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It's getting really hard to maintain a positive mindset about humans. Ngunnawal Country. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

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Israelโ€™s repeated ceasefire violations are part of its strategy to keep waging war on Gaza Hereโ€™s Israelโ€™s strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill dozens of civilians and fighters, stop fire and claim youโ€™re honoring the ceasefire....

Hereโ€™s Israel's strategy to continue the war on Gaza: find a pretext, no matter how baseless, use it to kill dozens of civilians and fighters, stop fire and claim youโ€™re honoring the ceasefire. Then do it again.

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#Palestine #Israel

29.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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It is deeply distressing to see that Israel has resumed aerial bombing of Palestinians in Gaza despite a supposed ceasefire. The world must not turn its gaze away.

28.10.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Israeli settlers injure two Palestinian farmers <article data-history-node-id="430747" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-injure-two-palestinian-farmers" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-injure-two-palestinian-farmers" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers injure two Palestinian farmers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Two Palestinians were injured, one in serious condition, when Israeli settlers attacked farmers in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, Quds News Network reported, citing local sources.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli settlers injure two Palestinian farmers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-injure-two-palestinian-farmers

28.10.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The rise of global boycotts against Israelโ€™s genocide in Gaza From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.

From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.

28.10.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 199    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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You Believe The Mainstream Narrative? Of Course You Do, You're Twelve Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

You think Hamas killed Israelis because theyโ€™re monsters who hate Jews? Of course you do, youโ€™re 12.

You think Trump is trying to get rid of Maduro because Maduro is an evil dictator who wants to poison Americans with fentanyl? Hell yeah homie, youโ€™re 12.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-believ...

27.10.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

The LNP can dress up their bigotry however they want. Itโ€™s all bullshit. Theyโ€™re deliberately endangering trans kids to feed the culture-war machine.

They should reinstate gender-affirming care immediately. Stop the cruelty and stop playing politics with peopleโ€™s lives.

28.10.2025 05:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The reason the #ATO failed to learn was that senior SES decision makers are STILL not held accountable by the #dysfunctional and #corrupt #NACC or action after the #RobodebtRC. #auspol
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27.10.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Australia's expansion of fossil fuels a 'failure of national duty' says former ADF Chief Admiral Chris Barrie has said that inaction has left Australia 'dangerously exposed' toย climate change.

Admiral Chris Barrie doesn't hold back speaking to the Climate Crisis Summit in Canberra, saying the expansion of fossil fuels was a โ€œfailure of national dutyโ€.

โ€œSecurity analysts are blunt, cascading climate impacts will drive instability, insecurity and conflict,โ€ he said. #auspol

27.10.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 234    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Heartless. Victor Chang Cardiac Institute and the Israel lobby - Michael West Professor Peter Macdonald returned to St Vincentโ€™s Hospital, but the Victor Chang Laboratory is still excluding him from doing his research.

Why are a small group of pro- Israel players at Victor Chang research institute being allowed to weaponise antisemitism in a way that stops researcher working on a publicly funded project? Wendy Bacon

michaelwest.com.au/heartless-vi...

27.10.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...

"We have this idea that those in poverty have to be punished and we don't โ€” we're already punished enough." @artistaffame.bsky.social

@antipovertycentre.org

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

27.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Welfare in Australia is a cruel shambles. How about we actually try to help people not squish them | First Dog on the Moon What should the government do? Damnation and mouldy figs to the lot of them

Spot bloody on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

27.10.2025 05:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 203    ๐Ÿ” 81    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Did you see us today in The Canberra Times?

Australians have voted for climate action โ€“ add your name to our petition urging Murray Watt to actually strengthen our environmental laws and stop new coal and gas projects!

#auspol

27.10.2025 06:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 315    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?

27.10.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 488    ๐Ÿ” 235    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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Australiaโ€™s future is in our region, not in Americaโ€™s decline Australia stands at a crucial moment, choosing whether to follow the fading US or embrace our regionโ€™s future.

Australia stands at a crucial moment, choosing whether to follow the fading US or embrace our regionโ€™s future, writes Su Dharmapala.

womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...

27.10.2025 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Mary Kostakidis wins a People's Order of Australia for this statement alone.

26.10.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this yearโ€™s crop.

Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest

Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this yearโ€™s crop.

Article by Oren Ziv and Basel Adra

25.10.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Israeli Ministers Urge Troops to Shoot โ€œChildren and Donkeysโ€ at Gazaโ€™s Yellow Line - Quds News Network Israeli ministers debated who to kill first, โ€œPalestinian children or donkeysโ€, as they set harsher rules for anyone who approaches Gazaโ€™s yellow line.

Israeli ministers debated who to kill first, โ€œPalestinian children or donkeysโ€, as they set harsher rules for anyone who approaches Gazaโ€™s yellow line.

qudsnen.co/israeli-mini...

24.10.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

21.10.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FOI file decoys. What's the scam when you search for 'FOI reform'? - Michael West Even before the Government implements its soi disant 'FOI Reforms', the red herrings are many. Rex Patrick is confounded.

Ordered by the Senate back in 1994, the requirement for Depts to publish the names of new files was to assist citizens know what to #FOI. Nowadays Depts are creating files, not putting any documents in them, and using them as FOI distractors. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ #auspol michaelwest.com.au/foi-file-dec...

25.10.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Ngl, quite enjoying the way Aussie indie media rallied to make amends for the mainstream debacle around the Chris Hedges tour. Many fine people played their parts, did their bit.

Folks, if they're willing to lie to you about a genocide, what won't they lie to you about?

25.10.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 317    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Same applies to the Australian government which froze funding to UNRWA solely on the basis of unsubstantiated Israeli allegations. People died because of that.

24.10.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Australiaโ€™s $20m โ€˜iron fistโ€™ deal with Israelโ€™s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding Experts criticise federal governmentโ€™s contract with Elbit Systems as โ€˜troubling acceptanceโ€™ of Israelโ€™s conduct in Gaza

Australia's two-way arms trade with the terrorist state of Israel is not only a DISGRACE, it is also ILLEGAL.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#IsraeliNazis #PalestinianHolocaust #FreePalestine #auspol

25.10.2025 00:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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David Pope in Canberra Times

24.10.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

End all funding every single private employment services provider.

Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.

Get rid of mutual obligations

Bring back the CES

Raise the fricken rate

Ainโ€™t hard.

25.10.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1074    ๐Ÿ” 413    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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THREAD: A veil of secrecy and forgetfulness hangs over a taxpayer-funded mission to the United States earlier this year, involving Special Envoy Jillian Segal and one staffer.

The purpose of the trip, which covered less than ten days, have never been made public.

24.10.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 209    ๐Ÿ” 129    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

โ€œElbit is a key supplier of the Israeli military, a key enabler of the IDF in its commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza over the last two yearsโ€ - Chris Sidoti

The Albanese govt is complicit in the #GazaGenocide. #auspol

24.10.2025 22:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WELFARE CHECK DOWNSTAGE RIGHT โ€“ NO LONGER MUSICโ€™S SECRET โ€œOBVIOUSLY HE HAS ISSUES โ€ฆ Umm, heโ€™s sick He needs help. So letโ€™s be good people and motivate him to that.โ€In the comments on a recent story that mentioned some seemingly inexplicable behaviour from a...

Saturday read #4. A lion-free version of running away to the circus, the music biz looks like every teen dream fulfilled for musicians, crew & hangers-on. But what happens when mental health doesn't live happily in that myth? Now there's a manual for that.
www.bernardzuel.net/post/welfare...

24.10.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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David Marr interviews Chris Hedges for Club Media Mainstream A former Media Watch presenter recently attempted to lecture Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on what his role as a journalist should be, and it was embarrassing.

A former Media Watch presenter recently attempted to lecture Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges on what his role as a journalist should be, and it was embarrassing.
independentaustralia.net/business/bus... @michellepini.bsky.social

23.10.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

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