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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Israel lobbyists AJA promoting a real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.

#ASIC is inquiring
No response by AJA yet
@sstephanietrann.bsky.social @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social investigate
#auspol
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Israel lobby sells stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors - Michael West
The Australian Jewish Association is promoting an Israeli real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.
michaelwest.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“Approving new coal expansions in the middle of the hottest summer on record is indefensible climate vandalism,” said Greens Leader Senator Larissa Waters.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Ov6Lvz
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry & provides free education. Australia subsidises its fossil fuel industry & charges kids a fortune to go to university" – Dr Richard Denniss
February 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
At least 88 Palestinian hostages [whose identities are known] have been killed in israeli custody since the start of the genocide in Gaza
english.palinfo.com/news/2026/02...
PPS: 88 Palestinian prisoners martyred during Israeli genocide, rights groups say
At least 88 Palestinian prisoners whose identities are known have been martyred in Israeli custody since the start of the genocide in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
english.palinfo.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Now?
My @smh cartoon.
Two vignettes. 1. Isaac Herzog, President of Israel, with quote: “Now is not the time to recognise a Palestinian state.” 2. Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s Finance Minister, with quote (preceded by my words “…not while…”), “We’re deepening our roots in all parts of the land of Israel and burying the idea of a Palestinian state.”
February 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
ICYMI, cos the Albanese govt sure would like you to have missed the special carve out for the fossil fuel industry buried in Australia's new EPBC laws that @kirstyhowey.bsky.social exposes here
Excerpt from Dr Kirsty Howey's article on the special fossil fuel industry carve out hidden in Australia's new nature laws "Changes to the EPBC Act last year give Minister Murray Watt the power to declare that a wide range of offshore gas activities regulated by the offshore energy regulator, NOPSEMA, do not require approval under the EPBC Act if they are given an approval by NOPSEMA. There are some constraints on this power, but they are discretionary, subject to Ministerial satisfaction (ie a subjective test), and these bare protections are already looking alarmingly weak. Using this power would transfer significant and quite wide-ranging powers to Resources Minister Madeleine King to change the rules for regulation of the offshore gas industry, as long as there is such a declaration in place by the Environment Minister."
February 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Speaking on an Australia Institute webinar, Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz has urged the Australian Government to “follow the money” and start imposing a “a very, very high tax rate” on the country’s natural resources.

Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qEs0bO
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Groups like Advance "do not merely reflect public sentiment; they manufacture it, translating diffuse economic anxiety into targeted cultural grievance and providing the rhetorical templates that politicians then adopt."

And Albo's Labor is unable/unwilling to counter.

Essential reading from Tim.
timdunlop.bsky.social Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 12h
"The question is not whether Australia will experience an intensification of anti-immigration politics—it will. The question is whether any institutional or political force exists that is capable of arresting the slide."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
The next era of conservative politics will make John Howard look woke
(Angus) Taylorism is just another word for nothing left to lose
tdunlop.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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aljazeera.com
Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.
One year on, No Other Land co-director says Israeli attacks intensifying
Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal says his family was attacked despite an Israeli court ruling in their favour.
www.aljazeera.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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lucyham.bsky.social
Like Palantir, some of these corps have a big presence in Australia, profiting off making our country something ominous. Private prisons have a poor record. They show themselves incentivised 🤢 to donate to achieve worse policy than private prisons.

Don’t ignore the c-suites donating for ☠️
#Auspol
lucyham.bsky.social Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 11h
Lawyer & specialist journalist Dahlia Lithwick spoke this week to Andrea Pitzer about her investigation into the scale of what is becoming a concentration camp archipelago in the US. The only factor amenable to shame in this process is the c-suite. lucyham29.substack.com/p/american-d...
American Dachaus: corporate leaders are profiting off an abusive system they spent big to achieve
CEOs are part of the crisis of democracy. We must shame the people leading companies buying and sponsoring authoritarian policies.
lucyham29.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
The Australian govt hands out $26B per year in nature-harming subsidies

This represents ~4% of the total federal budget
Or twice as much as the federal govt invests in supporting government schools nationally
Or 25 times more than they spend on looking after nature

via @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
The Australian Government’s $26 billion per year nature-harming problem revealed by study | Biodiversity Council Australia
Groundbreaking research has uncovered that the Australian Government is providing $26 billion per year in financial support to activities that harm the nation's unique natural environment, known as bi...
biodiversitycouncil.org.au
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social’s #AUKUS narrative control last week.

On the hustings: Telling SA voters he’s spending billions on facilities in Adelaide.

In a federal Tribunal: Seeking secrecy orders over info on ☢️ waste facility locations.

The full story👇. #FOI #auspol
Submarine boasts, yet nuclear waste dumps submersed in secrecy - Michael West
SA Premier basks in the glory of a $3.9 billion shipyard downpayment, Federal Government is kicking the nuclear waste can down the road.
michaelwest.com.au
February 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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johnmenadue.com
Australia does not just have a weak opposition – it has a dangerous absence of scrutiny. Without effective challenge, secrecy grows, accountability fades and executive power goes unchecked, Jack Waterford writes.
#auspol #Democracy #Accountability #Parliament
A government without an effective opposition is a danger to democracy
The Coalition’s internal decay has left Australia without an effective opposition at a time when scrutiny, debate and accountability are more necessary than ever. The result is not just a party in trouble, but a democratic failure.
johnmenadue.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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paddymanning.bsky.social
Our RTI shows more Eastern Shore suburbs downwind of the Hobart zinc works have higher levels of lead in dust contamination than the EPA had suggested, including Lindisfarne, Rosny and Bellerive ... more to come on this one: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
'Unacceptably high': Concern over lead air pollution results over Hobart
High levels of lead contamination have been found in dust samples taken from suburban locations close to Nyrstar's Hobart zinc smelter, documents obtained by the ABC show.
www.abc.net.au
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
“The Beer excise raises more money than the PRRT”

LNP and Gas shills: yeah but what if we count the company tax of gas companies??!!!!

“Ok, what if we count the income tax of beer drinkers? What if we also count the GST paid on beer?”
February 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
A colleague reminded me this morning that Angus Taylor misled parliament in his very first speech in the building!
Text from Angus Taylor's first speech: "At the same time, we must protect our basic values and bedrock institutions. I first encountered political correctness as a student at Oxford. It was 1991, and a young Naomi Wolf lived a couple of doors down the corridor." Screenshot: Dear Angus Taylor ... let me remind you of our encounter at Oxford and why it matters Denise Meyer December 14, 2019 — 12:00am Dear Angus Taylor, When you say that you remember Naomi Wolf living a few doors down from you in Oxford 28 years ago, I wonder if you’re mythologising a much less glamorous encounter with a fellow female student – me? Naomi Wolf wasn’t at New College when you and I were fellow Rhodes Scholars there in the early 1990s. She had been there in the 1980s, but she was long gone by then, riding the wave of publicity for her book, The Beauty Myth. Newly arrived from the patriarchal colonies, I was avidly reading the bestseller at the time – I would have noticed if Wolf was living among us or had come back to visit. She did not.
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Atlas/Advance specifically set up by fossil fuel interests to push disinformation with the aim of shaping decisions by politicians and voters - according to Dr Jeremy Walker #auspol
deniseshrivell.bsky.social Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d
The Senate Inquiry into Climate Disinformation is on again today (& tomorrow) - starting at 9am with META.

Disinformation is at the heart of many of the issues we face so this inquiry is worth catching. Watch here - & full schedule below #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/Vwuqxfy...
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“You don’t need to be Indigenous to engage with First Nations mobs and our ancient, sustainable Law in the twenty-first century. You simply need to be a decent, mindful human who cares about your neighbours and the earth.” - Melissa Lucashenko

Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qA0trV
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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barbarapocock.bsky.social
Looks to me like the SA government has leased prime public land to Walker Corp at $1/yr for 100 years. Despite many requests, Labor refuses to hand over the figures on its dealings with Walker Corp, talking ‘commercial in confidence’. What does Labor not want us to know?
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Behind the $30B shipyard fanfare, officials are telling Tribunal to keep nuclear waste a secret. @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social is fighting the FOIs #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/submarine-bo...
Submarine boasts, yet nuclear waste dumps submersed in secrecy - Michael West
SA Premier basks in the glory of a $3.9 billion shipyard downpayment, Federal Government is kicking the nuclear waste can down the road.
michaelwest.com.au
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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nordacious.bsky.social
38 yrs after "Two Strong Hearts" was filmed in QLD, one of it's most memorable lyrics may soon be outlawed in the Sunshine State. Whilst it's still legal - here's Farnsey in full 80s mullet glory - and featuring the v naughty words 🍉🍉🍉 | Prints/tees: tinyurl.com/juudj7p6
Stylised pop art illustration of John Farnham in his signature 80s blonde mullet, smiling broadly against a summery blue background with palm trees. He holds a pink watermelon cocktail. The artwork includes the text “Two Strong Hearts, Reaching Out Forever Like A River To The Sea.”
February 14, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Shorter Dr Walker:
Advance floods the zone with shit. #auspol
strangerous.bsky.social stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d
Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol
February 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Israel Built An ‘AI Factory’ For War. It Unleashed It In Gaza.

jinsa.org/israel-built...
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Dr Jeremy Walker gives testimony about a vast network of fossil fuel funded think tanks both here & OS which push disinformation with the aim of influencing both politicians and voters - where the ultimate impact is ongoing extreme weather events and global heating #auspol
deniseshrivell.bsky.social Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d
The Senate Inquiry into Climate Disinformation is on again today (& tomorrow) - starting at 9am with META.

Disinformation is at the heart of many of the issues we face so this inquiry is worth catching. Watch here - & full schedule below #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/Vwuqxfy...
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Compulsory Zionist training for university staff is next step down Labor's road to authoritarianism. It's dangerous mind control writes Nick Riemer
#auspol

michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
Antisemitism training. Labor's march to authoritarianism - Michael West
State and Federal Labor governments are becoming authoritarian. Next in line is the thought police entering campus.
michaelwest.com.au
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM