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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/health/...
abc.net.au
How a breast cancer trial changed the lives of survivors
Twenty-five years ago, Donna Rullo joined a trial for a little-known, targeted breast cancer drug that saved her life and transformed the care of women who came after her.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
theconversation.com/literary-pio...
theconversation.com
Literary pioneer Hilary McPhee launched Helen Garner, published Cloudstreet – and inspired me
Hilary McPhee co-founded McPhee Gribble, the legendary Australian publishing house responsible for Monkey Grip, Puberty Blues and Cloudstreet.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/health/...
thenewdaily.com.au
One in eight cancers likely caused by an infection – new study
Some 12 per cent of the world’s total cancer cases in 2024 were likely caused by an infection, according to alarming research from the WHO.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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theconversation.com
Here are five of Australia’s top library influencers. One is a 72-year-old rare books librarian
Libraries are turning to social media to connect with their communities – with brilliant, often hilarious results. On the way, they’ve launched some unlikely stars.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their bills
Housing costs, falling living standards and distrust of politicians are driving deep frustration among voters. Yet immigration dominates the national debate, obscuring the economic pressures behind th...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Voters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide. gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au?recruiter_id...
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A National Plebiscite for a 25% Gas Export Tax
Voters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.premier.vic.gov.au/labor-saves-...
premier.vic.gov.au
Labor Saves Cohealth's Future And Delivers 69 Social Homes
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read dies aged 64
Health promotion campaigner and Victorian Greens MP Tim Read has died after a high-profile battle with cancer.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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act.getup.org.au
Scrap the aged care algorithm!
Can you share the campaign with your friends and family to help us reach more people? Up to half of petition signatures come from shares, so it makes a real…
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
Age usually changes what matters. Pauline Hanson has spent 30 years rewarded for grievance
Emotional priorities often change as people grow older. Pauline Hanson’s latest remarks raise a more troubling question about what happens when grievance is repeatedly rewarded instead.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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theconversation.com
Proposed curriculum in Northern Ireland would restrict children’s language learning
The new proposals shift to a single core modern language, only required at secondary school in the 11-14 age range.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pa...
megaphone.org.au
One Nation - Hands Off Our Rights At Work
One Nation say they are the party of workers, but their actions say differently. Time and time again Pauline Hanson and One Nation have voted against our rights at work. She’s voted against: • Same Jo...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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act.getup.org.au
Meta: Stop paying to poison our democracy
Thank you for adding your name. Meta only moves when the pressure gets loud enough – when the Guardian exposed its payments to Hanson-linked accounts, seven…
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Ukrainian Lessons by Charlotte Higgins review – when art and war collide
A vivid and hopeful study of how culture endures in the midst of extreme violence
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Voters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide. gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
A National Plebiscite for a 25% Gas Export Tax
Voters across the political spectrum support a 25% tax on gas exports. So, let's put it to the people. Join the call for a national plebiscite and let Australians decide.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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theconversation.com
Jason Arday’s death: Black academics need to feel they belong in higher education
There is a difference between being invited into a university and feeling wanted there.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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act.getup.org.au
Fix Australia's Broken Media
You've just taken a stand for a media watchdog that actually holds powerful outlets to account.Right now, big media companies can get away with misleading…
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
The long read: Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
theage.com.au
From Werribee to Sandringham: 400 extra train services in timetable expansion
In the first timetable shake-up since the Metro Tunnel was unveiled, hundreds of services have been added to Melbourne’s network, including a service connecting bayside with the western suburbs.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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lrb.co.uk
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
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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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It's time to finally ban gambling advertising getup.to/MEzmxjcGCXMnTv
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Add your name: Senate Submission into gambling advertising
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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abc.net.au
Australians paying 'unjustified' fees to pharmacies, report says
Taxpayers are missing out on cheaper medicines due to backroom deals by one of Australia's most powerful lobby groups, according to a new report.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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action.choice.com.au
Fairer energy petition | CHOICE
Sign the petition calling for a strong new consumer duty that requires energy companies to treat consumers fairly.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Most Australian cities make it hard to build homes, but one is bucking the trend
Four years on from a national pledge to unlock more housing, only one capital city allows townhouses or three-storey developments on most of its residential land.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
neoskosmos.com/en/2026/07/0...
neoskosmos.com
Language access is not a privilege: Critics reject One Nation's English-only push
Greek Australian and multicultural leaders condemn One Nation's proposal to end government translation services.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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One Nation calls for end to government translation services in push for English-only Australia
Today, One Nation Senator, Sean Bell, called for all Australian government services to be delivered exclusively in English, arguing that translated services undermine unity, and needed assimilation an...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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lepetitjournal.com
Turquie: Un espoir de renaissance pour le séminaire grec des îles des Princes
Un séminaire grec-orthodoxe fermé depuis plus de 50 ans sur une des îles des Princes, au large d'Istanbul, pourrait prochainement rouvrir grâce......
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Antony Green is retiring – sign his retirement card! getup.to/Jz2Nx7H7Cq5Ota
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Thank you Antony Green!
Antony Green is retiring from the ABC – sign his thank you card!
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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theconversation.com
Petits-enfants d’immigrés : du diplôme à l’emploi, le modèle républicain tient-il ses promesses ?
Si, dans les familles immigrées, l’ascension scolaire est réelle, la génération des petits-enfants se heurte sur le terrain de l’emploi à des inégalités persistantes.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
The country that's been dragged in to Australia's 'monoculture' debate
Pauline Hanson has held up Japan as a model of monoculturalism. Experts say the reality is more complex.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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substack.com
Multiculturalism didn’t fail. It poured the concrete you’re standing on.
Without Multiculturalism, There Is No Snowy Hydro, No Modern Australia, and your Diet may be limited.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
Hanson's politics of subtraction offers her own voters less
Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech exposed the weakness in the old right-wing politics of subtraction: in an age of scarcity, promising to take things away no longer lands on someone else, bu...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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neoskosmos.com
Greek Community of Melbourne issues statement on multiculturalism
The Greek Community of Melbourne has reaffirmed its strong support for multiculturalism, arguing that Australia's diversity is one of its greatest strengths and rejecting attempts to portray cultural ...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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insidestory.org.au
Once a Liberal • Frank Bongiorno
Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech provided plenty of ammunition for at least some of her opponents
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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ABC’s National Sing-along | We are One | ABC Australia
YouTube video by ABC Australia
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Never One Nation
This is not who we are. Add your name.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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theconversation.com
From a World Heritage-listed city to sacred shrines, Lebanon’s historic sites are being destroyed
Israel’s airstrikes in the south of the country have damaged ancient Roman ruins, mosques, schools and churches.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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getup.to
Stop Victoria's fake party rort
Rightwing operatives have registered fake progressive parties to steal votes and funnel preferences to One Nation in Victoria. But there’s a fix already on the table – and Victorians have a chance to ...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
The quiet Australians who actually empty the bins
When the political class keeps choosing to squeeze outer-suburban, mortgage-stressed, salaried workers, we shouldn't be surprised to see these people turning to One Nation.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...
thenewdaily.com.au
Melbourne’s obsession with black clothing actually makes sense
Melburnians, while still generally considering themselves fashionable, will wear black year-round – and even more during winter.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
www.thenewdaily.com.au/federal-budg...
thenewdaily.com.au
Budget will make most people better off – if Labor holds its nerve
I have covered more than a dozen federal budgets, and this is the first that has filled me with hope that we will get real change.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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pearlsandirritations.com
Three Australias: new polling shows deepening divide
Changing voting patterns are no longer a reaction to short-term events, they are a rebellion against inequality, says Kos Samaris.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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substack.com
The Second-Last Budget Reply - Delivered by a Liberal MP.
This will possibly be the second last budget reply delivered by a Liberal MP.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
greekreporter.com/2026/05/15/g...
greekreporter.com
Penelope Delta: The Greek Patriot Who Chose Silence Over Nazi Occupation - GreekReporter.com
On April 27, 1941, Penelope Delta, a famous Greek author decided to take her own life just as Nazi Germany’s forces occupied Athens.
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/je...
megaphone.org.au
Jess Wilson: Hands Off Our Public Services!
These jobs aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet.  These are the workers who keep our trains running, deliver vital support to children and families, provide security in our prisons and correctio...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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theguardian.com
Against Trump’s new world order where war criminals walk free, Australia is proving no one is above the law | Geoffrey Robertson
Irrespective of the verdict, the prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith demonstrates that the legacy of Nuremberg is not dead
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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johnmenadue.com
Ending Israel’s war on peace
To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognised ...
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Anne Holmes @polyxena7.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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The Death of the Brahmin Left - The Vegemite version in Victoria
For twenty years, progressive politics was captured by the educated professional class.
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