@josephinet.bsky.social
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Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
January 12, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Start today.
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
Reach out to others in your local community.
Get organised. Campaign. Vote.
No one is coming to save us but us.
Start today #auspol
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In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
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After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
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If we ever do have a royal commission into Bondi, its terms of reference should include an examination of the media’s highly political handling of the tragedy. That’s where we might also learn who really dials up hate and racism in this country.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 AM
If we ever do have a royal commission into Bondi, its terms of reference should include an examination of the media’s highly political handling of the tragedy. That’s where we might also learn who really dials up hate and racism in this country.
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Quietly, without much scrutiny, NSW has climbed into the global top 10 rankings of jurisdictions with the most heavy-handed anti-protest laws. The media treats this normal. It’s isn’t. #auspol
January 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Quietly, without much scrutiny, NSW has climbed into the global top 10 rankings of jurisdictions with the most heavy-handed anti-protest laws. The media treats this normal. It’s isn’t. #auspol
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'cultural sensitivity'?
I know the headline is quoting the #AdelaideFestival statement, but this is a shamefully misleading headline by ABC News bc it implies Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was somehow responsible for being cancelled, that SHE had been culturally insensitive. Appalling #journalism. #auspol
I know the headline is quoting the #AdelaideFestival statement, but this is a shamefully misleading headline by ABC News bc it implies Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was somehow responsible for being cancelled, that SHE had been culturally insensitive. Appalling #journalism. #auspol
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
'cultural sensitivity'?
I know the headline is quoting the #AdelaideFestival statement, but this is a shamefully misleading headline by ABC News bc it implies Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was somehow responsible for being cancelled, that SHE had been culturally insensitive. Appalling #journalism. #auspol
I know the headline is quoting the #AdelaideFestival statement, but this is a shamefully misleading headline by ABC News bc it implies Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was somehow responsible for being cancelled, that SHE had been culturally insensitive. Appalling #journalism. #auspol
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The recent sound of explosions over Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are not merely the spasms by a declining U.S. empire. They are something much more terrifying — the dawning of the age of impunity.
Craig Mokhiber
Craig Mokhiber
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The recent sound of explosions over Venezuela, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria are not merely the spasms by a declining U.S. empire. They are something much more terrifying — the dawning of the age of impunity.
Craig Mokhiber
Craig Mokhiber
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As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
January 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
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My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
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In Israeli-occupied Gaza, the IDF murder journalists.
In Trump's USA, his ICE agents murder legal observers.
The goal is the same: eliminate witnesses for crimes by the state. #GazaGenocide #USA #Minneapolis #ICEshooting
In Trump's USA, his ICE agents murder legal observers.
The goal is the same: eliminate witnesses for crimes by the state. #GazaGenocide #USA #Minneapolis #ICEshooting
January 8, 2026 at 8:07 PM
In Israeli-occupied Gaza, the IDF murder journalists.
In Trump's USA, his ICE agents murder legal observers.
The goal is the same: eliminate witnesses for crimes by the state. #GazaGenocide #USA #Minneapolis #ICEshooting
In Trump's USA, his ICE agents murder legal observers.
The goal is the same: eliminate witnesses for crimes by the state. #GazaGenocide #USA #Minneapolis #ICEshooting
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A couple of very arguments for moving on from the duopoly. They have massive conflicts of interest and enact rules for the majority but exempt themselves. It’s a stitch up
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM
A couple of very arguments for moving on from the duopoly. They have massive conflicts of interest and enact rules for the majority but exempt themselves. It’s a stitch up
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Can’t believe I’m only person disturbed by normalisation of NSW police carrying rifles at events. Stop it! @greencate.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Police riot squad to carry long-arm firearms at Sydney Ashes series
Officers will carry long-arm firearms as part of a bolstered police presence at the Ashes series in Sydney in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
www.abc.net.au
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Can’t believe I’m only person disturbed by normalisation of NSW police carrying rifles at events. Stop it! @greencate.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Oil & gas steel platforms like skyscrapers in our Bass Strait oceans since ‘60s, decommissioned. Exxon Mobil & Woodside remove your junk. We don’t want your fake ‘artificial reefs’ with arsenic & mercury ‘traces’ but our clean seabed back. Thanks & go.
January 3, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Oil & gas steel platforms like skyscrapers in our Bass Strait oceans since ‘60s, decommissioned. Exxon Mobil & Woodside remove your junk. We don’t want your fake ‘artificial reefs’ with arsenic & mercury ‘traces’ but our clean seabed back. Thanks & go.
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“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss.
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss.
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
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1/2 A calm response to the #BondiShooting:
"All this finger-pointing before we’ve even had a moment to collectively mourn the dead and injured. How about we pause and consider the two lasting images that the December 14, 2025, Hanukkah massacre presents us with?...
www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
"All this finger-pointing before we’ve even had a moment to collectively mourn the dead and injured. How about we pause and consider the two lasting images that the December 14, 2025, Hanukkah massacre presents us with?...
www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
I told a friend the world was trembling, then Bondi erupted
We were two Jewish men and two non-Jewish women, settling down for dinner in Bondi. Then the gunshots rang out.
www.smh.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
1/2 A calm response to the #BondiShooting:
"All this finger-pointing before we’ve even had a moment to collectively mourn the dead and injured. How about we pause and consider the two lasting images that the December 14, 2025, Hanukkah massacre presents us with?...
www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
"All this finger-pointing before we’ve even had a moment to collectively mourn the dead and injured. How about we pause and consider the two lasting images that the December 14, 2025, Hanukkah massacre presents us with?...
www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
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More and more Aussies are voting independent. The response from the major parties has NOT been to ‘be and do better’, rather to rig electoral laws to favour them. It’s undemocratic! @zoedaniel.bsky.social and I are asking the High Court to strike out those laws. #auspol
Former independents launch high court challenge to electoral laws they say favour Labor and Coalition
Contentious changes to fundraising rules will keep politics a ‘cosy table’ for major parties, Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick say
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
More and more Aussies are voting independent. The response from the major parties has NOT been to ‘be and do better’, rather to rig electoral laws to favour them. It’s undemocratic! @zoedaniel.bsky.social and I are asking the High Court to strike out those laws. #auspol
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What your cheap clothes cost the planet #Climate
What your cheap clothes cost the planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
grist.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
What your cheap clothes cost the planet #Climate
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South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Oppose the pipeline Santos wants to rip through the Pilliga forest knittingnannas.org/2025/12/08/a...
Action of the Week 8 Dec 2025
There’s an action we can all take this week in the campaign to block the Santos Narrabri Gas Project in the Pilliga forest.
knittingnannas.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Oppose the pipeline Santos wants to rip through the Pilliga forest knittingnannas.org/2025/12/08/a...
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It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point.
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
Satellite images reveal the Martabe gold mine in northern Sumatra has begun expanding toward key habitat used by the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. Campaigners say the mine's expansion could push the ape to extinction. My latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point.
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker.
Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science.
My film:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
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Knitting Nannas supporting Wiradyuri heritage protection - at Section 10 hearing brought by Regis Resources against the Minister in Sydney Federal Court today.
Yindyamurra, respect land water and elders. Protect BilaBula.
Yindyamurra, respect land water and elders. Protect BilaBula.
December 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Knitting Nannas supporting Wiradyuri heritage protection - at Section 10 hearing brought by Regis Resources against the Minister in Sydney Federal Court today.
Yindyamurra, respect land water and elders. Protect BilaBula.
Yindyamurra, respect land water and elders. Protect BilaBula.