Fran Ross
@franflaneuse.bsky.social
Socialist. Francophile. Retired freelance writer, media producer, project manager & educator. Living on stolen Turrbal land. Life Member of ALP.
Trump’s vanity battleship exposes AUKUS reactor problem pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Trump’s vanity battleship exposes AUKUS reactor problem
The planned nuclear-powered Trump-class battleship could place further pressure on already stretched US naval reactor supply chains, adding to doubts about Australia’s chances of receiving Virginia-cl...
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Israel accused of erasing evidence in Gaza pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Israel accused of erasing evidence in Gaza
A new human rights report accuses Israeli forces and contractors of removing and crushing Gaza’s rubble before investigators can examine possible evidence of genocide, mass graves and unlawful killing...
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"I arrived at a clear conclusion: the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically. "This is happening on our watch." — Mary Robinson johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...
What I saw in the West Bank
Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight, enabled by impunity and a lack of international political will.
johnmenadue.com
E-bikes should give you a lift, not land you in hospital. On Sunrise, I spoke about new national safety standards to keep unsafe, overpowered and easily modified e-bikes off the market while supporting safe cycling. Interview in bio #auspol
"You can hear the cows & the bulls are so excited about this." Lord Pocketsquare Jarrod Bleijie attempts to connect with the common people as he announces the $287.5m upgrade to Brisbane's RNA showgrounds which is part of the $3.5b Games athletes' village budget. #qldpol
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
Has your 13 year old decided what colour they want for their coffin? Or isn’t death a part of their life yet?
@elfdock.bsky.social · 18h agoAnd then he asked me to guess what colour his coffin was going to be.
The Crisafulli government has not been able to provide a full Queensland Rail timetable for 3 months now. Negotiations between unions & QR are ongoing. Currently no industrial action by the RTBU. Minister Brent Mickelberg still refuses to take the lead. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Frustrated commuters endure three months of disrupted rail services
Queensland Rail says one third of trains are now off the tracks due to a growing maintenance backlog as commuters stare down the barrel of more long months of reduced services.
abc.net.au
💛 bet he pays rent 🤣🤭 hope this brings ya joy #dogsky 💛
And exactly like the BBC, we should never forget how @abcnews @ABCaustralia has changed this country by doing exactly the same thing—endless airtime given to the rightwing and their propaganda without any pushback on lies/disinformation while shutting out progressive voices. #auspol
Nuisances sonores : « Le bruit n’est pas juste une notion de confort mais de santé publique » ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/0S2d
Crisafulli government's big plan; "dewokify" Queensland. The term "gender" scrubbed from the Office for Women website after Minister Fiona Simpson deemed the word to be “on the nose” & "loaded". (Research: she's an old advocate for gay conversion therapy). #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Mentions of ‘gender’ scrubbed from Queensland Office for Women website amid alleged effort to ‘dewokify’
Comparisons of live and archived pages show more than 20 mentions have been removed, including in reference to the gender pay gap
theguardian.com
The truth, forced out, is more damaging than coming clean pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
The truth, forced out, is more damaging than coming clean
A new round of royal commissions and public inquiries may expose not only corruption and mismanagement, but the deeper erosion of public trust in politics, parties and institutions.
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Secretive Liberal Christian faction under scrutiny www.thenewdaily.com.au/podcast/2026...
The Liberal Party’s secretive Christian faction under ICAC scrutiny
The NSW corruption watchdog has set its sights on a secretive right-wing Christian faction of the Liberal Party, “the Reformers”,
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@qldaah.bsky.social Thank you for the amazing job you do in keeping tabs on the evils of the Qld LNP govt and sharing details.
Premier David Crisafulli's plan to remove the requirement for Queensland police to seek a court order before for taking DNA samples from children has been condemned. #qldpol
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli & Health Minister Tim Nicholls congratulate themselves with cake. The Qld Health workforce strategy is now overdue & they can't provide a release date. Total Qld hospitals budget is now less than the funding inside draft agreements. #qldpol
Just sayin… Ms Hanson.. you can stick your ‘monoculture’ where the sun don’t shine. Not one of the dedicated, fabulous team that has looked after me in hospital would be ‘acceptable’ by your so called monocultural standard and I’m so grateful I had them all looking after me! #Auspol
There has been a greater percentage of children reported murdered by Israel in Gaza than in WWII's Nazi holocaust. And still Western and European "leaders" defend and enable the indefensible. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
This is how swiftly & easily Premier David Crisafulli reneges on his pledges. Just weeks ago he said Minister Amanda Camm would provide a progress update to estimates on the domestic & family violence prevention inquiry. Now he's denying it's a broken promise. #qldpol
BREAKING: The newly elected Prime Minister of Hungary announced that Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters Hungary.
This project is a practical, societal and moral disaster. Can it now.
David Marler@qldaah.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Crisafulli government has removed Indigenous people from Barrambin, locked out the public & sent in the machinery. As if the "public consultation" period wasn't enough of a farce, all that "green space" Premier David Crisafulli promised is scheduled to begin in 2042. #qldpol
The Crisafulli government has removed Indigenous people from Barrambin, locked out the public & sent in the machinery. As if the "public consultation" period wasn't enough of a farce, all that "green space" Premier David Crisafulli promised is scheduled to begin in 2042. #qldpol
A new Games stadium was never part of the original plan but it looks like Australians are about to get hit with more funding requests from David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie. They won't detail the total cost of their Colosseum but the $7.1b budget isn't going to cover it. #qldpol
Welcome to croc country, Queensland. Currents, floods & the Crisafulli government's dogged insistence that Games rowing be staged on the Fitzroy River, Rockhampton. (Ch7 left out Gina Rinehart's lobbying contribution). #qldpol
Queenslanders are being told by Premier David Crisafulli, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie & the elite to accept the Games Colosseum draft plan without knowing the total expense. Once consultation is finished, Qld will be told the cost. #qldpol
Sunday was the biggest sales pitch for the Crisafulli Colosseum so far but will Queenslanders accept it without knowing the full cost? Will Australians accept being hit up for more funding for something that wasn't in the original plan & the Qld LNP previously ruled out? #qldpol
It's the dream of David Fully-Costed & Lord Pocketsquare but is their Games Colosseum really fully costed ahead of the consultation period? #qldpol
