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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"A vast public artwork naming 18,457 children killed in Gaza has arrived in Sydney, confronting viewers with individual lives too easily reduced to statistics." #GazaGenocide pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Wall of Tears: 18,457 names for the children killed in Gaza
A vast public artwork naming 18,457 children killed in Gaza has arrived in Sydney, confronting viewers with individual lives too easily reduced to statistics.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 17h
"Double standards are pretty standard in Australia – so standard that the past couple of weeks have been full of them in politics and barely an eyebrow has been raised" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/yn5Rjtea
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18h
People boycotted Elon Musk's products because he is a neo-Nazi, and he turned Twitter into a sewer. If you haven't already done so, add to the list - the hundreds of thousands he has killed through USAID cuts, and now - as an accessory to Putin's war crimes, undermining Ukrainian defences.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 23h
It’s Give Out Day, a chance to have your donation matched in support of 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTIQA+ causes. I’m lending my support today to the Iceberg Foundation who provide free mental health services for queer refugees. They need just $1,755 to make their target. target 👉🏼 giveoutday.org.au/o/the-iceber...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12h
Australia's renewable energy investment is already wildly insufficient. I would bet this isn't a risk, it's something that's already happening.
The surge in artificial intelligence and data center projects threatens to shift investor attention away from renewables and batteries in Australia, potentially hampering the country’s push to reduce emissions.
“It is a competition for capital,” Ridhaa Ahmed, head of investments at Grok Ventures, a climate tech investor backed by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, said at the Australian Financial Review’s Energy and Climate summit in Sydney on Wednesday. Data centers “really consume most of the oxygen,” he said.a chart showing aus renewable investment is too low
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Ethan Floyd @ethanfloydgreens.bsky.social · 12h
Labor teamed up with the Coalition to block Lidia Thorpe’s bill banning shackling during childbirth. What the fuck is wrong with you if you can’t support even that? Prison does not strip women of their humanity. No woman should give birth in chains. No exceptions.
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Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth
Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Australia’s version of the French ad. Made by AHA.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23h
It shouldn't just be the Indies and Greens who are pushing sensible policies on climate and energy. But Labor, Coalition and One Nation are all fossil-fueled. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Needed more than submarines we will never see
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 20h
A 15-metre artwork now in Sydney carries the names of 18,457 children killed in Gaza. Wall of Tears asks viewers to see not a statistic, but individual lives, faces and futures cut short, Pam Batkin writes. #Gaza #Palestine #Art
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Bethany Williams @bethanyincbr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The government wants to find savings in the budget by cutting health care rebates for Australians over 65. Hey @albomp.bsky.social and @jimchalmers.bsky.social, how about instead you look for savings from the big companies that don’t pay royalties AND get massive tax rebates like FTCs?
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The political class has turned Australia into a nothingburger, run by a secretive cabal that urges its citizens to ignore blatant double standards by keeping the temperature down & to not upset the apple cart of outrageous foreign interference. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... Vote Greens
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Double standards from supermarkets to a convenient 'shrug emoji'
One reason these double standards are accepted is because the political class refuses to acknowledge them and there is little pushback.
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jalimestone.bsky.social @jalimestone.bsky.social · 21m
They have cloth ears unfortunately
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h
Trump may have "led the western populist way" on violent rhetoric, but Australian politicians must take responsibility for their own language. If they emulate that psychopath, they are unfit for office. #FarRight #auspol
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 21h
"NSW taxpayers will pay an extraordinary $450m to fossil fuel giant Origin Energy to prop up its unviable coal-fired Eraring Power Station for 2 more years.. ..the Minns govt deal will see NSW taxpayers fund 80% of Origin’s losses in operating the plant..." www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/23/c...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 17h
Labor & the Coalition decline to ban the barbaric, dehumanising, traumatic practices of shackling an incarcerated person during childbirth, and strip-searching children Say it's up to states and territories
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Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth
Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 16h
Senator Barbara Pocock used the Australia Institute’s Revenue Summit to call for sweeping tax reform, arguing that corporate power, tax avoidance, and generous concessions for property investors are fuelling the nation’s wealth divide. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/FuQ50Pf7
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 15h
Astonishing
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 14h
US sanctions could leave the ICC unable to bank, insure its staff or access essential services. Statements of solidarity are no longer enough. Its member states must act to keep the court alive, Sergey Vasiliev and Triestino Mariniello write. #ICC #InternationalLaw #Gaza
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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 1h
I'll be in Adelaide next weekend for the Oz Asia festival. Two events: -The Woman Who Becomes The Problem -The Newsroom is a Person Come along! ozasia.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23h
We should not be in a position where we are getting better policy advice from the Pope's AI advisor than from the Australian government. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20h
Associate Professor Sonali Walpola from the ANU pointed out, “Australians in the top quintile of wealth, where the average net worth is $3.267 million, own 94% of the value of financial assets held by private trusts. live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Digital duty of care legislation to be introduced, while private health changes fall. As it happens
Anika Wells will introduce the digital duty of care into the parliament, where she will have to find a path with the Greens to get it through the parliament. Meanwhile, the government has vowed to fi...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 18h
NSW unis alone dudded academics $380m but "spent $139m on consultants in 2025". Big4, McKinsey , KordaMentha Adam Lucas & James Guthrie report #auspol michaelwest.com.au/university-w...
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University wage theft. NSW academics owed hundreds of millions - Michael West
SA's Flinders University has admitted to underpaying casual academics almost $1 million, while NSW universities owes $380 million.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Exclusive: a pro-Israel WhatsApp group is once again seeking to cancel Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers' Week. The fresh campaign comes only months after pro-Israel lobbying led to the collapse of Australia's premier literary festival earlier this year. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: pro-Israel extremists launch campaign to cancel Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week
Pen Power Australia’s AI-generated email campaign targets the Palestinian-Australian academic
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 14h
Today the Greens put up our amendment to the government’s escalation pathway bill to finally put clinical human override back in aged care assessments. It was very disappointing to see the Coalition fold, and side with the government to defeat our amendment, and pass this half-measure unchanged.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Seems unlikely Labor will be fronting up to save the ICC Labor doesn't have the balls, the values or integrity to lead a global push to protect the ICC johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...
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US sanctions could kill the ICC. Its allies must now defend it
US sanctions could leave the International Criminal Court unable to bank, insure its staff, use essential technology or pay suppliers. Its member states now face a choice between defending the court o...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17h
"Every state in the world is obliged to prevent genocide" Too many states - like Australia - are complicit. #GazaGenocide #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay reflects on career forged under apartheid
In her first Australian interview since winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Navanethem "Navi" Pillay reflects on growing up in a segregated South Africa, her trailblazing career as a judge, and Trump'...
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 20h
The Aus Gov has the means to tackle poverty. They can fix welfare payments, target full employment and better fund social housing. These steps would go a long way to reducing poverty for the 3.7 million living below the poverty line. It’s all about priorities. #antipovertyweek
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 15h
Residents perplexed as Chris Minns' new social cohesion squad does target practice at Maroubra #whatsthescam #antisemitism #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/social-cohes...
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Social cohesion. Police practise their new machine guns at Sydney beach - Michael West
The newly formed NSW Police Armed Response Command will soon be out on the streets, all in the name of social cohesion.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 14h
the unions could also join this campaign to stop prison guards from shackling women during childbirth. If prison guards wanted to refuse, they could make some noise. Same with strip searching. And solitary confinement of children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth
Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general
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jalimestone.bsky.social @jalimestone.bsky.social · 26m
Wait for deafening silence to automated NDIS Aged care assessments.Elders in aged care charged for tv in room&hot breakfasts.Talk about 2 tier system,unfortunately reflects two tier society with families with children living in poverty, homelessness.Money for AUKUS,political donators get free gas
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 18h
"The (gas)Light on the Hill" a new cartoon from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social See today's cartoon on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261015-the…
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 22h
That feeling when you knock off the government’s pensioner cash grab 🥳 Yesterday in Canberra, a Senate motion introduced by Jacqui Lambie and Anne Ruston blocked the government’s unfair PHI rebate cuts for over-65s.
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jalimestone.bsky.social @jalimestone.bsky.social · 35m
Obviously no pride left
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 22h
Mindless malice.
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Exclusive: pro-Israel extremists launch campaign to cancel Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week
Pen Power Australia’s AI-generated email campaign targets the Palestinian-Australian academic
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20h
Young people in India are protesting for a better future. The violent crack-down from the Modi Government, and mass detention of protesters must be condemned. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Cockroach’ party leaders say India is ‘at war with its citizens’ as protests enter second day
CJP leaders say Modi’s government is creating ‘atmosphere of fear’ after they were among thousands detained on Saturday
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 23h
Allowing foreign AI companies to mine our power, water and data and giving a freebie on copyright is a new form of colonialism says the Pope’s AI adviser. He may not be infallible but he sure has hit the mark here. We needed defences and guardrails not white flags.
Pope's AI adviser warns Australia's copyright changes risk 'new form of colonialism'
By national AI reporter Cam Wilson
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Topic:AI
Posted about 13h agoabout 13 hours ago, updated about 13h agoabout 13 hours ago
Father Paolo Benanti speaking at a lectern. 
Father Paolo Benanti has a background in engineering and is an adviser to Pope Leo XIV on artificial intelligence. (Getty Images: Massimo Di Vita)
In short:
The AI adviser to Pope Leo has praised Australia for taking a considered approach to tech companies.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 23h
Just heard a govt minister talk about “precious taxpayer dollars” 😂 as we spend $Bs on AUKUS to create jobs in the UK and USA and fund bases and housing for US marines in WA while locals are homeless. The AUKUS Inquiry report will be released on 4 Nov at the National Press Club
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h
I am in the credits on this one
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
David Shoebridge; There are 500 Australians who have fought in the Israel Military. Home Affairs doesn’t ask or check. @davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol youtube.com/shorts/lcPQI...
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Do you know the Aus Government doesn't track if people here have fought in a foreign military?
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/10/2026
"It's hugely popular. The community wants it. They're sick of gas companies getting Australian's gas for free," Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young talking about a 25% gas export tax on ABC 7.30. Join the call for a national plebiscite: gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.o…
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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It’s Anti-Poverty Week this week, and I stood with colleagues and community advocates to remind the Gov that while 3.7 million Australians live in poverty, including one in seven adults and one in six children, the Gov’s priorities are clearly out of whack #auspol #raisetherate
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#WeStandWithMikey #PressFreedom
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13/10/2026
"It feels to me Australia hasn't been prepared to back its own values." Ben Doherty & @emmashortis.bsky.social on the Australian government's approach to US sanctions on the International Criminal Court. "Here is the rules-based order under attack & we're not coming to the party." #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
New figures in - Australians still hate Trump's USA, but like Canada live.thepoint.com.au
Charts showing since 20204 Australian travel to Canada is up nearly 20% while it is down 5% to the USA
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Albanese Government is the most secretive federal government we've had in decades. It protects lobbyists, keeps ministerial diaries closed, and has repeatedly made FoI requests more challenging and more expensive.
theage.com.au
‘Bully boy’ accusations fly over nuclear waste secrecy
The Albanese government is fighting to keep these FOI documents hidden. Jacqui Lambie and others on the crossbench aren’t happy.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au
Screenshot of The Aus Institute's Great Gas Giveaway tracker:

$78,001,671,884

Revenue missed by not implementing a 25% tax on gas exports
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Mehreen Faruqi fights on in the Senate to suspend standing orders, calling on the govt to stop siding with Netanyahu & “sadistic con artist” Trump on the genocide in Gaza, to expel the Israeli Ambassador & stop the arms trade with Israel. #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Three weeks out from her election Trump has sent Federal agents in to raid US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This is part of his attack on migrants, especially Somali migrants. We need to resist this racist authoritarian politics wherever it rises. Wrong in the US, wrong here too.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Better for the Albanese govt to make a clear decision to #EndAUKUS now, rather than have this humiliating and dangerous farce drag on any longer.
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