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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · 3h

The men committing this genocide have names and faces. We will eventually find them all. Because they love to film thier crimes.

mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 49m

womensagenda.com.au/uncategorise...
Not happy Jan
Costs
Environmental damage
Deals with a lunatic

Deals done. Trump appeased. The cost of today's meeting of men

The cost will be paid now and for generations. As AUKUS remains and a new critical minerals pact is signed, promising to speed up investments.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 4h

Sussan Ley has lashed out at Kevin Rudd saying now that it’s clear that US President Trump doesn’t like him, she wants him immediately sacked.

How about taking Australia’s side for once in your life Sussan? Inexcusable, unelectable. #auspol

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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simulacron @simulacron.bsky.social · 20h

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Floki Snow @flokisnow.bsky.social · 11d

The duopoly are really getting aggressive in defending their vested interests and corruptions aren't they.

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 11d

Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20h

Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely according to new Australia Institute research.

‘Members of the public have a right to access government documents.'

- Skye Predavec, Researcher

@skyelark.bsky.social #auspol

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21h

Sally McManus calls out Sussan Ley for “not telling the truth” on multi employer bargaining & saying it’s bad for small business
McManus “Small bus is exempted from multi employer bargaining”
“either she doesn’t know her facts, but I would say it’s big business in her ear”🔥 #Abc

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 1d

Last Friday I appeared before a Senate committee to talk about the Commonwealth's proposed changes to FOI laws @withmeaa.bsky.social, in my capacity as a working freelance journalist. The changes copy FOI regimes at the state level -- two hours later, one of those states hit me with a charge:

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Screenshot of charges table requiring a payment of $1,508.80 for access to documents from a South Australian government agency.

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 20h

Babs @babsi.bsky.social · 20h

#Westbank #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide

#FreePalestine #HolocaustInPalestine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=icGZ...

Israeli settlers brutally attack Palestinian villagers during first olive harvest

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 20h

💥 "Lifestyle Choices would be a more accurate title for this purported defence of democracy, one that does not include Indigenous Australia in any meaningful way. It is intended to become the style manual for the March for Australia types..."
-Marcia Langton AO

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths | Marcia Langton

Former PM’s new book reads like a style manual for March for Australia types, weaving together evidence and myth, history and ideology

www.theguardian.com

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 20h

As PM Albanese joins his US counterpart to “sup from Trump’s lukewarm cranial soup”, John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social considers the long term threat of the Trumpist regime to Australia.

#auspol

"From cabinet secretaries to ski-masked goons, Trump’s built an army of criminally exposed hangers-on, all with one thing in common: they’re screwed if the music stops. So the music can’t stop. For anyone who stands to lose everything should his regime fall, the only logical conclusion must be that it can never fall. Signing onto a slow coup is like a pyramid scheme for guilt and moral cowardice."

John Birmingham
You want fries with that fascism?

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 20h

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 20h

Horrifying footage shows Israeli settlers from the terror Price-Tag group brutally attacking an American activist and Palestinian farmers yesterday in the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah.

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 21h

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 22h

It is grimly amusing that Australia’s second largest Defence acquisition deal ($46bn!) was referred to the NACC - for good reason - but the Commissioner won’t look at it bc he’s still a ranking ADF officer.
Readers will be astonished that this referral two yrs ago has yielded nothing yet.

BAE frigate deal referred to anti-corruption commission

Referral comes in same week the controversial procurement will face a second parliamentary hearing

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Bob @bobsully12.bsky.social · 20h

Bloody duopoly does not want to relinquish power.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Incoming laws would have blocked $8m in Climate 200 campaign donations

Climate 200 would have been blocked from making $8.34 million in donations to independent candidates if new election donation laws were in place at the 2025 poll.

www.abc.net.au

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Heath Ryan @heathryan16.bsky.social · 23h

I was in the occupied West Bank when rubber bullets were used against Palestinian children during the first intifada.

I never thought I'd see rubber bullets being used against protesters in the streets of Melbourne. Never in my wildest dreams.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Police minister defends use of rubber bullets on Melbourne protesters

Victoria's police minister backs the police response to protests in Melbourne's CBD on Sunday, when demonstrators were hit with rubber bullets and pepper spray.

www.abc.net.au

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 1d

So, right away I cancelled Spotify and discovered Apple Music. So much to choose from. Never again Spotify. Imagine making money out of racism, kidnapping, torture, illegal detention, deported into harms way, rape & all rights of reply and appeal stolen by ice thugs

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

The Guardian is reporting that since Israel and Hamas signed the ceasefire and full hostage exchange agreement, Israel has violated the ceasefire 47 times, killed 38 Palestinians, and wounded another 143 more.

Meanwhile Hamas has released all remaining hostages.

It Was Never About The Hostages.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.

A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

"What this Bill would do is make it harder and more expensive for Australians to get information from the government."

"FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse."

- Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac
#auspol @skyelark.bsky.social