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Former MLC moving on to new adventures 🙂

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Joined August 2009
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Bravo Louise. I add this comment in addition to Paul - your ability to work with victims to report difficult and tragic events to help us understand the truth and depths of the story is without peer. There is no text book, no precedent for this reporting. Truly in awe. Thank you.
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Reposting this for no particular reason Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
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Catherine Cusack retweeted
My latest for @TheEconomist: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: economist.com/britain/2026/0
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An apt day to remember that Dolly Parton once recorded a cover of Stairway to Heaven - and, in defiance of every moral law in the universe, she absolutely owned it.
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Why has the price of ethanol surged over 20 cents? (Ref: NSW Government fuel check app) It’s made in Nowra by the Honog family’s Manildra Group and already significantly subsidised by consumers under the NSW Governments Ethanol fuel mandate.
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Straight talk by the Canadian prime minister about the rigged international system. Refreshing.
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Today we marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific, the moment that brought an end to the Second World War in our region.
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There is nothing wrong with eggplant, an underestimated vegetable (unlike potato which has a million dishes- or used too) Enjoy!
Repeat after me: Dutton will not lose his seat. We've been hearing he will election after election and he's never come close. It's just Labor spin. Will eat some eggplant if I'm wrong. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n

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So this is the issue @MarkDiStef - Liberals see progressive women as the PROBLEM (not the SOLUTION) so no. They are not regretting anything because in their universe, these women are evil, they are the victims, the voters are duped
Replying to @MarkDiStef
The Liberals will rue the day they let the Teal movement flourish because some of their best potential leaders are them. It’s existential.
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Catherine Cusack retweeted
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond347t
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Has anyone checked on John Hewson? How is he taking the news that he no longer ran the worst ever Liberal campaign?
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This is so sad for candidates who paid like $1,000 nomination fees for preselections, the work they did and the members who participated in this brutal process. @DonHarwin did exec spend a million hours endorsing them? Or what?
The Liberal Party has missed the deadline for nominations for council elections. Dozens of candidates have not had their paperwork lodged and will not be eligible to run in September. Canterbury-Bankstown, Camden, Georges River, Shoalhaven, Lane Cove, Northern Beaches impacted.
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My friend visiting US sent me pic of “Cuddle a Koala before we make them extinct” cartoon in Times Square! #koala
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Albo crossing Anthony Pratt off the White House dinner party list and replacing him with Peter Vlandys kind of sums up our political choices 🙁
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Replying to @GrogsGamut
Being a moderate Liberal essentially means being the doormat people wipe their feet on when they walk past the standard they accept.
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Moving on from Twitter. Retired from parli over a year - it’s been a joy, no regrets - healthier and happier. I especially thank awesome koala crew whose loyalty and mentions continue 3 years after I crossed the floor - meant so much as I reaped the consequences u r the BEST ❀
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OMG 😂
Made some paella to celebrate Spain’s World Cup win
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In 40 years of politics I have not experienced a nastier piece of work than Mark Latham. Honestly in a league of his own.
After being sacked as NSW One Nation leader last week, today Latham quit the party, alleging it misspent tax payer funds. The detail lost in the headline is the misuse of tax payer funds is alleged to have taken place in 2019 and 2021. I guess it wasn't an issue for Mark then?
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Catherine Cusack retweeted
This is great.
The science of global warming beautifully and simply explained by Dr. Carl Sagan, ca. 1985.
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