All power to the students standing up for diversity and inclusion today. And for the mainstream media, Barnaby Joyce is hardly in a position to give moral commentary! Piss off with your racism, bigotry, prejudice and division, One Nation.
Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
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Stop deforestation now Australian TOC Transnational Organized Crime asset stripping the planet DM=block
Commenting today: “Two of these people around Farage were in and out of the Russian Embassy discussing Gold and Diamond deals. The third has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for taking Kremlin Gold. What did Nigel know?” ✍️ @peterjukes.bsky.social
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence with ‘Moscow’s Man in Ukraine’
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Your daily reminder that being in the US illegally is not even a felony (and huge number of those detained ARE here legally). Mind-boggling we're treating these people like serial killers.
404 Media@404media.co · 1h agoNEW: ICE plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on buying specialized gloves that pulse with electrical energy, which make it easier for agents to subdue people. 404 Media read the manual that says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”
Prosecutors' improper political push for a personal purpose https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-08-13/475642/ #Auspol
Prosecutors' improper political push for a personal purpose
A collective show of support for NSW DPP Sally Dowling has raised questions about whether senior prosecutors used the authority of public office for a personal and political purpose.
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It's a gross miscarriage of justice that David McBride was ever jailed. It's a gross undermining of democratic process that Albanese, Dreyfus and now Rowland have not fixed #whistleblower protections. #auspol
Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 15h agoOne woman decides. AG Michelle Rowland to decide tomorrow if whistleblower David McBride gets out of jail on parole #auspol #whatsthescam michaelwest.com.au/michelle-row...
Profits are privatised, losses socialised. That's the hidden hand. Transfer of taxpayer money to big business. #auspol
Comrade Dogboy KC AO@comradedogboy.bsky.social · 9h agoBut no dental in Medicare? I thought the invisible hand of the market was king, not profitable, go somewhere else. These capitalists want it all!! #auspol #Alboweakathenese www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🟥 ‘Platformicide’ of Palestine: Activists struggle to be heard on Meta. A report by Palestinian NGO 7amleh and Utrecht University analyses 3,520 cases of digital rights violations against Palestinians. 1/6 www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
‘Platformicide’ of Palestine: Activists struggle to be heard on Meta
Report by NGO 7amleh, Utrecht University analyses 3,520 cases of digital rights violations against Palestinians.
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I call it a Scrag..!?! #Auspol
The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · 15h ago“But while we can afford to do anything we want; we can’t afford to do everything we want. At some point, governments have to choose whether to look after Australians more, or to look after mining companies more." Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
youtube.com/watch?v=y-v-... #garyseconomics is correct; if you want low taxes, move to a third world country as that's what happens if you don't collect enough taxes to offer decent services to your people #auspol #punterspolitics #wealthinequality #tax Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Everyone's Yelling About Tax. Nobody's Mentioned THIS | Punters Politics
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Peggy Sanders@peggysanders.bsky.social · 3h agoKaren Barlow: An expanding group of Liberals say the position of federal Liberal president Tony Abbott is “untenable” as a New South Wales corruption inquiry probes allegations of a $2 million far right-wing Christian conspiracy to take over the party. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic....
It's novel idea for most career politicians and rusted-on believers, that an MP should represent their constituents. But its a hallmark of the Independent. It's what could transform #Auspol thepoint.com.au/new/260812-a...
Andrew Wilkie says freer parliamentary voting could help restore trust in politics
As governments around the world grapple with growing voter disillusionment and distrust, Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has called for more free votes in Parliament, arguing politicians should be able t...
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More pro-Israeli bias in UK government protecting #BlackCore Why the preferential treatment #ukpol #auspol
Europa 24@stuartlabrum.bsky.social · 6h agoUK withholds files on Israeli firm accused of meddling in Scottish Parliamentary Election, citing national security #ScottishParliamentaryElection #UKGovernment #IsraeliFirm #BlackCore #DigitalInfluenceOperation
📺 TONIGHT | Authors Eli Clifton & Ian Lustick join Drop Site to discuss their new book, Israel's Lobby At 7 PM ET, @eliclifton.com & Ian Lustick sit down w/ Drop Site's @ryangrim.bsky.social & @mazmhussain.bsky.social for a live conversation on their new book... dropsitenews.com/p/tonight-at...
The red line below isn't just a line. It's how destructive and widespread food shortages, water shortages, and extreme weather will be. We're already in unprecedented territory, and that line is going to keep going up for the next 3 months. 😬🚨 Tell your state leaders to prepare: elninowarning.com
Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net · 2d agoThe Nino 3.4 sea surface temperature (preliminary) is at 29.65°C, as of August 9th, the 72nd consecutive record daily high, on its way to crushing the previous record high of 29.82°C, set November 17th, 2015. The Nino 3.4 anomaly currently sits at 2.77°C above the 1991-2020 average.
“A toddler was locked up for the first two years of her life. These are the people the High Court ruling .. protects, not just non-citizens with criminal records." @alisonbattisson.bsky.social on creeping totalitarianism. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/liberty-begi...
The battle against authoritarian government begins with the separation of powers - Michael West
The Gageler High Court is pushing back to sure up the Constitutional limits of power of the judiciary, executive and legislature.
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Queensland is heading for another Fitzgerald Inquiry. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Conflict of interest questions raised as Qld deputy premier approves planning changes
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie personally approved town planning changes championing house development in a zone where landowners included a developer who had just donated $50,000 for a priv...
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The battle against authoritarian government begins with the separation of powers Alison Battisson reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/liberty-begins-begins-with-the-separation-of-powers/
And so the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank accelerates against the backdrop of the never-ending genocide in Gaza
In this study, interviewees saw clear connections between the psychological, economic, social and political aspects of their lives.
‘I don’t even know what things are going to look like in the next five years’: young Australians on growing up in a world in crisis
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"—the terrified voice of the lawyer who rang me late last week, and the terror rolling through so many families right now, underscore that the Tampa crisis/victory has woven itself through the DNA of Australia’s politics, our culture and I would argue, its soul." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...
Twenty-five years after Tampa, Australia is still at sea
As Labor considers tougher migration measures amid pressure from One Nation and the Coalition, the legacy of Tampa still shapes how Australia treats refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.
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Andy Burnham says the bigger questions of oil and gas will come "at the right moment in time." On the eve of another heatwave when thousands of people have died already, when is a better time to rule out drilling for new oil and gas?