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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

That’s a good idea. The death of local
papers has been really bad for the ecosystem. Also left largely unwatched the level of government that is probably the most corrupt

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

It really does. It needs an ecosystem of a big enough reporting staff, and an outlet willing to take the risk to do it. Only a few outlets do it at scale in my view; old Fairfax papers and ABC. Legal costs/risk a big part of it.

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

Some people doing v good work as solo independent journos or part of small teams. But it’s so precarious and mostly lacks reach/impact. The reality is you still need scale and lot of money to do consistent public interest journalism

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve been to a lot of clubs the last few years. Nothing beats the cevapi the Albanians do at Dandenong Thunder. A 10/10

Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

Heidelberg souvas I’d give a 6/10. The team can beat half the A-League but could learn something from Northcote on souvas

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

That should be flare - but there was some flair on the ball too!

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10h

Went to Heidelberg v Marconi in the first game of the Championship yesterday. Quality game, good vibes (and the odd flair). Football has got to find a way to integrate the rich history of the old with the A-League. Economics of it are hard but some form of pro/rel football has to be the answer

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 16d

Look, they’ll always be the Brisbane Bears to me.

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 16d

Missed the first 20 minutes as I was on the wrong 7 channel ffs

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 16d

Amazing, but not surprising, that Australian media still report Netanyahu’s statements as if he’s a normal democratic leader and omitting from any context that he’s someone wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Surely relevant?

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 24

Nine ministers quit Dutch governement after they pushed for stronger sanctions against Israel. Includes deputy PM and foreign minister nltimes.nl/2025/08/23/n...

NSC ministers resign after Foreign Minister Veldkamp quits over blocked Israel sanctions

All ministers and state secretaries from Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC) resigned on Friday after Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp quit in protest over blocked sanctions against Israel, NOS reported.Veld...

nltimes.nl

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 20

Extraordinary turnaround in the Resolve poll. Vic Libs remain dysfunctional and basically unelectable www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

Allan rises from historic low, eyes unprecedented fourth Labor term

The results of the latest Resolve Political Monitor leave Victoria’s Liberal Party teetering towards a seventh defeat from eight elections.

www.theage.com.au

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is such a great achievement. Two games now from winning the thing

Semi-pro giant-killers pull off another upset against A-League team

Australian soccer’s giant-killers from Heidelberg United did not only topple another top-flight team on Tuesday night, they trounced them.

www.theage.com.au

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · Aug 14

Targeting journalists is a war crime.
As colleagues, we remember them.
meaa.io/45A4vZ5

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MEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · Aug 11

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 11

Reprehensible. ‘Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fantastic result. Endorses some terrific reporting by the excellent @charlottegrieve.bsky.social www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Complete vindication’: Nine wins defamation fight against high-profile surgeon

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has lost his lawsuit against Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes in the first major test of a new public interest defence.

www.theage.com.au

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Think tank accused of ‘retaliatory action’ after staffer complaint about high-profile director

Emilie Dye says the Centre for Independent Studies engaged in “retaliatory” action after she refused to sign a confidentiality agreement over an incident with Tom Switzer.

www.theage.com.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Jul 26

The scientific fraud case involving Professor Mark Smythe at QIMR Berghoffer stretches for years and covers hundreds of papers. Massive story by Liam Mannix www.theage.com.au/national/fol...

‘Follow the mice’: How whistleblowers, secret lab videos brought down top scientist

Staff were scared taking on the celebrated leader who’d won millions in government funding, but eventually, they had enough.

www.theage.com.au

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Jul 25

Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth

A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance

www.theguardian.com

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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · Jul 24

You can also read it here www.ap.org/the-definiti...

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Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · Jul 24

There’s not words to adequately describe these crimes

‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of death

More than 100 aid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation is growing desperate. But Israel denies blocking supplies to Gaza or that there is famine.

www.theage.com.au

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Dominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · Jul 21

I felt like the obituaries for John Stone neglected a significant part of his public life, so I put some old and new words together for @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/john-stone-p...

John Stone, political activist • Dominic Kelly

The former Treasury head was revealed as an arch-reactionary in his second career

insidestory.org.au

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · Jul 20

Remember that odd story before the election about a neurosurgeon tearing down Monique Ryan’s campaign corflute, talking about burying the body under concrete? I decided to investigate. Turns out that behaviour did not exist in a vacuum. Watch #4Corners 8.30pm, ABC TV. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

When video of this surgeon went viral, his colleagues were the least surprised

It took a viral video for Australia to see a side of a celebrated neurosurgeon that some of his colleagues and patients had known about for years.

www.abc.net.au

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