Has any algorithm used in care work *not* lead to abuses and neglect?
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterdayLabor resists widespread calls to ditch 'cruel' aged care funding algorithm
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · yesterday
‘In the first five months of the algorithm's use, more than 1,000 people have asked for reviews. That is a six-fold increase on requests for review in 2024-25.’
Robert Maxwell@robmax4.bsky.social · 4d ago
Australian media has a long history of downplaying men's violence and villainising victims. Jane Gilmore says one factor is the branding of female journalists who report on these crimes as "activists" — a label rarely applied to male journalists who report on systemic failures in other areas.
Coles doesn’t want you to see this. Still happy to shop there? #auspol
It’s genuinely tragic when Labor’s Defence Minister says that the US, not Australia, will decide which of their nuclear submarines will come here and how long they will stay.
Reminder: 15Nov2005: An Israeli army officer fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a terrified unarmed 13yo Palestinian schoolgirl (shooting her 17 times!) declaring he'd have done the same if she'd been 3yo! He was acquitted on all charges. #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine
Can someone put up a draft Labor platform that states that Israel can’t dictate Australia’s foreign policy please?
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.Israel argues draft Labor platform gives 'insufficient attention' to Hamas
Attacks hit neighbourhoods in Gaza City far beyond the line Israeli forces are meant to hold under the ceasefire.
Israeli attacks on residential areas in Gaza kill eight
Attacks hit neighbourhoods in Gaza City far beyond the line Israeli forces are meant to hold under the ceasefire.
aljazeera.com
Those "guardrails" look pretty flimsy, PM. ⤵️ Wouldn't want to discourage investment, would we? #auspol
The scheme falls critically short of the $71bn reportedly needed for Gaza's recovery over the next 10 years.
EU unveils $1bn fund for Gaza war recovery
The scheme falls critically short of the $71bn reportedly needed for Gaza's recovery over the next 10 years.
aljazeera.com
David Tomkins 🦋@davidctomkins.bsky.social · last mo.Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system. #climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-gra...
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
Displaced Gaza farmers turn to dirt near tents to grow crops
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
aljazeera.com
"Withdraw troops from all of Lebanon. Call an immediate halt to the madness in the West Bank. Release the thousands of Palestinian hostages and start behaving like human beings toward the Palestinians, before the world forces us to." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...
Israel’s Iran failure is an opportunity to face reality
Israel’s failure to impose its will on Iran should be treated not as a disaster but as a reality check, exposing the limits of military force and the urgent need to end a politics built on permanent w...
pearlsandirritations.com
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
aljazeera.com
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed 3,269 people since March 2.
Israel orders mass displacement for all south Lebanon; no US-Iran deal yet
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed 3,269 people since March 2.
aljazeera.com
forgot the link. Here is the report on our government giving yet more of our money to one of the wealthiest groups in the nation to promote zionist interests. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
Jillian Segal hired former Scott Morrison adviser on $200,000 contract without public tender process
Company founded by Yaron Finkelstein received contract to advise on antisemitism under a limited tender due to an ‘absence of competition for technical reasons’
theguardian.com
Israel continues its #GazaGenocide ....quietly.
Middle East Monitor@middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Government Media Office in Gaza warned on Tuesday of what it described as a dangerous decline in humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip due to the siege and restrictions imposed by Israel. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260520-gov...
Palestinians have the right to resist the occupation of their homelands and the genocide of their people without being labelled antisemitic.