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Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 8h

Rallies will be happening nation wide this sunday OCT 12.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7h

Greens Senator @nickmckim.bsky.social in estimates pointing out 82% of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to the richest 10%, so why does the govt think that is good policy?
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Australia Institute Live: 'I'm very proud of the team I lead' says Sussan Ley as she's forced to fend off party room woes for the third day All the day's events, as it happens

It's the final day of the House sitting, with estimates hearings continuing and the Coalition still in a mess. All the day's events, with fact checks, live.

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 7h

Caladenia straminichila - the Tenterden Yellow Spider Orchid

Seen in open woodlands near the small townsite of Tenterden in the south of Western Australia. Although the townsite lends the orchid its name, this orchid grows more more widely in inland areas
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz

Picture of a pale yellow spider orchid with a labellum that has red markings

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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 6h

114 additional species were listed as threatened and three declared extinct between 2019 and 2024, according to a new report. In response, the Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) is calling for $200 million a year to protect and recover threatened species.

Queensland government called out for 'not taking environment seriously'

The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has called out the LNP government for "not taking the environment seriously" with the number of flora and fauna species under threat on the rise.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 6h

Cook your kids for fun and profit with gas!

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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 5h

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 7h

Today I’m suggesting an amendment to the government’s proposed legislation for a Cente for Disease Control. I’m pushing the govt to include preventative health care- like considering the mental health impact of gambling harm- from its first day.

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Rising Tide Australia @risingtideaus.bsky.social · 4h

🪑 Armchair activists, assemble! 😜

We need YOU to sign our petition to the Port to stop coal ships during the Blockade.

The Port calls itself “a global leader in sustainability” — let's pressure them to live up to that claim.

risingtide.nationbuilder.com/stop_the_coa...

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 3h

“It's unfathomable that in 2025, Australia could
pass new environment laws that ignore climate
change & keep politicians in charge of approvals.”
@australianlabor.bsky.social have the majority they’re choosing a future of over 2 degrees. Climate criminals.
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol

Environmental Justice Australia @envirojustice.bsky.social · 5h

This morning, we’re alarmed by reports that the Albanese government is nearing a deal with the Coalition to push through environment law reforms.

Read more: envirojustice.org.au/press-releas...

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 4h

What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide.

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What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide

From surviving the Rwanda genocide to rebuilding her life in Australia, Frida uses her voice to inspire healing, compassion and unity.

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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 4h

When NSW Labor came to power in 2023 there was hope that the housing affordability crisis might ease. Now, after two years on, those hopes have been dashed. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...

No promises, targets or truth: NSW Labor’s betrayal of public housing

When NSW Labor came to power there was hope that the housing affordability crisis might ease. Now, after two years on, those hopes have been dashed, writes Andrew Chuter.

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Marns🌿🍉 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 4h

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 4h

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 4h

The minister for the destruction of the environment, doesn’t have to work with them, he’s chosen to, while fucking over our only barely liveable planet. Climate criminals. Same, same.

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Suzie Gold @suziegold1.bsky.social · 5h

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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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Tom Dowling @tomdowling.bsky.social · 5h

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Tom Dowling @tomdowling.bsky.social · 2d

Send Albo a message by joining your local chapter of the Nationwide March for Palestine this Sunday.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 5h

Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 6h

More information on this to come today in Senate Estimates, where I am questioning the Department of Defence.

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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 8h

The "flotilla of boats in the desert"
• the Australian Government enact immediate sanctions against Israel; the Australian attorney general prosecute Pine Gap's active involvement in the genocide;
• Close and return Pine Gap stolen lands to Arrernte people.
#Auspol

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 1d

Labor pledged to save $6.4bn through cutting the government's use of consultants and external labour, and yet here they are forking out more. The government's focus must be on rebuilding the public service for core work functions.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 20h

You can almost guarantee that the AFP’s new taskforce for investigating things-that-aren’t-terrorism will be looking closely into climate activists

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 20h

In the Trump era, this is terrifying. Apparently criticising capitalism 🥴🤣 is terrorism now in the US.
#Auspol

Australian Federal Police ®
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The AFP has set up new National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia's social cohesion.
The NSI teams will work closely with state and territory police, law enforcement and national security partners to provide a coordinated, consistent and intelligence-led response to security threats, and also work on a global level through operations, capabilities and relationships with the international law enforcement intelligence community.
There are current and emerging groups dispersed across Australia and in some cases, overseas, who are eroding our country's social fabric by advocating hatred, fear, and humiliation. While many of these crimes may not meet the threshold of terrorism, the AFP has identified concerning behaviours which could escalate to politically-motivated violence or hate crimes, which seriously put the Australian community at risk.
There is no place for hate or violence in our communities and the AFP will defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from these threats.
Anyone with information about possible threats to the community or suspicious activity should make a report to the National Security Hotline on 1800 123 400. In an emergency or life-threatening situation, contact Triple

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20h

Asking Home Affairs about staffing for the Special Envoys - the Antisemitism envoy has 5 FTE positions (6 staff) and the Islamophobia envoy is still recruiting 👀

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Peter George @indy4franklin.bsky.social · 1d

Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours.

The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”

Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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

THIS is what you're defending, justifying and complicit in,
@albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.

THIS.

How dare you lecture us about Hamas displaying a lack of humanity, in the face of Israel's blatant and constant barbarity and inhumanity. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Proposed changes to Australia’s FOI laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, our new research shows.

The PM described Robodebt as a “gross betrayal and human tragedy”, yet his government plans to make cabinet documents harder to access. #auspol

Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research

Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...

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