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Single frame. Angus Taylor at table with generic colleague at whiteboard holding marker. On whiteboard, two headings: “GOOD IMMIGRANTS” and “BAD IMMIGRANTS”. Under first: “# People like us; # Business people; # Wealthy people; # Cheap labour”. Nothing yet under second. Taylor says: “Well, we DON’T want the kinds of people that come from repressive terrorist regimes…” Colleague says: “You mean, the people most likely to need somewhere safe to flee to?”

Bad immigrants.
My @smh cartoon.

Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’ Survey by Australian Human Rights Commission found universities failed to meet duty of care, while complaints processes were ‘Kafkaesque’

Racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’.

Victorian Human Rights Charter - 20 years on

📣 Rob Hulls, ex-Victorian Attorney-General
Gillian Triggs, ex-Australian Human Rights Commission President
Nerita Waight, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service CEO
Caitlin Reiger, @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social CEO

Book: www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

Inside the Australian scheme accused of modern slavery More than 30,000 people from Pacific Island nations and Timor-Leste are on a working visa in Australia as part of the Pa

Is the PALM scheme ripe for exploitation?

Hear Postdoctoral Research Manager at The Australia Institute, Dr Morgan Harrington, explain why some warn it could pose a modern slavery risk.

Listen now: https://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/inside-the-australian-scheme-accused-of-modern-slavery

An ‘impossible’ situation or ‘unhinged’ police? Inside the chaos at Sydney’s anti-Herzog protest Police have defended their actions after Monday’s protest. Here’s how the night played out

Painful to watch.

8.00-8.30pm Jace Turner, 28, is pushed on to the light rail tracks by police, who then punch him while he is restrained. He bites one of their fingers. When he is lifted up by the police his abdomen shows bruising. He is among 10 protesters charged. His are among the most serious – assault police officer in execution of duty, causing actual bodily harm. It carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.

Jace Turner, 28, is pushed on to the light rail tracks by police, who then punch him while he is restrained. He bites one of their fingers. When he is lifted up by the police his abdomen shows bruising.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Battle between monkeys and wildmen, or, an allegory of current politics. By the Master of Mary of Burgundy, from the Hours of Engelbert of Nassau, 1480.

Valentine in the genocide The Romans executed Valentine. In February, they danced naked, drunk. They sacrificed animals and beat women And fucked in a glut. The Christians Replaced the day with their own. The Romans executed Valentine And the martyr became a saint. It was that easy. In Gaza, every hour Saints multiply. We do not have enough Days for them. In Palestine, where Isa wept, Love is survival, and new names shake The breath of angels: Hind, Sidra, Malek.

The third Valentines since Oct 7, 2023. 860 days of massacre. We keep failing them, every Hind, Sidra, and Malek.

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Everyone benefits when human rights are at the heart of our laws.

Nationwide Amnesty International Australia opinion polling found 3 out of 4 agree an Australian Human Rights Act is the right way forward.

Join the campaign to help make a Human Rights Act a reality. humanrightsact.org.au

"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves"

Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".

via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social

‘Gaza is Hind’s story multiplied thousands of times. That’s why it resonates.’

NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’

Chris Minns won't apologise to the Muslim community and 'doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would "never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot".'

WHAT RIOT, CHRIS?!

Human Rights Watch killed a report on Palestinian right of return because leadership got nervous about "challenging the Jewishness of the Israeli state." Liberal institutions will document your oppression beautifully. They just won't let anyone end it. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/libe...

Bud Cort, star of Harold and Maude, dies aged 77 Actor best-known for role in Hal Ashby’s black comedy also appeared in films by Robert Altman and Wes Anderson

Harold and Maude ❤️

A landmark private prosecution has begun in 🇦🇺 #Australia following a joint complaint submitted to the government by the @hindrajabfoundation.be, the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social, and the Australian National Imams Council concerning the conduct of Isaac Herzog.

'The charge asserts that President Herzog, through acts and public statements, aided and abetted the deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza.'

A graphic advertising the rally mentioned in the post

Note tomorrow's rally against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Naarm/Melbourne is now starting at 5pm at Flinders Street Station. Join us to send the message that war criminals aren't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸

Painting of Melbourne by John Bracks. Collins St, 5 PM 1956

Social cohesion.
Melbourne, 1956

Collins St. 5pm
by John Bracks

UN review of Australia's human rights record raises concerns about continued imprisonment of children, offshore detention of refugees, and lack of human rights protections Amnesty International remains concerned with the state of human rights in Australia, and calls for the government to take action to protect and promote human rights. Amnesty International remains conc...

Raise the age of criminal responsibility. End offshore detention. Legislate a Human Rights Act. #auspol

Kudelka nailed it… we will miss him

Mass of people with Free Palestine flags in front of Flinders Street station in Melbourne/Naarm.

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Oh, that is devastating.

You know, it’s just possible to feel really bad about the violent deaths of Israeli Jews, the genocide in Palestine and the deaths of Australian Jews all while being neither anti-Semitic or Islamophobic.

Somehow that has become impossible for the political class.

Updated list

Brilliant from Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social

Protesters plan to march during the Israeli president’s visit to Australia. So what are their rights to protest? In lieu of an explicit right to protest across Australia, different states have legislated their own protections, while some are getting stricter

A breakdown of our protest rights

a graphic displaying a list of rallies against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog which are taking place across Australia on Monday 9 February.

All out on Monday to protest the arrival of Israeli president and wanted war criminal Isaac Herzog! They want his visit to help repair Israel's (deservedly) damaged reputation, but together we can turn it into Australia's biggest ever week of protest for Palestine! ✊🇵🇸