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Palestine’s future: Australians are outraged At an Australia-wide webinar on 31 October, David Spratt paid tribute to the late Ali Kazak, Palestine’s first ambassador to Australia.

"Palestinians have been treated as though they do not exist, or are incapable of governing themselves, an arrogance which remains part of a centuries old colonial mind set—Israeli perpetrators of a genocide have been chosen to rebuild what they have destroyed."
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Dr Assal Rad—

“They’re trying to erase what happened and stop coverage of Gaza under the guise of a “ceasefire,” while Israel continues its occupation and blocks aid.

“The genocide didn’t end and you can’t erase the horrors we’ve seen for the last two years.”

Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research ‘Releasing MRFF funds not only secures the future of Australia’s research sector; it delivers better health outcomes’, Kooyong MP says

Monique Ryan urges Australia to fast track medical innovation funding as Trump guts research

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Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires

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Some say Mamdani may implement Sharia Law. He might. At the heart of Sharia is social justice, welfare, fairness, charity and community cohesion. Most Muslim countries operate a hybrid of Sharia and civil law, are slowly reforming and abandoning unethical practices despite the west’s portrayal.

Obama 2004: “There is no red America or blue America, there is just the United States of America.”

Mamdani 2025: “To get to any of us, you will have to go through all of us.”

Zohran smiling on the street

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!

His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.

It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Young women and girls dropping out of community sport due to racism A new study reveals women and girls are being turned away from community sport by racist behaviours including appearance-based name-calling and a lack of understanding of diverse cultures.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11.... This breaks my heart. Sport should bring Community together.

And in Australia, the major political parties give us a 'choice' between
- opposition who rejects the science on the #ClimateCrisis and prioritizes fossil fuel profits, or
- government who says they accept the science on the #ClimateCrisis but prioritizes fossil fuel profits. #gaslighting #auspol

Mamdani Victory, a Blue Tsunami, and The Coming Reckoning

Join me to celebrate historic wins and use the tears of racists, the broligarchy, and MAGA as sugar for our chai as we welcome a Blue Tsunami and the first Muslim American mayor of New York City.

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Glitch allowed thousands to renew digital licence without medical checks A major flaw has been uncovered in Queensland's digital licence renewal system.

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After 48 hrs, three visits to ED and one GP visit I drove to Albury and paid $300 to get Kid’s arm cast sorted properly. Medicare eh?

Friends, I give you Guy Fawkes - perhaps the last man to enter parliament with honest intentions, and even he failed to deliver.

#GuyFawkes #RememberRemember

Who supports the Albanese Govt's new environment laws?
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia

Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol

The possibility from Mamdani, and at this point this is maybe reading in too much into it, but a progressive figure has found a way to reach the disenfranchised and disengaged…a thing that of late has been the party trick of the populist right. Be something, stand for something, offer hope.

In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one | Betsy Reed Today, we launch our year-end fundraising campaign: our most important appeal of the year, crucial for helping keep us properly funded in 2026 as we face an administration that is using its might to silence independent reporting. Please help today if you are able

In his first term, Donald Trump called journalists the enemy. This time around, he’s treating us like one | Betsy Reed

A joy diversion for Labor. A blue Monday for the Coalition.

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot Nature Be Damned - November 2, 2025 - Lucy Hamilton and Ketan Joshi

The #SundayShot is available now for catch-up viewing. @ketanjoshi.co spooks us with his clear analysis on the global failure to decarbonise & @lucyham.bsky.social explains the pseudo-science spewed by well-funded networks to reinforce inequality & protect wealth.

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The Nationals abandoning net zero is like Israel breaking a ceasefire...completely business as usual

Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria Step towards reconciliation hailed as ‘a historic moment’ with premier Jacinta Allan saying it gives Aboriginal Australians the power to shape policies that affect their lives The Australian state of Victoria has taken a historic step towards reconciliation, passing the nation’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners. After two days of debate, the upper house of Victoria’s parliament passed the statewide treaty bill without amendment by 21 votes to 16, just before 9pm on Thursday. Continue reading...

Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria

Australian politics will be forever poisoned if we don’t acknowledge that it’s all stolen land, so this is a fair start.

"the wife of the US homeland security adviser apparently threatened to denaturalize someone because she didn’t like the fact he criticized her.

This, to be clear, is hardly some one-off. Threatening to deport your critics, even those with American citizenship, seems to be Maga policy now."

Governments are invested in a system that puts profits first, so "they need to shore up prejudices against the poor and those who lack family support."

When Albo said "nobody left behind", he must have meant the for-profit companies, like employment service providers, exploiting people in #poverty.

Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.

Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope

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Am guessing this is because he once sent his bank details to a Nigerian prince and still hasn’t had the inheritance money deposited

I bet that you did not know that President Lee just played the Orange Guy. I am sharing this so that you are clued in on the joke.

The network of Zionist, Christian Nationalist and neoliberal think tanks working as a cheer squad for ‘western civilisation’ includes “a major effort to make Muslims seem the major threat, and less than human”. @lucyham.bsky.social #SundayShot

Murray Watt and the Albanese govt will always rank environmental impact as a lower priority than fossil fuel profits. #environment #ClimateCrisis #auspol

So the long suspected eugenics/white racism Trump agenda is all carefully thought through #thesundayshot

Join us on Sunday Nov 2 at 9am (AEDT) With panelists Lucy Hamilton and Ketan Joshi And a special guest interview with Aust Conservation Foundation's Brendan Sydes Your alternative to Insiders hosted by Jo Dyer & Dave Milner Find us streaming live on YT here THE SUNDAY SHOT Use #SundayShot on socials

Watch me embarrass myself in tech terms on the #SundayShot tomorrow morning. Otherwise watch it for the awesome hosts and the epic Ketan Joshi.

#Auspol