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SAB @earthtree33.bsky.social · Jun 5

And just like the #LNP #COALition have moved away from their core values....

So have the #ALP betrayed their core base and platforms...

#CarmenLawrence nails it, calling the NWS decision for what it is...

'the betrayal'

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 6h

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 6h

Price is not someone to be taken seriously, but someone to be sat down with a cup of tea and a Xanax, with a "there, there".

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 6h

This is the way.
#Auspol

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 8h

Candace Owens: Australia’s high court backs government decision to deny visa to US rightwinger

Court supports home affairs minister’s 2024 decision to reject visa application for planned speaking tour on character grounds Australia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse far-right provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country. The full bench of the court ruled on Wednesday that the minister’s denial did not infringe an implied constitutional freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Let me be Frank @franksting.bsky.social · 10h

Meanwhile their ABC buried the lede: “MetLife, whose US parent company posted a US$4.5 billion profit last year”

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 12h

A terminal cancer patient is told her failure to declare a UTI has voided her insurance policies, leaving her struggling to pay her mortgage and care for her children in her final days.

Dying mother loses life insurance after failing to declare UTI tests

A terminal cancer patient is told her failure to declare a UTI has voided her insurance policies, leaving her struggling to pay her mortgage and care for her children in her final days.

www.abc.net.au

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 7h

There are no limits. There are no lines.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 1d

Timor-Leste just scrapped lifetime pensions for former parliamentarians after student-led protests.

But sure — protest doesn’t work.
#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

screenshot of ABC article. text captured says Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after student-led protests
Topic:Activism and Lobbying

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Friday 26 September
Police officers in the street usher crowds.
Police appeal to students to clear the road to await the result of the parliamentary vote. (AFP: Valentino Dariell de Sousa)

In short
Protests broke out last week in Timor-Leste, with thousands of demonstrators demanding parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers and lifetime pension for MPs and public officials.

Sixty-two members of parliament voted unanimously on Friday to pass a new law that scrapped the pensions for MPs, former presidents, prime ministers and cabinet ministers.

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 1d

Sources say their toys were also thrown from their cots.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

The news comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

Venezuela to close Norway embassy after opposition leader wins Nobel Prize

The news comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

AUDIO: One in seven Australians living in poverty: report www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

Very jarring how the media treats some lives as inherently and others not.

I am happy for hostages and their families to be reunited, but it’s shocking how little media attention is given to “how do Gazans grapple with the utter destruction of their homes, vast loss of lives, and ongoing famine.”

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Sep 12

🌡️ Fossil fuel giants and deadly heatwaves

A new study found that emissions from major oil companies directly caused dozens of extreme heatwaves worldwide, linking corporate pollution to deadly climate events.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#SciComm 🧪 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

www.theguardian.com

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 1d

Time for another First Dog on the Moon Spoken Cartoon! This time Tree Wars! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmhr...

Tree Wars!

YouTube video by firstdog onthemoon

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 1d

Think we need the @australiainstitute.org.au on the case with Australian biofuel plans expanding 🤦🏻🚨 @pollyjhemming.bsky.social

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 6d

Biofuels are a bad climate solution and a huge waste of land, food and millions in subsidies. Burning crops for fuel only pushes us further away from our climate goals.

But biofuel production is only growing across the planet.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Emissions linked to Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could lead to at least 480 deaths, research suggests

Scientists have examined the $16.5bn project’s climate impact and found it could expose more than half a million people to unprecedented heat * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Greenhouse emissions linked to a gas field being developed by Australian fossil fuel company Woodside could lead to the death of at least 480 people and expose more than half a million to unprecedented heat, new research suggests. Scientists from six universities have examined the climate impact of the $16.5bn Scarborough project, which is expected to start production off the northern Western Australian coast next year and could result in 876m tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere over three decades. Continue reading...

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 2d

This really highlights how negotiations between Israel and Palestine are negotiations between an occupier and an occupied people.

Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 2d

Israel raided prisoner family homes across five districts in the West Bank. www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...

Israel raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in deal

Families of captive Palestinians threatened not to celebrate release of family members following ceasefire deal

www.middleeasteye.net

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Fiction: Later, commentators will suggest the man was possessed. The gallery considers employing wandering psychiatrists to appraise visitor mental states. They will ask for his name. “Ivan,” he will say. “I must be Ivan.” satpa.pe/Y1gHlU4

The Terrible

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🎃 Lyse-Beast 🎃 @lyse.bsky.social · 1d

There may be universes where librarianship is considered a peaceful sort of occupation, and where the risks are limited to large volumes falling off shelves on to one’s head, but the keeper of a magic library is no job for the unwary.

- Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 4d

Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.

She said it all.

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GoughWhitlam'sGhost™️ @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 1d

Called it. He has no power over the #BabyKillerOfGazaPalestine

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli officials are openly defying Trump’s so-called Gaza “peace plan.” The defense minister says bombing will continue after hostages are returned and that Gaza’s tunnels will be destroyed “under U.S. supervision”. Call it what it is, it’s not peace, but a US backed siege.

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 2d

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...

This all bears repeating.
#LindaReynolds #auspol

A note on Linda Reynolds

A brief list of things that can be said about Linda Reynolds without defaming her…

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Hamish 💧🐚 @hamishoz.bsky.social · 2d

It’s worth reading minister Watt’s reasons for approving the NWS. The fact the gov would publish them without fear of them being unlawful tells you how broken Australia’s environment laws are.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Two legal challenges to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension filed on environmental and cultural grounds

Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art want Murray Watt’s decision to approve extension of gas plant in northern WA overturned * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two groups have filed separate legal challenges to the federal environment minister’s approval of Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, one of the world’s biggest liquified natural gas projects. The Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art have commenced federal court proceedings in a bid to have the decision overturned. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 2d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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Sontology @sontology.bsky.social · 2d

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