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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 23h

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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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is so important and why we need to get the laws right to give people using smart devices as a disability aid access, and everyone confidence that privacy has meaningful protections from covert filming for exploitative purposes.

Smart glasses are giving blind and deaf people more independence
By political reporter Erin Handley
Topic:Disabilities
Posted about 1h agoabout 1 hours ago
A man in dark clothes wearing what look like sunglasses holds the lead of a black seeing-eye dog outside.
Chris Edwards says AI smart glasses are a useful tool for blind people. (Supplied)
In short:
Disability advocates want to highlight the benefits of smart glasses.
They fear the "pervert glasses" rhetoric could lead to stigma against people using the glasses for essential daily tasks.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 09/10/2026

She fought apartheid, defended Nelson Mandela, and helped change how the world prosecutes sexual violence. Today, at 85, Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What an extraordinary woman. 💜 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

Navi Pillay smiling in a red and gold academic gown and black hat, seated at a table signing a book.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In the horror of a Genocide this is a moment of hope. 15 of the children from the Gaza Nipper’s program got back in the surf this week. 30 of the other nippers can’t be found, many have been killed. How has the world made the decision to send so many bombs and so few lifesavers?

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Amaze that this segment of Pick-A-Box is online ... where Barry Jones questions the question ... and wins! Barry Jones won a total of 208 episodes of Pick A Box over eight years between 1960 and 1967, winning over A$58,000 The Money or the Box? #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=freF...

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Barry Jones Pick a Box

YouTube video by Ed Heliosz

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Happy 94th birthday to Barry Owen Jones AC FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA FACE FRSA (born 11 October 1932). Australian writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, & former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures. #auspol

A 1974 photo of Barry Jones, MLA for Melbourne.

Australian Politician Barry Jones at a Fabian Society event at the Victorian Trades Hall in 2000

Barry Jones at the March for Science – Melbourne 2017

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Naarm/Melbourne turns out for Global Day for Gaza We DO NOT ACCEPT THE UNACCEPTABLE #EndTheImpunity #EndTheGenocide #EndTheOccupation #EndTheApartheid #BoycottDivestSanction FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Photo of a placard featuring a person holding up a Palestinian flag
Placard says
TELL LABOR GENOCIDE IS A RED LINE
APAN
Global Day of Action October 11

Photo of a large crowd assembled on the lawn & forecourt of the Victorian State Library for the Global Day for Gaza rally on a glorious, sunny day

Large crowd processing down tree-lined Swanston Street
In the middle of the photo is a large red sign that says STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE

Large crowd processing down tree-lined Swanston Street
In the middle of the photo is a large red sign that says STOP ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE
To the right, is a Greens sign that says FREE PALESTINE

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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Live streams of executions. I can’t even fathom the depravity of a nation or a person that wants to see such a thing. That it’s part of a societies “justice” system, makes me wonder about that society. Not a good one. A very sick one. 😔 #auspol

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I feel so ashamed as a proud Greek Australian to see Greeks booing a Welcome To Country last night. Shame on us. The First Nations community of Melbourne deserves a formal apology for the behaviour of Greek Australians last night. #australiacup #Hellas #SouthMelbourne #MelbourneVictory

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Such a treat to visit an Australian icon, genius polymath and very dear friend, Barry Jones AC yesterday, ahead of Barry turning 94 today. We talked science, research, climate, and politics. There was a bit to cover…

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

John Menadue: 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. He may rue the day. @gekko.bsky.social pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

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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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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’m heading to Canberra today, but let me summarise my week in the Grampians. Work, waterfall, work, waterfall, work, waterfall, work waterfall. Nothing beats #WorkFromRoam Grampians, Victoria.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump's Revenge Tour Continues...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just a reminder - no matter what time of the night, wake me to let me know when the good news has finally happened.

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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Last weekend 🙌 GO SOLAR SOLAR SAVES 👏👏👏 #auspol #ClimateAction #solar

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Shared values…

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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If Trump gets enough heat on this, he'll throw Hegseth under the bus.

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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is a direct rebuke to Trumpist America over its efforts to dismantle the global rule of law. Great choice. From The Guardian:

Nobel committee's decision backing for system of international law 'under tremendous pressure'
Explaining the decision, Nobel committee’s Jørgen Watne Frydnes says “the system of international law is under tremendous pressure, and its institutions are under attack.”

“We see a shift towards power politics at the expense of legal frameworks and global respects for law and justice. Whenever might overtakes right, it undermines stability, trust and peaceful coexistence.

In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law, national and international, underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently.

Peace requires justice.

History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise and inhumane. The judges, those who guard the thin red line between order and chaos, are therefore highly deserving of our praise.

But today, as these same judges are sanctioned and their institutions are under attack, we need people of courage, vision and determination – qualities that Navi Pillay demonstrates in her work on the bench.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/09/2026-nobel-peace-prize-winner-russia-ukraine-sudan-war-france-protests-poland-latest-news-updates

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Vic Greens launched their campaign last night to a packed crowd. Fiery speeches from Hannah Thomas and the new federal leadership of Steph Hodgins-May and David Shoebridge went over well. The message has sharpened: "We're not here to make Labor better, we're here to replace them

Assorted pics from the Greens campaign launch, featuring the party's leadership and a packed crowd

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"We have the best laws in the country & we have the highest environmental standards & we are the most pro-mining government in the nation." Queensland Premier David Crisafulli obviously hasn't read the Muswellbrook coalmine High Court judgement. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Biggest coal-producing state fears impact of High Court emissions decision

The federal government says the High Court decision is constrained to New South Wales but the industry in Queensland isn't so sure there won't be ramifications.

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Margaret Mead told us that we should “Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”

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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The barbarity is just endless. What a sick, sick country that would tolerate even the suggestion of this.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The USA is so broken it will never be repaired. And a reminder, Richard Marles believes we need to have even stronger defence ties with the USA because of our "shared values"

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026

BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wagga Wagga in NSW going through the data centre debate. Unlike the Crisafulli Queensland government, the totalitarian approach hasn't been taken. #nswpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Town questions $15b data centre set to use enough power for 1m homes

One Wagga Wagga resident says she feels "back-stabbed" by the development, while others say the town needs more industry.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump = Treason.......

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This racist dog whistling harms us all, it must be condemned. I don’t know a migrant family that doesn’t have the same aspiration to give back and provide a future for their families.

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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Impossible to love this more

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hegseth also removed the olive branches, a traditional symbol of wishing peace, from the Department of Defense seal. This, in addition to changing the name to "The Department of War," shows the dangerous belligerency that comes from appointing a frat bro who values testosterone over statesmanship.

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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

One Nation let a neo-Nazi into its campaign launch but chucked out the ABC and SBS and threatened to jail political rivals. None of our news outlets condemned it. NOTE TO MEDIA: VIOLENT AUTHORITARIANISM IS NOT “A POLICY LAUNCH” “Truth Lies & Media” is live!⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant thermal coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook ruled invalid by the Australian High Court. NSW planning commission didn't show how to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions generated when the coal is sold & burnt overseas. #nswpol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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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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