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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 01/10/2026
For those without an AFR subscription, South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has put a tech sector lobbyist and former policy liaison for OpenAI in charge of its AI Royal Commission. Perfect. No notes.
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Open AI’s former handler put on Labor’s AI royal commission
Sam Altman was never going to front a state royal commission but SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has still got some OpenAI pedigree involved.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows" Me for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Santos paid zero company tax for 11th year in a row, ATO data shows
The latest corporate tax data released today by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) showed that once again, major gas producers are paying no company tax, and despite claims that changes to the Petroleum ...
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 29/09/2026
Weapons makers, SpaceX and semiconductors feature in Australia's Future Fund portfolio
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ANALYSIS: Weapons makers and SpaceX in government's key investment fund portfolio
The federal government has quietly published the Future Fund's half-yearly report and it reveals a portfolio that includes weapons makers and SpaceX.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump repeatedly says Kim Jong Un "is a friend of mine" and "likes Trump" and Trump says, "I like him"
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Alice @aliseesila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's good to see major foreign media following up on the Russian-made disaster in Oleshky, after the situaation was highlighted at the UNGA by Foreign Min Andrii Sybiha This BBC article is a must-read #GoogleOleshky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The cowards who stayed to listen to Mr Genocide included, of course, the Australian delegation. #auspol
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In a world of Schumers, Jeffries, and Tandens, be like these folks. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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On the Ground, Literally, With the Celebrities Who Were Arrested Protesting Netanyahu
Celebrities including Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder, and Cynthia Nixon protested Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's United Nations speech.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Proud to join our allies launching the Red Lines Package at Parliament yesterday – a suite of 4 bills that would ensure Australia doesn’t fund, arm, or invest in illegal settlements, war crimes, or genocide. As Jews we know too well what happens when the international community turns a blind eye.
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Alice @aliseesila.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Robert Kraft’s attempts to silence Macklemore have backfired spectacularly | Arwa Mahdawi
The billionaire’s attempted crackdown on Ed Sheeran’s tour only amplified pro-Palestinian statements. It’s been a joy to watch
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches ‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches
‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
88% of Americans who plan to vote in the midterms, incl. 83% of Republican voters, want candidates who push for the release of the full Epstein Files. Epstein survivors, Liz Stein & Dani Bensky, on bringing the Files to the public in states like Texas and Iowa. youtu.be/B33O2LuhZ8c?...
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🚨Epstein SURVIVORS REACT To BOMBSHELL Epstein Files Library…In TEXAS!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nothing to Hide? Everything to Lose Claudia Weisenberger reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cellebr…
Michael West Media story graphic
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social "The IDF ran in the Sydney Marathon the same week they spat on Zomi Frankcom’s grave"
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The IDF ran in the Sydney Marathon the same week they spat on Zomi Frankcom’s grave - The Shot
The iconic Sydney Marathon hosted more than 40 current and former IDF personnel on the weekend. In the same week,...
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Algorithms are actively pushing harmful content at young men, and we know it: within 23 minutes of opening a new account, boys are already being fed misogynistic material. But Matt Canavan's answer is to point the finger at the women who teach our young men consent and respect.
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glassdarkly @dyode.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The Sunday Shot youtu.be/6YIH4eL0o_s?... #insiders #auspol
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Dr Richard Denniss on the Great Australian Gas Scam
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Oldgirl @oldgirl54.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Where is the outrage? Decisions made by a rigid algorithm that cannot be overridden by humans Defended by Sam Rae MP devoid of empathy Didn't they learn anything from robodebt? Aged care is rotten #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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50,000 removed from official aged care waitlist due to counting method change
A Four Corners investigation can reveal the number of people waiting for full aged care funding at home stands at almost 154,000 — not 100,000 as officially reported.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Government last week approved $2.5 billion in taxpayer funds to bail out the mining giant’s aluminium smelter near Newcastle. When the Government this week received an application from a women’s shelter for $2,500 in assistance, there was a mix-up. theshovel.com.au/2026/08/17/w...
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Women’s Shelter Accidentally Receives $2.5B After Government Misreads It As “Smelter” — The Shovel
A women’s shelter in NSW has received an unlikely injection of funds, after the Albanese Government mistook it for an aluminium smelter run by Rio Tinto.
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Winkypop @winkypop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The "new" QLD Govt 🙄 old Newman failed policies #qldpol #auspol
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Turns out INPEX has "drastically under-reported toxic emissions — including the carcinogen benzene — from its Ichthys LNG plant on Darwin Harbour" Environment Centre NT: "NT EPA's regulation of Inpex & Santos's toxic air pollution under the current licences has been alarmingly slipshod..."
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EPA recommends stricter pollution rules for Santos and Inpex
The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority recommends sweeping changes to the licences of Darwin's two major gas processing companies — Santos and Inpex — following a review triggered by ...
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 01/08/2026
Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
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Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royalties * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Indian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year. Financial accounts show the Carmichael thermal coal operations used large costs – including production and related party logistics expenses – to offset its $963.5m revenue in the 12 months to 31 March. This resulted in a recorded $340.6m loss for the year, erasing it’s tax bill. Continue reading...
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Tony Cartledge @decentral21.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I've been through the system and can attest that it is less than useless. It now seems it's a scam. #Auspol "The result is a system where people become revenue streams. Government has created an entire industry that now lobbies for its own continued existence." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What are Australia's jobs programs really for? The answer may be that employment was never the point.
This month it was Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth announcing changes to the compulsory activities people on JobSeeker can be forced to undertake. The debate always focuses on the details. Which a...
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Alice @aliseesila.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Drawn-out anti-Herzog probe means laws unenforceable - The Klaxon
The drawn-out investigation into police brutality at February’s anti-Herzog rally means officers who have broken important laws will avoid penalties.
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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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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The government-sponsored mayhem going on at Delaney Hall in unconscionable, and needs to be a MUCH bigger story. Hunger strike and protesters being brutalized and pushed into traffic, are you KIDDING me?
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal
Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli PM, who is fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’
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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Read and follow Sarah Martin, she’s doing great work www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Hanson and Joyce bill taxpayers for flights to private events on luxury cruise ship hosted by Rinehart
Exclusive: Parliamentary records show the One Nation MPs claimed travel expenses for fundraising events on exclusive cruise liner where mining billionaire owns an apartment
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 24/05/2026
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Gaza flotilla activists allege sexual assault and rape in Israeli detention
Israeli prison service denies claims of abuse during detention of 430 people trying to take aid to Palestinians
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Well done to Sadiq Khan. Many people want it out of our NHS too. #SayNoToPalantir www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayor’s decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026
Let it be clear: you are wanted here.
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Don't use Booking . com ‼️ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘It’s like stealing’: Palestinian family’s seized property listed on Booking.com
West Bank home described as ‘ideal for outdoor gatherings’ is among 41 listed rentals in illegal Israeli settlements
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Alice @aliseesila.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Where did Eurovision go wrong?
Eurovision has long claimed to be apolitical. This year, that claim may be its most contested performance yet.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Today, Palestinians around the world remember the Nakba – “the catastrophe” in Arabic – the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, when more than 750,000 people were driven from their homes and hundreds of villages and towns were erased. (1/5)
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Amazing the personal risks people will take to preserve archival material www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation
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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
But what happens next depends on how well public-health officials communicate what precautions people should be taking. If people mistakenly believe transmission relies only on “prolonged close contact,” they may take risks they will soon regret." [5/5] www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth
Knowing how a virus spreads is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund drastically increased its investments in arms, tech and banking companies contributing to the Gaza genocide in 2025, risking “serious breaches of international law” according to pro-Palestine advocacy groups. www.deepcutnews.com/p/future-fun...
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Future Fund doubles down on investments in companies linked to genocide
Sovereign wealth fund pours $260 million into Palantir, arms firms and Israeli banks
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 10/05/2026
tell me again how the water usage is typical actually
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Albanese govt could have appointed fmr Supreme Court justices, KCs or police commissioners. Instead they chose the least qualified combination of deputies permitted under the NACC Act. And it’s been almost impossible to judge their work - because we’ve seen so little of it. It beggars belief.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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Israel's killing of journalists in Lebanon highlights the impunity with which it acts
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Israel Defense Forces have committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government's military since 1992.
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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Energy for Australians described itself as “an independent, community-driven association, dedicated to achieving energy independence through a practical mix of nuclear, coal, gas, and renewable technologies”. It was entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group.
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‘Independent’ group Energy for Australians that ran anti-Labor ads received more than $1m from coal lobby
Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/03/2026
"It's time to call BS on the idea that we can't afford to look after Australians. "Subsidies that largely go to Clive Palmer, Gina Rinehart, BHP, Rio Tinto are growing faster than the NDIS." @rodcampbell.bsky.social on Australia's out-of-control fossil fuel subsidies. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3PHIcMu
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This is excellent. Farnsy flashmob in Brisbane in response to new Queensland hate speech laws which outlaw the phrase ‘From the river to the sea’.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Trump and Netanyahu’s war with Iran immediately closed the Strait of Hormuz, they continued the war allegedly to reopen it, eventually agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran to open it, now the US plans to blockade it themselves. These are not allies. End AUKUS, sanction Israel.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Convicted rapist Sean Black is back working for Pauline Hanson at One Nation headquarters. Qld LNP fed MP for Groom, Garth Hamilton, wrote to the House of Representatives Speaker to share concerns of him being in Australian Parliament House. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One Nation’s employment of convicted rapist makes it ‘very hard’ to take party seriously, Liberal senator says
James Paterson calls decision by Pauline Hanson’s party to rehire Sean Black ‘absolutely extraordinary’
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Jason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and razing them to the ground in massive remote detonations.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
These human rights abuses on Australia’s doorstep must not be ignored. The state violence directed against West Papuans is appalling. Warning that the linked report has shocking images of the shootings and killings. humanrightsmonitor.org/case/at-leas...
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At least six Papuan civilians killed and two injured by bullets during alleged retaliatory security force operation in Dogiyai - Two minors among the victims -
On 31 March and 1 April 2026, security forces carried out indiscriminate shootings against civilians in Kamu DIstrict, Dogiyai, Central Papua.
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