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Msmscott

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Teacher, dog lover, with an interest in climate, geopolitics and comedy.

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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 17h
If you're in Naarm/Melbourne, Close Counters DJ set x Save Scott Reef event is tomorrow night at the Brunswick Ballroom... 🐠 $10+bf moshtix.com.au/v2/event/clo...
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Talking Climate Collaborative @tccollab.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not all online hate for climate communicators comes from people who reject the science.⁣ ⁣ Some comes from people who believe it, and have quietly given up. Saying something can still be done threatens the only comfort they have left.⁣ ⁣ Hope is the harder message here.⁣ ⁣ @katharinehayhoe.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Enjoyed this thread. Have always wanted a duffle coat but have never gotten around to buying one. Gloverall makes a model called the Monty that I've long admired.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/10/2026
Doing the math Australian media can't seem to do on Australia's massive new coal mine extension Support @youth4climate.bsky.social www.aycc.org.au
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now, after a near total population collapse, bogong moths are delighting scientists with sudden spring abundance www.theage.com.au/environment/...
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Melbourne Pollen Count and Forecast @melbournepollen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Finals fever or hay fever? Our pollen grain is backing both sides! Good luck Dockers and Lions from the Melbourne Pollen team. Check the Melbourne Pollen app before the first bounce and turn on notifications. #AFLGF #MelbournePollen #pollen #asthma
AFL Grand Final Pollen Grain.
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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust...
Screenshot of a post from facebook:

The Kudelka Shop is at The Kudelka Shop.
RUSTED ON BINGO IS BACK.
Jon Kudelka's classic tea towel is getting a special re-release.
This time, $5 from every tea towel sold goes to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
#JonKudelka #RustedOnBingo
#glioblastomaresearch #menziesinstituteformedicalresearch
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
nytimes.com
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Dr Micha Campbell @michcampbell.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
New research suggests that the Indigenous population in Australia was >2 million before the invasion, and that 90% of the population died in the following 70 years. Sobering stuff. theconversation.com/more-than-2-mil…
theconversation.com
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/09/2026
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Ette Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Millions of Australians who switch on Samsung or LG smart TVs are susceptible to being fed populist right-wing news without choosing to watch it, in what experts believe is an opaque commercial deal between the Korean technology giants and Murdoch's media empire that pushes News24 content.
ettemedia.com
‘Pay-for-play’: The hidden deals putting News24/Sky News first on your smart TV
Experts believe opaque commercial deals between the Korean tech giants and Murdoch's media empire could be pushing News24 content into households that would never choose to watch the channel.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 14/09/2026
A few months ago, I helped Comms Declare with their report on the fossil fuel industry's sustained efforts to buy social licence by reaching out through our kids. It's so exciting to see the evidence of this insidious influence making its way online for users to dig through for themselves.
fossilfreeclassrooms.org
Fossil Fuel Influence in Australian Classrooms
A public record of fossil fuel company programs, sponsorships and materials reaching Australian children.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you really cared about the environment you would let animals take over your house! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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More and more animals are moving into our homes as theirs get chopped down and dug up | First Dog on the Moon
The echidna in the pantry, the koala in the boudoir, the skink in the sink. All true!
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Rosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In France there are 120 meteorological stations that monitor temperatures. Whenever one of these stations records a temperature above 40 Celsius an alarm is triggered. Between 1959 and 2000, 30 alarms were triggered. In 2026 alone, 114 alarms have already been triggered.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Newly-updated books for peeps who want info that's easy to read, fun, evidence-based & expert-informed, from pregnancy, caring for babies & toddlers, being a girl, & perimenopause/menopause. An alternative to the wrong info on AI & searches dominated by advertisers, 'influencers' & creeps.
The covers of my books Girl Stuff 8-12, Girl Stuff 13+, Up The Duff, Babies & Toddlers, You're Foing It Wrong (The History of Bad & Bonkers Adbice yo Women, & It's the Menopause, each of them up to date.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
hnn.us
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 03/09/2026
Stealing tampons and using socks as sanitary items shows desperation of period poverty
abc.net.au
Stealing sanitary items demonstrates desperation of period poverty
Using socks as sanitary pads, wearing tampons for more than two days and stealing products from supermarkets are some of the lengths women and girls are going to in order to manage their periods.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 31/08/2026
Victoria plans up to 6,000 km of fuel breaks, including through high-conservation-value forests. Chris Taylor and David Lindenmayer write that the program risks serious environmental damage while offering limited protection against severe bushfires. #Bushfires #Forests #Climate #fuelbreaks
pearlsandirritations.com
Do 'fuel breaks' stack up for us and our forests?
Victoria plans thousands of kilometres of fuel breaks, but evidence suggests they could damage endangered forests, increase carbon emissions and deliver limited protection against the most dangerous bushfires.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/08/2026
Glaciers in the Himalayas are rapidly retreating under climate change, leading to widespread formation and expansion of glacial lakes and increasing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. To date, more than 388 GLOF events have been documented in the region 😰 Source ⬇️
nature.com
Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward - npj Natural Hazards
npj Natural Hazards - Glacial lakes and GLOFs in a warming Himalaya-Karakoram region: current understanding, challenges, and the way forward
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Today we have released a plan that would enable the Australian Government to rapidly deploy the $200-million investment that leading nature groups have been calling for since July in response to H5N1 bird flu.” @biodivcouncil.bsky.social More here lnkd.in/g6Pgixmd
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Government planning and responses to the arrival of H5N1 bird flu in Australia have been grossly inadequate. There is still time to greatly increase efforts to protect Australia’s wildlife and environments. My piece in today’s @aunz.theconversation.com 👉 theconversation.com/australias-b...
theconversation.com
Australia’s bird flu response: too little, but it’s not too late
Australia’s response to this deadly bird flu outbreak has been insufficient and too reactive.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 24/08/2026
Navy veteran's experience prompts her to make fire-resistant underwear for women
abc.net.au
Emergency service women to trial fire-resistant period undies and bras
A navy veteran, who realised her bra could catch on fire despite being under her protective uniform, is on a mission to improve uniforms for women in frontline services.
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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
law.berkeley.edu
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My amazing collage skillz look even better with the black background the thumbnail adds, but at least I didn't use AI. Anyway, ahem, donors are billionaires and billionaires are a problem, thanks for coming to my TED talk (jk TED would never let me say such a thing) drilled.ghost.io/the-problem-...
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The Problem Class
Sometime last year, I was asked to participate in a closed door conversation in which a mix of academic researchers, journalists, and climate campaigners were asked to share their unvarnished thoughts...
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My temporary return to Australia has been more stressful than anticipated and has brought forward parts of a much older life I thought we had left behind. rick-morton.ghost.io/something-fa...
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Something Familiar
A few months ago my brother Toby went back to prison for the first time since his inaugural stint circa 2010. I was in Paris at the time and Mum was left to figure out what was happening and why, thou...
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Victoria has begun vaccinating about 5,000 little penguins at Phillip Island and St Kilda to protect them against the deadly H5 bird flu, in what is believed to be the world’s largest vaccination program involving wild birds.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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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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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is so, so sad. Summoning strength for when the seals start dying too 😢 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... @lisacox.bsky.social
theguardian.com
Little penguin found dead with H5 bird flu on Victoria’s Phillip Island
Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 13/08/2026
Pretty neat exploration of storylines of possible climate futures by Dagomar Degroot and colleagues: after2c.com
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After 2C - Histories of the Future of Global Warming
An interactive exploration of five plausible, research-grounded climate futures, written as history papers looking back from the year 2100.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026
The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My newsletter turns five years old this month. It's time to take stock of where the climate is, and where the fight is. billmckibben.substack.com/p/take-five-...
billmckibben.substack.com
Take Five
The Crucial Years at the halfway point
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is a very important read. Many of us feel this, deeply. theconversation.com/i-feel-deep-...
theconversation.com
I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?
Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"The message is simple: The Pacific wants PM Albanese to lead on climate; the youth demand it. Get on with it, or your legacy is dust." junkee.com/articles/you...
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Australian Youth Climate Coalition on COP31 Climate Summit
Australian Youth Climate Coalition on COP31 Climate Summit
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels reads “dog domestication”.
The first panel shows a wolf running with a pack. The text reads “we changed form, size, personality…”
The second panel shows a chihuahua in a dog bed. The text reads “…lifestyle, instinct, our entire way of being.”
The title for the last two panel reads “cat domestication.”
The third panel shows an image of a cat outside.
The fourth panel shows the exact same cat indoors. The text reads “we went inside.”
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/07/2026
Overnight, a masked bandit broke into our kitchen. Armed with opposable thumbs, he proceeded to sample everything on offer. I’d just visited the farmers market, so the menu was extensive. I can now share a highly specific peer-reviewed list of what this particular raider did & did not enjoy. 🧵
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Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
Alt: Raccoon's Evil Smile: 'Good, Good'
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/07/2026
Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary theonion.com/teacher-required-to-pr…
Teacher Required To Provide Own Salary
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"In particular, recent studies indicate that Earth's energy imbalance has more than doubled in recent decades, highlighting a #FasterThanExpected increase and reinforcing its central role as an integrative metric of ongoing #climate change"
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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. We track twelve key sets of indicators of the state of the climate system, clos...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
A photograph of multiple fire service vehicles parked on moorland. In the background, white smoke from multiple fires is rising.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My interview earlier this evening on #BBCNews about the climate change-fueled wildfires currently ravaging Europe and the myths about them promoted by Trump: www.youtube.com/watch?v=knxC...
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Michael Mann on BBC News Discussing Climate Change-Fueled Europe Wildfires (7/25/26)
YouTube video by Michael Mann
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.
nytimes.com
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research (Gift Article)
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 25/07/2026
Neighbours create 40-hectare wildlife corridor amid Sydney's expanding urban fringe
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Why these Sydney neighbours built a backyard wildlife corridor
Concerned about developments on Sydney's urban fringe, these residents combined their powers to save space for the natural world on their doorstep. 
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 26/07/2026
For those who don't know Melbourne's south east, this is a data centre that is six times larger than the largest shopping centre in the southern hemisphere (and worst in the world).
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Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre
More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"In an open letter in 1998, four former prime ministers expressed their concern about the upsurge in racism at the time of the Howard Government and the coming election." @johnmenadue.com There's a direct line from Howard to the racism of today. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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Racism and the response of four former Prime Ministers
In an open letter in August 1998, four former prime ministers expressed their concern about the upsurge in racism at the time of the Howard Government and the coming election.
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