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30+ yrs around Eyre Peninsula, now living on Kaurna country
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davidshoebridge.bsky.social
The NACC has AGAIN been forced to correct its evidence about how many times the Commissioner has consulted for Defence.

This is ridiculous.
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
We paid for the nuke waste storage land but we are not allowed to know where it is #auspol
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on the money trail
michaelwest.com.au/follow-the-m...
Follow the money. A radioactive farce of failed land purchases - Michael West
The Federal Government is refusing to release any details of the land purchase for radioactive waste management.
michaelwest.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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biancanogrady.bsky.social
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
A screenshot of a section of Kerry O'Brien's speech. This section is outlined in red, with the note 'Missing from The Age/SMH version: "First things first. It would be remiss of me not to refer specifically to the appalling and outrageous casualty list of Palestinian journalists and other media workers in Israel’s war on Gaza since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens two years ago. “Having excluded independent global media access inside Gaza, leaving us all to rely on local journalists to bear witness to the devastating effect of Israel’s bombardment on the civilian population of Gaza and the famine that has accompanied it, Israel has failed dismally to explain with any credibility why so many journalists have been killed. “Importantly, what we should acknowledge tonight is the impact those Palestinian journalists have had in return for their sacrifice. “They have confronted the world with powerful evidence that has gradually taken on the look and feel of genocide in real time—in our living rooms as well as the corridors of the UN and its agencies. “It is significantly due to the courage and stubborn determination of those journalists that no reasonable citizen of the world has been able to look away. They and their surviving colleagues have provided an irresistible clarity of truth that has profoundly influenced global public opinion, to the point where even some close allies have been compelled to condemn the nature of Israel’s ongoing war, and declare their recognition of the State of Palestine." This section is outlined in blue with the note 'Missing from the Guardian version': “They and their surviving colleagues have provided an irresistible clarity of truth that has profoundly influenced global public opinion, to the point where even some close allies have been compelled to condemn the nature of Israel’s ongoing war, and declare their recognition of the State of Palestine."
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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stefan.bsky.social
Most generous take here is that when you’re a hammer everything is a nail.

But if you’ve got enough hammers and you don’t fvcking use them, more hammers aren’t going to fvcking help, Chris.
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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drvicfielding.bsky.social
Another way to say this is two thirds want net zero to stay - a healthy majority. Lead with that.
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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melissasweetdr.bsky.social
“Tasmania’s director of public health, Mark Veitch, issued a statement on Friday afternoon recommending people consider not consuming fish caught within three kilometres of a salmon pen being treated with florfenicol, if they wanted to avoid exposure to antibiotic residue.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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efrl.bsky.social
#ClimbingVictoria members displaying extreme entitlement in their outrage over not being able to climb anything they want.

Would you put your footprints all over a Michelangelo sculpture?
Nah, didn't think so.

#Arapilesdyurrite #CulturalImportance
#Respect

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Rock climbers defy Parks Victoria requests to avoid Arapiles sites
Rock climbers are publicly urging others to ignore Parks Victoria's requests to avoid culturally significant routes at Mount Arapiles Dyurrite in western Victoria.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope
It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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meckeringboy.bsky.social
What concise pithy terms could be used to describe how Murray Watt and Labor could negotiate with the Greens to pass nature & climate legislation rather than “bow to”, or to side with the right wing, science denying neocons in the LNP?

Collaborate
Engage with
Consult
Negotiate with
Talk with
…
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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gergyl.bsky.social
At least $100 million for the web-relevant bits, more for the add-ons: bsky.app/profile/wind...
windjunky.bsky.social Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · Oct 24
And www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...
"A new website for the bureau... went to Accenture for a sum of $31 million in 2019, ... more than doubled in cost to $75 million.
...data integration platform ... $35 million
...data management platform more than quadrupled in fees to $67 million."
Exclusive: Leaked tape shows BoM crippled by huge cost blowouts
In a meeting with staff, the chief executive of the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the agency was dipping into future operational funds to pay for current projects.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Heart doctor back at St Vincent's today. Hospital's "antisemitism .. hate" press release disappears. Victor Chang yet to fess up to witchhunt

Bravo @wendybacon1.bsky.social for investigation #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/st-vincents-...
St Vincent's crisis triage: heart doctor Macdonald back on the wards after witchhunt - Michael West
After nearly seven weeks, senior cardiologist Professor Macdonald is back working at St Vincent’s Hospital today. Wendy Bacon reports.
michaelwest.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
kae32.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
kae32.bsky.social
Sensible? That's the giants of The Rocks, Eureka

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
'Sensible' centre? Tell that to the giants of The Rocks and Eureka
We've had decades of sanitising radical progressive action in Australia, to make successes seem as if they were just the sensible position.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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meckeringboy.bsky.social
If you think continuing to heat our atmosphere with dirty, toxic fossil fuels is a bad idea…
If you would like to preserve as much of our flora & fauna as possible…
If you want to ensure a safe climate for your children & future generations…
If you want a sustained transition to renewable energy…
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louisviljee.bsky.social LouisViljee @louisviljee.bsky.social · Oct 23
Murray Watt is negotiating with the Coal-ition and corporations to further erode the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. We have to resist and make our voices, and that of the land, waters and air, heard.
#CapturedState
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
yungenchee.bsky.social Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Oct 22
we fight!
write, share with everyone, make Labor face the music for this
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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tonydun.bsky.social
Thankyou Ian Verrander for some clarity. after all the media noise about 'huge backflip', at last a sensible assessment of the increasing tax on large superannuation balances. As per Grattan Institute report, more is required, but this is progress

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
An embarrassing backflip by Chalmers on super or a strategic shift?
After two years of refusing to reshape his superannuation shake-up, the treasurer abandons the idea of taxing unrealised gains while agreeing to index a key tax threshold.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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milliganreports.bsky.social
Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount
Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.
www.abc.net.au
October 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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timsims.bsky.social
This is how you deal with a gaslighting guest. If you're not shutting it down you're supporting it.

#Journalism
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 12
STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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kerryjaggers.bsky.social
ABC Four Corners tonight 8.30pm. This is the story John Lyons was working on when Trump told him he would dob him in to our PM. Hmm, must be something in this story that Trump doesn't want exposed.
#auspol #4Corners
milliganreports.bsky.social Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · Oct 12
Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount
Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.
www.abc.net.au
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic
Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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angorafish.bsky.social
"It doesn’t need more reviews – the entire punitive job-seeker system is broken, and has been consistently revealed to be such, which is not because it is corrupted but because it was established that way." www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop
The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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qldaah.bsky.social
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned for a long war. US President Donald Trump deserves credit for stopping the fighting. His ceasefire plan isn't a long-term resolution & his 3,000 years boast is an exaggeration. John Lyons on Gaza. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Trump has strong-armed Netanyahu, who was planning a longer war
In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.
www.abc.net.au
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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strangerous.bsky.social
David Pocock grills ANU COO Jonathan Churchill on why he skipped out of previous #Estimates
DP “I’ve since seen notes…that your presence was not required, is that correct?”
JC “That’s correct”
DP “why did u tell this committee that noone from council was available…?”
JC “…”🙄
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Wong, a masterclass on China: "build real defence ties, do tech and logistics with friends, don’t pick fights for fun, and — the killer line — don’t get dragged into “what-if” games about Taiwan. “We don’t talk about hypotheticals,”. #auspol #Chinathreat
A masterclass in agency: What Singapore can teach Australia about China
Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sat down with the ABC on 2 October and offered something rare in Australia’s China debate: clarity, confidence, and a middle-power strategy that doesn’t involve shouting or submission.
johnmenadue.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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spoonbill.bsky.social
The Questions On Notice Team deciding which questions are worthy of their notice.
a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other holding a piece of paper .
Alt: Chico and Groucho negotiate a contract in 1929's 'Cocoanuts'. This process consists of Chico ripping out the parts he doesn't like.
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM