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Leesa Watego
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she/her, bne, qld.
Anyone else in Brisbane have very choppy internet connection?
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Official statement by Vernon Ah Kee regarding the 2025 National Portrait Prize.

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August 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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the right thing to do @albomp.bsky.social it's not so hard if you have a moral compass.
Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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‘You must step in’: family of Kumanjayi White demand federal government support after death in custody

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‘You must step in’: family of Kumanjayi White demand federal government support after death in custody
Grandfather Ned Hargraves says there is ‘no trust’ between the remote community of Yuendumu and NT police
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June 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.

Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Melb’s wealthiest private schools are scoring massive tax-free donations to help them build new luxury infrastructure, Herald Sun reports.

Our research has revealed that collectively, private schools get more Commonwealth funding than public schools.

Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/private...
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Council condemns FM Wong’s endorsement of US military strike on Iranian nuclear targets, which threatens to escalate a dangerous regional conflict and lead to more death and suffering
June 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The bombing of Iran was to support a nation conducting genocide.

The Australian government supports the bombing and thus the genocide.
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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"We're now in a position where we are relying on Iranian restraint...That's why these attacks were always incredibly risky and unnecessary."

"If that regime feels cornered and feels like it has no choice, then of course it's going to respond. That was always the danger." @emmashortis.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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"We know what kind of situation this gets the United States into. We've seen it in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it appears that the lessons of that history just are not being learned."

@emmashortis.bsky.social on the Today Show this morning, following the US bombing Iran. #auspol
June 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The fog war is thick, but for all the talking points claiming “there was no other option” or that this is some brilliant play at forcing Iran to make a “deal” to prevent it from possessing nuclear weapons, never forget there WAS such a deal - it was unilaterally abandoned by Trump in 2018... (1/2)
June 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Australian government is gutless. #NoWarWithIran #FreePalestine
June 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Dr Assal Rad—

"UNICEF Spox James Elder can barely hold back his tears: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦?

"Look at the ruined building behind him, he’s at Nasser hospital. You know, like the hospitals Israel doesn’t target."
June 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Early morning along the Balonne River in St George, in regional Queensland. Love the places my work takes me.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Had @abcnewsbot.bsky.social on this morning while getting ready. How they humanised Israeli victims of the bombing in a way they haven't for victims in Gaza over the past 2 years. Amy McQuire has a video on this. The double standards are appalling.
June 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I really think there needs to be more focus on the fact Israel is luring starving people out into open space with food, and then turning tankfire and machine guns on them.
June 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Bidjara and Dunghutti teenager Orielle Michaelis-Thorpe has made history as the first Aboriginal female youth to win a national title in competitive climbing.
Indigenous teen scaling her way to a World Championship
Bidjara and Dunghutti teenager Orielle Michaelis-Thorpe has made history as the first Aboriginal female youth to win a national title in competitive climbing.
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June 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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"Not for you."

Palestinian citizens of Israel--21% of the population--are being excluded from bomb shelters on the basis of their ethnicity.

This is the society the West will defend at all costs.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
June 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Watching: How Israel, the Media, the West set the stage for Genocide. youtu.be/ZlwXJzRGyNk?... @zeteo.com
How Israel, the Media, & the West Set the Stage for Gaza’s Genocide
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June 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Almost an entire day locked in on budgets orvproposals. So much still not ticked off though. Everything takes longer than you think it will. It feels like even simple requests take forever. It's neverending.
March 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Yep. I googled pusillanimous. 🤣🤣
March 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Duh! 🙄 Report finds Voice referendum normalised racism and increased hostility toward First Nations People

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/report-finds-voice-referendum-normalised-racism-and-increased-hostility-toward-first-nations-people/bngw83lbw
March 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM