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Your Privacy at Risk: U.S. Spy Agencies' New Data Portal In this eye-opening short video, we dive into the alarming reality of U.S. intelligence agencies purchasing Australians' data through a new data portal. Your personal information might be at risk?
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The real "cruel hoax"? Pretending the Coalition’s climate denial is serious policy while Labor hides behind it to do the bare minimum. The bar isn’t low—it’s subterranean. Australia deserves better than vibes over vision. 🌏🔥
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#ClimateAction
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Coalition dearly loves a 'cruel hoax' – now it has become one
Pretending the Coalition matters, or its criticisms are worth anything, allows Labor to get away even less. That is the cruellest hoax.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/09/20/coalition-cruel-hoax
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🇺🇸➡️🇦🇺 A former US Senate staffer warns: the Liberal Party’s collapse could echo the GOP’s Trump-era transformation. Fascist undercurrents, media power plays, and a confused right—sound familiar? Australia, take note.
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/22/u...
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Reader reply: I was a US Senate staffer during Trump's rise. Here's where the LNP goes next
'A lot of Australians tell me that universal voting protects their country from similar fascism as in the US. I am unpersuaded.'
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/22/us-senate-staffer-liberal-party-future-trump/
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When free speech becomes a punchline and authoritarianism hides behind a suit, it's not just politics—it’s identity warfare. From neoliberalism to nihilism, the right’s compass now points to the anxious white male id.
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/22/d...
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Free speech? Neoliberal economics? Rule of law? No, now only the white male id guides the right
Gone are the days when the cornerstones of right-wing ideology pointed towards neoliberal economics and personal freedom. All has been replaced with the agenda of the anxious white male.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/22/donald-trump-free-speech-united-states-neoliberalism-white-male/
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CPAC Australia 2025 wasn’t “centre right”—it was a full-throttle rally for radical illiberalism. From praising Pinochet to branding Net Zero as “communism,” the mask is off. Time to call it what it is: authoritarianism in a suit.
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Decoding "centre right"
At the weekend's CPAC conference in Brisbane, speakers continually referred to themselves as "centre right". Don't accept the label for an authoritarian, and bloody, ideology.
https://substack.com/inbox/post/174201546
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🚨BREAKING: Jillian Segal, Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy, is still a top exec at pro-Israel lobby group ECAJ—despite gov’t claims she’s “former” president. Her taxpayer-funded role mirrors ECAJ’s agenda. Foreign interference concerns mounting
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Jillian Segal a top executive at pro-Israel lobby group - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who has called for pro-Palestine demonstrations to be banned from cities — is a top executive of a pro-Israel lobby group.
https://theklaxon.com.au/jillian-segal-a-top-executive-at-pro-israel-lobby-group/
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Barbara Pocock
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ANZ has acted deceitfully and it has profited. Misconduct of this magnitude cannot be waived through as business as usual. I asked ASIC, after 7 misconduct investigations in 8 years, where's the proof this fine alone will change the culture?
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Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition)
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Science is under siege—and the attackers aren’t just trolls. From climate denial to vaccine lies, disinformation is being weaponised by powerful forces. It's not just a threat to truth—it's a threat to civilisation. Time to fight back with facts. 🔬🔥
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Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/science-under-siege-weaponised-disinformation-michael-mann-peter-hotez?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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The DILETTANTE
18 days ago
Friends, let’s do this:
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
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@australia.theguardian.com
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A petition worth signing. It's a request for the parliament to reconsider Australia's relationship with the US. This para: "We therefore ask the House to immediately explore in detail the precise value of the US alliance and cease any elements which are deemed unnecessary or outdated."
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Mark Hamill
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Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither.
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Taxpayers are footing over $1M/year for Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy—while her family trust funds a far-right group accused of spreading hate. Calls for transparency and accountability are growing louder. Should public roles come with stricter scrutiny?
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theklaxon.com.au/antisemitism...
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Antisemitism Envoy costing taxpayers over $1 million a year - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — whose family trust is one of the biggest funders of far-right lobby group “Advance” — is being paid more than $1,000 a day and has six staff.
https://theklaxon.com.au/antisemitism-envoy-costing-taxpayers-over-1-million-a-year/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=the-klaxon-weekly-newsletter-26
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Peggy Sanders
20 days ago
We are watching this episode playing out as we speak. The consequences on Australian society of Jillian Segal’s attempt to infiltrate governments at 3 levels chilling. Wendy Bacon:
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Critics of Antisemitism Summit ‘antisemitic’, says Israeli antisemitism chief
The Zionist movement is unable to handle criticism, naming anyone who criticises their efforts at narrative control “antisemitic”, writes Wendy Bacon.
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/critics-antisemitism-summit-antisemitic-says-israeli-antisemitism-chief
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Amy Remeikis
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And yet everyone is clutching pearls over a former premier being in a photo in China
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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US imposes sanctions on Palestinians for requesting war crimes investigation
Groups based in Gaza and Ramallah had asked international criminal court to investigate Israel over genocide claims
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/04/us-sanctions-palestinian-human-rights
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Australia just planted its second solar tree 🌳⚡—a stunning fusion of art and clean energy! With 18 panels powering homes and lighting up public spaces, it's proof that sustainability can be beautiful. Let’s grow a greener future—one solar leaf at a time 🌞🇦🇺
www.ecoticias.com/en/australia...
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Australia plants a second solar tree — 555 kW and artificial photosynthesis to beat coal and hydrogen
Australia is seeking to enhance their solar power mission by planting a second solar tree, or rather, by looking at a communal solar power source.
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/australia-plants-a-second-solar-tree/19937/
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Allan’s Night Sky
24 days ago
Can’t let the people know what we’re doing, they might learn who we really work for and understand that it’s not them. So much for greater transparency eh
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Belinda Curtis
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Disgraceful… Stop supporting Israel and stop allowing them to spy on others with Pine Gap or you are Not Our Representative‼️ No Arms, or weapon parts, No surveillance system… Just Stop… Right Now‼️
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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉
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"Racism is a defining characteristic of Nazism. The neo-Nazis took a leading role. It follows that these were primarily racist rallies."
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Neo-Nazis and racist rallies - why it is important the Australian media call them for what they are
If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell’s racist and anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of 2 September when he gatecrashed a press conference by Victorian...
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09/neo-nazis-and-racist-rallies-why-its-important-the-australian-media-call-them-for-what-they-are/
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Rex Patrick
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The robodebt class action settlement may be the biggest in Australian history – but the trauma isn’t over | Peter Whiteford
Class action members will have the option of individualised assessments, which means some will receive more than others
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/05/robodebt-class-action-settlement-biggest-in-australian-history-but-trauma-isnt-over
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Rex Patrick
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#ICYMI
👇This👇 is the Robodebt
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case that stopped the abuse of Cabinet exemptions by ministers and officials. Having lost the case in court, the new laws seek to codify the abuse. 2/2
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Warren v Chief Executive Officer, Services Australia [2024] FCAFC 73 (7 June 2024)
Last Updated: 17 June 2024
https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2024/73.html
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#Seaweed
farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy. - don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources - naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping 1/...
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Dr Jeremy Walker
24 days ago
What about the Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay, who came from the Institute of Public Affairs, and speaks at the Samuel Griffith Society events? Before her it was Tim Wilson also from the fossil front IPA, that ran a campaign to abolish the Human Rights Commission.
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Larissa Waters
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#breaking
Greens just set up an inquiry into Labor's secret climate risk report. People have leaked that this report is "dire”, “diabolical” & “extremely confronting”. We deserve to know the truth about what climate change will do to Australia.
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Lucy Hamilton
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Hey Australians. Get out to the rally nearest you today. We must show that there are far more Aussies who care about families having dozens of members murdered by a rogue state, who care about hundreds of thousands of dead, catastrophically injured, orphaned, starved *children*.
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Greg Jericho
about 1 month ago
The Productivity Commission talks a big about living standards… talk is all it has, tbh
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Pearls and Irritations
about 2 months ago
"It's even bigger than my wildest dreams," a key organiser Josh Lees, told Guardian Australia. "It's a mass march for humanity to stop a genocide, our politicians have to now listen to the will of the people and sanction Israel."
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'Stop genocide!' March across Sydney bridge for Gaza
One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08/stop-genocide-march-across-sydney-bridge-for-gaza/
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Pearls and Irritations
about 2 months ago
Recent political developments in the US cast their national history into a contentious cloud and one cannot help but challenge is American exceptionalism (the MAGA dream) merely a rerun of German self-glorification?
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#USPolitics
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The rise of totalitarianism – 12 similarities between 1930s Germany and 2020s America - Part 2
The parallels between today’s America and the Germany of a century ago are profound – and are becoming more relevant with each passing day. Sadly, what was considered inconceivable a few years ago has now become a possibility: the development of a totalitarian state in America. Adrian Lipscomb continues from Part 1 of this series.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08/the-rise-of-totalitarianism-12-similarities-between-1930s-germany-and-2020s-america-part-2/
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Pearls and Irritations
about 2 months ago
Macklin has concluded that “we have never been better able to defend Australia from the air in our entire existence”. Our defence resources have been squandered on US priorities damaging to Australia.
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Layered perversion of Australia's defence policy
An amazing thing has happened. Our taxpayer-funded think-tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has commissioned analysis by Robert Macklin which shows that the public debate on Australia’s defence has been biased.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/08/layered-perversion-of-australias-defence-policy/
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Is a US-Based Group Shaping Australia's Fight Against Antisemitism? What Australians Need to Know.
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Is a US-Based Group Shaping Australia's Fight Against Antisemitism? What Australians Need to Know.
As antisemitism regrettably surges across Australia, a powerful global player, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), is making significant inroads into our national conversation and policy landscape...
https://open.substack.com/pub/auspol25/p/is-a-us-based-group-shaping-australias?r=4yfkpm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Dr Jeremy Walker
about 1 month ago
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This how & by whom our govt's are rolled and disciplined by 🛢️⛽ 🌐🤑🔥. If you have something you want to say about it, time to stand up & make a submission. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Ignore it, & it will go away. Written submissions due 12 Sept:
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Dr Jeremy Walker
about 1 month ago
It's good to acknowledge because it's true. We've been drowning in fossil industry sponsored disinformation for 40 yrs. If you think it a grave danger to the land & waters of Australia, our people, children, future & public interest democracy, write to your Senate's inquiry about it. Sandra will..
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Phil
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why raise or broaden GST? Why a road tax? why tax mid low-mid earners at all ? We can have all the free roads, schools, hospitals, care, support we need if we taxed the rich and multi nationals properly, and stop giving billions to a fucked USA and Fossil fuels companies.
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Albanese “Weak”, Says Man Dropping Bombs on Children in Tents — The Shovel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken time out of his busy schedule overseeing military attacks on starving children, to label his Australian counterpart ‘weak’.
https://theshovel.com.au/2025/08/21/albanese-weak-says-man-dropping-bombs-on-children-in-tents/
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Independent Australia
about 1 month ago
Sky News assembling a cabinet of experts to talk about Australia's readiness for war is a problem we should be worried about. ~ Dr Binoy Kampmark Sky's 'War Cabinet' manufactures panic and prophecy over proof
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Sky's 'War Cabinet' manufactures panic and prophecy over proof
Sky News assembling a cabinet of experts to talk about Australia's readiness for war is a problem we should be worried about.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/skys-war-cabinet-manufactures-panic-and-prophecy-over-proof,20069
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Lynnette Dobson. Out Of The Shadows.
about 1 month ago
www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/20/b...
If sanctions against 🇮🇱, or a downgrading of diplomatic relations and the expulsion of the 🇮🇱ambassador, aren’t justified by the Netanyahu government’s genocide in the eyes of govt, perhaps Israel’s routine interference in Australian domestic politics might.
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Netanyahu's persistent interference in Australian politics requires more than a rebuke
The Netanyahu government has repeatedly tried to interfere in Australian politics. It is past time the Albanese government — which is far more pro-Israeli than its critics maintain — responded.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/20/benjamin-netanyahu-interference-domestic-policy-australia/
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Niall Ginsbourg
about 1 month ago
Dear Mr Netanyahu. Get Fucked. Yours sincerely Every Australian (even the Jewish ones)
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Check out this powerful video where Mandy Patinkin shares his plea to Jews on Gaza. A truly moving and important message.
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Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
YouTube video by The Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjOb9DGS1w
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about 1 month ago
Australia hits back! 🎯
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Tom Quinn
about 1 month ago
The febrile reactions of Netanyahu and co to Australia's very limited actions so far shows and underscores how much moral and practical power we do actually have on Gaza. If we didn't matter, we would be ignored. We should do much more, including applying sanctions, to help end the slaughter.
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺
about 1 month ago
Perfect response to Netanyahu's criticism of Albanese,
@tonyburkemp.bsky.social
. "Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up, or how many children you can leave hungry."
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Australia news live: Burke says ‘strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up’ in response to Netanyahu’s criticism of Albanese
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Guardian Australia
about 1 month ago
Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates
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Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates
Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s incendiary criticism and accused some Israeli politicians of “bigoted” views about Palestinians, as the extraordinary political fight between the two nations turns uglier. Home affairs minister Tony Burke – whose refusal of a travel visa for Knesset member Simcha Rothman stoked further criticism from Jerusalem – backed in his decision and further criticised Israeli prime minister Netanyahu over the war in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israel’s military and bombing campaign. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/20/australia-israel-tony-burke-netanyahu?CMP=aus_bsky
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Christine Milne
about 1 month ago
Imagine having a Productivity Summit with the theme of Resilence and failing to address first up the impact on Australian life, community, landscape and infrastructure of existential twin crises of global heating and biodiversity collapse. Instead it’ll be Env is a handbrake on ‘jobs and growth’.
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Van Badham
about 1 month ago
Is there a single Australian who gives a rat’s shit what Bibi Netanyahu thinks? Netanyahu is a corrupt, loveless, narcissistic, irredeemable armchair warlord whose entire approach to leadership is a desire to escape personal accountability by abandoning moral authority. He is garbage, and fuck him.
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marque lawyers
about 1 month ago
All reporting of Netanyahu's opinions on the Australian national interest should state upfront that he's an indicted war criminal subject to arrest if he comes here.
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Netanyahu calls Albanese a 'weak politician' who has 'betrayed' Israel
The Israeli prime minister has launched an extraordinary personal attack on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, saying he has "betrayed" Israel.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-19/netanyahu-says-anthony-albanese-has-betrayed-israel/105673924
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Exclusive report from The Klaxon: An investigation reveals Jillian Segal's "no involvement" claim in her husband's donations is challenged by evidence of decades of joint philanthropy. This follows a prior exposé on her family trust funding a far-right group.
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EXCLUSIVE: Segal's "husband" donation claims crumble - The Klaxon
The nation’s Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who claims to have “had no involvement” in her husband’s “donations” — has been donating with him for decades.
https://theklaxon.com.au/jillian-segals-husband-donation-claims-a-sham-investigation/
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Simon Rosenberg
about 1 month ago
“The only leverage over the Netanyahu government is through the United States. Australia’s and other governments need to fundamentally change their relationship with the US.”
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Quentin Dempster
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US citizens R/LMurdoch who control all “messaging” in their media outlets use The Australian 11/7/25 to lay grounds for US (and Australia) to withdraw funding from the United Nations. Claims (falsely) that UN “emboldens” Hamas. Ignores Netanyahu’s mass slaughter of innocent Palestinians.
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