"Auslan is not included as an option in the language list when applying for My Aged Care, which Mr Casey says means Deaf seniors face access barriers "from the first step"."

This is straight from joseph Heller‘s Catch-22. We wouldn’t have had to kill them if they just let themselves drown.

I've just asked SBS to #BoycottEurovision

I love #Eurovision but I've not watched the SBS telecast since Israel began its #GazaGenocide. Please support boycott.eurovision.au as they urge SBS to cut the mic on genocide. Here's the link to their petition on Change.org c.org/cVkHXqCyLx #BoycottEurovision #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine

That escalated quickly... Maybe they will be able to put out the bushfires with hot air + election promises given the datacenters will be needing that water instead. #auspol

Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism. LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia. Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny. There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry. Just saying.

‘Nightmare scenario for disabled people’: NDIS overhaul risks lives, advocates say Sweeping changes to the way National Disability Insurance Scheme support plans are generated criticised amid fears they amount to ‘robo-planning’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Nauru has also become an absurdly outgrown feature of Australia’s fixation with Chinese influence in the South Pacific. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...

As new details come out about follow-up strikes on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, a reminder that each of these attacks sets a dangerous precedent for a United States government that is trying to use a non-existent armed conflict to justify dozens of patently unlawful killings.

“…last week, NSN leader Thomas Sewell vowed to “make an example” of his enemies in Australia that would make the murderous rampage and planned race war of Charles Manson’s cult “look moderate”, in some of his first public comments since he was released on bail last month.” Deemed not a threat.

Oh I know this one. It’s because their understanding of ‘free speech’ is MANDATORY LISTENING To them Only Forever. They believe they have an inalienable right to an audience and a microphone, always.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster insists refugees in Nauru detention are “not being held” But turns out they are still surrounded by wired prison fencing & they can’t say whether they are being monitored by a guard. Sounds like they are being Held to me. #Estimates

To recap this week: •Trump fires 8 immigration judges •DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy •DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student •Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI" This is an overt policy of white supremacy

Wow can't believe the relentlessly advertised thing no one asked for that does a bad job at what it claims to do, uses a ton of resources, gets pushed into every product and makes them worse while also sometimes talking teens into ending their own lives is somehow failing to capture people's hearts.

The Albanese govt sat on this report for TWO YEARS, and then only released it after parliament finished for the year. The report was originally commissioned “to enhance integrity and trust in government institutions” lol

To be abundantly clear I think Ms Segal should have publicly stated her condemnation of these rallies at the time. She hasn't hesitated to condemn peaceful rallies for Palestinian peace and justice.

"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."

It’s never been harder to escape domestic violence than now. The scope for surveillance and control is unfathomable to an ethical person - reactive patriarchy and neo-tech capitalism work in symbiosis, with tools available to your average abusive partner that were inconceivable only a decade ago.

PHILIPPINES RECORD HEAT Endless record heat in the Philippines where records have been falling for nearly 1000 consecutive days Scorching hot nights with minimums up to 28C (cold season ?) December High Min Records 27.3 Cebu 26.2 Catarman Records allover SE Asia next days

The ACT is the only Australian territory or state to have legislated against non-medically necessary surgeries on Intersex babies.

It’s still happening. Intersex infants being surgically ‘corrected’ to ‘fit in’ rather than a need. Trans kids are not the ones getting surgery, it’s intersex babies. equalityaustralia.org.au/take-action/...

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

“UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions and sexual violence. ...[and] also concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." And the west does nothing.

Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder. Either way, expect prosecutions in the future. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't. It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...

Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.

To recap—Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of receiving millions in bribes & partnering with cocaine traffickers to flood American streets with drugs, but to protect American streets from being flooded with drugs, he has to mass murder innocent fisherman with impunity. Got it

He's repeating shit I have been hearing my whole adult life. Turn on Sky News in Australia and its wall-to-wall this bullshit

🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel. Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive... theklaxon.com.au/22ti

Labor's "pragmatic conservatism" as described by @frankbongiorno.bsky.social is dire. They are not "preserving institutions and policy". They are presiding over increasing #inequality, #poverty, #HousingStress and resulting social division, created by the very policies they won't touch. #auspol

The MAGAs who suddenly pretend to care about African Christians being killed in Nigeria are the same ones who openly ridicule Black Christians being murdered by police in America & celebrate Latino Christians being rounded up, tortured, & deported from America So let's talk Facts on Nigeria: 1/3

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

This is getting to be a habit. No room for debate, no tolerance for protest - what could possibly go wrong?

Our human rights are being eroded and it’s Labor at the helm

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Pauline Hanson’s use of the Burqa speaks volumes about her and the kind of country she wants But Senator Fatima Payman’s essay on bravery speaks volumes about the need for quite a different Australia Please read and share if your want to cleanse people’s feeds… thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Paying Nauru billions to break international law for us

Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret. It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.

“This could force her (and any dependants) to return to the violent situation or become homeless, compounding the danger she faces. (...)

“If police issue a warrant for her arrest and she cannot be located because she is in hiding or in the process of fleeing, Schedule 5 would allow police to request cancellation of any social security payment(s) she receives. (...)

Labor stuck this amendment onto an unrelated bill at the last minute. We had a whole inquiry looking at the bill which didn’t get to interrogate this change because Labor kept it hidden and now are trying to ram it through today. Why hide from scrutiny?

116 legal and policy experts have now opposed Labor’s new powers for police to recommend cutting payments from people without them even having been convicted of a crime. Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near welfare law and Labor should withdraw this amendment. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/treat...

"This is a dangerous step towards using the social security system as a policing tool & it overrides the presumption of innocence.. There is no evidence this will make the community safer. There are no robust protections for dependants, including children." John Stainsby, ACOSS

We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled. He’s going to kill people for oil.

Minister Gallagher refuses to answer basic questions from @davidpocock.bsky.social about whether they got legal advice that giving cops these powers to cancel welfare payments is constitutional "This is extraordinary that the government won't even confirm"

Right now, Australia's child #poverty rate is 16% - much higher than Scandinavia but half of UK's rate. But current policy settings are pushing us towards the UK. If the gutless Albanese govt continues to do nothing, they are presiding over the official end of 'the fair go'. #inequality #auspol