Join a massive, peaceful, and fun flotilla at the world’s largest coal port! Any vessel is welcome—from kayaks to boats to surfboards! No experience is needed to join the flotilla! Bring the kids for live music, food trucks, and fun activities. www.risingtide.org.au/paddle

If you chose power over the welfare of others you have failed all of us.

Huge overreach by the mayor #Truthtelling www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Feud escalates as artist puts warning on 'racist' statue

An artwork interrogating the legacy of a century-old statue of an African American boy on the main street of Maitland has sparked a feud between the local council and the artist.

abc.net.au

"We have been playing nice for long enough. We have marched. We have petitioned. We have testified. Nice hasn’t kept us safe. Patience hasn’t kept us safe." #WomanOfACertainRage #Auspol 💪 womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapb...

Harnessing women’s rage: What if we withdrew our money, labour and attention?

Women’s rage is not the problem; it can become a powerful force for consequences, accountability, collective action and change.

womensagenda.com.au

'Whipping up an external enemy has saved many a slippery political skin. A shudder of fear, a growl of racism... and suddenly we’re voting, not with our brains and hearts, but with our spleens.' The Tampa crisis: 25 years on ~ Frances Letters independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

The Tampa crisis: 25 years on

It was winter 2001 when the Tampa hullabaloo blew up: the watershed moment when decent agreement shrivelled away.

independentaustralia.net

Make lung cancer great again.

The ALP are refusing to act in our best interests and ban gambling advertising. Just signed this, check it out #Auspol greens.org.au/campaigns/ba...

Ban Gambling Ads | The Australian Greens

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PUT IT ON YOUR MUST READ LIST www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint

Author Adam Johnson criticises Waverley council saying ‘reality is often upsetting’ while Palestinian group says libraries should hold ‘challenging’ books

theguardian.com

Nauseating watching the news and the alleged Swans attacks are only framed in how it will impact the team.

Less concerned with ramifications of allegations against five Sydney Swans players on their finals campaign and more concerned with the consequences for the woman/women making the allegations who will have their trauma exacerbated through victim-blaming trial by misogynistic culture. Rinse, repeat!

Uh, uh, no decisions/ choices were made. They just ' found ' themselves in this situation. 🤦‍♀️🤬🤦‍♀️🤬🤦‍♀️🤬 STILL CHOOSING THE BEAR ♀️ #ToneDeaf #BelieveWomen

Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Safe to say we're extremely shocked and disappointed that this has taken place and that the players have found themselves in this situation," Pavlich said. Mate, they didn't "find themselves" in the situation.

Plastic water bottles!

Climate 200@climate200.bsky.social · 3d ago

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"We are talking about melons while the right claims a 10 per cent drop in house prices is going to cause a recession, and the government can’t even be bothered defending one of its only positive policies, both in terms of legacy and equity." Amy Remeikis www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Everywhere and nowhere – One Nation is a political Babadook

One Nation is the Australian political Babadook. Both parties are jumping at its shadow and using it in their own policies and rhetoric.

thenewdaily.com.au

Oh Clacton. Take a long, hard look at yourself 🙄

Good morning Blueys. Just a quick shout out to the many students who protested against ON and what they stand for. The kids are alright 👍🏾 ✊🏾

🧐 #Auspol womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-b...

National crisis? Just $457.5 million over 3.5 years allocated to frontline women’s safety services

Now compare that to the $2.5 billion the Federal and NSW Governments just announced they'll spend on bailing out a Rio Tinto aluminium smelter.

womensagenda.com.au

Every question asked is a thing the state has decided it needs to see clearly enough to govern; every question not asked is a thing the state has decided it can continue governing without seeing at all. ON THE 2026 CENSUS BLAK AND BLACK blakandblack.com/2026/08/12/t...

💪these wonderfully engaged young people and future voters have my full support #Auspol theconversation.com/high-school-...

High school students are protesting against One Nation. What’s the point if they can’t vote?

The argument that young people belong in school misses an important point: children and teenagers have political and civic rights.

theconversation.com

That the projected house price fall are not huge in the grand scheme of things does not mean the cutting CGT tax has not had a big impact. By my calculations the next 2 years (if ANZ's projections come true) will see a record improvement in affordability www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

FFS 🤦‍♀️ Out loud? This is what they have to offer? 😯 #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Live: Bragg backs substandard houses to get low-income Australians into homes

Andrew Bragg says substandard houses will allow low-income Australians to break into the housing market. Follow live.

abc.net.au

Dave Pope totally on point.

#Trump

Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨@debbienorthway.bsky.social · last wk.

The Newcastle inquiry live on YouTube just search “Aukus Innquiry”. Lawyer Kellie Tranter forensically exposing the legal, military and economic failures of the AUKUS disaster.

I hope the national and Newcastle press hold Pat Conroy to account for his blatant lies. He must correct his statements and inform the nation and his electorate of the facts not government propaganda and talking points. The public is sick of being treated like mugs!

"I don’t do politics." Cool. Your landlord does. Your employer does. Banks do. Mining companies do. Property developers do. Billionaires definitely fucking do. Maybe there’s a reason for that. #auspol

You’ve got three weeks left to welcome the new “theocratic libertarian” US Ambassador to Australia by watching this warning on SBS, Aussies. I haven’t watched it since it was new, and it’s more important than ever. #Auspol www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...

Watch God & Country

Watch God & Country for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

sbs.com.au

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Gina Rinehart says the ABC failed all women. What does her support for Pauline Hanson say?

The scale of Australia's violence against women crisis is enormous, but Gina Rinehart could make a significant dent if she wanted to.

womensagenda.com.au

Dear @albomp.bsky.social I've just written to my current MP here in my electorate of Bean and his likely opponent, asking what they will do to help ban gambling ads on TV. At this stage, the strength of those responses will determine my vote at the next election. Thanks.