Reposted by WendyBaconDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/10/2026🇱🇧 Israeli forces uproot olive trees in southern Lebanon amid airstrikes & artillery shelling: Nabatieh: Israeli infantry accompanied by a D9 bulldozer advanced to w/in 50 meters of a Lebanese army position in Zawtar Al-Gharbiyeh, continuing to uproot olive trees in an operation that began Thu... 67347
Reposted by WendyBaconPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Heads-up! Any time NewsCorpse tries to promote Josh Frydenberg or suggest he should return to federal politics, I like to remind people of his illegal misleading Chinese language corflutes in AEC purple, telling voters the "correct" way to vote. 😠 #auspol #KooyongVotes 16299121
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What are these data centres really for, who is paying for them, who profits, who is accountable, and what happens when the systems inside them cause harm? Claudia Weisenberger #auspol #Firmus michaelwest.com.au/ai-data-cent...michaelwest.com.auAI data centre frenzy. Is the Firmus IPO failure a sign of worse to come? - Michael WestInvestors baulked at the valuation of aspiring AI data centre darling Firmus, while other data centre builds are facing grassroots opposition. 20215100
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Why is Royal Commission so behind in posting exhibits? - once in evidence can’t be changed 044
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Royal Commision allows expert disinformation groups to morph into multiculturalists - lawyers ignored massive gap in the story 045
Reposted by WendyBaconDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 26/08/2026More evidence - if we needed it - that One Nation is unfit for any form of leadership at a federal or state level. Homophobic, anti-choice, xenophobic, incoherent. It’s absolutely critical that those of us who believe in a diverse, accepting and generous 🇦🇺 stand against this divisive negativity.theguardian.comOne Nation’s Malcolm Roberts ‘in two minds’ about whether gay people should be equalFootage shows senator on stage at the Church and State conference responding to question about party’s director James Ashby 2327588
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026When did the Aus government become aware that IDF soldiers were travelling to Australia? They should not be given visas 293
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026IDF soldiers, including Golani Brigade ex-Gaza, to compete in Sydney Marathon #whatsthescam #auspol michaelwest.com.au/idf-soldiers...michaelwest.com.auIDF soldiers heading to Australia to compete in the Sydney Marathon - Michael WestAs many as 40 former and current IDF soldiers and associates are coming to Australia to compete in the Sydney Marathon on August 30 369161
Reposted by WendyBaconPhilip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026What should be the gems of #publicadelaide being trashed as #privatisedadelaide. Yet another owned, shameless Premier 182
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Expel Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman. Andrew Brown puts the case #auspol #Gaza michaelwest.com.au/send-israeli...michaelwest.com.auSend Hillel Newman home: Australia has tolerated his contempt long enough - Michael WestSneering, denying, lecturing, lying. Andrew Brown puts the case for the Australian government to expel Israeli Ambassador Hillel Newman. 916971
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I didn’t know about that but I still think with increasing heat, it will be intolerable during the day on many Summer & even Spring days 010
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026David Gonski (heads up antisemitism foray in education) at the Bondi RC - @wendybacon1.bsky.social reports. Also 2 Israel conferences coming - controversial CAM antisemitism summit & a Jerusalem Post event #auspol #IHRA #royalcommission michaelwest.com.au/gonski-at-ro...michaelwest.com.auGonski at Royal Commission as two Israel conferences loom before Bell deadline - Michael WestBusinessman David Gonski fronted the Royal Commission into Antisemitism as two Israel conferences land before the Commission reports 33119
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Waverley LGA is hosting Combat Antisemitism Movement Conference with Fed gov funding to spread its pro Israel approach around Aus. Do want Waverley Council model code where you live? It’s the one that led to removal of book How to Sell a Genocide from its library michaelwest.com.au/gonski-at-roya…michaelwest.com.au 042
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Agree. There needs to be anti Israel graffiti everywhere - not antisemitic, anti Israel 010
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I agree with you but do you think there is enough shade in square? I find Darling Harbour glaring and hot in Summer. Eucalypts only seem to be at the border. 150
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026tonight I watched a tough @AJEnglish interview with Malaysian PM @anwaribrahim ; thinking about how we’d never see an interview like that with @AlboMP who prefers populist podcasts. Aus could have an independent future but Labor is far too compliant, lacking substance. We need change 021
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Row erupts over Israel's genocide at Royal Commission, health regulator admits now monitoring doctors/nurses' social media for antisemitism (can be criticism of Israel) @sstephanietrann.bsky.social & @wendybacon1.bsky.social #auspol #AHPRA #IHRA michaelwest.com.au/royal-commis...michaelwest.com.auRoyal Commission: lawyers spar over Gaza genocide, health regulator admits Segal pressure - Michael WestAHPRA has begun monitoring social media for criticism of Israel after pressure from Jillian Segal, the Bondi Royal Commission has heard 149463
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026ABC RN Breakfast’s Sally Sara gives NSW Labor Planning Min Paul Scully an opportunity to spruik his latest propaganda about building 1000s more homes in Syd without mentioning ‘affordable housing’ once. Commercial media are advertising outlets for developers but ABC should do better 186
Reposted by WendyBaconMike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 08/08/2026These irreplaceable old growth forests continue to be logged across British Columbia. Over 1,200 people have been arrested trying to keep them standing. There is no time to waste. Protect the Irreplaceable. #ActOnClimate #climate #nature @bcndp #bcpoli #bcgov Pic @TJWattPhoto 29958
Reposted by WendyBacon🍁 Christine 🍁 @204queenb0574.bsky.social · 08/08/2026@mark-carney.bsky.social needs to address this and stand before all of Canada and tell them the he thinks more pipelines are an urgent matter while climate change is not. He's a failure as a human being - who cares what our economy is doing when we can't enjoy any of it?cbc.caFull evacuation order of Summerland, B.C., issued due to out-of-control wildfire | CBC NewsThe Bald Range fire grew to 50 square kilometres in three hours after it was first detected at 5:30 p.m. PT on Friday evening, said Erick Thompson with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen's ... 1112058
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Health regulator head is pressing on with imposing IHRA antisemitism definition on hundreds of thousands of health workers but couldn’t answer a few simple Qs about one example michaelwest.com.au/royal-commis...michaelwest.com.auRoyal Commission: lawyers spar over Gaza genocide, health regulator admits Segal pressure - Michael WestAHPRA has begun monitoring social media for criticism of Israel after pressure from Jillian Segal, the Bondi Royal Commission has heard 098
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Today leading Australian cardiologist Peter Macdonald was supposed to deliver a big lecture at Unimelb & StV’s. Invited, then cancelled due to unnamed Zionist bullies & false accusations. No right of reply, no fairness. How’s that for accountability? michaelwest.com.au/witch-hunt-m...michaelwest.com.auMacdonald Witch Hunt. Melbourne Uni cancels cardiologist - Israel lobby pressure - Michael WestThe University of Melbourne has cancelled a prestigious lecture by cardiologist Professor Peter MacDonald after Zionist pressure. 094
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026There needs to be an investigation into how and why Australian health regulator AHPRA caved to pro Israeli pressure and adopted IHRA definition - this is a starting point michaelwest.com.au/intolerable-...michaelwest.com.au"Intolerable pressure". Inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism - Michael WestThe Zionist lobby engaged in a concerted pressure campaign against AHPRA leadership in the lead up to their adoption of the IHRA definition. 056
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Doctors tell @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social that head AHPRA said he felt under pressure from Zionist lobby; Zionist doctor openly says brought huge pressure to bear. The public needs answers not silencing of its health care workers michaelwest.com.au/intolerable-...michaelwest.com.au"Intolerable pressure". Inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism - Michael WestThe Zionist lobby engaged in a concerted pressure campaign against AHPRA leadership in the lead up to their adoption of the IHRA definition. 1117
Reposted by WendyBaconDavid Robie @davidrobie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism #asiapacificreport @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social @wendybacon1.bsky.social @michaelwest.com.au.web.brid.gy #StephanieTran #BondiCommission #Zionistpressure #healthcare asiapacificreport.nz/2026/07/17/i...asiapacificreport.nz‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism | Asia Pacific Report 041
Reposted by WendyBaconProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026Inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence victim began collecting others’ stories of abuse. 156 women answered her call. Together, they became “survivor sisters” — and helped shape a new law offering them a path toward freedom. But would it work? Listen to the full episode:propub.liConvicted of Killing Their Abusers, These Women Got Another Chance at FreedomA new law gave people sentenced for the murders of their abusive partners a rare pathway to freedom. That wasn’t the end of the story. 40385822646
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Witch-hunt of eminent surgeon Peter Macdonald - Melbourne Uni caves to Israel lobby, cancels prestigious lecture. Usual anon complaints. Wendy Bacon investigates #auspol #antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/witch-hunt-m...michaelwest.com.auMacdonald Witch Hunt. Melbourne Uni cancels surgeon - Israel lobby pressure - Michael WestThe University of Melbourne has cancelled a prestigious lecture by cardiologist Professor Peter McDonald after Zionist pressure. 1314177
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026we need to take every opportunity to speak out and organise to stop this repression which is only getting worse with Zionists and Greg Craven ex ACU VC now applying maximum pressure 010
Reposted by WendyBaconPaul Begley @yelgeb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026"CAM Australia reflects this US pattern by forming a pro-Israel right-wing coalition with the Christian group NAIN. It aims to discredit and dismantle the pro-Palestinian movement and promote a culture based on ‘Judeo-Christian’ values." @wendybacon1.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/combat-antis...michaelwest.com.auCombat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion - Michael WestAs the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. 084
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Zionists bullied @clovermoore.bsky.social into cancelling booking for Pro Palestinian group for peaceful discussion of 'Globalise the Intifada'. Then viciously attacked her at their own RW Islamophobic rally. michaelwest.com.au/combat-antis...michaelwest.com.auCombat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion - Michael WestAs the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. 064
Reposted by WendyBaconSydney Knitting Nannas and Friends @knitnannassyd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Lots of info on where we are at with gas, coal and energy to waste. knittingnannas.org/2026/05/12/n...knittingnannas.orgNanna News 11 May 2026Last week Nannas celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, we welcomed back pollies, presented at a parliamentary inquiry and more. Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday Nannas celebrat… 02610
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026US kept Australia in the dark on Iran War submarine atrocity - @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOI docs. "Govt of the day must be informed" #auspol michaelwest.com.au/disingenuous...michaelwest.com.au"Disingenuous". Minister blindsided as Australia stumbled into Iran war - Michael WestDefence Minister Marles was not informed until after US submarine with three Australian Navy personnel onboard sank an Iranian frigate. 710158
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Professor Andrew Markus has told the RC into Antisemitism that survey findings showing that Greens voters have low levels of anti Jewish sentiment but highest ( cf other parties) levels of anti-Zionism does not mean they are anti-semitic. Seems significant. 15114
Reposted by WendyBaconPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 28/04/2026Australia cannot claim defence self-reliance while committing to AUKUS. The nuclear submarine program ties Australia more closely to US strategy and undermines independence, Mike Gilligan writes. #auspol #ForeignPolicy #AUKUS #Defencejohnmenadue.comAustralia can’t have self-reliant defence and nuclear submarinesIn the latest in our Foreign Policy Rethink series, Mike Gilligan argues that Australia’s renewed focus on defence self-reliance is incompatible with its deepening commitment to AUKUS and nuclear submarines. 23311
Reposted by WendyBaconPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 29/04/2026Peaceful protest is not a privilege – it is a core democratic freedom. Court rulings have made clear that NSW’s anti-protest laws overstepped constitutional limits, Shaoquett Moselmane writes. #auspol #NSWpol #Protest #Democracyjohnmenadue.comTime for Premier Minns to “move on” his anti-protest lawsCourt rulings have struck down NSW protest laws as unconstitutional, reaffirming that peaceful protest is a vital component of democratic life and cannot be curtailed by government overreach. 43513
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026For at least 7 years, a well funded goal of the Zionist area of Jewish and Hebrew studies at Sydney Uni has been to silence staff and students who see Israel as a occupier and BDS supporters - 06737
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Under pressure from Zionists & Newscorp, USyd VC Mark Scott quietly decided to invite the coordinator of the Zionist campaign into his office to help apply pro Israel antisemitism definition to stem free speech of pro Palestinians. Cathy Peters & I report michaelwest.com.au/sydney-uni-a... 072
Reposted by WendyBaconRobynne @haddagutful.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Israeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand by www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comIsraeli settlers carry out series of West Bank attacks as security forces stand byWitnesses describe coordinated raids in which homes and vehicles were set on fire and several Palestinians injured 286
Reposted by WendyBaconGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Governments sit and watch while oligarchs purchase our politics, as if it were just another asset to be monopolised. For the sake of democracy and our own survival, we need to get the money out. Our political systems must belong to us and us alone. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...theguardian.comFunding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research findsHandful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP 321374569
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Jim Chalmers has an historic chance to reform - fossil exports tax to raise big revenue for Australia.. @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social exposes the powerful foreign controlled gas lobby he is up against #auspol michaelwest.com.au/energy-crisi...michaelwest.com.auEnergy crisis: gas lobby cries wolf at gas export tax - Michael WestWith the Prime Minister considering a 25% tax on gas exports, the gas cartel has quickly launched a counter campaign. 1814569
Reposted by WendyBaconDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 23/03/2026ABC piece Liberal recriminations after #SAvotes wipeout. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... "former foreign minister Alexander Downer said the party needed to better articulate what it stood for" Umm, we KNOW who you stand for Mr Downer, owner of ExxonMobil sponsored UK #AtlasNetwork org PE! 52820
Reposted by WendyBaconPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 22/03/2026Australia’s involvement in the Iran war runs deeper than deployments. From Middle East bases to diplomacy and weapons production, long-standing ties are pulling Australia further into the conflict, Richard Tanter writes. #auspol #Iran #AUKUS #ForeignPolicy #Defencejohnmenadue.comAustralia’s six pathways to the war with Iran: Part 2From military bases to diplomacy and defence manufacturing, Australia’s long-standing ties are drawing it further into the US–Israel war on Iran. 12610
Reposted by WendyBaconPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 22/03/2026Australia has placed all its chips on the US alliance – and may have made the wrong bet. As China expands its influence in Southeast Asia, Canberra risks being exposed and unprepared, Michael Wesley writes in this excerpt from his Quarterly Essay. #auspol #ForeignPolicy #SoutheastAsia #China #AUKUSjohnmenadue.comAustralia’s dangerous blind spot in Southeast AsiaIn this excerpt from his Quarterly Essay, Michael Wesley argues Australia has misread a changing world – clinging to old assumptions, over-relying on the US alliance, and overlooking the growing strategic importance of Southeast Asia. 67133
WendyBacon @wendybacon1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026SA Liberal Senator Anne Rushton said last night that Libs need by ‘Centre Right’ party. The problem with that is that @albomp.bsky.social has occupied the Centre right space. #Auspol 2238
Reposted by WendyBaconMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Charity which brought IDF female war crimes suspects to Australia for yoga is 1 of 5 identified financing illegal settlements/IDF #chai #auspol @sstephanietrann.bsky.social #whatsthescam michaelwest.com.au/australian-c...michaelwest.com.au"Healing" charity raises tax-deductible funds for Israeli soldiers - Michael WestCharity facilitating donations to Brothers for Life, an Israeli organisation providing support to soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. 13187141
Reposted by WendyBaconClimate Change Breaking News @climatechangenews.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Sea surface temperatures off Southern California are at June levels. 075