Scott’s #auspol starter pack 2025
An incomplete list of people who post about AUS politics on 🦋
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@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social
@smartenergycouncil.bsky.social
Authorised by J. Grimes, Australian Solar Energy Society Ltd, Level 4, 10 Rudd st, Canberra ACT 2600
@davemilbo.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, guy that says stuff (about stuff). Editor of The Shot. Anti-genocide. Special envoy for social discontent.
@politozi.bsky.social
♐ Australian + Global Politics, Political Satire + Other Stuff ♐ Re-Skeets, Likes, Shares Are Purely Informational & Not Intended To Be Endorsements ♐ Ancestry : 🇦🇺 🇮🇪 🇩🇪 🏖️ CITY OF GOLD COAST. ☀️ Queensland 🇦🇺 Australia
@anthonyklan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Editor of The Klaxon. theklaxon.com.au
@ghostwhovotes.bsky.social
@oliveryates.bsky.social
Thoughtful word have more power than weapons and citizens need to speak up. Democracy needs citizens to be heard .
@mattbevan.bsky.social
Host/writer of 'If You’re Listening’ from ABC News. http://seedisclaimer.com
@vanbadham.bsky.social
Guardian columnist, co-hosts The Week on Wednesday podcast, makes theatre, yaps a lot. Contact me: https://linktr.ee/vanbadham You should totally buy my book, QANON & ON: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults. It’s bonkers.
@pepperpots4477.bsky.social
Rusted-on to morality, democracy & human rights for EVERY person. Believe the top 1% most wealthy could end world poverty TOMORROW without even noticing. Keeper of the Laura Tingle shrine. Typos are a given these days because I am often Very Angry!
@brucerguthrie.bsky.social
Serial editor: The Age, Sunday Age, Herald Sun, co-founder of The New Daily. “It’s fine once you’re in.”
@leakylifeboat.bsky.social
Impacted by changes to the NDIS? Grab a life ring and a megaphone. Just a good human? Please support our advocacy by sharing our posts. 🛟 leakylifeboat.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-the-ndia ✉️ leakyNDISlifeboat@proton.me
@cathywilcox.bsky.social
Editorial cartoons, dog walks, languages, bleeding heart, existential malaise. Latest book Hoary Chestnuts, shop at cathywilcox.com.au
@themadrabbit.bsky.social
Twitter refugee Proudly progressive and fervent believer in sustainable Ec. Mgmt for all, not just some. Love my family, the Rabbitohs and civil debate, not necessarily in that order 😂
@sewerratt64.bsky.social
Just another Aussie Sewer Ratt. I’m the dissident your government warned you about!
@notsohappyjan.bsky.social
Unionist Marxist School Teacher. English Teacher. Law Grad. Politics Junkie. Foodie. Felines. Teacher for Palestine 🇵🇸 Yes to the Voice 🪃 🇦🇺 Unfuck the world 🌎 please
@ashleyleahy.bsky.social
Political Poster: Dad. Husband. Stays fit💪 Catters!⚪💙 Ideologically Pragmatic💡Purveyor Of Hopium🙌 TikTok @ashleahypol linktr.ee/ashleyleahy
@ingridm.bsky.social
living on unceded lands of the sovereign Darug Peoples| BEc| LLB| PhD| ACAB| she/her| Abolition Feminist| Banner pic: tops of 4 concrete panels bolted together against a deep blue sky. Apartheid wall, Palestine.
@timdunlop.bsky.social
Writer in Melbourne, Australia Author of 4 books on media, politics, technology and work Advocate for bottom-up democracy beyond the two-party system https://tdunlop.substack.com/
@wendyharmer.bsky.social
Broadcaster, author, columnist,stand-up,TV host. Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" with all you need to know about me (and a lot you don’t) Living in Collaroy-Narrabeen. Northern Beaches. NSW. OZ
@think-big.bsky.social
Physics Grad, Maths Tutor, Amateur Astronomer & Astrophotographer, Kung Fu Instructor & Student. Interested in Climate Science, Education & Politics. High-res versions of astrophotos can be found here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Retrograde/ Sydney, Au
@farrmw.bsky.social
Once was journalist, now opinionated Canberra resident (same thing really)
@megpenvose.bsky.social
Sickened by the evil in the world on multiple fronts. Trying to do my bit But ACTION IS BETTER THAN WORDS. Australia
@rgrounds16.bsky.social
Australian, born 1954, Naarm. Pro renewables big time. Support rights of First Nations peoples. Left of centre. ANTI ZEALOTS. Pro reason. Disappointed with the Greens, less so with the ALP, but believe politics is only part of the solution
@kossamaras.bsky.social
Director of RedBridge Australia. Endurance athlete. Step dad, cat dad. Former competitive cyclist, kickboxer, martial artist.
@instanterudite.bsky.social
Co-host of @theshot.net.au's The Sunday Shot, 9am AEST on Sundays at https://www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot. Theatre and film producer. Writer. Literary curator. Avid consumer of news, politics, wine & AFL. And gin.
@greatgenes.bsky.social
Melburnian. 43 year old female. Overqualified compared to alpha male peers. Wear 👠. Taylor Swift ✨. Kamala & Hillary > Trump & Biden. Divorced. Friends with ex. 2 extraordinary kids. Fit 💪🏼. F1 fan. Aspiring 🏎️ driver. Keep 🪴 as pets. Love 📚. Drive a Mini.
@mal-peters.bsky.social
Father, grandfather, farmer, farmer advocate, regional advocate and an ordinary bloke. Hope I am balanced politically
@pdutts68.bsky.social
Liverpool FC, Environmental protector, capitalist agitator #Barkindji #Kali (Dingo) #Mukwarra (Eaglehawk) #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
@brenthodgson.bsky.social
“Strike at the roots, not the branches.” At the intersection of people, data and politics. Using data to know them, love them, and work it better. Trouble. But good trouble. “Kooyongkoot”, Wurundjeri Land. (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.)
@mfwitches.bsky.social
Avoid if scared of sweary women, politics & feminism. We run consumer boycotts to stop toxic media (#MurdochFreeWorld, #VileKyle etc). See website at mfw.org.au & let's go.
@drsally.bsky.social
Media communication, dog lover (black labs rule) wine lover (and seller) climate activist, environment should come first. Save Planet Supporter of First Nations and social justice
@paulbongiorno.bsky.social
Columnist for The Saturday Paper, 7AM Podcast contributor, ABC Nightlife commentator, veteran political journalist. His views contestable but his own.
@peterrelph.bsky.social
The whole world's mad c̶e̶p̶t̶ m̶e̶ &̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶, &̶ e̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶e̶'s̶ a̶ l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ o̶d̶d̶ Journeyman of Twitter, sojourned meanwhile in the wilds of the Fediverse Me: https://relph.org Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/uxfnatuiQs7M2Pedf84l2k9P7LmWwaQqXW
@tomredmemes.bsky.social
Snarchitect. Shitposter. Satirist. Smartarse. Sydneysider. https://buymeacoffee.com/tomredmemes
@nomad-notmad.bsky.social
Nature lover, amateur photographer and generally interested in the natural world around us. Left leaning, but no longer rusted on. Currently enjoying the fruits & vegetables of my labour. Staunch supporter of kindness
@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
@clarkie-qld.bsky.social
Living Life One Beat At a Time An Ol' Kiwi bloke living peacefully on Turrbal and Jagera lands, I arrived after the first fleet, Brisbane Australia 🇳🇿 🇦🇺 🚫Maga or RWNJ's 🚫No bio, 🚫NO follow back 🚫No DMs 🚫No Crypto 🚫 No Finance Gurus 🚫No God Squad #auspol
@glendav232.bsky.social
❤️ family, 🐶 🐈 Parkrun 🏃🏻♀️Yorta Yorta country, #YES23 Vote Ind’s, Vote no to Gina’s LNP mining party. No DM’s
@johnroddick.bsky.social
Adelaide, Australia. Flinders University Emeritus Professor. Pragmatic swinging voter. But totally over the LNP at this point. Likes and retweets do not constitute agreement with views or ideas.
@politikarma.bsky.social
Pragmatic progressive. Tired of career party hacks who consider political office an entitlement. Believe neoliberalism has concentrated wealth & accelerated inequality. Accept anthropogenic climate change threat is existential. Enjoy landscape photography
@ingridvaughan.bsky.social
Tutor of young journalists, wrangler of two young adults. Special interests include Auspol, the news, social media and feminism. No DMs without prior arrangement. It’s 100% cool to say it in the thread.
@anywineinthehouse.bsky.social
It’s a question, and an admission Escapee from the X bile Dedicated to dumping Dutton from Dickson 2025 🙌 #auspol 🇦🇺 Unsolicited chats = 🚫 instant block
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
Just a soul whose intentions are good | she/her 🇱🇹🇦🇺 Insta- ifyouseeamy/pyjamapolitics amy.remeikis@australiainstitute.org.au
@clareking77.bsky.social
Wathaurong Country. Domestic goddess. Slightly deranged mother. Reformed chef. Raging leftie and auspol junkie. ADD AF Pronies: she/her
@kimmaree.bsky.social
Bit Wonky, Bit Geeky, Progressive. Perth Western Australia. #thepositive #thrive #flourish #authentic #mindset #local #artisan #creativeindustries #co-ops #auspol (Replaced old Twitter avatar with recent pic ) www.kimmareethompson.com
@sedvitae.bsky.social
AUSTRALIA. Editor @cosmosmagazine.com.au formerly ABC News, Mgr ABC Local Radio 2002-2017, mgr ABC Emergency broadcasting. Worked in PNG, Timor-Leste, Myanmar. Books: Best Australian Bushfire Stories, Best Aust Flood Stories. Kaurna country.
@rosiedekat.bsky.social
Truth matters no matter how hard and lonely it is. I firmly stand on the principle of fairness, empathy and respect. A strong woman who is not afraid to speak out. Love nature and peace and quiet. I know pain in all its forms. #auspol #climate
@lakitukl.bsky.social
Seriously Not Twitter. She/Her. Optical Delusion, Einstein. "We are One Planet, we are One Species!" Sagan
@againstcorruption.bsky.social
I’m an academic (law) and really don’t like corruption. I follow Australian politics. I also love cats but will try and keep them out of this! I sometimes make mistakes so I apologise for that!
@mlbkiwi.bsky.social
Kiwi in Australia watching the world. Woke AF. Join a Union and get higher pay plus job protection. Elon Musk is the real enemy now. #BHN fan #NZLC #auspol #nzpol #NZpolitics #USPolitics #ukpol #Naarm #MelbourneWeather☀️🌧️⛈️💨🥝🦜🐼🐴🐶😻🇳🇿🇦🇺🦘🐨✊
@olthwaiteeric.bsky.social
A bit boring Interests: Precipitation, shovels, black puddings Relationship: Enid Bag, it's complicated Work History: Bank robber, Mayor ⸸💉x6 #auspol
@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 likely PEADOPHILE. #BlueCrew #Baggers. Trump is a CONTRACT EMPLOYEE. Not GOD
@louisviljee.bsky.social
#Mzansi #EcologicalEmergency #ClimateAction #Renewables #EndCorruption #EndFossilFuels #StopTheGenocide #UluruStatement #Democracy #HumanRights #SocialJustice
@janecaro.bsky.social
Novelist ‘Lyrebird’ ‘The Mother’, author, columnist, social commentator, feminist, atheist, activist, emcee, public speaker.
@lynettekennedy56.bsky.social
I live on Guringai land. Labor supporter. Never vote LNP (Australia).… Still on Twitter since 2014 although have lost a ton of followers
@edsynot.bsky.social
Public lawyer. Non-alien. Views are my own. “Spent time hating it but that ain’t changing it” Mos Def - Yasiin Bey [-O-]
@marcuskelson.bsky.social
Retired journalist, at the ABC for three decades, madly in love with Virginia, 36 years married, maniacal swimmer and swim teacher, has reviewed film, music and more for 40 years off and on, and makes an arse of himself regularly.
@kateauty.bsky.social
Living and working on #Taungurung country in Victoria the #TreatyState of #Australia. Things I am: a reader, lawyer, writer, curious. Please don’t DM.
@blakandblack.bsky.social
Enemy of the establishment. Friend to everyone else. Business owner. Rugby and boxing enthusiast. My view on life: party hard today, because tomorrow might never come 🇪🇺🇦🇺✡️
@proftimstephens.bsky.social
Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School. www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html orcid.org/0000-0001-9678-2227
@blairpalese.bsky.social
Dir of Philanthropy @Ethinvest, Founder, Aus @ClimateCapitalForum. Interested in climate & solving the crisis. Sign up to Climate & Capital Media free - www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
@eytanlenko.bsky.social
CEO Boundless Earth. Accelerating climate solutions and helping Australia become a renewable energy superpower.
@daryltractor.bsky.social
Person with knowledge of the meeting. Accident-prone tractor with an interest in news, politics, scandals, banter, public health and general nonsense. Open to bribery/corruption etc. She / her / Madam Tractor
@docbaty.bsky.social
Public prosperity through strategic design, policy and advocacy. Public spaces, public infrastructure, public services, and nature. Co-author: Designing Tomorrow Wangal country Interests include: policy, cycling, bonsai, Design
@patsimons.bsky.social
Campaigns Coordinator for Yes2Renewables at FoE Australia bsky.app/profile/foe.org.au Climate jobs, energy democracy, punk & hip hop. he/him.
@rachelwithers.bsky.social
Freelance writer with an unfortunate penchant for Australian politics. clippings.me/rachelwithers/
@suecartwright.bsky.social
Born in North Qld. Living in Geelong on unceded Wadawurrung lands. On Xitter as @SueCartwright1 (I got in first this time :-) ) Oh, and I do PR. Don't judge me.
@peterdgardner.bsky.social
Climate change blogger. Historian. Supporter of Climate Independent and Voices candidates in Australia, Climate200, Gippsland Environment Group and member East Gippsland Climate Action Network. Blog here https://petergardner.info/
@katharinehayhoe.com
climate scientist posts 100% my own 🇨🇦 is my home distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy board member, Smithsonian NMNH alum, UToronto and UIUC author, Saving Us
@drvicfielding.bsky.social
Twitter escapee. Lecturer and researcher in communication, media and its influence on democracy. Post in my personal capacity.
@kevansangster.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist specialising in Finance & Current Affairs news & views. Published in Yahoo Finance amongst others. Econ/Politics grad from UK, now based in Australia. Views are my own. 🇺🇦 https://open.substack.com/pub/kevansangster?r=e88qd&utm_m
@the-russell.bsky.social
Like it or lump it, here's my #opinion. I have #opinions on EVERYTHING. BECAUSE OPINIONS MATTER! RT's ≠ endorsement May contain #HUMOUR #PARODY and/or #SARCASM
@parkersmckenzie.bsky.social
Writer and journalist for Pinsent Masons. Formerly Star Mail and The New Daily. Opinions are my own.
@meckeringboy.bsky.social
💙On never ceded Whadjuk Noongar land •Ex educator •Climate activist •TheFutureIsFemale •LGBTQI •BLM🇵🇸🍉🇺🇦 •ProgressiveLeft •🚫RWNJs •Atheist •Born 313 PPMCO₂ •Real Zero •I’m trying to make a better world •Facts matter •Think critically •AntiFascist 🚫DMs🙏🏼uiku📎
@boganintel.bsky.social
Writer and independent political analyst focused on the intersection of class, the state of the nation, and Australian independent policy. https://www.boganintel.com/
@drsandynicoll123.bsky.social
🔑Schools Plus ($90K)- Numeracy Project ⬆️ NAPLAN ~ ATSI, EALD, ⬇️ SES 🔑 Care4Coast grant ($5K) 🔑 Teach in 🇨🇳 until 15/5/25 活到老，学到老。 “Live until you are old. Learn until you are old.” Inclusion ✅ Yes23 🖤💛❤️ Matrilineal ⏳ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3237-2541
@caramia200.bsky.social
“Sick of all the stiffs,sick of all the dips. I’m bored.” James Newell Osterberg, Jnr. Also, a dark humoured, criminal law barrister with left of field proclivities & tastes.😉
@stuartkells.bsky.social
History of books, history of money. Enterprise Fellow, Melbourne Institute #UniMelb. Editor #LibraryPlanet. Author of Alice, The Library, Shakespeare’s Library, Penguin & the Lane Brothers
@chriswallace.bsky.social
Canberra, South Coast, London. Prof at Uni of Canberra. Know the past, do the future better. https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/persons/chris-wallace
@christinemilne.bsky.social
I am an environmental and social justice activist who spent 25 years in Green politics in Australia. I work with many eNGOs, am Global Greens Ambassador, a devoted grandmother and a keen gardener.
@davidlamond.bsky.social
Australian Twitter/X survivor committed to civil society & justice for all. Left of centre. Enjoy debate. Love books. PhD 70 years of experience 🧐 - learned a little.
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
👉🏽 https://linktr.ee/ronnisalt Political-social commentator/sometime-journo. I write books & media articles, sometimes I investigate stuff. Whiny male edgelord's pinup girl. Mostly hilarious most of the time. Likes are acknowledgments only. She/her
@wendy59.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Ex PS, child protection & aged care; owned by rescue cats, birds, love nature, wildlife photography, public health, climate change, humour - hate crooked politicians, scammers & RWNJs. 🚫 DMs & don't ask for $. 😷🌻🌱
@peggysanders.bsky.social
Climate change believer with deep concerns for our children’s future. Progressive political leanings believing in equality for all people.
@maralynparker.bsky.social
Read a lot, draw a little, write sometimes. Former ed of EduResearchMatters, former teacher, recovering journo. Very Left. Passionate supporter of public schools. Still full of hope