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@janine-l-s.bsky.social
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Hoping to contribute to people preserving this beautiful, spectacular world and peacefully sharing it with all other inhabitants. Wurundjeri-Vic, Australia Woke

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Lizzy Schofield @musictplove.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Australia where are you PM? Wake up!!!!! #auspol #dumpaukus
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Crowbar @crowbar.wtf · 10/10/2026
Aussie measurements that confuse everyone else
"Just up the road"
Could be up to 100km
"A bit warm"
The car seat is now a hazard
"A couple"
Anywhere between 2 & who's counting?
"On my way"
Still at home, but mentally committed
"Freezing"
Anything below 20°C
"Just around the corner"
Could be 2 minutes... or 2 hours
"No worries"
The solution to everything
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A good read for anyone not aware of the "violent hatred" and lies dished out against Andrews during COIVID. Now, in 2026, Pauline Hanson vouched to put former Victorian premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan in prison "by Christmas"
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the deal “plays into Russia’s hands – allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world”."
theguardian.com
Australia does not ‘need or want Russian fuel’, Chris Bowen says, after Trump deal to buy diesel from Putin
Energy and climate change minister says Russia should not be rewarded for ‘illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine’
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That look when you've just made "a big deal" - who's calling the shots? "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the latest agreement “a weak decision, unfortunately, a weak decision by strong partners”, according to a statement released by the Ukrainian embassy in Washington."
theage.com.au
Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russian diesel
The shock deal comes a month after the US imposed sanctions on Moscow. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the agreement as a “weak decision”.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
theguardian.com
‘Smarmy management consultant’: Angus Taylor criticised by Pauline Hanson and heckled at CPAC event
Liberal leader says Coalition ‘got some things wrong’ in signing up to net zero and increasing immigration
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Labor’s primary vote is weakening while Green preferences remain crucial in close contests. Albanese’s hostility to the Greens may become increasingly difficult to sustain. Anthony Albanese should be careful about continually insulting the Greens. He may rue the day!
pearlsandirritations.com
Labor should not take Green preferences for granted
Labor’s primary vote is weakening while Green preferences remain crucial in close contests. Albanese’s hostility to the Greens may become increasingly difficult to sustain.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The face Albo is showing us more and more often, these days.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😆😏 Someone's idea for our new flag. Albo would be allowed to kiss Trump's feet again.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Another week, another migration policy. Except that makes it sound normal, and this nasty race to the bottom between those who purport to represent us is anything but. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
pearlsandirritations.com
There is no ‘debate’: them is us – Message from the Editor
Another week, another migration policy. Except that makes it sound normal, and this nasty race to the bottom between those who purport to represent us is anything but.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Zelenskyy reacted furiously to Trump’s announcement of the deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, calling it “absolutely terrible” and “not fair and not honest”.
theguardian.com
Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel
President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
See, this is why people have had a gutful of the Liberals. Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists Angus Taylor has pledged to tighten protections for coal and gas projects after environmentalists successfully challenged a major coal expansion. michaelwest.com.au/coalition-se...
michaelwest.com.au
Coalition seeks to shield mines from climate activists - Michael West
Angus Taylor has pledged to tighten protections for coal and gas projects after environmentalists successfully challenged a major coal expansion.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Students at the Australian National University vote by a show of hands in favor of cutting ties with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and divesting from arms companies in solidarity with Palestine. 👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇦🇺👏🇵🇸
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Some good news at last...
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gmf 1979 🇦🇺 @gmf1979.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Given the fukn brutality of assaults on NSW residents by state police, the obvious reluctance of NSW #auspol & mossad minns to hand over evidence. Why isn't this before the NSW supreme court or the high court of Australia? Now they're being armed with fukn machine guns FFS.
sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
NSW Police Watchdog Must Be Given the Power to Require Evidence of Brutality
There are calls to empower the police watchdog to require evidence regarding the use of excessive force by police during the protest against Israeli president Isaac Herzog.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we ran out of hate @wnhy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Where is Australia @albomp.bsky.social ?Why aren’t we signatories to this as well? We need to support the #ICC and its work upholding International Law, not some dubious US version #auspol
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On the first occasion, you might give the government the benefit of the doubt and call it an aberration. michaelwest.com.au/shakedown-at-tra…
Shakedown at Transparency Corral. Government brings out the money gunOn the first occasion, you might give the government the benefit of the doubt and call it an aberration.They are sending a signal to the public and journalists that they want the price of accessing government information to be high … very high.A six-year transparency fight
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Heads-up! Any time NewsCorpse tries to promote Josh Frydenberg or suggest he should return to federal politics, I like to remind people of his illegal misleading Chinese language corflutes in AEC purple, telling voters the "correct" way to vote. 😠 #auspol #KooyongVotes
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
09Oct2026 The sound of silence. Artwork by Francesco Dell'Acqua. #NaviPillay #NobelPeacePrize #ICC #StopTheGenocide #GazaGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's a change.org petition to remove Jillian Segal as Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy. Please consider reading and signing this petition. Zionism is NOT Judaism. Opposing Zionism is not antisemitism. Criticising Israel is NOT antisemitism. #auspol #FreePalestine c.org/5mJWQnkPQL
c.org
Sign the Petition
We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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tandigi @tandigi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Brilliant comment from the petition. 👏👏👏
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"A triple zero call from his step-daughter" The Age headline blames the daughter of the victim for daring to report the DV VAW in a Triple-0 call to police. So, victims and witnesses should not report abuse bc it affects the life of the perpetrator? 😠 #DV #VAW Image: @sherelemoody.bsky.social
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is beautiful! French protesters are joyfully singing in the streets and proudly waving the Palestinian flag. This is what solidarity looks like. None of us are free until all of us are free. 👏🇫🇷👏🇵🇸👏🇫🇷👏🇵🇸👏🇫🇷👏
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Gina often complains about doing business in Australia - red tape, etc - meanwhile 👇 "Lucia Chicaiza watched a caravan of headlights inch towards her northern Ecuadorian township. When the trucks and armoured vehicles stopped, they disgorged hundreds of men carrying guns and anti-riot shields."
theage.com.au
Mountains of Trouble: Bumpy road for Rinehart’s offshore mining push
Australia’s richest woman’s company is chasing copper and gold in the Andes. Local communities want no part of it.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Tasmania's environmental regulator is urging a tribunal to hear its concerns, after learning the operator of a recently approved AI data centre wants to use hundreds of diesel generators far more often than it originally disclosed."
abc.net.au
Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans
Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"It is remarkable just how little reaction the latest incendiary video released by Pauline Hanson attracted this week. Drawing generously from a campaign commercial released by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, earlier this year, .."
theguardian.com
Offensive tirades on race and religion shouldn’t be the norm in Australian politics
A racist AI-generated video is the latest offensive stunt by One Nation. Now Pauline Hanson’s attack on Mehreen Faruqi needs to be settled by the courts
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😢 "Wildlife rescue volunteers have received more than 460 reports of malnourished flying foxes since late September."
abc.net.au
Baby flying foxes starving in numbers volunteers have never seen
Wildlife rescue volunteers are being overwhelmed by hundreds of flying fox pups born prematurely across NSW, due to a suspected starvation event.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"All Victorians deserve to know the consequences of their vote. In a scenario where polls are telling us that minority government is a definite possibility, it is encumbent on political leaders to explain their intentions in that scenario. To ask that they do so is entirely reasonable."
theage.com.au
Voters deserve clarity on party deals and election preferences
As Victorians turn their mind to the November 28 election they want answers about where their vote may end up.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sale of the Century 🤔😧 to be "used" for drawcard for reality TV ?? I used to watch the Block when it first appeared - it was a real renovation program - now, for me, it's unwatchable with the manufactured squabbles that dominate and used as click bait.
theguardian.com
The Block secured a huge Victorian government property for only $1m. Neighbours and MPs want to know why
Historic former psychiatric hospital in Sunbury was sold to Channel Nine for $38 per square metre in the cheapest real estate purchase in the show’s history
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Via Aljazeera
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
youtube.com/shorts/xpXa7...
youtube.com
If you've been waiting for a sign to join the movement, this is it!
YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"$3.2B to support the detention of around 1000 people.'" The privatisation of Australia's detention centres has been a deadset failure @kimwingerei.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/privatised-r...
michaelwest.com.au
Privatised refugee detention centres: a billion dollar failure - Michael West
After almost three decades of running Australia's detention centres, private contractors keep falling short, adding to the plight of refugees.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The High Court has just exposed Attorney-General Michelle Rowland’s poor judgement. In her defence, maybe she just put political interest ahead of public interest … although that would make her action (or lack of action) improper. #auspol
michaelwest.com.au
High Court exposing Attorney-General Rowland's poor judgement - Michael West
Six High Court judges unite in opposing the Government's attempts to force a citizen to pay its legal costs.
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Nes Evan @nes-evan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Vegetarian buffet and a ‘free dental’ raffle prize: Greens launch bullish bid to take our country back in Victoria New federal leader David Shoebridge says November’s poll will herald the start of an extraordinary moment as Greens hope for best-ever state result www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Vegetarian buffet and a ‘free dental’ raffle prize: Greens launch bullish bid to ‘take our country back’ in Victoria
New federal leader David Shoebridge says November’s poll will herald the start of an ‘extraordinary moment’ as Greens hope for best-ever state result
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 09/10/2026
Three years on, Israel continues to asphyxiate #Gaza. With Israeli forces now occupying approximately 65 per cent of Gaza, the ‘Yellow Line’ is further restricting where Palestinians can live, putting people at risk of being shot and disrupting aid. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-th...
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Austin Appelbee, the Perth teen who swam 4 hours to shore in rough seas to alert authorities, leading to the sea rescue of his mother, brother and sister, has been awarded the Clarke Gold medal for bravery. Austin was 13yo when he made the 4km swim to shore to get help. Legend. 🙏😢 #bravery
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Be warned! If you're a pro-Palestine Victorian voter: Melbourne-based pro-Israel activist Avi Yemini, who served in Israel's military, has registered the fake Pro-Palestine Party for the upcoming Victorian election. Yemini's goal: redirect votes to right wing, pro-Israel parties. #auspol #springst
Pro-Israel activist Avi Yemeni.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm guessing the Trump-loving Pete Hegseth fans who are going to gleefully watch the public execution by firing squad live-streamed, are the same people who oppose abortion rights (women's healthcare) because they're "pro-life". #USA #USPolitics #justice #HumanRights #WomensRights
News headline:
US to livestream firing squad execution of convicted shooter
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
How much aid is the Australian government giving to Palestine? pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
pearlsandirritations.com
Pearls and Irritations
P&I; — independent commentary on public policy, politics, and Australia's place in the world
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There’s weird shit happening in Victoria. Voting intelligently will be essential. We all need to think about our own electorates and the best way to vote to keep the Nazi weirdos at bay. Check every candidate, they’re using deceptive party names. #AusPol
abc.net.au
Victorian language charity with $16m kitty has links to white nationalists
It presents itself as a quaint charity dedicated to the English language but ABC NEWS Verify has uncovered links between the Victorian branch of the English-Speaking Union and white nationalist groups...
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go follow @news.abc.net.au @abc-news.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'Abhorrent' US plan to livestream execution amounts to torture, says UN: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/live…
abc.net.au
'Abhorrent' US plan to livestream execution amounts to torture, says UN
The announcement that the execution of convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, has drawn sharp condemnation from human rights groups and politicians.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/10/2026
The 85-year-old South African judge has spent decades fighting apartheid and genocide.
aljazeera.com
Who is Navi Pillay, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?
The 85-year-old South African judge has spent decades fighting apartheid and genocide.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
abc.net.au
Josh Frydenberg says he won't try to snatch Kooyong pre-selection from Liberal woman
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has shut down suggestions of a potential bid to reclaim his old federal seat of Kooyong, which would have required squeezing out the woman who had already won pre-sele...
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a flog. Still bearing a grudge 4 years later. The people of Kooyong sealed your fate, along with a host of other LIBs (including your leader Scott Morrison) - they voted you out. Sounds more like he's preparing for a comeback - on a sympathy vote?
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Interesting. As we align ourselves more and more closely with the US, we are paying the price. We're paying a fortune to the US to upgrade their military shipyards, and losing a fortune from China. Great work, Albo. 🙄
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This has certainly made a dent in the outflow of information from Gaza. However, we still get enough to know what's happening and we know the ceasefire never was. www.palestinechronicle.com/reporting-th...
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