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"The healthy looked after the sick, the strong looked after the weak, the young looked after the old.” Tom Uren

Dunghutti Country - Mid-North Coast - New South Wales - Australia
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Inquiry into the sketchy asylum business likely to unveil uncomfortable truths for govt
Janet Pelly reports #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-truth-...
Nauru truth bomb, Government lies. Playing with money, power and refugee lives - Michael West
Amidst the row over the accuracy of a translation, the Governor-General weighs in on the importance of transparency.
michaelwest.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Silent deaths among Gaza's sick and wounded denied medical evacuation
Silent deaths among Gaza's sick and wounded denied medical evacuation
More than 18,000 residents of the Palestinian enclave are waiting to be transferred to hospitals abroad. Because of Israel's blockade and the limited willingness of Western countries to accept patients, around 1,000 have already died.
www.lemonde.fr
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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To those that celebrate we're now only 4 LibSpills away from Christmas, as SA Opp. Leader Vincent Tarzia steps down.

#AusPol
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?

It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:

www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Weather Report - the odd cloud.
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Trump's so-called war on drugs to justify alleged war crimes against Venezuela feels eerily like Bush's so-called war on terror to justify invading Iraq. The media should interrogate war mongers, not parrot them. Let's not let history repeat itself.
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts - Michael West
156 people arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
michaelwest.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Al Jazeera documented Palestinian families attempting to access their fields amid settler attacks.
What is a Palestinian without olives?
Al Jazeera documented Palestinian families attempting to access their fields amid settler attacks.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Is AU really facing an antisemitism crisis?
www.abc.net.au/religion/doe...
NO. It's facing a racism, misogyny & violence against women crisis & only one exceptional group is being catered to.
theklaxon.com.au/segal-threat...
www.reconciliation.org.au/wp-content/u...
www.pmc.gov.au/resources/un...
Is Australia facing an antisemitism crisis? The evidence is clear - ABC Religion & Ethics
Since 7 October 2023 antisemitic incidents have increased in Australia, not only in number but in their extremity. This should be cause for alarm — so why are some trying to downplay the rise in antis...
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Sydney! After this week's #SundayShot, come along to @gleebooks.bsky.social @ 3pm to hear me chat to Friends of @theshot.net.au @mrseankelly.bsky.social, Jess Hill & @mrbenjaminlaw.bsky.social as we celebrate 100 Quarterly Essays.

Book now👇 & get a free 🍷 too!
gleebooks.com.au/event/quarte...
Quarterly Essay 100 – Gleebooks.com.au
gleebooks.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces kill 357 Palestinians in 50 days of ceasefire
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Labor’s “framework” for government appointments will do nothing to end cronyism — it’s just more seediness from a grubby government, writes Bernard Keane.
'Jobs for mates' review shows this is an arrogant government dripping with contempt for integrity
www.crikey.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Hey Albo tell us again about our shared values with this white supremacist
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Fox News host turned Donald's Secretary of War and murderer has put Australian troops at risk.
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social tries to find how many embedded, Marles mute
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
No fog, no war. Hegseth's war crimes put Australian soldiers at risk - Michael West
Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. Why are they are not being recalled?
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Disasters like the BoM website update exemplify exactly why we need to build capacity in the public service and reduce our over reliance on consultants. A robust public service will always provide better value for money and better quality for the taxpayer dollar.
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Gas power’s business model is disappearing. Solar has cut into daytime operation. Batteries are starting to take the rest. And that’s bad news for Australian LNG.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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How to wave off a problem:

- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Cyclone Ditwah devastates all of Sri Lanka in unprecedented disaster
Cyclone Ditwah devastates all of Sri Lanka in unprecedented disaster
Accompanied by torrential rainfall, Cyclone Ditwah triggered landslides and floods that killed at least 410 people, with 336 still missing. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued an appeal for international assistance.
www.lemonde.fr
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Jeffrey Epstein, Netanyahu, Barak, Jimmy Carter, Chomski & Nasrallah are but a few of the names in evidence.
@marykostakidis.bsky.social has filed her defence against the Zionists's 18C bizarre court action
@kimwingerei.bsky.social #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostaki...
Mary Kostakidis. Forced to argue against Israel's war in an Australian court - Michael West
Mary Kostakidis is continuing her court battle, with the Racial Discrimination Act used as a battering ram against free speech.
michaelwest.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Palestinian prisoner Abdulkarim Sanobar’s home in the occupied West Bank was blown up by the Israeli military, after he was accused of a bomb attack on empty buses in February.

Rights groups say blowing up the homes of prisoners is collective punishment and a war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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triple sec of war
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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At some point the people who voted out the LNP only to get LNP will torch this govt and it can’t come soon enough.
(cue rusted on justification)
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Israeli forces carry out demolition and destruction on residential buildings behind the yellow line in central Gaza.
Israeli forces continue demolition, destruction around Gaza City
Israeli forces carry out demolition and destruction on residential buildings behind the yellow line in central Gaza.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM