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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 17h

WA's flu season exceeds 30,000 cases as authorities blame low vaccination rates

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

WA records worst-ever flu season amid poor vaccination rates

Western Australia records its worst flu season on record, with more than 30,000 influenza cases reported this year.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Stephanie Dowrick @drstephaniedowrick.bsky.social · 18h

This is what UNBEARABLE agony looks like.
Who knows for what reason this poor man was taken hostage - along with 1000s of other Palestinians - but we can easily imagine how his torment is compounded on learning that his wife and CHILDREN were murdered by the same brute forces that held him captive.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Mosab Abu Toha—

"A Palestinian hostage who’s just been released was told his wife and children were slaughtered by Israel while he was held hostage.

"His youngest daughter was turning two years old on Oct 18, in five days.

"You will not see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT, WP, or other MSM outlets."

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

NSW ICAC was widely condemned by politicians & the media after they took just under 2yrs to conclude their investigation into Gladys Berejiklian’s corruption.

Is anyone condemning the NACC who after well OVER 2yrs is still investigating Robodebt? Why not? #auspol

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d

We're told the online age verification codes will prevent young people from seeing sexual or violent content but it's simply not true. Those searching in a logged out state can still search for this content.

Companies are going to be age checking all of us for nothing!

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

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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rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 2d

Before a strategy is discussed we have to identify clearly where the rot is. We need clear goals before we act. Where do we start? Maybe that would’ve been a better question to ask David.

rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 2d

Totally agree. It has to be comprehensive change and it will take organising and pressuring political and economic power.

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rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 2d

Great episode really puts clear that nothing will change until we eliminate the corrupting influence of money and lobby groups on the parliament and the media in Australia.

Hey Dave, can we have an episode to discuss what changes we need to get money out of media and politics?

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 3d

The Sunday Shot starts at 9am. Jo is enjoying a well deserved break, so it's me, @boganintel.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, and making her debut, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. So much to discuss. Join us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3d

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 3d

The trouble with capitalism is you run out of other people’s labor to exploit so they resort to colonialism and slavery to continue extracting profits

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3d

Entering the Anne Frank stage of the administration I see

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 4d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 5d

I know Jane Goodall was revered by many in the environment movement, but it is pretty clear that she also harboured many seriously problematic colonial attitudes.

The 'overpopulation' stuff in particular was pretty bad, and as a concept the conduit of plenty of serious wrongdoing over the years

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 6d

This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 6d

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.

Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 6d

“you don’t talk about Charlie enough…”

“no not like that…”

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 6d

To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter?

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NACC says: No comment.

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rdnyarvna.bsky.social @rdnyarvna.bsky.social · 7d

The NPC are npc’s.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 8d

Chantelle Al-Khouri reports on shocking violence/abuse by Israel on illegally detained Australians
“Head slammed into the ground”
“Held in a large cage with 80 other ppl” while Far Right MP Ben-Gvir “yelled at them”
“Forced to dance like a monkey naked”😳
Makes my blood boil🤬 #Abc

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 7d

I rang DFAT, seeking information about Dr Bianca Webb-Pullman, the doctor we interviewed a few weeks ago on The Shot from the Sumud Flotilla. Here's how that call went.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPfWiYg...

Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 8d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 8d

In March 2025, the median Australian taxpayer earned $55,619 per year.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 9d

Six heroic Aussies are inside a notorious Israeli prison, the same hellhole where Greta Thunberg was dragged by her hair and made to kiss the Israeli flag. Reports DFAT is scolding ppl on the phone that have called in. Your government is complicit. Free Palestine, Melbourne/Naarm

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 10d

Absolutely heinous.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10d

Larissa Waters says the govt must call on the Israel ambassador to “let those 6 Australians” who’ve been illegally detained by Israel from a flotilla “be free and come home” & that if the ambassador is not prepared to do that, he should be expelled.💥 #Abcinsiders

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