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Twitter Refugee Politics, workers united, social justice, music, nature, travel, Aussie road trips..... and murdoch can FRO

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Van Badham
@vanbadham.bsky.social

Don’t cross a picket line. Shop elsewhere. Solidarity with the strikers.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com

Woolworths to reopen distribution centre to get essential items on shelves amid ongoing strike

theguardian.comWoolworths to reopen distribution centre to get essential items on shelves amid ongoing strikeMelbourne south regional distribution centre to reopen to ‘improve availability of food and essential grocery items such as nappies, toilet paper and drinks’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Woolworths will reopen a key distribution centre in Melbourne on Monday in a bid to keep essential items on shelves amid ongoing industrial action. Up to 1,500 employees began rolling 24-hour strikes on 21 November in warehouses in New South Wales and Victoria, seeking improved wages and safety. One of the major issues is a new system used at the warehouse that tracks workers down to the minute and logs performance each shift. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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@macphat.bsky.social

WTF!!! @australianlabor.bsky.social #Auspol #Owned

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com

Coalition boasts it’s ‘running the immigration system’ after deal to pass all three of Labor’s migration bills

theguardian.comCoalition boasts it’s ‘running the immigration system’ after deal to pass all three of Labor’s migration billsThe bills create powers for the Australian government to pay third countries to receive non-citizens and criminal penalties for non-citizens who refuse to cooperate with deportation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has struck a deal to pass all three of the Albanese government’s controversial migration bills, in return for minor safeguards on new powers to ban travellers from whole countries and tougher scrutiny of protection visa applications. On Wednesday the shadow home affairs and immigration ministers, James Paterson and Dan Tehan, announced the deal with Tehan boasting that the Coalition are now “basically running the immigration system for the government because they have failed … to do it themselves”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Mac
@macphat.bsky.social

#Auspol

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au

If a Government is trying to rush a bill through Parliament, then odds are something fishy is going on. @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol

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TDungeonator
@tdungeonator.bsky.social

Zookeeper: "Sir...?" Zoo Boss: "I swear, if the next thing out of your mouth isn't 'We brought the monkeys back,'" then I'm going to slap you." Keeper, visibly conflicted Boss: "Fine, what is it?" Keeper: "We lost the emus." Boss:

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Two “feral and not trained” emus named Thelma and Louise are on the loose in South Carolina about three hours from the 43 monkey escape that happened days earlier

cbsnews.com"Feral and not trained" emus Thelma and Louise on the loose in South Carolina as state's monkey search continuesPolice in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

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Bronwyn Clark
@bronwynhill1.bsky.social

Along with climate change action, Australians definitely voted for an anti corruption commission “with teeth”… This is untenable…i.e. Brereton’s position is untenable. Why is he still there?

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#Stralia

Debbie Miller@debbiemchiro.bsky.social

Post credit to Rhys Parton for posting this at the other place: “Beechworth local Richard Lloyd took a picture of this little cutie walking down the main street last night.”

Mac
@macphat.bsky.social

#auspol #AintMyAuntie

Victoria Fielding@drvicfielding.bsky.social

The ABC needs to have a good long hard look at how it lets Murdoch set its news agenda. We know News Corp are advocating for Trump and against Labor. What’s the ABC’s excuse?

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Victoria Fielding
@drvicfielding.bsky.social

The ABC needs to have a good long hard look at how it lets Murdoch set its news agenda. We know News Corp are advocating for Trump and against Labor. What’s the ABC’s excuse?

Mike Carlton@mikecarlton01.bsky.social

It is sickening to see ABC News trudging doggedly along in the rear of the Murdochracy fatwah on Kevin Rudd. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

abc.net.auDutton pins Rudd's appointment to US on Albanese, as Trump loyalist taunts former PMPeter Dutton has toughened his language about Kevin Rudd's appointment as Australia's ambassador to the US, after a top Trump aide appeared to suggest his time in the role was coming to an end.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli
@banditelli.org

TERN DIVING TOWARDS GLASSY WATER AT GOLDEN HOUR TERN DIVING TOWARDS GLASSY WATER AT GOLDEN HOUR TERN DIVING TOWARDS GLASSY WATER AT GOLDEN HOUR TERN DIVING TOWARDS GLASSY WATER AT GOLDEN HOUR TERN DIVING TOWARDS GLASSY WATER AT GOLDEN HOUR #birds

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