Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Reconciliation. My @smh cartoon. 24579245 579
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 27/05/2025It’s a national disgrace that ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle has been convicted under Labor for his bravery exposing, and ending, ATO wrongdoing. They are criminalising courage because truth telling is inconvenient for bad government. www.themandarin.com.au/292833-ato-w...themandarin.com.auATO whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids jail in controversial plea dealBoyle's conviction sparks national outrage, fuelling urgent calls for whistleblower law reform in Australia. 11247109 247
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Richard Boyle’s prosecution is unequivocal proof that our whistleblower laws are completely broken. Michelle Rowland must do what Mark Dreyfus was unwilling/unable to do - fix them! We also need a Whistleblower Protection Authority. #auspolabc.net.auWhistleblower protections failed 'superhero' Richard BoyleRichard Boyle has faced the heavy price of being a whistleblower in Australia. It's time for urgent reforms of public and private sector whistleblower laws and the establishment of a new body to prote... 714861 148
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialCovid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry. The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale. Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs. 1/2 351058632 1.1K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialLouise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Great to see investigative journalism win. The costs, though, financially, emotionally, in terms of time and exhaustion, are too much. We desperately need to properly overhaul defamation laws in this country. #auspol 17519114 519
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMatt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Last week: Trump Organization announces new $5.5 billion golf course in Qatar Today: Qatar ‘gifts’ Trump a luxury jet Surely just a coincidence. 48862371 862
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialscarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025If Joe Biden was taking intelligence briefings once every 10 days and routinely admitting he had no idea what was happening on major policy issues, there would not be enough room on the opinion pages of America's newspapers demanding he resign but Trump isn't held to that standard 🙃 18379122 379
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly. 404229945609 23K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The NYT has been doing phenomenal reporting on the blatant corruption of the Trump memecoin/crypto policy. Genuinely the most flagrant, bald-faced thing I’ve ever seen short of a politician getting sacks of cash. 18837891302 3.8K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2025The White House shut down plans to return wrongfully deported Maryland dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. from an infamous El Salvador mega-prison. Federal attorneys “began discussing how to undo the mistake” and return Garcia almost immediately after his deportation, but Trump shut that down.search.appWhite House Blocked Plan to Return Wrongfully Deported DadU.S. officials were quietly working to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home from El Salvador. Then the White House stepped in. 1151408665 1.4K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Friday 25 April. Another day begins with Ukraine in mourning and more civilians killed. It's Day 1157 of Russia's sickening, unprovoked full invasion. This is the start of today's daily thread - all the news, all the time. 721969 219
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/04/202524 April 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Kurt Peter Wiesen, was born in Eisenach. In 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. 18582164 582
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 23/04/2025👇👇🇺🇦 380122214272 12.2K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/04/2025CBS News is buckling to Trump: Its billionaire owner wants to make a sale. I have no billionaire owner & I won't stop saying what I think. We need truth-telling, not cowardice. We need informed communities & independent media. I hope you’ll join us & subscribe (free or paid). www.americaamerica.newsamericaamerica.newsAmerica, America | Steven Beschloss | SubstackEssays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency. Click to read America, America, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. 22685145 685
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/04/2025It’s quite clear at this point that Trump is intentionally trying to harm America’s economy and our global standing. The damage is so broad and so deep that it simply can’t be accidental or inadvertent — it MUST be deliberate. The only question is: WHY? 8584172960 4.2K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025A new study found that intensive blood pressure control lowered the risk of dementia by 15% and cognitive impairment by 16%. www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/h...statnews.comIntensive lowering of blood pressure tied to lower dementia riskIntensive blood pressure control may cut dementia risk by 15%, says a new study in which community health workers managed hypertension treatment. 04419 44
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025"We’ve always done the big things our own way: the Australian ballot, compulsory voting, federalism, superannuation, health, education, immigration, firearms. So why not defence?" Time to plan for a post-American future - which means independent defence policy. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...lowyinstitute.orgYes, Australia can defend itself independentlyAustralia fears abandonment, but when it happens, Australia copes remarkably well. It can do so again in an era of fading American influence in Asia. 514547 145
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMeanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Ukraine's intelligence services lit up the sky by detonating 160,000 tons of Russian ammunition in Rykov, a key military center in the occupied Kherson region. It was not just a strike - it was a spectacular defeat of Russian logistics. Boom. Precision. Retaliation. 🇺🇦💙💛 1223944 239
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialUkrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 04/04/2025💯 Russia ignores ceasefire agreement for 22 days, showing no will for peace – UK at OSCEpravda.com.uaRussia ignores ceasefire agreement for 22 days, showing no will for peace – UK at OSCENeil Holland, Head of the UK Delegation to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has stated that Russia is continuing its large-scale attacks on Ukraine and refusing to commi... 917359 173
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialDimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 04/04/2025In Ukraine, the tech community is known for its innovation, talent, and global impact. But since Russia’s full-scale invasion, many IT professionals like myself have traded their keyboards for rifles to defend their homeland. 117127 171
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025"Witness testimonies revealed no signs of military activity near the building. What they did find were charred belongings, body parts, and the remains of families who believed they had finally found safety." Another Israeli war crime for the world to ignore. #StopIsrael en.safa.news/post/3967/UN...en.safa.newsUN Clinic Bombing in Jabalia: Another Massacre Disguised as SecurityGaza – The Israeli airstrike that levelled a United Nations clinic in the heart of the Jabalia refugee camp has reignited outrage among Palestinians, who view the bombing as yet another calculated att 01710 17
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialKyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 04/04/2025Ukrainian troops decimate Russian assault in the Donetsk region, destroying 19 vehicles and killing dozens in a devastating artillery and drone ambush. www.kyivpost.com/post/50175kyivpost.comUkraine War Latest Update: 19 Russian Vehicles Shredded as Drone Swarm and Artillery Wipe Out Assault in DonetskUkrainian troops decimate Russian assault in the Donetsk region, destroying 19 vehicles and killing dozens in a devastating artillery and drone ambush. 16712 67
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMaria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Russian Shahed slammed into apartment in Kharkiv last night. 5 killed — including a family with a child. Bodies burned beyond recognition, identified only by DNA. This is what Russia calls a “peace effort.” 310040 100
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi. We are in a very, very dark place. 46470841954 7.1K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There’s literally a post for every occasion. 25579061826 7.9K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/04/2025Gaza's humanitarian crisis is escalating, with no aid truck allowed into the enclave for an entire month, warns Humanitarian group Mercy Corps, adding that 85% of the Strip’s Palestinians no longer has access to basic food items. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2bw1vf 9295189 295
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMongabay @mongabay.com · 04/04/2025The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the global regulator’s finalization of a mining code. Read more:news.mongabay.comGlobal seabed regulator concerned by mining company’s unilateral actionsThe International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the… 04422 44
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/04/2025New evidence suggests that some of the 15 Palestinian aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah last week were shot at close range in what appeared to be execution-style killings. Read here aje.io/qzqk7n 20426249 426
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines 210738 107
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 04/04/2025This week Peter Dutton suggested cutting school funding in an attempt to stop ‘wokeness’, but was unable to define what ‘woke’ means. If only there were publicly funded places people could go to learn things like the definitions of words. 251315257 1.3K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialIntegral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Refresher On Fallacies 063 6
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialAaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The LNP don't like their own words repeated back to them, which is why they're infuriated by this ad. Which is also why you should share it. 37809534 809
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialAaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Help Climate 200 get this ad on air: www.climate200.com.au/campaign/chi...climate200.com.auGet this ad on the air – all donations doubled! | Climate 200Help get this ad on air – donations doubled 310457 104
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMegastar27 @megastar27.bsky.social · 04/04/2025It's a mystery?!?!!? "About 2.5 million new lung cancer cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022 – an increase of 300,000 since 2020" Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cancer #weararespirator theconversation.com/why-is-there...theconversation.comWhy is there an increase in lung cancer among women who have never smoked?Rising air pollution, changes in hormone levels, immune system imbalances and longer life expectancy are increasing the risk of lung cancer in women who have never touched a cigarette. 021 2
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/04/2025Stock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business livetheguardian.comStock markets plunge as China announces retaliatory 34% tariffs on US goods – business liveKristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement 44564167 564
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/04/2025BREAKING: China imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, matching the rate of Trump's "reciprocal" tariff imposed this week.bit.lyChina imposes a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products starting April 10China has announced it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10. The Commerce Ministry in Beijing also said it will impose more export controls on rare earths, which are materials used in high-tech products such as computer chips and electric vehicle batteries. 46478114 478
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Turns out "public figures" in the Le Pen headline refers to Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Dan Hannan. None of whom are (democratically) elected politicians. 44785205 785
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 23/03/2025A major investigation is underway, an Australian first, unearthing a long-buried history hidden from the national narrative. It’s called Yoorrook, the Wemba Wemba word for “truth”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...abc.net.auThese crimes were hidden for generations. Now Australia's having a moment of truthAustralia has a painful past. For the first time, the country has been grappling with recording the stories of that history in a truth-telling commission. 04016 40
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialDr Verity Cooper for Sturt @drveritycooper.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Dutton's 2019, taxpayer-funded flight to a ‘long lunch’ at a luxury island was probed by the expenses watchdog.¹ Why did it take 6 years to hear of this? It's a story ⤵️ others² might have put on page 1 (& within days) if it was about someone else. We need media reform. Now tinyurl.com/Noosa-Lunchtheguardian.comPeter Dutton’s taxpayer-funded flight to ‘long lunch’ on Noosa River was investigated by expenses watchdogExclusive: Expenses authority found claim was within parliamentary rules because Dutton attended ‘in his official capacity as a minister’ 510338 103
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025The Kyiv family ripped apart by Russia's ongoing terrorism. They moved from Orikhiv on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia to keep their daughter safe. In its latest attack Nicole and her papa were killed. Mum is in hospital 📷 @united24media.com 26915 69
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Not many 43 year old professional women just drop dead. I hate being a conspiracy theorist - but I sincerely hope there is a VERY thorough and honest post mortem for Jessica Aber, who died just months after prosecuting Russians for war crimes and assisting Russia's illegal war. 1120980 209
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialEric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 23/03/2025TIME has a person on the ground in El Salvador to document the deportation planes' arrival. "They entered their cold cells, 80 men per cell, with steel planks for bunks, no mats, no sheets, no pillow. No television. No books. No talking. No phone calls and no visitors." time.com/7269604/el-s...time.comWhat the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador ExperiencedExclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S. 17546 75
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/03/2025This letter from Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp makes things worse. Basically offers rationale and justification for everyone else following in Paul Weiss’s footsteps and capitulating to Trump. BLUF: We capitulated and everyone else should as well. open.substack.com/pub/davidlat...open.substack.comBrad Karp’s Message To Paul Weiss About Its Deal With The Trump AdministrationHere’s what Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to his colleagues on Sunday afternoon. 3212258486 2.3K
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialYuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Mike Waltz said today that cease fire has been in effect since Trump called Putin. Reality check: Russia has been attacking #Ukraine every day. Today at least 3 people in Kyiv were killed by Russian drones Of course, don't believe your lying eyes. Believe what Putin tells you. #UkrainianView 2422092 220
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialMarty @marty10.bsky.social · 23/03/2025>>>Chernyak entered the U.S. through a Biden-era humanitarian parole program created after Russia invaded Ukraine, with authorization to stay in the country until August 2026. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...miamiherald.comUkrainian man held at Krome center dies from brain bleed while in immigration custodyA 44-year-old Ukrainian man died in a local hospital while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami’s Krome Detention Center, the federal government said. 19041 90
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Detainees died due to starvation or dehydration. ICE murdered them. 745108156060 10.8K
thelanddownunder.bsky.social @thelanddownunder.bsky.social · 21/03/2025“Frankly, I think it is time we reconsidered our priorities and think carefully about our defence needs, now that we are having a more independent posture ... Our future is now in a much more precarious state than it was on 19 January.“ 020 2
Reposted by @thelanddownunder.bsky.socialTim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Australia should reconsider its membership of Five Eyes, or at the very least feed Musk incomplete or false intel. 0186 18