Julie Davey
@equityfem24.bsky.social
Lived Experience research partner & Board Member #stroke. Passions patient centered health care, social justice, #auspol, reading, writing, growing food, climate action, policy analysis, music, friends, kindness.
"By June 2027 we will have spent $11B on AUKUS without so much as a periscope to show for it." @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social - #AUKUS gravy train a big winner from the #Budget #auspol michaelwest.com.au/if-aukus-wer...
If AUKUS were NDIS? Rising cost of elusive subs submerged in budget - Michael West
The price of the AUKUS submarines program is rising while the chances of submarines being delivered is sinking.
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"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."
Israeli attacks kill 2,490 people in Lebanon since 2 March - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-kill-2490-people-lebanon-2-march
Israeli attacks kill 2,490 people in Lebanon since 2 March
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Gaza genocide death toll rises to 72,291 amid ongoing Israeli strikes - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-genocide-death-toll-rises-72291-amid-ongoing-israeli-strikes
Gaza genocide death toll rises to 72,291 amid ongoing Israeli strikes
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Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open go.nature.com/4c4JTwR
Why every scientist needs a librarian
Librarians can be key research partners who help to scour the literature, manage data and make science open.
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When an inhumane formula works for vulnerable people who live with disability, why not apply it to vulnerable aged Australians?
Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 6mo agoAged care clinicians and carers say an algorithm-based assessment tool that determines federal home support funding packages is “cruel” and “inhumane”, stripping away clinical expertise and leaving elderly people with inadequate support www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hunter Knitting Nannas at the NSW Minister for Police office today. After presenting a letter to staff expressing disappointment with police behaviour they had a good chat with them about NSW protest laws. See link for more knittingnannas.org/2026/02/11/h... Photo: lilyrayphotography 1/2 🧵
Helicopters, metal detectors, snipers on roofs in Bondi?? Australia feeling really socially cohesive right now, so glad the government decided to make that a priority 🫠
🤬🤬🤬 Still wondering why & how he was allowed to be here. The power Israel has over our govt is frightening! They say 'Jump!" & our Govt says "How high?" This visit only shows how powerful they are & what our politicians will do to appease them. *footnote* Calling out Genocide is NOT antisemitic!
I'm pretty sure that very few Australians needed the President of a nation state actively engaged in genocide against its neighbour, to come here and scold us on how we should be nicer and less critical of said genocidal nation state 😑 #auspol
Palestinian babies and toddlers are freezing to death in wet tents, because Herzog's regime has bombed 90% of dwellings in Gaza into rubble, and is refusing to let international aid agencies in to provide adequate shelter, health care, medical supplies & food aid. But at least his hair stays dry.
AusPoast@daryltractor.bsky.social · 6mo agoChris Minns holds an umbrella to ensure genocide enthusiast and missile-autographer Isaac Herzog doesn’t get his hair wet
The Australian government is being co-opted into Israel’s PR machine. That should never been allowed to happen
Honestly, wasn’t going to attend the Melbourne rally. Not much of a protest attending type. But just watched Herzog dismiss a question about 70’000 dead people by saying “we didn’t start it”. I’ll be going along now. Fuck him & the Israeli government & its murderous troops.
Omar Sakr@omarsakr.bsky.social · 6mo agoUpdated list
"In the name of balance our media gives credibility to Israeli propaganda. No one would think that we should give equal treatment to those who deny the Holocaust. Neither should we give balance to those who deny the continuing Holocaust in Gaza today." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
The Zionist lobby, antisemitism and Herzog
Australia’s political and media response to Gaza, including the invitation to Israel’s president, reflects the influence of pro-Israel lobbying and the shrinking space for lawful criticism.
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Submissions don’t need be long and submission guides are here to help. knittingnannas.org/2026/02/09/a...
Action of the Week 9 Feb 2026
Nannas strongly support the campaign by the Mudgee and Wollar communities to stop the expansion of the biggest operating coal mine in NSW: Moolarben OC3 coal mine expansion.
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Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia
Writing in the Guardian on Thursday UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged the Prime Minister to correct his terrible mistake in i...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
Release ALL of the Epstein files Hold each and every monster accountable
Dr Assal Rad— “𝘈𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 “Hey @apnews.com, would you use the same language if 30 Israelis were killed today?”
The new hate laws will only matter if hate directed at Aboriginal people is taken as seriously as hate directed at powerful groups. Anything less is just the same double standard we’ve become sadly accustomed to.
🟥 In Gaza, Israel has recovered its one remaining Israeli captive, Ran Gvili. It’s all over the news. What’s not in the news is that more than 10,000 Palestinians remain unaccounted for and buried under tons of rubble.
Police are treating an incident where a man allegedly threw a homemade bomb at an Invasion Day rally in Perth on Monday as a “potential terrorist act”.
Perth Invasion Day rally bomb incident investigated as ‘potential terrorist act’, police say
AFP flag further changes possible after footage released of alleged bomb being thrown
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The lack of media attention and comment from politicians etc has highlighted Australia's racism to Indigenous people. #auspol nit.com.au/28-01-2026/2...
Analysis: Attempted bombing in Boorloo exposes Australia’s selective outrage on racism
The attempted bombing at an Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth must not be treated as an isolated incident.It is part of a longer, deeply entrenched pattern of racism and violence directed at First P...
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We are being gaslit by successive govts in the thrall of bad actors promoting the use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile our communities and farms burn & we pay the price! #climatechange #ActNow @AlboMP
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... I’m posting this so people know what’s going on in Victoria,It’s a live blog. Ian
Live: Wind change set to hamper efforts to contain multiple out-of-control Victorian fires
Multiple out-of-control bushfires are threatening dozens of towns in central and north-eastern Victoria, with hot temperatures and strong winds resulting in "catastrophic" fire conditions. Follow live...
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I cannot emphasise enough how Australia's political and media class are destined to enact the worst outcomes (authoritarianism, race hate, violent suppression) to the Bondi terror attacks, even as the broad population generally supports the least-bad outcomes (community-building, gun control etc)
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 8mo agoAustralia’s most populous state will tighten security across Sydney following a deadly attack at Bondi Beach this month, with authorities leaving open the possibility of military support
