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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 2h

AFP investigates Lidia Thorpe’s claim she would ‘burn down’ Parliament House search.app/t9MiH

AFP investigates Lidia Thorpe’s claim she would ‘burn down’ Parliament House

Senator says her words at Melbourne pro-Gaza rally were ‘a metaphor’ and the reaction to them ‘mock outrage’ that distracts from Palestinian suffering

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 7h

None of this considers clinically vulnerable people and #COVID.
How can we mask? There is no recognition of airborne threat, security and facial scanning has been prioritised over biohazard risk.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Hour-long queues in Prague airport as EU entry-exit system comes into effect

Exclusive: Czech Republic vowed to introduce 100 per cent EES checks on day one

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 2h

I have to agree. We wreck everything for our own convenience.

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 7h

and there will be many more in quick succession. Climate change is real, and the results will be increasingly catastrophic.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ — Guardian Australia

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 11h

Consultation?
Or corporate capture?
Methinks the latter!
The incumbent @albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social Govt is hawking its proposed new environmental legislation to those who will be subject to it.
A gaggle not fit to govern
#auspol

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15h

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws

Tom Rabe
WA political correspondent
Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm

The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 16h

A chillingly accurate prediction!

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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 17h

As I predicted!

The United and Ununited States of America 2030

Robyn Dunphy’s dystopian fiction, published in February 2017, portrays the USA in 2030. Back then, we could only guess how accurate her vision might be, but in 2025, it’s clear her predictions are str...

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 16h

Sadly,your second point is bound to be true.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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Roseanne Byrne @roseannebyrne.bsky.social · 18h

Frankly I don’t care and there’s other choices like those in our own region. We’ve readjusted before successfully. See how we reacted to UK and the common market. And China is our major trading partner. America threatens that and threatens our security.

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Bruce from Canberra @officialbrucecbr.bsky.social · 1d

A POTUS who:

* Turns the military on his own citizens
* Authorities extrajudicial killings in foreign waters
* Initiates trade tariffs against allies
* Is a Russian asest

And you want to continue a close relationship with this grub.

You are not the ALP I know. Hang your head in shame #auspol

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Sista Cate Ruth ♿ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 20h

You should find better mates to hang with.
Trump is a felon and a dictator.
He has turned the military on his own people.
He's abusing his power to exact revenge against political opponents.
He ignores the US constitution and rule of law.
Australians overwhelmingly object.
Listen to your people.

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 1d

And there is no need for 6monthly cognitive tests in anyone who gets a ‘perfect score’…

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 1d

How to embarrassing for whoever that is standing next to trump, smiling at all that impossible maths on display on the board!

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Vorpal Wombat @vorpalwombat.bsky.social · 2d

When the perpetrator of genocide decides to not genocide as much, and shakes hands with their arms dealer, it's not a peace plan. Factor in the plans for developers, and you have end-stage capitalism; eradication for profit, then stealing the land to make more money off of. WTF

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 2d

Dear @senatorwong.bsky.social
Trump's US Govt funding of Israel's brutal occupation and ongoing genocide hardly qualifies him for receiving the #NobelPeacePrize. The Australian Labor Govt have zero principles, decency, humanity or credibility with obscene comments like this. 😠 #auspol #GazaGenocide

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 2d

What movie/AI video are they showing him??

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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 3d

IF there was ever a more poignant, sharply honed message to #Trump, his sycophantic minions, and to #MAGA… and a clarion call to the American proletariat…the following statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee (2025) is it.

Rise up #USA, and stop cowering to fascism!

#USpolitics #Fascism
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Kate-Eviva @kate-eviva.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely. Not sure how we can undo it and protect ourselves from really bad #politics dominating at the expense of good governance and addressing & adapting to reality. #auspol
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/this-shocking-deal-is-a-gross-betrayal-of-millions-of-voters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-shocking-deal-is-a-gross-betrayal-of-millions-of-voters #auspol

This shocking deal is a gross betrayal of millions of voters

I've been lucky enough to complete a few multi-day hikes overseas in the past few years. Every morning, I woke up in my tent with the feeling that

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 3d

When mask wearing is probably the singularly most effective means of preventing spread of Covid and other airborne diseases such as measles.

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA have gone crazy on FB about a mask mandate for Sonoma County medical facilities due to increased Covid. Maybe it will be survival of the fittest!

Mask mandates return to US state county amid warnings of increased risk of Covid

Masks will be required to enter certain facilities

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 3d

Or recognise the shape of a rhino… or count backwards by 7 for a sequence of two numbers; place the numbers correctly on a clock face…#MoCA Cognitive Test

Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 3d

Not getting a perfect score on the dementia test he took is a cause for concern 😂

Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 4d

Shameful. Preferring to putdiplomatic relations with Israel before Australian citizens. That the detainees had to rely on other countries for support is inacceptable, @albomp.bsky.social

Activist hits out at Australian government after being detained by Israel — ABC News

An Australian activist who was detained by Israel has accused the Australian government of not providing enough support, following allegations of mistreatment from Israeli authorities.

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