Phil Eckert
@fileckert.bsky.social
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Phil Eckert
@fileckert.bsky.social
· Nov 28
“Don’t kid yourself that it can’t happen here,” warns Kerry O’Brien
YouTube video by The Walkley Foundation
youtu.be
"Press freedom is being destroyed from Gaza to America. Don’t think it can’t happen here"
Kerry O'Brien
#auspol
Kerry O'Brien
#auspol
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Excellent statement from Zali Steggall.
The PM needs to realize that caving in to the Israel lobby is the last thing that will deliver 'social cohesion' for Australia.
If he is looking for national unity, and greater safety for Jews, inviting a genocide enthusiast will not deliver. #auspol
The PM needs to realize that caving in to the Israel lobby is the last thing that will deliver 'social cohesion' for Australia.
If he is looking for national unity, and greater safety for Jews, inviting a genocide enthusiast will not deliver. #auspol
January 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Excellent statement from Zali Steggall.
The PM needs to realize that caving in to the Israel lobby is the last thing that will deliver 'social cohesion' for Australia.
If he is looking for national unity, and greater safety for Jews, inviting a genocide enthusiast will not deliver. #auspol
The PM needs to realize that caving in to the Israel lobby is the last thing that will deliver 'social cohesion' for Australia.
If he is looking for national unity, and greater safety for Jews, inviting a genocide enthusiast will not deliver. #auspol
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Wrap of #Heatwave Maximums for 30 Jan 2026.
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
January 30, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Wrap of #Heatwave Maximums for 30 Jan 2026.
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
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🚨The pro-Israel lobby is fighting to “outlaw protest" and "constrain free speech” to "silence criticism of Israel", says prominent Jewish leader. Louise Adler says nation's freedoms are under attack by the "propagandists" and the public must fight back...
theklaxon.com.au/whg5
theklaxon.com.au/whg5
Pro-Israel lobby attacking Australia’s freedoms: Louise Adler - The Klaxon
The pro-Israel lobby is fighting to “outlaw protest" and "constrain free speech” to silence criticism of Israel, says one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish identities.
theklaxon.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 AM
🚨The pro-Israel lobby is fighting to “outlaw protest" and "constrain free speech” to "silence criticism of Israel", says prominent Jewish leader. Louise Adler says nation's freedoms are under attack by the "propagandists" and the public must fight back...
theklaxon.com.au/whg5
theklaxon.com.au/whg5
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia.
Rescind the invitation, now.
Rescind the invitation, now.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia.
Rescind the invitation, now.
Rescind the invitation, now.
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Please Help and Share and Spread. . . .
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Defend Free Speech Defend Mary K
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza exploded last year, journalist Mary Kostakidis attracted a large social media following for her coverage of the war. Drawing on her career-long experience in interna...
chuffed.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Please Help and Share and Spread. . . .
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chuffed.org/project/1266...
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Never gets old
January 29, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Never gets old
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The Albanese Government has overseen a massive increase in investment in Palantir by the Future Fund since the genocide in Gaza began (and was facilitated by companies like Palantir)
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The Albanese Government has overseen a massive increase in investment in Palantir by the Future Fund since the genocide in Gaza began (and was facilitated by companies like Palantir)
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What is being ‘normalised’ through politics and media is abhorrent and dangerous.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Beware the new 'normal', it might be about to bite us
Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
What is being ‘normalised’ through politics and media is abhorrent and dangerous.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Estimated 680,000 civilians slaughtered, 380,000 are children under 5.
Israel is responsible for at least 1,581 health workers being slaughtered, the assassination of least 234 journalists & media workers.
More child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world.
#Auspol #Genocide
Israel is responsible for at least 1,581 health workers being slaughtered, the assassination of least 234 journalists & media workers.
More child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world.
#Auspol #Genocide
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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We get the leaders we deserve so demand better representatives.
We deserve more brave and principled leaders.
We need more Independents and feisty Greens.
We need more Pococks, Steggles, and Shoebridges.
Demand integrity in your government.
Change the system.
End the partisan duopoly. #auspol
We deserve more brave and principled leaders.
We need more Independents and feisty Greens.
We need more Pococks, Steggles, and Shoebridges.
Demand integrity in your government.
Change the system.
End the partisan duopoly. #auspol
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
We get the leaders we deserve so demand better representatives.
We deserve more brave and principled leaders.
We need more Independents and feisty Greens.
We need more Pococks, Steggles, and Shoebridges.
Demand integrity in your government.
Change the system.
End the partisan duopoly. #auspol
We deserve more brave and principled leaders.
We need more Independents and feisty Greens.
We need more Pococks, Steggles, and Shoebridges.
Demand integrity in your government.
Change the system.
End the partisan duopoly. #auspol
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Social cohesion, Australia, 2026: hate preachers (brown) intolerable, protestors (brown) divisive, bomb-signers (Israeli) welcome, bomb-throwers (white) awkward
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Social cohesion, Australia, 2026: hate preachers (brown) intolerable, protestors (brown) divisive, bomb-signers (Israeli) welcome, bomb-throwers (white) awkward
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Weather outlook.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Weather outlook.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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“By welcoming Herzog, Australia’s political elite is siding with genocide. This is no longer just a fight about Palestine, this is a fight about who we are as a country, as a people and who we want to be,” Nasser Mashni told Deepcut. #Auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/protests-u...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/protests-u...
Protests urged against Israeli president's visit to Australia
Isaac Herzog is said to be in Sydney on February 9 and Melbourne on February 12
www.deepcutnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
“By welcoming Herzog, Australia’s political elite is siding with genocide. This is no longer just a fight about Palestine, this is a fight about who we are as a country, as a people and who we want to be,” Nasser Mashni told Deepcut. #Auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/protests-u...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/protests-u...
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White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
Device allegedly thrown into Invasion Day crowd designed to 'explode on impact', say police
A 31-year-old man is charged with making explosives in suspicious circumstances after a device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of hundreds of people attending an Invasion Day rally in central Perth ...
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 AM
White racist literally threw a bomb at black people to kill them, apparently not a sufficient cause to have a moral panic, special envoy, national introspection, royal commission, terrorism declaration, new laws, 1,000 op-eds in The Australian. We're struggling to identify why that might be.
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Put the Hoodoo Gurus on the flag and we'll salute that
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Put the Hoodoo Gurus on the flag and we'll salute that
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Long shot.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Long shot.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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Censorship is not the answer to Bondi - Kenneth Roth
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Censorship is not the answer to Bondi - Kenneth Roth
A democratic society should debate a broad range of views, the former Human Rights Watch executive director writes
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Censorship is not the answer to Bondi - Kenneth Roth
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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Opinion | New hate speech legislation gives the executive government a power properly reserved for the courts: adjudging criminal guilt, @marquelawyers.com.au writes.
New hate speech laws help seed corrosive division and the destruction of human rights
www.crikey.com.au
January 26, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Opinion | New hate speech legislation gives the executive government a power properly reserved for the courts: adjudging criminal guilt, @marquelawyers.com.au writes.
