Just Jane
@ajustjane.bsky.social
Social and environmental justice, education, clean air, #auspol & world politics.
Living and working on Noongar Boodja (south western Australia)
Living and working on Noongar Boodja (south western Australia)
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$350 billion for Aukus submarines but we can’t afford 350 research jobs
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
$350 billion for Aukus submarines but we can’t afford 350 research jobs
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Never assume rich people are smart.
Never assume poor people are dumb.
Never assume poor people are dumb.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Never assume rich people are smart.
Never assume poor people are dumb.
Never assume poor people are dumb.
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Rats in the ranks: Andrew Hastie, a military strategist, resigns from the federal Liberal front bench, unable to accept Cabinet solidarity in the Westminster tradition. So he’s obviously planning to displace Sussan Ley as leader but does not yet have the numbers. 👇
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rats in the ranks: Andrew Hastie, a military strategist, resigns from the federal Liberal front bench, unable to accept Cabinet solidarity in the Westminster tradition. So he’s obviously planning to displace Sussan Ley as leader but does not yet have the numbers. 👇
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Hastie is a cunning politician and it's risky to dismiss him as a crank because his views are racist. There's a good chance he will be Liberal party leader by the next election, and his white nationalism should ring alarm bells. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Andrew Hastie quits Coalition frontbench over immigration policy dispute
Liberal MP resigns as shadow home affairs minister, increasing pressure on opposition leader Sussan Ley
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hastie is a cunning politician and it's risky to dismiss him as a crank because his views are racist. There's a good chance he will be Liberal party leader by the next election, and his white nationalism should ring alarm bells. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"This decision is a slap in the face. It allows Woodside to continue operations and pollution to 2070. It is a crime against Murujuga and a crime against humanity”
- Mardathoonera Traditional Custodian Raelene Cooper
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- Mardathoonera Traditional Custodian Raelene Cooper
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australia's largest gas project given final approval to operate until 2070
Australia's biggest gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"This decision is a slap in the face. It allows Woodside to continue operations and pollution to 2070. It is a crime against Murujuga and a crime against humanity”
- Mardathoonera Traditional Custodian Raelene Cooper
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- Mardathoonera Traditional Custodian Raelene Cooper
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Former minister working for three companies linked to controversial religious group
The Sydney-based church has been described by former members and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a "cult".
www.abc.net.au
September 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Any other organisation with this record would be abandoned by its followers.
Catholics who fund this are perpetrators and need to accept their responsibility.
Catholics who fund this are perpetrators and need to accept their responsibility.
Catholic Church tried to revive outlawed legal loophole in abuse case
An ABC investigation can reveal the Catholic Church tried to revive a highly controversial legal loophole that stopped it from being sued by victims of sexual abuse for millions of dollars in damages,...
www.abc.net.au
September 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Any other organisation with this record would be abandoned by its followers.
Catholics who fund this are perpetrators and need to accept their responsibility.
Catholics who fund this are perpetrators and need to accept their responsibility.
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If Jillian Segal finds Pro Palestinian demonstrators intimidating, what does she call this?
September 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If Jillian Segal finds Pro Palestinian demonstrators intimidating, what does she call this?
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If we have special envoys to tackle racism for specific races and cultures who experience racism, why is there no special envoy to tackle racism against First Nations people? #campsovereignty
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If we have special envoys to tackle racism for specific races and cultures who experience racism, why is there no special envoy to tackle racism against First Nations people? #campsovereignty
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Genuinely, though, why is this outsourced to Deloitte?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy
Exclusive: Government could redirect billions in existing spending on the childcare subsidy and introduce a daily flat fee for families
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Genuinely, though, why is this outsourced to Deloitte?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
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Israel WTF
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Israel WTF
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Australia’s supply to Israel of F35 weapons parts is the “direct facilitation of war crimes” says Josh Paul, former Director of Congressional and Public Affairs, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, in the US State Dept.
So why won’t Labor stop doing it? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
So why won’t Labor stop doing it? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Australia's part in Israel's weapons supply chain - ABC listen
Where do the arms involved in conflicts worldwide come from and who bears responsibility for how they are used in war?
The US is by far the world's largest weapons manufacturer and exporter, accounti...
www.abc.net.au
August 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Australia’s supply to Israel of F35 weapons parts is the “direct facilitation of war crimes” says Josh Paul, former Director of Congressional and Public Affairs, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, in the US State Dept.
So why won’t Labor stop doing it? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
So why won’t Labor stop doing it? www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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If this isn’t enough for Australia to alter its relationship with the US nothing will be.
Arming and sponsoring genocide then looking away is not something we can ignore.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
Arming and sponsoring genocide then looking away is not something we can ignore.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
US drifts further from allies as it shrugs at Israel's Gaza plan
The apparent US indifference to the prospect of a long - possibly indefinite - Israeli military occupation marks a telling change in tone.
www.bbc.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If this isn’t enough for Australia to alter its relationship with the US nothing will be.
Arming and sponsoring genocide then looking away is not something we can ignore.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
Arming and sponsoring genocide then looking away is not something we can ignore.
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
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If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If genocide isn't your redline, then you have no redlines.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed temporarily as tens of thousands of Australians made their voices heard against Israel's genocide in Gaza. #FreePalestine #3E
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Can we complain about Ben Fordham's political, and anti-ABC stance and get him sacked from the ABC, or is that only for minorities #Auspol #jobsfortheboys
July 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Can we complain about Ben Fordham's political, and anti-ABC stance and get him sacked from the ABC, or is that only for minorities #Auspol #jobsfortheboys
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Stop putting childcare into private hands. Now.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
The sooner we close for-profit childcare centres, the better
We let our babies become commodities. That's the problem.
www.canberratimes.com.au
July 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Stop putting childcare into private hands. Now.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/900754...
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The Lattouf case reveals the cowardice (or complicity) of an ABC Mgmt that rptedly seeks the approval of #NewsCorp. ABC News regularly platforms NewsCorp journalists & commentators, without critique, using the disingenuous excuse of providing "balance". It's openly pro-LNP, pro-Israel. #journalism
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Lattouf case reveals the cowardice (or complicity) of an ABC Mgmt that rptedly seeks the approval of #NewsCorp. ABC News regularly platforms NewsCorp journalists & commentators, without critique, using the disingenuous excuse of providing "balance". It's openly pro-LNP, pro-Israel. #journalism
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Stuart Littlemore had their measure 24 years ago. The schtick is the same now as it was then.
youtu.be/qZ_Kbiwl2ok?...
youtu.be/qZ_Kbiwl2ok?...
Stuart Littlemore - Institute Of Public Affairs - ABC TV 2001
YouTube video by KevinIntensity
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June 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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At last the ABC’s 7.30 report is holding powerful lobbies to account.
UNICEF is utterly outraged by Israel’s crimes against humanity killing innocent children in Gaza.
Enough is already too much.
How long can Australia and the world community tolerate this egregious cruelty?
UNICEF is utterly outraged by Israel’s crimes against humanity killing innocent children in Gaza.
Enough is already too much.
How long can Australia and the world community tolerate this egregious cruelty?
June 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
At last the ABC’s 7.30 report is holding powerful lobbies to account.
UNICEF is utterly outraged by Israel’s crimes against humanity killing innocent children in Gaza.
Enough is already too much.
How long can Australia and the world community tolerate this egregious cruelty?
UNICEF is utterly outraged by Israel’s crimes against humanity killing innocent children in Gaza.
Enough is already too much.
How long can Australia and the world community tolerate this egregious cruelty?
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“It’s up to us and other countries like ours to argue [for the international rules-based order] … if it means standing up to the US and arguing our case we should do so”
A very reasonable view from someone dumped from Cabinet.
These words should be coming from the Foreign Minister & PM. #auspol
A very reasonable view from someone dumped from Cabinet.
These words should be coming from the Foreign Minister & PM. #auspol
Ed Husic breaks ranks to criticise Israel and express alarm over ‘fraying of rules-based order’ following US strikes
Ed Husic breaks ranks to criticise Israel and express alarm over ‘fraying of rules-based order’ following US strikes
Labor MP says situation in Middle East is not ‘black and white … all I see is grey’ in departure from party’s stance
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The Labor MP, Ed Husic, has suggested the Israeli strikes on Iran that sparked the latest Middle East conflict were not justified, breaking ranks from his senior colleagues to criticise the Netanyahu government.
The former cabinet minister also expressed alarm about a “fraying of the rules-based order” after the US bombed Iran, departing from the government’s explicit support of Donald Trump’s intervention. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“It’s up to us and other countries like ours to argue [for the international rules-based order] … if it means standing up to the US and arguing our case we should do so”
A very reasonable view from someone dumped from Cabinet.
These words should be coming from the Foreign Minister & PM. #auspol
A very reasonable view from someone dumped from Cabinet.
These words should be coming from the Foreign Minister & PM. #auspol
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Australians deserve the right to decide which wars we join. I object to Wong promising our support to Trump's (unconstitutional) attacks on Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Australians deserve the right to decide which wars we join. I object to Wong promising our support to Trump's (unconstitutional) attacks on Iran.
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Entrapped, 1991
screenprint crested by Bronwyn Bancroft, Bundjalung Indigenous Australian artist and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
screenprint crested by Bronwyn Bancroft, Bundjalung Indigenous Australian artist and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
June 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Entrapped, 1991
screenprint crested by Bronwyn Bancroft, Bundjalung Indigenous Australian artist and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
screenprint crested by Bronwyn Bancroft, Bundjalung Indigenous Australian artist and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Just heard the Israeli foreign minister criticizing Iran for targeting civilians. I’m nauseous at the hypocrisy. Words aren’t strong enough to convey the contempt I have for these people.
June 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just heard the Israeli foreign minister criticizing Iran for targeting civilians. I’m nauseous at the hypocrisy. Words aren’t strong enough to convey the contempt I have for these people.
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Why on earth would we want to keep AUKUS??
The further we can get away from the US - which is clearly a failed state - the better.
Extraordinary that this isn't part of the commentary #auspol
The further we can get away from the US - which is clearly a failed state - the better.
Extraordinary that this isn't part of the commentary #auspol
June 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Why on earth would we want to keep AUKUS??
The further we can get away from the US - which is clearly a failed state - the better.
Extraordinary that this isn't part of the commentary #auspol
The further we can get away from the US - which is clearly a failed state - the better.
Extraordinary that this isn't part of the commentary #auspol