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Freelance law librarian, M.Litt.(Peace Studies)
Unceded country, NSW, Australia
Federal electorate: New England
State electorate: Northern Tablelands.
Anti-war, anti-fascist. Not anti-semitic, not Islamophobic
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Barnaby, it's time to go | New England Times share.google/0RO8hMFi2OLv...
Barnaby, it's time to go | New England Times
The latest New England Times Engage Poll has found that Barnaby Joyce has chosen the right time to move on, with New Englanders grateful for his service, but not wanting him to change his mind and con...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Tony Windsor on X: "Will the Predator become the prey of the red back or will he stay faithful to the black widow with the big hat or is the wagyu the symbol of a mutual arrangement." / X
Will the Predator become the prey of the red back or will he stay faithful to the black widow with the big hat or is the wagyu the symbol of a mutual arrangement.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Tony Windsor:

“Next to no infrastructure has been built in New England electorate in the past decade, other than the ill-thought-out relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to Armidale.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22029/...
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
Barnaby Joyce has always talked a story about himself bigger than the brim on his Hopalong Cassidy hat. He is a one-man plot line, but his achievements for the people he professes to represent are sli...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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“Barnaby Joyce is a one-man plotline,” writes Tony Windsor. “His achievements for the people he professes to represent are slim to infinitesimal. Even Joyce’s former campaign manager, Russell Webb, told local television, ‘Barnaby can’t get anything done.’” satpa.pe/7ely4uX
What is the purpose of Barnaby Joyce?
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November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New England can’t accept being one of NSW’s worst places for domestic violence - New England Times Engage share.google/QoQwoqP3GG04...
New England can’t accept being one of NSW’s worst places for domestic violence - New England Times Engage
Dean Foley writes that in the New England, we don’t need a campaign to remind us that violence is a problem.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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If you weren't already convinced of what complict scum our entire political class is
Labor and LNP voting against a motion to recognise Israel's genocide in Gaza
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Australia, International Law and Armed Conflict: What are our obligations?
Lectures by two international experts on Australia and NSW's commitments under international law in relation to armed conflict, with questions at the end.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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COP30: Climate Deal Excludes Fossil Fuel Phaseout; Wealthy Nations Put Burden on “Backs of the Poor”
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out wha...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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COP30: Climate Deal Excludes Fossil Fuel Phaseout; Wealthy Nations Put Burden on “Backs of the Poor”
Global negotiations at the annual U.N. climate summit ended Saturday in Belém, Brazil, with a watered-down agreement that does not even mention fossil fuels, let alone offer a roadmap to phase out wha...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Wilcox being brilliant again. What a woman.
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Greens will support environment reforms in exchange for amendments for new protections for Native Forests, exclude coal and gas from fast-track | Australian Greens share.google/xh6JPGLBx7fl...
Greens will support environment reforms in exchange for amendments for new protections for Native Forests, exclude coal and gas from fast-track | The Australian Greens
The Greens have negotiated significant wins to protect forests and stop Labor’s fast-track for coal and gas; and with the EPBC now better than the status quo, will support the passage of the package t...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system
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November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Australia’s Future Fund has increased its investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, by over 600%. While hiding behind “administrative compliance”, Australian public wealth profits from genocide"
Militarised Futures - Green Agenda share.google/BWxXDISHuVBJ...
Militarised Futures - Green Agenda
Australia’s Future Fund has increased its investments in Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, by over 600%. While hiding behind “administrative compliance”, Australian public wealth p...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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How the Trump administration tried to sell Ukraine a diplomatic debacle
Once again, Trump has proven he is more interested in long-term deals with autocrats than achieving just and lasting resolutions to security crises.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Exploring the new BOM web-site, I found this interesting section:

Indigenous culture and seasonal knowledge | The Bureau of Meteorology share.google/SweeBtpHP2Cj...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's an idea : Organize an impressive sounding summit for Trump, Netanyahu and Putin to get together - on Jeffrey Epstein's island - and just leave them there - alone except for each other.
There would be hidden cameras broadcasting on Youtube, so we could see who kills whom first.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Own it, and we will end it: Our women are leading t... | National Indigenous Times share.google/IgNHg0d8kLj3...
Own it, and we will end it: Our women are leading the way to eliminate cervical cancer
Cervical cancer elimination is not a distant goal; it is happening now, in our clinics, our communities, and through the quiet leadership of our women.In Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organis...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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#TheNerdReich, #Australia - #History #auspol.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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‘She’s a shrewd Green’: meet Alice Springs’ new mayor, determined to rewrite the story of her beloved home town

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‘She’s a shrewd Green’: meet Alice Springs’ new mayor, determined to rewrite the story of her beloved home town
Criminal defence lawyer Asta Hill says she is putting human rights at the centre of her leadership – without shying away from addressing community safety
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November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Australia has been key in undermining COP from the very start
Who can forget Santos ads in Australia's COP26 pavilion? But it goes back way further than that.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Turkey’s Call to Act and Israel’s Red Line: Ankara’s Role in Gaza | Royal United Services Institute share.google/4xKjCWn5eeae...
Turkey’s Call to Act and Israel’s Red Line: Ankara’s Role in Gaza
Ankara’s engagement in Gaza may create conditions conducive to de-escalation and a gradual recalibration of Turkish-Israeli relations.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
EXPERT REACTION: COP30 wraps up in Brazil with final agreement - Scimex share.google/o1wHP4ibL4wo...
EXPERT REACTION: COP30 wraps up in Brazil with final agreement
EXPERT REACTION: COP30 wraps up in Brazil with final agreement COP30 in Belem, Brazil finally wrapped up after 11  days of negotiations. Australian experts respond below to the f
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November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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WoodCIDE is ubiquitous in West Australia

But not indomitable

In the meantime, you should learn about their bastardry & where to sheet home the blame for all kinds of health, environment, climate & planetary harms👇

🙏 @thejuicemedia.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Woodside vs the Planet | Quarterly Essay share.google/wfaXUc4X1I2t...
Woodside vs the Planet: How a Company Captured a Country; Quarterly Essay 99 | Quarterly Essay
Why is Australia doubling down on fossil fuels?
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM