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Liz Furler

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Jobs are already evaporating. Australia has a history of foreigners extracting resources and profits, this time it will be "human labour and knowledge itself". @kimwingerei.bsky.social on the immense risk from AI #auspol #AI michaelwest.com.au/the-battle-f...
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The battle for AI sovereignty. Has Australia already lost? - Michael West
Australia has history of global corporations extracting value from resources and the public carrying the costs. With AI that'd be a disaster.
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LucyCB-T @lucycbt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NATIONWIDE NAKBA DAY RALLY Lutruwita / Tasmania 👇 📍 Nipaluna / Hobart 🗓️ Sunday 17 May ⏰ 11am Davey St ⏰ 12noon Parliament Lawns www.middleeasteye.net/news/nakba-p...
Map of Palestine with a door key
Palestinian flag
FREE PALESTINE
NATIONWIDE NAKBA DAY RALLY 
NIPALUNA HOBART
SUNDAY 17 MAY
11AM DAVEY STREET
12PM PARLIAMENT LAWN
TPAN logo
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Stoner Philly Fan @stonerphillyfan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The war on Iran is unfolding alongside a wave of mass layoffs in the US. These are not separate crises. They are two sides of the same offensive by the ruling class against the working class.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Average real wage of UK workers barely moved since 2008. Some bosses collect 1,110 times the average worker pay. 50 families have more wealth than bottom 50% of the population combined. Super-rich buy political parties and lawmakers to advance their interests. Did you vote for the above?
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How democratic is the UK?
The UK has a crisis of democracy
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Liz Furler @zilenaj.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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A Gateway to Hell
How the war against Iran will harm the West.
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Liz Furler @zilenaj.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say | Australian foreign policy | The Guardian share.google/rRBlwoLhciGG...
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Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say
Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Penny Wong quote “What I would say to Australians is that Iran has been a destabilising force in the region for decades…….” Not trivialising, but is Penny Wong trying to start a new career as a comedian??? Israel? USA? UK? etc would come well ahead of Iran in the act of destabilising the region."
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So Albanese: - supports [unspecified] US action against Iran, even if illegal - "stands with the brave people of Iran in their struggle against oppression”, but has said nothing about Trump's or Netanyahu's oppression - is again proving we are a vassal state. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s ‘struggle against oppression’
Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
@albomp.bsky.social Friends of yours PM?
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Israel says it has launched attack on Iran, as explosions reported in Tehran
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the attack on Iran is
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
So Anthropic, not known for its ethical boundaries, said no to automated killing and secret military mass surveillance, which was too much for Trump. Can we agree now that the US is not sharing our values and we should decouple from the mass surveillance automated killing team?
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Had my first piece in @theguardian.com yday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so I'm delighted to have written for them www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police and MI5 waged campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist, tribunal told
Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Talk about freedom of the press 😵 British intelligence agency MI5 had an office at BBC headquarters that was used to vet all journalists, a tribunal has been told. The claim is made in a submission to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal by veteran Belfast based journalist Chris Moore.
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MI5 had office at BBC London HQ used to vet new staff
Claim included in submission to powerful spy tribunal
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Valentenya the climate policy strategy cat 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Seeing well meaning calls for data centres to be powered by RE. Sorry folks but that’s not helpful as climate policy. Given capacity constraints in the RE pipeline, insisting on RE will produce an opportunity cost across the rest of the grid in terms of more gas and coal use. 1/2
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Lucinda is a disability advocate and community leader. She’s been a fierce voice for disabled rights. She was living independently with the support of home nurses until she ended up in hospital. They discharged her to a nursing home against her will. This is exactly what she advocated against!
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Disabled woman put in nursing home against her will says she feels 'betrayed'
Lucinda Ritchie, who has full mental capacity, was transferred from a hospital bed despite her refusal.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/02/2026
“The results are now visible: aging oilfields and an accumulation of low-producing, marginal assets in need of retirement, creating public health and safety risks.” - Rob Schuwerk Read the full piece on The Point: theaus.in/4kT9cUU
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Valentenya the climate policy strategy cat 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Another “difficult woman” lines up to bother poor embattled Albo with a grievance he’s powerless (by choice 😉) to deal with:
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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
…because the people who would be affected by such a limit are mostly wealthy, and Tasmania is a petty oligarchy. Laws are only for poor people here. Guns are expensive. The fetishists who own dozens of them are rich.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 26/02/2026
Here's a fun game. What's your one word description of Anthony Albanese?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is massive, and disgraceful. No organisation called “Tactical Choice” appears to exist.
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World Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
NEW STUDY: Winter downpours are getting heavier in parts of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the region recovers from a month of relentless storms. Between mid-January and mid-February nine named storms brought torrential rain hurricane force winds causing major damage and disruption. 1/5
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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
47-48 days to conduct the impact assessment by a Sydney firm - only one bid for the contract received somehow.
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Tasmanian Greens MPs | Mac Point Thermal Energy Plant Plans Uncovered
In yet another stadium surprise, the Greens have uncovered a major new component of the Macquarie Point development – a thermal energy plant.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I was going about my normal duties pretending to be one of the common folk on the Karl Stephanovic podded broadcast when I slipped and accidentally described a woman as ‘difficult’ when I actually meant that the dear deluded girlie had had a difficult early life due to being poor and uneducated
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Betrayed!! We’ve been betrayed 😞😞 #auspol
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tyrage.bsky.social @tyrage.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
#GraceTame Has NOT had a "DIFFICULT LIFE" !?? @albomp.bsky.social #GraceTame Was SEXUALLY ABUSED as a Young Woman @albomp.bsky.social
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Albo hits back after scathing one-word takedown of Grace Tame
Anthony Albanese tried to justify his comments on Thursday morning as reference to Grace Tame's difficult life, adding that he had no regrets.
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the only mikewilson in oz @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Michael Bradley, legal writer for Crikey and lawyer for Abdel-Fattah's defamation suit against Malinauskas, writes so eloquently about why she won't share a platform with a Zionist. Apart for the exquisite structure of his argument he kills when he describes ALP as the "Party of Polite Concern".
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Randa Abdel-Fattah won't appear on a panel with a Zionist. Here's why
The purist free speech reaction to Randa Abdel-Fattah’s refusal to appear alongside a Zionist on a writers festival panel likely aligns with that of her political enemies: how very dare she.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The UN has warned of total collapse in Cuba. This is deliberate punishment imposed by the most powerful nation on earth on one of its poorest neighbours that dares to have a different political system. Australia should not stay silent while bully USA starves the people of Cuba.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The US is not only sanctioning third countries that send oil to Cuba, but even those who receive Cuban trained doctors. Cuban medical teams for decades have provided essential international medical aid, now that’s also a crime under US law.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Australian media isn’t covering this but what’s happening in Cuba is dreadful. Trump signed an executive order cutting off Cuba’s last oil supply. Ten million people are paying with their lives. Sewage systems are failing, food is rationed, it’s getting worse.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Labor and the Coalition’s new hate laws mean you are guilty until proven innocent - this is not how a free society is meant to work www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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No charges, posters to be returned to Canberra bar after seizures under new hate laws
A Canberra bar owner will not be charged with breaching Commonwealth hate laws for displaying posters depicting world leaders and a billionaire in Nazi-like uniforms.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The Bondi Royal Commission has confirmed it won’t be examining the Bondi attack. Top work, everyone.
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Valentenya the climate policy strategy cat 🍉 🐈‍⬛ @valentenya.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
In all seriousness this sits within a wider propaganda project to shape Australian attitudes about Israel, migration, Muslims & the ME. And it will unfortunately be effective. One revelation from the Epstein files is that books like this are commissioned and promoted for specific purposes.
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Modi and Netanyahu’s “toxic love affair” isn’t diplomatic flair — it’s an axis that sidelines people’s struggles in Palestine and Kashmir while boosting military deals. When solidarity is sacrificed for arms and alignment, resistance gets drowned by profit and power.
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India censors Middle East Eye journalist on X ahead of Modi's Israel visit
Modi and Netanyahu’s toxic love affair smothers popular struggles, from Palestine to Kashmir, shaking blood-stained hands over military deals
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/02/2026
Going after Pocock is like kicking a puppy, albeit a puppy that could break you into small pieces if it wasn’t so adorably decent.
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
There must be an election coming up or something www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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High-speed rail link between Sydney and Newcastle could be ‘shovel-ready’ in two years, Albanese government says
Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast
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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/02/2026
“Because when you read that a bank is spending millions sponsoring an event or a team, ask yourself wouldn’t it just be better if they offered lower fees and mortgage rates?” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute. Read more: theaus.in/4rZJgsZ
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Liz Furler @zilenaj.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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From Tehran to Gaza: Frontlines of Resistance
Forty-seven years ago, after a millennium of monarchical rule, Iran reinvented its political system. The Islamic Republic was birthed by the Revolution of
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 22/02/2026
‘The crepuscular world of covert operations frustrates any effort to distinguish CIA operatives from uniformed military, drug lords from drug police, clients from enemies, and Zero Units from ISIS.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the symbiosis of drugs and war. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Laleh Khalili · Guns, Money and Opium
There is an undeniable symmetry between surges in drug use in the US and the country’s covert operations overseas. The...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
ICYMI, THIS is a great example of why supporting independent journalism is so crucial. Mainstream media is on a unity ticket in enabling - or at the very best, failing to question - authoritarian creep*. [*like Minns and Albanese] #nswpol #auspol
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Looking into the 'new aged care ' system and it appears that the basis for fees,charges and costs across the board are decided by *checks notes: How much have you got? (we'll have that and your pension) #auspol #AlbaneseIsAlrightJack #WeCanGetFuckedSaysAnthonyAlbanese
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
RE: ISIS Brides Working on a new novel and a recurring character is a bad,negligent mother who says to her daughter, "You've made your bed, now lie in it." Strikes me as a particularly chilling thing to say when we now understand the nature of "coercive control". A criminal offence in NSW
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/02/2026
Board of Peace contracting records viewed by The Guardian show the Trump administration plans to use more than 350 acres of land in southern Gaza to construct a 5,000-person military base—with 26 armored watchtowers, bunkers, an arms range, and a storage warehouse. trib.al/aSjZAXm
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What's the count ? 32 fossil fuel mines extended by Labor Our government actively killing us ,while happily boasting they won't help Australian citizens overseas. #LaborLosingTheUnloseable #auspol
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Liz Furler @zilenaj.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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“Bessent’s solution is for China to consume more -- and sell less to the world. But there’s a problem with that statement. Even if China consumes more, that doesn’t mean they will buy more US goods. I...
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Your great gods Labor, at it.
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Devastating climate change predicted for Antarctica So what? Antarctica’s a long way away🤷🏻‍♀️… “Changes in the Antarctic do not stay in the Antarctic” Burn that into your brain 🧠
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Antarctica faces 'devastating changes' under high emissions future
Scientists say parts of Antarctica face "devastating" and "irreversible" impacts from climate change unless urgent action is taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Utterly chilling insight into how Keir Starmer's team has been operating from the beginning. As others have been pointing out for years, the Labour Party and the country have been taken for a ride. There was a coup within the party, using a host of dirty tricks. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ
Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Most Britons can't make political donations/bribes and are made to suffer. 14.2m live in poverty 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty 300,000 a year die prematurely awaiting hospital appointment. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%. Is democracy possible?
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We need to get serious about tackling corruption through political donations
The government's reforms are welcome but they won't end political corruption
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Update.
Graph of monthly global average temperatures since 1960 from the Berkeley Earth and Copernicus ERA5 series, plotted as variations from the 1850-1900 average. The January 2026 Copernicus value is near trend, at just below +1.5°C.
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