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Fiona Parker
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Breakfast Presenter 6.30am-9.00am weekdays 91.1FM ABC Central Victoria: Bendigo, Castlemaine, Macedon Ranges, Kyneton, Rochester, up to the Murray at Echuca etc
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THE REPLIES👇👇 ! 😂

(My family one is The von Trapp Family Singers)
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 21h
hey so what’s your group chat called
September 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran.

Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in … What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me. And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability. I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed. Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation. When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic: لا شكر على واجب "La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty. That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human. Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
September 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
RIP Blanche D’Alpuget.
Was privileged to interview and meet her at the 2014 #Bendigo Writers Festival (back when it was good… and on..)
I recall she wished to talk about her historical fiction but all anyone else wanted to talk about was Bob Hawke. She was lovely.
Blanche D’Alpuget and Fiona Parker at the Bendigo Writers Festival opening night 2014.
September 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
I’d be more concerned about this:
Phillips “said in a podcast he’d like to punch “that b*tch” in the mouth, referring to former President Joe Biden who’d just left office. “He deserves to die.” In another podcast, Phillips said migrants were coming to kill Americans while warning people to be armed”
September 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Thanks for everything Libba. Entertaining, inspiring, adorable. We love you so much.
September 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
Well geez it was quite the day for a game of Under 14’s soccer!

Mate.

I’m nearly as soaked as my son… and I was standing under awnings… but the rain was coming in sideways.
Rain pelts down on a soggy soccer pitch as one parent bravely stands in the rain to watch the soaked players.
September 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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SAN FRANCISCO 49ers IN THE HOUSE!
#AFLFinals
September 4, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Well this is quite the first half for the Hawks! Some excellent snatches, excellent set shots,
ruthless play. And #Bendigo ‘s own / #Castlemaine ‘s own Jack Ginnivan, home town boy fab out there with passes etc. (Pies loss saying farewell to him but that’s their problem)
#AFLFreoHawks
#AFLFinals
September 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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I come to pray at my church
The beautiful stained glass ceiling of the national gallery of Victoria
September 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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Excellent reporting from Jane Bardon.
Marine Scientist Rachel Groom says #Dugongs are “long-lived animals… slow to breed and reach maturity, so that decline in the population we're looking at years to recover… In the last couple of weeks we've had 11 dugongs wash up dead in the gulf…”
#SeaLife
September 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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Watched it last night - was a great insight. I feel really sorry for her - would have been a horrible situation to be in & people were so cruel. I hope a lot of people watch it, particularly those who spent months tormenting her.
September 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
Just watched the #Raygun doco on #Netflix. Most insightful, especially being taken behind the scenes in the lead-up to that infamous, meme-inducing Olympic breaking comp routine. Worth a watch if all you remember and know is the kangaroo pose and the sprinkler.
#Breaking
#Bgirls
September 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Only 6 hours ‘til donations close for the 2026 Lifeline Loddon Mallee Dog of the Year! My pooch Coco is currently 4th. Was 2nd but dropped back due to a black lab, rescued greyhound & cute
corgi. Vote by donation; doesn’t matter which dog*
#DogsOfBluesky
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August 31, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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It really was a weird first couple of minutes
#AFL #AFLFinals #AFLDeesBlues
moxon-will.bsky.social Will Moxon @moxon-will.bsky.social · 20d
What a start 🤣 30 seconds in, great mark by Petty and kicks off, only for the Dees to do something daft and gets overturned to Blues ball. Yesterday’s game and the start to this May win me over with Wildcard round #AFL #AFLFinals
August 29, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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This is very much a 50-50 contest.

#AFLFinals #AFLDeesBlues
August 29, 2026 at 11:23 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
For those Carlton fans who are at the game or those who are Baggers watching from the couch and just want to see it again…
#AFL
#AFLDeesBlues
August 29, 2026 at 10:54 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
A wonderful tribute to a man I had the privilege of interviewing many times, who made sure our wonderful gold rush city also remembered the Chinese who helped shape it.

(White mourning lions are very special- rarely seen in Australia)

#Bendigo
#Chinese #Cantonese

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Once-in-a-lifetime' mourning ceremony for Bendigo's Russell Jack
The traditional Cantonese mourning lion ceremony has not been seen in the region in living memory.
www.abc.net.au
August 29, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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jimmykirby.bsky.social
This is an absolute cracker of a weekend read.

Well-written, precise, financially accurate and a brilliant glossary at the end for the #auspol crew to nod their heads to and the #uspol crew to take notes from. 😆👍

ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
ifloz.substack.com
August 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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How it started… how it’s going
August 28, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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rob-sheridan.com
I see we’re accelerating rapidly towards “the woke thirst mob is hogging valuable data center water”
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 21d
You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit.

🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd
August 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
Holy god almighty
Someone pinch me

#AFLFinals
#AFL
August 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Perfect! 😁
Screenshot of two social media posts from Bluesky. The first post is by Luke Foley, saying, “Artyyyyyyy ❤️🤍💙 #AFLFinals.” The second post is by Fiona Parker, saying, “Artyyyyyyyyyy! #AFL #AFLFinals.” Both appear excited about AFL finals, and the posts include heart emojis in red, white, and blue.
August 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Artyyyyyyyyy!
#AFL
#AFLFinals
August 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
fionaparker1.bsky.social
Right. What are we thinking?
GREAT game. “Interesting” umpire decisions. The Bont some great play as always but also 2 bad misses, & obvs targeted but you get that on the big jobs. Nick Daicos never gonna forgive himself for that weird kick that went nowhere. That’s about all I have.
#AFL #AFLFinals
August 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Artyyyyyyy!
#AFL
#AFLFinals
August 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM