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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 12h
Daylight robbery. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing Australian PM Anthony Albanese fronting a press conference saying, "We know ongoing war in the Middle East means that some Australians are doing it tough..." while in the background, a smugly smiling and suited man wheeling a transport trolley on which sits an enormous burlap bag full to overflowing with money and labelled "Untaxed Gas Export Revenue Up 30%" walks off towards the horizon.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The erasure.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/10/2026
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Maps show how Israel's ‘Yellow Line' keeps squeezing Palestinians in Gaza
A year into a 'ceasefire', Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026
1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.
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Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bank
1,439 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and 5,052 injured since the 'ceasefire' began in October 2025.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adani Mining's total income for 2024-25 from its Queensland Carmichael coalmine was $1,315,844,890. It's taxable income was zero. Since opening in 2021 its tax payable has been zero. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Billions of dollars, none of it taxed: ATO reveals the tech giants paying zero income tax
Database names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's me. 'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Soon we will be able to vilify immigrants and foment hatred without any human involvement whatsoever!’
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A nightmare writers didn't even know they needed to have. Mad made-up AI slime in a major news outlet with real life consequences for a real author. Shame on the once-respected @timesofindianews.bsky.social & every other outlet running AI bullshit writing & 'art' & refusing to take it down.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/09/2026
Two people were killed in the assault on Gaza City - a paramedic and a 15-year-old boy returning from school.
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Israeli ‘double-tap' air strike responsible for killing schoolboy in Gaza
Two people were killed in the assault on Gaza City - a paramedic and a 15-year-old boy returning from school.
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Henderson #AUKUS precinct, south of Perth, is expected to cost Australian taxpayers $25 billion over the next decade. Or, if you prefer, 4 hospitals & 40,000 social housing units. Yet America (ably assisted by the media 👇) wants even more. And you know what? They'll likely get it ... 🤦 #auspol
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/08/2026
Israeli defence minister renews threat to expel Palestinians from areas where kites or balloons are being flown in Gaza.
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Three killed in strikes on Gaza as Israel renews threats over kite-flying
Israeli defence minister renews threat to expel Palestinians from areas where kites or balloons are being flown in Gaza.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/08/2026
Health Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue aje.news/q9er2c
Health Ministry warns of 'complete collapse of the basic necessities of life' in Gaza as Israel's attacks continue
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sick. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. Terns on a beach. One says to another, “I feel sick.” 2. A fur seal on a beach beside lots of dead birds thinks, “I feel sick.” 3. A woman reads a series of news headline placards with “BIRD FLU JUMPS SPECIES”, “MORE HEAT WAVES, FIRES”, “NO END OF WARS”; she thinks, “I feel sick”. 4. The world, with fires and explosions everywhere, thinks, “I feel sick.”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Has any algorithm used in care work *not* lead to abuses and neglect?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Don’t ask me. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Six frames. 1. Fellow with clipboard bails up woman passer-by, says, “Excuse me, I’m doing a short survey. Do you think Australia takes in too many immigrants?” 2. She says,”I don’t know. I mean, are we talking about the immigrants who look after my mother in the aged care home?” 3. She continues: “Or the ones who come here to pick fruit for low wages so we have affordable fresh produce?” 4. “Or the ones working in construction to build our housing and infrastructure?” 5. “Or those training to be the medical specialists were short of?” 6. “I really don’t know. Maybe you could ask the government. They should know.”
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
‘In the first five months of the algorithm's use, more than 1,000 people have asked for reviews. That is a six-fold increase on requests for review in 2024-25.’
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 14/08/2026
Australian media has a long history of downplaying men's violence and villainising victims. Jane Gilmore says one factor is the branding of female journalists who report on these crimes as "activists" — a label rarely applied to male journalists who report on systemic failures in other areas.
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Coles doesn’t want you to see this. Still happy to shop there? #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It’s genuinely tragic when Labor’s Defence Minister says that the US, not Australia, will decide which of their nuclear submarines will come here and how long they will stay.
Headline about US deciding how long nuclear subs will be in Australia and image of Minister Marles
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Reminder: 15Nov2005: An Israeli army officer fired the entire magazine of his automatic rifle into a terrified unarmed 13yo Palestinian schoolgirl (shooting her 17 times!) declaring he'd have done the same if she'd been 3yo! He was acquitted on all charges. #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Burning. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Foreground left: large, windowless buildings. Background: fiery forest horizon and red to black sky. Foreground right: man on his phone saying, “Quick! We need more water to cool down the data centres that are overheating from processing all the news about unprecedented wildfires…”
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/07/2026
UNESCO places occupied West Bank, Lebanon sites on endangered heritage list aje.news/dj5m14
UNESCO places occupied West Bank, Lebanon sites on endangered heritage list
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Can someone put up a draft Labor platform that states that Israel can’t dictate Australia’s foreign policy please?
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Very, very uncool.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/07/2026
Attacks hit neighbourhoods in Gaza City far beyond the line Israeli forces are meant to hold under the ceasefire.
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Israeli attacks on residential areas in Gaza kill eight
Attacks hit neighbourhoods in Gaza City far beyond the line Israeli forces are meant to hold under the ceasefire.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Leaderlike. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Albo at a desk in a dark room with “OFFICE OF AI” on door, hunched up looking at laptop, says, “How do I deal with AI?” Response in computer speech comes: “That’s a great question, Anthony! I can see you really want to do the smart thing in spite of all the risks, climate implications and likely human cost. I can help you look past those inconveniences and focus on producing optimal outcomes for my owners while making you sound responsible and leaderlike. How does that sound?”
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Those "guardrails" look pretty flimsy, PM. ⤵️ Wouldn't want to discourage investment, would we? #auspol
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/07/2026
The scheme falls critically short of the $71bn reportedly needed for Gaza's recovery over the next 10 years.
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EU unveils $1bn fund for Gaza war recovery
The scheme falls critically short of the $71bn reportedly needed for Gaza's recovery over the next 10 years.
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#climatecrisis #auspol
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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IDF accused of ‘field execution’ of Palestinian driver bringing aid into Gaza
Local truckers’ association says it may suspend operations, after several eyewitnesses decried Ahmad Esleem’s murder
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/07/2026
Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill eight, including two children aje.news/uuceds
Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill eight, including two children
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/07/2026
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
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Displaced Gaza farmers turn to dirt near tents to grow crops
Israel has devastated 95 percent of Gaza's farms, engineering starvation and aid dependency, experts warn.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/07/2026
At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over past 48 hours in Gaza aje.news/nm1ioq
At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces over past 48 hours in Gaza
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The state of Israel vs the children of Gaza | First Dog on the Moon
A United Nations inquiry tells us Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds
Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/06/2026
Palestinian children ‘unprotected’ as NGOs forced out of Gaza and West Bank aje.news/gk1gde
Palestinian children ‘unprotected’ as NGOs forced out of Gaza and West Bank
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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Withdraw troops from all of Lebanon. Call an immediate halt to the madness in the West Bank. Release the thousands of Palestinian hostages and start behaving like human beings toward the Palestinians, before the world forces us to." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...
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Israel’s Iran failure is an opportunity to face reality
Israel’s failure to impose its will on Iran should be treated not as a disaster but as a reality check, exposing the limits of military force and the urgent need to end a politics built on permanent w...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/06/2026
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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London mayor slams event touting illegal Israeli settlement land sales
'Great Israeli Real Estate Event' promotes the sale of stolen Palestinian land in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
#auspol #Australia #NDIS
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/05/2026
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed 3,269 people since March 2.
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Israel orders mass displacement for all south Lebanon; no US-Iran deal yet
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports that Israeli attacks have killed 3,269 people since March 2.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
forgot the link. Here is the report on our government giving yet more of our money to one of the wealthiest groups in the nation to promote zionist interests. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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Jillian Segal hired former Scott Morrison adviser on $200,000 contract without public tender process
Company founded by Yaron Finkelstein received contract to advise on antisemitism under a limited tender due to an ‘absence of competition for technical reasons’
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Israel continues its #GazaGenocide ....quietly.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Palestinians have the right to resist the occupation of their homelands and the genocide of their people without being labelled antisemitic.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“Deputy Commissioner Rose, the delegated decision maker who decided not to investigate the Robodebt Six, has a diploma of hotel management as her highest academic qualification”
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Honor Laois 🦘#DoNoHarm🦘 @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Wilcox, again!
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
There is something peak arsehole about booing acknowledgment of country at a dawn service. The festering heart of what ails this place.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/04/2026
Israel kills at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza amid ‘ceasefire’ aje.news/q2hz5i
Israel kills at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza amid ‘ceasefire’
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And yet Australian political journalists in the main say nothing about it
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
So, for international, human rights & wartime law to matter, all nations should abide & be accountable. Please explain to us why Israel's government & the IDF aren't now a terrorist organisation, @albomp.bsky.social & @senatorwong.bsky.social? Care to explain please, @antonioguterres.bsky.social?
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
08Apr2026: Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah was killed in an Israeli strike that targeted his vehicle in Gaza City. His death brings the number of Palestinian journalists killed since October 2023 to 262, amid violations of the US-brokered "ceasefire." #IsraeliTerrorism #JournalismIsNotACrime
Photo of Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah, killed by Israel in Gaza.
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