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It's getting really hard to maintain a positive mindset about humans. Ngunnawal Country. 🇵🇸

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 19h
No One Gives A Fuck About October 7 No one cares. They used to, but then Israel spent three years showing the world why October 7 happened in the first place. After witnessing the cruelty and savagery of the state of Israel, people get it now. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/no-one-giv...
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No One Gives A Fuck About October 7
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MEDIA RELEASE: 3 years on from Oct 7 and Australia’s legal & moral obligation remains: act now to end the genocide & pursue justice for Palestine. Peace and safety will never be achieved without Palestinian rights to self-determination, equality, freedom. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/10/thre...
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Three years since October 7: Australian Government must step up in face of ongoing genocide and impunity for Israel
MEDIA RELEASE 7 October 2026 This week marks three years since Israel began its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza following […]
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
⁉️The plan for Gaza is revealed. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20... Gaza allegedly will become yet another tax haven for global billionaires while most Australians, thru their AUKUSZI collaboration, lost its free speech, culture & creative expression but gained ideological indoctrination about it all.
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Gaza to become a tax-free 'billionaire haven' according to Jared Kushner and Zionist billionaires
Jared Kushner sees Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza taking shape as Zionist billionaires pledge vast amounts into the project
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Christopher Pike @christopherhpike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#FreePalestine
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Twelve nations put a price on Israel’s illegal settlements. Canberra sat at the table for months, then remembered it had a Security Council seat to win.” theaimn.net/australias-w...
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Australia’s West Bank Abdication: The Comfort of Complicity
Twelve nations put a price on Israel’s illegal settlements. Canberra sat at the table for months, then remembered it had a Security Council seat to win. Do we have principles? Strutting what it sees a...
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a nightmare story for Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel has destroyed all the water treatment plants. Everything including the sea that Israel desalinates for water is full of sewage and wastewater. Gazans live in tents surrounded by it. Long walks for cans of water. Drink or wash hands 🦠
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
Among the delegations who didn't walk out was the Australian one.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seems One Nation's MAGA-fuelled fascism is rural Australia's change of choice Betty might not be reading the room about the racist agenda, Australia may get far more than they expect Rural dead towns are not new, but many rural town re-invent themselves by adapting .. not inviting in fascism
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This Labor government lacks the imagination, and courage, to look beyond US big tech. The world needs to push back, work together and resist this handful of Trump-loving billionaires.
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tell them to build their magical machines in space
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Rinehart had a large private cabin with a grand piano, Bollinger and canapés. At dinner, she asked him if he knew Dagny Taggart, the heroine from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged who fights against left-wing collectivism. “That’s me,” Rinehart said. www.reddit.com/r/AusNewsWir...
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From the AusNewsWire community on Reddit: Why Rinehart is pushing to make Hastie an outcast, and backing Hanson to bring him down
Explore this post and more from the AusNewsWire community
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Israel lobby put this prick into office It has returned our policing to the brutal days It has undermined our ability to protest To have a voice All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money Buying politicians worldwide #MinnsMustGo
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Israel lobby has dropped its vexatious lawsuit against @marykostakidis.bsky.social whose bravery and integrity is a light for us all Andrew Brown #auspol michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostaki...
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Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence Mary Kostakidis. She stood her ground
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the only mikewilson in oz @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#auspol Terrific news about the zionists down under dropping their pernicious defamation suit against Mary Kostakidis. Big news everywhere, but not a mention of it on the Zionist Federation of Australia website. consortiumnews.com/2026/09/10/z...
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Zionists Drop Case Against Kostakidis
The Zionist Federation of Australia withdrew its case of racial hatred against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free speech. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium Ne...
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TheRedQueen @robyne17.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Swap Trump for Hanson and MAGA for ONE NATION...this says it all #AusPol
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A dickhead is a dickhead.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Climate data has been released confirming August 2026 as the hottest month on record after heatwaves and severe drought dominated Western Europe's warmest summer.
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Extreme heat, fires and floods mark record hot month
Climate data has been released confirming August 2026 as the hottest month on record after heatwaves and severe drought dominated Western Europe's warmest summer.
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Bethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Andrew Hastie is way to conservative for my position on the political/idealogical spectrum, BUT, here are the things that stand him well apart from Pauline Hanson: (1 🧵)
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More than 230 residents, including children, are facing eviction from Darwin's largest homeless shelter within weeks as the federal and Northern Territory governments remain locked in a funding stand-off.
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Hundreds face homelessness within weeks amid government funding stand-off
More than 230 residents, including children, are facing eviction from Darwin's largest homeless shelter within weeks as the federal and Northern Territory governments remain locked in a funding stand-off.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Supporting heinous crimes deserves ... not a tax deduction.” @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social B McKenzie: “abhorrent anti-Semitic comments” Lib Lab Nats PHON vote down Greens bill to stop Aus charities funding war crimes. @sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol #ACNC michaelwest.com.au/labor-and-co...
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Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from charities funding Israel war machine - Michael West
Labor and the Coalition have voted down a Greens amendment to strip tax breaks from charities funding illegal Israeli settlements and the IDF.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The reality of the AfD and the global far-right movement
This political meme utilizes the classic Scooby-Doo unmasking format to make a satirical critique of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party and its leader, Alice Weidel. The First Panel: Fred is shown removing a ghost mask from a captive figure. The mask features a photo of Alice Weidel next to the logo for the AfD. The Second Panel: The mask is off, revealing that the true identity or driving force behind the party is allegedly composed of three foreign nations represented by their flags: the United States, Israel, and Russia.
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Sato Juniper @satojuniper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"People continue to be killed in Gaza, Palestinian families remain besieged in the West Bank, and the Israeli political right has been removing all doubt that these violations are intentional, by telling the world of its hopes and plans." Why has most of the world gone selectively deaf? #Auspol
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I AM Jane Doe❗️Pro Democratic Politics in 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @dove333.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Auspol Billionaire Gina Reinhart is the 4th largest landowner in the WORLD! She bought One Nation’s Pauline Hanson for a private plane, hundreds of thousands of dollars in ‘political’ (aka bribes) donations, flights and gifts. Gina did these things so she can be the shadow leader behind Pauline.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Absolutely mind boggling that Australia's Signals Directorate has given Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite secret security clearance to handle sensitive Government data. Our data.
Cellebrite Guardian Completes IRAP Assessment: Achieves PROTECTED Level for Australian Government Agencies
September 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT
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Independent assessment gives Australian law enforcement, defense and national security agencies a platform for collaborating and managing digital evidence in the cloud quickly and securely

TYSONS CORNER, Va. and PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellebrite DI Ltd. (Nasdaq: CLBT), a global leader in AI-powered Digital Investigative and Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced that Cellebrite Guardian, its cloud-based digital evidence management platform, has achieved an important technical milestone to support its adoption by the Company's customers in Australia. Guardian has completed an assessment under the Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) at the PROTECTED classification level. The assessment was conducted by CyberCX, an Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)-endorsed IRAP assessor.
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Meanwhile on another planet……
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The antisemitism royal commission has failed. My column explains what happened:
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The antisemitism royal commission made two big mistakes — will these compromise their findings? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Australian society has been riven by a combustible debate about antisemitism, criticism of Israel and the boundaries of free speech. The royal commission could have provided the intellectual and moral...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026
What if post-Trump America is even *worse*? 1/
A nuclear mushroom cloud wearing a giant Trump wig. A decaying American flag fills the sky behind it.
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unlike Crikey, at least The Shot have never had to withdraw degrading articles from rape apologists, or platform women haters, or apologise for their drunken editor at an awards night, or sack endless writers, or apologise for using AI and have to withdraw articles Staggering, sexist hypocrites
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ABC reporting Marles has said Australia wants to integrate more quickly with the US. On what authority does Marles commit our nation to integration with the most dangerous and aggressive nation on earth? What does this mean for our economy and trade with China? Madness!
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Joel Jenkins @boganintel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We write fearlessly at @theshot.net.au, and it sucks to be accused of antisemitism by Crikey in bad faith articles.
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Fuck fascism. Free Palestine.” 💜
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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This was a satisfying read. First the RBA said our research on profitss was flawed, others even called for our research to be retracted. But we were right all along, and now the RBA's own research shows it. Better late than never I guess thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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RBA's own research shows that profits drove post-pandemic inflation, not wages
Last week, research by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) confirmed that they were wrong in 2023 to criticise research by The Australia Institute, which showed rising profits were the significant cau...
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 02/09/2026
Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, glacier melt, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion. www.theguardian.com/environ...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"They shouted “Free Palestine!” And we cheered them even harder." Judith Treanor of Jews Against Occupation on solidarity; runners and protestors #auspol #sydneymarathon michaelwest.com.au/the-sydney-m...
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The Sydney Marathon proved, once again, we are the majority - Michael West
Anti-genocide protestors were buoyed by support from runners at the Sydney Marathon. Judith Treanor from Jews Against the Occupation ’48.
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/08/30/e... The entire scam has Jillian Segal’s fingerprints all over it. Why is Segal allowing one of her staff to run as a Liberal Party candidate? Did Segal organise Frank Schiefler’s candidacy via her political connections?
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Exclusive: Zionist fraudster Frank Schiefler, who works for Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal, is a Liberal Party candidate in Victoria
Frank Schiefler, who refuses to answer questions about his background and works for Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal, is the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Hastings in the Victorian state ele...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Palantir's Gotham tech helped to kill 25k kids in Gaza, & also behind the 'precision targeting' of the 150 Minab schoolgirls in Iran So naturally the Aus govt thought it was a top idea to bring them onboard the NDIS! #auspol youtu.be/Z7yQVfg9OKo?...
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How Palantir has infiltrated the Government | Michael West
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
AUKUS advocate Jennifer Parker is again featured in the Murdoch press as an expert academic while ignoring the fact that her private company, Barrier Strategic Advisory, is enmeshed in the arms industry. She has a vested interest in AUKUS. Transparency and context would help!
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Reckoning Yep... @birmo.bsky.social A climate change disaster. “It’s just murder, honestly.” aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...
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The Reckoning
That imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it?
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Private data is being shared data between govt agencies with controversial CIA-linked surveillance group Palantir. Without permission, without disclosure. Claudia Weisenberger investigates #auspol #NDIS #AUSTRAC michaelwest.com.au/palantir-is-...
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Palantir is inside the House. Surveillance and the NDIS - Michael West
The Government is sharing NDIS data between agencies and even with controversial CIA-linked surveillance group Palantir. Via AUSTRAC
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Keep yourselves safe from the 40 visiting IDF soldiers running in the marathon, Sydney. I'd avoid visiting hospitals if you can, they like to blow those up. Ditto for mosques. Same for Australian war cemeteries. And it probably goes without saying, but keep your kids well away.
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Refugee Council of Australia @refugeecouncilau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There has been media speculation about a possible cut to Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian program next financial year. If the Albanese Government goes ahead with this plan, it would betray its own party values. www.refugeecouncil.org.au/proposed-ref...
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Proposed Refugee Program cut would betray Labor Party values, Refugee Council says
The Albanese Government would be betraying values held dear by Australian Labor Party (ALP) members and supporters if it went ahead with plans to cut
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Expel Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman. Andrew Brown puts the case #auspol #Gaza michaelwest.com.au/send-israeli...
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Send Hillel Newman home: Australia has tolerated his contempt long enough - Michael West
Sneering, denying, lecturing, lying. Andrew Brown puts the case for the Australian government to expel Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Choices. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Paragraphs of text with small vignettes. First column: “HAPPY NEW YEAR” sign with balloons. “I sometimes think about a time when I was 16 at a New Year’s Eve party. 
Teens drank at parties then, and a log of pashing went on. It was all pretty tame.”(Image of awkward young couple pashing.)
“I liked boys a lot and at this party I got flirting with a guy…” (image of girl and guy facing each other at nigh under party lights.) “He told me he was 22, and I felt very grown up to have attracted his attention. He was surprised to discover my age.” Next column: (image of champagne bottle popping cork) “when midnight came, I hoped to have a New Year’s kiss with him. He gently declined, saying I was too young. I didn’t know what I didn’t know, and he knew better.” (Image of the same two people under fireworks, with man smiling holding hand up as “no”.)
“When I think about young men and schoolboys “getting themselves into situations”, I think about him. And all the choices we make.” (Image two guys laughing walking away from a girl crying, sitting on the ground.) (image of a speaker with “NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS” blaring.)
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We buy attack class nuclear subs to: Maintain the international rules based order as our “ally” the US attacks the ICC, Protect sea lanes from China our most important trading partner. Defend Australia by surrendering sovereignty and making our cities a nuclear target.🤬
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The US and Israel are engaged in an illegal war with Iran, and now the US is threatening to weaponise its US dollar payments system against the world as part of it. Australia must find ways, like Canada is doing, to push back.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Robodebt encore? Palantir lurks as MPs shirk vote, NDIS Bill passes Claudia Weisenberger reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-encore-…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When peaceful protesters of a genocide can be brutally arrested, but the génocidaire gets a warm welcome from MossadMinn’s and anthony conman. #Auspol #Genocide
Street art
Depicting Mossad Minn’s
📷 Scottie Marsh
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Home Affairs’ Stephanie Foster reveals Jillian Segal is pushing her to expand the National Hate Crimes Register to track non-criminal incidents. With IHRA as a framework, criticising Israel would go on the books & turn it into a backdoor mechanism to police political speech.
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