Michelle Petterson
@michelletp.bsky.social
Atheist, HCW 🦷 MPH student. 🍉
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Part two of @ketanjoshi.co’s two-part series unpacking the collapsing core case for gas is now live on The Point.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OlGqA5
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OlGqA5
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Part two of @ketanjoshi.co’s two-part series unpacking the collapsing core case for gas is now live on The Point.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OlGqA5
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OlGqA5
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“This isn’t a fringe issue. It goes to the heart of why housing has become so expensive, and why inequality keeps growing,” writes Kasy Chambers, Executive Director of Anglicare Australia.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rKDUBX
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rKDUBX
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
“This isn’t a fringe issue. It goes to the heart of why housing has become so expensive, and why inequality keeps growing,” writes Kasy Chambers, Executive Director of Anglicare Australia.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rKDUBX
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rKDUBX
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www.democracynow.org/2026/2/10/ca...
“The most extraordinary and worrying thing..United States is the scale of normalization that is happening…the press is absolutely a structural part of this,” says Carole Cadwalladr,.. “I have been shocked — deeply, deeply shocked — by the absence of headlines.”
“The most extraordinary and worrying thing..United States is the scale of normalization that is happening…the press is absolutely a structural part of this,” says Carole Cadwalladr,.. “I have been shocked — deeply, deeply shocked — by the absence of headlines.”
Protecting Pedophile Predators: Carole Cadwalladr on Jeffrey Epstein & the Elite’s Veil of Silence
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are accusing the Justice Department of covering up the names of co-conspirators of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as fallout from the Epstein files grows across th...
www.democracynow.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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“The most extraordinary and worrying thing..United States is the scale of normalization that is happening…the press is absolutely a structural part of this,” says Carole Cadwalladr,.. “I have been shocked — deeply, deeply shocked — by the absence of headlines.”
“The most extraordinary and worrying thing..United States is the scale of normalization that is happening…the press is absolutely a structural part of this,” says Carole Cadwalladr,.. “I have been shocked — deeply, deeply shocked — by the absence of headlines.”
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Anatomy of an ABC news story: bury the lead to blur the reality.
WHO is calling for Grace Tame to be stripped of a well-deserved award?
Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson’s new bestie, told Sky News but we don’t hear about it until paragraph 12 of this article.
#AusPol
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WHO is calling for Grace Tame to be stripped of a well-deserved award?
Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson’s new bestie, told Sky News but we don’t hear about it until paragraph 12 of this article.
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Call for Grace Tame to be stripped of AOTY title over intifada chant
Grace Tame accused Australia of being "a so called democracy" that punishes peaceful protesters, before chanting "from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada!"
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Anatomy of an ABC news story: bury the lead to blur the reality.
WHO is calling for Grace Tame to be stripped of a well-deserved award?
Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson’s new bestie, told Sky News but we don’t hear about it until paragraph 12 of this article.
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
WHO is calling for Grace Tame to be stripped of a well-deserved award?
Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson’s new bestie, told Sky News but we don’t hear about it until paragraph 12 of this article.
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Data kills the #EV battery myth. Modern #LFP batteries are engineered for 1–2 MILLION km. ICE drivetrains struggle to reach 1/5th of that before something expensive explodes — before the EV driver’s lunch. Still arguing from 2010? That’s dial-up thinking. #Bettrification🔋
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February 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Data kills the #EV battery myth. Modern #LFP batteries are engineered for 1–2 MILLION km. ICE drivetrains struggle to reach 1/5th of that before something expensive explodes — before the EV driver’s lunch. Still arguing from 2010? That’s dial-up thinking. #Bettrification🔋
afma.org.au/study-shows-...
afma.org.au/study-shows-...
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Super pleased to have a new guest on the show this week! Ben Doherty on the Albanese government’s response to Trump - and its naivety in the extreme on Aukus
As American democracy teeters, the Australian government is trying to pretend everything is just fine.
Ben Doherty from Guardian Australia joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the mass layoffs at the Washington Post & the lack of transparency around the AUKUS deal.
🎧 theaus.in/4rhMet1
Ben Doherty from Guardian Australia joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the mass layoffs at the Washington Post & the lack of transparency around the AUKUS deal.
🎧 theaus.in/4rhMet1
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Super pleased to have a new guest on the show this week! Ben Doherty on the Albanese government’s response to Trump - and its naivety in the extreme on Aukus
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This is a pretty good report by the ABC (relatively) in which the official lies are obvious to anyone not invested in believing offical lies. Minns is a skilled caster-of-doubt aka liar.
There will be no meaningful investigation of the police & that should appal us.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
There will be no meaningful investigation of the police & that should appal us.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Live: Minns admits clashes 'don't look good' but defends police after Herzog rally clashes
Twenty-seven people were arrested, including 10 for assaulting police, on Monday night at a demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This is a pretty good report by the ABC (relatively) in which the official lies are obvious to anyone not invested in believing offical lies. Minns is a skilled caster-of-doubt aka liar.
There will be no meaningful investigation of the police & that should appal us.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
There will be no meaningful investigation of the police & that should appal us.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.
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“If political protests should only be allowed or prohibited by politicians, then whether or not the public is allowed to criticise politicians is in the hands of the very people they are seeking to criticise.” – Alice Grundy
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bGYqi9
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bGYqi9
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“If political protests should only be allowed or prohibited by politicians, then whether or not the public is allowed to criticise politicians is in the hands of the very people they are seeking to criticise.” – Alice Grundy
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bGYqi9
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bGYqi9
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What I hate most about this is that Albanese and Minns are creating resentment against Jewish people, and doing the damage that neo Nazis only wish they could
Nobody is made safer by supporting war criminals
Nobody is made safer by supporting war criminals
February 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
What I hate most about this is that Albanese and Minns are creating resentment against Jewish people, and doing the damage that neo Nazis only wish they could
Nobody is made safer by supporting war criminals
Nobody is made safer by supporting war criminals
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Read executive officer, Sarah Schwartz's opinion piece in the Financial Review today about why Herzog doesn't represent Australian Jewry and shouldn't have been invited in the first place: www.afr.com/policy/forei...
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Read executive officer, Sarah Schwartz's opinion piece in the Financial Review today about why Herzog doesn't represent Australian Jewry and shouldn't have been invited in the first place: www.afr.com/policy/forei...
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“Our elected representatives should remember their job is to represent the interests of Australians, not give our resources away to ingratiate themselves with foreign gas corporations,” said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4twmMla
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4twmMla
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“Our elected representatives should remember their job is to represent the interests of Australians, not give our resources away to ingratiate themselves with foreign gas corporations,” said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4twmMla
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4twmMla
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A report released by The Australia Institute shows families in the “lucky country” are spending $4,967 per year to send a child to high school, almost four times the OECD average.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Oj2wmN
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Oj2wmN
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
A report released by The Australia Institute shows families in the “lucky country” are spending $4,967 per year to send a child to high school, almost four times the OECD average.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Oj2wmN
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3Oj2wmN
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“You remember when MAGA said they were for working-class Americans? That was a lie.
This is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. The wealthiest cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class ruling our country, the very elites they pretend to hate.
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This is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. The wealthiest cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class ruling our country, the very elites they pretend to hate.
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youtu.be/Uib79Ow3Yfk?...
'The Epstein class ruling America': Jon Ossoff accuses Trump admin of corruption
YouTube video by The Economic Times
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February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents show Israel allocated $1.25 million to Clifford Chance and Van Bael & Bellis to wage lawfare on BDS between 2021 and 2025 ⬇️
Israel may breach foreign interference laws in anti-BDS scheme
Leaked documents show Israel allocated $1.25 million to Clifford Chance and Van Bael & Bellis to wage lawfare on BDS between 2021 and 2025
www.newarab.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked documents show Israel allocated $1.25 million to Clifford Chance and Van Bael & Bellis to wage lawfare on BDS between 2021 and 2025 ⬇️
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There is no clause in the Constitution or law on the books—none—that allows a President to commandeer state elections. No emergency power. No implied authority. No ‘because I say so.’ We will not let Trump take over our free and fair elections.
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
There is no clause in the Constitution or law on the books—none—that allows a President to commandeer state elections. No emergency power. No implied authority. No ‘because I say so.’ We will not let Trump take over our free and fair elections.
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Melbourne rally protesting the visit to Australia by the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog.
The crowd fills the intersection of Flinders street and Swanston Street. The photo is taken from the traditional Melbourne meeting place, “under the clocks” at Flinders Street Railway station.
The crowd fills the intersection of Flinders street and Swanston Street. The photo is taken from the traditional Melbourne meeting place, “under the clocks” at Flinders Street Railway station.
February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Melbourne rally protesting the visit to Australia by the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog.
The crowd fills the intersection of Flinders street and Swanston Street. The photo is taken from the traditional Melbourne meeting place, “under the clocks” at Flinders Street Railway station.
The crowd fills the intersection of Flinders street and Swanston Street. The photo is taken from the traditional Melbourne meeting place, “under the clocks” at Flinders Street Railway station.
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"Luckily the police seemed more than excited to step in and get as violent as needed to make sure he doesn't feel homesick" - Premier Minns chaser.com.au/national/nsw...
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Luckily the police seemed more than excited to step in and get as violent as needed to make sure he doesn't feel homesick" - Premier Minns chaser.com.au/national/nsw...
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One suspects he doesn’t know what a metaphor is
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
One suspects he doesn’t know what a metaphor is
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Labor federal & state governments couldn't do anything more socially divisive than inviting the head of a genocidal state then using violence on peaceful protestors. What an insult to democracy, to political expression & to universal human rights #auspol
Bathurst Street a few minutes ago.
Not America, not Iran - Sydney
Chris Minns incited this police violence.
#auspol
Not America, not Iran - Sydney
Chris Minns incited this police violence.
#auspol
February 9, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Labor federal & state governments couldn't do anything more socially divisive than inviting the head of a genocidal state then using violence on peaceful protestors. What an insult to democracy, to political expression & to universal human rights #auspol
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I was brought up to believe that the police were there to help. And because of my white privilege I have believed that for a long time. But tonight my 19yo son was pepper sprayed for taking part in a peaceful protest. My position may be changing. #FreePalestine.
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I was brought up to believe that the police were there to help. And because of my white privilege I have believed that for a long time. But tonight my 19yo son was pepper sprayed for taking part in a peaceful protest. My position may be changing. #FreePalestine.
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NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle.
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
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We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
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Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
NEW: Trump's coup is almost complete. And the attack on the press is a central piece of it. Bezos's gutting of the Washington Post cannot be allowed to be just another blip in the news cycle.
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We are all going to have to fight for a free and independent press.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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"It's nice to go somewhere I won't be judged." chaser.com.au/world/andrew...
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
"It's nice to go somewhere I won't be judged." chaser.com.au/world/andrew...