Tom Gibson
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The idea that being far too opposed to the mass incineration of children in Palestine is somehow to blame for the mass murder enacted at Bondi is fundamentally not just absurd, illogical and indefensible: it is part of the broader project to exploit violence and death to justify even more of it
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The idea that being far too opposed to the mass incineration of children in Palestine is somehow to blame for the mass murder enacted at Bondi is fundamentally not just absurd, illogical and indefensible: it is part of the broader project to exploit violence and death to justify even more of it
Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
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Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"
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October 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Israel destroys ceasefire in hours
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If you're disgusted by Trumps attempts to establish foreign gulags and forced deportations, you should be disgusted at this too.
Australia has been pioneering these assaults on human rights and decency for decades.
We are the model for the authoritarian far right.
Australia has been pioneering these assaults on human rights and decency for decades.
We are the model for the authoritarian far right.
Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru
An agreement relating to the NZYQ cohort, who previously faced indefinite immigration detention, was signed by home affairs minister Tony Burke on Friday
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
If you're disgusted by Trumps attempts to establish foreign gulags and forced deportations, you should be disgusted at this too.
Australia has been pioneering these assaults on human rights and decency for decades.
We are the model for the authoritarian far right.
Australia has been pioneering these assaults on human rights and decency for decades.
We are the model for the authoritarian far right.
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The rush to smash the environment is cloaked in Chalmers speak.. ‘how we can responsibly reduce and improve regulation and speed up approvals’? The word ‘responsibly’ is joke. Albo’s intervention to remove fish farms from EPBC is not ‘responsible’, it is extinction driver. #MaugeanSkate
August 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The rush to smash the environment is cloaked in Chalmers speak.. ‘how we can responsibly reduce and improve regulation and speed up approvals’? The word ‘responsibly’ is joke. Albo’s intervention to remove fish farms from EPBC is not ‘responsible’, it is extinction driver. #MaugeanSkate
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Hamas never congratulated Albanese. This was a manufactured story published The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that has been debunked.
But the damage is done - it’s now the basis for a diplomatic assault from Netanyahu against Albanese.
But the damage is done - it’s now the basis for a diplomatic assault from Netanyahu against Albanese.
August 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hamas never congratulated Albanese. This was a manufactured story published The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that has been debunked.
But the damage is done - it’s now the basis for a diplomatic assault from Netanyahu against Albanese.
But the damage is done - it’s now the basis for a diplomatic assault from Netanyahu against Albanese.
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Good on Raelene Cooper taking Fed Govt to court over Plibersek and Watt’s inordinate delay in assessing heritage value of Murujuga. So convenient that Woodside’s approval could be ticked off before the heritage value of the area could be determined. Just like LNP, Labor is owned by Woodside. 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good on Raelene Cooper taking Fed Govt to court over Plibersek and Watt’s inordinate delay in assessing heritage value of Murujuga. So convenient that Woodside’s approval could be ticked off before the heritage value of the area could be determined. Just like LNP, Labor is owned by Woodside. 🧵
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The people of Gaza City face an unthinkable threat. Every day we delay action is another day civilians live in terror. Australia must lead by example by implementing sanctions and ending our part in the two way arms trade that fuels this conflict.
August 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The people of Gaza City face an unthinkable threat. Every day we delay action is another day civilians live in terror. Australia must lead by example by implementing sanctions and ending our part in the two way arms trade that fuels this conflict.
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Solidarity to the writers and artists taking a stand
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Solidarity to the writers and artists taking a stand
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“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...
How much of Gaza is left standing?
Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction
www.economist.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” www.economist.com/interactive/...
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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@nordacious.bsky.social #cartoon SANCTIONS NOW @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social #alttext
May 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The North West shelf decision will be the Gov’s first test on climate: will they approve the dirty gas carbon bomb of Woodside's Burrup Hub extension? You can't protect the climate or nature by approving a project that would use 91% of the government's net zero 2050 carbon budget.
May 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The North West shelf decision will be the Gov’s first test on climate: will they approve the dirty gas carbon bomb of Woodside's Burrup Hub extension? You can't protect the climate or nature by approving a project that would use 91% of the government's net zero 2050 carbon budget.
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⚪️"Gaza now is the slaughter house, I mean it's difficult to describe in words what's happening here"
British surgeon, Tom Potokar, speaking from inside Gaza.
British surgeon, Tom Potokar, speaking from inside Gaza.
May 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
⚪️"Gaza now is the slaughter house, I mean it's difficult to describe in words what's happening here"
British surgeon, Tom Potokar, speaking from inside Gaza.
British surgeon, Tom Potokar, speaking from inside Gaza.
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Why have we not expelled the Israeli ambassador for war crimes? #aupol @MichaelPascoe01
michaelwest.com.au/labors-got-a...
michaelwest.com.au/labors-got-a...
Labor's got a new mandate to act. Still condones war crimes. Why? - Michael West
The Palestine elephant remains in the room. It’s putrid, stinking of death while our government holds its nose and looks away.
michaelwest.com.au
May 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Why have we not expelled the Israeli ambassador for war crimes? #aupol @MichaelPascoe01
michaelwest.com.au/labors-got-a...
michaelwest.com.au/labors-got-a...
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Just let the scale of this depravity sink in.
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Just let the scale of this depravity sink in.
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Never forget how many of those advising the ALP are patting themselves on the back for ensuring the govt did nothing in this.
“Not an issue/we made sure it hurt the Greens”
Those doing so are truly putrid. At best excusing murder, at worst cheering for it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
“Not an issue/we made sure it hurt the Greens”
Those doing so are truly putrid. At best excusing murder, at worst cheering for it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Israel is keeping up its blockade of aid as kids starve to death
As the total ban on any humanitarian aid entering Gaza stretches into its third month, doctors warn babies are starving in hospitals.
www.abc.net.au
May 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Never forget how many of those advising the ALP are patting themselves on the back for ensuring the govt did nothing in this.
“Not an issue/we made sure it hurt the Greens”
Those doing so are truly putrid. At best excusing murder, at worst cheering for it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
“Not an issue/we made sure it hurt the Greens”
Those doing so are truly putrid. At best excusing murder, at worst cheering for it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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I will never understand how people who advise the govt to do and say nothing about this look at themselves in the mirror without throwing up.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I will never understand how people who advise the govt to do and say nothing about this look at themselves in the mirror without throwing up.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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On a day the Israeli government announces horrific new plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza, Labor MPs are bragging about how their “centrist” position won them votes.
May 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
On a day the Israeli government announces horrific new plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza, Labor MPs are bragging about how their “centrist” position won them votes.
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PM @albomp.bsky.social, do you really want this to be the legacy of your majority Australian Labor government?
#SanctionsNOW #EndTheGenocide
#SanctionsNOW #EndTheGenocide
Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest. www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-... @972mag.bsky.social
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest. www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-... @972mag.bsky.social
Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp
Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.
www.972mag.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social, do you really want this to be the legacy of your majority Australian Labor government?
#SanctionsNOW #EndTheGenocide
#SanctionsNOW #EndTheGenocide
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PM @albomp.bsky.social, what Israel has planned is horror piled upon horror
What action & sanctions is your majority Labor government going to take?
You have a track record going back to at least 2000 of protesting Israel's disproportionate violence (👀next post)—what do you say & do TODAY?
What action & sanctions is your majority Labor government going to take?
You have a track record going back to at least 2000 of protesting Israel's disproportionate violence (👀next post)—what do you say & do TODAY?
Israel's next move in Gaza: total reoccupation, mass displacement, and military zones carved into rubble. The plan is ethnic cleansing—and the West is nodding along like it’s a zoning application. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/isra...
Israel is expanding its assault on Gaza. Here’s what that actually means.
The Israeli war cabinet unanimously approved on Sunday the expansion of Israel’s war on Gaza, which reportedly include plans to reoccupy the strip indefinitely.
mondoweiss.net
May 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social, what Israel has planned is horror piled upon horror
What action & sanctions is your majority Labor government going to take?
You have a track record going back to at least 2000 of protesting Israel's disproportionate violence (👀next post)—what do you say & do TODAY?
What action & sanctions is your majority Labor government going to take?
You have a track record going back to at least 2000 of protesting Israel's disproportionate violence (👀next post)—what do you say & do TODAY?
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Rachel Perkins said the lack of recognition was “deeply hurtful”.
“My family were run down by men on horseback with Snider repeater rifles and murdered … trying to defend their families and their country [but they] do not get recognition in the war memorial.”
Rachel Perkins said the lack of recognition was “deeply hurtful”.
“My family were run down by men on horseback with Snider repeater rifles and murdered … trying to defend their families and their country [but they] do not get recognition in the war memorial.”
'Disneyland of war': The war memorial's divisive transformation
Will a massive expansion of the Australian War Memorial allow it to evolve or destroy what makes it special?
www.abc.net.au
March 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Rachel Perkins said the lack of recognition was “deeply hurtful”.
“My family were run down by men on horseback with Snider repeater rifles and murdered … trying to defend their families and their country [but they] do not get recognition in the war memorial.”
Rachel Perkins said the lack of recognition was “deeply hurtful”.
“My family were run down by men on horseback with Snider repeater rifles and murdered … trying to defend their families and their country [but they] do not get recognition in the war memorial.”
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.