Nada Vlatko
@nadavlatko.bsky.social
Born on Korcula, a little island in the Adriatic. Now settled gratefully and respectfully on Cameraygal land on the world's biggest island, Australia.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/se...
Seafolly must release its gender pay gap data!
Gaps like this are not about paying men and women differently for the same job. They're usually about who holds which roles: men concentrated in senior, higher paid positions, women in lower paid, cus...
megaphone.org.au
it is a terrible thing I say that in 2026, the lessons learned from the Second World War and the Holocaust - the absolute horror of it, are now being repeated by two/three world leaders with no moral compass and no way of seeing an end to their moral turpitude.
"Ask a lawyer what courage looks like. "It looks like a 62-year-old man walking out of the Alexander Maconochie Centre in Canberra, having been proved right but having paid for it." johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...
What courage looks like: David McBride walks free
David McBride has emerged from prison after paying an extraordinary personal price for exposing information about alleged war crimes. His case should leave Australia with more than gratitude – it shou...
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My final cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com 😭 (I always did cartoons for the International Guardian on Saturdays so this is a #USPol one with a bit of Leavitt-y) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How will history remember Karoline Leavitt? | Fiona Katauskas
Depends who’s writing it
theguardian.com
Why weren't the people responsible for #RoboDebt punished?
My temporary return to Australia has been more stressful than anticipated and has brought forward parts of a much older life I thought we had left behind. rick-morton.ghost.io/something-fa...
Something Familiar
A few months ago my brother Toby went back to prison for the first time since his inaugural stint circa 2010. I was in Paris at the time and Mum was left to figure out what was happening and why, thou...
rick-morton.ghost.io
Powerful emotions. I came upon Blato in My Heart about our Korcula birthplace. Sung by a trad south Dalmatian Klapa, it's familiar to all born there in the 20thC. It hit me I haven't seen Blato since 2019 & miss it. I love & belong in Aust but pull of heritage is strong. youtu.be/feMVGTBTzSA?...
Klapa Kanela - Blato u srcu mom
YouTube video by Petra Mašković
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If The US Had Universal Healthcare Or Medicare For All, Folks Could Get Their Diagnosis Sooner,And Have A Better Chance At Survival. They've Known This For Years....... (Stanford Medicine)
Pauline Hanson has updated her parliamentary register of interests for her European trip - disclosing that Gina Rinehart paid for the flights www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
If I was prime minister I would simply not go to dinner with billionaire tax avoiders. Indeed, I might just tax them instead.
Australia's jobseeker system fails workers and enriches millionaires, report says
Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.
abc.net.au
Wow! What a winning appearance at the #RC by Yasmine Johnson. She nailed every question with clarity & conviction. They rarely had comeback to her pithy, factual & simple responses. It’s an hour long, but well worth the listen. #auspol youtu.be/1l7n83fVpdc
Jewish socialist Yasmine Johnson at the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion
YouTube video by Socialist Alternative (Australia)
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Sarah Schwartz currently giving powerful evidence to the Royal Commission about the repugnant abuse directed at her and other progressive Jews by the pro- Israel fanatics in the Australian Jewish community.
Last year I learnt first hand that women's heart attack symptoms can be very different from men's. I had a chat to the Heart Foundation about it podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/1hk3...
Internet bias and women's heart attack symptoms
Podcast Episode · Stories from the Heart · 16 June · 22min
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Raf Epstein calls out blatant favouritism media gives Pauline Hanson “She could never say ‘show me the good Jews” “She says that about Muslims” “If she said that about Jews there’d be a discussion on this couch whether or not she should be prosecuted under hate laws”💥🎯 #auspol
Man Who Supports One Nation and Socceroos Suffers Mental Breakdown After Former Refugee Scores World Cup Goal
Man Who Supports One Nation and Socceroos Suffers Mental Breakdown After Former Refugee Scores World Cup Goal — The Shovel
A man who within the last 24 hours has both called for an end to all immigration to Australia and chanted ‘Aussie Aussie Aussie’ at a World Cup live site, was said to be in a serious but stable condit...
theshovel.com.au
Who knew crochet could be so useful! Every home needs a voodoo inspired fabric arts tool holder. Maybe I should give knitting a break for a while.
"They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew” Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen & Alexei Sayle DON’T HOLD BACK
"They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew” Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen & Alexei Sayle DON’T HOLD BACK
You won’t see this on the BBC
doubledown.news
"I have spent the past five years collecting evidence of grave violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank. All states, including Australia, must respond to these atrocities" — Chris Sidoti www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia has a legal obligation to act in response to Israel’s crimes. Here’s how | Chris Sidoti
I have spent the past five years collecting evidence of grave violations of international law in Gaza and the West Bank. All states, including Australia, must respond to these atrocities
theguardian.com
"The People of the Twin Cities reminded all Americans that we can not take our democracy for granted.” – Caroline Kennedy, Honorary President, JFK Library Foundation Congratulations to Jerome Powell and the people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota as 2026 JFK Profile in Courage Award Honorees! 2/2
Birth rates are declining in most of the world, including Australia. Here’s why that really matters theconversation.com/birth-rates-...
Birth rates are declining in most of the world, including Australia. Here’s why that really matters
Rather than an exploding overpopulation bomb, the world faces an economic and social implosion due to lacking supports to help raise much-wanted children.
theconversation.com
ABC’s 730 programme aired this bizarre exchange where Flotilla activist Neve was pushed to show documentation of her alleged abuse at the hands of Israeli forces. What do you think of this line of questioning? youtu.be/MUcQgzdyHIE
Flotilla activists under fire… from media
YouTube video by Ette Media
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When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.
Absolutely ridiculous. Social cohesion in Australia means attacking people who oppose genocide, accusing them of antisemitism, then silencing them.
Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network says criticism of Israel is routinely misrepresented as antisemitic – and that Palestinian voices are being excluded from debate
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