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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 19d

A dislodged piece of shell signals we have hatching action at #367Collins. 🐣🥚🥚 #PeregrineFalcons
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 18d

Corruption really does pay 😡

Gladys Berejiklian was found by ICAC in 2023 to have engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”

On top of her $1 million a year Optus salary, she now gets a taxpayer-funded annual pension of $200,000 for life!
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw... #auspol #abc730

Corrupt? No big deal, Gladys. Collect a $200,000-a-year pension as you pass go

While ever Gladys Berejiklian is handed $200,000 a year for life, state MPs should go easy on lecturing the public about budgets and tough fiscal decisions

www.smh.com.au

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Last nights #AustralianStory shines a spotlight on Astrid Jorgensen,the woman behind #PubChoir,whose unusual path to the stage has been anything but straightforward.
Astrid's changing our world 1 song @ a time #Playing4Change
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Astrid Jorgensen bares her untold journey on AUSTRALIAN STORY tonight

Australian Story tonight profiles Astrid Jorgensen, the powerhouse behind Pub Choir who turned setbacks into a global singing movement.

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 20d

Indigenous elders and native title holders say they feel “sick” and “distressed” as the South Australian government considers disturbing a significant ceremonial and burial site to upgrade a golf course for the Saudi-backed LIV tournament.
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‘Wouldn’t knock down Adelaide cathedral’: outrage as golf course upgrade for Saudi-backed LIV tournament threatens burial site

Course upgrade has not been finalised but SA government admits bones in Indigenous site may be disturbed

www.theguardian.com

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Jenny Forster @jennyjforster.bsky.social · 19d

SYDNEY ANTI-AUKUS COALITION
MEDIA RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

Anti-war group condemns Richard Marles’ $12 billion US nuclear submarine base announcement for WA
On the 4thanniversary of Labor’s decision to carry on with Scott Morrison’s AUKUS fiasco, the Albanese Labor government announced $12 B.

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Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · 19d

Today’s ABC report shows fossil fuel interests are spreading misinformation to delay climate action. From fake studies to AI content, the risks to trust and democracy are real. I’ve called for truth in political advertisement for years. We need legislation before the next election.

#AusPol

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 19d

Kylie Soanes is an urban ecologist on a mission prove nature belongs in our cities
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

We need more housing, but Kylie says nature belongs in cities too

Kylie Soanes says urban development should not come at the expense of nature and there's no reason why we should not spot a fairy wren on the way to the bus stop.

www.abc.net.au

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · Sep 17

#4corners exposes just how morally bankrupt the Liberals are to cosy up to a rich cult for power.

Big Brethren: Former members of the cult Exclusive Brethren speak about the abuse, surveillance and intimidation and Liberal party takeover.
iview.abc.net.au/show/four-co... #auspol

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · Sep 10

Jacinta Price refuses to publicly back Sussan Ley’s leadership sharpening the knives.

Ley has no choice now but to sack her. #auspol #abc730

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Sign the petition calling for a National Firearms Register – a reform first pledged in 1996 that is critical to preventing future tragedies in Australia.

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✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register

Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 3

Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot

By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Study “…found the wool from sheep grazing under solar panels was stronger and grew faster. Scientists attribute this to the year-round nutrition provided by the vegetation growing in the micro-habitats created by the shade of solar panels.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 27

From sheep growing better wool under solar panels to matcha prices soaring with the heat: here’s this week’s surprising mix of climate news, and something you can do about it today!

Solar panels lead to better...wool?

Sheep and solar panels, our favorite foods at risk, and how to find climate-friendly rebates

www.talkingclimate.ca

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · Aug 20

Voices arguing that climate action is a waste of time are getting louder. Here’s why they are wrong
Adam Morton
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Voices arguing that climate action is a waste of time are getting louder. Here’s why they are wrong | Clear Air

Optimism may be hard to come by, but the evidence shows some progress on emissions is not just possible – it’s happening before our eyes

www.theguardian.com

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our week: Nannas face charges for locking on to logging machinery in a NSW forest and we’ve begun an investigation on climate change misinformation and disinformation for a submission to a Senate Committee. How’s ur retirement going? 🧶 knittingnannas.org/2025/08/19/n...

Nanna News 18 August 2025

Magistrate recognises that Nannas’ motivation in engaging in civil disobedience was altruism, Newcastle Council approves the 2025 People’s Blockade, Nannas start collecting evidence of disinf…

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · Aug 14

“This grass is old, tired, exhausted.” — Trump Declares Lawn Emergency at the Kennedy Center

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gwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · Aug 15

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If this's approved, it's another @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social #ClimateCrime
There's no studies on the environmental impact of a dramatic increase in land clearing,or the impact of 10sof1000s of B-Double truck movements traveling the 1200km round trip from near Cobar.
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Hunter Valley residents want to see sunsets again, not a coal plant rebooted as a “wood incinerator”

Hunter Valley residents tell a public hearing they have had enough of energy plants that burn things to generate electricity and the environmental and health impacts they continue to inflict on the…

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...

Sanctions, Recognition & Peace for Palestine

We call for an end to the occupation of Palestine and a just and sustainable peace in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, including the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of I...

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Environmental campaigner Peter Elzer is walking fromCoffs Harbour to Sydney dressed in a koala suit, to demand that @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social & the NSW Gov honour its 2023 commitment to establish the Great #Koala National Park on the Mid Nth Coast.

#KoaLaManWalk
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Man Walks from Coffs Harbour to Sydney via Newcastle in Bid for Koala Habitat - 2NURFM

Environmental campaigner Peter Elzer is walking from Coffs Harbour to Sydney dressed in a koala suit, to demand the NSW...

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · Aug 10

“U.S. troops get homes fast, while Australians face a housing crisis.”

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Why Labor Housing Priorities Are Deeply Misguided

Labor housing priorities. are misguided and reveal a shocking truth: U.S. troops get homes fast, while Australians face a housing crisis. Here's why it matters.

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Christine Milne @christinemilne.bsky.social · Aug 5

Fed Govt promised Nyrstar $50m and Tas Govt $20million for electrolysis plant in Hobart in 2022. Now money is being repurposed for feasibility studies into critical mineral production with extra $7.5m and $2.5m thrown in. What happened to electrolysis plant? Govts being gamed. @reneweconomy.com.au

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · Aug 5

Son of holocaust survivor & Human rights activist Kenneth Roth has slammed Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal’s report as “completely counterproductive” & says she uses a definition of antisemitism that’s “used over & over as an excuse to suppress legitimate criticism of Israel”💥 #Abc730

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · Aug 5

A 20 strong flock of 👵🧶‘s assembled outside NSW Parliament House today for our annual “Welcome Back Pollies” event. Thanks to #Climate #Forest #Rivers #Koalas guests including @suehigginson.bsky.social
We also heard the latest on Sydney’s new Koala Park with Saul Deane from Save Sydney’s Koalas! 🧵

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Hey @albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social the people have overwhelmingly put their bodies on the line, & say it's time to #FreePalestine ,expel the #IsraelAmbassador , & declare support for a #PalestinianState as a matter of urgency, bc #IsraelTerroristState

#MarchforHumanity

Madre Swift Justice @madreswiftjustice.bsky.social · Aug 3

Big turnout for Sydney Harbour Bridge March for Palestine looks to be happening despite bad weather. Well done Sydney. #FreePalestine

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Aug 3

#GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity #AlboAndWongAreFucked #ChrisMinnsIsFucked

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