Katie C

✊ 🇵🇸 Proud to March for Humanity with a few hundred thousand other Sydneysiders calling for an end to genocide and an end to starvation in Gaza.

#FreePalestine

Israeli human rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza For the first time, the two leading human rights organisations have called for the international community to put pressure on the Netanyahu government to change course in the Palestinian territory.

Two Israeli human rights organisations, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, have labelled the country's actions in Gaza as "genocide".

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Gaza famine death toll hits 101, including 80 children, says health ministry <article data-history-node-id="426102" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-famine-death-toll-hits-101-including-80-children-says-health" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-famine-death-toll-hits-101-including-80-children-says-health" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza famine death toll hits 101, including 80 children, says health ministry</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="457" data-start="315">The number of people who have died from famine and malnutrition in Gaza has climbed to 101, the territory’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.</p> <p data-end="612" data-start="459">Health officials said 80 of those who died were children. In the past 24 hours alone, hospitals reported 15 additional deaths, including four children.</p> <p data-end="717" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="560">The death is part of a growing number of malnutrition-related deaths in the besieged enclave, where food remains scarce and aid deliveries remain largely blocked by Israel.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza famine death toll hits 101, including 80 children, says health ministry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-famine-death-toll-hits-101-including-80-children-says-health

Two dead after crowds rush UN aid warehouse amid Gaza hunger crisis The World Food Programme reiterates its call for the urgent need to scale up aid to Gaza.

The World Food Programme reiterates its call for the urgent need to scale up aid to Gaza.

⚡️BREAKING ⚡️Coalition costings reveal $556 million cut to practicum payment plan for student teachers!

Read more www.ieu.org.au/last-minute-...

Via @ieua.bsky.social

#auspol

⚠️‘Providing aid through the junta = enabling more killings’
The junta is blocking aid to quake-affected people outside their control.
The #Myanmar/#Burma military is notorious for weaponizing humanitarian aid.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake2025
#Earthquake2025

‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire • Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline A survivor from a massacre of Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza has said he saw Israeli troops open fire on a succession of Red Crescent ambulances and rescue vehicles and then use a bulldozer to bury the wreckage in a pit. Munther Abed, a 27-year-old Red Crescent volunteer, was in the back of the first ambulance to arrive on the scene of an airstrike in the Hashashin district of Rafah before dawn on 23 March, when it came under intense Israeli fire. His two Red Crescent colleagues sitting in the front were killed but he survived by throwing himself to the floor of the vehicle. Continue reading...

‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings

Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

😆 Take that, penguins!🐧

If you and your other feathered friends want to start exporting guano to the US from your remote, uninhabited islands, the #Trump will hit you with a 10% tariff! 🤦‍♀️

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The PM job is based in Canberra - don’t like it? Don’t apply #auspol

A snap rally outside ABC’s studios in Ultimo.

Journalism is not a crime.

Journalists are not a target.

ABC do better!

White Women Won With DEI - But Who Lost? White feminism is so over babe.

“DEI didn’t fail: it worked perfectly for white women.

#Diversity, #Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was supposed to make workplaces fairer for everyone, but guess who climbed up the ladder and pulled it up behind them?”

Great article by Neha Madhok

nehamadhok.substack.com/p/white-wome...

Well done to the Flight Attendants' Association of Australia (FAAA) 👏👏👏

The FAAA's Same Job, Same Pay claim has resulted in Qantas cabin crew winning a $20,000 pay rise.

Note: These are the same laws Peter Dutton wants to scrap!

#DontRiskDutton

Note: We know from Julie Bishop's past work as a corporate lawyer defending CSR and denying compensation to workers dying of asbestos diseases that she is capable of overlooking ethics, morals and humanitarian feelings.

The UN must investigate Bishop's business interests in #Myanmar immediately! 🧵

Activist groups urge UN probe of its Myanmar envoy after report alleges ties to Chinese companies Activist groups are urging the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible conflicts of interest, after a report claimed her consulting company has ties to Chinese mining ...

Re: Julie Bishop's conflict of interest

China remains a top source of military support and false legitimacy for the illegal military junta which is aiding and abetting the junta’s ongoing crimes against humanity and war crimes against the people of #Myanmar.

apnews.com/article/myan...

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UN urged to probe Myanmar special envoy over alleged Chinese firms ties Activist groups demand UN investigation over alleged ties to Chinese firms, citing conflicts of interest.

Bishop's business interests raise serious concerns about her impartiality and the independence required as the Special Envoy on #Myanmar to engage with China.

This impartiality endangers the #humanrights of the Myanmar people.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...

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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres must investigate the conflict of interest of Julie Bishop, the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar. Bishop has business activities & connections to the mining industry & Chinese state-owned companies with possible/confirmed commercial interests in #Myanmar.

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Tens of thousands of children attend childcare centres failing national standards With centres reassessed on average every four years, and some gaming the system, parents cannot be sure their child's centre meets the standards or that staff are properly trained or qualified.

WTAF? 😱

At Dinh Trang's 3 Bears childcare centres, "Staff were rewarded for over-enrolling, threatened with pay cuts of more than 20% if numbers didn't rise... also directed to wear their hair in a French twist and facial make-up for an extra $1 per hour."

#4Corners

My son’s centre was fab. Then it was taken over by Affinity.

The director who had been there since it opened left.

Long-time Educators left.

We left. As did many families.

Affinity’s greed was astounding.

Fees increased; service decreased; negatively impacting the children.

#4Corners

How China Is Weaponizing Education to Erase Tibetan Identity For China, Sinicizing Tibet’s next generation through boarding schools is the ultimate strategy for solidifying its control over the region.

Behind China's "Education Modernization" is a devastating truth: Tibet’s children are being indoctrinated and forced to forget their language, religion, and history.

Tibetan children are victims of #CulturalGenocide.

#Tibet

thediplomat.com/2025/03/how-...

Politics in the Pub: Chatswood!

Great to hear the Hon Chris Bowen MP, Louise McCallum (candidate for Bradfield) and David Leitch (#renewableenergy commentator), discussing the reliable energy system our country needs for the future.

@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@laborbradfield.bsky.social

Israel carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during its war on Gaza and using sexual violence as a war strategy, say UN experts.

Read more: aje.io/pup0ac

Orange tile with Pauline Hanson announcing One Nation Zero seats! At the recent WA election.

A win for WA: of 41 candidates who ran, ZERO seats were won. 👏

🚨The WA election may be over but a federal one draws near. Keep in mind that One Nation has just rehired a convicted rapist to run their federal election campaign. This is a vile party of hate and one that supports rape!

#auspol

Weekends filled with #InternationalWomensDay rallies and actions are my favourite type of weekend. Sydney yesterday and Newcastle today.

🚨One action you can take is to tell G8 Education to introduce employer-paid paid parental leave and value their staff! 👇

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/de...

YouTube video by Sydney Knitting Nannas & Friends International Women's Day

A sombre time for Nannas as some of us are watching rivers rise instead of marching but all strength to our sisters. www.youtube.com/shorts/3hJab...

✊ A woman's place is in her union! 💪

🙌 Here's to the incredible women of the IEU.

#IWD2025
#ProudToBeUnion
#MarchForward
#UnionWomen

Social media tile asking people to take action and tell G8 Education to introduce employer-funded paid parental leave for early childhood teachers and educators.

FACT: Early education provider G8 does not offer employer-funded paid parental leave to its 10,193 employees, the majority of whom are women.

💥TAKE ACTION💥 Tell G8 to step up and introduce employer-funded parental leave.

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/de...

#IWD #ECEC @megaphone.bsky.social

Thanks for hosting the conference @teachersfed.bsky.social 👏

Thanks for moderating the panel @michmyersmua.bsky.social 💪

Thanks for organising @unionsnsw.bsky.social 🙌

Looking forward to marching with you all tomorrow!

#IWD2025 #IWD

Image from Unions NSW Women's Conference showing panelists from the FSU, ETU, SDA, ASU and PSA talking about campaigns that are making the world of work better for working women. Moderated by Mich-Elle Myers from the MUA.

Happy #IWD eve! It's great to be in a room full of incredible union women hearing about campaigns making a huge difference to women at work.

From FSU's menstruation/reproductive leave campaign to ASU's #SkilledRespectedEqual & ETU's push for renewables...

Union women get shit done! ✊

Book cover: Women's Voices from the Revolution', a powerful testimony to women’s resistance to military rule and against the oppression and sexual violence faced by women in militarised societies.

SYDNEY~TODAY 💜

ALTSEAN- #Burma will launch the groundbreaking book 'Women's Voices from the Revolution', a powerful testimony to women’s resistance to military rule and against the oppression and sexual violence faced by women in militarised societies.

📌 7 March 4:30pm
NSW Teachers Federation #IWD

Peter Dutton’s attack on WFH will hit women hardest He wants public servants back in the office five days a week. Those struggling to return can alway take "job sharing" arrangements.

He wants public servants back in the office five days a week. Those struggling to return can always take "job sharing" arrangements.

Peter Dutton’s attack on WFH will hit women hardest.