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Philip Pollard retweeted
I look forward to the day I can say: I give the call to the Member for Indi. 🙏
Philip Pollard retweeted
Every Australian should listen to this interview with Chrystia Freeland former Canadian DPM: she talks about how Canada stood up to Trump in both his administrations. The choice is to be a vassal or have the strength to stand your ground as an equal. nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini…
Philip Pollard retweeted
Big news - looks like immigration is falling sharpy, possibly/probably below the govt's target.
That will spark some debate if we find NOM is under 1%pa in the next few qtrs
Philip Pollard retweeted
Libs & Nats desperately try & block Corinne Mulholland’s questions to
Plymouth Brethren leader Bruce Hales over his MAGA-inspired "Make Australia Smile Again" campaign
Chair Jerome Laxale forced to call it out, reminds McKenzie she’s not even a committee member, please shut up.
Philip Pollard retweeted
“I think we’ve been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas.”
Burnham claims Russia interfered with Brexit vote telegraph.co.uk/gift/767cd8a…
Philip Pollard retweeted
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Philip Pollard retweeted
Australian Taxation Office data shows 30% of the largest companies in Australia pay no corporate tax. News Corp paid zero corporate income tax for the eleventh consecutive year.
Philip Pollard retweeted
Very sad news about the death of Peter Manning, who has been described by his peers as “a colossus of Australian investigative journalism.” The former EP of 4 Corners received a standing ovation last year when he won the Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
Philip Pollard retweeted
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.”
“Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.”
😭💚🙏
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJXsm…
Philip Pollard retweeted
It has now been three years since the Japanese government began to discharge contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi #nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean despite strong opposition and concerns at home and abroad. Japan unilaterally launched the ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the #Fukushima Daiichi plant on August 24, 2023. Since then, Japan has conducted 22 rounds of ocean discharge, releasing around 173,000 tonnes of wastewater containing tritium, a radioactive substance that purification equipment cannot remove, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The latest round, held from July 30 to August 17, involved discharging nearly 8,000 tonnes of wastewater.
news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-2…
Philip Pollard retweeted
In Australia, charities can’t promote political parties. But in the 2025 election, senior members of the Exclusive Brethren put 100s of church members - who aren’t allowed to vote themselves, under church rules - into Liberal t-shirts at polling booths, arranged for them to be dispatched to different electorates, booked their hotel accommodation, and rostered them on to polling booths. As well as paying far-right activists to disrupt polling places and community meetings around the country.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
Philip Pollard retweeted
Giant cuttlefish numbers collapse in Spencer Gulf by 97%
That's not simply “natural variability”
It's alarming
It's disastrous
A sentinel event
It follows the climate-amplified, largest recorded, tragically harmful algal bloom in SA waters in 2025
abc.net.au/news/2026-08-21/g…
Philip Pollard retweeted
Is it me, or is that close to unbelievable??
Angus Taylor organised taxpayer grants for Brethren charity backing Pollie Pedal smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
Philip Pollard retweeted
Renewables lower gas electricity prices
Batteries lower gas price spikes
So why is Western Australia planning to build more gas, and not to spend that money accelerating renewables and batteries?
AFAF
reneweconomy.com.au/batterie… @renew_economy
Philip Pollard retweeted
COLLAPSE OF 🇨🇦🇺🇸 TRADE DEAL
Mark Carney explanation summarized:
Canada is forming new relationship between like minded countries and becoming our own best customer.
Philip Pollard retweeted
Sir #DavidAttenborough
“Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get."
#ClimateEmergency
vox.com/2019/4/12/18306566/d…
Philip Pollard retweeted
No time to waste: 'Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oil'.
“New drilling and decelerating climate action would be bad for growth and for energy security in the UK, and a damaging signal for the world.”
Nicholas Stern
“If we are to protect our planet and the people who call it home, we must turn the tide on climate denial by preparing for a hotter future and embracing net zero like never before.”
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
theguardian.com/environment/…
Philip Pollard retweeted
Tas Treasurer overturning poker machine regulator’s direction on fixed closing hours for pokies dens is appalling. To say he’s simply returning to historic practices denies decades of harm minimisation research. In my opinion, he’s sold his soul to the gambling industry #politas