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4.6 magnitude #Earthquake in #Canberra and #Sydney, #Australia at 7:09PM! (Epicenter in Boorowa, NSW.) Don't forget to fill out a Felt It report if you're local to the area to contribute #CommunityScience data.
earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2026...
Anthony Albanese, 2003, on the US invasion of Iraq.
#auspol #ausnews
Richard Marles refuses to say whether he’s had advice that the US-Israel attack on Iran is legal.
“That’s a matter for the Attorney-General”, he blathers.
We are governed by clowns.
Mendacious, secretive, dangerous clowns, who have given up our sovereignty to the Mango Mussolini. #auspol #abc730
Australia will send a spy plane, 85 personnel and bunch of missiles to the Middle East to help "defend" civilian infrastructure against attacks from Iran.
Funny how Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria & Yemen never had that support against Israeli attacks.
aapnews.aap.com.au/news/iranian...
Heard Albo call Iran’s attacks on other ME countries “unprovoked”.
I don’t condone Iran’s attacks, but surely we can’t in good conscience call them unprovoked!
The levels of hypocrisy we are seeing nowadays is astounding.
#auspol
I don't understand why it requires a petition to get authorities to investigate the anti-Islamic acts of terror of a man who declared himself "far right", who threatened children, who barged into a community hall throwing punches & abuse at people
But here we are. Please sign👇
#auspol
Another way to say the same thing - if Albanese left the ALP leadership now, the polls for the ALP would jump.
Albanese is having a net negative impact on the polls for Labor.
The Labor Party would do much better without Albanese.
1-"It’s not okay for grown adults to believe the United States wages wars to promote humanitarian interests and bring freedom and democracy to oppressed populations.
It’s not okay for grown adults to believe that US soldiers fight and die to protect their country and its citizens.
Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof.
That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy.
The dealer needs to keep you addicted.
Dear @albomp.bsky.social The UAE has a highly capable, modern military that is known for its advanced, high-tech defence systems. Why does it need Australia's help? I can't realistically fathom it requesting help from our military. What's really going on?
www.tiktok.com/@abcnewsaus/...
UAE defence budget 2025 $25 billion, Saudi Arabia $78 billion. Why do they need a lone Australian surveillance plane and air to air missiles? What have they been spending that huge annual budget on, yet don't have something that basic? Or is it a ploy to enmesh AU in their war? #auspol
Labor has dragged Australia into another US forever war.
There's nothing "defensive" about this. The US-Israel bombardment of Iran is an illegal war of aggression that is fast spiralling out of control.
Committing Australian resources to this is a costly and deadly mistake.
I feel sorry for the young Iranian soccer players being paraded on Australian media with smirking Labor politicians being hailed as their saviour while those same Labor politicians send funding and military support to destroy their homes and familes. Its quite grotesque actually
#auspol
Says the fetid carcass who bombs girl’s schools.
This is what ecocide looks like.
Say people in their own country are morally bad
US 53%
Turkey 49%
Brazil 48%
Greece 44%
France 43%
S Africa 36%
Israel 27%
UK 17%
Japan 16%
India 9%
Canada 7%
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/05/in-25-country-survey-americans-especially-likely-to-view-fellow-citizens-as-morally-bad/
If the government dropped a bomb that took my kid from me, I wouldn’t be thinking about politics or strategy. I’d be thinking about who did it, and how far I’d have to go to make them feel what I felt. People act surprised when the world gets more dangerous, but this is exactly how it happens.
Absolutely NOT!! The US is the reason for any retaliatory attacks. There was NO imminent threat. The US chose to go in and stir up the hornet's nest - they can bloody deal with the fallout. Why should a single Australian be dragged into the mess of a maniacal wannabe dictator?
Penny Wong says the reason the war on Iran is worth supporting is it will
“keep Australians safe”
Supporting an illegal war for regime change with no evidence of a threat will not keep us safe. It will create a new wave of terrorist groups & who hate us like after Iraq. #auspol
Apparently, the USA is killing Iranian civilians to punish the Iranian leaders for killing Iranian civilians.
So did the Australian Foreign Minister mislead parliament?
She said the submarine was under imminent attack.
Or was she lied to by an ally?
“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
AUS PM @albomp.bsky.social and FM @senatorwong.bsky.social put on their "serious, deeply concerned" faces to denounce Iran's crimes. Yet they're rptedly shamefully silent on Israel's ongoing atrocities against Palestinians in #Gaza and the #WestBank. #auspol #FreePalestine #IranWar
Sides with a goalless quarter and a 12+ goal quarter in the same V/AFL match
syd - 1971 R22 v nth
fitz - 1979 R21 v wbd
SYD - 2026 OR v CARL
#AFLSwansBlues #AFL
Well this is a nice change - was looking like an Under-10’s practise match there for a while! #AFLSwansBlues
Take all the money we put into private schools and put it into public schools.
Problem solved.
#AusPol
Say what? That ghoul was nowhere near the protesters. How idiotic - make it make sense.
Pine Gap’s involvement in this war needs to be stopped.
#auspol
We hear, so often from the far right, that Islam wants a global jihad to either kill or convert all infidels. This, supposedly, makes them evil. So what does it make a "Christian" regime that wants to invoke Armageddon, believing it will bring on the Rapture?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-troo...
I had an iPhone 3, 4 and 6; and now my 11 is still doing just fine thanks.
I used to upgrade for the camera improvements. Say what you like - but the 11 is still perfectly capable of excellent photos.