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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 27m

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse has initiated the Voices for Action project to hear from survivors and victims of CSA. They have an open format for people to share their views on what needs to change to prevent and respond to CSA. #ausmh

nationalcentre.org.au/voices-for-a...

Voices for Action Campaign - The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse

Voices for Action is a new campaign by the National Centre to hear directly from victims and survivors of child sexual abuse....Read More...

nationalcentre.org.au

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

the next time one of your friends or family or acquaintances brings up ANY of these, now you have the facts to show them it’s all only about hating us for being different

CALL THEM ON IT

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

there’s no problem with trans women in bathrooms

Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up

Empirical research shows bathroom predator concerns are baseless.

www.thepinknews.com

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

they’re not getting surgeries but cis kids (largely boys) ARE

www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/cis-...

Cis boys get gender-affirming surgeries more often than trans minors - LGBTQ Nation

The study flies in the face of right-wing talking points.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1h

reminder that continental critical minerals are not ours to give away - not for imaginary submarines, not for contemptible attempts at appeasing fascism - and Forrest is a top ten multi-generational coloniser.

overland.org.au/2025/10/colo...

Colonialism's new Gold Rush: how 80 per cent of Australia's critical mineral mines exploit Aboriginal land without true consent - Overland literary journal

This fight over the Pilbara mine is not an isolated spat — it hints at a much larger problem. A new study finds that nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous ...

overland.org.au

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Lenre @lenreli.bsky.social · 1h

Australia continuing to be a colonial outpost is so disgusting and rage-inducing. Labor and the Coalition both want us to be a place to be strip-mined with only lip service to the First Nations people we've been fucking over since the inception of Aus. #auspol

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 1h

Mining royalties: $27 billion.
Fossil fuel subsidies: $57 billion.
We literally pay billionaires to fuck up the planet.
#auspol #ClimateCrisis

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 1h

In Australia, over 1 million homes were recorded as unoccupied on the last Census night (≈10% of dwellings). At the same time, thousands of people are homeless. The mismatch isn’t a quirk, it’s a symptom of a system built for speculation.
#auspol #housing #homelessness

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 5h

“Nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous lands”.

For @copower.bsky.social, Noa Wynn examines the Yindjibarndi claim for damages to land and how green colonialism is repeating old injustices.

Colonialism's new Gold Rush: how 80 per cent of Australia's critical mineral mines exploit Aboriginal land without true consent - Overland literary journal

This fight over the Pilbara mine is not an isolated spat — it hints at a much larger problem. A new study finds that nearly four out of five of Australia’s critical mineral projects sit on Indigenous ...

overland.org.au

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

Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world, and the government has taken little action despite strong public support.

‘We know from the polling that we’ve conducted that the majority of Australians, about 75%, would support a ban on gambling advertising.’

- Morgan Harrington

#auspol

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 2h

This slow pivot towards a sort of budding global fascism has been wild and deeply unsettling to watch in real time

NPR @npr.org · 12h

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal. n.pr/4hlukkV

5 things to know about Sanae Takaichi, Japan's first female prime minister

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 8h

"The gas and oil lobby is just the latest beneficiary of EY’s ability to find whatever answer its clients are after."

Piece in the AFR citing analysis, commissioned by Climate Integrity, of EY's gas market 'modelling'.
www.afr.com/rear-window/...

EY’s history of curious reports for whoever is willing to pay

The gas and oil lobby is just the latest beneficiary of EY’s ability to find whatever answer its clients are after.

www.afr.com

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Voices of Bennelong @bennelongvotes.bsky.social · 2h

NSW is melting - and it's only October.

Meanwhile - the Albanese Labor Government is still approving new fossil fuel projects.

They are funding the fire.

Stop new coal and gas! #BennelongVotes #auspol

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 10h

Countries, including France and Russia, nationalised land that'd been hoarded by a handful of elites for centuries.

In Australia, 1% of people own more than 70% of the land. The same colonial families & corporations have held it since invasion, while millions can’t afford a place to live.
#auspol

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merekura.bsky.social @merekura.bsky.social · 9h

And when the USA empire collapses, will we follow, in allegiance? Seems we already are

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LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · 7h

The shame of Albanese and Murray Watt - #fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

@australianlabor.bsky.social Enviro Minister Murray Watt giving off humungous 'we are all looking for the guy who did this' energy

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MediaActive ▪️EQUALITY ▪️JUSTICE ▪️PEACE @mediaactive.bsky.social · 5h

💰“Analysis by @crikey.com.au & Open Politics of the parliament’s interest registers shows a group of MPs (or their partners) have placed bets on several Australian critical minerals companies that most people have likely never heard of”💰 #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/22/c...

Which politicians may benefit from the $13 billion minerals deal with the US?

Australia and the US have signed a landmark critical minerals deal worth billions. It's been a good time to be an investor in the lead-up.

www.crikey.com.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 4h

In the 1st term, Albo's gov spent ~15 mths on the unasked-for Nature Repair Market, kicked EPBC National Environmental Standards to "an unspecified date" & killed Plibersek's nature positive deal

End the neglect & vandalism

Join & share @envirojustice.bsky.social's call to DEMAND HIGH STANDARDS👇

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Chris McIntosh 🔵 @chris-mcintosh.bsky.social · 3h

Amy Remeikis: "It’s about moral clarity. You can’t be ‘objective’ about fascism. You can’t be ‘objective’ about genocide... You can’t be ‘objective’ about the climate crisis. You can tell the truth."

#auspol #journalism

Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 9h

The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the dire state of our press, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social

www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...

Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth

The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press

www.deepcutnews.com

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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · 3h

Labor govern for the winners of capitalism and watch the poor suffer and die #auspol

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20h

"Poverty has risen over the 3 years of a Labor govt, & people are dying. People are dying because they’re being left behind. They’re not able to afford to feed themselves properly or to attend to their health care –pple can’t afford to go to the doctor or to buy the meds their need to stay healthy."

💜 phonakins 🍉 @phonakins.com · 1d

Blogged yesterday

Content warnings – suicide, death, social murder

"We lost another community member.
Just sorting out my meds this morning, making sure I’m ready for another week. Looking after me so I can look after me and then look after others."

phonakins.com/2025/10/20/j...

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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 4h

It's 35C just now Northern Beaches of NSW, Australia. Fires, severe winds in the State. Temp. records broken since recordings began.
Who needs Halloween when the spectre of #climatechaos is already upon us? And the hell of more awaits us and future generations?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the norm

Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 2h

Straya!!! Albanese, Bowen and Watt helping break the world record. Go ALP.

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Dija @diaja.bsky.social · 2h

Australians really need to have a hard look at ourselves & understand that our political establishment is one that has facilitated Israel's genocide & which expects public praise for striking deals with a US admin that has deployed terror groups against its own people. They're ghouls. #auspol

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Laika L. Gagarin but YINGLET?! @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 4h

Im telling yall tooth problems are not fucking good, im telling you to please take care of them the best you can.

David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 5h

"In 20 years' time, you'll probably see our grandchildren & our great-grandchildren with every second tooth missing & we will just look like hillbilly rednecks." Gympie Deputy Mayor Dolly Jensen speaks out after council voted to remove fluoride from water. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'The Queensland smile' to live on as fluoride is removed from water

Many people would say the benefits of fluoride in water are clear but in this state it's often not there and there will be lasting health impacts.

www.abc.net.au

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3h

They are, sadly, huge scabs

Mel Campbell @incrediblemelk.bsky.social · 5h

It's been unbelievably disappointing to me to see filmmakers like George Miller and now Alex Proyas being so pro-AI. I see them as scabs

"The model for film-makers, who are the only people I really care about at the end of the day, is broken…"

maybe try caring more about other people, Proyas

Australian film-maker Alex Proyas: ‘broken’ movie industry needs to be rebuilt and ‘AI can help us do that’

Director of The Crow and I, Robot says technology will ‘streamline’ film industry workforce but will make projects easier and cheaper

www.theguardian.com

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