💧DavidR
@dboyrees.bsky.social
Living on Darkinjung land. Politically aware; retired educator and child protection/disability advocate.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Everything that is wrong with the Liberal party all wrapped up in one self absorbed individual (I was going to write “wanker”, but I thought I should refrain….)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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 9:54 AM
Everything that is wrong with the Liberal party all wrapped up in one self absorbed individual (I was going to write “wanker”, but I thought I should refrain….)
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
September 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The NOalition doing what it does best! They have not changed a bit since Abbott was dubbed Dr. No😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Economists warn Labor has little hope of finding consensus on company tax
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told business leaders he is open to reforming the tax to boost investment in a "fair and affordable" way, but there is no agreement on a clear way forward.
www.abc.net.au
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The NOalition doing what it does best! They have not changed a bit since Abbott was dubbed Dr. No😳
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians - The Shot
Summary for flaky, attention-span deficient types: First Nations and Palestinian allies stood strong against Nazi assaults in the Melbourne CBD,...
theshot.net.au
September 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Anti-Semitism envoy, condemner of watermelons, declines to comment on Nazi terror attacks on First Nations and Palestinians theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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August 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What does a bully do when someone stands up to them? They lash out and, in this case, Netanyahu projects what he has done to his own reputation and the reputation of Israel.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Netanyahu says Australian PM Albanese’s record ‘forever tarnished by weakness’ after Australian Jewish group urges calm
Speaking to Sky News, Israel’s prime minister ratchets up diplomatic row by saying Albanese has shown ‘weakness’ in the face of ‘Hamas terrorist monsters’
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What does a bully do when someone stands up to them? They lash out and, in this case, Netanyahu projects what he has done to his own reputation and the reputation of Israel.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You know you are doing something right when Netanyahu singles you out for taking steps to address his genocide in Gaza.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Strength not about 'how many you blow up', Albanese minister says after Netanyahu criticism
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has reacted, after Israel's prime minister labelled Anthony Albanese a "weak politician".
www.sbs.com.au
August 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
You know you are doing something right when Netanyahu singles you out for taking steps to address his genocide in Gaza.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas
It’s likely much will be said, but little done, at next week’s economic roundtable.
johnmenadue.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08...
#TACOTrump strikes again!
Mexican President Gets Trump to Cave Yet Again on Tariffs Deadline newrepublic.com/post/198661/... via @newrepublic.com
Mexican President Gets Trump to Cave Yet Again on Tariffs Deadline newrepublic.com/post/198661/... via @newrepublic.com
Mexican President Gets Trump to Cave Yet Again on Tariffs Deadline
The “world’s leading Trump whisperer” strikes again.
newrepublic.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#TACOTrump strikes again!
Mexican President Gets Trump to Cave Yet Again on Tariffs Deadline newrepublic.com/post/198661/... via @newrepublic.com
Mexican President Gets Trump to Cave Yet Again on Tariffs Deadline newrepublic.com/post/198661/... via @newrepublic.com
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Unsafe.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
July 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Unsafe.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
FMD! What a great deal for the oil companies…..again!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells
Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
FMD! What a great deal for the oil companies…..again!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
None of this passes the pub test - The Shot
Jillian Segal’s report, the entire double-spaced, decorative and glossy 16 pages of it, is largely insulting dross.
theshot.net.au
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Perhaps the government appointed anti-Semitism envoy Segal could start with monitoring her husband’s support of spinning media narratives before giving advice to ABC and SBS? Just an idea.
Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.
You can watch it in full on YouTube.
Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.
You can watch it in full on YouTube.
July 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Perhaps the government appointed anti-Semitism envoy Segal could start with monitoring her husband’s support of spinning media narratives before giving advice to ABC and SBS? Just an idea.
Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.
You can watch it in full on YouTube.
Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.
You can watch it in full on YouTube.
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🚨The Lebanese Muslim Association has called for Jillian Segal to resign - or the government sack her - following The Klaxon's expose.
To “pretend” the $50,000 to Advance “has no bearing on her role” was “insulting”.
Her "husband" excuse is an "evasion"…
theklaxon.com.au/zj3p
To “pretend” the $50,000 to Advance “has no bearing on her role” was “insulting”.
Her "husband" excuse is an "evasion"…
theklaxon.com.au/zj3p
“Segal must resign” – Top Muslim body - The Klaxon
The Lebanese Muslim Association has called for the resignation of Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal following The Klaxon's expose Saturday.
theklaxon.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚨The Lebanese Muslim Association has called for Jillian Segal to resign - or the government sack her - following The Klaxon's expose.
To “pretend” the $50,000 to Advance “has no bearing on her role” was “insulting”.
Her "husband" excuse is an "evasion"…
theklaxon.com.au/zj3p
To “pretend” the $50,000 to Advance “has no bearing on her role” was “insulting”.
Her "husband" excuse is an "evasion"…
theklaxon.com.au/zj3p
“Please explain!”
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Antisemitism envoy denies involvment in husband's trust donation to anti-immigrant group
Jillian Segal says her husband does not dictate her politics, after it was reported a group in which he is listed as a director made a $50,000 donation to Advance Australia.
www.sbs.com.au
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Please explain!”
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Netanyahu and the IDF are war criminals.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Israeli strike kills children queuing for treatment near Gaza clinic, aid group says
US-based aid group Project Hope, which runs the facility, said the strike hit as patients gathered outside to receive treatment for malnutrition, infections, and chronic illnesses.
www.sbs.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Netanyahu and the IDF are war criminals.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Thanks Jess
@jessharwoodart.bsky.social
@jessharwoodart.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thanks Jess
@jessharwoodart.bsky.social
@jessharwoodart.bsky.social
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NSW: Man in his 50s dies after contracting bat lyssavirus.
"A man in his 50s has died after contracting the first case of Australian bat lyssavirus in New South Wales."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"A man in his 50s has died after contracting the first case of Australian bat lyssavirus in New South Wales."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
July 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
NSW: Man in his 50s dies after contracting bat lyssavirus.
"A man in his 50s has died after contracting the first case of Australian bat lyssavirus in New South Wales."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"A man in his 50s has died after contracting the first case of Australian bat lyssavirus in New South Wales."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Antoinette Lattouf:
“In December 2023 I shared a Human Rights Watch found that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
"It is now June 2025 and Palestinian children are still being starved. We see their images everyday: emaciated, skeletal, scavenging through the rubble.”
“In December 2023 I shared a Human Rights Watch found that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
"It is now June 2025 and Palestinian children are still being starved. We see their images everyday: emaciated, skeletal, scavenging through the rubble.”
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Antoinette Lattouf:
“In December 2023 I shared a Human Rights Watch found that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
"It is now June 2025 and Palestinian children are still being starved. We see their images everyday: emaciated, skeletal, scavenging through the rubble.”
“In December 2023 I shared a Human Rights Watch found that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza.
"It is now June 2025 and Palestinian children are still being starved. We see their images everyday: emaciated, skeletal, scavenging through the rubble.”