Barbara Flowers
@babsflowers.bsky.social
Erstwhile, but eternal, law librarian. Love all Bachs, the greater and the lesser. #auspol
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“Trump’s second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, which is among the lowest ever recorded by the company.”
🙃 That’s probably just a coincidence, right?🙃
🙃 That’s probably just a coincidence, right?🙃
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
“Trump’s second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, which is among the lowest ever recorded by the company.”
🙃 That’s probably just a coincidence, right?🙃
🙃 That’s probably just a coincidence, right?🙃
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Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
"The country’s highest court has cleared the way for a flood of compensation claims for historical sexual abuse, overturning a prohibition on churches being sued over the criminal actions of certain workers." www.afr.com/companies/pr...
High Court clears restrictions on suing over historical sexual abuse
The country’s highest court has overturned a precedent that barred abuse victims from suing churches over crimes committed by people it did not formally employ.
www.afr.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"The country’s highest court has cleared the way for a flood of compensation claims for historical sexual abuse, overturning a prohibition on churches being sued over the criminal actions of certain workers." www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"Nearly 13 months into Trump’s second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States, and how blithely willing they are to destroy our nation and its people (let alone other nations)." www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-poll...
We are all passengers in Trump’s death cab
The nihilism of the regime is its most terrifying attribute.
www.publicnotice.co
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"Nearly 13 months into Trump’s second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States, and how blithely willing they are to destroy our nation and its people (let alone other nations)." www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-poll...
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Tony Abbott elected in 2013 was the beginning of the reign of the IPA political agenda which he put in place.
The 2014 horror budget broke every promise he made to voters, which he treated with contempt.
Now he’s working for the Atlas Network. A totally amoral and corrupt fanatic.
#auspol
The 2014 horror budget broke every promise he made to voters, which he treated with contempt.
Now he’s working for the Atlas Network. A totally amoral and corrupt fanatic.
#auspol
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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I agree - I had the ABC News channel on my radio and listened to a few bits of parliament over the last few days and was very impressed with both @zalisteggall.bsky.social & @allegraspender.bsky.social
I have lost a lot of respect for Labor with this Herzog debacle
#Auspol
I have lost a lot of respect for Labor with this Herzog debacle
#Auspol
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I agree - I had the ABC News channel on my radio and listened to a few bits of parliament over the last few days and was very impressed with both @zalisteggall.bsky.social & @allegraspender.bsky.social
I have lost a lot of respect for Labor with this Herzog debacle
#Auspol
I have lost a lot of respect for Labor with this Herzog debacle
#Auspol
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So many reasons for the Australian govt to back away from 'partnerships' with the Trump regime.
Here's another. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Here's another. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
It's official: There is nothing dangerous about carbon dioxide, according to the U.S. federal government. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social @ianjames.bsky.social
Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans
The 2009 endangerment finding affirms that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. Its repeal marks one of the most significant deregulatory actions in U.S...
www.latimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
So many reasons for the Australian govt to back away from 'partnerships' with the Trump regime.
Here's another. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Here's another. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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Interesting that we only learn about this meeting of the president of a country responsible for severe war crimes & breaches of international law committing a genocide with 12 Australians who served in the IDF, the army brutally enacting those genocidal policies, through an Israeli newspaper #auspol
Isaac Herzog, Australian lone soldiers meet in Melbourne | The Jerusalem Post
The meeting, held on the sidelines of the last day of Herzog’s visit to Australia, underscored both the pride and the unease felt by Diaspora families whose children chose to join the IDF.
www.jpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Interesting that we only learn about this meeting of the president of a country responsible for severe war crimes & breaches of international law committing a genocide with 12 Australians who served in the IDF, the army brutally enacting those genocidal policies, through an Israeli newspaper #auspol
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"If the Murdoch media, politicians and the Zionist lobby were not simply partisans who think Israel is entitled to commit genocide in Gaza and destroy Palestinian lives on the West Bank, then they would understand their hypocrisy."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Grace Tame, free speech and the return of political punishment
Calls to strip Grace Tame of her Australian of the Year award over her protest speech highlight a troubling slide towards political punishment and selective free speech.
johnmenadue.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"If the Murdoch media, politicians and the Zionist lobby were not simply partisans who think Israel is entitled to commit genocide in Gaza and destroy Palestinian lives on the West Bank, then they would understand their hypocrisy."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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#Herzog in Melbourne secretly met with #IDF PARTICIPANTS HIDING IN OUR SUBURBS
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
will they be found & arrested?
@albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social
#auspol #Israel #Genocide #WarCrimes #Apartheid
✋❌ARREST🇮🇱THEM❌✋
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
will they be found & arrested?
@albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social
#auspol #Israel #Genocide #WarCrimes #Apartheid
✋❌ARREST🇮🇱THEM❌✋
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
#Herzog in Melbourne secretly met with #IDF PARTICIPANTS HIDING IN OUR SUBURBS
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
will they be found & arrested?
@albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social
#auspol #Israel #Genocide #WarCrimes #Apartheid
✋❌ARREST🇮🇱THEM❌✋
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
will they be found & arrested?
@albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social
#auspol #Israel #Genocide #WarCrimes #Apartheid
✋❌ARREST🇮🇱THEM❌✋
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You’re not going to believe this, but academics are very anxious — yet the deans and managers making them anxious aren’t very anxious themselves.
Huh.
Huh.
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
You’re not going to believe this, but academics are very anxious — yet the deans and managers making them anxious aren’t very anxious themselves.
Huh.
Huh.
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Psychosocial risk in Australian universities.
“100% of universities recorded PSC levels in the high-or very high-risk categories.”
“Only academic deans and senior professional managers reported lower risk levels, suggesting a disconnect between leadership experience and frontline reality.”
🤔
“100% of universities recorded PSC levels in the high-or very high-risk categories.”
“Only academic deans and senior professional managers reported lower risk levels, suggesting a disconnect between leadership experience and frontline reality.”
🤔
stresscafe.net
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Psychosocial risk in Australian universities.
“100% of universities recorded PSC levels in the high-or very high-risk categories.”
“Only academic deans and senior professional managers reported lower risk levels, suggesting a disconnect between leadership experience and frontline reality.”
🤔
“100% of universities recorded PSC levels in the high-or very high-risk categories.”
“Only academic deans and senior professional managers reported lower risk levels, suggesting a disconnect between leadership experience and frontline reality.”
🤔
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Remember Slim Pickens ridin' the nuclear bomb to the ground at the end of Dr Strangelove... that's going to be Angus
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Remember Slim Pickens ridin' the nuclear bomb to the ground at the end of Dr Strangelove... that's going to be Angus
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Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president.
- Your army destroyed our fallen soldiers graves, Mr president"
- So? You wanna be called antisemitic?
-No!
-Then shut up and dig.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Your army destroyed our fallen soldiers graves, Mr president"
- So? You wanna be called antisemitic?
-No!
-Then shut up and dig.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia vows to repair ‘distressing’ damage to war graves in Gaza bulldozed by Israeli army
Satellite photographs show rows of gravestones removed and soil disturbed at the Gaza War Cemetery where more than 250 Australians are buried
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president.
- Your army destroyed our fallen soldiers graves, Mr president"
- So? You wanna be called antisemitic?
-No!
-Then shut up and dig.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Your army destroyed our fallen soldiers graves, Mr president"
- So? You wanna be called antisemitic?
-No!
-Then shut up and dig.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This says it all about Herzog's visit:
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This says it all about Herzog's visit:
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“The Israeli president has indicated he is visiting
Australia this week not only to ceremonially honour the Bondi victims and support Jewish Australians, but to defend Israel’s conduct in Palestine. He has deliberately politicised his visit. Protest is to be expected.”
~ Prof Ben Saul.
Australia this week not only to ceremonially honour the Bondi victims and support Jewish Australians, but to defend Israel’s conduct in Palestine. He has deliberately politicised his visit. Protest is to be expected.”
~ Prof Ben Saul.
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
“The Israeli president has indicated he is visiting
Australia this week not only to ceremonially honour the Bondi victims and support Jewish Australians, but to defend Israel’s conduct in Palestine. He has deliberately politicised his visit. Protest is to be expected.”
~ Prof Ben Saul.
Australia this week not only to ceremonially honour the Bondi victims and support Jewish Australians, but to defend Israel’s conduct in Palestine. He has deliberately politicised his visit. Protest is to be expected.”
~ Prof Ben Saul.
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Liberals may wish Taylor has what it takes to put lipstick on the Coalition pig. But voters recall the many stumbling bumbling interviews or question time performances and his links to questionable, highly profitable, dealings. Nothing to lift Liberal profile.
February 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Liberals may wish Taylor has what it takes to put lipstick on the Coalition pig. But voters recall the many stumbling bumbling interviews or question time performances and his links to questionable, highly profitable, dealings. Nothing to lift Liberal profile.
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The Zionist Federation of Australia is an extreme right wing ethno supremist organisation that is pro genocide.
The ZFA is a foreign political interference lobby.
Spies in clear sight.
The ZFA is a foreign political interference lobby.
Spies in clear sight.
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The Zionist Federation of Australia is an extreme right wing ethno supremist organisation that is pro genocide.
The ZFA is a foreign political interference lobby.
Spies in clear sight.
The ZFA is a foreign political interference lobby.
Spies in clear sight.
It's funny how Netanyahu chose Australian slang to create his new name after eschewing Mileikowsky
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It's funny how Netanyahu chose Australian slang to create his new name after eschewing Mileikowsky
Angus Taylor seems to think that if elected LOTO the Liberals her will reverse their ill-fortunes...🤘
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Angus Taylor seems to think that if elected LOTO the Liberals her will reverse their ill-fortunes...🤘
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This is the partner COLES Australia is choosing to collaborate with.
#auspol
#auspol
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is the partner COLES Australia is choosing to collaborate with.
#auspol
#auspol
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If this government had any political nouse they would fix this shocking pollution in what was the most pristine place on earth (until Australia fucked it up) #AusVotes2028 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
The abandoned base that's left a toxic legacy in Antarctica
The ABC has been given rare access to an abandoned Australian base in Antarctica that continues to pose a threat to the environment.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 AM
If this government had any political nouse they would fix this shocking pollution in what was the most pristine place on earth (until Australia fucked it up) #AusVotes2028 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...