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Sharon Boyd

@sharonmboyd28.bsky.social
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Australian; value my friends and family; keen observer of politics and civil society; hopeful of peace, fairness and the common good for all; and supporter of quality journalism. Twitter refugee hoping for better times.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h
Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company
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Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company
Britain’s nursing union axes Teva UK as commercial partner over links to Israel’s military and corporate track record Britain’s nursing union has cut its ties with an Israeli drug company over the firm’s links to the country’s military and track record of corporate misconduct. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has axed Teva UK as a commercial partner and as sponsor of a forthcoming event on migraine and headaches at the union’s London headquarters. Continue reading...
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 20h
#sexism #misogyny #VAW #crime #CornellUniversity.#Cornell7
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Insane man with a statuary/military fetish at least makes things fun for cartoonists.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Regular reminder for Australians: This ideological clown is who our government has outsourced our defence policy to. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 01/10/2026
News Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Worth a read … redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/the-resili...
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The resilience map: what Australia's first resilience index tells us
Who needs help, where and why. The index will guide governments and business how to navigate through that challenge.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 02/10/2026
Want to understand the One Nation vote? Look at health, financial insecurity and the suburbs where infrastructure arrived years too late. The anger was building long before it appeared at the ballot box, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #OneNation
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The One Nation vote is a map of government neglect
One Nation’s rise is often treated as cultural anger. New data point to something more concrete: poor health, financial insecurity and communities left without the services that make life work.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 02/10/2026
P&I spends plenty of time calling out political failure. This week brought something different: three examples of leadership that deserve attention, from Oslo to London to Australia, P&I Editor Catriona Jackson writes. #auspol #Politics
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Three leaders, one reminder: moral courage is not dead in politics – Message from the Editor
When I wrote my very first editor's message 19 months ago, I said that P&I expected leaders to display the moral courage required if we are to tackle existential threats. I have been reminded how true this is every week. You expect courage and intelligence in those who purport to lead, and you make that crystal clear in the letters and articles we publish daily, and increasingly in the social media discussions they prompt.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul has named Letitia James special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rapers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the New York State attorney general to investigate allegations by a former Cornell University student that several men sexually assaulted her.
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New ep of Slow Horses..
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Populist. The Guardian Australia podcast on Pauline Hanson by Sarah Martin is well worth a listen. #auspol www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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The Populist: Aeroplanes and bulldozers | Episode 1 - podcast
The first part of Guardian Australia’s new podcast series reveals the true extent of financial support flowing from Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, to the country’s fastest growing politica...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This year's FIDE (chess) elections will go down in history as the most expensive ever. I believe the total spend by mainly the top two campaigns will come out to close to 100 million AUD spent on fighting over c. 200 votes.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sample size here is larger than usual and the sample period longer (Sep 14-27). It may include the previous sample (not sure yet). I wonder if they are going back to fortnightly. Also unusually for Morgan primaries do not sum to 100.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Morgan ALP 26 L-NP 22.5 ON 25.5 Grn 14.5 Ind/other 11 2PP respondent prefs 52.5 to ALP vs L-NP last election 52 to ALP my conversion 51.7 ALP vs ON respondent prefs 53.5 to ALP my conversion 51.8
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A huge fucking thank you to this fucking guy for fucking with every single Australian in the mortgage belt and fuck you Gina Rinehart for supporting him.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP’s big insurance scam unveiled Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/grifting-icare-g…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Be still my beating heart
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tim Wilson is still full of waffle - his near death experience (election-wise) has taught him nothing. #LNPfail
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Speers is trying to do a Laura. It’s just not landing with me
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Robert Maxwell @robmax4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump’s slurred, confused Oval Office announcement really should concern Republicans
The president seemed like he was struggling, writes Holly Baxter, and through the struggle he forgot to claim that the Iran war isn’t a war and that the $5,000 midterms payment isn’t a mass voter brib...
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"As predictable as the wringing of hands around a technology we have allowed a select few to control, was the response to calling what happened in Nepal a climate tragedy" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/rbseAGb3
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 28/09/2026
Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after speaking up for Palestine. Other acts walked away, donations followed and his message grew louder. The attempt to silence him backfired, Ahmed Najar writes. #Palestine #Gaza
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The attempt to silence Macklemore put Palestine centre stage
Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour prompted other artists to walk away and brought fresh attention and donations to Palestinian aid. An attempt to contain his message ended up amplifying it – a sign that speaking up for Palestine is becoming harder to silence.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Xi … couldn’t help but admire the confidence with which Trump now uttered rudimentary English sentences and estimating that the president had probably expanded his vocabulary to at least 100 words."
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 25/09/2026
Fremantle has already turned purple. A grand final win would send the port city into meltdown | Brendan Foster
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Fremantle has already turned purple. A grand final win would send the port city into meltdown | Brendan Foster
Having been left bloodied and bruised over the past 32 years there is now an unwavering belief among fans that their AFL flag drought could finally be over After the Dockers’ spectacular win over the Swans in the preliminary final, Fremantle’s streets erupted in chaotic celebrations that resembled the wild scenes in New York after the Knicks’ drought-breaking NBA championship. Maybe not that bonkers, but the port city’s CBD became a vibrant sea of purple as hundreds of jubilant fans danced, hugged and partied in the pouring rain. Although the explosive chants of “MCG, MCG” from the hollering horde seemed to terrify several bus drivers trying to weave through the purple pandemonium. Continue reading...
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ithedark.bsky.social @ithedark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay kids if your team is in the GF it's ok to come from behind, punch someone in the guts, a cowardly attack, and it's ok because it's GF week and you are a good boy. This is a disgrace and sets a disgraceful example, what does the $10,000 fine say, it was serious enough but let the boy play anyway
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Israel lobby is infiltrating local councils via astroturfing outfits such as 'Better Australia', allied to hard-right Advance Australia. Secretive on funding. Investigation by @wendybacon1.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/astroturfers...
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Astroturfers. Australia's local elections the new battleground for the Israel lobby - Michael West
Local elections are the new battleground for the Zionist lobby and its various astroturfing groups. Who are they, and who funds them?
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Sharon Boyd @sharonmboyd28.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Definitely not a thing...
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... These are the pricks lecturing migrants and people in public housing on “Aussie values”
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 25/09/2026
What do you think piping the most expensive fossil fuel - extracted by the most expensive means - then sending it through an enormous, absurdly expensive pipeline is going to do to your energy bill? The folks spruiking this shit pretend to be serious, but come the fuck on. Bloody rent-seekers. 🙄
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alikenya @alikenya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a football player wants to be in a GF- do not do a deliberate violent act line a gut punch! AFL tribunal is a joke and Lachie Neale will always be the thug that got away with his aggression.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 25/09/2026
Australia’s new election spending rules set a $90 million cap for parties and an $800,000 limit for electorate campaigns. The national ceiling should be lower, with more room for new candidates to reach voters, Kate Griffiths writes. #auspol #ElectoralReform
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Can Australia curb big-money elections without shutting out new candidates?
Australia’s new election spending rules will cap the money flowing into campaigns. But the proposed limits may leave established parties with ample room to spend while making it harder for newcomers to reach voters.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From 2017. James Ashby was recorded on how One Nation could make money out of the Queensland state election that year by doubling the price of candidate packages on invoices to be claimed back from the Electoral Commission of Queensland. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One Nation: James Ashby says 'make some money' quote taken out of context
One Nation adviser says suggestion One Nation ‘make some money’ from invoices to the electoral commission was him brainstorming
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Matt Kean, Chair of the Climate Change Authority to talk all things climate and energy.  It's clear that even if climate change wasn't a thing, investing in cheap, sovereign and reliable renewable energy would make the most sense our country.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
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Macklemore announces Free Palestine tour to benefit humanitarian aid organisations
The US rapper, removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after voicing support of Palestine, has convened a charity show that will visit Dublin, Paris and London, with a North American run to be announced Macklemore has announced a “Free Palestine” tour, a series of live shows that will feature the US rapper performing alongside musicians and friends to raise funds for humanitarian causes in Palestine. The news comes after Macklemore (AKA Benjamin Haggerty) was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after he called for a “free Palestine” onstage and said he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”. Continue reading...
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This year's El Nino, or "little boy", looks like being a monster. Ocean temperatures are forecast to rise by 4C, the largest in at least 1000 years.
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Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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frankbongiorno.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can Australia Tax its Way to Prosperity? The Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas, University of Canberra, is delighted to be partnering with Australian Dialogues in this exciting Big Dialogue event at the university on 21 October. Bookings at: events.humanitix.com/a-big-dialog...
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A Big Dialogue: Can Australia Tax Its Way To Prosperity?
Presented by Centre of Public Ideas at University of Canberra in association with Australian Dialogues. Join us for an enlightening and enjoyable evening on Wed
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“For now, Trump has ruled out direct US attacks against the Houthis, despite appeals from his ally and benefactor Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia and MBS became a crucial source of new real estate and other deals for the Trump Organization while Trump was out of power” — my latest @theguardian.com
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The Houthis’ offensive is the latest spillover from Trump’s Iran disaster | Mohamad Bazzi
Trump’s mess has rekindled Yemen’s civil war and a years-long conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Former Australian Labor Party Leader H.V. 'Doc' Evatt served as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1948 to 1949, and helped to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"The Intergenerational Report has found its shiny new toy: AI. But what about climate change?" my column for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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The Intergenerational Report has found its shiny new toy: AI. But what about climate change?
The Seventh Intergenerational Report (IGR) released today by the Treasurer Jim Chalmers looks all the way out to 2066 and yet is mostly focused on the present and the fad-like demand of AI and data ce...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How they do free speech in ‘the only democracy in the Middle East’.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also poor for Labor on leadership ratings Albanese net -27 (35-62), that's very ordinary Hanson net -7 Taylor -15 Albanese only leads Taylor in the conventional Better PM by 1 point.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Newspoll ALP 27 L-NP 19 ON 30 Grn 13 others 11 No 2PP. My estimates ALP 52.2 vs L-NP (-0.9), ALP 50.2 vs ON (-0.9) This is a poor poll for Labor, Newspoll has been generally strong for them cf others in this term but not this one.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/09/2026
“The No. 1 problem the Kennedy Center has had is President Trump.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center (Gift Article)
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Rohan Connolly @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That is very close to the greatest game of football I've ever seen. Both teams should be so proud of their efforts, that's the way footy should always be played. #aflhawkslions
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 19/09/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 😃
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 18/09/2026
Clarence Valley mayoral vote ends in hat-draw and confusion
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Hat-draw to decide mayoral contest ends in confusion
With the vote tied, Clarence Valley Council turned to drawing a name out of a hat to decide who should be mayor, only to disagree on who the winner was.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/09/2026
Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it | Marina Hyde
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Earl Spencer SLATES the king. Charles DESTROYS Spencer. If only Diana were here to click on it | Marina Hyde
It’s a battle for hearts and minds – and TikTok, and the ’Gram. Just as it should be. #royalbeef, says the Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kate Thwaites went on to ask NACC’s Kylie Kilgour on whether they can finally start hiring more staff, but Kilgour insisted it’s still a “challenge”, saying they will struggle to know which pool of money to fund it from. This is absolutely pathetic.
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