@marycrane.bsky.social
Octogenarian. Social Justice has been part of my life. Photo from 21 May 2022. Hope to repeat it in 2025.
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"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
Labor accused of turning blind eye to Nauru corruption allegations
Greens senator David Shoebridge reads what he alleges to be extracts from a secret AUSTRAC report that has not been made public, in the Senate late on Tuesday.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"The Australian government has at all times known that the current Nauruan president and key members of his government are seriously corrupt, and they still signed a $2.5 billion deal with him."
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I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
November 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I’m just going to say it…
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
It’s pretty damn validating to hear Barack Obama say the same things we’ve been shouting for months, and longer.
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The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms
I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press
www.deepcutnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
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#ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Doran says Israel has been throwing tear gas at crowds gathering to greet freed Palestinian hostages in Gaza & demanded “they weren't to congregate, they weren't to celebrate the moment those Palestinians were released from Israeli jails”
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#ABC Middle East correspondent Matt Doran says Israel has been throwing tear gas at crowds gathering to greet freed Palestinian hostages in Gaza & demanded “they weren't to congregate, they weren't to celebrate the moment those Palestinians were released from Israeli jails”
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My latest article in The Shot
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot
There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...
theshot.net.au
October 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
My latest article in The Shot
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"
#pffft
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
This scares me “https://open.substack.com/pub/lucyham29/p/andrew-hastie-soldier-for-an-extreme?utm_campaign=post”
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This scares me “https://open.substack.com/pub/lucyham29/p/andrew-hastie-soldier-for-an-extreme?utm_campaign=post”
My first AI question was Is DT harming democracy of the USA? Here is the response
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My first AI question was Is DT harming democracy of the USA? Here is the response
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It gets worse by the minute.
September 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
It gets worse by the minute.
We should be very afraid "Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism"https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism
The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.
theconversation.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We should be very afraid "Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism"https://theconversation.com/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is being paid more than $1,000 a day and has appointed SIX taxpayer funded staffers.
Investigations reveal the role is costing Australians well over $1 million a year...
theklaxon.com.au/ezmq
Investigations reveal the role is costing Australians well over $1 million a year...
theklaxon.com.au/ezmq
Antisemitism Envoy costing taxpayers over $1 million a year - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family trust is one of the biggest funders of far-right lobby group “Advance” — is being paid more than $1,000 a day and has six staff.
theklaxon.com.au
September 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is being paid more than $1,000 a day and has appointed SIX taxpayer funded staffers.
Investigations reveal the role is costing Australians well over $1 million a year...
theklaxon.com.au/ezmq
Investigations reveal the role is costing Australians well over $1 million a year...
theklaxon.com.au/ezmq
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We are paying Jillian Segal $1,000 a day plus the salaries of her SIX taxpayer funded staffers etc etc etc, all up costing Australians well over $1 million a year ... for this.
This is completely unacceptable on every level, @albomp.bsky.social. Fix this. End this. #auspol
This is completely unacceptable on every level, @albomp.bsky.social. Fix this. End this. #auspol
September 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
We are paying Jillian Segal $1,000 a day plus the salaries of her SIX taxpayer funded staffers etc etc etc, all up costing Australians well over $1 million a year ... for this.
This is completely unacceptable on every level, @albomp.bsky.social. Fix this. End this. #auspol
This is completely unacceptable on every level, @albomp.bsky.social. Fix this. End this. #auspol
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🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal says pro-Palestine rallies should be banned from cities — but is dead silent about neo-Nazis.
Investigations reveal “Advance” — funded by Segal's family trust —spread anti-immigrant material before Sunday's rallies...
theklaxon.com.au/yx5p
Investigations reveal “Advance” — funded by Segal's family trust —spread anti-immigrant material before Sunday's rallies...
theklaxon.com.au/yx5p
Envoy Segal silent on neo-Nazis - The Klaxon
Far-right political lobby group “Advance” — bankrolled by the family of Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — spread anti-immigrant attack material ahead of the weekend’s racism-fuelled rallies.
theklaxon.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal says pro-Palestine rallies should be banned from cities — but is dead silent about neo-Nazis.
Investigations reveal “Advance” — funded by Segal's family trust —spread anti-immigrant material before Sunday's rallies...
theklaxon.com.au/yx5p
Investigations reveal “Advance” — funded by Segal's family trust —spread anti-immigrant material before Sunday's rallies...
theklaxon.com.au/yx5p
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NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...
Today's 'Antisemitism Summit' is a Zionist lobby bid to sway local councils
The Summit is part of a wider effort to silence pro-Palestine solidarity at local level
www.deepcutnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
NEW: The Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which begins today, is being run by a right-wing US lobby group with ties to US Republicans and Israeli arms manufacturers, writes Izabella Antoniou.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/todays-ant...
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I have heard from Ian and he has asked that I thank you all for your support. So thank you!
Hi all. Just letting you know that I’ve been in contact with Ian Graves @xskinn.bsky.social. He’s had some issues relating to his account but he’s in contact with @support.bsky.team so hopefully they’ll have him back soon. Please repost so as many people see this as possible.
August 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I have heard from Ian and he has asked that I thank you all for your support. So thank you!
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This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’
Executive Council of Australian Jewry says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’
Australia’s peak Jewish group has lambasted Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Anthony Albanese as “inflammatory and provocative”, adding that the “clumsy intervention” showed a “woeful lack of understanding of social and political conditions in Australia” – notwithstanding what the group describes as “unseemly” conduct from Australia’s leader.
The concerned intervention by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry came as Australia and Israel entered the third day of a diplomatic tit-for-tat prompted by Australia’s visa cancellation of far-right Israeli politician, Simcha Rothman, on Monday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This horse shit from the pro-Israel lobby is, as usual, horse shit.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
There is no "spat". What on earth are Jillian & her mates on about?
A "spat" is a squabble between two parties. Two parties.
There is only one party arguing here - Israel.
And there is only one aggressor here - Israel.
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🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is so aware of her husband's "donations" they have one literally named after them.
That specifically celebrates their shared “values”.
The "Roth-Segal" scholarship.
…Handed out by the Governor-General.
Devastating.
theklaxon.com.au/z68j
That specifically celebrates their shared “values”.
The "Roth-Segal" scholarship.
…Handed out by the Governor-General.
Devastating.
theklaxon.com.au/z68j
Segal and husband have “shared values” — Celebrated by G-G - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal and her husband — who Segal has suggested was responsible for $50,000 given to far-right group Advance — publicly and officially celebrate their shared values.
theklaxon.com.au
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is so aware of her husband's "donations" they have one literally named after them.
That specifically celebrates their shared “values”.
The "Roth-Segal" scholarship.
…Handed out by the Governor-General.
Devastating.
theklaxon.com.au/z68j
That specifically celebrates their shared “values”.
The "Roth-Segal" scholarship.
…Handed out by the Governor-General.
Devastating.
theklaxon.com.au/z68j
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NOTICE TO ALL MSM JOURNALISTS
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol
EXCLUSIVE: Segal's "husband" donation claims a sham - The Klaxon
The nation’s Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who claims to have “had no involvement” in her husband’s “donations” — has been donating with him for decades.
theklaxon.com.au
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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NOTICE TO ALL MSM JOURNALISTS
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol
EXCLUSIVE: Segal's "husband" donation claims a sham - The Klaxon
The nation’s Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who claims to have “had no involvement” in her husband’s “donations” — has been donating with him for decades.
theklaxon.com.au
August 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
NOTICE TO ALL MSM JOURNALISTS
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol
It is now 48 hours since disgraced Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal was exposed as deceiving the Australian public.
No mainstream media covered it.
You covered the Envoy's denials. You have a duty to cover the proof she lied.
theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega... #auspol