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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 21h

If you’re in Canberra tomorrow (Thurs 16th) come along to Dan Duggan’s final hearing to challenge his extradition to the US. Rally @ Federal Court, 14 Childers St, at 9am. Show our govt the people do not agree with our citizen being sent to a country with a corrupted DoJ.
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Saffrine Duggan: Australia must not extradite my husband and father of six to the U.S

YouTube video by Consortium News

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Anita zx @omi684.bsky.social · 16d

Meet the President of Moldova.

She just kicked the Russians out of her country.

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 18d

UK has a real problem with press freedom these days
consortiumnews.com/2025/09/26/p...

Parliament Blocks Declassified, Citing Gaza ‘Standpoint’

Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House,” after blocking Declassified from holding a media pass, reports Martin Williams. By Martin Williams ...

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 20d

Albo speaks with forked tongue on Israel…
Australia handed $10m to Israeli arms firm as Albanese recognised Palestine www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/25/e...

Australia handed $10m to Israeli arms firm as Albanese recognised Palestine

Yet again, the government is handing taxpayer money to a company steeped in Palestinian blood: Elbit Systems. It's quite a contrast to Anthony Albanese's posturing on recognising Palestine.

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 21d

Having just inhaled SBS's incredibly important #PeoplevsRobodebt, the Morrison Government's clinical persecution of our most vulnerable citizens, driving them to despair & sometimes death, is shocking all over again.

When will someone finally be held accountable for this cataclysmic failure?

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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · Sep 12

Great! But if we are waiting for absolute proof of the direct link between #climatechange impacts and burning #fossilfuels, it will be far too late… maybe already is?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · Sep 12

A War Memorial that refuses to grapple with the complexity of war, and Australia’s engagements in war, is a very sick institution.

Thanks, @gabriellecj.bsky.social for telling this important story.

Gabrielle Jackson @gabriellecj.bsky.social · Sep 12

Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith - story by Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith

Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book

www.theguardian.com

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Sep 11

The fact the Minns govt is even considering weakening our gun laws is scary. Sign the petition calling for a National Firearms Register – a reform first pledged in 1996 that is critical to preventing future tragedies in Australia. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/australia_ne...

✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register

Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/dona...

Donald Trump complains that it's illegal for men to beat their wives - LGBTQ Nation

"If a man has a little fight with the wife..." and then things went off the rails.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Breaking News: There are Russian drones that have been shot down in Poland's airspace.

Polish, Italian, Dutch, NATO tankers and fighter jets are now in the skies above Poland.

I’m sure Donald Trump is going to give Putin another two weeks to explain his latest incursion into allied territory.

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Sep 9

According to Penny Wong, Israel’s strike on Doha was “the wrong thing to do”. Unbelievably weak response. Other Western leaders have condemned in much stronger terms.

Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · Sep 9

In the last 24hrs, Israel has bombed:
• the occupied Palestinian territories
• Syria
• Lebanon
• Yemen
• Qatar and
• the Global Sumud Flotilla in Tunisia
Israel is a terrorist state.
#IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide

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Peder Østring @pederoe.bsky.social · Sep 2

This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.

Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age

Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself a...

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · Sep 2

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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is *glub glub* fine *glub glub glub*

www.anu.edu.au/news/all-new...

Abrupt Antarctic changes could have catastrophic consequences for generations to come if emissions don’t fall

www.anu.edu.au

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 21

Dying fish off the South Australian coast and now the Eastern Pacific Grey Whale numbers are crashing. The climate crisis is well and truly here but the fossil fuel industries are still opposing action.
independentaustralia.net/environment/...

Gray whale population crashes amid climate-driven starvation

Once considered a conservation success story, the Eastern Pacific gray whale is now vanishing — a stark warning of climate chaos in motion.

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 20

The lengths the Zionist lobby will go to in Australia to silence voices critical of Israel
www.deepcutnews.com/p/pro-israel...

Pro-Israel groups have attacked me for years. The Bendigo Writers Festival is a turning point.

Randa Abdel-Fattah writes of her experience as a target of the pro-Israel lobby

www.deepcutnews.com

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 19

It seems the hoped for more compassionate approach from the new Attorney-General is failing to eventuate. #FreeDanDuggan
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/governm...

Government Claims Attorney General Can’t Reverse Decision to Extradite Dan Duggan

The Attorney General’s Department has written to the family of Dan Duggan stating that the new chief lawmaker is powerless to reverse the decision to extradite him.

www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Whistleblower protections have failed Richard Boyle and David McBride and reform is essential. Transparency International chair, Professor AJ Brown, says a dedicated whistleblower protection authority is the missing piece to the national integrity framework.
www.themandarin.com.au/297615-push-...

Push for whistleblower protection authority

A landmark bill seeks an independent body to safeguard whistleblowers, as experts warn protections are failing in practice, not just on paper.

www.themandarin.com.au

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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · Aug 12

I think I'm the Tony mentioned in the first two minutes of Ep.7 as a grateful pensioner offering support. All I can say is, I wish I could help more. Independent professional journalism is one of the foundations of freedom in #auspol Keep up the great work, Antoinette & Jan!

Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · Aug 12

Instead of honouring our brave Palestinian journalist colleagues including Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif killed in Gaza, much of the media repeated - nay led - with the Israeli line that they were “terrorists” despite a complete lack of evidence.

We pull apart this tired narrative

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 13

Australia Institute research shows WA's gas exports create more emissions than ALL of Australia's coal power stations COMBINED.

But WA is the ONLY state without a 2030 climate target.

That's why we've put this full page ad in today's West Australian 📰 #auspol

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Absolutely correct interpretation. If only more journalists would spell out Israel’s atrocities like this.

Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · Aug 12

The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists.

Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-he...

The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists

The media are legitimising the murder of journalists by Israel – and they are doing it because they are racist propagandists for a system of western colonial control in the Middle East

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you’re in Adelaide put the 28th in your diary to support Richard at his next and final hearing. Whatever the outcome this case has been a travesty of justice. He should never have been prosecuted - in effect for doing the right thing.

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Rally to support Richard Boyle – Adelaide District Court

Event in Adelaide, SA, Australia by Whistleblower Justice Fund and Drop the Whistleblower Prosecutions on Thursday, August 28 2025

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · Aug 10

Little dogs rule…

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Watch: Tiny dog chases bear out of its Vancouver home

The dog's owner wrote on TikTok that the bear broke into her home and was eating her dog's food before Scout discovered the intruder.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

As Antony Loewenstein says,
as more Australians become aware of the reality of the #GazaGenocide,
the Israel lobby is getting increasingly desperate in their attempts to silence criticism of the Israeli regime. #auspol

Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · Aug 7

"...Antony Loewenstein, spoke at a Sydney event in support of Mary Kostakidis, a veteran journalist and news presenter who has come under attack by the Zionist Federation of Australia for her reporting on Israel-Palestine."

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Antony Loewenstein: The lobby knows it has lost hearts and minds

YouTube video by Consortium News

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is the year we transition from government authorities & polluters saying, 'climate change isn't a problem' to 'Christ what a shit show. Sorry about your uninsurable home, terrified children & blocked escape routes. Why don't you have a crack at "adapting"?'

Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · Aug 5

"This is the largest wildfire evacuation Manitoba will have seen in people's living memory," Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said..."It's not a fire in one region, we have fires in every region. That is a sign of a changing climate that we are going to have to adapt to." 🌍 www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Officials declare state of emergency as gargantuan fires blaze across vast area: 'We have fires in every region'

"This is the largest evacuation."

www.yahoo.com

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