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Deportation by design: How Australia engineered mass exile Deportations from Australia are at their highest rate because we have rewritten our laws to enable them.

Deportations from Australia are at their highest rate because we have rewritten our laws to enable them.
~ Gerry Georgatos

Deportation by design: How Australia engineered mass exile
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Australia’s youth detention system punishes kids but fails to rehabilitate them The punitive approach of our youth detention system only serves narrow, short-term political thinking.

The punitive approach of our youth detention system only serves narrow, short-term political thinking.
~ Dr Jacqueline Rule

Australia’s youth detention system punishes kids but fails to rehabilitate them
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Labor should practice what it preaches about human rights Australia condemns human rights abuses abroad but still won’t protect them at home.

Australia condemns human rights abuses abroad but still won’t protect them at home.
~ Dr Bronwyn Kelly

Labor should practice what it preaches about human rights
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Belonging across borders: A Muslim Australian response to fear and division A Muslim Australian reflects on migration, service and community to challenge fear-based rhetoric and reaffirm the place of Muslim Australians within the country’s multicultural story.

A Muslim Australian reflects on migration, service and community to challenge fear-based rhetoric and reaffirm the place of Muslim Australians.

Belonging across borders: A Muslim Australian response to fear and division
~ Mainul Haque

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Australia's volunteer crisis threatens frontline climate action New research into environmental volunteers reveals a concerning pattern: younger volunteers grapple with hopelessness as Australia's volunteer rates decline, meaning fewer people are stepping up when....

New research into environmental volunteers reveals a concerning pattern: younger volunteers grapple with hopelessness as Australia's volunteer rates decline.

Australia's volunteer crisis threatens frontline climate action
~ Ben Goodsell

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Political luck has carried Albanese this far; only bold reform will define what comes next.

Albanese, your moment of truth is now
~ Dr Michael Galvin

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The real danger of artificial intelligence is not the code itself, but the economic system driving its deployment.

Profits before people: How neoliberalism is hardwiring AI for chaos
~ Paul Budde

As predictably as the sun comes up in the morning, U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was resplendent with lies.

Commander in cheat: Why Trump’s lies are the foundation of his power
~ @drvicfielding.bsky.social

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Operation Outlaw: Iran apologists and the assault on international law While bombs fall on Tehran, Iran apologists in Western capitals dress regime change in the language of peace and security.

While bombs fall on Tehran, Iran apologists in Western capitals dress regime change in the language of peace and security.

Operation Outlaw: Iran apologists and the assault on international law
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

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Gold Coast draws line in the sand on Trump Tower proposal More than 120,000 locals have signed petitions opposing a proposed Trump-branded tower in Surfers Paradise, arguing the project threatens the Coast’s identity, infrastructure and public beachfront.

More than 120,000 locals have signed petitions opposing a proposed Trump-branded tower in Surfers Paradise, arguing the project threatens the Coast’s identity and public beachfront.

Gold Coast draws line in the sand on Trump Tower proposal
~ Craig Hill

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Having encouraged expansion, the Government is now curbing student visa grants to contain net migration and protect the permanent program.

Student visa approvals fall despite higher 2026 planning level
~ @abulrizvi.bsky.social

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Billions in profits, silence on tax: Adani’s Australian enigma An advertising blitz claims mining taxes help pay for our essential services but it appears we taxpayers are paying millions of dollars to help coal miner Adani make profits.

An advertising blitz claims mining taxes help pay for our essential services but it appears we taxpayers are paying millions of dollars to help coal miner Adani make profits.

Billions in profits, silence on tax: Adani’s Australian enigma
~ Steve Bishop

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Funding firestorms: Washington’s war habit and Canberra’s silence As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran escalate, billions flow into conflict while Australia backs the alliance without question.

As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran escalate, billions flow into conflict while Australia backs the alliance without question.

Funding firestorms: Washington’s war habit and Canberra’s silence
~ Max Gross

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Why citizens in such a wealthy country are angry and depressed The more their quality of life improves, the sadder some Australians seem to become.

The more their quality of life improves, the sadder some Australians seem to become.

Why citizens in such a wealthy country are angry and depressed
~ @alanaustin.bsky.social

By jingo, it's a dingo! Australian wild dog breeder, the late Bruce Jacobs, with one of his newly born Dingo pups and mother.

Looking at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.
By jingo, it's a dingo!
~ Bill McAuley

Israel, that light unto the nations — including Australia Decades of deference to Israel and the U.S. have shaped Australia’s foreign policy at a high moral cost.

Decades of deference to Israel and the U.S. have shaped Australia’s foreign policy at a high moral cost.
~Dr Evan Jones

Israel, that light unto the nations — including Australia
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Coles and Westpac in a battle against corporate greed Corporate Goliaths are finally being challenged for putting profit before people, with ordinary Australians fighting back.

Corporate Goliaths are finally being challenged for putting profit before people, with ordinary Australians fighting back.
~ Carl Rhodes

Coles and Westpac in a battle against corporate greed
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Queensland’s war on words: Antisemitism Bill threatens free speech In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second-largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an antisemitic problem.

In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second-largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an antisemitic problem.

Queensland’s war on words: Antisemitism Bill threatens free speech
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

Tim Wilson’s inflation cure: Unemployment as collateral damage A proposal to prioritise inflation over employment would make higher joblessness the deliberate cost of economic stability, with working Australians carrying the burden.

A proposal to prioritise inflation over employment would make higher joblessness the deliberate cost of economic stability, with working Australians carrying the burden.

Tim Wilson’s inflation cure: Unemployment as collateral damage
~ Rob Powell

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CARTOONS: QLD residents rate Trump tower of disappointment Surprise, surprise. The proposed Gold Coast colossus doesn't measure up.

Surprise, surprise. The proposed Gold Coast colossus doesn't measure up.
CARTOONS: QLD residents rate Trump tower of disappointment
~ Mark David Cartoons

Australia: Still a client state in a corporate empire From British imperial control to multinational corporate dominance, Australia’s economic independence remains more illusion than reality.

From British imperial control to multinational corporate dominance, Australia’s economic independence remains more illusion than reality.

Australia: Still a client state in a corporate empire
~ Dr Evan Jones

Until we can defend ourselves, we’re not all equal Speaking out against racism is praised — unless you’re a person of colour.

Speaking out against racism is praised — unless you’re a person of colour.
~ Leon David

Until we can defend ourselves, we’re not all equal
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Condescending and harmful: An update on Australia’s social media ban The social media ban was sold to the public as protection, but evidence shows disadvantaged teens are paying the price.

The social media ban was sold to the public as protection, but evidence shows disadvantaged teens are paying the price.
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

Condescending and harmful: An update on Australia’s social media ban
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The state of a (not) independent Australia address Fellow Independent Australians, it is with our greatest and most sincere regret that we must inform you that Australia is still not a fully and truly independent nation.

Fellow Independent Australians, it is with our greatest and most sincere regret that we must inform you that Australia is still not a fully and truly independent nation.

The state of a (not) independent Australia address
~ @davrosz.bsky.social

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Royal pines redevelopment raises major questions on the Gold Coast The urban transformation of the Gold Coast, involving billions in public funding, has left residents in the dark.

The urban transformation of the Gold Coast, involving billions in public funding, has left residents in the dark.
~ Richard Holliday

Royal Pines redevelopment raises major questions on the Gold Coast
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Colonial cringe runs deep: Australia's military subjugation Australia is no longer a colony, but still behaves like one — paying tribute to its so-called "allies".

Australia is no longer a colony, but still behaves like one — paying tribute to its so-called "allies".
~ Dr Evan Jones

Colonial cringe runs deep: Australia's military subjugation
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After the Apology: Why forced adoption Is not settled history Forced adoption in Australia is often treated as a closed chapter, but the record tells a different story.

Forced adoption in Australia is often treated as a closed chapter, but the record tells a different story.

After the Apology: Why forced adoption Is not settled history
~ Michael Costello

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Behind the pageantry of Herzog’s visit, critics argue Australia is ignoring legal warnings and moral accountability over Israel’s conduct in Palestine.

The olive branch of hypocrisy: Herzog’s tree and Australia's complicity
~ Lyn Bender

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The Australia-Indonesia green economic opportunity A developing opportunity between Australia and Indonesia could underpin a green “powerhouse” partnership in a net-zero world

A developing opportunity between Australia and Indonesia could underpin a green “powerhouse” partnership in a net-zero world, but coal-fired processing and geopolitics strain progress.

The Australia-Indonesia green economic opportunity
~ Tyson Parker

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Australia’s telecom expansion still paying for NBN policy mistakes Despite rising data use and network growth, structural flaws in the NBN continue to shape affordability, competition and Australia’s long-term digital resilience.

Despite rising data use and network growth, structural flaws in the NBN continue to shape affordability, competition and Australia’s long-term digital resilience.

Australia’s telecom expansion still paying for NBN policy mistakes
~ Paul Budde