@katelam.bsky.social
Opinionated dilletante on unceded Gameragal land
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“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
Incredible.
Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.
www.lamestream.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
Incredible.
Oh my!
👇 This article is from about 6 months ago.
War criminal Herzog gives gushing praise of NSW authoritarian Chris Minns.
www.australianjewishnews.com/herzogs-prai... #auspol
War criminal Herzog gives gushing praise of NSW authoritarian Chris Minns.
www.australianjewishnews.com/herzogs-prai... #auspol
Herzog’s praise of Minns
"I will never apologise for taking the poison of antisemitism swiftly and seriously,” says Chris Minns.
www.australianjewishnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Oh my!
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Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine
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He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.
We r so cooked.
Dennis Altman: “GG Sam Mostyn’s remarks reveal deeper flaw in Australia’s constitutional arrangements – one that weakens the independence of head of state and undermines democratic accountability.
….makes her effectively our head of state.” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
….makes her effectively our head of state.” johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Why the governor-general should not be the prime minister’s choice
Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s remarks reveal a deeper flaw in Australia’s constitutional arrangements – one that weakens the independence of the head of state and undermines democratic accountability.
johnmenadue.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
We r so cooked.
It certainly helps to have a first hand account. Our sources are so contaminated.
Craig Murray‘s contemporary account of life and politics in Venezuela post the Maduro kidnapping - a very interesting read.
Trump and Machado both lied about Venezuela. Machado is now hated for her calumnies.
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
It certainly helps to have a first hand account. Our sources are so contaminated.
Does he need a visa? If so, surely it shld b refused on the character as was Candace Owens? If not, arrest him. youtube.com/shorts/B8hDI...
Arrest Isaac Herzog?
YouTube video by The West Report
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Does he need a visa? If so, surely it shld b refused on the character as was Candace Owens? If not, arrest him. youtube.com/shorts/B8hDI...
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I do think the Zionist Federation of Australia, Australian Jewish Association, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and Executive Council of Australia Jewry should be proscribed as terrorist organisations, @albomp.bsky.social @MRowlandMP, for promoting genocide.
Please arrange. #auspol
Please arrange. #auspol
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I do think the Zionist Federation of Australia, Australian Jewish Association, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council and Executive Council of Australia Jewry should be proscribed as terrorist organisations, @albomp.bsky.social @MRowlandMP, for promoting genocide.
Please arrange. #auspol
Please arrange. #auspol
We have a couple of days to get this signed in huge numbers. Sign then Share share share. Let's go...
aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
An official Parliamentary petition against Herzog coming here
aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
An official Parliamentary petition against Herzog coming here
e-petitions
e-petitions
aph.gov.au
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
We have a couple of days to get this signed in huge numbers. Sign then Share share share. Let's go...
aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
An official Parliamentary petition against Herzog coming here
aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
An official Parliamentary petition against Herzog coming here
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Our fraying social fabric isn’t being torn apart by culture wars or extremism alone, but by a deepening inequality that no royal commission can paper over.
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality
~ Dr Bronwyn Kelly
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality
~ Dr Bronwyn Kelly
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
independentaustralia.net
February 3, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Our fraying social fabric isn’t being torn apart by culture wars or extremism alone, but by a deepening inequality that no royal commission can paper over.
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality
~ Dr Bronwyn Kelly
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality
~ Dr Bronwyn Kelly
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
youtu.be/yNx0ngtdSRI Wow. The lengths you have to go to to speak out in this parliament /thus country - let alone in #NSW. David #Shoebridge speaks so well, and for all. 🙏🏼
Labor's HYPOCRISY: Albanese invites DIVISIVE Israeli President despite GENOCIDE
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
youtu.be/yNx0ngtdSRI Wow. The lengths you have to go to to speak out in this parliament /thus country - let alone in #NSW. David #Shoebridge speaks so well, and for all. 🙏🏼
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Eloquent resistance and courage from Sen. Shoey.
#Auspol #Herzog #Greens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx0...
#Auspol #Herzog #Greens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx0...
Labor's HYPOCRISY: Albanese invites DIVISIVE Israeli President despite GENOCIDE
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Eloquent resistance and courage from Sen. Shoey.
#Auspol #Herzog #Greens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx0...
#Auspol #Herzog #Greens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNx0...
&Ted whatsis name cld suggest withdrawing this bilateral ‘discretionary’ subsidy in his I/views w the ABC
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
&Ted whatsis name cld suggest withdrawing this bilateral ‘discretionary’ subsidy in his I/views w the ABC
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Perhaps if we stopped subsidising private religious schools and focused on evidenced based secular public education for all - this nation would be much more cohesive…and equal.
A Scandinavian style model would serve ALL Australians - not just those with financial means
#auspol
#auspol
A Scandinavian style model would serve ALL Australians - not just those with financial means
#auspol
#auspol
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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It's less that the Libs are responsible and more a sense that political parties and leaders cluster around and draw support from certain industries. Petroleum in this country has always associated itself with the political right.
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
It's less that the Libs are responsible and more a sense that political parties and leaders cluster around and draw support from certain industries. Petroleum in this country has always associated itself with the political right.
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When I wrote Slick I knew the petroleum industry had a long history of intervening in politics, but I didn't know Ampol helped put Menzies in power and that a staff writer at The Courier Mail helped draft the first press releases in his office at the paper on his day off, which were then syndicated.
February 3, 2026 at 6:20 AM
When I wrote Slick I knew the petroleum industry had a long history of intervening in politics, but I didn't know Ampol helped put Menzies in power and that a staff writer at The Courier Mail helped draft the first press releases in his office at the paper on his day off, which were then syndicated.
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Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft. Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft
Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft. Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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"At the last minute the launch was cancelled, reportedly blocked by Number 10. Thanks to pressure from campaigners and a freedom of information request, a 14-page version of the report was snuck out (no launch, not even a press release) on January 22."
From the desk of @marchudson.bsky.social:
From the desk of @marchudson.bsky.social:
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"At the last minute the launch was cancelled, reportedly blocked by Number 10. Thanks to pressure from campaigners and a freedom of information request, a 14-page version of the report was snuck out (no launch, not even a press release) on January 22."
From the desk of @marchudson.bsky.social:
From the desk of @marchudson.bsky.social:
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A heavily redacted cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
![Single frame. Title: “[redacted]” A line of early teen? girls looking at the viewer. Behind them, silhouettes of four generic men, some with hand on shoulders of the girls, which have been through six iterations of redaction to satisfy the newspaper’s lawyers that none are identifiable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreic3fp5yp3asvebljrnnzovrw5a5nljp57bgxoyzh6z33m3qczpn4u@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A heavily redacted cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
David Marr’s expert on Iran this evening is the son of the last Shah’s third wife🫢
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
David Marr’s expert on Iran this evening is the son of the last Shah’s third wife🫢
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New research from The Australia Institute finds that Australia is the most expensive developed country for families to send a child to high school.
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 AM
New research from The Australia Institute finds that Australia is the most expensive developed country for families to send a child to high school.
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
It costs Australian families $4,967 per year - almost four times the OECD average.
Read more: theaus.in/4anjEAp
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Labor has invited the head of the country that is still doing this to millions of occupied people for a state visit - it’s hard to believe really.
January 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Labor has invited the head of the country that is still doing this to millions of occupied people for a state visit - it’s hard to believe really.
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"The future of our democracy is at stake" - Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minn's anti-protest laws.
For that interview and a discussion about our fascistic shitshow w/ @emmashortis.bsky.social, @marquelawyers.com.au, @instanterudite.bsky.social, check out this episode. We're back.
For that interview and a discussion about our fascistic shitshow w/ @emmashortis.bsky.social, @marquelawyers.com.au, @instanterudite.bsky.social, check out this episode. We're back.
We're Back! - February 1 - Michael Bradley, Emma Shortis, and Nick Hanna
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"The future of our democracy is at stake" - Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minn's anti-protest laws.
For that interview and a discussion about our fascistic shitshow w/ @emmashortis.bsky.social, @marquelawyers.com.au, @instanterudite.bsky.social, check out this episode. We're back.
For that interview and a discussion about our fascistic shitshow w/ @emmashortis.bsky.social, @marquelawyers.com.au, @instanterudite.bsky.social, check out this episode. We're back.
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We don’t welcome racist supremacist hate to our country.
We come together in solidarity, against oppression, on stolen land.
Join your local protest against the genocidal Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.
Monday 9 Feb. More towns TBC.
We come together in solidarity, against oppression, on stolen land.
Join your local protest against the genocidal Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.
Monday 9 Feb. More towns TBC.
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 AM
We don’t welcome racist supremacist hate to our country.
We come together in solidarity, against oppression, on stolen land.
Join your local protest against the genocidal Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.
Monday 9 Feb. More towns TBC.
We come together in solidarity, against oppression, on stolen land.
Join your local protest against the genocidal Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia.
Monday 9 Feb. More towns TBC.
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South Africa setting an example for Australia once again
South Africa orders expulsion of Israeli envoy, declared persona non grata
South Africa accuses Israeli representative of 'gross abuse of diplomatic privilege' as Israel orders reciprocal move.
www.aljazeera.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:29 AM
South Africa setting an example for Australia once again