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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 6h

Yes. It was disappointing that the CNN presenter didn't press the matter or question Miller on his assertion that the President has plenary authority but instead claimed they were having technical difficulties when Miller froze. #USPolitics

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 6h

Stephen Miller declared on-air that "under title 10 of the US code, the President has plenary authority". Um, ... plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations. Hmm. 🤔 #USPolitics #plenaryauthority

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11h

Powerful commentary by cartoonist Pat Hudson. AUS PM Albo's statement 2yrs after the Oct7 attacks made NO mention of the historical context (the Nakba, Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, blockade of Gaza or genocide) or the 68,000 Palestinians killed by Israel #auspol #SaveGaza #FreePalestine

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11h

PM @albomp.bsky.social's statement 2 years after the Oct7 attacks is vomitous. No mention of the historical context: the Nakba, Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine, Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza, or 2 years of genocide. Not a single mention of ANY Palestinians being killed at all. 😔 #auspol

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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 23h

This didn’t start 2 years ago.
The world has watched decades of dispossession, occupation, and genocide - in silence, in complicity.
End the genocide.
Freedom and justice for Palestine.
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A textured protest poster with bold, hand-cut lettering lists: “77 years since the Nakba, 58 years of occupation, 18 years of blockade, 2 years of genocidal escalation.” Behind the text is a brown silhouette of Palestine. Below, a large pink watermelon slice fills the lower half of the poster, its black seeds forming the word “Resist.” A white dove carrying an olive branch flies across the watermelon.

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 12h

I encourage you to listen to Greta Thunberg's full statement. Thunberg seeks a just and sustainable world for all, rather than short-term financial gain for the few. The West's political leaders are exposed as complicit, unprincipled or cowardly. End the occupation #SaveGaza #FreePalestine. #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 18h

A: I really like Eminem.
B: I prefer Smarties.
A: No no, the rapper.
B: Why would you eat the wrapper?

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 19h

Israel's #GazaGenocide:
• 68,000 Palestinians killed
• 20,000 children killed
• 169,000 Palestinians injured
• 459 people died of starvation
• nearly 300 journalists killed
• 1722 healthcare workers killed
• 125 hospitals damaged
• 10,800 held in Israeli detention
• 2300 education centres destroyed

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 19h

Damn it. I hate it when you do #Wordle every day, for weeks on end, working towards improving on your Maximum Streak ... And you forget to do Wordle one day, so you're back to zero. 😔

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 20h

Sadly, I think:
• Albo only cares about Albo.
• Albo doesn't care about Palestine.
• Albo wrongly assumes most Australians don't care about Gaza. #GazaGenocide #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 20h

If you loved the 1983 6hr mini-series For the Term of His Natural Life (based on the Marcus Clarke novel) starring Colin Friels as Rufus Dawes it's available free-to-air on Brollie. Enjoy. 📺 #Australia #drama watch.brollie.com.au/tv/for-the-t...

Brollie | For the Term of His Natural Life

A classic miniseries based on Marcus Clarke's tale of Australia's infamous convict past.

watch.brollie.com.au

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 20h

Andrew Hastie blasted by the Liberal Party party room after quitting the Oppn front bench?!
1. NewsCorp actively encourages this shift to the lunatic Far Right.
2. The Coalition is irrelevant. Nobody cares what they say or do. #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21h

• South Africa takes Israel to the ICC over the #GazaGenocide.
• Spain takes Israel to the ICC over the #GlobalSumudFlotilla interception.
• Australia? Still providing Israel with F-35 components and a PM silent on both the genocide and the detention of Australians from the Flotilla. 😔 #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 22h

7 Australians illegally held by Israel have been released. Israel illegally intercepted the #GlobalSumudFlotilla in int'l waters, as they were seeking to break Israel's illegal blockade to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The ABC rptedly avoids using the word illegal in its report 🤔

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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 22h

And they're out of Israel. Well done, DFAT.

"Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands." #auspol #flotilla #Gaza

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Australians released from Israeli detention after alleged beatings

Seven Australian activists arrested while trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza have been deported to Jordan, the ABC understands.

www.abc.net.au

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Dani @dani-kml.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine thinking that bankrupting a sexual assault victim and her husband, after they've just had a baby, is going to restore your "reputation"

Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

There's a vindictive spitefulness to fmr Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds that is deeply disturbing. I hope Brittany Higgins & @davidsharaz.bsky.social have lots of support. 😔 #auspol #auslaw

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 22h

As always, quality news commentary comedy on the Cheap Seats with @meladoodle.bsky.social and Tim McDonald. The Crime Time segment is giving serious "The Late Show" Graham and the Colonel vibes. 😂 #CheapSeatsAU #news #comedy

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

#MediaWatch: @lintonbesser.bsky.social provided a superb summary of #SevenWest media's Kerry Stokes' career & plans. Social media's refusal to monitor misinformation. Plus the vile reporting on the Kidman-Urban split by the tabloid trash gossip mag media. #journalism iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...

Media Watch: Monday 6/10/2025

Kerry Stokes quits, amid planned merge with Southern Cross Media. Worried about misinformation? You're the problem, according to tech overlords. Kidman and Urban's divorce hasn't stopped press from go...

iview.abc.net.au

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

Australians don’t want to be complicit in Israel's #GazaGenocide. The Albanese Labor Govt is trying to hide our ongoing supply of arms components to Israel. The AUS Govt must end the arms trade with Israel. Labor must #SanctionIsrael like we sanctioned Russia. #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

"Monsignor Quixote" (1985)
Starring Alec Guinness Leo McKern
Based on the novel by Graham Greene
Directed by Rodney Bennett
Music by Antón García Abril. 🎶
I highly recommend, compañero, for Catholics and communists alike. 🎥
youtu.be/xoxKA-WWaFg?...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

How many times must you be reminded, @australia.theguardian.com?

It's not a war.

It's a GENOCIDE. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity

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Stevie Lane @stevielane.bsky.social · 1d

Good medicine centres the values of the patient, not the clinician, politician or commentator. #TheCassReview is shaped by stigma not science & fails #trans people. A must-read journal article from #TransHealth experts in Australia 🏳️‍⚧️ #GenderAffirmingCare #Transgender

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 1d

A new report published in The Medical Journal of 🇦🇺 argues that the 🇬🇧’s Cass Review should not be used as a guide for the care of young trans people.

It also asserts that 🇦🇺’s approach to treatment is recognised internationally as best practice.

www.outinperth.com/new-australi...

New Australian report says UK's Cass Review should not guide care for trans young people

Australian researchers argue that the UK's Cass Review is deeply flawed.

www.outinperth.com

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

There's a vindictive spitefulness to fmr Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds that is deeply disturbing. I hope Brittany Higgins & @davidsharaz.bsky.social have lots of support. 😔 #auspol #auslaw

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

Powerful words from Greta Thunberg, on her arrival in Greece, condemning the world's inaction to prevent or to take action to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza. Video: Independent #Israel #Gaza #GretaThunberg #GazaGenocide

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