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Exhibition shares First Nations stories of 'strength and resilience' An oral history exhibition shares the lifetime stories of First Nations elders and their experiences at critical moments in Australian history.

Warning: This story contains names and references to Indigenous people who have died
"Our elders are getting older and so we need to do more stories as part of a legacy to pass on down, because once that's gone, you can't get it back," she said

"And as they say about elders, they're like a library"

a chart showing openness to voting for one nation

The Guardian Australian Politics Guardian Essential report: One Nation woos progressive voters Australian Politics Play episode February 2614 mins Bookmarks + ↓ View Transcript Episode Description > Since October, the Guardian Essential poll has been following the rise in support for One Nation but this month's results might also ring alarm bells for Labor. This is because nearly half of Labor voters said they would be open to voting for One Nation at the next federal election. Political reporter and chief of staff Josh Butler and Essential Media executive director Peter Lewis discuss why One Nation's surge is more than just a 'noisy' protest about the Coalition, and why Pauline Hanson's party is attracting voters across the political spectrum See all episodes

ONE THIRD of Australian Greens voters are 'open' to voting for the viciously racist party.....the word "racist" shows up once in this Guardian podcast ep covering the polling (I checked the transcript to be sure).

Not discussing racism in white left spaces in Aus is a pretty huge mistake.

A note that says “Thing that may/might/could/can be smashed it IWD breakfasts: Avocado. Thing unlikely to be smashed at IWD breakfasts: the patriarchy.”

It’s that time of the year again. #iwd #internationalwomensday

CHINA: "The US is a war addict. Throughout its over 240-year history, it has been at war for all but 16 years. The US has 800 overseas military bases in over 80 countries and regions. The US is the main cause of international disorder, global turbulence, and regional instability."

Where is the lie?

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I went back to this podcast this morning bc I remembered Antoinette saying something about Mossad openly tweeting its involvement and the quote, addressed to Iranian protestors, was “we are with you in the field”.

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86 times Israelis and Americans bombed schools since 6 June 2024.

quick quick someone let trump know what he’s doing is against the law, i’m sure this will be the one law he will definitely be interested in following

god he’s a slappable character.

twas my unlucky day when he came bootlicking in my mentions.

<snort> no slogans. He probably went to my bio, which says Free Palestine 🇵🇸

I remember. He was white or white passing and lived in St Mary’s, not far from where my young bloke lives. Bradley Balzan

“need police” lmao yes I’d like some poverty and trauma, please. Not enough of that in my life.

yep. They go into housing estates and cause poverty and trauma with their racist violent arrests for a swear word or whatever and some white man tells me <eye> would want to call cops for housing damage caused by traumatised tenants? Like wtf cops don’t repair houses or trauma.

A clowder of cats by ChetArt https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/112297322/a-clowder-of-cats-11-x14-cat-art-print?ref=elp_anchor_listing&sts=1

I have actually stumbled across the greatest title of a scientific article ever..

“Postmortem predation by a clowder of domestic cats”

(DO NOT read the paper if you are at all squeamish, it’s as bad as it sounds, I removed the picture thumbnail cuz yeah nah.)

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Lucky Roy @luckyroy.bsky.social • 1h → Replied to you You need to do something about those slogans of yours. You also need to know that, sooner or later, as much as you despise them, you may need the police. They're not perfect but they are way better than you.

the good* old days of random anonymous white males telling me who I am and what I should think are back. He told me I would want to call the cops if I saw a public housing estate wrecked by people who use drugs. All I said was what for since police are not builders or drug counsellors.

yup. Or settlers genociding Indigrnous populations and calling it “self-defence”.

why would I do that when I know cops are not builders or drug and alcohol workers. Cops would be completely useless, do fuck all about housing repairs or addiction problems, and cause further trauma.

yeah it is just zionist lobbyists out-manoeuvring zionist politicians at this point. And we pay for the lot.

I think zionists like snipers best. We gave them snipers for the Chabad fundraiser at the opera house last month and more snipers pointing straight at the anti-genocide public who gathered at Town Hall on 9 Feb.

well they fucked up the party already. Minns is sending in the stasi. That’s a guaranteed recipe for lower numbers, less spending, fewer tourism dollar dividends etc

Pride in Protest float excluded from Mardi Gras over 'offensive' posts Mardi Gras organisers have issued a formal warning to Pride in Protest on Friday morning, stating they had breached the parade's terms and conditions.

link here. Looks like a lot of the story was lifted from Alex’s earlier report.

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A spokesperson for Dayenu, has refuted Pride in Protest's claim they are a Zionist organisation, saying they had been deeply offended and hurt by the comments. "Dayenu is not a Zionist organisation, and we feel that word is being used to insult our Jewish community, in place of the word Jew or Jewish," they said.

here is the point of this zionist grievance campaign. Using Mardi Gras to move the dial on a favourite zionist trope - that people who oppose genocide swap out the word “Jew” for “zionist” when in fact - unlike zionists - we are extremely careful to delineate the two.

indulging zionists and political vanity projects are not community safety, Chris. That money could be allocated to keeping a lot of victims safe from violent males.

noting that heavily armed police are not the answer to any social problem, let alone hate and violence. You can not shoot racism or transphobia. Police are themselves extremely violent so in fact <increase> violence wherever they go.

yeah police are the last and worst DV responders. Police DV call-outs are on average the fifth incident. We need more shelters, more safe affordable housing and a less abusive income support system. But patriarchy needs male violence and subjugated women so here we are.

Robodebt lawyer wants APS culture shift to prevent repeats Politicians’ confidence in the quality of advice they're getting from senior public servants is misplaced, says robodebt prosecutor.

“A partner at the law firm instrumental in bringing the class action that toppled the robodebt scheme…”

Naw, sorry, this is incorrect. Gordon Legal wasn’t responsible for the legal action that resulted in Robodebt being found unlawful. That was Vic Legal Aid
www.themandarin.com.au/307565-robod...

its a small project in the massive anti-renewables pro-gas scheme of things. Gomeroi have been fighting to protect their land alongside many local groups - farmers, astronomers, RFS, knitting nanas - from Santos drilling in the Pilliga and the Narrabri gas hub for well over a decade.

There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians | Lucy Hamilton The astroturf group’s strategy event had the theme ‘evolve’ – but its speakers want to take the country back to the past

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getting <some> councillor biographies is a challenge. Greens councillors like your Brent Hoare are out there. The problem is the ones who pretend to be independent when they are party apparatchiks or Gina-via-Joyce funded operatives.

Lying to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, activists and the media in relation to what is ultimately hundreds of thousands of unlawful benefit sanctions very clearly rises to the level of serious misconduct, and the Australian Public Service Commission should immediately investigate those responsible.