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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"Whether it’s helping someone access gender-affirming care, keeping community programmes running or funding advocacy that changes lives, every contribution counts." #trans

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Say f*ck you to Pauline by supporting these trans organisations

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Albanese Government continues to underwhelm on LGBTIQ+ rights, this time refusing to accept any recommendations relating to our communities made via the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. So disappointing - but by now, sadly to be expected. #auslaw #auspol

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Government rejects all UN recommendations on LGBTQIA+ rights

The Albanese government has accepted the lowest number of recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Council in 20 years, with none protecting the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

"LGBTQ+ advocates and women’s organisations have warned that the Coalition’s Bill also overrides existing state and territory protections, reversing decades of progress in anti-discrimination law for women, as well as creating unintended consequences for intersex people." #auslaw #auspol #trans

qnews.com.au

Coalition’s anti-trans Bill called out for undermining the safety of all women

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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Brosephine so scary 🎃 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”

A belted galloway cow walking into the mist, on a Dorset lane, towards a bold, unpredictable future. You can see half of my car in the background. It looks remarkably clean, by normal standards. When one of my wife's work colleagues asked her "What car does your husband drive?" she answered "I can't remember what make it is but it's the really dirty one that sometimes turns up in the car park here" and her colleague immediately said "Oh yes, I know the one."

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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🧶👵 kneeling in solidarity with Australians who allege they were beaten, tortured and sexually abused in #Israeli custody for sailing with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla Israeli authorities must cooperate fully with investigation by Australian Federal Police. Read here michaelwest.com.au/a-world-firs...

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 16/06/2026

Join us for this event tomorrow night, it's going to be awesome. Auslan interpretation and live captioning will be available. REGISTER: bit.ly/PFP-online

Rick Morton will join Cheyanne – who contributed to the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s investigation into the Targeted Compliance Framework and features in the documentary alongside Jesse – to discuss the background to the investigation, what welfare recipients need from policies that affect us and how both the media and government are failing to grapple with the unfair and unlawful use of penalties affecting millions of people. We will share information about:

how people subjected to compulsory activities can assert their rights in the current system;

what actions we are taking, and what other welfare recipients can do, to reveal more evidence of harmful and unlawful penalties; and

employment minister Amanda Rishworth’s recent (un)employment services announcement, what it means for welfare recipients, and the “consultation” process.

Time: 7pm AEST

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

What're we seeing at the Royal Commission, what does it signal? "Witness after witness framed Palestinian flags, chants, even fund-raising cupcake stalls for Palestine as examples of antisemitic hate, w some even framing Muslims’ everyday call for prayer, Allahu Akbar, as a threat to Jewish safety"

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Mehreen Faruqi lists some of the abuses endured by Australian women detained off the flotilla “sexually assaulted, cabled tied & beaten” “Raped” “Syringed with an unknown substance” “Guns inserted inside them” “Repeatedly kneed” “Stripped of clothes” Absolutely reprehensible. #auspol

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Scarleteen @scarleteen.com · 11/06/2026

@lizduckchong.bsky.social has set up trans health services, supported LGBTQIA+ youth orgs, and written resources for trans folk worldwide. Today she shares ways to find meaning in dark times, so we can keep knitting the future we know is possible. www.scarleteen.com/read/ident...

Text: "A Letter to the Teen Who Can't Transition Yet by Liz Duck-Chong," alongside a white teen person with long hair in a denim shirt looking contemplative and a blue illustrated heart.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Everything is banned except racism, which is pandered to.

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Ette Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The ABC’s Managing Director Hugh Marks said Charlie Pickering’s comments about Grace Tame didn’t breach the ABC’s code of conduct. Very weird given that Antoinette Lattouf was told she’d breached the ABC code of conduct for posting a factual Human Rights Watch post. www.youtube.com/shorts/ur9yu...

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Hugh Marks says Charlie Pickering didn’t breach ABC code of conduct

YouTube video by Ette Media

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🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 10/06/2026

More than one woman came to the respite house and didn't return home due to dv

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🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 10/06/2026

So many BDS targets in one post

Ad for a McDonald's FIFA squishmallows promotion

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Have been in hospital all day with my 4yo as he gets chemo for his leukaemia and as always while here I can’t stop thinking of how the churches in Jerusalem begged the Israeli govt to let them treat kids with cancer in Gaza—promising to cover every part of the cost and transport—and Israel said no.

Statement of Support for the Work of Augusta Victoria Hospital in Treating Children with Cancer from Gaza
December 17, 2025
We, the Patriarchs and Head of the Churches Jerusalem, respectfully request from the relevant Israeli authorities permits to allow children in Gaza who have been diagnosed with leukemia to travel to the Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives to receive specialized treatment that is only available to them there.
Augusta Victoria is prepared to arrange for not only the transportation, but also the full care and treatment of these young and vulnerable patients, who will then be returned by the hospital to their homes in Gaza at the end of their treatment.
We make this appeal on humanitarian grounds. The treatment for this disease is not available in Gaza, and it has the potential to transform the lives of those afflicted with it. There will be no burden on the government for any cost, since it will all be borne by the hospital.
We urge permission for the treatment of these young patients to be granted as soon as possible. As with any disease, the swift delivery of treatment is essential for a good outcome. We therefore hope very much that the responsible authorities will see fit that these patients receive the medically necessary care that the excellent facilities of Augusta Victoria Hospital can provide, in order that these children can begin their journeys to recovery and health.
-The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem

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Alexis @alexisx-au.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Labor government's legislation will hit people with multiple disabilities, and require people to have exhausted every "appropriate" treatment option regardless of cost or location. So the wealthier you are, the more likely you'll be eligible for the NDIS. #auspol #ndis #disability #australia

abc.net.au

NDIS changes and new expectations for parents explained

Politicians are presiding over three days of public hearings into a bill paving the way for the biggest ever cuts to the NDIS.

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

For places thinking about copying the Australian social media ban, firstly- the early data suggest it causes new harms but no change in actual usage And secondly, just stop and think for a moment. What films do we ban 16 year olds from? 1/3 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

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The social media ban has hit some families harder than others. Here's why

We spoke with three parents about how it has impacted their family and the different choices they are making around the ban.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 5 June 2026 🔹SA: ⬆️ (+21.3%) 🔹NSW: ⬆️(+4.9%) 🔹QLD: ➡️(Stable) 20 in hospital 🔹ACT: ⬇️(-2.5%) 🔹WA: ⬇️(-8.8%) Avg 48/day in hospital 🔸VIC: Next update: 12 June 🔸TAS: Next update: 12 June 🔹Aged Care: The Australian government ended weekly reporting

An "AUSTRALIAN Weekly COVID Update — 5 June 2026" data table on a black background tracking case trends across states and territories.
The table contains four columns: "States & Territories", "Trend", "% Change", and "Reporting Notes".
Key Regional Insights:
• SA: Trend UP (+21.3%), noted as a weekly update.
• NSW: Trend UP (+4.9%), noted with a positivity rate of 4.0%.
• QLD: Trend STABLE (—), noted with 20 in hospital.
• ACT: Trend DOWN (-2.5%), noted as a weekly update.
• WA: Trend DOWN (-8.8%), noted with 48 per day in hospital and a positivity rate of 3.1%.
• TAS & VIC: No current data provided, with the next updates scheduled for 12 June.
• NT: No data, with a note stating COVID data is no longer published on the NT Health website.
• Aged Care: The final row notes that the Australian Government has decided to stop publishing weekly residential aged care facility COVID-19 data.

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Maria W. Norris @mariawnorris.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hi, expert on far-right extremism here, a history of domestic violence and misogyny is one of the strongest predictive variables for violent extremism, especially on the right. We've been raising the alarm on this for DECADES but no one cares.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A wonderful profile of Maribyrnong mayor, Mohamed Semra Read this as an alternative vision to the rise of Pauline Hanson's One Nation & far-right politics of the Coalition (with some plausible deniability thrown in) The kind of world I want to live in would see a thousand Mohamed Semras bloom

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At 15, Mohamed Semra made headlines. At 27, he's making history

At just 27, Mohamed Semra is not your average mayor. He overcame a childhood stutter and a viral moment in a Melbourne Apple Store to make political history – and he is just getting started.

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Sydney's #2 ambly! @amblyornis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Please read, sign (if you are a cis woman) and share! Far right politicians think attacking trans people is a strategy that will help them erode everyone's basic rights because no one will stand up and support us. Show them they are wrong! Teach them how solidarity works!

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Stevie Ped @smped.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Excellent thread asking some important questions about managing your own infection, as well as those we share space with

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 28/05/2026

Kmart exploits disabled people on a "supported wage" that allows them to pay as little as $2.50 an hour. They certainly don't offer the "high quality jobs" the minister was promising yesterday. Kmart shouldn't be allowed anywhere near what they refer to as ~vulnerable~ people.

Screencap of the Kmart EBA showing that the supported wage rates they use pay people as little as 10 per cent of the minimum wage.

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Alice Lastname @alicelastname.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Australian cis women allies : get on board! 🏳️‍⚧️

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I've heard a number of stories both first and second-hand over the years about employment services run by the Church of Scientology, funnelling jobseekers to Scientology front businesses to work for the Church of Scientology on their various scandalous anti-social activities.

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Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

One thing I learned a few years ago is that employment services providers are authorised via the 'Employment Fund' to pay for your food and rent if that's a barrier to looking for work. FROM THE LAST BUDGET: 'As at 31 January 2026, there was $684.4 million in unspent Employment Fund Credits'.

Currently, Employment Fund expenditure is expected to be less than the value of the available credits, creating an accumulating surplus of credits that present a contingent liability. As at 31 January 2026, there was $684.4 million in unspent Employment Fund Credits in the Workforce Australia Online Employment Fund, Workforce Australia Services Employment Fund, Broome Employment Services Employment Fund and Yarrabah Employment Services Employment Fund).

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

THIS Fri 29 MAY marks 1 year since a snap rally turned into a weekly protest of the @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon💣 👎33 Coal+Gas new/extension projs APPROVED 👎42 Coal projs in pipeline JOIN US 12.30PM at 219 Barkly Street, St Kilda All welcome‼️

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Sheep Daily 🐑 @sheepdaily.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🌈☁️

A Romney sheep resting in a green field under a cloudy sky with a rainbow in the background. Photo from RockCreekRomneys on Instagram

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 27/05/2026

2) Jay Coonan will be on ABC RN Breakfast tomorrow morning at 6:30am! Between 6am + 9am tomorrow you can text your thoughts to 0418 226 576 If that's too early for you you can listen back via the ABC Listen app or on the website here:

abc.net.au

Radio National Breakfast with Sally Sara - ABC listen

Australia's home for the best coverage of the biggest breaking news events with specialised analysis of politics, business and sport and agenda-setting interviews with some of the world's leading expe...

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I’m on the Metro-North and there are two people with long-haired dachshunds in bags 10 feet away from each other and the two dogs are clearly aware of each others presence but the owners are not

A blonde dachshund head sticking out of a bag on a train . The dog is very alert

A brunette dachshund on a train staring back out of a houndstooth purse. The dog is giving a sideeye at the other dog

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eerie dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 26/05/2026

I've just seen this shared in an international LGBTQ+ leftist group, where it attracted a positive response. As an Australian with some knowledge of the situation, I feel I should speak on this. 🧵

A Tweet, with the author details cropped out by the person who initially posted it (Twitter user @adamemedia1, for the record). The Tweet was published on 24 May 2026 at 1:33 PM.

The Tweet consists of text and a video.

The text reads: "This is a 'far-right' politician who was just elected in Australia.

"He proceeded to come out as gay and announce 'I love immigrants.'

"Supporters are FUMING.

"Bro was a Trojan horse 😂"

The video depicts newly elected South Australian state legislator Jason Virgo giving his maiden speech in the South Australian House of Assembly. It is shared from THE NOTICER.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Australians returning home after being kidnapped by Israel in international waters speak about the abuse they suffered - punched, kicked, fractured bones, sexually assaulted, beaten, stamped on.

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Bobby the Airedale @bobbyairedale.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A blast from the past pals, from back when I was a mere 4 month old pup. Back when life was simple. As you can see, I was perfectly well behaved and totally angelic. 😉😇. HooMum especially loved my outsized paws back in those days. ~ Bobby 👋

Bobby Airedale looking towards the camera with an angelic expression on his face.

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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

To all my cis woman friends here from Aotearoa NZ, it would mean the absolute world to me if you could sign this petition. Please stand with your trans sisters against this horrific, transphobic bill! our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...

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E Tū E Kī: They Don’t Speak for Us - Block the Definition of Woman Bill

The Government is progressing a Bill through Parliament that aims to limit the rights of transgender, non-binary, and intersex New Zealanders in the name of cis women, by defining “man” and “woman” (a...

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Liam Thatcher @lthat.ch · 26/05/2026

Rebekha Sharkie spends time going over fraud concerns and seeking mandatory registration and qualifications for all providers. She will continue to review the legislation and hear from the community (Very much worth your time reaching out to her office if you're in Mayo and oppose this imo)

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 22/05/2026

I agree that this is a really good piece. It gives an insight into a side of Australia that is rarely ever spoken about.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“Proposals to enact definitions of biological sex can have an adverse effect on people with intersex variations,” Dr Carpenter told Q News. “Some people may find themselves involuntarily reclassified out of their birth-observed sex.” www.outinperth.com/national-mps...

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National MP's bill to define biological gender slammed by rights activists

Nationals MP Alison Penfold introduces a bill redefining sex in law, drawing criticism from equality and intersex rights organisations.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has slammed National MP Alison Penfold’s private member’s bill, lodged today, following the Giggle vs Tickle appeal, saying it weakens federal anti-discrimination protections for LGBTIQ+ people and women." #auslaw #auspol qnews.com.au/equality-aus...

qnews.com.au

Equality Australia slams bill to reinstate definitions of man and woman

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

100% "There is no excuse to raise rents because of these reforms. None. If landlords choose to push up rents anyway, that is not the government forcing their hand. It is an opportunistic decision designed to profiteer from renters while blaming someone else."

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Mel (she/her) @meltea.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Blueberry is releasing in 6 days, so I am sharing one piece of mental health advice per day until release. Tip #2: If it's shit, you can quit! You are under no obligation to stay in conversations/social situations that make you uncomfortable or even ashamed/scared. Listen to your gut feeling 💜

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kristin (she/her) @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org · 24/05/2026

“Jessica moved to the park seven weeks ago. She has two tents, one for sleeping, the other for her two primary school-age autistic children to do homework.”

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The 'haves' squawking about their housing investments while the have-nots watch their flimsy shelters being destroyed is such a stain on Australia as winter approaches. What are we becoming? Such cruelty and social inequity 😢. #UnAustralian

Article from the Guardian Australia

MPs urged to ignore fearmongering and
pass Labor's 'long overdue' negative
gearing and CGT changes

Exclusive: Any attempt to use the budget
measures as an excuse to raise rent is op...

Article from Guardian Australia

'They've taken all my stuff': councils
across Australia threaten homeless
people with fines and confiscation of
belongings

As homelessness surges, councils have
been thrust to the frontline of managing th...

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