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At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
Israel attacks Gaza’s south, north during ‘repeatedly violated’ truce
At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
At least 245 Palestinians killed in Gaza since start of ceasefire, according to enclave's Health Ministry.
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The original March for Humanity on the harbour bridge in Sydney was planned for Sun Aug 3, 2025
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
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After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The original March for Humanity on the harbour bridge in Sydney was planned for Sun Aug 3, 2025
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
After the Minns govt took the protest orgs to the NSW Supreme Court, it was held on Sun Aug 31, 2025
But please let's hear again about weekend dates not registering as an issue for the Minns govt
🧐
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Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
Profits and shareholder value are fundamentally incompatible with universal access to aged care (or health care). The business model offloads those liabilities to the public sector while, at the same time, raking in subsidies from the public purse. Just corrupt and wrong.
#auspol
#auspol
This is what happens when you sell aged care off to corporations to make a profit.
A recent report from OPAN has revealed that older people are facing rejections from residential aged care because their needs are too ‘complex’ (meaning expensive) for providers' liking.
A recent report from OPAN has revealed that older people are facing rejections from residential aged care because their needs are too ‘complex’ (meaning expensive) for providers' liking.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Profits and shareholder value are fundamentally incompatible with universal access to aged care (or health care). The business model offloads those liabilities to the public sector while, at the same time, raking in subsidies from the public purse. Just corrupt and wrong.
#auspol
#auspol
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pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
pretty weird that our second most populous state will treat 14 year olds like they're adults, but won't let them on social media until they're 16. feels like a bit of dissonance there
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The US should not be allowed to make Australia complicit in nuclear war. 50 years ago Whitlam believed that and he was right.
It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.
It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The US should not be allowed to make Australia complicit in nuclear war. 50 years ago Whitlam believed that and he was right.
It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.
It’s time to end AUKUS. Close Pine Gap.
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🔴 “Every Released Palestinian Has Spoken of Torture, Starvation, or Medical Neglect”
Diana Buttu describes a systematic regime of torture inside Israeli prisons, noting how all of the 1,700 Palestinian hostages released recently “have spoken about torture over and over again. There isn’t one...
Diana Buttu describes a systematic regime of torture inside Israeli prisons, noting how all of the 1,700 Palestinian hostages released recently “have spoken about torture over and over again. There isn’t one...
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🔴 “Every Released Palestinian Has Spoken of Torture, Starvation, or Medical Neglect”
Diana Buttu describes a systematic regime of torture inside Israeli prisons, noting how all of the 1,700 Palestinian hostages released recently “have spoken about torture over and over again. There isn’t one...
Diana Buttu describes a systematic regime of torture inside Israeli prisons, noting how all of the 1,700 Palestinian hostages released recently “have spoken about torture over and over again. There isn’t one...
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Australia: 0.5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s poker machines.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s poker machine story started 70 years ago. We were warned of harms from the beginning
Australia is the poker machine capital of the world. But from nearly as soon as they were installed, people voiced their opposition to the pokies
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Australia: 0.5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s poker machines.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Reminder: Resistance and even armed struggle against a colonial occupation force is not just recognised under international law but it's specifically endorsed. I wish Penny Wong would acknowledge this fact. #auspol
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reminder: Resistance and even armed struggle against a colonial occupation force is not just recognised under international law but it's specifically endorsed. I wish Penny Wong would acknowledge this fact. #auspol
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
aje.io/feubis
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The Israeli invasion of Gaza City represents an escalation that will bring untold suffering to innocent civilians. Telling people to evacuate when nowhere is safe is sadistic and inhumane. Australia must not remain complicit.
August 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Israeli invasion of Gaza City represents an escalation that will bring untold suffering to innocent civilians. Telling people to evacuate when nowhere is safe is sadistic and inhumane. Australia must not remain complicit.
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1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
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The Australian Taxation Office has outsourced thousands of call centre roles to private operators that pay workers significantly less than public servants and use call targets that can leave vulnerable taxpayers exposed, Guardian Australia can reveal.
The call centre contracts are shared between US private equity-owned Probe Operations, the Nasdaq-listed Concentrix Services and British multinational Serco and are collectively worth $316.5m, according to analysis of government tenders. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
1/2 The pattern is clear. Whether it's
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
- ATO call centres
- welfare debt collection
- employment services
- aged care
- childcare....
*Every* time governments have contracted out or privatized public services; the result is poor quality and worse outcomes.
But neoliberals never learn. #auspol
"Rakefet prison was opened in the early 1980s to house a handful of the most dangerous organised crime figures in Israel but closed a few years later on the grounds that it was inhumane."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Rakefet prison was opened in the early 1980s to house a handful of the most dangerous organised crime figures in Israel but closed a few years later on the grounds that it was inhumane."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Apart from leaking to the SMH and the Age like a rusty colander, this would have to be the most tiresome little man in the Australian public service
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Apart from leaking to the SMH and the Age like a rusty colander, this would have to be the most tiresome little man in the Australian public service
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
Hyperbolic, publicity mad, sinophobic, constantly beating his own drum when absolutely nobody has asked - don't ever get between him and a headline
.
"While we have a separation of church, state and courts..."
I'll just go right ahead and trample all over that separation by inserting my religious belief into my role as Attorney General of Australia!
#auspol
I'll just go right ahead and trample all over that separation by inserting my religious belief into my role as Attorney General of Australia!
#auspol
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"While we have a separation of church, state and courts..."
I'll just go right ahead and trample all over that separation by inserting my religious belief into my role as Attorney General of Australia!
#auspol
I'll just go right ahead and trample all over that separation by inserting my religious belief into my role as Attorney General of Australia!
#auspol
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youtu.be/6Hx8S7TJm9s?... he has guts
Paul Keating on the Sir John Kerr condolence motion
YouTube video by AusQuestionTime
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
youtu.be/6Hx8S7TJm9s?... he has guts
"...either a straightforward percentage of the revenue they generate in Australia, set by the Government at a low 7.5%; or they can choose to take a 10% quota based on their ‘expenditure’ in Australia on programming."
Choose your own quota metric to #auswash your current content! Yay!
#auspol
Choose your own quota metric to #auswash your current content! Yay!
#auspol
Burke’s backyard. Local content deal for streamers not what it seems. https://michaelwest.com.au/burkes-backyard-local-content-deal-for-streamers-not-what-it-seems/ #auspol
Burke’s backyard. Local content deal for streamers not what it seems.
Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, has announced legislation to compel the multinational streaming giants to produce more Australian content. It's not what it seems.
michaelwest.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I’m a father and an IT worker. The social media ban won’t protect our kids – it will hurt them #AusPol www.smh.com.au/technology/i...
I’m a father and an IT worker. The social media ban won’t protect our kids – it will hurt them
The social media world is not some alternate reality our children “escape” into – it is the reality they live in. The sooner we accept that, the sooner we can help them thrive within it.
www.smh.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m a father and an IT worker. The social media ban won’t protect our kids – it will hurt them #AusPol www.smh.com.au/technology/i...
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Sounds awesome.
Can see why it’s been left of the social media ban.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Can see why it’s been left of the social media ban.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world | Roblox | The Guardian
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated paedophile hellscape’?
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sounds awesome.
Can see why it’s been left of the social media ban.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Can see why it’s been left of the social media ban.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Just a reminder!
The Liberal & Nationals Coalition doubled all government debt accumulated from Federation to the 2013 election.
In under six years.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/coalition-do...
The Liberal & Nationals Coalition doubled all government debt accumulated from Federation to the 2013 election.
In under six years.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/coalition-do...
Coalition doubles all government debt since Federation in just under six years - Michael West
The Coalition has just doubled all government debt accumulated since Federation. In under six years. Alan Austin reports.
michaelwest.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just a reminder!
The Liberal & Nationals Coalition doubled all government debt accumulated from Federation to the 2013 election.
In under six years.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/coalition-do...
The Liberal & Nationals Coalition doubled all government debt accumulated from Federation to the 2013 election.
In under six years.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/coalition-do...
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Defence Minister Richard Marles refers to the Israeli weapons on sale at Sydney weapons expo as "beautiful, menacing and extremely cool".
- Via Antony Loewenstein
- Via Antony Loewenstein
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Defence Minister Richard Marles refers to the Israeli weapons on sale at Sydney weapons expo as "beautiful, menacing and extremely cool".
- Via Antony Loewenstein
- Via Antony Loewenstein
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You are literally the Prime Minister, man, and you show none of these traits in your governance. You could legislate people out of poverty so they can buy their kids toys themselves. But sure, we could all donate money to fucking Kmart instead. #auspol
The Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal reflects the best of the Australian spirit: generosity, compassion and community.
Together, we’re making Christmas brighter for families doing it tough.
Together, we’re making Christmas brighter for families doing it tough.
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
You are literally the Prime Minister, man, and you show none of these traits in your governance. You could legislate people out of poverty so they can buy their kids toys themselves. But sure, we could all donate money to fucking Kmart instead. #auspol
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Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.