Kate Auty
@kateauty.bsky.social
Living and working on #Taungurung country in Victoria the #TreatyState of #Australia. Things I am: a reader, lawyer, writer, curious. Posting out of interest. Cover: #JoshMuir
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Federal police raided Dissent Bar in Canberra and stripped anti-fascist posters off the walls under Labor's brand new hate speech laws. Not a Nazi compound. A local café with political art. This is what biased laws look like in practice. 🧵
February 19, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Federal police raided Dissent Bar in Canberra and stripped anti-fascist posters off the walls under Labor's brand new hate speech laws. Not a Nazi compound. A local café with political art. This is what biased laws look like in practice. 🧵
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky: academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky: academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
No grounds for a suppression order.
No grounds for a suppression order.
Man who allegedly threw homemade bomb into Invasion Day rally crowd named
The man accused of throwing a bomb at Invasion Day protesters in an alleged terrorism act attack in Perth can be named as Liam Alexander Hall.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
No grounds for a suppression order.
No grounds for a suppression order.
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Thinking of Jon Kudelka and those who are in Tasmania today (awful place, never go there) attending his farewell. So very sad that we will never see another new, brilliant toon from him. Love to his family and friends. 🤍
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Thinking of Jon Kudelka and those who are in Tasmania today (awful place, never go there) attending his farewell. So very sad that we will never see another new, brilliant toon from him. Love to his family and friends. 🤍
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Just realised I’m wearing my Jon Kudelka t-shirt.
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Just realised I’m wearing my Jon Kudelka t-shirt.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“China has already developed submarine-spotting lasers.
#CSIRO is working with a Chinese marine science institute that has separately developed satellite technology that can find submarines at depths of up to 500 metres.”
“China has already developed submarine-spotting lasers.
#CSIRO is working with a Chinese marine science institute that has separately developed satellite technology that can find submarines at depths of up to 500 metres.”
Will all submarines, even nuclear ones, be obsolete and ‘visible’ by 2040?
Technologies could render the ocean transparent by the time Australia’s new submarines are ready, some experts say
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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“China has already developed submarine-spotting lasers.
#CSIRO is working with a Chinese marine science institute that has separately developed satellite technology that can find submarines at depths of up to 500 metres.”
“China has already developed submarine-spotting lasers.
#CSIRO is working with a Chinese marine science institute that has separately developed satellite technology that can find submarines at depths of up to 500 metres.”
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Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
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Mr Pocock was stunned, replying: “How do we live in a country — one of the biggest gas exporters in the world — and we’re getting more tax from beer than PRRT?” #auspol
www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
www.news.com.au
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Mr Pocock was stunned, replying: “How do we live in a country — one of the biggest gas exporters in the world — and we’re getting more tax from beer than PRRT?” #auspol
www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
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Australia’s trillion-dollar blindspot: no inheritance tax = widening inequality. Untaxed wealth transfers lock renters & asset-poor families out of housing, education & security. A modest inheritance tax (10–20%) could raise $15–25b a year for schools, health & infrastructure. #auspol
Three simple, fair steps which would raise 70 billion dollars a year in extra tax
New Australia Institute research has identified three simple tax reforms which would raise an extra 70 billion dollars a year without hurting low or middle-income Australians.
australiainstitute.org.au
February 14, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Australia’s trillion-dollar blindspot: no inheritance tax = widening inequality. Untaxed wealth transfers lock renters & asset-poor families out of housing, education & security. A modest inheritance tax (10–20%) could raise $15–25b a year for schools, health & infrastructure. #auspol
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AEC disclosures show more than $138 million in political funding in 2024–25 had no declared source under the current rules.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Mainstream media are today normalising Angus “Watergate” Taylor - the climate denier who stood by while the Libs Robodebted teenagers to suicide -
with vacuous pictures of him grinning and meeting “battlers”
HE’S the reason we’re battling!
“TruthLies&Media”is live!🎙️
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with vacuous pictures of him grinning and meeting “battlers”
HE’S the reason we’re battling!
“TruthLies&Media”is live!🎙️
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February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Mainstream media are today normalising Angus “Watergate” Taylor - the climate denier who stood by while the Libs Robodebted teenagers to suicide -
with vacuous pictures of him grinning and meeting “battlers”
HE’S the reason we’re battling!
“TruthLies&Media”is live!🎙️
Promo Match Frame Editing
with vacuous pictures of him grinning and meeting “battlers”
HE’S the reason we’re battling!
“TruthLies&Media”is live!🎙️
Promo Match Frame Editing
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The Farrer electorate last time - Michelle Milthorpe got 20000 votes after a late start campaign..
The Farrer electorate last time - Michelle Milthorpe got 20000 votes after a late start campaign..
Farrer, NSW
Farrer, NSW
results.aec.gov.au
February 14, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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The Farrer electorate last time - Michelle Milthorpe got 20000 votes after a late start campaign..
The Farrer electorate last time - Michelle Milthorpe got 20000 votes after a late start campaign..
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Watching with great interest. #MichelleMilthorpe as candidate - this contest for this regional seat will be fascinating.
Watching with great interest. #MichelleMilthorpe as candidate - this contest for this regional seat will be fascinating.
Angus Taylor faces leadership test in Farrer byelection as independent vows to ‘finish what we started’ and oust Liberals
With backers including Climate 200, Michelle Milthorpe is confident she can win Sussan Ley’s south-western NSW seat
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Watching with great interest. #MichelleMilthorpe as candidate - this contest for this regional seat will be fascinating.
Watching with great interest. #MichelleMilthorpe as candidate - this contest for this regional seat will be fascinating.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
E-bikes around Tasmania - #Kudelka and #FirstDog. This should be a national #Tour competition. Quietly.
E-bikes around Tasmania - #Kudelka and #FirstDog. This should be a national #Tour competition. Quietly.
My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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E-bikes around Tasmania - #Kudelka and #FirstDog. This should be a national #Tour competition. Quietly.
E-bikes around Tasmania - #Kudelka and #FirstDog. This should be a national #Tour competition. Quietly.
genocidewildflowerstate.org.au
The film “Genocide in the wildflower state” can be found at this link.
It is a deeply disturbing retelling of the Western Australian 20th century policy of genocide as practised on Aboriginal people. There is no other word for it.
Take care but watch it.
The film “Genocide in the wildflower state” can be found at this link.
It is a deeply disturbing retelling of the Western Australian 20th century policy of genocide as practised on Aboriginal people. There is no other word for it.
Take care but watch it.
Genocide in the Wildflower State
Genocide in the Wildflower State is a 58 minute documentary film about a violent, state-run system of eugenics, racial absorption, and forced social assimilatio
genocidewildflowerstate.org.au
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM
genocidewildflowerstate.org.au
The film “Genocide in the wildflower state” can be found at this link.
It is a deeply disturbing retelling of the Western Australian 20th century policy of genocide as practised on Aboriginal people. There is no other word for it.
Take care but watch it.
The film “Genocide in the wildflower state” can be found at this link.
It is a deeply disturbing retelling of the Western Australian 20th century policy of genocide as practised on Aboriginal people. There is no other word for it.
Take care but watch it.
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This is bubbling below the surface of the LNP. Every woman (& man for that matter) should be both alert and alarmed. And then organise, campaign, vote! No one is coming to save us but us. We all have a role to play. #auspol
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is bubbling below the surface of the LNP. Every woman (& man for that matter) should be both alert and alarmed. And then organise, campaign, vote! No one is coming to save us but us. We all have a role to play. #auspol
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The last coal-fired capital ship in the US Navy was commissioned before WWI and was converted to oil in the 20's. Does he want tanks or helicopters that roll coal?
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The last coal-fired capital ship in the US Navy was commissioned before WWI and was converted to oil in the 20's. Does he want tanks or helicopters that roll coal?
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I went out before today's Herzog protest at Parliament and saw this massive police surveillance tower. This is completely unnecessary, and intimidating, at a peaceful protest. Police need to be protecting protesters, not snooping on them, or attacking them.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I went out before today's Herzog protest at Parliament and saw this massive police surveillance tower. This is completely unnecessary, and intimidating, at a peaceful protest. Police need to be protecting protesters, not snooping on them, or attacking them.
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Ten countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files.
Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.
Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.
We know why.
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Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.
Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.
We know why.
…
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Ten countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files.
Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.
Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.
We know why.
…
Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.
Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.
We know why.
…