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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I am utterly sick of the deliberate semantic misrepresentation by our Parlamentarians of the ever worsening horrors in Gaza. This includes all members of the two major parties as well as most Independents. /1
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Jillian Segal’s position has become untenable. @albomp.bsky.social needs to remove her from the position she should never have been appointed to in the first place as soon as possible.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Brilliant article by Louise Adler, systematically dismantling the rationale behind Jillian Segal’s appointment and the ludicrous and dangerous demands in her report. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler
The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreach
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Jillian Segal’s husband is John Roth, whose company Henroth Investments Pty Ltd donated $50,000 in 2023-24 to Advance Australia, one of the most inflammatory and divisive special interest groups in Australian politics
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Israel kills starving children and people seeking medical treatment every day. With impunity. Every fn day. If speaking out against this genocide and any enablers of it makes me an antisemite, then I will wear this badge with pride. Jillian Segal should be sacked and ASECA shut down. #auspol #Gaza
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#Antisemitism (AS) is the most overused and abused term in Australia right now. It is routinely deployed to threaten free speech and legitimate protest against the genocidal actions of the Netanyahu regime. /1 #auspol #democracy #freespeech
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/australia_ne...
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✍️ PETITION: Australia Needs a National Firearms Register
Our research has revealed there are now more licenced firearms in Australia than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. ✍️ Add your name to call on the Federal Government to urgently establish a Nation...
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
No words. The Labor Party is sinking lower and lower into the moral abyss.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Investigating and calling out #genocide gets you sanctioned by the #US today, whereas a convicted felon hosting an indicted war criminal in the White House results in a Nobel Peace Prize recommendation for the former by the latter. We live in a wonderful world. I stand with Francesca Albanese 🇵🇸
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Jim Chalmers says Trump's threats of 200% pharmaceutical tariffs are 'very concerning'. What will it take for our government to finally take concrete steps that reflect the fundamentally changed international economic and security landscape? The US is not our friend anymore. /1 #auspol #tariffs
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Good morning from Tasmania! #Australia #sunrise #winter
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I’m sure every precaution has been taken that this can’t go horribly wrong 😳 🪰 🦠 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aircraft in bid to fight flesh-eating maggot
Program mirrors earlier successful mission to fight new world screwworm fly, whose larvae can infest living tissue
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Israel assassinated the director of the Indonesian Hospital, Dr. Marwan Sultan, and killed his wife and five children in a targeted strike on the family’s apartment in Gaza earlier today. There is now reportedly only one cardiologist left alive in northern Gaza.
Photo of a cleanly shaved man wearing glasses and dark blue scrubs sitting behind a desk
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“Pro-life”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Hey @albomp.bsky.social - when are you going to list the IDF as a terrorist organisation and impose sanctions on its leader Benjamin Satanyahu? #auspol #Gaza #Israel #genocide #warcrimes
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Israel’s genocide of Palestinians continues unabated. #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #crimeofthecentury www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Blockade will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as Spain PM Pedro Sánchez describes situation as ‘genocide’
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"the US, Europe and Australia are in violation of international laws that prohibit the supply of arms and intelligence to countries carrying out or likely to be carrying out genocide." They could #StopIsrael. But all we get is meaningless gestures. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...
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Beyond complicity: Western accomplices to genocide in Gaza
After decades of unwavering support for Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine, it seems Western leaders can no longer avert their gaze from the horrific televised images of mass carnage and starvat...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Woodchips used for smoking Dominos’ pizzas came from endangered Mountain Ash in a state forest less than 200m of a sighting of a Leadbeater’s possum in a nesting zone, breaching sustainability certification requirements in seven different ways www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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Domino's pizzas allegedly cooked using woodchips from endangered possum habitat
A Victorian sawmill has harvested wood from endangered mountain ash forests and sold it to Domino's as woodchips to smoke meat for pizzas.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
So when will ABC apologise to Antoinette Lattouf, to viewers & taxpayers after it’s now confirmed they sacked her in order to appease pro-Israeli lobbyists who wanted to stop the truth coming out about Israel’s war crimes? Prob won’t say sorry, to appease pro-Israeli lobbyists!
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This obscenity needs to end, but neither the aspirational centrist ALP nor the reactionary LNP have any interest in doing anything about that. #auspol #inequality #Australia #publiceducation
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Obscene to say the least. “Wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4tn in the past 10 years – enough to end poverty 22 times over, Oxfam finds.” (via @australia.theguardian.com) #inequality #wealth #poverty #politics #internationalaffairs
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The international knee bending and boot licking of the Orange Diaper King is beyond embarrassing. Yes NATO and AUKUS I’m looking at you. His violent America First bullying must be countered by putting America Last all over the globe. The UN is beyond repair. Build new multilateral alliances. #USA
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
It is indeed outrageous that families who could never afford to send their children to these palaces of luxury are subsidising them via their tax. We should not subsidise fee charging schools that exclude most children directly or indirectly. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Cruel joke’: tax concession drives donations to Australia’s richest private schools and must stop, critics argue
Eleven private schools received more than $3m from donors in 2023, topped by St Aloysius’ College in Sydney with $9.1m
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The poisonous whisperings of a man who came to Australia, got free education, enjoyed all the benefits of being an Australian but ended up betraying this country - still pedalling his ideology, poison, still undermining us all and has the temerity to talk about "Australian values"
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Israel is a genocidal state and all who support it cheer for the murder of children. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
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Israel kills more than 80 people in Gaza, including dozens of aid seekers
More than 400 Palestinians have died at GHF sites since their operation began in rising daily killings of the hungry.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
He’s right of course. But the rusted ons will just accuse him of sour grapes after he was brutally shunted aside by Albo and Marles. #auspol #Israel #Iran #Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Ed Husic breaks ranks to criticise Israel and express alarm over ‘fraying of rules-based order’ following US strikes
Labor MP says situation in Middle East is not ‘black and white … all I see is grey’ in departure from party’s stance
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
“In the diffuse light of a foggy June morning, father and son Murray and Tom Norman keep warm with the day's first critical task: feeding the sheep.” Oh piss off. Go write your wealth porn elsewhere. Disgraceful journalism.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Labor MP Ed Husic celebrated broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf’s win in her unlawful termination case against the ABC. In a post on Instagram, Husic had this to say: “Good. Antoinette was treated terribly. #justice” (via @guardianaustralia) Crickets from you @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New York City is about to make history by electing its first socialist mayor. Let this be the catalyst for a progressive fightback ✊🏼 #NYC #NYCMayor #USA #fightback #fightfascism #endtheestablishmentdemocrats
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Justice has been served. Shame on you ABC Australia! So happy for you @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social #auspol #ABC #justice www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Antoinette Lattouf wins unlawful termination case against ABC
A judge has delivered his decision in the high-profile case brought against the national broadcaster.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We don’t need to wait for the Aukus submarines (not that they’ll ever be delivered) to question our sovereignty. It’s happening already. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Our leaders must decide who they put first - Australians or Trump
Trump's bombing of Iran and our government's response shows rules only matter when America says they matter and Australia falls into line.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My heart bleeds for those tax and estate shelter jockeys …
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Establishment Democrats are a central part of the seemingly terminal problems of American democracy and cannot be (allowed to be) a driver of any potential solution. #USA #Democrats #USpolitics #fascism #democracy
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Extraordinary prostration and obeisance by the NATO Secretary General. All hail the Orange Emperor 🤮 🤮 🤮 #NATO #Trump #defence #Security #worldpolitics
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Now that the “greatest and quickest ceasefire deal in history” between Iran and Israel is in place, Israel can step up the murder and displacement of Palestinians again. Not quite as exciting for our media than a damaged hair salon in Tel Aviv though … #genocide #Israel #Iran
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
All the way with the murdering USrael. And the rusted ons will continue to defend their beloved ALP forever …
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Then: All The Way With LBJ Now: Kiss the Rump of Donald Trump
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The so-called international rules based order is now dead and buried, and the UN is well on the way of becoming completely irrelevant. Western hypocrisy regarding the selective application of above order is at its peak. Australia’s endorsement of the US strikes on Iran is just one example. #auspol
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My Bloody Valentine @chekhovsgundam.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
What a wonderfully simple guiding principle centrism is – anyone who gets worked up about things is wrong and embarrassing, while we with cooler heads merely enable global conflict AND get to feel superior about it
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
You don't understand! The ALP government has to support Israeli genocide, US war crimes, the destruction of the rule of law, and the north west gas shelf, because it only has a 51 seat lead on the Coalition. Something something Murdoch. They're really progressive, I swear.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
So our peace loving government has now endorsed Trump’s bombing of Iran. On today’s Sunrise: “Asked if the government supports the US strikes on Iran, Wong said yes.” These fkng warmongering morons really haven’t learnt a thing from history. No doubt the rusted ons will defend this too. #auspol
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Eldritch kcarruthers @kcar.me · 22/06/2025
Gosh the ABC is really just recreating SkyNews and not very well. #AusPol
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
That slimy christo-fascist bottom dweller Morriscum wants Australia to “express our support” for Trump’s illegal and unprovoked bombing of Iran. He can go and fk himself. If Albo doesn’t forcefully condemn the US warmongering he can go and fk himself too. #auspol #Iran #war #AUKUS
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The first casualty of war is irony.
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Excellent stuff from Mr Keane. Read and despair … #auspol #Australia #USA #AUKUS #fascism www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/19/d...
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Chaos, violence and war become the norm as the US empire collapses
The US is now the main agent of global chaos. How should Australia's policymakers respond?
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hobart in winter is awful ☀️ #Tasmania #Australia #travel #lovethiscity
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/06/2025
Jim Chalmers says that there's an appetite in Australia for government to be bold and ambitious. We agree! There's no shortage of bold ideas. Governments just need the courage to implement them. Here's a freebie to start off: Stop approving fossil fuel projects! #auspol
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Let’s hope the warmonger Marles never gets a say in that, otherwise we will be at war with China if they take Taiwan (as I fear they will in the not too distant future).
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DPK @lakeoftranquility.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Indeed. Gaslighting Australia is Albo’s second term signature policy so far. #auspol #gaslighting #Australia www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision | Clear Air
Albanese’s commitment to the climate crisis appears too often to be built on the idea that being better than the Coalition is enough – but that’s not how it works
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