Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
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Every being has the right to peace, food and shelter. No more wars. Australia is behaving like a Trump lapdog. Condemn US/Israel aggression. #SolidarityWithIran
John Frew: Aggregate disability statistics suggest the schooling sectors share responsibility, but they can conceal where the most complex support needs actually land – and what public schools are expected to absorb. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Disability statistics hide the burden public schools carry
Aggregate disability statistics suggest the schooling sectors share responsibility, but they can conceal where the most complex support needs actually land – and what public schools are expected to ab...
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Do any Australians remember the hamburgers of their youth before the mass produced McDonald’s rubbish arrived? With actual fresh salad inc beetroot, a meat patty made by the business making the hamburgers, real ground beef, fried onion ?
"understand this, Abdul won not despite his values. Because of them."
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 7h agoLast night, 41-year-old Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan. What he overcame is not just politically significant. It is historic. And we must understand why so we can duplicate it nationwide. My latest: www.qasimrashid.com/p/dr-abdul-e...
Israel the monstrous State
Raimo Kangasniemi@rk70534.bsky.social · 2d ago"Palestinians in #Gaza City held a mass funeral for 112 members of the Hassayna & Abu Sharia families whose remains were recently recovered from beneath rubble years after an #Israeli strike in 2023..." m.youtube.com/watch?v=5JeR... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #GazaNews #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews
Nobody voted for this overreach @australianlabor.bsky.social This will not end well for anyone but #Genocide supporters. Is that who you are? #History is generally not kind with those who show such moral weakness. It will be extra unkind to those who fail now.
Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy@meckeringboy.bsky.social · 2d agotheaimn.net/the-weaponis... Segal “…has no legislative power to compel any institution to do anything. Her role is advisory. Yet Segal’s demanded sweeping legal & institutional changes that were never debated in Parliament. As one commentator noted, “This isn’t policy, it’s a Kafkaesque nightmare.”
Australia’s smoking & vaping policy created a system where cigarettes remain easy to buy, while safer options are treated as problem to be contained. That contradiction has weakened trust, fuelled illicit supply & made switching harder for adults who smoke pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Time to reform Australia’s failed policy on smoking and vaping
Australia’s sky-high cigarette excise and severely restricted legal access to vaping have helped fuel a vast illegal nicotine market, undermining public health, law enforcement and government revenue.
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Never fly Qantas. Stopped when delay out of Perth 17 yrs ago provided pilot with time to address waiting pax on hydraulic maintenance and the lack thereof. Never again.
Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · yesterdayThey’re using AI to justify slashing and offshoring even more Australian jobs and the Government is standing by and watching it happen. Ask yourself who profits from this? We need a system that delivers for the 99% who need jobs not the 1% who live off profits.
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Andrew Brown on the Royal Commission into #Antisemitism #auspol michaelwest.com.au/royal-commis...
Royal Commission into Antisemitism a "$131 Million Whinge" - Michael West
Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/al...
Allow the March for Gaza on the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
Israel's deliberate starvation of 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. According to the UN one third of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have not eaten for days. 40,000 babi...
megaphone.org.au
AUKUS Infrastructure, part 6: It is not too late to change course pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
AUKUS Infrastructure, part 6: It is not too late to change course
In the final part of a six-part series on AUKUS infrastructure, Peter Briggs argues that Pillar 1 cannot deliver on schedule or budget, and that Australia should pause its HEU pathway and assess prove...
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This Zionist has no allegience to Australia, yet wants to control the words and the behaviour of the people. This is political interference. Aided and abetted by Albo. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'Get this right': Top US Jewish leader's stark warning for Australia
The leader of one of the world's most high-profile Jewish organisations says Australia faces a crucial test on how it tackles the rise of antisemitism.
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Noel Pearson gave a great speech at Garma.Loved meeting him during Voice campaign.
The maddest among us rush to buy weapons Deep North
Wyvernsrose #RaiseTheRate@wyvernsrose.bsky.social · 3d ago
Important paper noting the limitations of conventional tobacco control and demonstrating how readily available and encouraged safer, smoke-free nicotine products have helped accelerate smoking decline in several countries @algore09algor.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can alternative nicotine products put the final nail in the smoking coffin? - Harm Reduction Journal
This review describes the evolution of smoking prevalence in countries with relatively high adoption of alternative nicotine products such as e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, and snus compared to neighbo...
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A reminder: Jillian Segal funded the NO vote for the Voice Referendum. Segal & her husband John Roth are among the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right lobby group “Advance”, which spreads racist propaganda, tropes & imagery [Anthony Klan]. & THIS is what Albanese-the ALP aligns with.
A reminder: Jillian Segal funded the NO vote for the Voice Referendum. Segal & her husband John Roth are among the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right lobby group “Advance”, which spreads racist propaganda, tropes & imagery [Anthony Klan]. & THIS is what Albanese-the ALP aligns with.
Dr Sally@drsally.bsky.social · 3d agowww.theguardian.com/australia-ne... A shocking tecord Sack Segal Support is needed for First Nations not foreign interferers
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/al...
Allow the March for Gaza on the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
Israel's deliberate starvation of 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. According to the UN one third of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have not eaten for days. 40,000 babi...
megaphone.org.au
14 Nuclear Reactors in 6 countries in Europe are closed because they have run out of water for cooling. Nuclear Power is no solution, Solar and Wind ARE.
They say they want the truth for this Royal Commission then they block a key witness, who is critical of ASIO, from returning to the country to give evidence. Always best to watch what they do, not what they say.
US/Israel head the world as both ecocial criminals and genocidal sadists. Divorce both!
Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · 4d agoIsrael dragged America into another war, then sat back on the spectator bench and watched U.S. taxpayers foot the bill. Borrowed money burned into bombs. Billions more bled out at gas stations and in inflation, all to reopen a strait that was open before Donald was duped into fighting Benjamin’s war
Israel dragged America into another war, then sat back on the spectator bench and watched U.S. taxpayers foot the bill. Borrowed money burned into bombs. Billions more bled out at gas stations and in inflation, all to reopen a strait that was open before Donald was duped into fighting Benjamin’s war
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/al...
Allow the March for Gaza on the Sydney Harbour Bridge!
Israel's deliberate starvation of 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. According to the UN one third of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have not eaten for days. 40,000 babi...
megaphone.org.au
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Labor’s controlled conference avoided the questions that matter
The ALP National Conference should have tested the government’s reform record and commitment to international law, but factional control turned it into a managed exercise in avoidance.
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