www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa... From aap.com.au/factcheck 17th October 2025

OH THE VIOLENCE!!!

well i think naming a ballroom after your best friend is something to be celebrated tbh

James Paterson doesn't want Australians to go to Gaza because it's dangerous. < t.co/fH1fDhUJx0 > ⤵️ His LNP colleagues bemoan Gazans coming here because "the war's over" and, umm, it's 𝒏𝒐𝒕 dangerous? < t.co/PrSVIsX7gm > Can anyone reconcile these two statements? I'm struggling here. #auspol

Trump is a failing authoritarian whose approval ratings are tanking. Like any bully, when he feels humiliated, he lashes out. But what he doesn’t realize is that his authoritarianism and his bullying are waking up America’s great sleeping giant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHPCL12QIg

Will the last climate denier in the LNP please turn off the lights?

Good share Jen. Thankyou. Chris Hedges is a champion. He is integrity personified.

Christmas tree baubles - with music. Watch the baby testing out its new takeoff skills! 🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰 #RainbowLorikeet

Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing. Read the full release below:

Welcome home. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Happy to not be a boy 🐝

The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists Pullitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges Monday 20Oct2025 6.30pm-8.30pm NSW Teachers Fed Conference Centre 37 Reservior St Surry Hills Sydney #GazaGenocide #JournalismMatters events.humanitix.com/hedges-pales...

How realistic is it for HAMAS to return the dead hostages when they’re buried under rubble that the Israeli army created? Catch 22.

Dear ABC News, Why do you refer to Israeli hostages yet Palestinian prisoners? The word prisoner implies they've committed a crime. Yet you know almost all of the Palestinians were held w/o charge, trial or conviction. Words matter. Hostages on both sides. #Israel #Palestine #JournalismMatters

"This is a significant case for free speech in Australia. Critical even. The lawsuits...are, in the opinion of this observer, lawfare; an attempt, as is the messy action against journalist Mary Kostakidis, to muzzle criticism of Israel and its atrocities against the Palestinians." #auspol

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol... From Independent Australia 16th September 2025

Attribution science just got more specific Australian researchers have just proven and itemised harms caused by a single fossil fuel project - Woodside’s Scarborough project. Their study can be replicated in legal cases everywhere www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Companies like Santos have a lot to answer for. But so do Federal and State governments who have governed not in the public interest, but as wholly-owned subsidiaries of the fossil fuel lobby. #auspol

Thankyou Sandy! Your beautiful photography is always appreciated. 🙏

Aren’t bumblebees just awesome? #FarmLife #LittleFarm

"Donald Trump is rarely challenged, whether that's in his own administration or by the swathe of friendly media that's been brought in, which is why normal questions can stand out." An observation which also reflects the excellent journalism from John Lyons and #4Corners.

"Local Florida Governments Sue DeSantis Over Laws That Block Climate Action" | Article in @cleantechnica.bsky.social by Carolyn Fortuna: cleantechnica.com/2025/10/13/l...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation—the ocean system that stabilizes Earth’s climate—is weakening as global warming melts Greenland and freshens the seas. Its collapse could flood coasts and trigger mass migration. Civilization hangs in the balance. open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortage costs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

How many more reports from scientists do we need? I hope COP 30 in Brazil amounts to more than a talkfest and a lot of hand wringing.

🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.

Somebody needs to do something about Santos. @albomp.bsky.social

I'll save you the search.

We are Amphifa.

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

We all need friendship

Portland isn't burning, it's lit

At worst, a feckin waste of time, energy and public money. At best, a feckin embarrassment. And release the Robodebt Files, we deserve to know the 6.

If Trump is not a pedo, he’d release the Epstein Files.

Excellent show this morning everyone @davemilbo.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social (pushing the right buttons) Greg Jericho and @ronnisalt.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol Here’s an image of the teeth of our NACC

A black-fronted dotterel at Lake Hattah.

“The #NACC had #robodebt handed to them on a platter …one of largest examples of public maladministration in Australia’ history. And all they’ve produced so far is a media release. …as an anti-corruption body, the NACC is just window-dressing” @ronnisalt.bsky.social #SundayShot

A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues She is a quiet, impactful giant Thanks Denise 🙏🏽

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record. Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

Splendid Fairywren (Malurus splendens) Australia 📸 Jennifer Sexton

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

How very Pocockian. The only parliamentarian to have captained an elite national sports team got expelled from the parliamentary sports club for expressing principles about the sinister cavortings of the gambling industry.

New: Censorship by any other name. The National Press Club cancelled a speaker, Chris Hedges, who planned to address the mass killing of journalists in Gaza. The mainstream press didn’t report it. nickfeik.substack.com/p/censorship...

Pretty Balloon Fiesta morning 😍 #travel #Albuquerque #NewMexico

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all