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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sam Wood is accused of violent domestic abuse. Our media's coverage of his arrest incl. lots of glossy photos of him as a smiling "dashing romantic reality star" & "fitness expert". Why not just publish the courtroom sketch? 👇 Our media actively protects toxic masculinity. #DV #VAW #sexism #misogyny

Courtroom sketch of accused Sam Wood via video-link.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"It should not go unnoticed that whenever the inflation conversation takes hold, profits never enter the chat. The usual suspects are happy to talk further cuts – to services and jobs – but never actually raising funds from those businesses that benefit from our pain." #RBA #inequality #auspol

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What kind of mindset sees such wonders - the return of our bluefin tuna - and thinks "let's catch them for 'sport'" or "let's kill them and sell their flesh". It's not only monstrous philistinism, but also idiot economics. Many would pay well to witness this wonder. Extractivism is our enemy.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

An idea that is just as relevant for Australia: tax the fossil fuel companies an additional levy for causing the #ClimateCrisis, to help pay for the enormous damage and costs incurred. #auspol

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 05/08/2026

The ultimate outcome of folks paying higher mortgages is not slower price increases, it's more of us being made *actually* poor, because employers fire people or cut casual shifts to maintain profit. Unemployment is by design & the RBA chief doesn't care a bit about how many lives she destroys.

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Excellent news

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Went looking for whales and found this friendly sea gull instead. #birds #australia #wildlife

Sea gull walking away along the fence against a backdrop of rocks and sea.

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Bob posed appropriately when the sun shone on his face. #cats

Brown charcoal Bengal cat laying on a couch with his face catching the sun, showing off his green eyes.

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Pinnipeds galore on our trip to Kaikoura, NZ.

Seal stretched out asleep on the boardwalk with greenery behind it.

Pale rocks with seals sunning themselves. Two seals are tucked into crevices and the third is sprawled on the flat rock.

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We've had a juvenile butcher bird visit us! #birds #australia #wildlife

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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“The National Plan to End Violence Against Women & Children runs to 2032. At the current rate, 840 more women will die before it does. The system is not broken. It is calibrated. 16 Queensland police officers heard Doreen Langham.” #KillingWomen #MaleSupremacy #Auspol #Auslaw #Auspolice

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Those amazing moments when Wildlife Photographers get wildlife visitors 😍

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

From memory they do around spring, so Sept-Oct period. It's been a while so my memory could be a bit hazy! They do get really close. We didn't need binoculars or anything extra to see them.

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The whale watching around Fish Hoek and Clovelly was such a big part of my early teenage years! Such an amazing part of the Cape. Hope you get back to catch their migration this year.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#Bendigo Councillor Karen Corr on the sexist billboards targeting Victorian Premier and member for Bendigo East, Jacinta Allan. (Via Cr Karen Corr on Facebook) #SpringSt #AusPol

A billboard truck drove through Melbourne's CBD on Friday night bearing the slogan 'Ditch the Witch' alongside an image of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan in a witch's hat.

I want to be clear about what that is - and what it isn't.

It isn't policy critique. It isn't holding a leader to account. Those things are healthy democracy and I welcome robust debate.

This is sexism - attacking someone because of their gender, not their decisions. This is misogyny - 'witch' has been used for centuries to dismiss and silence women who hold power.

Some will say men get attacked too - and they do. But attacks on women in leadership are categorically different. They don't just target performance - they target appearance, identity, gender itself. They're designed to say women don't belong. There is no male equivalent of being called a witch.

And the evidence shows what this kind of culture costs us.

The VLGA's Victorian Councillor Census found 41% of women councillors regularly experience threatening or intimidating behaviour - compared to 26% of men - and that bullying and harassment are key reasons women don't stand for re-election.

The eSafety Commissioner's research found 1 in 3 working women experience online abuse, and nearly a quarter say it makes them reluctant to move into leadership roles.

This isn't abstract. It is the reason women don't put their hand up. It is the reason we still have so far to go.

Our own Council's Gender Equity Plan is clear: when women and men aren't treated as equals, disrespect and discrimination follow. That billboard is exactly that.

I'm not making a political statement. I'm not aligned to any party and I'll criticise any policy on any side.

But Jacinta Allan is Bendigo's local MP - part of our community. And Greater Bendigo has committed, through our Gender Equity Coalition of more than 30 organisations, to a community where everyone is respected and safe to participate in public life.

Criticise the decisions. Question the policies. But have some basic respect for the person.

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Please note this is my personal opinion and I am not speaking on behalf of Council. I am posting because the implications of this for women in leadership are serious - and it needs to be called out.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

At some point we’ve got to stop seeing this as a series of oopsies moments and recognise that we are in institutional collapse. This system never “worked” the way we pretend it did. But at least there was some semblance of responsibility, of learning from mistakes It’s over. Time to build new ones

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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Unemployed Australians aren’t on parole. Our government has no right to compel them to do anything. Let’s start from the point of unemployed people being equal citizens, then adding any assistance from there. #AusPol #RaiseTheRate

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

If that's what the Israelis do to foreign nationals with cameras rolling, just imagine the treatment Palestinians receive. Oh wait - we don't need to imagine; we have numerous reports from the UN, NGOs, the NY Times, Palestinians themselves... But Australian media prefers to ignore that evidence.

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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Australia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters #AusPol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Australia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market | Euan Ritchie and Yung En Chee

One must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"NSW Parliament's antisemitism report was folded into Bondi Royal Commission, missing the airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning". Stephen Lawrence MLC. #auspol #antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/nsw-antisemi...

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NSW antisemitism hearings drowned in the Bondi Royal Commission - Michael West

Folding the NSW parliament's antisemitism hearings into the Bondi Commission, missing airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning.

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

One week with Bumpy! Like any baby, he sleeps deeply and often – especially snuggled up to his Keeper, with a tummy full of milk. Rescued last weekend after his mother died in a territorial fight, he now has a family with us and a wild future ahead. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/bumpy

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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The UK seems to have rejected the two Tory parties. Australian Labor needs to take the hint. We want government in the interests of the people, not in the interests of corporations and the rich. #AusPol

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Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'm far more concerned by Australians who return from Israel (and their supporters) than I am by so-called "ISIS brides". #AusPol #Zionism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Bob thinks he's missing out on whatever his sister is doing in the other room. #cats #bengalcats

Brown charcoal Bengal cat facing the camera with ears pricked up.

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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.

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🦘Roseanne @roseanneb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I support #SnarkyGherkin. Are you listening #Albanese because we’ve worked out we don’t have to vote for the #Duopoly any more. Or for trash parties like Gina’s One Nation. We want change to decency. We want to matter. #auspol #Greens #Independents open.substack.com/pub/snarkygh...

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An Open Letter to Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister,

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 04/05/2026

Australia Institute research shows the richest 10% get more than half of the benefits of the capital gains discount and tax rental deductions! "We've got a system that is actually assisting people more to buy their tenth property than their first." @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

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Jules @julesdigsforfire.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spent a chunk of my adolescent years in Clovelly/Fish Hoek, and enjoyed this beach so much! Love seeing photos of it. Thanks for sharing. :)

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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It’s history like this, why there is a refusal to decolonise the curriculum.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"The government, led by the buffoonish Marles, insists 'we’re really comfortable that #AUKUS is on track'. AUKUS, is, very obviously, and according to UK & US governments, very far from on track." No one will be held to account. While #NDIS participants are punished for a badly designed scheme.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/04/2026

"She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

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‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race

She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar exp...

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