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Inner West Ranter
@rantville.bsky.social
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Progressive posts and the occasional rant from Sydney's Inner West. Follow blogs and vids here - www.innerwestranter.com.au/
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rantville.bsky.social
So Minns reckons peaceful protest against genocide incites terrorism? How about this footage of his boys at work currently bouncing around the Islamic world? Indonesia? Malaysia? Thanks but no thanks for making us safe Chris....
#auspol #minns #genocide
ingridm.bsky.social Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 3h
Do. Not. Let. Them. Minimise. This.

Armed state violence against peaceful prayer is peak Islamophobia and vicious racism and. We have very few codified constitutional freedoms and this is almost certainly unconstitutional. They are officers of the law.
fahad-s-ali.bsky.social Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 3h
Extraordinary footage. Police pulling off people engaged in peaceful prayer.
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Minns must explain the bashing of Muslim men in prayer to Indonesia - our near neighbour, the world's biggest Islamic nation and a country yet to recognise the existence of Israel. He and Albo have done terrible harm to our national security in the service of sugar-coating #genocide.
#auspol #gaza
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Pathetic low in #ABC "fake balance" journalism. The vaunted Nick Bryant platforms admirer of Abbott history, the vanilla Frank Bongiorno, with rabid islamophobe John Anderson. Vacuous convo ensues. Not a word on inequality, tech, misinformation etc..
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#auspol #abc
Why One Nation is surging in the polls - ABC listen
Pauline Hanson's One Nation is enjoying the kind of public support it hasn't seen since its formation in the 1990s. Is this a blip or a more permanent shift in Australian politics?
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 AM
rantville.bsky.social
The simple act of truth telling - no mainstream Australian media organisation is capable of publishing such clarity and conviction.
#auspol #gaza #media

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Don't mention the war
Australia is struggling to respond proportionately to violence, fear and political pressure in the wake of the Bondi attacks, October 7 and Israel’s war in Gaza. The result has been a contraction of d...
johnmenadue.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:17 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Summer Friday sky in Stanmore.
#innerwest #sydney #stanmore #friday #summer
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
rantville.bsky.social
Loved recent visits to Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales. And the wonderful Dangerously Modern exhibition featuring Australian women modernists in Europe 1890 - 1940 ends soon. Swing by!
#sydney #art #galleries

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Ranter’s independent guide to what’s happening at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in early 2026
A look at what's happening in early 2026 at Sydney's largest gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Ranter reckons this spectacular piece of sculpture outside the MCA should be permanent. Current plans will see it removed in April. It's dramatic, speaks to the current crazy moment and perfectly complements the MCA architecture. I love it and don't want to see it go.
#sydney #art #mca #sculpture
Ancient Feelings sculpture MCA Sydney
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
The Jewish Council unequivocally condemns the racist act of violence and terror against First Peoples and their allies at the Boorloo/Perth Invasion Day rally on January 26.

Full statement available on Instagram. Sign Common Threads’ open letter below.

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January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
rantville.bsky.social
Some kids got no time for games..... 1982.... These old Midnight Oil clips.....
RIP the wonderful Rob Hirst.....
#music #sydney #oils

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Midnight Oil - No Time for Games (Wanda Beach / 1982)
YouTube video by The Making of Midnight Oil
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January 29, 2026 at 5:29 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Crikey.. we sure need Crikey right now.
#auspol #socialcohesion

www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/p...
The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference
A failed bomb attack in Perth on Invasion Day drew little attention from the media and public. It shows Australia has long been selective in its sense of danger.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Has Albo issued a statement on the attempted slaughter of Australians on Australia Day in Perth yet? Tony Burke?
#auspol #albo
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
rantville.bsky.social
You reckon anyone in Oz media will ever notice that the sugar coating of the #Trump murderous #ICE gestapo is quietly directed by Lachlan and Abbott from our sunny safe #Sydney? #SMH and #ABC don't think that hard.
#auspol #fox #smh #media
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
rantville.bsky.social
Was also stunned by how unshocked ABC editorial fathers (my assumption) were by this shocking story.
#auspol #media #abc
peterwmurphy1.bsky.social Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 13d
A man threw a bomb into the crowd at an #InvasionDay rally in Perth on 26Jan. The device contained explosive liquid, ball bearings and screws. Fortunately it did not explode. Could ABC News' headline make a greater effort to undersell the seriousness of this attack?! THIS is also terrorism. #auspol
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Social cohesion and the sacred teachings of Netanyahuism's Australian disciples requires ABC i) accords an airtime value of 1000 Palestinian = 1 Israeli life lost. ii) Always mentions HAMAS Oct 7 atrocity. iii) Never mentions history, dispossession, genocide.
#auspol #media #netanyhauism #abc
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Have any Australian politicians been able to make this case for speech and democracy so perfectly? It's their job FFS....

#auspol #aww #adelaide #speech

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Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled amid controversy | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Michael West continues to do the essential work that should be the staple of all journalism.....
#auspol #media
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The Biggest Propaganda Campaign in Australian History? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
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January 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
rantville.bsky.social
It's possible that UK artist Thomas J Price might even approve these temporary NYE adjustments to his stunning 'ancient feelings' piece on the lawn outside the MCA. Happy New Year Sydney and best wishes for all things in 2026!

#sydney #art #mca #nye #ancientfeelings
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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ajgardineresq.bsky.social
Can't help noticing Matt Golding's latest cartoon (below) was published on The Age's letters page, but not in its Sydney Morning Herald counterpart.

Given the latter's 'coverage' (for want of a better word) of #bondibeach, I'm not surprised.
#auspol
December 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Netanyahuist overreach might have to face a reckoning with truth? Let's hope!
#netanyahuism #auspol #bondi #media

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Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children - The Shot
Breathe, slowly. It helps.  Cry if you need to. All of this hurts. But please understand, before we go any...
theshot.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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anthonyklan.bsky.social
Giving Jillian Segal even more influence over Australian policy when she still hasn't denounced far-right group "Advance" (which she bankrolls) is extremely poor governing.

Australia deserves far better.
anthonyklan.bsky.social Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · Dec 18
It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".

She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.

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Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Chris Minns can always be depended on to punch down for the big end of town - even against his colleagues. Planning a big post-politics career perhaps? Real estate perhaps?

#minns #nswpol #auspol #alp

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Anti-protest laws contain ‘extraordinary powers’, NSW premier says when linking Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
This from the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is excellent
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...
Jewish Coalition Opposes Anti-Democratic Antisemitism Plan, Calls for United, Whole-of Society Approach
November 14, 2025 The Jewish Council of Australia joins a coalition of nine Jewish organisations in releasing an open letter […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Never forget it took less than a day for the right-wing conservative forces in Australia politics and media to turn the Bondi massacre into their own political grandstanding in order to sew division.

Contemptible.
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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strangerous.bsky.social
John Howard made Australia a target for terrorism by illegally invading Iraq & contributing to the rise of ISIS who went on to radicalise the Bondi attackers. He should apologise to Jewish Australians, and all Australians. #auspol
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
rantville.bsky.social
Most of Australia's journalist class don't pass their beloved "pub test" in this hour of need. They're doing the toxic work of their toxic masters spreading Netanyahuist hate channelled by Abbott, Howard, Anderson et. al.
#auspol #bondi #netanyahuism #media #9media #newscorp #foreigninfluence
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM