Helencita
@helencitaoz.bsky.social
“Where there are birds, there is hope.”Mehmet Murat ildan.
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To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter?
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NACC says: No comment.
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NACC says: No comment.
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter?
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NACC says: No comment.
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NACC says: No comment.
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I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
Minister for protecting gambling is now minister for wrecking FOI
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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Raf Epstein rips into “friends & colleagues” in the media for not asking “whether or not what Israel is doing is illegal” in Iran & “not even asking questions about what the intelligence is”
Phil Coorey “I don’t think they care”
Epstein “But that’s the problem!”💥 #ABCInsiders
Phil Coorey “I don’t think they care”
Epstein “But that’s the problem!”💥 #ABCInsiders
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Raf Epstein rips into “friends & colleagues” in the media for not asking “whether or not what Israel is doing is illegal” in Iran & “not even asking questions about what the intelligence is”
Phil Coorey “I don’t think they care”
Epstein “But that’s the problem!”💥 #ABCInsiders
Phil Coorey “I don’t think they care”
Epstein “But that’s the problem!”💥 #ABCInsiders
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People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/91rI7x6
Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning
His “departure” from the government is anything but.
trib.al
June 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/91rI7x6
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Wow. Honestly, just so infuriating. I have zero confidence any of this is going to stick, and the next time Bowen drops subsidies for home owners to buy batteries it all gets memory holed.
So many of us have been warning about these problems for YEARS
ketanjoshi.co/2023/06/09/m...
So many of us have been warning about these problems for YEARS
ketanjoshi.co/2023/06/09/m...
June 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wow. Honestly, just so infuriating. I have zero confidence any of this is going to stick, and the next time Bowen drops subsidies for home owners to buy batteries it all gets memory holed.
So many of us have been warning about these problems for YEARS
ketanjoshi.co/2023/06/09/m...
So many of us have been warning about these problems for YEARS
ketanjoshi.co/2023/06/09/m...
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Today, EnergyAustralia has been forced to admit what @australiainstitute.org.au research has long shown: Carbon offsets are a total sham & do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
May 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today, EnergyAustralia has been forced to admit what @australiainstitute.org.au research has long shown: Carbon offsets are a total sham & do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
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People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
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This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
People reacting to the She Matters mural in Hosier Lane, Melbourne. The mural contains the names & faces of 128 Australian women killed since Jan 1, 2024
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
This is the work of Sherele Moody of #FemicideWatch
Donate: australianfemicidewatch.org/support/
Shop: australianfemicidewatch.org/shop-2/
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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The Liberal party now only holds two seats previously held by its leaders - Wannon (Fraser) and Cook (Morrison). Voters comprehensively rejected it. The question is - will Labor?
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Australia rejected the right's agenda, we'll see if Labor do the same
We are about to find out whether the Labor government has the bravery to govern without the approval of right-wingers.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Liberal party now only holds two seats previously held by its leaders - Wannon (Fraser) and Cook (Morrison). Voters comprehensively rejected it. The question is - will Labor?
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
May 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare
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Please share widely also
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April 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We need your help!!
Please share widely also
Please share widely also
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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
www.euronews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
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“A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.”
Count the Dead by the Millions
From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.
www.rollingstone.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.”
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WATCH — @carolecadwalla.bsky.social : “The Russian and American presidents are now speaking the same words. Telling the same lies. We are watching the collapse of the international world order in real time… it is already later than we think.”
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
WATCH — @carolecadwalla.bsky.social : “The Russian and American presidents are now speaking the same words. Telling the same lies. We are watching the collapse of the international world order in real time… it is already later than we think.”
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The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.
Emergency Food for 3 Million Children Is Stuck in DOGE Limbo
Elon Musk said he would preserve lifesaving aid to foreign children. Then the Trump administration quietly canceled it.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports.
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Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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If the proposed government efficiency minister (Trump™️) can’t name specific areas of waste to be cut, perhaps her pretend ministry (which only replicates the work of the finance minister anyway) should itself face the chop?
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
If the proposed government efficiency minister (Trump™️) can’t name specific areas of waste to be cut, perhaps her pretend ministry (which only replicates the work of the finance minister anyway) should itself face the chop?
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Imagine you’re a country funding an expensive Canberra embassy, only for the PM to suddenly base himself somewhere else. At a whim. Just one of many implications of snubbing the capital.
April 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Imagine you’re a country funding an expensive Canberra embassy, only for the PM to suddenly base himself somewhere else. At a whim. Just one of many implications of snubbing the capital.
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A couple of things:
1. Saul Kavonic is not a “leading energy expert”. He’s a junior analyst who’s made a name by attacking Labor on behalf of the gas industry.
2. Dutton’s gas policy is just a lie. The Coalition will quietly walk this back soon after the election
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
1. Saul Kavonic is not a “leading energy expert”. He’s a junior analyst who’s made a name by attacking Labor on behalf of the gas industry.
2. Dutton’s gas policy is just a lie. The Coalition will quietly walk this back soon after the election
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
'Populist' and a 'betrayal': Leading gas expert lets rip on Dutton plan
A leading gas expert and strident Labor critic has suggested the Coalition's policy could lead to less gas.
www.abc.net.au
March 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A couple of things:
1. Saul Kavonic is not a “leading energy expert”. He’s a junior analyst who’s made a name by attacking Labor on behalf of the gas industry.
2. Dutton’s gas policy is just a lie. The Coalition will quietly walk this back soon after the election
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
1. Saul Kavonic is not a “leading energy expert”. He’s a junior analyst who’s made a name by attacking Labor on behalf of the gas industry.
2. Dutton’s gas policy is just a lie. The Coalition will quietly walk this back soon after the election
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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This pic of mine is currently on display in the Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the 'Climate Change in Focus' exhibition. Just heard that some photos will be removed once the election is called for reasons of "political sensitivities". Yeah, let's pretend that climate change isn't a thing.
March 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This pic of mine is currently on display in the Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the 'Climate Change in Focus' exhibition. Just heard that some photos will be removed once the election is called for reasons of "political sensitivities". Yeah, let's pretend that climate change isn't a thing.
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.