Julia
@juliaharvey.bsky.social
Live on Gadigal Land. Believe in science. 😷Left of left. Indigenous land rights. Pro Palestine 🇵🇸 , pro environment. Want Aus govt to be bold and have imagination.
Against billionaires and hateful stuff.
Against billionaires and hateful stuff.
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"Like many #whistleblowers, Elias says he never sought to be a whistleblower. He believes he was just trying to do his job properly.
...he has paid a heavy price."
Must read from @nickfeik.bsky.social on how an unaccountable government attacks diligent staff and erodes public trust. #auspol
...he has paid a heavy price."
Must read from @nickfeik.bsky.social on how an unaccountable government attacks diligent staff and erodes public trust. #auspol
Four years ago, Home Affairs assistant secretary Derek Elias attempted to report corruption in offshore contracts – the department’s response has left him mentally unwell and in financial turmoil. Read more: satpa.pe/nsnl1tP
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Like many #whistleblowers, Elias says he never sought to be a whistleblower. He believes he was just trying to do his job properly.
...he has paid a heavy price."
Must read from @nickfeik.bsky.social on how an unaccountable government attacks diligent staff and erodes public trust. #auspol
...he has paid a heavy price."
Must read from @nickfeik.bsky.social on how an unaccountable government attacks diligent staff and erodes public trust. #auspol
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#ColesWorth oversaw the destruction of the 🇦🇺 dairy industry through very aggressive pricing practices.
Justifying importation of dairy from offshore because of supply issues is a bit rich.
Check Country of Origin before you buy.
#auspol #BuyAustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Justifying importation of dairy from offshore because of supply issues is a bit rich.
Check Country of Origin before you buy.
#auspol #BuyAustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Farmers fear shoppers misled by cheap 'green and gold' US butter
Australia's dairy industry is concerned a US brand, packaged in green and gold with a white colouring and bland flavour, looks as if it's locally made.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#ColesWorth oversaw the destruction of the 🇦🇺 dairy industry through very aggressive pricing practices.
Justifying importation of dairy from offshore because of supply issues is a bit rich.
Check Country of Origin before you buy.
#auspol #BuyAustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Justifying importation of dairy from offshore because of supply issues is a bit rich.
Check Country of Origin before you buy.
#auspol #BuyAustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Kudos! 'Actor Claudia Karvan and a group of pro-Palestine advocates have launched a series of racial discrimination complaints against News Corp papers, Sky News and more than a dozen of their highest profile commentators.' archive.md/m8LBH #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacy #auspol #StopIsrael
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Kudos! 'Actor Claudia Karvan and a group of pro-Palestine advocates have launched a series of racial discrimination complaints against News Corp papers, Sky News and more than a dozen of their highest profile commentators.' archive.md/m8LBH #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacy #auspol #StopIsrael
Karoline Leavitt is so unhinged from reality, at this point it would be fun and telling if the press baited her to go even further rogue.
Nothing to see here: Trump press chief in full denial mode over Epstein
Karoline Leavitt defied the laws of moral physics to insist that the true wrongdoers were Joe Biden and the Democrats
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Karoline Leavitt is so unhinged from reality, at this point it would be fun and telling if the press baited her to go even further rogue.
This is very true…. We measure productivity in a way that doesnt measure true productivity.
The shift of work to consumers is a big factor in low productivity measurements in the economy. Since unpaid work is ignored the #corporate & #public sector #benefits/ #profits/savings are assumed to come from salaried #work or #automation. #auspol
How the plastics industry shifted responsibility for recycling onto you, the consumer
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
theconversation.com/how-the-plas...
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This is very true…. We measure productivity in a way that doesnt measure true productivity.
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Let's call "settler violence" what it really is:
state-sanctioned terrorism.
And meanwhile, western nations continue to ignore Israel's routine atrocities and de facto annexation of the #WestBank.
state-sanctioned terrorism.
And meanwhile, western nations continue to ignore Israel's routine atrocities and de facto annexation of the #WestBank.
📌 UN: West Bank Sees Record Settler Violence, Dozens of Children Killed in 2025
October marked the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since UN monitoring began in 2006, with over 260 incidents, an average of eight per day.
▪️ 150 settler attacks during the olive harvest injured...
October marked the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since UN monitoring began in 2006, with over 260 incidents, an average of eight per day.
▪️ 150 settler attacks during the olive harvest injured...
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Let's call "settler violence" what it really is:
state-sanctioned terrorism.
And meanwhile, western nations continue to ignore Israel's routine atrocities and de facto annexation of the #WestBank.
state-sanctioned terrorism.
And meanwhile, western nations continue to ignore Israel's routine atrocities and de facto annexation of the #WestBank.
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bit rusty on the "principles & values Jesus lived by" but astounded tt they now include:
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
bit rusty on the "principles & values Jesus lived by" but astounded tt they now include:
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
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I just finished reading Randa Abdel-Fattah’s book, Discipline. And it’s wild how much this whole episode mirrors its themes.
This is hella condescending.
“"Balancing community safety with academic freedom and freedom of speech is complex, especially in today's geopolitical climate, and is a reality faced by many cultural and public institutions and writers' festivals," Professor Farrell said.”
“"Balancing community safety with academic freedom and freedom of speech is complex, especially in today's geopolitical climate, and is a reality faced by many cultural and public institutions and writers' festivals," Professor Farrell said.”
FOI documents reveal lead-up to failed Bendigo Writers Festival
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I just finished reading Randa Abdel-Fattah’s book, Discipline. And it’s wild how much this whole episode mirrors its themes.
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“You should not have to fight this hard for this long”
”Robodebt was a crude & cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, it made many people feel like criminals.”
It intentionally targeted ppl who were most vulnerable & with no resources to fight.
People need to be held accountable.
#Auspol #Robodebt
”Robodebt was a crude & cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, it made many people feel like criminals.”
It intentionally targeted ppl who were most vulnerable & with no resources to fight.
People need to be held accountable.
#Auspol #Robodebt
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
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So many of my colleagues laughed at me for saying this… but… a few colleagues didn’t… and I think they saved a LOT of lives in the first few years.
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
So many of my colleagues laughed at me for saying this… but… a few colleagues didn’t… and I think they saved a LOT of lives in the first few years.
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AUKUS, outmoded thinking. Outmoded equipment.
Are there no politicians who see this? #auspol
Are there no politicians who see this? #auspol
Australia’s costly AUKUS submarine program risks becoming an outdated investment in a world where stealth no longer exists.
Invisible no more: How drone warfare exposes AUKUS’ strategic blind spot
~ Vince Hooper
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Invisible no more: How drone warfare exposes AUKUS’ strategic blind spot
~ Vince Hooper
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Invisible no more: How drone warfare exposes AUKUS’ strategic blind spot
Australia’s costly AUKUS submarine program risks becoming an outdated investment in a world where stealth no longer exists.
independentaustralia.net
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
AUKUS, outmoded thinking. Outmoded equipment.
Are there no politicians who see this? #auspol
Are there no politicians who see this? #auspol
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If you really don’t want C19… you need a well fitted *respirator*.
Look out for N95 N99 FFP2/3 certification, and leave no gaps around the edge.
Fit test if you have access to it/use it for work.
Look out for N95 N99 FFP2/3 certification, and leave no gaps around the edge.
Fit test if you have access to it/use it for work.
Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live discussing masking and COVID. Show here are two pictures of him wearing a mask on the New York subway. He stated he had COVID once and does not need to become sick again.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If you really don’t want C19… you need a well fitted *respirator*.
Look out for N95 N99 FFP2/3 certification, and leave no gaps around the edge.
Fit test if you have access to it/use it for work.
Look out for N95 N99 FFP2/3 certification, and leave no gaps around the edge.
Fit test if you have access to it/use it for work.
We need a different model of responding to crisis situations. Our current approach is cruel, our police are not trained, not skilled and sometimes unwilling to do it differently.
In their darkest moments, too many Australians are being met with lethal force instead of love and care | Lorena Allam
Police are often not equipped to deal with mental health callouts. Alternative first responders are better placed to de-escalate tension and reduce harm
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We need a different model of responding to crisis situations. Our current approach is cruel, our police are not trained, not skilled and sometimes unwilling to do it differently.
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
This clip from Parkrose Permaculture is a great reminder as to why speaking up does make a difference.
They need to hear you
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This clip from Parkrose Permaculture is a great reminder as to why speaking up does make a difference.
Congratulations Prof Lidia Morawska.
Knowing this information saved so many lives. She needs to be famous.
Knowing this information saved so many lives. She needs to be famous.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Congratulations Prof Lidia Morawska.
Knowing this information saved so many lives. She needs to be famous.
Knowing this information saved so many lives. She needs to be famous.
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"There is a deeply uncomfortable parallel in these revelations, with very similar ones from #agedcare industry – both sectors that were privatised and where the 'for profit' motive has made them too big to fail."
Time to get profit out of ALL human services. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Time to get profit out of ALL human services. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's become cliché to turn to Scandinavia for answers but sometimes we must
This is not the first revelation about how we treat the most vulnerable in our society but such reports persistently reveal a deeper, and more distressing malaise about Australian society.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"There is a deeply uncomfortable parallel in these revelations, with very similar ones from #agedcare industry – both sectors that were privatised and where the 'for profit' motive has made them too big to fail."
Time to get profit out of ALL human services. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Time to get profit out of ALL human services. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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It's now November and Australia's whistleblower laws are still broken. They fail to protect public servants like #DavidMcBride, even and especially when the government can hide their crimes behind a shroud of 'National Security' secrecy.
@davidmcbride.bsky.social #auspol #PardonDavidMcBride
@davidmcbride.bsky.social #auspol #PardonDavidMcBride
3 years ago today I caught up with David McBride in Parliament to discuss his case - he still thought the system might be fair. Today he is still in prison in Canberra and whistleblower laws are still broken. A stain on this country.
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's now November and Australia's whistleblower laws are still broken. They fail to protect public servants like #DavidMcBride, even and especially when the government can hide their crimes behind a shroud of 'National Security' secrecy.
@davidmcbride.bsky.social #auspol #PardonDavidMcBride
@davidmcbride.bsky.social #auspol #PardonDavidMcBride
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. @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social government seemed trapped by their deep seated, tribal antipathy towards @greens.org.au. That’s about them, not our best interests. They have significant political capital to spend & a coalition eating itself alive. Reformist zeal? Nah. #auspol
Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
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
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
. @australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social government seemed trapped by their deep seated, tribal antipathy towards @greens.org.au. That’s about them, not our best interests. They have significant political capital to spend & a coalition eating itself alive. Reformist zeal? Nah. #auspol
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"Australian governments spend at least $16 billion annually as a result of childhood poverty.
"Rather than preventing it, we’re spending money on addressing it."
Dr Sophie Scamps MP unpacked the cost of inaction at our #RevenueSummit25
@sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol
"Rather than preventing it, we’re spending money on addressing it."
Dr Sophie Scamps MP unpacked the cost of inaction at our #RevenueSummit25
@sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"Australian governments spend at least $16 billion annually as a result of childhood poverty.
"Rather than preventing it, we’re spending money on addressing it."
Dr Sophie Scamps MP unpacked the cost of inaction at our #RevenueSummit25
@sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol
"Rather than preventing it, we’re spending money on addressing it."
Dr Sophie Scamps MP unpacked the cost of inaction at our #RevenueSummit25
@sophiescamps.bsky.social #auspol
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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The mother of Hannah McGuire has bravely confronted her daughter’s killer in court, telling him she’ll “never forget” and “never forgive”.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/i-wil...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/i-wil...
'I will never forgive': Hannah McGuire's mum bravely confronts murderer in court
The mother of Hannah McGuire has bravely confronted her daughter’s killer in court, telling him she’ll “never forget” and “never forgive”.
womensagenda.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The mother of Hannah McGuire has bravely confronted her daughter’s killer in court, telling him she’ll “never forget” and “never forgive”.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/i-wil...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/i-wil...
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All their salmon is farmed in Tasmania.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
All their salmon is farmed in Tasmania.
Truth will always find a way out.
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
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Truth will always find a way out.