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@jc2042.bsky.social
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Retired community sector worker and volunteer, including Indigenous rights, environment, housing, governance, community arts and broadcasting. Donations for Palestine via PCRF-A.

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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 6h
Qld LNP govt treads softly? Tell that to First Nations people, especially kids locked up, climate change activists, anti-genocide protestors... Ben Smee @australia.theguardian.com is delusional
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 7h
you forgot to ad the bit about australia being among the biggest coal exporters, our expanding coal & gas industries, thus adding to the global impact of climate change. Be honest for a change, we're not stupid, your pr teams need a re-think.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 8h
The erasure.
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MrLiquid @mrliquid.bsky.social · 8h
Hey @senatorwong.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social Israel is a terrorist state Sanctions Now Boycott Divest Sanction Ambassador out #auspol
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 8h
Bloody hell! Please tell me this is a parody account? Or if not, why are we paying for some dolt to check the AI drivel used to produce such rubbish? I'm blocking this account, I can't bare the stupidness anymore. #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21h
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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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Nannas & @swelteringcities.bsky.social protesters at Darling Harbour yesterday to tell Origin AGM shareholders to divest. More details here: www.lockthegate.org.au/origins_gas_...
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I agree! I once suggested to @news.abc.net.au that instead they could replace it with rotating reports on first nations, environment, arts & culture, tech, democracy/governance. I never got a response 😮‍💨 #auspol #abcnewsaust
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“The billionaires and big corporations are laughing all the way to the bank while Labor and the Liberals keep us fighting amongst ourselves. It's time to break the power of the billionaire class and put it back in the hands of everyday Australians.“ We need change #Auspol
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nevyn @nevyn8.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
@chaser.com.au Need a series of these, including the so-called prime minister, and the premiers. #onenation are so obviously disgusting, but so are the other right wing parties including @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol #australia #putyourhandup :/
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
You may be fearing the wrong people? A lawyer once told me only poor people end up in gaol, the rich can afford a smart &/or tricky lawyer.
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PontsticInsect @keltikidea.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Penny, you dumb clacker, you wouldn't ask Ukraine to hold elections while they are at war, would you? Why ask a nation undergoing a genocide? #auspol
abc.net.au
Penny Wong urges Palestinian Authority to hold elections 'without delay'
Australia's foreign minister accuses the Palestinian Authority of undermining the prospect of a two-state solution by postponing its first elections in two decades.
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Felicity Tilley @flickytill.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yep! The actions of this Government are completely opposite to the rhetoric of @albomp.bsky.social and his merry band of ministers. Albo has killed Labor. #auspol
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@shanebazzi.bsky.social : It seems my sign at the #GlobalDayForGaza really struck a nerve. You know you are on the right side of history when #ChrisMinns & #DailyTelegraph are attacking you for opposing #Israel 's genocide & the Minns govt's appalling, unconstitutional & draconian response #AUSPOL
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Wouldn’t it be great if we ran out of hate @wnhy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Potential War Criminals walking our streets and @albomp.bsky.social does nothing as usual. #auspol
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is worth a listen, & then a read I think. It's also ironic that the 'tech bro' platforms are selling a book describing them as proponents of End Times Fascism. Anyhow, Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor urge us all to be ready to act when the chance comes 👊 www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
theguardian.com
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Are we really living through ‘end-times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended i...
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Guild Navigator Ix @guildnavigatorix.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wonder what excuses @senatorwong.bsky.social and @albomp.bsky.social will make to not support David’s idea? Too busy watching a televised firing squad? Need Jillian Segal’s consent? Busy making a frowning face against Israel? #auspol
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C. C. Turner (she/they) @ccturner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“…the media-driven moral panic [is] contributing to punitive political responses [to youth crime]” By @laurakatebanks.bsky.social for @cheekmediaco.bsky.social #auspol
cheekmedia.substack.com
A Senate inquiry found the media complicit in perpetuating a false narrative about youth crime in Australia
So why did no one report on it?
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jeffreyc.bsky.social @jeffreyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good idea @senatorwong.bsky.social get them all crowded together in one spot & make them easier targets for genocide killings. Or is the @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social government going to do something at last to assist the state of Palestine #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Penny Wong urges Palestinian Authority to hold elections 'without delay'
Australia's foreign minister accuses the Palestinian Authority of undermining the prospect of a two-state solution by postponing its first elections in two decades.
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Pepper Qi @pepperqi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
IF ONLY WE COULD GET MORE LNP DEFECTING PHON VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND !!! #Auspol #Art #media Social Engineering to manufacture consent is the systematic application of psychological manipulation x social science principles to manufacture consent & shape public behavior on a mass scale. #Vicpol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The neoliberal Albanese govt won't wean itself off outsourcing, or off big consultants. #auspol
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Turn it off at the power point, simple!
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Democratic countries around the world should block this barbarity The USA no longer share the same values as Western Democracies We must stop indulging their insanity
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Sato Juniper @satojuniper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"In summary, Roberts was given free rein to air racist and pro-Israel talking points dressed up as neutral historicism & fact. The latitude he enjoyed on the ABC was unfortunately not uncommon, especially in relation to Israel’s genocide in Gaza." I miss the ABC that we used to trust. #Auspol
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a great decision. Stick that in your coal hopper, Minns. #ClimateCrisis #AusPol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
australia, all states & territories show us they do not care for or about First Nations people & communities, & especially the young ones.
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This take on the digital commons: johnmenadue.com/post/2026/10...
johnmenadue.com
Are you part of the long tail? Why we should all be part of Australia’s AI training data conversation
Copyright deals can protect professional creators, but much of AI’s value also comes from the vast collective output of the open internet. Australia has an opportunity to recognise, protect and fund t...
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Sunafiction @sunafiction.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dear certain Australian #auspol parties and media outlets, Do you honestly think it is moral and ethical and okay to let migrants and migrant families subsume all the financial frustrations of poor Australians? No? Then stop fucking playing political games and start actually solving problems.
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C. C. Turner (she/they) @ccturner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“This is not an anti-inflation policy. It is a cynical transfer of income from people who did not cause the problem to people who are, in fact, profiting handsomely from it.” @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social #auspol he also mentions @australiainstitute.org.au ‘s research.
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Absolutely pathetic. Anthony Albanese tells leaders in Tuvalu; climate change is about more than science, it’s about people, “and the impact on humanity” Such gravitas .. does he think we’re stupid? Climate is about emissions. Solar heat into atmosphere, emissions ‘blanket’ stopping ‘heat out’
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Albanese is pondering a terrible betrayal: selling out Australian artists and, more than that, the Australian people to Al imperialists.” Every month we wait, the machinery of control gets stronger, so if we want real systemic change, now is the time to organise. #Auspol
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Albanese is pondering a
terrible betrayal:
selling out Australian artists and, more than that, the Australian people
to Al imperialists.
Richard Flanagan Booker Prize-
winning author
http://www.deepcutnews.com/
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Labor's spend on KPMG has nearly doubled from $32 mil in 2024-25 to $59 mil in 2025-26. Labor has been watching a repeat of scandals & still hasn’t delivered meaningful reform. The temporary month-to-month freeze on KPMG is nothing but a pathetic, tokenistic punishment.
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sky News is free in regional Australia. Here's why that matters at the ballot box. Now called News24, it is owned by News Corp. Over 1/4 of local govt areas have no independent local news. Why media variety matters before you vote. 👇 suebarrett.substack.com/p/sky-news-i... #auspol
suebarrett.substack.com
Sky News is free in regional Australia. Here is why that matters at the ballot box.
BYV: Media ownership is more concentrated in Australia than in almost any comparable democracy. In the regions, with fewer local voices left, one channel is filling the gap.
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bar-Ilan uni has suspended the mathematician until the conclusion of case *An immediate termination of psychopathic Jewish Nationalist mathematician would be rational, surely 🇦🇺 unis love Bar-Ilan’s STEM programs No Australian University has cut any ties. I have ?’s www.biu.ac.il/en/article/1...
biu.ac.il
Bar-Ilan Welcomes Australian Delegation
Visit focuses on University's STEM-related initiatives
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great to have cheaper medicines. Shame that it can cost 'an arm & leg' to first get the diagnosis.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
News Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’, @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes. "The system is made for corporations and those who own and run those corporations." www.deepcutnews.com/p/news-corp-...
deepcutnews.com
News Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg Jericho
The Coalition want to cut already-underfunded social and health services, while staying silent on the corporations paying nothing
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cook is a crook...imo
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oooo, harsh...but yep, true.
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Bad_Cyclist @badcyclist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Never forget the logic behind protecting American profits by Australia’s betrayal of their regional partners. #Genius #ScottMorison #AnthonyAlbanese #Auspol #Aukus #DeadAustralians #Profit
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Which services should be cut? Which rock has his party has been living under? $400 bn? AUKUS cut by buying off the rack subs. $13 bn fossil fuel subsidies. Private health private education etc *Increased targeted taxes and services. Not vote buying tax cuts www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession
Treasurer says ‘very substantial and intensifying pressure’ on federal budget as he points finger at private sector for driving up inflation amid Middle East conflict
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's the labour day long weekend in nsw so just want to say thanks to all the workers, unionists & other advocates for fairness won an 8 hour work day for us all (at least, that's the law now, but...) Anyhow, enjoy your day off & join your union 😎
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😃oh me, oh my, look here, it's the queen passing, bye.
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I hope he gets a shellacking in Fiji
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I guess I am generalising 'stopping wars" is not the same as "stopping the war". Ideally, we would stop all nations arming themselves, which only enriches arms manufacturers, while devastating people, land, climate, everything.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
How'll Australia gaslight Pacific Nations today in the pre-COP talks? How can Labor hold a solar panel in one hand exuding virtue, while in the other hand continue to sign-off new fossil fuel projects and export gas with impunity? Australia can't be trusted www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
thenewdaily.com.au
If climate talks cannot stop new coal and gas, what are they for?
The evidence is all around. Heat, fires, storms and droughts are not warnings of a future threat. They are symptoms of an unfolding crisis.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If Conroy can "rehabilitate" pure evil, he will earn his no doubt enormous fee. #Palantir #auspol
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So Mike Kelly with his connections to intelligence, & already on the inside of palantir, now needs Conroy's connections in communications to engineer a resurrection? 😡 FTA michaelwest.com.au/hon-dr-mike-...
michaelwest.com.au
Mike Kelly - Michael West
Less than two weeks after quitting parliament for health reasons, Mike Kelly, member of the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, accepted a job leading Palantir Technol...
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well it's better than no plan, though process is excruciatingly slow, it's a start. 28 Jul 2026:"First on today’s agenda was a draft oral decision concerning Security Council reform...(UNGA) decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on this topic" press.un.org/en/2026/ga12...
press.un.org
Client Challenge
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jc2042.bsky.social @jc2042.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it would take less than a minute to find some of the work that has been done on reforming the UN. Just one thought provoking article. "Reform, long discussed, is no longer optional – it is essential." www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre... You have to start somewhere, & keep on pushing.
lowyinstitute.org
A case for UN reform that cannot wait
The power, purpose, and the price of relevance for the global organisation at 80.
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