s that time of day ! Enchante What amazes me is that my posts on X no longer get engagement with my true persona only 1-2 likes but with my right wing altar ego I still get a thousand. Leon is just a Nazi Qunt

Israel claims to defend regional stability. But from Gaza to Syria, Lebanon to Iran, it leaves only rubble, blood, and chaos. As long as it acts with impunity, peace in the Middle East will remain impossible #IsraelisaTerroristState Opinion I Ahmed Najar 🔗 trt.world/cynn

"I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own" #Astronomer execs love a #Coldplay concert.

Israeli PM Netanyahu tells US President Trump that a strike on Gaza's only Catholic church has been "a mistake," the White House says. trt.global/world/articl...

According to shocking new data from the Bureau of Statistics, The Project was televised as many as six times a week, and received over a million complaints a night. theshovel.com.au/2025/07/18/r...

#StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds S3E01 Hegemony Part 2 was superb. No spoilers. #StarTrek 📺 🖖