Kate
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One of this year’s biggest elections that will fly under the radar is the United Workers Union elections.
Union elections are pretty lowkey unless you’re a member, but UWU’s Queensland influence and their reputation as the laboratory of the union movement makes this important for everyone.
Union elections are pretty lowkey unless you’re a member, but UWU’s Queensland influence and their reputation as the laboratory of the union movement makes this important for everyone.
Members First - Vote for a better UWU in the April 2026 union election
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January 29, 2026 at 8:19 AM
One of this year’s biggest elections that will fly under the radar is the United Workers Union elections.
Union elections are pretty lowkey unless you’re a member, but UWU’s Queensland influence and their reputation as the laboratory of the union movement makes this important for everyone.
Union elections are pretty lowkey unless you’re a member, but UWU’s Queensland influence and their reputation as the laboratory of the union movement makes this important for everyone.
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To be clear. This was an act of domestic terrorism. The reason it hasn't been declared as such, is that the intended victims are indigenous Australians.
Welcome to Western Australia.
To be clear. This was an act of domestic terrorism. The reason it hasn't been declared as such, is that the intended victims are indigenous Australians.
Welcome to Western Australia.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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To be clear. This was an act of domestic terrorism. The reason it hasn't been declared as such, is that the intended victims are indigenous Australians.
Welcome to Western Australia.
To be clear. This was an act of domestic terrorism. The reason it hasn't been declared as such, is that the intended victims are indigenous Australians.
Welcome to Western Australia.
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"After two years of Israeli attacks, more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one parent. A further 17,000 kids have lost both parents. Nearly 2,600 of those children have been registered as what is known as 'WCNSF', wounded child no surviving family"
Genocide.
Genocide.
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
"After two years of Israeli attacks, more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one parent. A further 17,000 kids have lost both parents. Nearly 2,600 of those children have been registered as what is known as 'WCNSF', wounded child no surviving family"
Genocide.
Genocide.
I can't manage a march today but the Invasion Day speeches were as inspiring as ever, and as I left the large crowd was still growing. The people who want truth, treaty and justice are far greater in number than the fascists.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I can't manage a march today but the Invasion Day speeches were as inspiring as ever, and as I left the large crowd was still growing. The people who want truth, treaty and justice are far greater in number than the fascists.
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See you all at the Invasion Day rally and march tomorrow, starting 11am at Parliament House on Spring Street. Come prepared for hot weather! ✊ 🖤🌕❤️
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 AM
See you all at the Invasion Day rally and march tomorrow, starting 11am at Parliament House on Spring Street. Come prepared for hot weather! ✊ 🖤🌕❤️
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via ABC Indigenous
'I shouldn't call this place home.
Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.'
'I shouldn't call this place home.
Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.'
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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'I shouldn't call this place home.
Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.'
'I shouldn't call this place home.
Warning: This video contain themes that may be distressing to viewers.'
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This morning, Israeli forces stormed a United Nations site: the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied #EastJerusalem.
“International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
“International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This morning, Israeli forces stormed a United Nations site: the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied #EastJerusalem.
“International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
“International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
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“If you ask a footballer how many concussions they have had, generally they will know," Dr Symons said. But, she said, when asking a survivor of family violence if they had had a concussion, the typical answer would be no.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The hidden injuries linked to memory changes in family violence survivors
An Australian-first study finds evidence of previously undetected, long-term cognitive changes in women more than six months after they experienced repeated concussions and strangulation during intima...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:18 AM
“If you ask a footballer how many concussions they have had, generally they will know," Dr Symons said. But, she said, when asking a survivor of family violence if they had had a concussion, the typical answer would be no.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Important call-out for O type blood donors. Make an appointment if you can: my.donateblood.com.au/app/utils/lo...
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Important call-out for O type blood donors. Make an appointment if you can: my.donateblood.com.au/app/utils/lo...
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
Libraries need librarians! Save the State Library
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Hands off our State Library!
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Libraries need librarians! Save the State Library
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‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in move criticised by human rights groups
Victoria police will have the power to conduct warrant-less pat-downs, search cars and move people on in Melbourne’s CBD for six months, in a move human rights and legal groups have described as a “vast overreach”.
Police on Tuesday declared the CBD, Docklands, Southbank, the sporting and entertainment precinct and parts of East Melbourne and South Melbourne as a “designated area” from Sunday, until 29 May 2026. Continue reading...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
@birdmichael.bsky.social went to Tassie, took a shit photo of a bird
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@birdmichael.bsky.social went to Tassie, took a shit photo of a bird
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I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
Developing guidelines for supervising Neurodivergent HDR students
redcap.unisq.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
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Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions.
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions.
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
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A Labor staffer mistakenly emailed the federal government’s full talking points on Israel, Palestine and Gaza to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Organisation.
Read them in full here:
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Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Australian government’s full talking points on Gaza accidentally sent to Palestinian advocacy group
Government notes reveal they won’t back Gaza hospital proposed by Dr Mohammed Mustafa
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October 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A Labor staffer mistakenly emailed the federal government’s full talking points on Israel, Palestine and Gaza to the Australia Palestine Advocacy Organisation.
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Read them in full here:
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
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UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.
Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.
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‘Stranded’ aged care or disability patients occupy up to one in 10 hospital beds in Australia, report finds
‘Stranded’ aged care or disability patients occupy up to one in 10 hospital beds in Australia, report finds
State and territory treasurers who commissioned the report say it shows need for federal government to pay bigger share of public hospital funding
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Up to one in 10 public hospital beds are taken by “stranded” patients awaiting alternative accommodation in aged care and supported disability accommodation, a new report shows – bolstering calls for more federal health funding.
The report on the drivers of public hospital costs was commissioned by state and territory treasurers to inform negotiations on the next national health reform agreement (NHRA) with the commonwealth government. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‘Stranded’ aged care or disability patients occupy up to one in 10 hospital beds in Australia, report finds
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The principle that "Every state has an obligation to prevent genocide wherever it occurs" must extend to state institutions too (eg Creative Aust, SLV, SLQ, etc etc) – not just for the sake of Gazans, but also to protect local institutions from their own executives' surrender to political pressure.
September 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The principle that "Every state has an obligation to prevent genocide wherever it occurs" must extend to state institutions too (eg Creative Aust, SLV, SLQ, etc etc) – not just for the sake of Gazans, but also to protect local institutions from their own executives' surrender to political pressure.
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"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024"
Chris Sidoti spells it out
Chris Sidoti spells it out
September 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. not to speak fine words, to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024"
Chris Sidoti spells it out
Chris Sidoti spells it out
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Big move from RTÉ regarding Eurovision 2026. Better late than never, and I'd suspect they won't be the only participating broadcaster choosing this stance. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Ireland may not contest Eurovision if Israel takes part
RTÉ has announced this lunchtime that it will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song contest "if the participation of Israel goes ahead."
www.rte.ie
September 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Big move from RTÉ regarding Eurovision 2026. Better late than never, and I'd suspect they won't be the only participating broadcaster choosing this stance. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...