@sedvitae.bsky.social
AUSTRALIA. Former editor Cosmos science news. Ex ABC News, Mgr ABC Local Radio 2002-2017, mgr ABC Emergency broadcasting. Worked in PNG, Timor-Leste, Myanmar. Books: Best Australian Bushfire Stories, Best Aust Flood Stories. Kaurna country.
"As a refugee, I have lived in limbo for 13 years. Why are only some Iranian women worthy of Australia’s protection?"
- Powerful words by Fatemeh Lahmidi, an Iranian refugee living in Australia
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meanwhile, Trump spent the day in Kentucky campaigning against the guy who got the Epstein files released.
Trump:”We’ll destroy Iran’s navy.” also Trump: “We sank 60 boats. I didn’t know they had that many.” FYI Pres Trump, they had about 200 vessels. Look it up on Jane’s.
Congrats to all the finalists in this year's Australian IT Journo awards, AKA "The Lizzies".
For the first time... ever... I'm not one of you, because I made the decision last year to step back and offer to judge, which I have done. Some incredible entries and a very talented pool of finalists!
Our diesel is $2.51/l today, up from $1.59/l 10 days ago. That’s way above crude price increase. What will you do @albomp.bsky.social
Aussie journo Heidi Pett is doing great job for @aljazeera.com in Beirut (Actually all her colleagues covering the war doing great work too. Refreshing having people in Beirut and Tehran).
Wait till he finds out the US navy sank an Iranian frigate it knew wasnt armed and didnt try to pick up survivors!
It's starting. The next steps are: "no complaints, then we'll cancel all weekends too." Which means fewer staff in newsrooms, which leads to fewer local stories which leads to national bulletins. Only loud protests now will prevent this. #auspol #abcau
Ok, we’ve got the school. Now, are we going to charge the US submarine for the cold blooded and illegal sinking of the Iranian frigate? # anothermylai
Goal!
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Excellent! Well overdue!
I hope it becomes a permanent ban Australia-wide, except for under very extreme and specific circumstances, as judged and implemented by genuine experts in pest and wildlife management www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Australia, the gambling capital of the world, should examine this USA thing called “24% withholding tax” applied to gambling wins. Also…add state and marginal taxes. Our health crisis solved! #auspol
People committed suicide, and nobody in power suffers any consequences #disgusting #failure #corruption @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
Trump - Just tried to be nice and invited Iran for serious discussions.
Iran - in Ramadan month we don't talk to the devil ...
#OperationEpicBurn
“The request came from the region but it originated in Washington.” Another interpretation of the progress of the war… we haven’t had the benefit of this from Australian media which sources reports from US govt and IDF.
The NACC works exactly as intended when the Albanese govt set it up.
Everyone in the APH can get on the beers tonight’s knowing they’ll always be safe.
Yeah, nah. He doesn’t use that discredited image of the radome in the content. But we all must be careful.
Team USA is getting destroyed by team Italy at the world baseball classic.
8-0.
This is a starting spot for me - The notion that they will bulldoze sections of the parklands and lay new tarmac for a race that the riders dont think will ever be suitable annoys me. And dont mention Saudi backed asshole golfers. www.adelaide-parklands.asn.au/state-electi...
It’s hard to see how the 20-30k Iranian asylum seekers cannot be given citizenship now. Govt should speed up the process. www.refugeecouncil.org.au/australia-mu...
Burke cited them specifically. We are supposed to empathise more with mercenary white tax dodgers in Dubai than the families of Palestinian friends. My god. The racism. Off the charts.
I want the dollars I give to federal governments spent on housing for dispossessed Aboriginal people and asylum for people escaping genocide in Gaza and public schools in Blacktown and health care for all. Shame there is nobody in a party of government to vote for very basic public policy.
what gets me is we willingly give billions of dollars to the federal government every year to provide universal health care and public education and Albanese and his mates give our money to landlords and rich people schools and white mercenaries seeking fortunes in Dubai.
The reported push to move some air defense missile batteries from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East comes amid concerns about America’s munition stockpiles amid the Iran War.
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
