Assistant police commissioner Peter McKenna: "It was really quite precarious at times for our officers who were significantly outnumbered by the protesters and the people who wanted to act in a violent and offensive manner."
#auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence #HerzogNotWelcome
09.02.2026 19:06 — 👍 256 🔁 199 💬 45 📌 71
Jon Kudelka.
2004.
How prescient. It was relevant then and it is relevant now. The world is so much poorer for his loss.
09.02.2026 23:54 — 👍 103 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 0
Labor leadership defending decisions to limit democratic protest and invite the head of a foreign state committing genocide to Australia.
The police violence in Sydney was disgusting. What has happened to my party? Why are they defending genocide and police violence?
09.02.2026 23:41 — 👍 34 🔁 21 💬 5 📌 0
Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable'
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
09.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 305 🔁 128 💬 8 📌 5
Herzog says demonstrations undermine his and Israel’s rights.
There is no right to commit genocide.
No right to slaughter civilians and children.
No right to starve people.
No right to breach international law.
No right to use apartheid.
No right to silence concerned Australians.
09.02.2026 08:14 — 👍 191 🔁 94 💬 11 📌 7
Minns says police faced 'difficult situation' in clashes at Herzog protest
Twenty-seven people were arrested, including 10 for assaulting police, on Monday night at a demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia.
The blame for the violence from any side , imo rests with #Minns.
Proven by the relatively peaceful protests in States that didn't ban the march.
#Minns' language & actions since he came to power have appeared to threaten basic #FreedomOfSpeech, #Labor??
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
09.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Which Jewish people are you listening to @albomp.bsky.social and @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social?
Not all Jewish people support #Genocide. Your invite and rhetoric make it seem like they do.
That is terrible #Antisemitism @australianlabor.bsky.social
07.02.2026 15:02 — 👍 23 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Lots of headlines & cartoons from the Australian saying awful stuff about Muslims or conflating Palestine justice movement with rampant, rank antisemitism.
“I saw God’s face shine on him”: the family who chose to forgive. Abdallah family who went through a horrendous tragedy chose to forgive. Greg Sheridan here appears to put this down to their Christianity, given that’s the topic of his book. Given the quantity of stuff he writes about Muslim topics that cast them in a poor light, this stands out.
This is an edited extract from Greg Sheridan’s “How Christian’s Can Succeed Today”
Looking through December/January mountain of Islam-bashing (in some editions of) The Australian. Greg Sheridan is a consistent contributor. Am I wrong to see his article about this very special family as singling them out as “good Arabs” because Christian?
08.02.2026 01:56 — 👍 28 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
#Minns never refers to the awards & accolades that follow many the books Randa has written.
As did #Malinauskas they both promote the view that Randa is singularly an anti-semitic spreader of hate, rather than an esteemed author & researcher who is also an advocate for #Palestinian human rights.
06.02.2026 06:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Writers festival 'crazy' to invite Randa Abdel-Fattah, NSW premier says
The festival's director said Dr Abdel-Fattah was invited in August last year and denied the state government pressured her to remove the writer.
#Labor leaders continue to disappoint Labor voters.
Who are they trying to appease, just who is applying this ridiculous pressure?
If their words truly represent their opinion then they don't deserve the power they have.
#Minns #RWA at it again.
#Malinauskas
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
06.02.2026 05:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The family legacy Gina Rinehart would like to forget
The Hancock family's mining empire did not originate with Lang Hancock's fabled discovery of iron-red cliffs in the Pilbara in 1952 – it started with asbestos.
2/3
The Hancock family wealth appears to have started at #Wittenoom yet many still waiting to see the rehabilitation of the mine and/or financial recognition of the suffering caused to workers and local communities incl #Banjima.
#Hancock #Rinehart #JamesHardie #CSR
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
04.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
“The normalisation of One Nation, through reality TV, breakfast TV slots and inclusion as a serious political player in Australia has been media-driven, dressed up as the people’s choice,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read Amy Remeikis’ full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4alz8EU
29.01.2026 06:01 — 👍 316 🔁 118 💬 20 📌 12
ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses
Apparently it’s not all fun and games for newly hired ICE agents.
Boo hoo 😭😃
The cracks are deepening from the inside out!
#Trump's empty promises.
#ICE Agents Whine That They Aren’t Getting Their Massive Bonuses
newrepublic.com/post/206049/... via @newrepublic.com
02.02.2026 23:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Grandparents left in disbelief and frustrated by family law system
Many grandparents are parting with hundreds of thousands of dollars to help support their adult children through family law matters, in turn impacting their own financial security in retirement.
Targeted, brutal, vexatious litigation another form of #DV but unrecognised by the law.
When the winner is the abuser!
Even if he eventually is found guilty of #DomesticViolence he will have succeeded in bringing huge financial and emotional loss to his accusers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
01.02.2026 23:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
19.01.2026 13:00 — 👍 1097 🔁 501 💬 25 📌 38
Sometimes you get a few minutes on live TV with a billionaire. I tried to make them count! 😅
21.01.2026 16:00 — 👍 510 🔁 152 💬 25 📌 16
Thousands rally to show support after alleged rape of runner
The Rockhampton community comes together in a show of emotional support after a young woman was allegedly sexually assaulted and nearly drowned by a stranger on a walking track.
Imagine how the #rape victim feels seeing her ordeal described as #alleged!
For too long 'alleged' has been adopted by media and police to protect them from future legal action.
#Reported rape is accurate, 'alleged' suggests untrue.
#ChangeTheWord #WordsMatter
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
01.02.2026 00:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Colin Boyce The Nat that wants to lead The National Party
what a f*cken dinosaur! #auspol
29.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 59 🔁 22 💬 26 📌 10
Trump's foreign policy bluffs undermine each other
As the US president faces domestic consequences for his violent immigration crackdown, his geopolitical bluffs across the world also come at a price.
The one thing that's absolutely certain with #Trump is uncertainty.
@latingle.bsky.social #LauraTingle delivers another perfect summary of Trump's impact on the US and ROW.
#Ukraine #Gaza #Israel #NATO #Iran #Canada #Tariffs
#Venezuela #Somalia #Greenland
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
30.01.2026 22:33 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"is it normal for my AI girlfriend to break up with me" is asked, not "is it normal to have an AI girlfriend" in the first place lmao. These single incel parameciums
29.01.2026 01:07 — 👍 97 🔁 15 💬 10 📌 0
They still have it up on their social pages.
It also describes the incident as though he did not start the fight.
But police say a witness told them they believe Lockyer “threw the first punch”.
28.01.2026 00:32 — 👍 28 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
26.01.2026 23:35 — 👍 20748 🔁 8634 💬 269 📌 716
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
Gotta protect the bottom line!
Minnesota’s Biggest Companies Call for ‘De-escalation’ of Tensions
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/b...
26.01.2026 04:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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