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@erica6.bsky.social
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Politics, democracy,environment, health, arts. RT or follow ≠ agreement. From Whadjuk land living on Gadigal land. #Yes23 ❤️🦢❤️

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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 15h
#OneNation #auspol apple.news/AjragVMsaQQS...
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A $100m liability, a $50k donation and One Nation’s sudden change of mind — The Sydney Morning Herald
Newly uncovered disclosures show labour hire giant WorkPac paid nearly $50,000 to One Nation, raising fresh questions about the party’s last-minute vote on 2021 industrial relations laws.
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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 03/10/2026
Nationalist rabble-rousers in Thailand have accused Israelis of trying to seize Thai territory, and Israeli tourists of misbehaving or disrespecting the country’s culture. buff.ly/Fi7t6Gx
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What Lies Behind the Rise in Anti-Israel Sentiment in Thailand?
Nationalist rabble-rousers have accused Israelis of trying to seize Thai territory, and Israeli tourists of misbehaving or disrespecting the country’s culture.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Overseas, economists are exploring alternative ways to deal with supply shocks driving up the cost of living.” #auspol apple.news/AQBFUmPLvQka...
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Could a German economist fix the RBA’s inflation problem? — The Saturday Paper
As the RBA admits interest rates are its only tool for managing inflation, alternative models propose dealing with supply shocks through price caps and strategic reserves.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#auspol #AI
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/09/2026
⚡Finland, Sweden launch first joint intercept of Russian jets over Gulf of Finland Finland and Sweden’s air forces carried out their first joint operation on Sept. 24, scrambling Finnish F/A-18 Hornets and Swedish JAS 39 Grimness to intercept, identify a Russian formation over the Gulf of Finland.
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Finland, Sweden launch first joint intercept of Russian jets over Gulf of Finland
The joint September mission follows a serious encounter on June 12, when Sweden was forced to scramble its Gripen jets twice in a single day to intercept Russian Su-24 Fencer and Su-34 Fullback strike...
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #auspol
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A dangerous new reality is taking hold in Europe
One after the other they lined up to speak: National leaders warning of increasing imminent danger to their countries.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#auspol #Brethren #LNP apple.news/AXOy7lVa6R6W...
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Exclusive Brethren leader calls Jews ‘wicked’, ‘infidel’ as Liberals remain silent — The Age
The leader of the church, which secretly campaigned for the Coalition at the election using neo-Nazi associates, has described Jews as evil in leaked sermons.
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DJ Maryalee Scarlet @djmaryaleescarlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social warned us all.
“Once an autocrat gets into office, it is very hard to get them out. They will disregard term limits, they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it. They will take your money, they will steal your freedom, and if they are clever, they will eliminate any structural protections you had before the majority realizes the extent of the damage.”
― Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#auspol #journalism
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW and CNN journalists have just been denied access to covering Xi Jinping's arrival back at the White House for tonight's state dinner.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#auspol #AI
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 24/09/2026
'Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year' among those set to lose jobs in Tasmanian cost cutting
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'Researcher of the Year' to be sacked as part of cost cutting
Not even the Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year 2025 can avoid a Tasmanian departmental job-cutting drive.
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🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Donald Trump ordered to restore White House access for major media outlets
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Donald Trump ordered to restore White House access for major media outlets
CNN, MS NOW and Politico weren't given a meaningful chance to contest the revocation of their press passes, a judge has ruled.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Watch some of the journalist Hager’s speech on this paywalled article. Important to point out that I had read (8% vote) (Atlas Network) ACT party as the main #NZpol neoliberal driver. Hager’s book shows how deeply entrenched (Atlas) Tax Payers Union 🙄 is in National Party (& tobacco). 🚨#Auspol
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING The G20 club of nations will work on developing AI safety standards under the UK's presidency in 2027, says British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at the UN. Burnham also announced a new UK AI partnership with the US to help protect critical infrastructure from attack
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This isn’t just about NIH grants. It’s about whose health gets studied—and whose gets ignored. Defund research on women and minority communities. Weaken the safety net. Politicize which science gets funded. Different policies. Same consequence: the people who already have the least lose the most.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#auspol #SalmonFarms
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#ChristianValues #Brethren #OneNation #Auspol apple.news/A4HcE8rE6Qtu...
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‘More power to redheads’: Brethren leader backs Hanson, building nuclear bombs — The Sydney Morning Herald
In a speech praising Hanson, the Exclusive Brethren leader also told his flock Australia should use its uranium to “build a few bombs”.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Go back to watch this. It’s absolutely spot on. The massive jump in ON’s numbers isn’t “natural.” It is very likely an anomaly reflecting massive social media distortion. Manipulating algorithms? Overseas disinformation factories. Who is paying for it? Gina’s money @ Advance? Or? #Auspol
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#auspol
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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The racist email that made this doctor take on the establishment
Australia's first Indigenous eye surgeon Kris Rallah-Baker has walked a zigzag path, driven by family struggles and overcoming "unashamed racism".
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Five best-practice trauma treatments share one flaw: they were built for trauma that ends. Racial trauma doesn't. My new paper, the Racial Trauma Treatment Triad, is the first culturally adapted trauma treatment framework for Aboriginal Australians. Its Free for 3 months: doi.org/10.1080/1328...
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The Racial Trauma Treatment Triad (RTTT): a culturally adapted cognitive-behavioural-physiological framework for Aboriginal Australians
This paper proposes the Racial Trauma Treatment Triad (RTTT), a culturally adapted treatment framework for Aboriginal Australians experiencing racial trauma. It compares the RTTT against five best-...
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can Coalition & spokesman Julian Leeser answer whether students in Australian schools will be able to learn this indigenous history from 1938 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11...
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William Cooper — the Aboriginal elder who led an anti-Nazi protest
In 1938, Aboriginal activist William Cooper led a delegation to the German consulate in Melbourne to deliver a letter protesting over violence against Jews at Kristallnacht — the night of broken glass...
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The Coalition has announced a plan to rewrite the national curriculum, slashing units on Indigenous history and culture, sustainability, and engagement with Asia.” #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Pride in flag, Western culture, and soldiers in schools: Coalition unveils education plan
Opposition education spokesman Julian Leeser said Indigenous history and cultural studies must be pared back as test results fall.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#palantir #auspol
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you @kossamaras.bsky.social for writing this article. #auspol #PaulineHanson #OneNation
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"..it is worth being honest about what she is actually selling. She holds equity in a gambling company, marketing gambling to an audience that skews heavily male and young, using a trope as old as advertising itself....and this campaign does women no favours. #auspol
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It was my privilege to bring to parliament one of @changeaus.bsky.social's largest ever Aus petitions, calling on the Gov to end live animal exports. Grass roots action is powerful, it got us the live sheep export ban and it is what will put an end to cruel live animal exports. #auspol #politas
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#auspol #AI #DataCentres
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#auspol #AI
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2026
Mamdani: "New York City is leading a coalition of city and counties to sue the federal government for the gross illegality of their new public charge rule, and the irreparable damage that it will cause."
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"When its customers found out who they were dealing with, they objected. Coles acted within months. The Australian government has known for years. It has not acted at all." #Palantir has infiltrated governments in Australia #NDIS #auspol Claudia Weisenberger michaelwest.com.au/palantir-all...
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Palantir. All seeing, all knowing. Inspired by Sauron - Michael West
Palantir sells fraud detection software to governments and businesses all over the world. Given its own murky past, is that a good idea?
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This was always going to happen. Rinehart runs One Nation. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart
Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The Populist
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/09/2026
Katie Phang on a Russian oligarch bankrolling Don Jr.’s wedding: “They’re so dumb, we see it happening in real time. But because there’s no consequence or accountability, they just do it in the wide open.”
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Don Jr's extravagant 3-day wedding was bankrolled by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Umar Kremlev, per @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Chats on encrypted apps show Brethren figures tailed politicians & fed “private intel” on their locations to far-right activists with a history of white supremacist associations.They show how, the night before Albanese’s press conference, McIntyre was brought in to tail, photo/video,heckle” #auspol
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#auspol apple.news/AXl9xNaBJRFa...
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‘Tail, film, heckle’: Inside the Brethren’s secret election influence plot with the far-right — The Age
Leaked messages reveal the full story of how the Exclusive Brethren secretly recruited far-right agitators and neo-Nazi associates to harass MPs at the election.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13/09/2026
⚡️Ukrainian tennis player Yastremska says family apartment destroyed in Russian attack on Odesa. "A Russian missile destroyed our apartment in Odesa. The only thing that survived was a Roland Garros towel," Yastremska wrote on Instagram.
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Ukrainian tennis player Yastremska says family apartment destroyed in Russian attack on Odesa
"A Russian missile destroyed our apartment in Odesa. The only thing that survived was a Roland Garros towel," Yastremska wrote on Instagram.
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
President Catherine Connolly voiced strong views to Donald Trump: '(S)he conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.' #USPolitics #Ireland /1 www.rte.ie/news/2026/09... via @news.rte.ie
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President voiced 'strong view' on war, genocide to Trump
President Catherine Connolly has said that she conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"...Aust in a very different position from the overwhelming majority of other ‘advanced’ economies (to say nothing of developing nations). As shown in Chart 3, Australia currently spends a smaller % of GDP on age pensions than any other OECD member country except Ireland and Iceland." #auspol
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#AI #ChatGPT
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
apple.news/AbS6TZYinQ0m... #Rinehart #OneNation #auspol
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Why Rinehart is pushing to make Hastie an outcast, and backing Hanson to bring him down — The Age
Gina Rinehart once supported arch-conservative MP Andrew Hastie. But now she’s thrown her support behind One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and her plan to bring him down.
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erica6.bsky.social @erica6.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Being a renter, Jenny missed out on solar boon but that is about to change
Australia readies to lift a ban on plug-in solar, unlocking access to the technology for millions of apartment dwellers and renters for the first time.
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