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Just finished this, well worth it. AUKUS will inflame regional tensions, undermine Australian sovereignty, tie us to an increasingly unstable US in which key officials now talk about using nuclear weapons and winning a nuclear war. A very bad idea.
www.mup.com.au/books/nuked-...
www.mup.com.au/books/nuked-...
Nuked, Andrew Fowler
Like all military acquisition programs worth billions of dollars, Australia's decision to buy a new submarine fleet was expected to be a torturous process. But no one could have predicted the trail of...
www.mup.com.au
November 23, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Just finished this, well worth it. AUKUS will inflame regional tensions, undermine Australian sovereignty, tie us to an increasingly unstable US in which key officials now talk about using nuclear weapons and winning a nuclear war. A very bad idea.
www.mup.com.au/books/nuked-...
www.mup.com.au/books/nuked-...
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My latest. As with East Timor, international law supports the Palestinian cause. As with East Timor, western powers are the obstacle to a just settlement.
declassifiedaus.org/2024/09/12/p...
declassifiedaus.org/2024/09/12/p...
PALESTINE – THE LESSONS OF EAST TIMOR - Declassified Australia
History teaches us that Palestine, as with East Timor, will be free.
declassifiedaus.org
November 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
My latest. As with East Timor, international law supports the Palestinian cause. As with East Timor, western powers are the obstacle to a just settlement.
declassifiedaus.org/2024/09/12/p...
declassifiedaus.org/2024/09/12/p...
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On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 AM
On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
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Every Sunday Melbourne marches for a free Palestine
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Every Sunday Melbourne marches for a free Palestine
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A commenter on our YouTube channel sums up Trump’s picks
November 23, 2024 at 6:03 PM
A commenter on our YouTube channel sums up Trump’s picks
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Just a reminder that it was the Howard government that signed Australia up to the International Criminal Court. Alexander Downer was foreign minister. Peter Dutton was a backbencher.
November 24, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Just a reminder that it was the Howard government that signed Australia up to the International Criminal Court. Alexander Downer was foreign minister. Peter Dutton was a backbencher.
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I've been to both Israel and Gaza. I've seen the racism, the most appalling extreme right views, the arrogance and the divisions in the West Bank. The apartheid in Hebron. Decades ago I briefly worked for what was then the Red Cross delivering seed supplies to Gaza only to be destroyed by Israelis.
November 24, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I've been to both Israel and Gaza. I've seen the racism, the most appalling extreme right views, the arrogance and the divisions in the West Bank. The apartheid in Hebron. Decades ago I briefly worked for what was then the Red Cross delivering seed supplies to Gaza only to be destroyed by Israelis.
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This really is quite extraordinary.
Dreyfus should have grabbed him on the way out of the committee room and sacked him on the spot.
But then Dreyfus was the one who thought him a great pick.
Dreyfus should have grabbed him on the way out of the committee room and sacked him on the spot.
But then Dreyfus was the one who thought him a great pick.
November 23, 2024 at 11:48 PM
This really is quite extraordinary.
Dreyfus should have grabbed him on the way out of the committee room and sacked him on the spot.
But then Dreyfus was the one who thought him a great pick.
Dreyfus should have grabbed him on the way out of the committee room and sacked him on the spot.
But then Dreyfus was the one who thought him a great pick.
Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education consortiumnews.com/2024/11/23/c...
Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education
Allison Butler and Nolan Higdon discuss the "ed-tech" systems eroding minors’ privacy rights and discriminating against students of color.
By Chris Hedges
ScheerPost
Any technology created by the U.S....
consortiumnews.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education consortiumnews.com/2024/11/23/c...
It can’t happen here - johnmenadue.com/it-cant-happ...
It can’t happen here - Pearls and Irritations
Trumps early appointments to senior posts suggest Trump means what he says, and his rhetoric will be policy.
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:42 AM
It can’t happen here - johnmenadue.com/it-cant-happ...
ICC arrest warrants: Moral Equivalence? - johnmenadue.com/a-reflection...
ICC arrest warrants: Moral Equivalence? - Pearls and Irritations
One thing people that people can agrees with is there can be no moral equivalence between the Israeli government and Hamas.
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:36 AM
ICC arrest warrants: Moral Equivalence? - johnmenadue.com/a-reflection...
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Clear statement from the All Blacks
#ToitūTeTiriti
#ToitūTeTiriti
November 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Clear statement from the All Blacks
#ToitūTeTiriti
#ToitūTeTiriti
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Panel After Reporting on Abortion Ban Deaths | Common Dreams
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Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Panel After Reporting on Abortion Ban Deaths | Common Dreams
Georgia officials fired the Maternal Mortality Review Committee members
after ProPublica revealed preventable deaths due to abortion
restrictions.
www.commondreams.org
November 23, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Georgia Fires Entire Maternal Mortality Panel After Reporting on Abortion Ban Deaths | Common Dreams
www.commondreams.org/news/georgia...
www.commondreams.org/news/georgia...
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Don’t America my Australia” - my warning against the Americanisation of Australian politics and the perils of going further down the path of polarisation at the National Press Club this week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASQ...
IN FULL: Dr Nick Bryant's Address to the National Press Club
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Don’t America my Australia” - my warning against the Americanisation of Australian politics and the perils of going further down the path of polarisation at the National Press Club this week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASQ...
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Spiky blue devils and chocolate lilies: Victorian grassland bursts with wildflowers after ecological ‘reset’
Spiky blue devils and chocolate lilies: Victorian grassland bursts with wildflowers after ecological ‘reset’
Careful management including weed control and a burn laid the groundwork for floral abundance in Boorhaman reserve
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Thousands of native daisies, aromatic lilies, milkmaids, billy buttons and rare orchids have blossomed in a pocket of north-east Victorian grassland in one of the best wildflower displays in years.
Glen Johnson, an ecologist at Wild Research, said Boorhaman reserve, located north of Wangaratta, was “an amazingly diverse environment from the knees down”.
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Spiky blue devils and chocolate lilies: Victorian grassland bursts with wildflowers after ecological ‘reset’
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So much for “rules based order” international law? Former Australian PMs Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison urge withdrawal from the International Criminal Court over its arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Murdoch papers concur. “Moral equivalence” v crimes against humanity. This lets Putin off the hook.
November 23, 2024 at 9:00 PM
So much for “rules based order” international law? Former Australian PMs Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison urge withdrawal from the International Criminal Court over its arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Murdoch papers concur. “Moral equivalence” v crimes against humanity. This lets Putin off the hook.
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ABC/SBS to be censored on Israel/Gaza/Lebanon coverage deemed by Senator Paterson to be biased against Israel:Paul Sakkal SMH/Age. ABC editorial rules require fair and fearless reporting which requires its journalists to strive to tell its audiences what’s really going on.
November 23, 2024 at 9:38 PM
ABC/SBS to be censored on Israel/Gaza/Lebanon coverage deemed by Senator Paterson to be biased against Israel:Paul Sakkal SMH/Age. ABC editorial rules require fair and fearless reporting which requires its journalists to strive to tell its audiences what’s really going on.
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“Social media start-up Bluesky is exploding as academics, journalist, and left-leaning politicians abandon Elon Musk’s X in search of bluer skies. Now, the platform has surpassed Meta’s Threads in user numbers, yet Threads still leads in app usage.”
Bluesky Overtakes Threads as Liberals Flee MAGA Trolls on X
Prior to Nov. 5, Threads had five times more daily US users than Bluesky.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
“Social media start-up Bluesky is exploding as academics, journalist, and left-leaning politicians abandon Elon Musk’s X in search of bluer skies. Now, the platform has surpassed Meta’s Threads in user numbers, yet Threads still leads in app usage.”
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All of you #auspol types tainting your day by starting it with #insiders can turn it around by doing something good and donating to ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle.
Every donation helps - big or small.
Help fund this courageous man's ongoing quest for justice!
www.gofundme.com/f/ato-whistl...
Every donation helps - big or small.
Help fund this courageous man's ongoing quest for justice!
www.gofundme.com/f/ato-whistl...
Donate to Support ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle, organized by Jo Dyer
When Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle takes the stand in his cri… Jo Dyer needs your support for Support ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle
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November 23, 2024 at 10:41 PM
All of you #auspol types tainting your day by starting it with #insiders can turn it around by doing something good and donating to ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle.
Every donation helps - big or small.
Help fund this courageous man's ongoing quest for justice!
www.gofundme.com/f/ato-whistl...
Every donation helps - big or small.
Help fund this courageous man's ongoing quest for justice!
www.gofundme.com/f/ato-whistl...
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What they test in apartheid Israel and Gaza, will be used on domestic shores. We are dealing with profoundly evil people.
New Report Warns Against Pentagon Project Potentially Developing “ #Killer #Robots”
"Officials have refused to clarify whether the Replicator initiative is developing #AI #weapons that can kill #autonomously."
truthout.org/articles/new... #DOD #Military #Weaponry
"Officials have refused to clarify whether the Replicator initiative is developing #AI #weapons that can kill #autonomously."
truthout.org/articles/new... #DOD #Military #Weaponry
New Report Warns Against Pentagon Project Potentially Developing “Killer Robots”
Officials have refused to clarify whether the Replicator initiative is developing AI weapons that can kill autonomously.
truthout.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:26 PM
What they test in apartheid Israel and Gaza, will be used on domestic shores. We are dealing with profoundly evil people.