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Cultural festival brings Aboriginal community together after conflict

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 1d

Bringing the community together #INDIGENOUS

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Traditional owners of the remote NT Aboriginal community of Wadeye say the community has been brought "together as one family" at this year's Yidiyi cultural festival.

'Felt so sickened': Teen's final message to health service met with silence

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 1d

Teenager who died by suicide sent final message to Gold Coast health service, but it went unanswered #MentalHealthMatters

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The ABC has uncovered the case as part of an examination of Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service's treatment of mental health patients and their suicides.

Gellung Warl and other Victorian Aboriginal words part of Australia's first Treaty

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 2d

Gellung Warl' and other Victorian Aboriginal words that are part of Australia's first Treaty #INDIGENOUS
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Victoria's first Treaty with First Peoples' was debated in state parliament last week. The Treaty introduces some Victorian Aboriginal words you may not have heard before — here's how to say them and ...

Queer Sydney mural removed from police station just days after going up

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 2d

Too much for the Surry Hills Police #art #police
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The artwork, Queer Sydney: A History, was hung at Surry Hills Police Station, metres from where the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held.

The epic story of Australia and its first peoples — like you've never seen it

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 2d

Deeptime stories of Australia #history #INDIGENOUS
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The story of Australia and its peoples is vast and deep. It's one you should know, but possibly one you've never been told. Well, not like this anyway.

Sculpture by the Sea 2025: from troubled waters to Bondi beach – in pictures

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 3d

So should they go and ask the next guy in the pub instead. Of course they will go where the power is so they can get an answer.

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 3d

Dom Knight on ABC Radio Sydney spent several hours this morning talking about Sculpture by the Sea and interviewing artists , sculptors and visitors. Only the ABC would do this . #art

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The world’s largest free-to-the-public sculpture exhibition is on again along Sydney’s Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk after surviving a funding shortfall

Bangladesh rolls out typhoid immunisation drive for 50 million children

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 8d

A vital campaign in Bangladesh " Nurjahan Begum, said it was “shameful” that children still die from typhoid in Bangladesh. She expressed hope that the country would defeat the disease as it did diarrhoea and night blindness." #vaccination #vaccines #DrNeilStone
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

The campaign aims to protect the children from the drug-resistant disease spreading across South Asia.

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 8d

I have seen this happen a number of times recently. There are good people among us. #costofliving #Kindness
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The kindness of strangers: a woman paid for my groceries when I couldn’t

I was trying to move money over quickly but the banking app was down. Plus, I had a toddler and a baby with me, and one had started screaming

Thousands join pro-Palestinian rallies in towns and cities amid ceasefire

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 8d

Successful rallies yesterday all over Australia #Protests
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The rallies in cities and towns dubbed the Nationwide Rally for Palestine come less than a week after the second anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack.

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 8d

This is the Four Corners where John Lyons got a mouthful from Trump for daring to ask about Trump's financial matters. #mediawatch

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Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 9d

Boycotting Israel goes mainstream #Israel

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life? | Arwa Mahdawi

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 9d

Fox News is creepy. Full stop .
Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?
Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters’s claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy #mediawatch
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Even his colleague has dubbed Jesse Watters’s claim about Ocasio-Cortez and Stephen Miller ‘creepy’

Mango the muster cat the outback's unlikely influencer

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 9d

Mango the muster cat draws attention to western Queensland's ongoing recovery #cats

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Raised alongside working dogs, Mango isn't your average feline and comes complete with his own Facebook page, loyal followers and fan mail.

When 4yo Zyan was in pain, a blue knitted octopus kept him calm

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 9d

Knitting to help keep kids in hospital in Canberra calm #Healthcare

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More than 6,000 gifts are made each year by the charity Good Omen Goodeze. For patients like Zyan, these knitted toys are more than fun — they’re therapeutic.

Benjamin Netanyahu booed as massive crowd gathers in Tel Aviv

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 9d

Netanyahu booed in Hostages Square as Witkoff and Jared Kushner speak #Israel #peace #hostages
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Thousands of Israelis have gathered in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, where US envoy Steve Witkoff spoke to the crowd in anticipation of the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

The Australian POWs who became double agents and uncovered genocidal plans

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 10d

When Australians fought with the partisans in WW2 #History
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It started a researcher down a rabbit hole "beyond anything anyone could ever dream up", involving deception, double agents, secret names and plans for a genocide.

Palestinians walk on foot to their homes in north Gaza as ceasefire begins

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 10d

From here on I will take each day as it comes. Today is a ceasefire day. May it hold. I wish them well #GazaCeasefire
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Thousands of Palestinians sheltering in southern Gaza rush to the north, hopeful the ceasefire will hold long enough for them to return home.

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 10d

Evidence for the safety and effectiveness of breaking up the MMR doesnt exist #vaccines #vaccination #DrNeilStone
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 11d

“‘Someone’ cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second,” Bray posted on Bluesky social media. “We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’” #Antifa
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Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

Indonesia urges respect for its sovereignty after Australia-PNG defence treaty

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 11d

So what about the West Papuans?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The landmark agreement commits both countries to "meet the common danger" in the event of an armed attack on either. With that, questions have been raised about Australia's role if the conflict in Wes...

Breaking: NSW court rules in police's favour over planned Sydney Opera House march

Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 12d

Court rules in favour of police over OH gathering..."The highest court in NSW has made a prohibition order over a planned pro-Palestinian march to the Sydney Opera House on Sunday after police opposed the event on safety grounds." #protests

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The Palestine Action Group had expected 40,000 people to attend the rally on Sunday.

Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in quantum mechanics

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13d

Trump and Republicans' failure to fix the healthcare crisis hits Americans in red states hardest, per new @kff.org report.
🔴 More than 3 in 4 people with ACA healthcare plans live in states Trump won
🔴 80% of premium tax credits went to people in Trump-won states

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Jenny Haines @jennyhain.bsky.social · 13d

The winners of the Nobel for Medicine were on a camping trip and couldnt be contacted by the Nobel Committee #NobelPrize
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Three scientists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit".