@lizff.bsky.social
Media researcher/educator. Here for animals, politics & good stuff to read.
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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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Why the fuck is nonentity shooters party politician Robert Borsak leading ABC Radio’s news bulletin with his opinion on guns and terrorists? Of course he doesn’t want guns harder to get hold of. FFS whose agenda is this ABC?
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Why the fuck is nonentity shooters party politician Robert Borsak leading ABC Radio’s news bulletin with his opinion on guns and terrorists? Of course he doesn’t want guns harder to get hold of. FFS whose agenda is this ABC?
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I thought I would have a look to see how the LNP reacted after the Bourke St. massacre and found this (worth the read), it's the same M.O.
#AusPol
solidarity.net.au/highlights/m...
#AusPol
solidarity.net.au/highlights/m...
Morrison uses Bourke Street attack to spread racism and fear – Solidarity Online
Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton have again blamed the Muslim community and spread fear and racism following the violent attack in Melbourne's Bourke Street last Friday.
solidarity.net.au
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I thought I would have a look to see how the LNP reacted after the Bourke St. massacre and found this (worth the read), it's the same M.O.
#AusPol
solidarity.net.au/highlights/m...
#AusPol
solidarity.net.au/highlights/m...
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Amy Remeikis:
"We have witnessed some of the rawest and most blatant politics in response to the Bondi tragedy. Never before have Australians witnessed their alternative government blame their current government for a terrorist attack." #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-a...
"We have witnessed some of the rawest and most blatant politics in response to the Bondi tragedy. Never before have Australians witnessed their alternative government blame their current government for a terrorist attack." #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-a...
Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bondi
Politicians and the media have seized on the Bondi tragedy to drag Australia further right
www.deepcutnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Amy Remeikis:
"We have witnessed some of the rawest and most blatant politics in response to the Bondi tragedy. Never before have Australians witnessed their alternative government blame their current government for a terrorist attack." #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-a...
"We have witnessed some of the rawest and most blatant politics in response to the Bondi tragedy. Never before have Australians witnessed their alternative government blame their current government for a terrorist attack." #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/massacre-a...
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Even fictitious cartoon dogs find it easier to get promoted to professor than women
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Even fictitious cartoon dogs find it easier to get promoted to professor than women
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Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous.
The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event.
#auspol
The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event.
#auspol
The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office | Timothy Roberts
The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous.
The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event.
#auspol
The banning of protests will not stop antisemitism, and the premier is wrong to disgracefully link years of peaceful protest to such a horrific and unrelated event.
#auspol
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Whilst we cringed our way through this week listening to bad actors sowing hate & division over #bondi - let it never be forgotten it was Albanese/ALP and Minns/NSW Labor that capitulated & enforced their bidding as law. Given ALP's overwhelming majority of power there is NO excuse for this.
#auspol
#auspol
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Davis' LA texts are foundational for my Bret Easton Ellis book and his other work is first class too. Unbelievably perceptive analyst, meticulous, exhaustive researcher, outstanding writer too. A proper titan.
Mike Davis's books are all part of our End of Year Sale for up to 50% off!
"He lit the torch; it’s time for us, now, to carry it on." - Ciarán O'Rourke
"He lit the torch; it’s time for us, now, to carry it on." - Ciarán O'Rourke
Mike Davis: Prophetic Marxist Historian and Activist
The legendary Marxist thinker and activist Mike Davis explored political power and social class for decades. His sharp analysis and glittering prose criss-crossed over urban studies, political economy...
www.versobooks.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Davis' LA texts are foundational for my Bret Easton Ellis book and his other work is first class too. Unbelievably perceptive analyst, meticulous, exhaustive researcher, outstanding writer too. A proper titan.
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@albomp.bsky.social Every major economic review recommends raising JobSeeker above the poverty line. Why has your government repeatedly chosen not to, and what evidence would change your mind?
Do you believe it is acceptable for the government to keep Australians in legislated poverty?
#auspol
Do you believe it is acceptable for the government to keep Australians in legislated poverty?
#auspol
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
@albomp.bsky.social Every major economic review recommends raising JobSeeker above the poverty line. Why has your government repeatedly chosen not to, and what evidence would change your mind?
Do you believe it is acceptable for the government to keep Australians in legislated poverty?
#auspol
Do you believe it is acceptable for the government to keep Australians in legislated poverty?
#auspol
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Albanese has form.
As well as the #FOI insult, his govt has done nothing on promised #whistleblower reforms, and the #NACC is knackered.
Several parliamentary inquiry reports [eg on gambling advertising] have been ignored, and others [like #AUKUS] have been set up to *avoid* scrutiny. #auspol
As well as the #FOI insult, his govt has done nothing on promised #whistleblower reforms, and the #NACC is knackered.
Several parliamentary inquiry reports [eg on gambling advertising] have been ignored, and others [like #AUKUS] have been set up to *avoid* scrutiny. #auspol
@albomp.bsky.social’s #FOI Amendment Bill, the most significant attack on government transparency ever, will likely die quiety in the first sitting week of 2026. His hypocrisy on open government will live on. #auspol
'Gone nowhere': Government criticised as progress fizzles on 'dangerous' reforms
Labor has quietly parked its transparency overhaul as parliament breaks for Christmas.
www.sbs.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Albanese has form.
As well as the #FOI insult, his govt has done nothing on promised #whistleblower reforms, and the #NACC is knackered.
Several parliamentary inquiry reports [eg on gambling advertising] have been ignored, and others [like #AUKUS] have been set up to *avoid* scrutiny. #auspol
As well as the #FOI insult, his govt has done nothing on promised #whistleblower reforms, and the #NACC is knackered.
Several parliamentary inquiry reports [eg on gambling advertising] have been ignored, and others [like #AUKUS] have been set up to *avoid* scrutiny. #auspol
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Murdoch media, the vanishing LNP hawks like what’s-his-name Hastie, and our Labor government all railed against China legally sailing its ships in international waters around Australia… because “rules based order”.
But Russia, Israel, USA are all waging unlawful wars.
Who’s speaking out now?
But Russia, Israel, USA are all waging unlawful wars.
Who’s speaking out now?
yes thats the direction the world is heading
Manifest expansionist ambitions of the three most powerful countries in the world — China, the United States, and Russia — are undermining the current world order.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Murdoch media, the vanishing LNP hawks like what’s-his-name Hastie, and our Labor government all railed against China legally sailing its ships in international waters around Australia… because “rules based order”.
But Russia, Israel, USA are all waging unlawful wars.
Who’s speaking out now?
But Russia, Israel, USA are all waging unlawful wars.
Who’s speaking out now?
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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The QLD LNP government bails out a coal mine to save 500 jobs (never mind the environment) but thinks nothing of slashing 14000 public sector jobs.
< heavy sigh >
< heavy sigh >
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The QLD LNP government bails out a coal mine to save 500 jobs (never mind the environment) but thinks nothing of slashing 14000 public sector jobs.
< heavy sigh >
< heavy sigh >
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The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
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This "would allow police & the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime. Not after they’ve been charged. Not after they’ve seen a lawyer. Not after they’ve had their day in court...an allegation, a warrant, & the stroke of a pen."
#Auspol
#Auspol
"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."
Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This "would allow police & the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime. Not after they’ve been charged. Not after they’ve seen a lawyer. Not after they’ve had their day in court...an allegation, a warrant, & the stroke of a pen."
#Auspol
#Auspol
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I'll be speaking at seminar on Friday for the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences and QUT Centre for Data Science on Trade in a Trumpian World
Data Science in the News: Trade in a Trumpian World - QUT Centre for Data Science
Trade in a Trumpian WorldDonald Trump’s recent removal of tariffs on imports of food products is unlikely to be the last gyration in US trade policy. US...
research.qut.edu.au
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I'll be speaking at seminar on Friday for the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences and QUT Centre for Data Science on Trade in a Trumpian World
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Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
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The Growth Story of the 21st Century is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Growth Story of the 21st Century is free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
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"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry
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Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
Are Australians really paying more for electricity than other countries?
Australia’s electricity prices have gone up a long way over the past decade or so, but global energy trends have also pushed up bills in other countries
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
The short answer is no. We’re around the middle of the pack, and a little further down the list after accounting for our relatively high incomes.
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Updated my business card since I'm here and and haven't been on the bird site for quite some time.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Updated my business card since I'm here and and haven't been on the bird site for quite some time.