John Pollock
@karlcotton.bsky.social
Old lefty,Always learning from history and science. Traumatised adoptee and needs a haircut. In happy and long term relationship. No DMs please 🙏🏽 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Living on Gumbaynggirr country. Protect Gaia Born 317.73 Now 421.55
🌏 #auspol
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ABC article talks of Hong Kong's fear "that lives can be reduced to collateral in a system that no longer listens". Unlike here in Australia, where the government would never announce a major change in autism support without first having consulted a range of autistic people and groups.
#auspol
#auspol
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
ABC article talks of Hong Kong's fear "that lives can be reduced to collateral in a system that no longer listens". Unlike here in Australia, where the government would never announce a major change in autism support without first having consulted a range of autistic people and groups.
#auspol
#auspol
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ABC article talks of Hong Kong's fear "that lives can be reduced to collateral in a system that no longer listens". Unlike here in Australia, where the lives of Indigenous people are _definitely_ not reduced to collateral in a system of extractive colonialism.
#auspol
#auspol
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
ABC article talks of Hong Kong's fear "that lives can be reduced to collateral in a system that no longer listens". Unlike here in Australia, where the lives of Indigenous people are _definitely_ not reduced to collateral in a system of extractive colonialism.
#auspol
#auspol
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I swear if anyone seriously tries to claim that the ALP are progressive or even leftist by this point, they need to STFU.
Vic people need to stop voting in these authoritarian, neo-liberal corporate stooges.
#AusPol
Vic people need to stop voting in these authoritarian, neo-liberal corporate stooges.
#AusPol
Victoria police would get power to search children on the spot in proposed crackdown on protests
Human rights lawyer says the government’s bill seeking to expand search powers in designated areas is ‘incredibly concerning’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I swear if anyone seriously tries to claim that the ALP are progressive or even leftist by this point, they need to STFU.
Vic people need to stop voting in these authoritarian, neo-liberal corporate stooges.
#AusPol
Vic people need to stop voting in these authoritarian, neo-liberal corporate stooges.
#AusPol
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Ummmm hells no!!! WTAF?! @auspol.info @albomp.bsky.social this is unacceptable on so many levels and would set a precedent #victorianpolitics #auspol #abuseofpower
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Ummmm hells no!!! WTAF?! @auspol.info @albomp.bsky.social this is unacceptable on so many levels and would set a precedent #victorianpolitics #auspol #abuseofpower
Well that’s nice then…
What a disgusting world we live in.
#fuckcapitalism
#endarmssales
#usbasesoutnow
#auspol
What a disgusting world we live in.
#fuckcapitalism
#endarmssales
#usbasesoutnow
#auspol
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Well that’s nice then…
What a disgusting world we live in.
#fuckcapitalism
#endarmssales
#usbasesoutnow
#auspol
What a disgusting world we live in.
#fuckcapitalism
#endarmssales
#usbasesoutnow
#auspol
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The Govt is shifting the deck chairs on the Titanic. This bureaucratic shuffle will be used by @albomp.bsky.social and Richard Marles to dodge responsibility for procurement problems for the rest of this parliamentary term, and probably the next as well. #JustAboutPolitics #auspol
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Govt is shifting the deck chairs on the Titanic. This bureaucratic shuffle will be used by @albomp.bsky.social and Richard Marles to dodge responsibility for procurement problems for the rest of this parliamentary term, and probably the next as well. #JustAboutPolitics #auspol
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The Australian government's "inaction in the face of the ICJ ruling is the ultimate politicisation, sending a clear message that the protection of humanitarian personnel depends on the identity of the perpetrator." #GazaGenocide #WestBank #hypocrisy #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Australia’s selective justice on international law is indefensible
Australia has pledged to uphold humanitarian law and protect aid workers. But in the face of an ICJ ruling on Gaza, its own anti-terror and accountability laws remain selectively unenforced.
johnmenadue.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Australian government's "inaction in the face of the ICJ ruling is the ultimate politicisation, sending a clear message that the protection of humanitarian personnel depends on the identity of the perpetrator." #GazaGenocide #WestBank #hypocrisy #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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The Govt bought the land for between $4M and $10M and then sold it back to the seller for $1.27M. It refuses to tell the public (via #FOI) or the Senate (via questions on notice) the purchase price. Maladministration, or something more sinister? #auspol
Follow the money. A radioactive farce of failed land purchases - Michael West
The Federal Government is refusing to release any details of the land purchase for radioactive waste management.
michaelwest.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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PREACH
Fossil-fuel companies didn’t just respond to demand they spent decades creating it. They pushed governments to build highways, pipelines, gas systems, and car-dependent cities, locking society into fossil use. Through lobbying they secured subsidies, blocked clean-energy policies,
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
PREACH
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"They come here by boat to make me sound like I don't have actual policies" chaser.com.au/national/pau...
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"They come here by boat to make me sound like I don't have actual policies" chaser.com.au/national/pau...
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“In 1944, Kriegsmarine Captain Heinz-Wilhelm Eck ordered the shooting of shipwrecked survivors at sea after his U-boat sank SS Peleus.
In 1945, he was charged with war crimes at the extension of the Nuremberg trials in Hamburg.
He was found guilty and executed by firing squad.”
- 🇨🇦 Policy Hawk
In 1945, he was charged with war crimes at the extension of the Nuremberg trials in Hamburg.
He was found guilty and executed by firing squad.”
- 🇨🇦 Policy Hawk
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
“In 1944, Kriegsmarine Captain Heinz-Wilhelm Eck ordered the shooting of shipwrecked survivors at sea after his U-boat sank SS Peleus.
In 1945, he was charged with war crimes at the extension of the Nuremberg trials in Hamburg.
He was found guilty and executed by firing squad.”
- 🇨🇦 Policy Hawk
In 1945, he was charged with war crimes at the extension of the Nuremberg trials in Hamburg.
He was found guilty and executed by firing squad.”
- 🇨🇦 Policy Hawk
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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“everything is on the table” says Richard Marles.
Everything except what really matters;
the outrageous spending on the dangerous and deluded #AUKUS deal. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Everything except what really matters;
the outrageous spending on the dangerous and deluded #AUKUS deal. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Labor to announce major defence shake-up in bid to stop cost blowouts; ‘unusually prolonged flu season’ in NSW
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“everything is on the table” says Richard Marles.
Everything except what really matters;
the outrageous spending on the dangerous and deluded #AUKUS deal. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Everything except what really matters;
the outrageous spending on the dangerous and deluded #AUKUS deal. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sulaeman - Gendu [Indonesia, Folk/Hindustani] (1975) Recorded for cultural preservation with aid from University of Jakarta. Very relaxing!
https://redd.it/ggpl5x
https://youtu.be/V7n9ilu_ACU
https://redd.it/ggpl5x
https://youtu.be/V7n9ilu_ACU
Sulaeman - Gendu [Indonesia, Folk/Hindustani] (1975) Recorded for cultural preservation with aid from University of Jakarta. Very relaxing!
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Sulaeman - Gendu [Indonesia, Folk/Hindustani] (1975) Recorded for cultural preservation with aid from University of Jakarta. Very relaxing!
https://redd.it/ggpl5x
https://youtu.be/V7n9ilu_ACU
https://redd.it/ggpl5x
https://youtu.be/V7n9ilu_ACU
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Malcolm Roberts Q backfires after asking CCA Chair Matt Kean if he still stands by a former claim he made that 53% of the world is signed to Net Zero, now that USA/others are out
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Malcolm Roberts Q backfires after asking CCA Chair Matt Kean if he still stands by a former claim he made that 53% of the world is signed to Net Zero, now that USA/others are out
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
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Blistering response by the Australia's Jewish diaspora to the Segal Report.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon
Nine Jewish organisations have labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.
theklaxon.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Blistering response by the Australia's Jewish diaspora to the Segal Report.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
Albanese and Segal should be sacked.
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
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Remember The Great “Antisemitism Crimewave”?
Well It Was Not Motivated by Prejudice Towards Jews.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-gre...
Well It Was Not Motivated by Prejudice Towards Jews.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-gre...
The Great “Antisemitism Crimewave” Was Not Motivated by Prejudice Towards Jews
The courts continue to dispel the politically motivated myth that the supposed 2024-25 “antisemitic crimewave” was motivated by prejudice towards Jewish people.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Remember The Great “Antisemitism Crimewave”?
Well It Was Not Motivated by Prejudice Towards Jews.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-gre...
Well It Was Not Motivated by Prejudice Towards Jews.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-gre...
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The Wunna Nyiyaparli Have Been Stripped of Roy Hill Native Title Rights Based on Void Documents.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-wun...
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-wun...
The Wunna Nyiyaparli Have Been Stripped of Roy Hill Native Title Rights Based on Void Documents
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s company used illegitimate and unregistered documents to secure exploration rights and ensure traditional rights holders are denied access to their lands.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The Wunna Nyiyaparli Have Been Stripped of Roy Hill Native Title Rights Based on Void Documents.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-wun...
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-wun...
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So really our ‘tough on youth’ #political debate in both #federal and #state #parliaments is mostly running on #media disinformation. Might be time to attend to the systemic disadvantage of #youth.
#poverty
#homeless
#hungry
#climate
#auspol
#poverty
#homeless
#hungry
#climate
#auspol
"not only have we seen a drop in youth offenders overall, but all states and territories show a significant and sustained drop"
Policy development in Australia:
ignore the evidence, follow tabloid media, and lock up more black kids. #racism #auspol
theconversation.com/is-australia...
Policy development in Australia:
ignore the evidence, follow tabloid media, and lock up more black kids. #racism #auspol
theconversation.com/is-australia...
Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say
State governments across the country have brought in harsher laws to deal with youth crime in recent years. But do the stats justify the punitive measures?
theconversation.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Freshwater polling for Vic (state) in the Herald Sun. The good news is the report isn't by James Campbell but the bad news is it STILL DOES NOT REPORT ANY PRIMARIES BAR THE MAJORS. AAARRGGGH DELETE YOUR "NEWSPAPER".
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Freshwater polling for Vic (state) in the Herald Sun. The good news is the report isn't by James Campbell but the bad news is it STILL DOES NOT REPORT ANY PRIMARIES BAR THE MAJORS. AAARRGGGH DELETE YOUR "NEWSPAPER".
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