I can’t see corruption 😆 “The change drew accusations of “jobs for mates” from across the aisle, with a string of former colleagues and one-term MPs elected under Mark McGowan being appointed to powerful, influential or lucrative roles.“ www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...

‘Jobs for the boys’? Labor slashes wait times for ex-MPs to join WA government boards

Previously, a member of a state government board or committee was ineligible for remuneration if they were a member of parliament within the last 12 months.

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Australian protesters ‘outraged’ over Israel’s war on Gaza, government’s ‘complicity’: Analysis

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Thousands took to the streets of Melbourne too in solidarity with the people of #Gaza. (📸 Shazl Harro)

NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide. #MarchForHumanity (🎥 Ema Franklin)

AP:"Thousands of demonstrators marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday in support of Palestinians. The bridge was closed to traffic for longer than expected after the group changed its route." Get your facts right AP - the protestors did not change 1/... #auspol youtu.be/t1kOkose1_k?...

Thousands march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support for Palestinians in Gaza

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Showing the world what Australia stands for. The Australian government doesn’t represent Australian values www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sydney Harbour Bridge: Tens of thousands turn out for pro-Palestine march

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed by the march, after it was authorised to go ahead by the Supreme Court hours earlier.

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This what Israel has done to Gaza. Forbidden pics by a Washington Post photographer whose Jordanian air crew didn't pass on Israel's order to only photograph aid being dropped. City, suburbs, schools, people: bombed to rubble. People being starved in makeshift camps on road roundabouts. #Genocide

Hey @albomp.bsky.social gonna do anything? “Uncle Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves has penned a letter to the prime minister demanding urgent intervention in the Northern Territory's youth justice system.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

'They are using their power to destroy us': Elder’s urgent appeal to PM

Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves joins growing calls for federal intervention into law and justice policies in the Northern Territory.

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Fvck off Tony

It is another tech bubble but it will leave a legacy observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Paying geeks $200m but slashing jobs – this is what an AI...

The tech giants are spending fortunes on ‘ultra-smart’ algorithmic experts – but to the cost of other staff

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NOT NEWSWORTHY FOR MSM “Delegates from 180 countries will meet in Geneva from 4 August tomorrow for the final negotiation of a UN treaty to limit plastic pollution.” Anyone knows Australian government position? Fossil fuels again eh observer.co.uk/news/science...

The treaty that could end the plastic deluge | The Observer

Microplastics have found their way into our oceans, our food and even our brains. But the man behind landmark research into ‘the small stuff’ thinks a UN...

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“If states are breaching their Closing the Gap targets…there must be real consequences. Albanese should start by withholding federal funding to the NT Police and calling a National Cabinet meeting on deaths in custody and child jailing… “

Sabrina Balfour @sbalfour.bsky.social · last yr.

NOT NEWSWORTHY FOR MSM “Earlier this week, Senator Thorpe successfully moved a motion - passed in both Houses of federal parliament – urging nationwide action on the crisis of First Nations deaths in custody” Why hasn’t @albomp.bsky.social acted? nit.com.au/02-08-2025/1...

NOT NEWSWORTHY FOR MSM “Earlier this week, Senator Thorpe successfully moved a motion - passed in both Houses of federal parliament – urging nationwide action on the crisis of First Nations deaths in custody” Why hasn’t @albomp.bsky.social acted? nit.com.au/02-08-2025/1...

“Beads and trinkets”– Lidia Thorpe slams Prime Minister’s “exercise in optics” at Garma

Independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Anthony Albanese's 'annual excursion to Garma' as having become 'an exercise in optics, an attempt to Blackwash the Labor Party'.The Gunnai, Gund...

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A reality check on the gap between government spin and the effect of the law www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aC_...

Is the "ban" on under-16s from YouTube constitutionally valid?

YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion

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“The tens of thousands of people who will march across the Harbour Bridge tomorrow are crying out for moral leadership. It is a time for all of us, including those in positions of power, to do everything they can to halt an active genocide and stand with the people of Gaza.“ 👏

Jewish Council of Australia@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · last yr.

full release here www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/08/medi...

A neoliberal response from a neoliberal government. Mining given unfettered access to traditional lands as condition for Federal funding? Not this year, but perhaps next? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

PM announces Indigenous economic development plan at Garma

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveils a plan to lift Indigenous communities out of poverty, saying it's time First Nations people were supported to "unlock the true potential of their land".

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“passed motions do not bind government…. “ What is the point of being @australianlabor.bsky.social member? aapnews.aap.com.au/news/palesti...

Palestine permeates Labor as leaders focus on elections

Tensions are evident at a Labor state conference where members staged a silent protest and powerbrokers met party faithful to discuss policy and elections.

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Days after Woodside said its "long history of operating excellence" made it a suitable operator for the ageing Bass Strait regulator NOPSEMA slammed it for a string of preventable safety and environmental incidents on three bungled offshore decommissioning jobs www.boilingcold.com.au/woodside-sla...

Woodside slammed for preventable offshore incidents

Regulator NOPSEMA has directed Woodside to properly plan its work after a series of preventable safety incidents off the WA and Victorian coasts.

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Don’t think Burgess is across his brief. Certainly good at saying what the government of the day wants to hear. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Foreign spies are targeting defence employees working on Aukus, Asio boss reveals

Public servants and private contractors with access to sensitive national security information are making it easy for spies, including by posting on LinkedIn, Mike Burgess will say in a speech

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Sabrina Balfour @sbalfour.bsky.social · last yr.

Interesting both US and Singapore Security annual reports see the growth of ISIS in the Pacific and SE Asia spurred by Gaza as the number one security threat. Meanwhile Australian security thinks surveilling public servants is the main threat. www.mha.gov.sg/docs/default...

Interesting both US and Singapore Security annual reports see the growth of ISIS in the Pacific and SE Asia spurred by Gaza as the number one security threat. Meanwhile Australian security thinks surveilling public servants is the main threat. www.mha.gov.sg/docs/default...

Australian aid used to create police states in the Pacific. Securing free democratic nations or entrenching dictatorships and oligarchies? nit.com.au/01-08-2025/1...

Pacific, Australia police forces to discuss regional deployments

Pacific police chiefs are scoping areas where additional assistance can be deployed as Australia helps scale up regional security responses by training local officers.The first contingent of Pacific p...

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It’s official: Portugal prepares to recognise state of #Palestine. Meanwhile #Albo dithers - it's what he does best. #auspol www.portugalresident...

Gough Whitlam remembered for universal health care, Bob Hawke, Superannuation,Julia Gillard the NDIS. Albanese unwavering support for Genocide.

Pretty unfvcking believable in a decades long housing crisis @australianlabor.bsky.social

Peter Murphy@peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · last yr.

The Albanese Labor Govt and the Liberal Party teamed-up today (Thu 31Jul25) to vote to prevent an inquiry into legislation that will allow the AUS Govt to build public housing for US troops in Australia as part of #AUKUS. FMD. #auspol share.google/CqVLUsb42a7X...

#AUKUS is a dangerous fantasy www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Rebuilding Australia's National Security - ABC listen

Australia’s defence outlook and the preparedness of our nation to adequately defend itself is currently under review and worth further discussion.

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Why is the FBI setting up shop in NZ? They are a domestic service for the US. They are not the CIA. Or are Aus/NZ considered US territory already?

Big Fullah G😎arma www.youtube.com/shorts/bQqS7...

Relive the moment this Jarjum stole the show at the Garma Opening Ceremony Buŋgul 2024 | NITV

YouTube video by NITV

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Carefully worded letter but those who signed it, must know better. Palestine has been a UN observer state since 2012 and ICJ just ruled that even loosing criteria (very doubtful) does not call into question statehood. I would fail this essay if it had been an exam. www.thetimes.com/article/7348...

Palestine pledge could break the law, top lawyers warn Starmer

A letter, signed by 40 peers, explains that the recognition of the territory could break the terms laid out for statehood in the Montevideo Convention

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On this day in 1956 the first poker machines were legalised for used in NSW Clubs. The damage caused since that time is incalculable. From the Archives, 1962: The rise of the pokies www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

From the Archives, 1962: The rise of the pokies

Six years after their introduction in registered clubs, the Herald examined the social and economic impact of poker machines in NSW.

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