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Trump says he is ‘entitled’ to deport people without trials – live President says it’s not possible to have trials for everyone he wants to deport and that US would otherwise be a ‘very dangerous country’ * Hegseth blames ousted officials for leaks Speaking in India, JD Vance has warned that the 21st century could be “a very dark time for all of humanity” depending on the decisions made over global trade and global partnerships at this juncture. The US vice-president said “We are now officially one quarter into the 21st century, 25 years in, 75 years to go. And I really believe that the future of the 21st century is going to be determined by the strength of the US-India partnership. Continue reading...

Trump says he is ‘entitled’ to deport people without trials – live

This is what we want from all our politicians. Less cynical politicking, more admitting to mistakes and giving actual hope and policies we can get behind. I hope Australian politicians are taking note as our federal election looms on the horizon

The way politicians everywhere behave as if they’re doing taxpayers a favour instead of actually providing what our taxes pay for…

“They haven’t thought this through and they don’t actually understand it”. Laura Tingle accurately describes the Coalition’s Gas Policy. #Insiders #Auspol

A couple of questions about this whole fiasco:
1. Aren’t their govt issued phones blocked from messaging apps? Were they using PERSONAL DEVICES for this?
2. Even if it is targeting an egregious terrorist, what about all the innocent civilians in the building who will also die or be injured?

Dutton unveils gas reservation scheme and vows to sack 41,000 public service workers in budget reply Coalition leader says national gas plan will require LNG producers to set aside more supply for domestic use to protect Australia from global ‘price shocks’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Peter Dutton has vowed to establish an east coast gas reservation scheme to lower power prices and sack all 41,000 federal public servants hired under Anthony Albanese if he wins an election billed as a “sliding doors moment” for the nation. The opposition leader used his budget reply speech on Thursday night to claim Australia’s prosperity would be “damaged for decades” if Labor was returned to power. Continue reading...

Dutton unveils gas reservation scheme and vows to sack 41,000 public service workers in budget reply

Australia Institute Live: Coalition to slash migration, sack 41,000 people and establish 'anti-semitism' taskforce if he wins government

For those wondering what Dutton has said - @amyremeikis.bsky.social has it all here
live.australiainstitute.org.au

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Teach. Your. Kids. Better. You want to apply those rules to my kids? Apply them to your own first. And stop calling the cops when your kids have to face the consequences of their shitty actions /End 🧵

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It might seem like a trivial issue. Yeah it’s just ding dong ditch. But if that had been a bunch of Blak or Brown kids and we’d been a white family you think the cops wouldn’t be called? You think the cops wouldn’t threaten charges of public nuisance? You think my kids wouldn’t end up in court? 🧵

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the minute they can understand words with Black/Blak/Brown kids. They know the consequences of being shits. They know how quickly they’ll be villainised and demonised. They know they’ll be aged up and never given the benefit of the doubt or told “they’re just being kids”. It’s a different standard 🧵

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to raise my voice, told them I was disappointed in their behaviour and I expected better and got apologies. We’ll see what happens over the next week or so but I don’t hold out hope of yt kids doing better. I can’t imagine my kids doing this crap at that age bc it’s a constant conversation from 🧵

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But also stop your kid being a persistent little shit. You have no idea what people have going on in their homes and doing this repeatedly is fucked.
Round 2: the primary school kids then had a go. They were a bit easier to deal with since they owned up to what they’d done right away. Didn’t need 🧵

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pint-sized petty crim daughter who couldn’t possibly have done anything wrong (despite being on camera) and “wasn’t even friends with the others” (despite walking with them and giggling at their plans). When told to go on her way her immediate response was “well I’m calling the police”. Okay Brenda🧵

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thought we’d gone indoors to try again. We confronted them a second time. They lied again. They left blaming the youngest of their little gang. That one went crying to her mother because she’d been caught. The mother (you know she was so don’t ask) then came all sound and fury to defend her 🧵

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house and ringing the RING doorbell and running off. Yeah ding dong ditch but the really foolish version where your face is recorded on camera. Some primary school some high school. Today we confronted them. The high school kids first. They lied. Said it wasn’t them. Then doubled back when they 🧵

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Most days my patience with yt 🚺 exists on a knife edge but today I’m so done with them. The quickness with which they resort to tears and calling the cops gives me whiplash. And it starts young. #storytime So for the last week and a half I’ve had little gangs of yt girls coming past my 🧵

Brilliant positioning during his report ❤️

Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli military says it is conducting ground activity in northern Gaza as dozens reported dead after Israeli strike Israeli military says it is conducting ground activities in northern Gaza strip as Gaza’s health ministry reports 85 people killed by Israeli attacks overnight The resumption of airstrikes has sent Palestinian residents again fleeing for their lives from…

Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli military says it is conducting ground activity in northern Gaza as dozens reported dead after Israeli strike

Proving yet again that Musk is a grifter

I love this movie so much

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I was recently in a workshop facilitated by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and her work is stunning. This story is no exception

Oh this is beautiful prose!

This is stunning work

Oh god. Very VERY much this

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Two lovely acceptances to make up for starting the year with a rejection! Look for me soon at the Raine Square Story Dispenser (one cnf/memoir and one fiction)

'Lies', 'criminal': Crikey publishes Ita Buttrose's letter blasting David Anderson, in full Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose has launched a remarkable set of allegations at ABC managing director David Anderson. Here's her letter to the ABC's lawyers.

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www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/25/i...

I’m so looking forward to this workshop!