David Jones
@antsyturbo.bsky.social
Retired, Widower & a Grandfather. 27 yrs in public service. Believes good people do exist. Lives in Mooloolaba. Not a religious person in any shape or form.
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Productivity Commission on the GST changes Scott Morrison did to try to win WA: "The 2018 reforms were expected to cost the Australian Government about $5 billion by 2024–25, but have ended up costing almost $23 billion"
Just 360% blowout. Thanks Scotty.
Just 360% blowout. Thanks Scotty.
August 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Productivity Commission on the GST changes Scott Morrison did to try to win WA: "The 2018 reforms were expected to cost the Australian Government about $5 billion by 2024–25, but have ended up costing almost $23 billion"
Just 360% blowout. Thanks Scotty.
Just 360% blowout. Thanks Scotty.
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27 years of Republican success in Texas, making their citizens sicker, dumber & poorer!
October 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
27 years of Republican success in Texas, making their citizens sicker, dumber & poorer!
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Just got home from Politics In The Pub with David Shoebridge💚
It was packed. New membership numbers are through the roof.
The biggest issue discussed was AUKUS, & US weapon stockpiles near our town and others, making us targets.
Amazing to see so many people resisting the Lib/Lab/ON war party.
It was packed. New membership numbers are through the roof.
The biggest issue discussed was AUKUS, & US weapon stockpiles near our town and others, making us targets.
Amazing to see so many people resisting the Lib/Lab/ON war party.
October 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Just got home from Politics In The Pub with David Shoebridge💚
It was packed. New membership numbers are through the roof.
The biggest issue discussed was AUKUS, & US weapon stockpiles near our town and others, making us targets.
Amazing to see so many people resisting the Lib/Lab/ON war party.
It was packed. New membership numbers are through the roof.
The biggest issue discussed was AUKUS, & US weapon stockpiles near our town and others, making us targets.
Amazing to see so many people resisting the Lib/Lab/ON war party.
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starting to think corporate media coverage of tech billionaire bullshit is even more ridiculously credulous than the garbage barfed up by cops.
October 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM
starting to think corporate media coverage of tech billionaire bullshit is even more ridiculously credulous than the garbage barfed up by cops.
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The cruelty and barbarity of the absolutely fucked up failed execution of Christa Pike says everything about the death penalty and the cruelty and barbarity of the people who support it.
October 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The cruelty and barbarity of the absolutely fucked up failed execution of Christa Pike says everything about the death penalty and the cruelty and barbarity of the people who support it.
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Because the Greens aren't the government and don't have demographic representative weight substantial enough to be dictating government policy. If we go down this route, we end up like Israel - where small parties dominate government policy and direction. Doesn't that work well eh. Time to grow up..
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS?
Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
October 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Because the Greens aren't the government and don't have demographic representative weight substantial enough to be dictating government policy. If we go down this route, we end up like Israel - where small parties dominate government policy and direction. Doesn't that work well eh. Time to grow up..
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www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
COVID vaccine set for price hike - ABC listen
From October the COVID vaccine is expected to cost around $150.
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2026 at 11:53 PM
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
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At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction.
But not Jack Smith.
Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
But not Jack Smith.
Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 8:16 PM
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction.
But not Jack Smith.
Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
But not Jack Smith.
Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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sound on. full screen. oscar for best short subject
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong.
Here's the whole sequence:
September 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
sound on. full screen. oscar for best short subject
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#DavidCrisafulli & #LNP have overseen the state's first credit ratings downgrade in 17yrs, costing QLDers an extra $1B.
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
September 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM
#DavidCrisafulli & #LNP have overseen the state's first credit ratings downgrade in 17yrs, costing QLDers an extra $1B.
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
Tomorrow his Treasurer will front the #NationalPressClub, will he answer why he's given #Adani a $½B royalty holiday when QLDers are struggling to pay the bills.
#AUSPOL #QLDpol
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Cripes Mehreen Faruqi as leader might produce a record number of strokes among the old white pricks in the Australia media
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sarah Hanson-Young and Mehreen Faruqi announce Greens leadership tilt after Larissa Waters’ shock resignation
New leader expected to be chosen imminently, with David Shoebridge, Faruqi and Hanson-Young among frontrunners
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Cripes Mehreen Faruqi as leader might produce a record number of strokes among the old white pricks in the Australia media
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If it’s mostly oil prices that have caused the CPI rise, wouldn’t that be excluded from the trimmed mean which I think they’ve said is their main guiding metric?
Seems counterintuitive to raise and lower interest rates to match oil prices when the oil going up already reduces spending!?! 🤪
Seems counterintuitive to raise and lower interest rates to match oil prices when the oil going up already reduces spending!?! 🤪
September 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
If it’s mostly oil prices that have caused the CPI rise, wouldn’t that be excluded from the trimmed mean which I think they’ve said is their main guiding metric?
Seems counterintuitive to raise and lower interest rates to match oil prices when the oil going up already reduces spending!?! 🤪
Seems counterintuitive to raise and lower interest rates to match oil prices when the oil going up already reduces spending!?! 🤪
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We need your help to find who robbed us. Victoria Police are doing all they can to find the men who did. Hoping the power of community might help too! Here’s 3 short videos of two of the robbers smashing into the side of our catering enterprise
September 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
We need your help to find who robbed us. Victoria Police are doing all they can to find the men who did. Hoping the power of community might help too! Here’s 3 short videos of two of the robbers smashing into the side of our catering enterprise
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RBA raises rates…
September 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
RBA raises rates…
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The NACC still doesn’t know what a conflict-of-interest is
Dr Sarah Russell reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-still-doesnt-know-what-a-conflict-of-interest-is/
Dr Sarah Russell reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-still-doesnt-know-what-a-conflict-of-interest-is/
September 29, 2026 at 12:52 AM
The NACC still doesn’t know what a conflict-of-interest is
Dr Sarah Russell reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-still-doesnt-know-what-a-conflict-of-interest-is/
Dr Sarah Russell reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/the-nacc-still-doesnt-know-what-a-conflict-of-interest-is/
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Wow what an absolute shitty racists, sexist headline and opener.
And ..How to ostracise at least 30% of the population who are either migrants or are children of a migrant parent with that revolting phrase “social cohesion”
And ..How to ostracise at least 30% of the population who are either migrants or are children of a migrant parent with that revolting phrase “social cohesion”
The Oz piles straight in before Mehreen has even declared, just to remind her what it'll do to her if she dares.
September 29, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Wow what an absolute shitty racists, sexist headline and opener.
And ..How to ostracise at least 30% of the population who are either migrants or are children of a migrant parent with that revolting phrase “social cohesion”
And ..How to ostracise at least 30% of the population who are either migrants or are children of a migrant parent with that revolting phrase “social cohesion”
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"One Nation's policy is asking us to doubt the vast volume of evidence that has been collected globally and the conclusions of thousands of climate science experts ... on the basis of a single temperature record."
www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/i-read-one...
www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/i-read-one...
I read One Nation’s brain-rot climate policy, so you don’t have to
I set out to uncover what One Nation has planned for Australian climate policy. What I found was far more disturbing.
www.tempestsandterawatts.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"One Nation's policy is asking us to doubt the vast volume of evidence that has been collected globally and the conclusions of thousands of climate science experts ... on the basis of a single temperature record."
www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/i-read-one...
www.tempestsandterawatts.com/p/i-read-one...
Yet played the game! Armbands and non-handshakes ….. pfffft. Cowards.
Ireland wears black armbands, refuses handshake with Israel before Nations League football match
Ireland refuses handshake with Israel, wears black armband for game
Players from the Republic of Ireland wear black armbands, bow their heads during the Israeli anthem and refuse handshakes during a Nations League football match.
www.abc.net.au
September 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Yet played the game! Armbands and non-handshakes ….. pfffft. Cowards.
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The U.S. weren't even investigating anything. Lying sack of shit.
'We had them under view for a long time, and we got them.'
The US president is a lying tosspot. The plot was foiled by an insomniac farmer, who spotted the men and reported them to Gloucestershire police.
The US president is a lying tosspot. The plot was foiled by an insomniac farmer, who spotted the men and reported them to Gloucestershire police.
September 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The U.S. weren't even investigating anything. Lying sack of shit.
Request to journalists:
When a person says they will vote for ON, bc Hanson will get the country back on track, pls ask them “back on track to what”?
Don’t let ppl get away with their cliche statements and ask them to explain their reasoning.
When a person says they will vote for ON, bc Hanson will get the country back on track, pls ask them “back on track to what”?
Don’t let ppl get away with their cliche statements and ask them to explain their reasoning.
September 28, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Request to journalists:
When a person says they will vote for ON, bc Hanson will get the country back on track, pls ask them “back on track to what”?
Don’t let ppl get away with their cliche statements and ask them to explain their reasoning.
When a person says they will vote for ON, bc Hanson will get the country back on track, pls ask them “back on track to what”?
Don’t let ppl get away with their cliche statements and ask them to explain their reasoning.
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The Victorian Police are investigating after our 2 ASRC Catering Social Enterprise Vans were stolen. To those who have reached out asking how they can help. There’s two ways:
Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au
Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au
Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
September 28, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The Victorian Police are investigating after our 2 ASRC Catering Social Enterprise Vans were stolen. To those who have reached out asking how they can help. There’s two ways:
Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au
Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au
Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
Stories like this have been written about ON members/staff for years, and yet supposedly the ppl of Qld rate her as the person they would like to see as PM. (If you believe the latest poll news)
One Nation General Manager Kelvin Morton dislikes Farrer MP David Farley. Meanwhile in Lilley, Queensland, Morton is squabbling with members over money. Internal disintegration is a familiar part of the ONP cycle dating back to Qld election 1998. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
One Nation boss called David Farley an ‘asshole’ in lead-up to Farrer byelection, text messages reveal
Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show that Kelvin Morton has also clashed with party HQ staff and Brisbane volunteers
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Stories like this have been written about ON members/staff for years, and yet supposedly the ppl of Qld rate her as the person they would like to see as PM. (If you believe the latest poll news)
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Dear Anastasia - are you serious really? You pose a question about ‘compassion fatigue’ for family violence? wtf kind of question is that to cross anyone’s mind? No support or kindred spirit for three more female victims? How very vacuous of you.
#theconversation #familyviolence
#theconversation #familyviolence
September 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Dear Anastasia - are you serious really? You pose a question about ‘compassion fatigue’ for family violence? wtf kind of question is that to cross anyone’s mind? No support or kindred spirit for three more female victims? How very vacuous of you.
#theconversation #familyviolence
#theconversation #familyviolence
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#Atlas Info request: does anyone know of any research critically investigating the Atlas Network planted ‘partner’ think tanks in Japan, Indonesia, India, Korea, Phillipines, Malaysia and elsewhere in Asia? If so pls do drop me a link or reference below!
September 27, 2026 at 11:12 AM
#Atlas Info request: does anyone know of any research critically investigating the Atlas Network planted ‘partner’ think tanks in Japan, Indonesia, India, Korea, Phillipines, Malaysia and elsewhere in Asia? If so pls do drop me a link or reference below!