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WendyBacon
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Independent journalism and activist for social & environmental justice. I use @MEAA code of ethics. I’m a radical in my seventies. Past Prof Journalism UTS. Wendybacon.com
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This is so Libs #solibs - a couple of days after they abandon net zero and declare they are subsidising coal, our 3rd largest mega-customer declares they are phasing the stuff out
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
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Libs to subsidise coal, now South Korea wants out. What's the scam? - Michael West
While the LNP decides that subsidising coal mining is a good idea, our third-largest coal customer decides to stop burning coal altogether.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Premier Minns off to secret $3,500 a table Israel lobby lunch after his NSW pepper spray peace protestors at Indo Pacific weapons expo
@wendybacon1.bsky.social attended one - not allowed into the other
#auspol #nswpol
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Chris Minns - pepper spray for peace protestors one day, lunch at war-crimes-lobby the next - Michael West
Premier Chris Minns' police unleashed pepper spray on hundreds of peace protestors yesterday. Today he addresses the AICC Israel lobby
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November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Persecuted cardiologist back at work. Victor Chang & St Vincent's defamatory press releases vanish.

@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
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Lost hearts, closed minds. Medical research show ignores plight of Gaza, amplifies Israel - Michael West
The medical research industry was captured by the pro-Israel lobby at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference last week.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Dr Peter MacDonald is finally back researching at Victor Chang but Qs about why he was so mistreated remain unanswered. Meanwhile pro Israeli billionaire is fêted at Opera House michaelwest.com.au/lost-hearts-...
Lost hearts, closed minds. Medical research show ignores plight of Gaza, amplifies Israel - Michael West
The medical research industry was captured by the pro-Israel lobby at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference last week.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Cardiologist Peter Macdonald is back at work at St Vincent's Hospital but the Victor Chang Institute is yet to recant its antisemitism allegations
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate #auspol
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Heartless. Victor Chang Cardiac Institute and the Israel lobby - Michael West
Professor Peter Macdonald returned to St Vincent’s Hospital, but the Victor Chang Laboratory is still excluding him from doing his research.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Can you believe it ?- Victor Chang management have the front to be out using Peter Macdonald’s face & reputation to raise funds while they won’t let him into his own lab -anyone who cares about free speech in Australia should act on this issue
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Victor Chang Institute bans then bags cardiologist Peter Macdonald for 'antisemitism', but today out raising money touting this flier ... of him
#whatsthescam #chutzpah
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October 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Que? New Zio doctors lobby formed - launches class action over 'antisemitic antizionist' vexatious doctor complaints
Investigation @sstephaniepoet.bsky.social @wendybacon1.bsky.social
#auspol
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Zionist lobby class action over vexatious complaints after years of vexatious complaints - Michael West
A new Zionist healthcare lobby has a class action against Australian health regulators over “vexatious antisemitic/antizionist complaints”
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October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Renowned cardiologist #PeterMacdonald has been on forced leave for 6 weeks meanwhile St Vincent’s Zionist doctors #genocidedeniers openly campaign against him michaelwest.com.au/zionist-doct... - here’s the latest
Shadow War: Zionist doctors keep relentless pursuit of Israel "dissenters" - Michael West
Zionist doctors continue their public campaign against healthcare workers they perceive critical of Israel’s conduct towards Palestinians.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
wendybacon1.bsky.social
Meet Dr Samuell, the #Zionist who attacked #RCH forum. As
@sstephanietrann
& I report, he has record of attacking ethical health professionals . While Prof MacDonald was saving lives at #StVincents, he was busy astroturfing to destroy #Greens michaelwest.com.au/a-threat-to-...
"A threat to civilisation" says doctor against hospital's Children and War event - Michael West
Civilisation is under attack from Australian doctors, warns pro-Israel psychiatrist Doron Samuell. Royal Children's Hospital agrees.
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October 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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"He recommends depoliticising hospitals and mandating civility training.

“This is not just a threat against Jews, this is a threat to civilisation”.

Gaza censorship in medical field @wendybacon1.bsky.social @sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol #antisemitism
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"A threat to civilisation" says doctor against hospital's Children and War event - Michael West
Civilisation is under attack from Australian doctors, warns pro-Israel psychiatrist Doron Samuell. Royal Children's Hospital agrees.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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"In the mid-2000s, Samuell attracted significant public scrutiny for his role in challenging academic research on the psychological harm of detention for children and refugees."

& so much more in this excellent piece by @wendybacon1.bsky.social & @sstephanietrann.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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My good friends at the Palestine Justice Movement Sydney have put together this email campaign in defence of Professor Peter Macdonald. Just over 4000 emails already sent. Please take a few seconds to add your name, and please reshare!

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Join me in supporting the Support freedom of speech: Support Professor Peter Macdonald Campaign
The Israel Lobby is pressuring St Vincent hospital to punish Professor Peter Macdonald for speculatively pointing out the Israeli foreign influence in local and foreign Australian policy.  Send a lett...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
September 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
Modus operandi: make abhorrent comments against a respected cardiologist then go to ground & hope no one follows up

Bad luck 4 them as @wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters scrutinise board members at St Vincent's Hospital & the VictorChang Cardiac Research Institute 4 @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Hoping that St Vincent's - a vitally important (publicly funded) institution in Australia will see fit to respond to these questions by @wendybacon1.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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🇵🇸✡️ A group of anti-Zionist religious Jews marching in Jerusalem to protest against Zionist Israel and support a Palestine state was brutally dispersed by Israeli police and their Palestinian flags stolen.

Judaism is NOT Zionism

(Credit: Jewish Voice)
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
wendybacon1.bsky.social
If you asked me if a Sydney cardiologist would end up “off work” & vilified by St Vincent’s for stating his view at a public meeting that #mossad was involved in #antisemitism incidents, I’d have said ‘no’ - when I investigated, I found it was true! michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
Antisemitism? St Vincent's heartless treatment of cardiologist who asked a question - Michael West
Peter McDonald asked questions about Israel in a public forum and has been censored and condemned by St Vincent's Hospital.
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September 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Whatever CCS *could* be, it is and always has been a fossil fuel industry technology, designed to extend the lifespan and expand the scope of the combustion of coal, oil and gas, and worsen overheating.

New @lindseygulden.bsky.social paper here -->>>

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Highlights • Since 2005, fossil-fuel interests have spent $954M lobbying the US government on CCUS, yielding major legislative wins. • Groups tied to fossil-fuel use or sales made 89 % of CCUS lobbying expenditures between 2005 to 2024. • Industries used to justify CCUS (e.g., steel, cement) spent just 1/24 as much on CCUS lobbying as did the fossil-fuel sector. • Half of all CCUS lobbying expenditures came from 15 entities, each with direct financial ties to fossil fuel production.
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Not handling criticism well - Israel antisemitism chief hits out at critics of CAM Antisemitism junket on Gold Coast for being antisemitic
@wendybacon1.bsky.social #auspol

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Criticis of Antisemitism Summit 'antisemitic' says Israeli antisemitism chief - Michael West
The Zionist movement is unable to handle criticism, naming anyone who criticises their efforts at narrative control antisemitic.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Deputy PM Richard Marles is on the speakers' list to address the controversial Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Summit today.
#auspol #whatsthescam By Wendy Bacon
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Deputy PM Richard Marles to address Israel lobby summit on Gold Coast - Michael West
Deputy PM and Minister for Defence is on the speakers' list to address the controversial Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Summit today.
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September 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Nanna Dom and Helen are true warrior-Nannas. Indefatigable in their advicacy for clean water, air and earth for the kids!
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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declassifieduk.org
NEW -- Blair considered a "special partnership" between Israel and Nato

by @markcurtis30

Files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the EU.

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BLAIR CONSIDERED A 'SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP' BETWEEN ISRAEL AND NATO
Downing Street files show Tony Blair was prepared to allow Israel to take over part of the West Bank and to give Israel a “privileged” alliance with Nato and the European Union.
www.declassifieduk.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
wendybacon1.bsky.social
What 200,000 or more people called with a single voice was #SanctionIsrael - why can’t we talk about that? - not views of NSW police on their dodgy views of potential risks that never looked like eventuating #MarchforHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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WTF abc repeating nsw cop fascist language:

“It’s a miracle nobody was killed in this dangerous situation”

Police were concerned about a possible crowd crush

Cops whingeing they didn’t have enough time to properly prepare

Oh fuck off

You must be so disappointed how peaceful it was
August 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
wendybacon1.bsky.social
Everyone was peaceful on #MarchforHumanity ystrday. Due to cops’ directions there was some uncertainty. The word ‘catastrophic’ is distortion & spin intended to deter future marches. Police should be Q’d about permit refusal. Have cops learned from judge’s decision? #RNBreakfast #MarchforHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM