Pink & Grey
@redragger.bsky.social
I'm a galah, keep your expectations low. I'm a species of cockatoo and flap around Naarm in south east "Australia". Galahs don't have cops, bosses, kings, queens or presidents. 🏴
Police are deadly (not just ICE in the US). Time to take them off the streets and stop using them as a mental health response. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police shoot man dead after mental health check turns into six-hour siege
Police say 49-year-old man in Springfield on Central Coast tried to stab an officer before being shot
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January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Police are deadly (not just ICE in the US). Time to take them off the streets and stop using them as a mental health response. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
With calls for a royal commission in Australia I looked up the list of previous commissions. One was looking into a ship captain who drank too much and was shit at their job. #auspol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of Australian royal commissions - Wikipedia
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January 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
With calls for a royal commission in Australia I looked up the list of previous commissions. One was looking into a ship captain who drank too much and was shit at their job. #auspol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
The thing we should take away from Trump's FIFA award is that awards - all of them - are cringe and we should stop with both the giving and receiving.
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The thing we should take away from Trump's FIFA award is that awards - all of them - are cringe and we should stop with both the giving and receiving.
A truck driver hit and killed a bike rider instead of giving way. The media response is to blame the bike rider and report government statements without context or criticism. Irresponsible journalism in service of more stupid laws. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as rider dies in collision with garbage truck
Police plead with parents to buy only safe, unmodified ebikes as Christmas presents
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A truck driver hit and killed a bike rider instead of giving way. The media response is to blame the bike rider and report government statements without context or criticism. Irresponsible journalism in service of more stupid laws. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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It is very rare that we have a deep debate in any media setting where prominent pro-police advocates are forced to defend their views. I tried my best in this fascinating and contentious argument to hold those views up to scrutiny. open.spotify.com/episode/5zV5...
Episode 530 - "Defund The Police"? (w/ Alec Karakatsanis & Matthew Stoller)
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November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It is very rare that we have a deep debate in any media setting where prominent pro-police advocates are forced to defend their views. I tried my best in this fascinating and contentious argument to hold those views up to scrutiny. open.spotify.com/episode/5zV5...
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'Albanese's Online Safety Amendment Bill is a digital Iron Curtain that will protect legacy narratives more than it will young Australians.'
My latest on Labor's underage social media ban:
'Mushrooms in the dark"
#auspol
www.boganintel.com/p/mushrooms-...
My latest on Labor's underage social media ban:
'Mushrooms in the dark"
#auspol
www.boganintel.com/p/mushrooms-...
Mushrooms in the dark
Albanese's Online Safety Amendment Bill is a digital Iron Curtain that will protect legacy narratives more than it will young Australians.
www.boganintel.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
'Albanese's Online Safety Amendment Bill is a digital Iron Curtain that will protect legacy narratives more than it will young Australians.'
My latest on Labor's underage social media ban:
'Mushrooms in the dark"
#auspol
www.boganintel.com/p/mushrooms-...
My latest on Labor's underage social media ban:
'Mushrooms in the dark"
#auspol
www.boganintel.com/p/mushrooms-...
It costs over a million per year for a child to be in prison. And children's prisons are harmful for staff and children yet Jacinta Allan wants to lock up more children for longer. Tell me again how ALP is better than LNP? #auspol
November 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It costs over a million per year for a child to be in prison. And children's prisons are harmful for staff and children yet Jacinta Allan wants to lock up more children for longer. Tell me again how ALP is better than LNP? #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... ABC whipping up fear of crime and consent for an increasingly authoritarian state. They don't tell you that crime levels have only risen against the historic low record during COVID. #auspol
'Fearful' shoppers avoid Melbourne shopping centres as crimes rise
Crime has increased at several major Melbourne shopping centres with concerned communities calling for more action.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... ABC whipping up fear of crime and consent for an increasingly authoritarian state. They don't tell you that crime levels have only risen against the historic low record during COVID. #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian... of those with an opinion, 3/4 want to end 2 way arms trade with israel. Less than 20% oppose it. It's popular and the moral option. If only we had a govt interested in the will of the people.
Australians overwhelmingly back sanctions on Israel, new poll finds
'Sizeable majority' of voters across political lines want Israel to end genocide in Gaza
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October 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian... of those with an opinion, 3/4 want to end 2 way arms trade with israel. Less than 20% oppose it. It's popular and the moral option. If only we had a govt interested in the will of the people.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
@latingle.bsky.social continues to fail in her job with another weirdly ahistoric article that is either extremely naive or straight up propaganda. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #auspol
As Israel bombs Gaza, recognition of Palestine is a last-gasp effort
While the Israel Defense Forces bomb Gaza and bulldoze the West Bank for settlements, moves to recognise Palestine in pursuit of a two-state solution may appear like something of a sick joke.
www.abc.net.au
September 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@latingle.bsky.social continues to fail in her job with another weirdly ahistoric article that is either extremely naive or straight up propaganda. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #auspol
@chess.com should ban players from countries doing a genocide. Like Israel. Ban Israeli's. I'm sick of seeing their genocidal ethnostate flag on the platform.
September 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
@chess.com should ban players from countries doing a genocide. Like Israel. Ban Israeli's. I'm sick of seeing their genocidal ethnostate flag on the platform.
Australian institutions are run by cowards and fascists. Including the Children's hospital in Melbourne. What an embarrassment to the health profession. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
Complaint letter emerges after Melbourne hospital’s decision to cancel ‘children and war’ panel angers staff
Exclusive: Letter to CEO argued event would pose a risk of ‘moral injury, vicarious trauma and harmful workplace behaviours’ to staff and patients
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Australian institutions are run by cowards and fascists. Including the Children's hospital in Melbourne. What an embarrassment to the health profession. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
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They are falling over themselves about kirks murder because it threatens the current political project of the US and they are dedicated to protecting the current US regime no matter what it is or what else they say and the sooner u learn it the less confused you'll be about who your real friends are
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
They are falling over themselves about kirks murder because it threatens the current political project of the US and they are dedicated to protecting the current US regime no matter what it is or what else they say and the sooner u learn it the less confused you'll be about who your real friends are
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Laura Tingle continues to trash her reputation with another article exposing her geopolitical ignorance and bias.
America's lack of influence laid bare after Israel's Qatar strike
Israel's actions have completely exposed the lack of influence that the United States now has on developments in the Middle East.
www.abc.net.au
September 10, 2025 at 3:37 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Laura Tingle continues to trash her reputation with another article exposing her geopolitical ignorance and bias.
The problem with the Australian Labor Party is that their strategy has become their ideology. Campaigning for middle Australia to get power to do good things inevitably became middle Australia is a good thing which became Centrism is the path.
September 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The problem with the Australian Labor Party is that their strategy has become their ideology. Campaigning for middle Australia to get power to do good things inevitably became middle Australia is a good thing which became Centrism is the path.
www.theguardian.com/law/commenti... not sure how you can write about Australia's human rights hypocrisy without mentioning it's close ties to US and Israel - a much more glaring example than ex-pollies visiting China. #auspol
Daniel Andrews’ photo with dictators is a glaring reminder of Australia’s hypocrisy on human rights | Daniela Gavshon
A government can’t half care about human rights. And Australia’s ‘disagree where we must’ approach with China enables abuse and undermines our national interest
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
www.theguardian.com/law/commenti... not sure how you can write about Australia's human rights hypocrisy without mentioning it's close ties to US and Israel - a much more glaring example than ex-pollies visiting China. #auspol
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Today Yona was sentenced to 30 days in military jail for refusing to serve in the Israeli army
August 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today Yona was sentenced to 30 days in military jail for refusing to serve in the Israeli army
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Paul Laverty, Ken Loach's long-time screenwriter, is charged with a terrorism offence for wearing a T-shirt opposing Israel's genocide.
The UK slips ever deeper into authoritarianism to protect the West's client state in the oil-rich Middle East: archive.ph/ol0PK
The UK slips ever deeper into authoritarianism to protect the West's client state in the oil-rich Middle East: archive.ph/ol0PK
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Paul Laverty, Ken Loach's long-time screenwriter, is charged with a terrorism offence for wearing a T-shirt opposing Israel's genocide.
The UK slips ever deeper into authoritarianism to protect the West's client state in the oil-rich Middle East: archive.ph/ol0PK
The UK slips ever deeper into authoritarianism to protect the West's client state in the oil-rich Middle East: archive.ph/ol0PK
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... when Albanese's statements are treated as fact despite his track record of dishonesty in service of US/Israel then you are just doing propaganda. Where's the evidence? If it isn't shared you should assume it doesn't exist #auspol
With Iran exposed, the regime could now turn its attention to new targets
Australia's actions in revealing Iran's activities may result in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps turning its attention to new targets.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... when Albanese's statements are treated as fact despite his track record of dishonesty in service of US/Israel then you are just doing propaganda. Where's the evidence? If it isn't shared you should assume it doesn't exist #auspol
aje.io/e7r7sb Another distraction? Given Albanese is still lying about 2 way arms trade with Israel, should we believe this? It might be true but it is very convenient and the timing (massive protests on the weekend against Israel) is also suspicious. #auspol #expelalbanese
Australia accuses Iran of directing anti-Semitic attacks, expels envoy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will also designate the IRGC as a ‘terrorist entity’.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
aje.io/e7r7sb Another distraction? Given Albanese is still lying about 2 way arms trade with Israel, should we believe this? It might be true but it is very convenient and the timing (massive protests on the weekend against Israel) is also suspicious. #auspol #expelalbanese