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Andy Paterson
@agpat.bsky.social
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Retired minimalist. Found a place in the Central Wheatbelt of WA. Every day I'm amazed with the resilience of this Earth and the persistent damage we humans inflict upon it through consumerism. Heart failure survivor. O
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 6h
Peaceful buggers aren't they?
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The Hindu @thehindu.com · 7h
Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.
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Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed
Israeli military kills six Palestinians in Gaza after suspects approach forces, violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 6h
The emperor with no clothing.
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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 9h
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d
The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia
Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws Tom Rabe WA political correspondent Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 17h
Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win - ABC News share.google/tdL2774HOAmV.... Reynolds is a vile piece of SHIT. Brittany was raped in Reynolds Office and Reynolds along with the Morrison Government failed to support her. #Auspol
Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins
Former senator Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14h
Fantastic that this attribution research by climate scientists is out in the world!

Hope citizens, schoolchildren & journos use it to hold fossil fuel corps like Woodside & their enablers like SA Premier Malinauskas & fed Enviro Min Watt accountable for deaths & enviro harm fr fossil fuel projects
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 11h
So much grief, pain and despair. How will he recover?
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Dr Stephanie Dowrick @drstephaniedowrick.bsky.social · 11h
This is what UNBEARABLE agony looks like.
Who knows for what reason this poor man was taken hostage - along with 1000s of other Palestinians - but we can easily imagine how his torment is compounded on learning that his wife and CHILDREN were murdered by the same brute forces that held him captive.
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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 19h
Mosab Abu Toha—

"A Palestinian hostage who’s just been released was told his wife and children were slaughtered by Israel while he was held hostage.

"His youngest daughter was turning two years old on Oct 18, in five days.

"You will not see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT, WP, or other MSM outlets."
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16h
I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11h
Soaring healthcare costs are at the heart of the US government shutdown.

With a key tax credit due to expire, Americans' premiums could jump $200-300/month.

"That's a car payment...2-3 trips to the grocery store," says Liz Pancotti from @groundwork.bsky.social.

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Aussie Gandalf (Antifa Advisor) @gandalf1.bsky.social · 11h
It started in 1870’s. Birth of political Zionism in Eastern Europe. Began lobbying evangelical UK politicians to ‘restore gods Israel in Palestine‘ - built into Balfour Declaration enacted in British Mandate post War completed in 1948. Decades of Jewish migration had started the colonisation 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤬
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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Sep 12
"—1,200 people killed—Hamas attack—which ignited the war—815 were Israeli & foreign civilians."

Why am I still reading this whitewashed shit, @australia.theguardian.com?

1. It's GENOCIDE—not "war"
2. Israel has admitted the IOF killed HUNDREDS of Israelis on 7 Oct—HANNIBAL DIRECTIVE. Google it!
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Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · 16h
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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 14h
Reynolds is an evil person. #auspol

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins after defamation win
Higgins faces bankruptcy proceedings as Reynolds takes new legal action
Former senator Linda Reynolds files a creditor's petition in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer, Brittany Higgins, as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 11h
Yep, I'm in if it's announced. Reynolds actions are preposterous and extraordinary.
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 11h
I wish the Government could help her out or someone with influence set up a Gofundme for her.
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Ally🍀on🍀Bluesky 🇦🇺 @allysultana259.bsky.social · 11h
Who wants to bet that Israel will do some phoney terrorist attack like the did at the start of this war and that will let them start bombing again...this will last 3 days at most...
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australiainstitute.org.au
The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11h
Our analysis reveals the prices Australians could pay if the Trump administration had its way & dismantled the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

"The difference is terrifying," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.

"It is wild how much Americans have to spend on essential medications." theaus.in/42D6R8K
Our PBS is a national treasure, not an international trade barrier
Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
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Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · Sep 10
Matthew Ryan reviews @hannahforsyth.bsky.social 's Virtue Capitalists: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World, 1870–2008 @universitypress.cambridge.org

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A pale yellow book cover, titled Virtue Capitalists: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World, 1870–2008. On the right hand side of the cover, a man in a suit is on the first few rungs of a ladder.
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 14h
“Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off WA coast would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, & kill about 16 million additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef during each future mass bleaching event, our new research reveals.”
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 12h
Peace? Nah.

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Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha)
Israeli forces remain in Gaza. Thousands of Palestinians hostages are still held by Israel, many without charge or trial, some for years. No aid or materials have been allowed in to begin rebuilding...
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Josep Goded (New Main Account) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 12h
During the night, Israeli occupation forces abducted a Palestinian after shooting and wounding him in a raid on the Issawiya neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem.
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australiainstitute.org.au
The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12h
Join Barrie, Bowers and Friends in Sydney for an evening of insight, laughs, and a bit of sass!

From what the government is doing, to what is the point of the Coalition - all covered by some of the smartest minds in Australian politics!

@amyremeikis.bsky.social @mikepbowers.bsky.social #auspol
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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 18h
And still people wonder why more women don't report sexual assault www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins
Former senator Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings in the Federal Court against her ex-staffer Brittany Higgins as she tries to recover damages awarded to her for defamation.
www.abc.net.au
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 12h
This is what the Israeli moral army calls good care.
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