Anne Rafferty
@annerafferty.bsky.social
Backyard revolution is my thing🌺
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David and Goliath.
Also at Boolcoomatta, I saw this stand-off.
Ultimately, they each went on their way. Nobody was hurt.
The lizard is an inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis).
#BestOf2025
Also at Boolcoomatta, I saw this stand-off.
Ultimately, they each went on their way. Nobody was hurt.
The lizard is an inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis).
#BestOf2025
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
David and Goliath.
Also at Boolcoomatta, I saw this stand-off.
Ultimately, they each went on their way. Nobody was hurt.
The lizard is an inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis).
#BestOf2025
Also at Boolcoomatta, I saw this stand-off.
Ultimately, they each went on their way. Nobody was hurt.
The lizard is an inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis).
#BestOf2025
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'We asked this Brisbane cafe-owner how the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week will affect the Sydney housing market and explain why this spells trouble for Jacinta Allan's government' by Maximum Chips for 9Entertainment.
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
'We asked this Brisbane cafe-owner how the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week will affect the Sydney housing market and explain why this spells trouble for Jacinta Allan's government' by Maximum Chips for 9Entertainment.
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The major parties continue to show us that they are incapable of putting the public interest ahead of their donors, their factions and their self interest. #auspol
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"Power speech is especially important for News Corp, because its entire business model is based on fostering hate and resentment among white people toward an array of targets...while its targets’ capacity to punch back must be curtailed." #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
In Australia's tinpot civil society, 'power speech' is on the cusp of defeating free speech
Free speech in Australia is under attack from multiple directions. And its assailant is power speech: the right of the powerful to dictate terms to and attack those with less power.
www.crikey.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
"Power speech is especially important for News Corp, because its entire business model is based on fostering hate and resentment among white people toward an array of targets...while its targets’ capacity to punch back must be curtailed." #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
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You Aussies only have until 4pm today to have your say
Put in a submission
Even a short one
We do not need more censorship
Get a submission in before 4pm EST TODAY
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Put in a submission
Even a short one
We do not need more censorship
Get a submission in before 4pm EST TODAY
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
You Aussies only have until 4pm today to have your say
Put in a submission
Even a short one
We do not need more censorship
Get a submission in before 4pm EST TODAY
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
Put in a submission
Even a short one
We do not need more censorship
Get a submission in before 4pm EST TODAY
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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I can not find any record of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions bringing a case against a person advocating genocide. There is that time Uncle Robbie Thorpe brought a private prosecution against Mark Regev. The CDPP took it over and dropped it.
penmelbourne.org/pathway-to-i...
penmelbourne.org/pathway-to-i...
Pathway to ICC Cleared for Thorpe Prosecution of Israeli Former Diplomat Accused of Advocacy of Genocide - PEN Melbourne
By Con Pakavakis, PEN Melbourne Writers for Peace The decision by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions to take over a private prosecution case
penmelbourne.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I can not find any record of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions bringing a case against a person advocating genocide. There is that time Uncle Robbie Thorpe brought a private prosecution against Mark Regev. The CDPP took it over and dropped it.
penmelbourne.org/pathway-to-i...
penmelbourne.org/pathway-to-i...
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“advocating genocide” is codified in the Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 s 80.2D: Counter-terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 2016 (Cth).
classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth...
classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth...
COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 1) 2016 (NO. 82, 2016) - SCHEDULE 11
Offence of advocating genocide
classic.austlii.edu.au
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
“advocating genocide” is codified in the Commonwealth Criminal Code 1995 s 80.2D: Counter-terrorism Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 2016 (Cth).
classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth...
classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth...
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🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us.
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
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If he gets canned he will make many years worth of salary on a Go Fund Me before he wins his grievance through the union.
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
If he gets canned he will make many years worth of salary on a Go Fund Me before he wins his grievance through the union.
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Good on Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
A Premier publicly likening an academic to far-right terrorists is indefensible.
He should retract the comments, apologise, and resign.
A Premier publicly likening an academic to far-right terrorists is indefensible.
He should retract the comments, apologise, and resign.
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Good on Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
A Premier publicly likening an academic to far-right terrorists is indefensible.
He should retract the comments, apologise, and resign.
A Premier publicly likening an academic to far-right terrorists is indefensible.
He should retract the comments, apologise, and resign.
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The Adelaide Writers' Week imbroglio shows how corporate interests are threatening to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story, writes Christopher Warren.
In Dunstan’s Adelaide, the city’s elites are pushing writers out of the Australian story
By abandoning the hands-off restraint that 1970s Premier Dunstan brought to Adelaide and that Gough Whitlam made national through the Australia Council, the Writers' Week imbroglio threatens to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story.
www.crikey.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The Adelaide Writers' Week imbroglio shows how corporate interests are threatening to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story, writes Christopher Warren.
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Albo's #hatespeech laws incl. an exception: quoting religious texts for teaching.
So, Australian Zionists could quote 1 Samuel 15:3 👇 to justify the murder of Palestinian men, women, children and babies. Israeli PM Netanyahu did exactly this, saying Palestinians were Amalek. #auspol #religion
So, Australian Zionists could quote 1 Samuel 15:3 👇 to justify the murder of Palestinian men, women, children and babies. Israeli PM Netanyahu did exactly this, saying Palestinians were Amalek. #auspol #religion
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Albo's #hatespeech laws incl. an exception: quoting religious texts for teaching.
So, Australian Zionists could quote 1 Samuel 15:3 👇 to justify the murder of Palestinian men, women, children and babies. Israeli PM Netanyahu did exactly this, saying Palestinians were Amalek. #auspol #religion
So, Australian Zionists could quote 1 Samuel 15:3 👇 to justify the murder of Palestinian men, women, children and babies. Israeli PM Netanyahu did exactly this, saying Palestinians were Amalek. #auspol #religion
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The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The Adelaide Festival board PR release paraphrased:
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
We don't understand
-writers
-books
-festivals
-the arts
-audience
-what our job is
-how to resist interference
-the gravity of our mistake
-how to apologise.
So we've obliterated Writers' Week & left the whole Adelaide Festival boardless, byeeee.
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I suggest you read the apology bit carefully. "I'm sorry you feel this way about it"
January 13, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I suggest you read the apology bit carefully. "I'm sorry you feel this way about it"
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It's disturbing to see Labor supporting Israel and the Zionist lobby, angrily vilifying anyone who criticises Israel or speaks in support of Palestinians' human rights. It seems Israel owns both sides of the Australian political duopoly, state & federal. #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM
It's disturbing to see Labor supporting Israel and the Zionist lobby, angrily vilifying anyone who criticises Israel or speaks in support of Palestinians' human rights. It seems Israel owns both sides of the Australian political duopoly, state & federal. #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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A peregrine falcon wearing its hunting face.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
A peregrine falcon wearing its hunting face.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
These birds swoop down from above on other birds in flight. The victims really don't know what hits them. Very efficient hunters.
The fastest animal on the planet.
This one is young and still learning - but it looks like it has the hang of it.
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spineless..
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
spineless..
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The Bleeding Tooth Fungus — aka Devil’s Tooth — is straight-up oozing thick, blood-red droplets like it’s alive and bleeding. [📹 fascinatedbyfungi]
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
The Bleeding Tooth Fungus — aka Devil’s Tooth — is straight-up oozing thick, blood-red droplets like it’s alive and bleeding. [📹 fascinatedbyfungi]
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Malinauskas should resign now. There's no place for that sort of racist rhetoric in leadership.
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Malinauskas should resign now. There's no place for that sort of racist rhetoric in leadership.
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The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
The Adelaide Writers' Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.crikey.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 AM
The Adelaide Writers’ Week fight rolled out at board level months before Bondi
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
"The emergence of a key letter casts new light on the rationale used by the festival board to uninvite Randa Abdel-Fattah."
www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/13/a...
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AP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network.
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 AM
AP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network.
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Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.
January 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.
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This, to be clear, is not an apology. Not sure what it is.
January 13, 2026 at 4:18 AM
This, to be clear, is not an apology. Not sure what it is.