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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8h

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 2h

Wait till he finds out Melbourne isn’t in America

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ArchedEyebrow @archedeyebrow.bsky.social · 3h

#BREAKING : The Australian Parliament Sports Club has just DE-REGISTERED itself as a lobby group... despite still being run by the Australian gambling lobby.
The change relieves our PM from having to explain why he's the PRESIDENT of an organisation designed to lobby HIS OWN GOVERNMENT.
#AusPol

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 8h

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like today is a good day to remind everyone that just last year Barnaby Joyce called on a crowd of cookers to say “goodbye” to 3 Labor MPs inc the PM by getting ready to “load that magazine” & think of a “bullet” when casting their vote.
And received no penalty or censure.

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 6h

Important evidence about Tony Blair deciding Gaza’s fate. His “thinktank” is heavily funded by Zionist money, particularly Larry Ellison who flipped Dem to Rep over Israel. Bought CBS, trying for CNN too. Controlling US TikTok for Israel. Massive program to stop condemnation of genocide.

The Nerve:

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel - including billionaire Larry Ellison - and an emerging rightwing media takeover of the global information space
Sep 30

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 7h

Testing our ability to spot what’s fake 🫣

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Matt Gaetz’ 🐀 Tąppėd Laņdlînë @krisbouncedx.bsky.social · 9h

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 8h

In 1982 Malcolm Fraser guided a new #FOI Bill through the parliament, laws later described by High Court Justice Kirby as “nothing short of revolutionary”. So Sussan Ley, why the delay in rejecting @albomp.bsky.social’s self-interested counter-revolution Bill? #auspol

Albanese government risks failure to live up to its own pledges of increased transparency | Tom McIlroy

Introduced without consultation, the attorney general’s planned overhaul of freedom of information is part of a worrying drift away from truth and transparency in government

www.theguardian.com

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 7h

Exactly

I was just reading his SMH articles this morning when I saw your post

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 7h

And David Crowe?

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Wait …

Is he saying that Jewish people are likely to be autistic?

Huh? 🤪

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

And the tech billionaires win again

#amazon

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting decision not to update customer victims

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

You can read their claims here:

www.fedcourt.gov.au/__data/asset...

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Great session, ta

2 things to add

Zenvoy was previously on the OH board

And

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sy...

sydney opera house ukrainian flag at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

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Marns🌿🍉 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 1d

As Australia begins to mirror America’s erosion of responsible freedom, with militarised policing, corporate capture, and shrinking space for dissent, citizens must stay alert. If we remain silent, we risk inheriting the same divisions, injustices, and state overreach that plague the U.S.

Longtail News @longtail.news · 1d

Feed: "The Australian Independent Media Network"
By: AIMN Editorial on Saturday, October 11, 2025

Why Anti-Protest Laws in Australia are Silencing Democracy

By Denis Hay Description Anti-protest laws in Australia threaten the principles of freedom of speech and democracy. Discover how citizens can protect their rights to peaceful protest. 🎧 Prefer to listen to this article? [...]

theaimn.net

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

👇👇👇
I guess we’ll need to tune in to the Federal Court’s YouTube channel again tomorrow

Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

This is a really excellent discussion of the wrongful & willful conflation of anti-zionism with anti-semitism... soon to be litigated in the Federal Court www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Anti-Semitism on trial - ABC listen

University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...

www.abc.net.au

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

… or just very confused 😵‍💫

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 1d

Please join Illawarra 🧶👵s at the Office of their local MP & NSW Minister for Planning Paul Scully tomorrow. The NSW government proposal to radically alter planning laws related to all developments will mean bets are off for protecting our environment.

Monday 13 October at 11am in Wollongong

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent questions

It was obvious to most of us

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, there are several women pulling more than their weight

They should all form a group that outnumbers LNP and qualifies as the actual “Opposition” with associated formal privileges

Of course without the crippling party constraints

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Certainly is a performer

But forgot to mention aging and morbidly obese

Gonna look like a bit of a dick when that finally catches up with him

Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Just a bit of fun

🙄

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