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Karen Black
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anthonyklan.bsky.social
An important piece. With dark forces already seeking to exploit this horrific event we must be extremely vigilant to avoid this: “Calls are already rising for attacks on peaceful protest, free speech and freedom of assembly”.
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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gergyl.bsky.social
In 1990, Leisha Harvey was jailed for taking her hubby to the Adelaide Grand Prix on her Queensland Health Minister credit card. Apparently that sort of thing is all good now; 'family reunion' and whatever. The past is another country.
December 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.

American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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janecaro.bsky.social
Its the guns.
lauraannstl.bsky.social Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 1d
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
"Today, it’s too dangerous to bring people you love to the land. In the coming weeks, we’re supposed to prune the trees for next year – we won’t be able to do any of that."
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December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social You have lectured us about how important it is to give kids more time to just be kids—about giving children a safer childhood and parents more peace of mind.

Well how about THESE kids? They've managed to stay alive so far during Israel's GENOCIDE. WHY DON'T YOU CARE? 🇵🇸 #Gaza
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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maximumwelfare.bsky.social
No-one in DEWR has done any work to prepare options for reform of the Targeted Compliance Framework.

They haven't been asked to do so by the Albanese Government since they were briefed on issues on taking office in 2022.

This is going to get you all into a lot of legal trouble.
Still, after much prodding, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations misunderstands what the ombudsman is asking of it. In response to recommendation six, to “review the automatic process to suspend a jobseeker’s income support in the Penalty Zone”, DEWR secretary Natalie James said the department would consider options for giving recipients five business days to “resolve” the matter but said any change would have to be a government decision. Anderson wrote to James on December 8 to explicitly record that this was not nearly enough. “While I appreciate that any proposal to change legislation will be a matter for government, this recommendation goes to DEWR’s review of the automatic process within the TCF system, including considering whether any policy authority, or legislative change, is required to implement it,” he wrote. “My staff will monitor DEWR’s progress on these matters in reviewing whether it has implemented this recommendation.” When asked by The Saturday Paper whether government agencies still appear not to understand the policy they are supposed to oversee, Anderson said, “That is probably a fair thing to say. “It’s slightly concerning to be given conflicting pieces of advice by them,” he said this week. “You would hope that they had a very clear pathway to getting better at this and fixing any errors and being able to have better data to make better decisions. “So, yeah, it is concerning that they are still having to correct themselves. It is up to them to give advice to government. The recommendation is that both agencies review the automatic process. They’re not off the hook. If the government says it’s not going to legislate, there might be things that can be done short of legislation.”
December 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
And how did that work out?
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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theshovel.bsky.social
The nation said they would try not to reintroduce the devastating disease, but if they did, it was a small price to pay for owning the libs.

Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2025/02/25/g...
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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ingridm.bsky.social
imagine if courts treated everyone else as leniently as these white collar males. If a man who assaults Aboriginal children can be released into the community… the prisons we could close! The trauma we could prevent! The resources we could reinvest in community!

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December 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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kudelka.bsky.social
Looking forward to over a million new Albos down the track
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
The COVID-19 iceberg.

These numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. Reported cases only show a fraction of what’s really out there, but they still give us some sense of what’s going on.

#COVID19iceberg #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷
An image of a large iceberg floating in the ocean, with the small visible tip above the water labeled “REPORTED CASES.” The massive submerged portion beneath the surface is labeled “UNREPORTED CASES.” In the center of the iceberg, the text “COVID-19” is written, illustrating how reported infections represent only a small fraction of the true number of cases.
December 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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davidshoebridge.bsky.social
Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Australia’s official country brief on Israel that doesn’t mention Gaza, settler violence or illegal occupation.
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Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Israel brief she hasn't read - Michael West
DFAT country brief on Israel omits mention of regional conflict, while Penny Wong defends Australia’s cybersecurity cooperation with Israel.
michaelwest.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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“I find it astounding that the country brief on Israel contains not a single mention of occupied territories, Gaza, settler violence or the conflict in Gaza. How does none of that find its way into the Australian govt’s Israel country brief?” said Shoebridge.”

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Nothing to see here, says Penny Wong about Israel brief she hasn't read - Michael West
DFAT country brief on Israel omits mention of regional conflict, while Penny Wong defends Australia’s cybersecurity cooperation with Israel.
michaelwest.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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gergyl.bsky.social
A young government staffer, who, two courts have now found, was raped by another government employee, at her workplace, has now been bankrupted by legal action by her boss at that workplace, a senior Australian Government minister, using disgraceful laws promulgated by that government...
What the Brittany Higgins ruling tells us about defamation in Australia
Former Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts, a University of Melbourne legal expert
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December 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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newseye.bsky.social
- IP addresses & metadata from your submitted photos
- Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children)
- All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years
- Your family members' dates of birth
- Your family members' places of birth
- Your family members' residencies

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December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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donegan.bsky.social
We means-test the poorest but we don’t means test billionaires when we hand out corporate welfare.
We are a fucked up society, and Labor ain’t the answer, they are the problem.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash
More than $3bn in public money has been given to Australia’s smelters and steelworks in an alarmingly ad-hoc way
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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ajgardineresq.bsky.social
MY LATEST. Anika Wells’ expenses meltdown opens a "can of worms".

Among the contents of that "can": none other than former "government efficiency" spokesperson Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.
#auspol @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
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Hypocrisy Blitzkrieg: Anika Wells' expenses meltdown opens can of worms - Michael West
The media pile-on over Anika Wells's excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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guildnavigatorix.bsky.social
Israel ‘we kill brown babies with impunity’
US ‘we kill brown fishermen with impunity’
UK ‘we hate immigrants’
AUS ‘we killed more indigenous people in police custody this year than ever’

All while the MSM provide cover, it’s no wonder they hate us talking amongst ourselves #auspol #ukpol #uspol
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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softtail65.bsky.social
You may not realize how important it is to keep standing up and speaking out now, but it matters! Don't let the fascist bastards wear you down.
Your voice matters! ✊️✊️✊️
ofthebraveusa.bsky.social Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 4d
"I will not be quiet. Not speaking out — it equals resignation."

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova on the importance of standing up to Trump and his enablers:
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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meerashar.bsky.social
Forging those “shared values” that they keep droning on about.

#auspol #refugees #ICE #Nauru
davemilbo.bsky.social David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 6d
Under a secretive billion dollar new deal, refugees in the Australian community are being ripped out of their homes and sent to Nauru.

"It's a wild escalation... Scenes similar to ICE'", says Ogy Simic of the @ASRC1

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December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
I've missed talking to Penny on the internet
Wong posting about human rights day, while complicit with the Gaza genocide.
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.

If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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brkeogh.bsky.social
Discord, who recently leaked a heap of personal data in a security breach, wants my personal data to let me access a channel I created in a server I created. Thank you, Australian government.
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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amyremeikis.bsky.social
Who could have predicted any of this? Oh that’s right - anyone paying attention

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
The welfare system isn't just on fire, it's burning out of control
A second report into the use of job-seeker mutual obligations is even more damning then the first – but will the government act?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM