Michael Barnes
@barnesm31.bsky.social
I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen. Science is cool. Born in 1966, Whitefella living on the land of the Wurundjeri people. LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights. Refugees are welcome, racists are not.
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Deleted by the cowardly SMH after the Australian Jewish Association complained.
Zionists CANNOT tolerate anything that humanises Muslims. They are racist to the core.
We have to start pushing back hard against their aggressive, concerted attacks on free speech.
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Zionists CANNOT tolerate anything that humanises Muslims. They are racist to the core.
We have to start pushing back hard against their aggressive, concerted attacks on free speech.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Ahmed Ouf: I went to Bondi and hugged people who'd never spoken to a Muslim before
Read Cumberland councillor's deleted opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald
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December 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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@ronnisalt.bsky.social summed up the AJA recently
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
@ronnisalt.bsky.social summed up the AJA recently
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Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
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Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Armed with gloves, apron and tongs, politicians from across the aisle gathered to serve festive fare at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Sydney
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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From SBS. A family-themed event being organised by a Zionist Jewish group in Melbourne has been labelled "disgraceful" for "celebrating" Israel's pager attacks in Lebanon last year, which killed dozens of people and injured thousands, including civilians.
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'Lions of Zion' group event celebrating Israel's pager attacks condemned
Victoria Police has said it will continue to monitor the event billed as "fun for all ages".
www.sbs.com.au
December 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
From SBS. A family-themed event being organised by a Zionist Jewish group in Melbourne has been labelled "disgraceful" for "celebrating" Israel's pager attacks in Lebanon last year, which killed dozens of people and injured thousands, including civilians.
www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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In a nutshell.
December 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In a nutshell.
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If Albo is serious about social cohesion, inviting the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state is an odd move.
As @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social said:
"The far-right Israeli government does not speak for Jewish people in Australia and is not interested in our safety."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
As @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social said:
"The far-right Israeli government does not speak for Jewish people in Australia and is not interested in our safety."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Israeli president's planned post-Bondi-attack visit to Australia draws mixed reaction
While mainstream Jewish organisations have welcomed Isaac Herzog's recently announced visit to Australia, others have expressed dismay.
www.sbs.com.au
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If Albo is serious about social cohesion, inviting the head of a genocidal apartheid rogue state is an odd move.
As @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social said:
"The far-right Israeli government does not speak for Jewish people in Australia and is not interested in our safety."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
As @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social said:
"The far-right Israeli government does not speak for Jewish people in Australia and is not interested in our safety."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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The basics of international laws say:
“If the ICC issues a real warrant for war crimes or crimes against humanity for someone like Israeli PM and that person enters Australia, then under international law and the Rome Statute, Australia is obliged to arrest them.”
The basics of international laws say:
“If the ICC issues a real warrant for war crimes or crimes against humanity for someone like Israeli PM and that person enters Australia, then under international law and the Rome Statute, Australia is obliged to arrest them.”
Amnesty International Australia calls on the Government to support the application by the ICC Prosecutor for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders
Chief Prosecutor Khan's application for the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli and Hamas leaders is a landmark
www.amnesty.org.au
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-inte...
The basics of international laws say:
“If the ICC issues a real warrant for war crimes or crimes against humanity for someone like Israeli PM and that person enters Australia, then under international law and the Rome Statute, Australia is obliged to arrest them.”
The basics of international laws say:
“If the ICC issues a real warrant for war crimes or crimes against humanity for someone like Israeli PM and that person enters Australia, then under international law and the Rome Statute, Australia is obliged to arrest them.”
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Albanese and Labor could barely have been more supportive of Israel, or less sympathetic of the Palestinian civilians massacred and starved. Did that satisfy News Corp? Not even.
And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now?
Ofc they won’t. 🤡
And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now?
Ofc they won’t. 🤡
When do you think Albanese will realise there’s no placating these people? News Corp pays no tax and adds nothing to Aus society apart from hate, but Labor acts as if it owns them.
Instead of fighting back or standing up for themselves, Albanese and co are like “please sir can I have some more?”
Instead of fighting back or standing up for themselves, Albanese and co are like “please sir can I have some more?”
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Albanese and Labor could barely have been more supportive of Israel, or less sympathetic of the Palestinian civilians massacred and starved. Did that satisfy News Corp? Not even.
And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now?
Ofc they won’t. 🤡
And now he invites the president of the genocidal state to visit. Does he think they will lay off now?
Ofc they won’t. 🤡
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Turns out it's much easier to victimise kids just because you can, than deal with crimes that have actual shopfronts and registered business addresses.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Half-dozen illicit tobacco operators rack up multi-million-dollar unpaid fines
Illicit tobacco retailers have racked up millions in unpaid fines since the introduction of stronger penalties, with one owing more than $7 million.
www.abc.net.au
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Turns out it's much easier to victimise kids just because you can, than deal with crimes that have actual shopfronts and registered business addresses.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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A sad day today with the loss of one of Australia’s iconic LGBTQIA+ businesses. This little shop was instrumental to my coming out and growing into my queer identity. Gay bookstores are more than shops, they are community hubs. A real loss.
Sydney’s queer bookstore ‘haven’ to close after 43 years: ‘This has never been about just selling books’
The Bookshop Darlinghurst has stood firm through the decades as laws and attitudes towards LGBTQI people have changed dramatically. Today it shuts its doors for good
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A sad day today with the loss of one of Australia’s iconic LGBTQIA+ businesses. This little shop was instrumental to my coming out and growing into my queer identity. Gay bookstores are more than shops, they are community hubs. A real loss.
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Australians: we don't like guns. This is excellent.
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Australians: we don't like guns. This is excellent.
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Different poll, different questions, but similar result. We don't like guns.
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Different poll, different questions, but similar result. We don't like guns.
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15 people murdered. Days of rolling media coverage of the Bondi Beach terror attack massacre.
400 Palestinians murdered by Israel during the "ceasefire". Zero Australian media coverage.
Israel is a terrorist state. Our politicians and media are complicit. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
400 Palestinians murdered by Israel during the "ceasefire". Zero Australian media coverage.
Israel is a terrorist state. Our politicians and media are complicit. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
December 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
15 people murdered. Days of rolling media coverage of the Bondi Beach terror attack massacre.
400 Palestinians murdered by Israel during the "ceasefire". Zero Australian media coverage.
Israel is a terrorist state. Our politicians and media are complicit. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
400 Palestinians murdered by Israel during the "ceasefire". Zero Australian media coverage.
Israel is a terrorist state. Our politicians and media are complicit. #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide
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A rabid Zionist is calling me sick and deranged for journaling truth.
My entire year has been getting yelled at by these guys because I dont like kids being bombed.
Sure, the ratio is satisfying, but it means nothing if our PM rolls over for their fascistic demands on our democracy, anyway.
My entire year has been getting yelled at by these guys because I dont like kids being bombed.
Sure, the ratio is satisfying, but it means nothing if our PM rolls over for their fascistic demands on our democracy, anyway.
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A rabid Zionist is calling me sick and deranged for journaling truth.
My entire year has been getting yelled at by these guys because I dont like kids being bombed.
Sure, the ratio is satisfying, but it means nothing if our PM rolls over for their fascistic demands on our democracy, anyway.
My entire year has been getting yelled at by these guys because I dont like kids being bombed.
Sure, the ratio is satisfying, but it means nothing if our PM rolls over for their fascistic demands on our democracy, anyway.
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#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
I hope every public appearance by the LNPs in Victoria demand they say they will NOT ban gender affirming if elected.
The Northern Territory is a failed experiment. Canberra needs to step in here.
Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington announces the withdrawal of public funding for puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children, labelling them "dangerous, ideologically-driven practices".
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I hope every public appearance by the LNPs in Victoria demand they say they will NOT ban gender affirming if elected.
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The dumbest thing we are being asked to believe today is that pro-Palestinian protests caused the Bondi shooting.
It's self-evidently moronic. No one sincerely believes it. Some are just pretending to believe it in order to promote the interests of a genocidal apartheid state.
It's self-evidently moronic. No one sincerely believes it. Some are just pretending to believe it in order to promote the interests of a genocidal apartheid state.
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The dumbest thing we are being asked to believe today is that pro-Palestinian protests caused the Bondi shooting.
It's self-evidently moronic. No one sincerely believes it. Some are just pretending to believe it in order to promote the interests of a genocidal apartheid state.
It's self-evidently moronic. No one sincerely believes it. Some are just pretending to believe it in order to promote the interests of a genocidal apartheid state.
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"Australia is one of the lowest taxed countries in the developed world… If Australia decided to leap from being a low tax country to imposing the average tax rate of OECD countries, we would collect an additional $132 billion per year." satpa.pe/jcxchI4
The fight Chalmers has to have
ANALYSIS: Having finally persuaded most voters that it is the better economic manager, Labor is well placed to pursue an obvious solution to the problems to come.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"Australia is one of the lowest taxed countries in the developed world… If Australia decided to leap from being a low tax country to imposing the average tax rate of OECD countries, we would collect an additional $132 billion per year." satpa.pe/jcxchI4
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Leaders then - Port Arthur 1996 Leaders of Coalition, Labor and Australian Democrats pay their respects
Leaders now - no such photo exists
Leaders now - no such photo exists
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Leaders then - Port Arthur 1996 Leaders of Coalition, Labor and Australian Democrats pay their respects
Leaders now - no such photo exists
Leaders now - no such photo exists
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UEFA has fined Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv €20,000 for racist chants by their supporters at a game in Germany. The chants incl. "Let the IDF f*ck the Arabs", a song calling a rival Israeli club "Arab whores" and threatening to rape them. They also gave the Nazi salute. #Israeli #racism
December 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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NSW: The "do not like hamburgers crowd" want to ban the "I like Fish and Chips" from having a get together.
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
NSW: The "do not like hamburgers crowd" want to ban the "I like Fish and Chips" from having a get together.
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When police and ministers can wholesale shut down public assemblies across an entire state, via administrative decision, without a defined or contestable risk threshold, without judicial authorisation, and keep them shut for months…
truly a grim moment for liberal democracy
truly a grim moment for liberal democracy
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
When police and ministers can wholesale shut down public assemblies across an entire state, via administrative decision, without a defined or contestable risk threshold, without judicial authorisation, and keep them shut for months…
truly a grim moment for liberal democracy
truly a grim moment for liberal democracy