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@mir-cat.bsky.social

(she/her) Avid reader, procrastinator, and reluctant pessimist. Anti-genocide, anti-fascist, neurospicy LGBTQIA ally. Living on Wiradjuri land in Australia. **Posts and opinions shared are my own and do not necessarily reflect that of my employer.**

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Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Auspol Australia’s real pressures, housing, energy & the cost of living, are not eased by blaming those who pray differently, look different, or speak another language at home. Aust is strongest when it protects freedom of religion, equal citizenship, multicultural harmony & respectful disagreement

Statement on Senator Pauline Hanson's National Press Club address Senator Pauline Hanson used the National Press Club to revive a tired and divisive narrative: blaming Muslims, multiculturalism and immigration for Australia’s challenges. The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) rejects that premise entirely. We will not respond from a position of apology for our faith, our community, or our place in this country. Muslims have been part of this continent’s story since before British settlement. Makassan traders from the islands to our north were visiting the coasts of Arnhem Land and trading with Aboriginal people for generations before the First Fleet arrived. The cameleers who helped open the interior came later, and the first mosques were built under Queen Victoria in the 1800s. We are not guests asking to stay. This is our home, and our place in it is settled. ANIC opposes violence and incitement without reservation, whoever commits it. But Senator Hanson draws no meaningful line between a criminal fringe and well over a million Australian Muslims. To vilify an entire faith community is not policy. It is division dressed as public debate, and it weakens the social harmony Australia needs. We would add a point of principle. The label “extreme” is often applied selectively and politically. A view that one person finds extreme, another may regard as ordinary. Many Australians, by that same measure, would regard Senator Hanson’s own views as extreme. More importantly, holding a strong or unpopular opinion is not a crime, and it does not lead inevitably to violence. A confident society tolerates a wide range of beliefs and judges people by their actions, not their thoughts. The distinction Senator Hanson refuses to make, between belief and violence, and between a community and the few who break the law, is the very distinction that protects everyone’s freedom, including her own. Australia’s real pressures, housing, energy and the cost of living, are not ease…
Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

While the focus on Hanson's racism is warranted, it's worth noting that she also plans to go after transgender rights, and to further limit access to abortion. #ally #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA+ #transrights #forcedbirth #abortionishealthcare #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech

One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory address

theguardian.com

Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There is no sliver of doubt (not that there ever really was), no way for people to claim she is being misrepresented. If you support One Nation, you support racism. “We are a multiracial society, but we must be monocultural.” #auspol #racism www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech

One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory address

theguardian.com

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Prominent economist Saul Eslake demolishes LNP’s ‘aspiration’ myth saying their 1999 CGT discount failed to build a nation of entrepreneurs & shareholders, in fact, those rates only fell since 1999, while “disproportionately favouring richer & older Australians”💥 #auspol

Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Senate inquiry into major NDIS legislation is open for only 14 days, despite the legislation directly affecting millions of disabled Australians, families and carers. #auspol #ndis #disability #disabilityrights #humanrights www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Committee: Community Affairs Legislation Committee Date referred: 14 May 2026 Submissions close: 29 May 2026 Reporting date: 16 June 2026 On 14 May 2026 the Senate referred the National Disabilit...

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The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 4mo ago

Australia’s highly complex scientific infrastructure – whether it’s Canberra’s super computer or the ACDP – is too often the casualty of political myopia, or short-termism, scientists say. satpa.pe/P1YEpOH

Damage control at CSIRO’s Geelong biosecurity facility

The Geelong facility that stores some of the world’s most lethal diseases is long overdue an upgrade, with staff saying CSIRO funding shortages have delayed repairs planned a decade ago.

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Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are 7 weeks into the most egregious stock market manipulations of our lifetime. Orchestrated by a crooked president and his underlings. Billions siphoned via false proclamations of ceasefires and peace talks. With the criminals in charge, every day is a crime spree.

Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The World Central Kitchen founder believes that the world is sleepwalking into a massive, multi-year famine, being slow-walked by the “silent” collapse of the global fertilizer trade as a byproduct of the war with Iran. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... #auspol #uspol #famine

Chef José Andrés warns of multi-year world famine from Iran war

World Central Kitchen founder believes the war could cause a ‘silent’ collapse of the global fertilizer trade

theguardian.com

Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Angus Taylor, My mother is rapidly approaching the end of her life, in aged care. This awful time is being made easier by the tender, thoughtful care by people from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Australia. How dare you talk about ‘Australian Values’ & reboot One Nation/Trump bs about migrants.

Allsortsof Stuff@mir-cat.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I hope those tasked with committing these war crimes carefully consider their orders and their morals, and refuse. I am beyond heartbroken and exhausted by what has become of the US and her allies. The middle powers could have done more long before now. Don't you think @albomp.bsky.social? #auspol

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)