Helen Salkeld
@kihelen.bsky.social
Left-leaning Australian grandmother married to gorgeous man, concerned about climate change, environmental issues. Love animals particularly dogs, optimist. Who else plans to build their new home at the age of 78?!
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I’m old enough to remember when there was a whole debate over whether police used tear gas as they cleared Lafayette Square and the surrounding area of protesters in DC on June 1, 2020 (they did).
Now DHS agents apparently toss varieties of tear gas all the time.
Now DHS agents apparently toss varieties of tear gas all the time.
Just arrived on the scene at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland. Here less than 10 minutes when agents charged out of the facility and used a pale yellow gas that caused tears and coughing in crowd members. Also shot munitions at those retreating.
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m old enough to remember when there was a whole debate over whether police used tear gas as they cleared Lafayette Square and the surrounding area of protesters in DC on June 1, 2020 (they did).
Now DHS agents apparently toss varieties of tear gas all the time.
Now DHS agents apparently toss varieties of tear gas all the time.
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In case you had any doubts about the #climate & #energy bullet we dodged federally - its all playing out in QLD! #auspol #solar ##wind reneweconomy.com.au/lnp-reverses...
LNP reverses approval of Brookfield-backed wind farm in stunning about-face
Queensland wind farm celebrated as the first to be approved by newly elected LNP government becomes the first to be retrospectively rejected using extraordinary planning powers.
reneweconomy.com.au
May 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Corporate media was a little quiet on this one 🤔
May 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Corporate media was a little quiet on this one 🤔
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Native forest logging in NSW just posted a $15 mil loss in 6 months. It’s environmentally destructive & economically broken.
Time to stop propping it up with public money & invest in communities to transition to sustainable industries of the future.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Time to stop propping it up with public money & invest in communities to transition to sustainable industries of the future.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Half-yearly loss of almost $15m for NSW native forest logging shows industry future shaky, conservationists say
Former independent MP accuses division of throwing ‘good money after bad only to see our native wildlife suffer’
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Native forest logging in NSW just posted a $15 mil loss in 6 months. It’s environmentally destructive & economically broken.
Time to stop propping it up with public money & invest in communities to transition to sustainable industries of the future.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Time to stop propping it up with public money & invest in communities to transition to sustainable industries of the future.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Just get vaccinated people
Vaccinate your children too
They were invented to save lives
Even stupid people’s lives
Vaccinate your children too
They were invented to save lives
Even stupid people’s lives
May 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just get vaccinated people
Vaccinate your children too
They were invented to save lives
Even stupid people’s lives
Vaccinate your children too
They were invented to save lives
Even stupid people’s lives
A brilliantly lacerating editorial: Stop the votes www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Stop the votes
Surely this is the end, the rock bottom drunks talk about at their first meeting. For more than 20 years, the Liberal Party has staggered further and further from the political centre, stopping occasi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A brilliantly lacerating editorial: Stop the votes www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Dutton’s safe harbour www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Dutton’s safe harbour
Peter Dutton shrugged as he answered. You could see the political calculation playing across his face. Underneath the studio lights, he looked like a smooth and blinking Chupa Chup.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Dutton’s safe harbour www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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I've said this before
ANY Aust political party than guarantees to cancel AUKUS will strongly influence my chance of voting for them
I know some have. Just putting this out there in the hope more will
And if you do, maybe share it so they know
ANY Aust political party than guarantees to cancel AUKUS will strongly influence my chance of voting for them
I know some have. Just putting this out there in the hope more will
And if you do, maybe share it so they know
March 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I've said this before
ANY Aust political party than guarantees to cancel AUKUS will strongly influence my chance of voting for them
I know some have. Just putting this out there in the hope more will
And if you do, maybe share it so they know
ANY Aust political party than guarantees to cancel AUKUS will strongly influence my chance of voting for them
I know some have. Just putting this out there in the hope more will
And if you do, maybe share it so they know
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Recent assaults on the right to protest are just the latest front in Australia's ever-expanding police state, @theshufflediary.bsky.social reports.
How Australia became a police state
Pro-Palestine protests and sustained years of climate activism have contributed to the recent flurry of legislation.
www.crikey.com.au
March 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Recent assaults on the right to protest are just the latest front in Australia's ever-expanding police state, @theshufflediary.bsky.social reports.
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Peter Dutton just said “the best indicator is past performance”.
When he was Health Minister he took the axe to Medicare.
He's already said he'll cut again if he becomes Prime Minister.
Peter Dutton will come after Medicare again and make Australians worse off.
#auspol #ausecon
When he was Health Minister he took the axe to Medicare.
He's already said he'll cut again if he becomes Prime Minister.
Peter Dutton will come after Medicare again and make Australians worse off.
#auspol #ausecon
March 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Given that this enthusiasm for batteries is from the mob who told us that they only provide a few hours backup & that you can't charge your car & battery at the same time, & also given their track record of walking back election promises once they're in, excuse me if I'm skeptical.
#auspol
#auspol
March 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Given that this enthusiasm for batteries is from the mob who told us that they only provide a few hours backup & that you can't charge your car & battery at the same time, & also given their track record of walking back election promises once they're in, excuse me if I'm skeptical.
#auspol
#auspol
Completely agree
Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
It’s produced & farmed irresponsibly, harms the local environment inc the ancient & endangered Maugean skate - & is owned by multinationals who pay little to no tax
Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon #auspol
It’s produced & farmed irresponsibly, harms the local environment inc the ancient & endangered Maugean skate - & is owned by multinationals who pay little to no tax
Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon #auspol
February 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Completely agree
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Peter Dutton defends free markets, except for when insurance companies factor in climate change in which case he turns into a science denying toady for fossil fuels.
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Peter Dutton defends free markets, except for when insurance companies factor in climate change in which case he turns into a science denying toady for fossil fuels.
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Almost too terrifying to contemplate
"Barely had the ink dried on the IEA report than new coal mines were approved in countries ranging from Australia to China and India. [...] No wonder talk of asset stranding has flagged since 2021. The world has surrendered to climate breakdown."
Brett Christophers · So much for Paris: Climate Overshoot
All fossil fuel projects are politically constituted. Either they are state projects, controlled and administered by...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Almost too terrifying to contemplate
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I’m more disappointed in Albo than most. But the notion that the illiterate, racist thug and Queensland ex-cop Dutton would be a better PM is a joke. Dutton is a flake, an inch-deep cynical opportunist funded by fascists like Gina Rinehart. He needs to be kicked into the dustbin of history.
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’m more disappointed in Albo than most. But the notion that the illiterate, racist thug and Queensland ex-cop Dutton would be a better PM is a joke. Dutton is a flake, an inch-deep cynical opportunist funded by fascists like Gina Rinehart. He needs to be kicked into the dustbin of history.
A perfect afternoon on Kangaroo Island 🥰
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A perfect afternoon on Kangaroo Island 🥰
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Let's be clear:
You CAN be horrified at the Holocaust, the rise of far right political groups, and anti-Semitism
AND
Stand opposed to Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine, its brutal persecution of Palestinians and the genocide in Gaza.
Opposing Zionism ≠ Anti-Semitism.
#Holocaust #GazaGenocide
You CAN be horrified at the Holocaust, the rise of far right political groups, and anti-Semitism
AND
Stand opposed to Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine, its brutal persecution of Palestinians and the genocide in Gaza.
Opposing Zionism ≠ Anti-Semitism.
#Holocaust #GazaGenocide
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Let's be clear:
You CAN be horrified at the Holocaust, the rise of far right political groups, and anti-Semitism
AND
Stand opposed to Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine, its brutal persecution of Palestinians and the genocide in Gaza.
Opposing Zionism ≠ Anti-Semitism.
#Holocaust #GazaGenocide
You CAN be horrified at the Holocaust, the rise of far right political groups, and anti-Semitism
AND
Stand opposed to Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine, its brutal persecution of Palestinians and the genocide in Gaza.
Opposing Zionism ≠ Anti-Semitism.
#Holocaust #GazaGenocide
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It is well known that the fastest way for Nuclear radiation to enter the food chain is via dairy products. LNP has chosen Gippsland, the heart of Victoria’s dairy industry to place a reactor. Grazing animals and grain fed animals are most susceptible. #nuclear #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Nuclear plan threatens food production, government report says
Nationals leader David Littleproud said the comments were "scaremongering" and "hypocrisy".
www.sbs.com.au
January 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It is well known that the fastest way for Nuclear radiation to enter the food chain is via dairy products. LNP has chosen Gippsland, the heart of Victoria’s dairy industry to place a reactor. Grazing animals and grain fed animals are most susceptible. #nuclear #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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War against women. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aid
Federal rule also known as ‘Mexico City policy’ halts US funds to overseas groups that provide abortion services
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
War against women. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NewsCorpse lies ? Golly, that’s never happened before…
Murdoch's News Corp caught lying to Parliament. Penalty for contempt is imprisonment .. not that they will enforce the laws
#foxtel #netflix #senate #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rupert-murdo...
#foxtel #netflix #senate #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/rupert-murdo...
News Corp lies to Parliament in lobbying putsch to change media laws - Michael West
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has misled the Australian Parliament and is liable to prosecution, not that government will enforce the law.
michaelwest.com.au
January 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NewsCorpse lies ? Golly, that’s never happened before…
Thank you for highlighting the unbelievable hypocrisy of both parties. If only our PM could be seen to stand up for something, anything! Well, almost anything 🥴
January 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thank you for highlighting the unbelievable hypocrisy of both parties. If only our PM could be seen to stand up for something, anything! Well, almost anything 🥴
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Researchers from four Australian universities have released a new paper questioning why solar microgrids are not ‘the norm’ in remote Central Australia, while energy insecurity prevails in very remote Aboriginal households.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/06/r...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/06/r...
Research questions why microgrids are not ‘the norm’ in remote Australia
Researchers from four Australian universities have released a new paper questioning why solar microgrids are not ‘the norm’ in remote Central Australia, while energy insecurity prevails in very remote...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Researchers from four Australian universities have released a new paper questioning why solar microgrids are not ‘the norm’ in remote Central Australia, while energy insecurity prevails in very remote Aboriginal households.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/06/r...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/06/r...
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"‘If you have an Arab neighbour, don’t wait, go to his home and shoot him’.
"Letting that happen was what Australia did. For Australia to now claim any role in supporting the 19 January ceasefire is hypocrisy, for three reasons."
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-in...
"Letting that happen was what Australia did. For Australia to now claim any role in supporting the 19 January ceasefire is hypocrisy, for three reasons."
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-in...
Netanyahu intends to attack Gaza as soon as hostages are released - Pearls and Irritations
Expressions of delight at the ceasefire – which was preceded by an 11th hour Israeli onslaught in Gaza, killing at least 80 – are premature.
johnmenadue.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"‘If you have an Arab neighbour, don’t wait, go to his home and shoot him’.
"Letting that happen was what Australia did. For Australia to now claim any role in supporting the 19 January ceasefire is hypocrisy, for three reasons."
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-in...
"Letting that happen was what Australia did. For Australia to now claim any role in supporting the 19 January ceasefire is hypocrisy, for three reasons."
johnmenadue.com/netanyahu-in...