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Victoria Australia
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Heather @heatherforward.bsky.social Australian, living in Central Victoria. Interested in politics and cultural issues. Despise Murdoch, media and anything Trump. Centre, leftist views and a strong leaning towards socialism. Voted YES, of course
Elise @mummyhearts.bsky.social Opinionated, frugal, well and truly grown out of any bios Iโve written since the dawn of social media. #Auspol
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Sally @twisal.bsky.social Feminist, Single Mother, Lover of Men who walk beside me not over me.
The Plodding Historian (Lisa) @ploddinghistorian.bsky.social Taking PhDing to new levels of avoidance, procrastination and delay, but, maybe this time, there is an end in sight. BlueSkying history, Musical Goddess Kate Ceberano and clouds. I do love clouds. Even though they are in The Outside. Which I don't like.
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My debut novel โIn Spite of Youโ out now.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social A Poet, Librarian, Unionist & RENegade.
Living in Naarm and previously on Anaiwan country. Always was, always will be.
To write is to Dream,
To dream is to become more than you are.
Poems & photos CC-BY-NC
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Mike Roberts @miker66.bsky.social Settler on Wangal land, researcher in renewable energy integration & just transition, anti-genocide leftard. My employer definitely doesn't agree with all my views. (he/him)
Cormac (Bee guy) @jagungal.bsky.social Head beekeeper, Australian Parliament. Environmental scientist, cat lover, Japanese jujitsu black belt. Kinda nerdy.
Urban Beekeeping - The City as a Hive in bookshops now!
Jane Lydon @janelydon.bsky.social Australian historian of colonialism, legacies of slavery, & visual culture. Perth, West Australia. Author: Anti-Slavery and Australia: No Slavery in a Free Land? (Routledge) & Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy Across the British Empire (CUP)
MDifficultColvinMcKenzie @mcolvinmckenzie.bsky.social Fmr film ed/ Greens Cllr 12 years, sons Nic and Will & doggies. Phil Hons University of London. Psych Macquarie. Married to the great @colvinius, ABC foreign corro, broadcaster, genius. Prefer living in other possible world for next four years.
Mik Aidt @mikaidt.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster, communicator. Lived in Denmark many years, had a record company, spent 4 years in Africa, visited 60 countries. Since 2013 settled in Australia with three teenage kids. Doing what I can to empower #thegreentransition
Sandra Sully AM @sandrasullyam.bsky.social ๐บ Journalist Senior Editor 10 News First
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Stuart Khan @stukhan.bsky.social Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering at University of Sydney. Mostly water-related stuff. Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social ALP member. Social Democrat. Posts are mainly news, plus some history and general interest.
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social Host of the "Australia Asks" Video Podcast. Author (15 books). Teacher, Business Consultant, Social Justice Campaigner and Journalist. General Manager of the Australian Book and Language Studio.
Lisa M Given, FASSA, FASIS&T @lisagiven.bsky.social Prof, Information Sciences & Dir, Centre for Human-AI Information Environments (CHAI) & Dir, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform @RMIT | cats | metal | qualitative | Ed. Annual Review of Info Science & Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-6175
Jon Dee (JonDee.com) @jondeeoz.bsky.social FSC ANZ Chair. Hosted 115 eps of Sky News Smart Money. Founder DoSomething, Planet Ark, Tree Day, One Tree Per Child. Australian of the Year (NSW) 2010. JonDee.com
Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social |Media|#auspol|#ClimateCrisis|Freelance journo writing about politics & the environment. Read my stuff: https://tinyurl.com/AndrewGardiner
Lucianne01 ๐ค๐โค๏ธ ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ท @lucianne01.bsky.social #StopGazaGenocide
Sustainable housing/gardening Medical research scientist(molecular biology)
Unhooking Aust from the IAP & Murdoch's grasp
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evernow @evernow.bsky.social Born in the UK. Now a happy Aussie.
Recording engineer and educator.
Union member. Leftie. Vegetarian. Spiritual.
There are no gods.
Lover of peace, people and animals.
On Worimi/Awabakal lands.
Music is everything.
No no no unsolicited DMs.
Blue Vee @blueskyblonde.bsky.social Gen X. Here for the Sanity.
Turds Trolls & Crypto will be ๐ซ
Slava Ukraini ๐บ๐ฆ #NAFO ๐ฆ๐บ๐ป๐๐
Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com Writer
Granta Memoir Workshop alumni
Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Lived in ๐จ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ต
Worked in academia and music
TCK
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Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
Lisa Cox @lisacox.bsky.social Climate and Environment Correspondent at Guardian Australia. Tips: lisa.cox@theguardian.com
Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social Guardian Australia's film critic, chief critic of Flicks.com.au and "The VR Critic" (thevrcritic.com). PHD in virtual reality. Creator of Nicolas Cage fan site The Cage Gauge: https://www.flicks.com.au/cagegauge/
Flotsam Greg @flotsamgreg.bsky.social Voted Yes, No new Coal/Gas, No AUKUS, No Mutual Obligation, Raise Jobkeeper, Bring back CES, Support Environment/people first, #Auspol, living on the land of the Dhudhuroa peoples
David Armstrong @westie47.bsky.social I spread news about Asia by reporting on stories in Asian media. Grew up on Dharug (Cabrogal and Burramattagal) land. Media career in Australia, Hong Kong and Thailand. Now living in Bangkok. DMs personal friends only, please
Tomรกs Daly - Call me Tom @democracytalk.bsky.social We can renew democracy by re-thinking democracy. I wear 4 hats:
Director, Demoptimism Project http://demoptimism.org // Professor, Melbourne Law School // Director, Electoral Regulation Research Network // Convenor, Constitution Transformation Network
Prof Jo Barraket AM @jobarraket.bsky.social Director, @msei-unimelb.bsky.social. Researching social economy & social innovation for fairer societies. Growing. Cooking. Eating. Living w/ MS, bloke, Zoe the beagle & Stormy the Lab x. Views mine. She/her
David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social Independent Senator for the ACT.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social Writer, mother, painter, unionist, professor, economist, Greens Senator for SA. Spokesperson for Housing, Workplace Relations, Employment, Finance, Public Sector.
Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social โ๐ปTax the 1%
๐ฑ Leader of the Australian Greens & Senator for Qld
Authorised by L Waters, Brisbane
Grattan Institute @grattaninstitute.bsky.social Australiaโs leading domestic public policy think tank. Independent analysis on economic reform, budgets, education, health, climate & energy, disability. 
@angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social Still mad as Hell! 
Tim Soutphommasane @timsout.bsky.social Chief Diversity Officer & Professor, University of Oxford. Former Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner www.timsoutphommasane.com
Eldritch kcarruthers @kcar.me Skeets forever! Sometimes I feel like being a revolutionary cat. PhD candidate (AI & innovation). Nothing here is the opinion of my employer. I have always hated emdashes. Team Oxford comma.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social Yes itโs that 3wombats Retired costume maker. Gardener. Music lover ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Friendly ๐ฆ๐จ(Need wombats emoji) Also 3wombats@Mastodon exTwitter
Anti Zionism is not Antisemitism๐
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Jamie Wright @jamiewriteswords.bsky.social Adelaidean. Community theatre, podcasts, film, indie music, books - things of that nature.
Primrose Riordan @primroseriordan.bsky.social Journalist @FinancialReview covering wealthy families & their businesses. Fmr China correspondent and foreign affairs reporter primrose.riordan@afr.com.
My Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal
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Women's Agenda @womensagenda.bsky.social ๐ก Must-know daily news
๐ฏ Women-owned, funded and run!
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Feminist, political, far left epic fantasy top selling novelist. Anticapitalist. Adult Dx #audhd (psych, counselling, fiction editor, coaching, novelist, sociology)
Hugh Riminton @riminton.bsky.social National Affairs Editor @10NewsFirst. All views my own.
Crowbar @crowbar.wtf CHEF.
Food. Photography. Cookbook Author. Citizen Journalist. Insane Gourmiac. Vociferous Valkyrie. Cook Tease. VanDoll.
(gomichild/Crowbar Jones elsewhere)
Melbourne/Naarm
UTC+ 10 ๐
David Swan @davidswan.bsky.social Technology editor for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
TasmanianClimateCollective @tasclimateco.bsky.social We are a collective of climate action groups and individuals from around Lutruwita/Tasmania.
Connecting people to amplify our voices and climate actions using cooperation, influence, and knowledge sharing
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Lucinda Cowden @lucindacowden.bsky.social Actor, writer, teacher, happily partnered step mother, dog mother, left leaning, friend to all the freaks, used to play Melanie in Neighbours living on stolen Boon Wurrong land ๐๐คโค๏ธ
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Sydney Morning Herald @sydmorningherald.bsky.social Independent. Always.
Fay Calderone, Employment Lawyer & Author of Broken to Safe @brokentosafe.bsky.social Employment lawyer and author of Broken to Safe & Rise Up empowering leaders to build safe and inclusive workplaces ๐ซ
Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social Author, researcher and policy advisor. Adjunct Associate Professor Monash Uni, Senior Advisor Smart Energy Council, โA Better Australiaโ ๐ โSold Down The Riverโ ๐ #RenewableEnergy #ClimateCrisis #EnergyTransition
Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social Broadcast commentator. Democracy Sausage podcast. Director, Australian Studies Institute, ANU. Ex-Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, ABC RN. Columnist, The Canberra Times. 2025-26 FASIC Australia-in-China Fellow. Multiculturalist. Schnauzer-aligned.
Jan Fran @janfran.bsky.social Journalistโฆish.
Helen Haines MP @helenhainesindi.bsky.social Independent MP for Indi ๐
Authorised by Helen Haines, 117 Murphy St, Wangaratta VIC 3677.
Prof Marc Tennant AM @marctennant.bsky.social #Academic/Commentator: #PublicHealth Equity #Reform #Biology #Computing #PopulationModelling #GIS #Dental
My words. My thoughts.
Tanya Plibersek @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social Australian Minister for Social Services. Member for Sydney. Authorised T Plibersek, ALP, Sydney.
Montague Street Bridge @montaguestbridge.bsky.social Vertically challenged - just 3.0m tall!
Allegedly invisible to the naked eye
Come visit me in South Melbourne
Don't be a jerk!
Nancy Cato @nancycato.bsky.social Hosted TV Shows #MagicCircleClub #AdventureIsland,
Founder: Chapel-Off-Chapel;
Social Justice; Arts; Politics; Writing; #Tigers #YES #homage #LoveistheHealer; The Beach Vic Australia
Born 3 December 1939
Sandy (PhD) ๐ฆ๐บ ๐โโ๏ธโ๏ธ- EmpowerGenZ with high expectations @drsandynicoll123.bsky.social ๐Schools Plus ($90K)- Numeracy Project โฌ๏ธ NAPLAN ~ ATSI, EALD, โฌ๏ธ SES
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โLive until you are old. Learn until you are old.โ
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Matrilineal โณ
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Craig Foster @craigafoster.bsky.social 
Ade Wright @adewright.bsky.social Clueless Aussie Bloke
Dad, Pops and lover of Puppy Dogs
Also Truckie, Sci-Fi Nerd and follower of the Teachings of Wyld Stallyns
Equality is a basic human right
Slava Ukraini ๐งก๐ป๐บ๐ฆ
#ukraine
#defundpolitics
#bekind
#ilovedogs
#ijustseepeople
The Shot @theshot.net.au Profound and Profane.
theshot.net.au
Cheryl Kernot @cherylkernot.bsky.social Worimi Country, Hunter Valley NSW
The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social Once described in HuffPost as โone of the brightest minds on the planetโโฆ (true) but Iโm pretty sure that journo was high. (also true).
Democracy | Speaker | Poet | Author | Archer | Dilettante Polymath | ANTIFA
๐Bunurong, Turrbal and Yuggera Country.
Dave Lennon @davelennon.bsky.social Ex media mainly ABC. retired. Main ambition is to break the major parties hold on govt via Climate Strong Community Independents in both Houses. While there are no consequences for lying the lies will continue. This is The Age of Liars.
Jessica D. M. ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช ๐ง @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social Stroke survivor, woke lefty, Transgender, Politics. Love AFL ( Aussie Rules) Dream of a world full of peace, love & no wars. I despise those who voted 45, support a Rapist and a PEDO!. #BlueCrew #Baggers. Trump is a CONTRACT EMPLOYEE. Not GOD
Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social Lake kayaker. Small-medium mountains OK too.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine. 
Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social STOP๐ฎ๐ฑ๐genocide Aussie ๐ฆWhadjuk boodja
Atheist-Left-AntiFascist-TAX THE RICH
โขActivist ๐:
If not me, then who?๐
โขClimate change is real & deadly๐ฅ
โขโค๏ธScience
โขBorn 313 PPMCOโ
For Zero CO2
โขFormer educator
โขBLM๐ต๐ธ๐๐บ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ally
๐ซDMs๐ซPorn๐ซRacists
๐ซMAGA๐ซRWNJs
Lawrie Zion @lzion.bsky.social Melburnian. 
@fairfaxmatters.bsky.social @fairfaxmatters.bsky.social Fairfax Matters Inc.
๐ Sunny Coast locals driving change.
๐ฃ Tired of being a safe seat โ we want real representation.
๐ฟ Housing, environment, infrastructure.
๐ณ๏ธ Not a party โ a movement for real change.
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Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social Prime Minister of Australia. Member for Grayndler.
Authorised by Anthony Albanese, ALP, Canberra.
Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for NSW. Feminist and anti-racist, fighting for public education & a just world ๐๐จ๐กโ๐พ
linktr.ee/mehreenfaruqi
Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine๐๐ @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social Just an old bird opposed to racism, fascism, willful ignorance and bigotry. Not a fan of social injustice nor corruption. Not a fan of genocide. Lover of science and animalsโdogs mostly, humans not so much.
Nate Cochrane @natecochrane.bsky.social Recovered journalist. Game show maven.
#technology #boardgames #photography #auspol
@Cross_theIine @cross-theline.bsky.social The Human race has a serious Control Freak problem
@Cross_theline and YOU are going to resolve that
I support the Iranian people ๐ฎ๐ท
#EndWar #EndTyranny #Cross_theline