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It's getting really hard to maintain a positive mindset about humans. Ngunnawal Country. 🇵🇸
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Margaret L Ruwoldt
about 16 hours ago
What’s going on,
@support.bsky.team
? Marie Coleman AO
@mariecolemanao.bsky.social
is a former Australian of the Year and a widely respected public servant and journalist. Why has her account been suspended?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_C...
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Marie Coleman - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Coleman
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Seth Abramson
about 8 hours ago
There's no reason for Iran to attack NATO nation Turkey—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it. There's no reason for Iran to attack a UK base in Cyprus—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it. Now Azerbaijan has been attacked. Iran denies involvement. I think this is Israel.
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Ketan Joshi
about 13 hours ago
Sorry to be dejected on main but man it is really a time of disappointment in people hey! So many people with whom I thought I shared a worldview and felt camaraderie with, and I was totally wrong, they just don't really share that worldview.
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Jommy Tee
about 18 hours ago
The word is three consulting firms and two legal firms were invited to tender and in the end none did. And then Gregarious Greg got the gig as numero uno choice from a list the ASECA and her office drew up. Greg! The Stop Sign!
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Simon Rosenberg
1 day ago
Hey
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- FYI, this is leadership.
#auspol
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Ben Eltham
1 day ago
I mean it’s not like we can let a United Nations Special Rapporteur just rock up to a university! And give a speech about international law! It will be anarchy. Where will it end?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese
Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/04/adelaide-university-cancels-francesca-albanese-un-gaza-investigator
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mr dog
2 days ago
An illegal war? In this economy? Surely not. fyi in this cartoon I got to say a swear!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Trump’s war on Iran legal? That’s up to the US and Israel to decide and they have a great track record on these things | First Dog on the Moon
International rules-based order for thee but not for me
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/04/is-trumps-war-on-iran-legal-thats-up-to-the-us-and-israel-to-decide-and-they-have-a-great-track-record-on-these-things
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Robynne
1 day ago
www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
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Australian police are using criminal checks to punish critics of Israel
Charges that fail in court are continuing to damage reputations
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian-police-are-using-criminal?utm_campaign=post
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Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉
2 days ago
Par. For. The. Course.
#IsraelTerroristState
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Senator David Shoebridge
2 days ago
Children’s graves dug for Trump’s and Netanyahu’s war. This image speaks a terrible truth in answer to Labor’s lies about this awful war they support.
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Senator David Shoebridge
2 days ago
The Iranian regime is vile and the attack on them by Israel and the US is a war crime. Much needed clarity on these two realities by Geoffrey Robertson. Solidarity with the Iranian and Lebanese people and condemnation of this latest US Israeli war of aggression is what the world must focus on.
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3 days ago
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Isreal keeps killing Palestinians
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‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege
Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/iran-attacks-gaza-under-siege
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Peggy Sanders
3 days ago
Albanese has sold out Australia, our people, our land, our democracy and our sovereignty. Now occupied by Israel and their US vassal State. Despise this bloke because of his deception and deep betrayal of the people of Australia.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘Hogwash’ that Israel is a US client state, says Netanyahu
Israeli PM dismisses claim despite Washington providing estimated 68% of country’s foreign-sourced weapons
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/netanyahu-calls-israel-client-state-us-claim-hogwash
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Peggy Sanders
3 days ago
“Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims.”
#auspol
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Pup Fiction
3 days ago
Remember how Labor was deflecting criticism of Herzog’s visit by saying his role as President was non-political? Well that was a bit fat lie Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms
Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/03/isaac-herzog-israeli-president-asio-meeting-australia-visit-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
3 days ago
Send this war mongering, genocide justifying, lying bastard home.
#AusPol
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Israel's ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit UN
Israel's new ambassador to Australia seeks to discredit the United Nations by claiming the country "can't take them seriously".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-03/israel-ambassador-discredits-united-nations-over-iran-strikes/106409814
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Doug Cameron
3 days ago
Wise words from Alan Behm, former senior public servant and advisor to Penny Wong.
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Doug Cameron
3 days ago
No Penny, it should not be left to the US to speak on the legality of unleashing war on Iran. As Iranian children are slaughtered the world faces escalating instability, battling Aussies face increased petrol prices, our leaders must lead! Morality comes before appeasing Trump.
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Peggy Sanders
10 days ago
The Albanese Labor Government has been Segalised. Now run by Israel Regime. Consequence?
#auspol
Australia’s immediate strategic environment contains more than 680 million Muslims, stretching from Indonesia and Malaysia through South Asia to Bangladesh, Pakistan….
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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Islamophobia and strategic blindness: Australia in the Asian century
Australia seeks deeper integration with Asia while continuing to send cultural and political signals that undermine trust among its closest neighbours. In a region shaped by Islam, history and proximi...
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/islamophobia-and-strategic-blindness-australia-in-the-asian-century/
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Bunkunin
3 days ago
Israel Exploits Attack on Iran to Reinstate Gaza ‘Starvation Policy’
www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-bo...
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Israel Exploits Attack on Iran to Reinstate Gaza 'Starvation Policy' | Common Dreams
Israel is closing Gaza crossings while waging an illegal war on Iran with the United States.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-borders
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Yanis Varoufakis
3 days ago
Watch our dissection of the US bombing campaign against Iran - a definitive shift toward Netanyahu's permanent war doctrine exposing Trump's abandonment of his non-interventionist promise & his embrace of the neocon agenda
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxv7...
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Why Iran is only the beginning… - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
YouTube video by UnHerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxv73RuN9wU&t=16s
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Deepcut News
3 days ago
Anthony Albanese’s support for the war on Iran exposes how dangerously entrenched Australia is in the unhinged US/Israeli alliance - and how utterly out of depth Albanese is to lead Australia at a time of great global upheaval.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/global-cha...
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Global chaos demands bold leadership, and Albanese isn’t it – plus Iran war updates
Albanese’s reflexive support for the war on Iran reveals a PM out of his depth
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/global-chaos-demands-bold-leadership
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Valentenya the socialist climate cat 🍉 🐈⬛
3 days ago
If you believe that a track record of endless lying has no bearing on the likely veracity of a person’s statements then you’re most probably a journalist.
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Reluctant Antagonist (KJ Colt)
3 days ago
If
@albomp.bsky.social
can’t represent the poorest and those struggling the most in Australia, he should let someone else take over our “left wing” party. I know he wouldn’t monitor his social media, but maybe one of his orbiters or employees will. I hope he reads how angry people are. 1/
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4 days ago
As former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert wrote recently, “A violent and criminal effort is underway to ethnically cleanse territories in the West Bank. Gangs of armed settlers persecute, harm, wound and even kill Palestinians living there.”
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Purplepingers ☭
4 days ago
“You should all just work hard so your bosses can buy more homes and build their futures while you rent from them, but also all of your problems are because of immigrants” - genuinely the message being sold to everyone by political parties and the media.
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LisaZed 👩🏻🎨 🌏 🐨🌳
4 days ago
Far-right group Advance has been growing in size & influence, so when the team at GetUp saw they were organising a private conference, we knew we had to get inside. What I found wasn't just a room full of extreme rhetoric – immigration described as an "invasion", feminism destroying 1/...
#auspol
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Stop the far-right: Chip in to the Fightback Fund today
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
https://www.getup.org.au/fightback-fund
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@lizglab.bsky.social
4 days ago
PM saying Iran ‘attacked’ Australia, but how firm is his evidence? Sydney lawyer Nick Hanna presented a solid case disputing claims that Iran was behind arson attacks in Australia.
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Is Iran really behind Australia’s antisemitic arson attacks? | EP06
YouTube video by The What & The Why Podcast
https://youtu.be/8MoE0YIhn24?si=joFJumQ7ZdJ7YfYD
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thedailyperspective.org
4 days ago
Canberra's Silence on Legality Puts Australia's Credibility at Risk
#IranStrikes
#AusPol
#AusNews
#InternationalLaw
#MiddleEast
#UNGA
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-canberras-silence-on-legality-puts-australias-credibility-at-risk-f1e5377f
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Canberra's Silence on Legality Puts Australia's Credibility at Risk
Australia backed US-Israeli strikes on Iran but refused to assess their legality. Legal experts warn this undermines the rules-based order Canberra claims to champion.
https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-canberras-silence-on-legality-puts-australias-credibility-at-risk-f1e5377f
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Peggy Sanders
4 days ago
Jeffrey Sachs succinctly sums up Israel’s end game. Israel owns Washington and the military Industrial complex. Owns Canberra too.
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
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Jeffrey Sachs on the US and Israel war with Iran
The US is fighting to maintain hegemony, in a war that will have shocking global ramifications, says Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs in conversation with Glenn Diesen.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/jeffrey-sachs-on-us-israel-war-with-iran/
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Senator David Shoebridge
4 days ago
What a horrific mess the US and its toadies have unleashed in the Middle East. Again. Careless of the lives lost, the children killed and the broken countries they leave behind.
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Mlb Kiwi 🫵✋😛🤚
4 days ago
Bombing schools and hospitals: What a very Israeli thing to do
#auspol
#nzpol
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AliceK - globalise the innitafucker
4 days ago
Jeffrey Sachs is not wrong. He names western countries support for US Israeli aggression as predictable, grotesque. He names Australia as a predictable ally.. the look on his face says it all - we are bought, sold, and pathetic Our PM is an idiot ‘prig’
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
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Jeffrey Sachs on the US and Israel war with Iran
The US is fighting to maintain hegemony, in a war that will have shocking global ramifications, says Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs in conversation with Glenn Diesen.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/jeffrey-sachs-on-us-israel-war-with-iran/
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏
4 days ago
This sort of shit sounds conspiratorial, but it's not; it's just our government and the attached bureaucracy have outsourced so much of government (to avoid accountability) that they scarcely do much except take advice.
#michaelwest
talking about important shit.
#auspol
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The Big Four and the Death of Reform | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
https://youtu.be/BYpf-GH6QUo?si=OktCK5l259QJbC8I
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Still an Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈
5 days ago
China calling it. "The US is a war addict."
#DeAllyAustraliaFromTheUSA
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4 days ago
The Israel lobby and its stenographers in the media dislike context so last night at the Adelaide Town Hall I set the record straight on the
#AWW26
debacle.Given the continuing misrepresentation and fact free reporting an edited version of the speech is now up on the Pearls & Irritations website.
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Resist 🕎🍉
4 days ago
And here’s a live example of what I’m talking about 👇 See the amount of missiles attempting to stop the Iranian rocket, but it still manage to dodge them and hit the ground The Israelis recording the video are shocked
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4 days ago
(gift link) Journalists slain at record level in 2025, majority by Israel, watchdog says An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists found. The Israel Defense Forces said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.
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Journalists slain at record level in 2025, majority by Israel, watchdog says
An increasing number of journalists were killed by drones, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The IDF said it “strongly rejects” the group’s findings.
https://wapo.st/3OGH37A
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Oliver
4 days ago
To maintain its oil-craving Might is Right empire ... "The United States stations ~50,000 troops across the Middle East at any given time. Washington calls it partnership while maintaining a globe-spanning network of ~750 military bases, and Israel calls it security ..." via Principles NOT Parties
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Lisa the Difficult Woman, Destroyer of #MaleSupremacy
5 days ago
@lucyham.bsky.social
I urge you all to follow this account. Lucy investigates and reveals the networks, all the links btw the far right, libertarians & religious fundamentalists. In Israel, US, Australia, England, India
#Advance
#Atlas
#Palantir
#auspol
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Guardian Australia
5 days ago
Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say
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Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say
Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast International law experts have criticised Australia for “rolling over” and backing what they say is an illegal attack by Israel and the US on Iran. The foreign minister, Penny Wong, endorsed the fresh war by stating that “Australia supports action to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran from continuing to threaten international peace and security”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/supporting-aggression-against-iran-the-worst-thing-australia-could-do-international-law-experts-say?CMP=aus_bsky
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Andrew Gardiner
5 days ago
Quite the quandary:
#Iran
#Epstein
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Robynne
5 days ago
Fuck all of nothing. He pretended to care, he’s a mendacious fraud who has sold Australia to a Zionist regime.
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Pup Fiction
5 days ago
Wong said on Sunday morning that Iran must “cease its indiscriminate attacks against other countries in the region”. She has never said the same thing about Israel who has been indiscriminately bombing neighbours for the last few years
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turnleft2024
5 days ago
shes spent years telling us we must pander to the feelings of people whose family in israel are feeling stressed has anyone urged australians to be mindful of iranian-australians whose families and loved ones have just been obliterated off the face of the planet ?
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Daniel Hurst
5 days ago
A very illuminating moment in Penny Wong's press conference today. The Australian foreign minister won't claim the attacks were legal
#auspol
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Dougal 'Kat' Wilson (ACT)🥃☕️📷🏍💉x5
5 days ago
It's disgusting how jubilant, supportive and gung-ho Australia's PM and media are about Trump's illegal military action. Trump and Netanyahu will do ANYTHING to avoid accoutability. They are criminals, plain and simple. Now our Liberal Light PM, 'Jellyback' Albo wants to align AUS with Trump. WTF?
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉
5 days ago
“About 500 people in Naarm/Melbourne rallied at the state library for a snap action against the US-Israeli attacks carried out in Iran. These attacks include the bombing of an Iranian girl's elementary school, which killed more than 140 and injured more than 90 people.” We Vote.
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