Nour Haydar

@nourhaydar.bsky.social

Host and Senior Producer @australia.theguardian.com Full Story Podcast | Former Federal Political Reporter | Opinions Mine

Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The protesters have tried to block workers from accessing the facility, which they claim is aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks with seni…

The rising resistance to Pine Gap - podcast

Protests on an outback road in the Northern Territory have refocused attention on Pine Gap, the secretive US satellite base near Alice Springs. The protesters have tried to block workers from accessing the facility, which they claim is aiding Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks with seni…

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THREAD 💭 Yesterday, after 24 hours of silence, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood in the Blue Room and publicly backed US President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian uranium enrichment facilities. He said Iran mustn’t be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and “we support action to prevent that”

Former minister now backbencher Ed Husic says the Albanese govt “can and should be doing more” on Gaza. Says: - Israeli ambassador should be called in & more aid demanded - financial aid should be ramped up - prepare targeted sanctions on Israeli leaders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia has a proud history of standing up against human catastrophe. Gaza should be no exception | Ed Husic

We can and should be doing more to help the two million Palestinians struggling to survive

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It is frustrating to hear UN commissioner, Chris Sidoti, say it may take until the end of the year to release their determination of genocide in Gaza however I really appreciated this in depth conversation from @nourhaydar.bsky.social on today’s Full Story.

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“Assuming home values from here climb in line with the Reserve Bank’s inflation rate target of 2.5%, and wages grow by 3.5% a year, it will take 70 years… to push the house price-to-income ratio back down to 6.5.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australians could be waiting more than 70 years for affordable housing if prices follow path pushed by major parties

Labor and the Coalition have launched policies to tackle the crisis, but they shied away from the idea of falling house prices

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A Department of Homeland Security media representative told the Guardian Australia that the department “cannot answer questions on something we cannot verify the veracity of”. “Just like I cannot confirm the existence of big foot.”

Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial

Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’

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Grassroots Labor members are ramping up internal pressure on the government over its positions on the Middle East and Aukus, urging Anthony Albanese to make two major foreign policy shifts if he wins a second term. @danjb.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gaza and Aukus nuclear sub deal divide Labor and grassroots groups

Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine and Labor Against War ramp up internal pressure on Albanese government over major foreign policy positions

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“It’s actually dismantling my career, but also more broadly, anyone else’s career who may possibly engage with critically towards a political position or a political opinion.” Big respect to Khaled Sabsabi on the integrity and ethics of his work: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Khaled Sabsabi says Creative Australia decision was ‘kneejerk’ reaction that is ‘dismantling’ his career

Exclusive: Lebanese-Australian artist says ‘nobody should have to go through this torture’ in first interview since being dumped from Venice Biennale exhibition

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NEW: Artist Khaled Sabsabi has blamed Creative Australia for the “dismantling” of his career and said the board’s decision to revoke his appointment as Australia’s Venice Biennale representative has given the green light for others to smear his reputation. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Khaled Sabsabi says Creative Australia decision was ‘kneejerk’ reaction that is ‘dismantling’ his career

Exclusive: Lebanese-Australian artist says ‘nobody should have to go through this torture’ in first interview since being dumped from Venice Biennale exhibition

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Labor capitulated to Coalition demands and agreed to mandatory minimum jail sentences in large part because of this “fake terrorism plot”. Now we have laws that Labor’s own national platform says won’t reduce crime, undermine the judiciary, and lead to discriminatory outcomes

Amy Remeikis@amyremeikis.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have new laws with seriously dangerous consequences in response to what was a fake plot police believe was designed to divert attention and resources to enable other criminal acts. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

EXCLUSIVE: Two Palestinian flags on a tapestry on display at the National Gallery of Australia have been concealed with white fabric, in what the artists have described as an act of censorship they only agreed to reluctantly.

‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia

Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry

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Media release: Artistic and creative organisations across Australia must reaffirm their commitment to freedom of expression following a series of interventions over the past 12 months which have resulted in artists being silenced or sidelined. https://meaa.io/3CYDkg5

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