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Government still refuses to admit it's handing your personal data to Trump — and it may now include voice and eye data, too The Albanese government refuses to be honest with Australians about its plans to hand their biometric data over to Trump — and the scope of that data just got bigger.

Other national governments are asking citizens about handing over their biometric data to Donald Trump. The Albanese government refuses to even say it's happening. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/24/d...

Pollution from trucks and buses costs Australians $6.2bn in health effects each year, study finds Research describes children exposed to air pollution equivalent to eight cigarettes a day by attending childcare near major roads

Air pollution is also being increasingly seen as a risk factor for dementia (see for example Fieldhouse in Nature, 2025), the cost of inaction will only increase as our population ages
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Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, Australian aged care workers warn Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool

How could [checks notes] Robo-Care go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Israel lobby sells stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors - Michael West The Australian Jewish Association is promoting an Israeli real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.

Israel lobbyists AJA promoting a real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.

#ASIC is inquiring
No response by AJA yet
@sstephanietrann.bsky.social @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social investigate
#auspol
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Peter Lalor, pepper-sprayed, debunks the Herzog propaganda - Michael West Sports journalist Peter Lalor was pepper-sprayed by NSW Police at the Herzog protest in Sydney. He debunks the propaganda.

"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account
#auspol
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Let's get this straight.

Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.

After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.

Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
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The graves of Anzac soldiers in Gaza have been desecrated. Where is The Australian's outrage?

Where is the outrage regarding the IDF's desecration of Anzac graves in Gaza?

As a rally organiser, the Boorloo bombing has triggered a series of 'what ifs' It should not have taken community outcry to have escalated this threat beyond a mere 'hostile attack' charge.

Celeste Liddle, on the Boorloo (Perth) bombing attempt; www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/b...

The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference A failed bomb attack in Perth on Invasion Day drew little attention from the media and public. It shows Australia has long been selective in its sense of danger.

The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/p...

Thank you for checking Josh. The silence on this attack from so many who were thumping lecterns and calling for Royal Commissions two months ago speaks to the comfort of the mainstream with violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Heartbreaking. Terrifying.

The Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth was targeted and attacked with an explosive device.

The silence from the right has been deafening.

The same politicians who have spent the last month politicising violence are now nowhere to be found.

Suspect in attempted January 26 rally bomb attack faces court State Security Investigation Group officers have charged a man following an investigation into the attempted bomb attack in Boorloo/Perth on Monday.WA Police said the man was allegedly in attendance a...

This really should be a lot higher in the news of the week. #auspol Just because it didn’t work doesn’t erase the potential destruction and harm intended

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Revealed: NACC's $30 million office fit-out broke laws designed to thwart corruption One of the first acts of Australia’s new anti-corruption agency was to commit 'significant non-compliance' with finance law by failing to officially sign off on tens of millions of dollars of construc...

NACC’s $30 million office fit-out broke laws designed to thwart corruption #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/21/n...

Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel - Michael West Australian taxpayers are subsidising the Israel Defense Forces and illegal settlements in the West Bank via the ACNC charities regulator

Australian charities funnelling money to the IDF and illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine. Taxpayers are subsidising. Investigation p1 @sstephanietrann.bsky.social
#auspol #ACNC
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Watching the Opposition Leader call neo nazism extreme left ideology and double down on the threat of radical islamic extremism reveals all about the framing. Not about tackling hate, not about social cohesion. Dog whistles all the way

Australia Institute research shows that nurses pay more tax than gas and oil companies.

Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem

NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’

Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide

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Very good @abigailboydmlc.bsky.social summary of the really, really significant data centre growth in New South Wales, Australia - something we can see directly contributing to sustaining the burning of coal in the state

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Hackers claim breach of Sydney agency, threaten to leak tenant and agent data Hackers have allegedly breached a Sydney real estate agency, posting a sample of stolen tenant and agent data online – while threatening to release more over coming days.

Hackers have allegedly breached a Sydney real estate agency, posting a sample of stolen tenant and agent data online – while threatening to release more over coming days www.realestatebusiness.com.au/tech/30638-h...

"It tells you a lot about who wields power in Australia that Woodside is being allowed to haggle in secret over the conditions of the North West Shelf expansion," writes @stephenlongaus.bsky.social.

Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/yes-min... #auspol

Leader of Australian bikie gang strikes deal to provide security on Nauru Companies controlled by Finks bikie leader Ali Bilal have been engaged since at least February to a Nauru government agency that provides escort security services to the detention centre, community sa...

You can’t make this shit up. Deport men of colour, refugees to Nauru on the claim they are not of good character while giving tens of millions to a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang to provide the security there, in a secret deal. The corruption stinks.

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Uni staff told to 'wash delicates' for stress management as 146 courses suspended The University of Technology Sydney is suspending more than 100 courses as it prepares for a controversial redundancy program to save $100 million.

Somewhere in this Australian university, some well-paid HR people (and consultants, there's always consultants) thought that it was good idea to tell staff worried they might be made redundant that they should hand-wash their good undies to cope with the stress. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

NSW Supreme Court has rejected Police push to prohibit tomorrow's march for Palestine on the Harbour Bridge.

Basically due to a lack of evidence anyone would be deterred. Big win for freedom of assembly.

Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments

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The suckers here are us...

Decades-old deal sees taxpayers hit with $500m bill for Chevron clean-up Government documents reveal WA taxpayers will pay an estimated half a billion dollars to rehabilitate areas of Barrow Island impacted by Chevron's oil and gas project.

Yep, classic.
#auspol
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Antisemitism strategy could stoke social divisions, with biased arguments, weak evidence and overreach in its recommendations.

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Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.

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Universities and artists face funding threat under antisemitism plan being considered by Australian government Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal also urges Labor government to bolster education and seek new powers to deport visitors

Segal goes the full Trump

Australia has an opportunity to get out of the AUKUS security pact. We should take it.

AUKUS ties Australia ever closer to an increasingly volatile and aggressive America.

Sign our open letter, published today in the Canberra Times:
✍️ theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Injured former Greens candidate charged with resisting police | ABC NEWS

Footage here

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