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@mediaactive.bsky.social
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Former ABC broadcast journalist, presenter. Pioneered Australian *national* radio talkback on ABC Radio National. Podcaster: https://rss.com/podcasts/transitzone/ THEMES: DEMOCRACY/JOURNALISM FUTURES/INTERVIEWING/AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC/WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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WTAF is wrong with the @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social government? This is just a bridge way too far. We have excellent brains, analysts, policy designers right here in Australia. Why the #Tesla global chair? The conflict of interests alone? No. No. No. #innovation #research #auspol
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@albomp.bsky.social Government has appointed Robyn Denholm, global chair of #Tesla, to lead Australia's review of our research & innovation system, even as Tesla & her other business interests could stand to gain from the policies she's helping to design.” Insane. www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ec...
Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!
Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy
www.getup.org.au
mediaactive.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social Government has appointed Robyn Denholm, global chair of #Tesla, to lead Australia's review of our research & innovation system, even as Tesla & her other business interests could stand to gain from the policies she's helping to design.” Insane. www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ec...
Billionaire Hands off Public Policy!
Tesla's chair is in charge of our tech future - but it should be us shaping policy
www.getup.org.au
mediaactive.bsky.social
"’These people should recognize that maybe they’re not gonna get prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the #Trump administration because the statute of limitations would not have run out." #ICE (SS) #fascism www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...
JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.
www.newsweek.com
mediaactive.bsky.social
Are we looking at that strange situation where one crazy mistake as president of the #USA can bring you undone but countless fuck-ups don’t really matter? It’s just #Trump being his usual fuckwit self?
Yawn … #China #USA #fascism
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Tim Walz: "It's almost unimaginable that he's got Milei in there, giving him $20 billion, so that they can undercut us and China can buy their soybeans from them. And now China has learned they can replace our markets."
mediaactive.bsky.social
This has crossed over into a kind of surrealism? Blatant is as blatant does. #democracy #Epstein #Trump #GOP
adelitaforcongress.bsky.social
Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?
mediaactive.bsky.social
So very on brand for Scott Morrison. (He was once Australian Prime Minister.) #fossilfuels #auspol
crikey.com.au
Exclusive | Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce.
Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company
When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.
www.crikey.com.au
mediaactive.bsky.social
So far, it seems #Trump & #petehegseth will relish the situation with no #media #journalism coverage of the Pentagon except a lone far-right #MAGA #propaganda outfit. I suspect, if this is unresolved, certain investigative defence journos will dig deeper & tougher from outside the building. #fascism
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@npr.org … will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document, which warns that journalists may lose their press credentials for ‘soliciting’ even unclassified information from federal employees that has not been officially approved for release.” #freepress #USA www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
www.npr.org
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“Sometimes officials at the Pentagon would declare progress or success. Out in dusty combat outposts or on patrols, we would learn the truth was far more complicated.” Tensions between the military & #journalism have deep historical roots. #Trump #freepress #fascism www.amazon.com.au/First-Casual...
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@npr.org … will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document, which warns that journalists may lose their press credentials for ‘soliciting’ even unclassified information from federal employees that has not been officially approved for release.” #freepress #USA www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
www.npr.org
mediaactive.bsky.social
“Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.” Defending their citizens from the #USA federal government? #ICE (SS) #Trump #fascism
abcnews.go.com/US/los-angel...
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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“They referred to Black people as monkeys & ‘the watermelon people’ & mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies & driving them to suicide & lauded Republicans who they believed support #slavery.” #fascism www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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“Thousands of private messages reveal young #GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, #slavery & rape.” How surprising? #Trump #MAGA #fascism #racism www.politico.com
Politics, Policy, Political News - POLITICO
Nobody knows politics like POLITICO.
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“Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’”. No surprises there? A profoundly patriarchal society despite its history for a time veering otherwise. #China #XiJinping www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Xi directs quashing of Chinese feminists even as he praises advances at women’s conference
Chinese president is behind patriarchal turn in politics with activists silenced for ‘promoting gender antagonism’
www.theguardian.com
mediaactive.bsky.social
#USA “State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist”.“Celebrate” is #propaganda spin. In their own jurisdictions, citizens are fully entitled to comment upon #Kirk. #fascism #freespeech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
www.theguardian.com
mediaactive.bsky.social
Midst everything else, including rampaging #ICE (SS) lawless thugs across American “blue” states, #Trump, #petehegseth are mudering people, extra-judicially, off Venezuela. Not interdicting. If lawful arresting. Blowing to smithereens. No evidence. Just claims. #ruleoflaw #fascism
#dictatorship #USA
gtconway.bsky.social
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
mediaactive.bsky.social
“Repairing this damage requires a leader who respects scientific integrity & transparency, listens to experts & can restore trust to the federal health apparatus. Instead, Kennedy has become a driving force behind this crisis.” #Trump said he’d let #RFKJr “go wild”. See the results. Chaos. #fascism
mediaactive.bsky.social
“We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.” #Trump is unfurling his #fascism project & consolidating his #dictatorship in plain sight . #RFKJr is vandalising #USA #publichealth for generations. #fascism #democracy www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
mediaactive.bsky.social
“We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.” #Trump is unfurling his #fascism project & consolidating his #dictatorship in plain sight . #RFKJr is vandalising #USA #publichealth for generations. #fascism #democracy www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
www.washingtonpost.com
mediaactive.bsky.social
#AUKUS the zombie. But so many bucks to be made meanwhile? #auspol #Trump #USA #fascism
1earthmedia.bsky.social
#AUKUS is the new Coal & Gas for former parliamentarians jobs.

Chris Pyne, Joe Hockey, Dolly Downer, Joel Fitzgibbon, Kim Beazley, Julie Bishop, Andrew Robb, Sophie Mirabella, Amanda Vanstone, Mike Kelly, Brendan Nelson, Arthur Sinodinos, and of course, Scott Morrison are all arms dealers

#auspol
AUKUS: Revolving door, spiralling down – Arena
Critical * Radical * Australia * Earth
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