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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Israeli Strikes Have Killed Over 100 in Gaza Since Trump Called for Halt to Bombings

In Egypt, indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are underway for a second day on a U.S.-drafted 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan.

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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 7h

I feel another huge class action coming on.
That this is being inflicted during a Labor government shows how far to the right our "Worker's Party" have fallen.
Smacks of illegality,and stinks to high heaven

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 9h

For the first time, the Deloitte report also publicly maps out the business rules of the jobseeker punishment system

Here's the tech the government inflicts on poor ppl every day - everyone is subject to it: single mums, ppl with disabilities, homeless ppl

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 9h

What certainly isn't AI is the interviews Deloitte conducted with guilty bureaucrats and executives inside the Department. Here is one of them saying their system disproportionately-incorrectly punishes First Nations people

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine receiving this advice from your independent assurance review, and still operating the system in question as is. That's what the Federal government is doing, currently -- at the expense of hundreds of thousands of participants

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 9h

This now brings us to WHAT (apart from AI errors) is in the report

Deloitte could NOT provide assurance the system aligns w/ legislation, saying it "impairs" the Department's ability to defend the lawfulness of TCF decisions before a court, or tribunal. Big ramifications there

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's puppy killer sycophant Noem: "One of the individuals we arrested recently was the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Organization against fascism also known as Antifa began around 1920 when fascism became the state ideology of Italy in 1922 & Germany in 1933.

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Masked_Elf @maskedelf.bsky.social · 12h

Release the names of the #Robodebt6 @albomp.bsky.social and start legal proceedings. Justice needs to be served. No more corruption. Stop protecting criminals and #ProtectWhistleblowers #Auspol

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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 10h

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage

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Charles Tuise @ctuise.bsky.social · 10h

Please don't read this article unless you are prepared for a ball of rage and resentment to rise up within you. Successive #Australian gov't have chosen a 'yes to poverty' policy setting for our people.

Unsurprisingly, corporate entities do no have your best interests at heart, just theirs.
#Auspol

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12h

It's good that the govt is rolling out a robotax scheme to get old debts from individuals, that should fix things....

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Tables showing from 2013-14 to 2023-24 Santos Ltd had $46.7bn in revenue and paid $0 tax

Year Total income ($m) Taxable income ($m) Tax payable ($m)
2014-15 $3,389.4 $0.0 $0.0
2015-16 $3,476.0 $0.0 $0.0
2016-17 $3,715.3 $0.0 $0.0
2017-18 $3,498.0 $0.0 $0.0
2018-19 $4,360.6 $8.3 $0.0
2019-20 $5,013.9 $29.0 $0.0
2020-21 $4,070.3 $68.8 $0.0
2021-22 $4,746.0 $74.1 $0.0
2022-23 $6,257.4 $19.8 $0.0
2023-24 $8,210.3 $21.2 $0.0
Total $46,737.3 $221.2 $0.0

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DianeD @rogueytwinkles.bsky.social · 10h

America has the Epstein files

Australia has the Robodebt files… RELEASE THE NAMES!!
#Auspol #Robodebt

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Suzie Gold @suziegold1.bsky.social · 10h

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‘They said they were going to gas us’ said Greta Thunberg about her imprisonment in Israel

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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Brenda @brendadk.bsky.social · 1d

Flotilla member tells about thuer treatment.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10h

In northern Thailand’s Ban Pong village, a group of women has spent nearly two decades restoring and guarding their community forest to prevent dry-season wildfires. From the restored forest, residents now harvest forest products to sell in markets and feed some of Ban Pong’s 7,100 residents.

Women firefighters in Thailand restore community forest

In northern Thailand’s Ban Pong village, a group of women has spent nearly two decades restoring and guarding their community forest to prevent dry-season wildfires. From the restored forest,…

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 21h

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Rudy Terwilliger 🐺 🥷 🍉 @wolftickler2000.bsky.social · 10h

It’s a big red flag to the Australian people on any issue the ALP chooses to negotiate with the Coalition over, since the rabble Coalition does not have the numbers for any effect

It means the legislation is not palatable to the Senate crossbench. Which means it is likely to benefit duopoly donors

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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 10h

Isn't it weird the way right-wing politicians like Hanson, Babet, Hastie and Abbott are always banging on about things from the past: supermarket shopping bags, muscle cars, the White Australia Policy, The First Crusade to the Holy Land... #auspol

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John Kennedy @john-in-geraldton.bsky.social · 11h

This is Oz not supplying weapons to Israel!
"A total of 68 shipments of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft parts flown from Australia directly to Israel between October 2023 and September 2025."

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Secret cargo: Inside Australia's covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel

At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.

The brutality of this regime is on full display.

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 10h

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Sign the Petition

No Nuclear-Submarines; End U.S. dominance; Healthcare not warfare

chng.it

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 10h

In attempting to ride the anti-immigration wave evident in marches and protests, Andrew Hastie has fallen into the Peter Dutton policy hole, writes John Hewson. He is tapping fear and emotion rather than offer hard numbers, or specific plans. satpa.pe/3UwKBAs

Andrew Hastie’s play for the leadership

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Sophie @sophiepointer.bsky.social · 10h

Just shows the continuing strength of the Zionist lobby in their campaign to shut down any criticism of the regime and genocide.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

A 79-foot pygmy blue whale surfaced near Busselton Jetty, Australia, a breathtaking encounter with one of the ocean’s rarest giants.

[📹 Megan Wood]

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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