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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10h

This new report on digital inclusion shows 1 in 5 Australians are digitally excluded, it's 40% for First Nations people, 45% for public housing residents, 67% for older Australians. As services move online, digital exclusion = exclusion from healthcare, education & opportunity.

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 13h

“Service providers allowed to claim publicly funded outcome payments when clients have completed 4, 12, 26 weeks in employment – regardless of whether provider found job.

Many jobseekers who find their own employment were bullied into handing over payslips so providers can claim the public money.”

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Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 14h

In the 2022-23 period, over 13,000 unaccompanied children between 12 & 17 sought help from specialist services. Ages 12-24 make up almost a quarter of the total HOMELESS population in Australia. Those statistics are totally INDEFENSIBLE!!

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam

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Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 14h

mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15h

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 15h

In addition to be overjoyed that Mamdani won, I'm incredibly relieved that a serial sexual abuser lost.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 15h

Suspect the reason for so much international interest in this campaign, aside from general NYC media influence, is that these conflicts and frustrations with old guard political leadership suppressing more socialist, progressive new contenders are common in western nations

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15h

this genuinely feels like a moment history books will look back on where the Democratic Party was forced to either fix its hearts or die

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 15h

Besides, actually liberal, even vaguely feminist/progressive women have already moved to indies and ALP

We absolutely do not have to sanitize, support or give 1 way solidarity to the handmaids.

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 15h

I've seen a few attempts to back Ley as leader, by centre left voters not LNP ones, on some vaguely faux-feminist argument that it would make the Lib's better for women.

No! Stop it. She's right wing, racist and would sanitize/enable extremists like Turnbull did

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 15h

Hey guys apropos of nothing do you remember how Malcolm Turnbull kept conceding policies to the hard right of his party and then after years of doing that they knifed him anyway? Guys? Remember that?

Sussan Ley *really* needs to give Malcolm Turnbull a call

www.crikey.com.au

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 15h

I'm so glad for them, esp the NY DSA canvassers

19thnews @19thnews.org · 15h

Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH

Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor

Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.

19thnews.org

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 16h

And honestly, Mike, no-one with half a functioning brain believes stories concocted by Mossad about false flag attacks most likely carried out by Mossad. Just ... FTR. #auspol #ASIO

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder why so many people are feeling aggrieved and becoming radicalised.
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?

Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 21h

Aust universities will cry poor while stealing millions of dollars from precariously employed workers and throwing money at the mass murder industry.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments

Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19h

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Nick Pettigrew
@Nick_Pettigrew
Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act.
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Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 17h

A re-establishing little penguin colony, once locally extinct, is finding its feet on the NSW far south coast.

World's smallest penguins return to coastal hamlet after 30-year disappearance

A re-establishing little penguin colony, once locally extinct, is finding its feet on the NSW far south coast.

www.abc.net.au

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 21h

The memory of this dismissal and the determination to avoid a repeat has kept the leadership of the ALP “in line” ever since.

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol....

The role of the United States in the dismissal of the Whitlam Government

In 1975, Australia lost more than a Prime Minister — it lost its independence. The CIA’s hidden hand in Whitlam’s dismissal still echoes today.

independentaustralia.net

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Trump believes New Yorkers have no choice in Cuomo becoming mayor because Cuomo is on the legal team representing Netanyahu against war crimes. They need him in the mayoral position, just like they needed Giuliani.

Netanyahu is why Trump himself lacks choices in certain aspects of his life.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Andrew Cuomo for mayor, writing on social media, “you really have no choice.” Zohran Mamdani has consistently led in the polls and remains the clear front-runner.

NYC Mayor’s Race Live Updates: Mamdani Leads Polls as Candidates Make Final Push Before Election Day

The president called Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner, incapable of leading the city and said a vote for the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, would be wasted.

nyti.ms

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This vote will probably get little coverage from a mainstream media who still prefers to frame politics and policy as conflict between the major parties.

But this Labor/LNP stitch-up to deny scrutiny of #AUKUS is hugely irresponsible and dangerous.

And flags a US sycophancy unity ticket. #auspol

Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

The duopoly just joined forces in the Senate to vote down an #AUKUS inquiry. Never mind the political, technical & management risks associated with the program, or the $365B price tag - the two major parties are happy sleepwalking with your national security and money. #auspol

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

In both flats and public housing, it's worth asking the network, because they own the meters, not the property owner. One spurce:
help.amber.com.au/hc/en-us/art...

Can I get a smart meter if I'm renting or living in an apartment or unit?

You sure can. Meters are actually owned by the Networks and Metering companies, not the home owner, so you won't be breaking any terms in your lease by switching your meter. We do, however, encoura...

help.amber.com.au

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 1d

Pointing this out because ASIO is as conservative as they come, and even they don't endorse the approach some politicians, police and judges take of pursuing more arrests of protestors, but minimising the threat of nazism

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 1d

He points out you can't arrest people out of having political grievances and suggests disinfo campaigns targetted anti immigration and pro Palestine protests

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Boston Married @bostonmarried.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, ASIO guy is identifying a neo nazi org as one of the extremist groups posing a threat to social cohesion

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

The nation's top spy uses a major speech to warn there is a "realistic possibility" a foreign government will try to assassinate a dissident on Australian soil, saying ASIO believes "at least three" nations are willing and capable of carrying out such a plot.

At least three nations 'willing to kill' on Australian soil, spy chief says

The nation's top spy uses a major speech to warn there is a "realistic possibility" a foreign government will try to assassinate a dissident on Australian soil, saying ASIO believes "at least three" nations are willing and capable of carrying out such a plot.

www.abc.net.au

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2d

The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.

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Bede Kelleher @thevenerablebede.bsky.social · 1d

21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law

Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers w...

www.smh.com.au

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Bin Chicken @binchicken9000.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, to be clear, this is the point I wanted to make.

"Many unemployed people compelled to attend these agencies are disabled."
"Been there - and no, when I was classed as disabled I didn't have to attend...it's important to be factual."
To be factual, plenty of disabled ppl have Mut Obligs.

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