Deborah Fleming OAM
@Deb_Fleming
Walkley award winning journo. Former E.P of 7.30 Report NSW. Founding E.P. of Australian Story. Full time rat bag for environmental and animal welfare causes.
Time’s up on cruel “sport” in terminal decline. No more bullshit claims about jobs and economic activity. Stop. More at kristiejohnston.com.au #politas #politas
Tasmanian AFL stadium: Labor, Liberals must rethink mindset crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/tas…
Current biggest swings to recontesting candidates (some very artificial) Johnston (IND) 7.3 Di Falco (SFF) 5.9 Butler (ALP) 5.4 Garland (IND) 5.1 Rockliff (Lib) 3.8 Vermey (Lib) 3.6 Rosol (Grn) 3.4 Abetz (Lib) 3.2 Howlett (Lib) 3.2 O'Byrne (IND) 2.5 #politas
“The crisis in Queensland greyhound racing grows bigger every day. There have already been more racing deaths this year than for the whole of 2024" @amymacsouthbris @save_greyhounds #bangreyhoundracing brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…
he's not ok. He's dead "Cool Hand Rio" suffered fractures to the nearside radius, ulna and tibia tonight at the Q1 track. He was euthanised Rest in Peace Born: 4 March 2023 Killed: 22 July 2025 Queensland #bangreyhoundracing racingqueensland.com.au/racing/full-ca…
Shameful that the govt dodged my question today on rivers of Russian oil effectively supplying Australian bowsers. Yes it’s hard to prevent, but that’s not a good enough reason to ignore the issue & continue paying for Putin’s war. #politas #auspol
@MegWebbTweets excellent Talking Point in today’s paper and on her website. Tas politics has changed but some politicians haven’t caught up. They are duty-bound to catch up fast. #politas megwebb.com.au/talking-point-…
Interesting resurfacing of 2010 story in light of @Bartlett_DJ comments to @LeonCompton re #GreyhoundRacing and indis. I wonder if David’s views have shifted at all since then? 😀🤞🤞@TasmanianLabor . Source: Brisbane Times #politas share.google/K2ULJLyN8C1tee…
Why can’t we have a Govt of state unity in Tas? No one won majority. All Parties and Independents have elected members up to the task. We need Tas Parlt First XI governing the state in Cabinet. We can lead in Tas, just need courage to do it. #politas
#politas Any one seeing resonance here at all? . 79% of us want taxpayer funded, cruel #GreyhoundRacing ended. EMRS poll 2023. A record breaking petition to parliament 2022 said same. As did Saul Eslake on financial grounds alone. @TasmanianLabor
Welsh Government outlines plan to #ban #greyhoundracing in #Wales The statement acknowledges the strength of public feeling, citing a petition that attracted over 35,000 signatures 👏👊 instituteoflicensing.org/network-news/w…
Dr Kevin Bonham: 2025 Tasmanian Election: Pathways To Government: kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2025/07/2025-t… #politas. Thank you @kevinbonham. Very helpful indeed re gaining understanding here.
Strong words from Paula Wriedt on abc radio right now #politas Wow. @LeonCompton
#politas. Thoughtful contribution in @themercurycomau today from Peter Boyer.
The Crikey view:. #politas Tasmanian Labor just bought itself an extra year in opposition via @crikey_news crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/tas…
FFS @abcnews on 730 get the conventions right. Rockliff has first dibs on being Premier. He gets to go to the Guv and say he wants to be commissioned. Then and only them does parliament get to test if he has confidence. (once it returns) #politas
Daily dispatch: Well the process of forming government has begun, and I’ve been in initial conversations with party leaders today. Not much else to report so far, but it is a concern that both Labor and Liberal have drawn hard lines in the sand about their positions. #politas
Essential listening. Well informed analysis and commentary for those of us wondering wtf happens next in #politas
It's deja vu all over again. Post #politas election #fontcast is now live! Find out what it all means, and what's really going to happen next. Links in first comment.
Good discussion today with David Bartlett + Sen Duniam here. So good to see lavishly bankrolled unpopular #GreyhoundRacing placed firmly on the agenda.#politas @LeonCompton
The cross bench is the same size as Labor. Any pairing with Labor demands equality in government, both policies and ministries. However, being too prescriptive from the outset by anybody will doom collaborative government from the start. Policy needs to be co-developed #politas
Baby Elliott – Thrown away like rubbish by the greyhound industry • Three and a half weeks old. A tiny, fragile greyhound puppy. With a broken leg. And they brought him to the vet … to be killed instagram.com/p/DMS6qasx-4P/… #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing #AnimalCruelty
Oh and I note same is said of Bridget Archer actually. 😀
So impressed by results for @KrisJJohnston and @Indy4Franklin. Good people with good hearts and smart brains.