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Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Some astonishing details in here. It’s like reading a recipe for pure corruption.
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10/ pretty much eh
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
10/ pretty much eh
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Nazis reckon NSW is best chance to run successful electoral campaign for Senate.
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Nazis who rallied at parliament want to enter politics. They think NSW is their best shot
Neo-Nazis are on a recruitment drive in a bid to register as a mainstream political party, and they believe a NSW upper house position could be their best bet.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Nazis reckon NSW is best chance to run successful electoral campaign for Senate.
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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got all their asses but particularly this one
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
got all their asses but particularly this one
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video released by the Freedom of Russia Resistance Movement shows Russian partisans throwing molotovs onto locomotives used to haul war materials to Ukraine. the correct way to focus on direct action without showing faces.
LukefromDC (@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 video
Russian Partisans Molotov Dozens of Locomotives Used to Haul War Material
This is an excellent example of direct action video done right: Music matching the pace of the action, lot...
kolektiva.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
video released by the Freedom of Russia Resistance Movement shows Russian partisans throwing molotovs onto locomotives used to haul war materials to Ukraine. the correct way to focus on direct action without showing faces.
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I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
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Meanwhile… world melting down #climatecrisis
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Meanwhile… world melting down #climatecrisis
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
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1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal
A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.
www.theage.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
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The National Socialist Network held an antisemitic rally outside New South Wales Parliament today - astoundingly, it's emerged this afternoon that they did this with approval from NSW Police. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Police allowed Nazi rally outside NSW parliament
More than 60 people attended Saturday morning’s rally after notifying police more than a week ago. The police commissioner said he had no idea it was going to happen.
www.smh.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The National Socialist Network held an antisemitic rally outside New South Wales Parliament today - astoundingly, it's emerged this afternoon that they did this with approval from NSW Police. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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Who could have predicted that mainstream media and politicians mainstreaming far-right talking points and symbols would embolden fascists (except all the research available on the matter)?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Flags and Christian nationalist slogans feature in soaring attacks on UK mosques
Between July and October, 25 buildings were targeted in 27 attacks, according to British Muslim Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Who could have predicted that mainstream media and politicians mainstreaming far-right talking points and symbols would embolden fascists (except all the research available on the matter)?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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Election season has begun in Myanmar and the whole world should know that it is total bullshit. Here's a primer for outsiders on why that's so. darimulut.substack.com/p/an-electio...
🇲🇲 An election in nothing but name begins
The view from Mandalay: 'It’s no surprise that the public doesn’t care'
darimulut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Election season has begun in Myanmar and the whole world should know that it is total bullshit. Here's a primer for outsiders on why that's so. darimulut.substack.com/p/an-electio...
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This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
‘Horrific’ mass koala starvation hits Victorian island
Distressed locals have told of desperate koalas falling from trees and trying to eat vegetation such as pine needles.
www.theage.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is deplorable.
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
Koalas suffer and ecosystems are trashed, because the Victorian government won't take sufficient proactive measures to prevent koala starvation.
The issue has been known for months, and such crises are predictable and preventable.
www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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The richest 10% consumed half of all global energy in the last
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The richest 10% consumed half of all global energy in the last
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
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Cairo Takeaway has always been more than a restaurant—they’re a community hub that’s never been afraid to stand for Palestinian rights.
Now they’re facing a defamation lawsuit. Legal costs are mounting and they need our support.
Donate chuffed.org/project/cair...
Now they’re facing a defamation lawsuit. Legal costs are mounting and they need our support.
Donate chuffed.org/project/cair...
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cairo Takeaway has always been more than a restaurant—they’re a community hub that’s never been afraid to stand for Palestinian rights.
Now they’re facing a defamation lawsuit. Legal costs are mounting and they need our support.
Donate chuffed.org/project/cair...
Now they’re facing a defamation lawsuit. Legal costs are mounting and they need our support.
Donate chuffed.org/project/cair...
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"Howard’s laws were also strong enough to let Labor block Woodside’s enormous North West Shelf gas expansion if Plibersek or Watt had wanted to. It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers."
Damned fucking right.
Damned fucking right.
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
"Howard’s laws were also strong enough to let Labor block Woodside’s enormous North West Shelf gas expansion if Plibersek or Watt had wanted to. It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers."
Damned fucking right.
Damned fucking right.
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"Affordable" housing isn't even for poor people, it's for people whose wages haven't kept pace with Australia's property investment as passive income fetish. Way to reinforce that society values hedge fund managers more than it values nurses 👍
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Affordable" housing isn't even for poor people, it's for people whose wages haven't kept pace with Australia's property investment as passive income fetish. Way to reinforce that society values hedge fund managers more than it values nurses 👍
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I'm begging journalists to look into this. I know first hand how many schools/religious institutions/restaurants/sport clubs etc. had fundraisers over the past 2 years for Gaza and handed big checks to multiple organizations. Millions and millions of dollars meant for the people of Gaza...
People gave a record amount of money to multiple organizations for the people of Gaza and all this money just sat there for the past 2 years because Israel blocked it. I hope this money gets distributed quickly now so that the people of Gaza don't have to beg anymore
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Private donations boost UN support for war-torn Gaza
From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in ...
news.un.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I'm begging journalists to look into this. I know first hand how many schools/religious institutions/restaurants/sport clubs etc. had fundraisers over the past 2 years for Gaza and handed big checks to multiple organizations. Millions and millions of dollars meant for the people of Gaza...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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“A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals.” theconversation.com/a-history-of...
A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals
At the end of World War II, many Nazi war criminals fled to Australia. A new book tells the stories of the investigators who tried to bring them to justice.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“A history of Australia’s Nazi hunters reveals a troubling tolerance for war criminals.” theconversation.com/a-history-of...
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We've seen this dynamic before on climate change, where poll after poll shows the public overwhelmingly support action but underestimate how much society agrees. Media's pursuit of false balance had a lot to do with that. Now that climate change itself isn't debated, denial has shift to RE.
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We've seen this dynamic before on climate change, where poll after poll shows the public overwhelmingly support action but underestimate how much society agrees. Media's pursuit of false balance had a lot to do with that. Now that climate change itself isn't debated, denial has shift to RE.
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Tanya—we've done all the work on this and we got everyone already. Right-wing media/audiences too.
I would've thought your job is now concerned with apologising to the national peak body for Aboriginal legal services in particular for saying they support child abuse and rape.
Get on the phone NOW.
I would've thought your job is now concerned with apologising to the national peak body for Aboriginal legal services in particular for saying they support child abuse and rape.
Get on the phone NOW.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Tanya—we've done all the work on this and we got everyone already. Right-wing media/audiences too.
I would've thought your job is now concerned with apologising to the national peak body for Aboriginal legal services in particular for saying they support child abuse and rape.
Get on the phone NOW.
I would've thought your job is now concerned with apologising to the national peak body for Aboriginal legal services in particular for saying they support child abuse and rape.
Get on the phone NOW.
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There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
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How much are my taxes putting in Sarina Russo’s pockets for an 11.7% success rate?
Just 11.7% of jobseekers in Australia found long-term employment through a job provider in the latest financial year, according to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ annual report.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
How much are my taxes putting in Sarina Russo’s pockets for an 11.7% success rate?
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In the senate, @pennyallmanpayne.com now speaking on Robodebt, with @kathmadgwick.bsky.social and @chexabonus.bsky.social in parliament today.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senate | 05/11/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In the senate, @pennyallmanpayne.com now speaking on Robodebt, with @kathmadgwick.bsky.social and @chexabonus.bsky.social in parliament today.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.