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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 7d

Love learning about female-led, independent newsrooms around the world.
This one is particularly special & essential.
Launched by Zahra Nader, Zan Times covers stories of women in Afghanistan, having already worked with 125 Afghan journalists since launching

womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-i...

Why I started a women-led newsroom under Taliban rule

Zahra Nader built the women-led newsroom Zan Times from exile, uncovering some of the most disturbing stories inside Afghanistan today.

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 8d

A single mother of 5 unexpectedly inherits the house she cleaned once a week for decades, when the owner (a solo man in his mid 80s) passed away.
She hopes to buy the housing commission where she’s lived most of her life.

Sometimes, the property section can deliver a non greedy gem.

Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 14d

Something positive for journalism today!
Judge blocks Trump move to dismantle Voice of America, orders hundreds of journalists be allowed to resume work.
Also orders against shut down of Radio Free Asia & the Middle East Broadcasting Networks edition.cnn.com/2025/09/29/p...

Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs | CNN Politics

A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster found...

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 14d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knows how to motivate the troops.
Tells them they're too fat.
And too diverse.
That they've become the "woke dept"
While Trump says he'll "fire them on the spot" if he doesn't like them
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Hegseth slams 'fat generals' and diversity initiatives in US military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of US military officials to an in-person meeting to declare an end to "woke" culture in the military.

www.abc.net.au

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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 27d

Apparently the gravest threat to Australia–US relations isn’t nuclear war or trade disputes – it’s a single, calm question from a guy with a notebook.

theaimn.net/australia-pl...

Australia, please stop fainting over a journalist doing his job

John Lyons, ABC’s Americas editor, asked President Trump a question about his business dealings while in office. That’s it. That’s the whole story. He didn’t hurl a shoe, didn’t set fire to the Oval O...

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Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · Sep 14

A little late but it was great to write this piece on Jo Tarnawsky for @womensagenda.bsky.social #auspol

Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 17

I first met Jo Tarnawsky at a @karaswisher.bsky.social talk in Syd.
She was in thick of a difficult case after exposing allegations of bullying in parliament
Great to share this outcome & her story @womensagenda.bsky.social thx to @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/forme...

Former political staffer Jo Tarnawsky on the hidden toll of workplace bullying

Jo Tarnawsky is not the first parliamentary staffer to allege workplace bullying, nor is she a shrinking violet. But it's certainly taken a toll.

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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sam Kerr back from 20 months off the pitch and straight away scores her 100th goal for Chelsea.

A champion letting her skills do the talking.

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Sep 14

Elon Musk doesn't even show up in person to the far right rally in London.
But he calls for the UK Govt to be desolved and tells the crowd from a large video screen that "violence is coming" and "you either fight back or you die."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

www.theguardian.com

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also love seeing so many finishers still wearing their medals in the CBD today.

Didn’t see anyone proudly indicating they had attended an anti immigration march.

Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Sep 1

Police say 15,000 people attended Sydney’s anti-immigration march.

Meanwhile, 35,000 people registered to run in the Sydney Marathon.

So more than twice as many people wanted to get up early on a Sunday and run a marathon (or maybe the shorter event at least)
So that’s something, right?
#auspol

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Sep 1

Police say 15,000 people attended Sydney’s anti-immigration march.

Meanwhile, 35,000 people registered to run in the Sydney Marathon.

So more than twice as many people wanted to get up early on a Sunday and run a marathon (or maybe the shorter event at least)
So that’s something, right?
#auspol

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 25

Mariam Abu Dagga only recently reported for AP on children being treated for starvation at Nasser Hospital.
She was one of 5 journalists killed by Israeli strikes at that same hospital, one of 22 in total.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Mariam Abu Dagga: Gaza journalist killed in Israeli strike ‘carried her camera into the heart of the field’

The 33-year-old photojournalist committed to conveying suffering of civilians with ‘rare honesty and courage’

www.theguardian.com

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 24

Imagine getting column space in a national newspaper...
And using it to celebrate another country's PM, who is wanted for crimes against humanity.
As a means to attack an Australian PM who had the (very late) nerve to call out the wanted war criminal PM's denial of starvation in Gaza.

Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ergo: Australia should commit more war crimes for the sake of economic growth

#astonishing alright

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 24

More than 4 million guns now in the community in Australia.
And a gun lobby bragging that the sharp increase in licensed gun owners shows it's "winning" the crackdown on firearms.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge

There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

www.theguardian.com

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Women's Agenda @womensagenda.bsky.social · Aug 18

It has now been four years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. UN Women says women are being erased in a human rights crisis.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/four-...

Four years after Taliban takeover, we must not forget Afghan women

It has now been four years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. UN Women says women are being erased in a human rights crisis.

womensagenda.com.au

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 17

I first met Jo Tarnawsky at a @karaswisher.bsky.social talk in Syd.
She was in thick of a difficult case after exposing allegations of bullying in parliament
Great to share this outcome & her story @womensagenda.bsky.social thx to @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social
womensagenda.com.au/latest/forme...

Former political staffer Jo Tarnawsky on the hidden toll of workplace bullying

Jo Tarnawsky is not the first parliamentary staffer to allege workplace bullying, nor is she a shrinking violet. But it's certainly taken a toll.

womensagenda.com.au

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 12

My heart. 9yo Ethan sets up a table outside his house to offer compliments to people. Sometimes spending up to 5 hours a day on the front lawn.
Next to his twin sister Claire, while she sells her art.
Who equally deserves a place in this hero shot!
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

9-year-old sets up stand, offers free compliments to anyone who stops by

“Your name is so unique,” Ethan Wargo told one person. I like your green running shoes, he told another.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm still struggling to find the barrage of "left wing women" who are as upset about the Sydney Sweeney ad as the right wing men and women are about the reaction of the left wing women.

In the meantime, enjoy this overreaction to the outrage.

www.afr.com/politics/syd...

Sydney Sweeney shows why it’s hard to be an anti-woke woman

Some of my most painful experiences have come from other women: the social exclusion, the freezing out, and the reputation threats.

www.afr.com

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Aug 4

Not seeing much “debate” in the AFR’s coverage of Vic Premier Jacinta Allan’s push to legislate right to work from home.

But, but what about productivity!
Who will think of the industry leaders who claim, no one asked for this!
#auspol

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 29

It’s ok, world. Nothing to see.
The child in the viral image has a disability!
No issue then that he can’t access medicine & formula, is emaciated & wearing a plastic bag for a nappy.
And forget about every other image!
Watch The Oz milk this & double down on being on wrong side of everything

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just checking out Senator Matt Canavan's FB (so you don't have to).
Oh to be a man who can simply say this.
And get 7.3K likes.
#auspol

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jul 28

BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?

American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 28

Takes out the male part of that at least

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 28

The "generational change".
United, together.
Over latest injustice: billionaires benefiting from net zero policies.

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 27

EVEN IF Hamas were taking 10%, 20%, 50% of the aid, isn't there an acceptable level of loss to get some basic food to civilians?
Why not flood the zone with as much food as possible, remove any alleged Hamas benefit of controlling supply

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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · Jul 27

Hearing the PM say his "heart breaks" for starving children in Gaza is like hearing Republicans in the US say they're "praying" for victims of school shootings.
#auspol

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