I used to sit and do things, now I do Horticulture and complain
Gardening. Politics. Climate. Nature. Environment. Cats. Anime. Lego. She/her
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Updating this bc itโs been ANOTHER YEAR with no action
Australia has not met even ONE of its OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
Not. A. Single. One. In. Over. Three. Years
This means Aus has done nothing โ zip, nada, sweet fuck all โ to prevent Israelโs genocide of Palestinians
#auspol#Palestine
Punishment of critics of government policy is a shift towards totalitarianism. The Crisafulli government retaliates against Queensland's Youth Advocacy Centre with a $3M funding cut. It provides counselling, medical assessments, housing, food & clothing. #qldpolwww.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
6000 older people died last year waiting for aged care. But Labor remains wedded to an algorithm that's systemically under-assessing and denying care.
Every older person deserves a human clinician determining their clinical needs โ not a computer.
"I don't know of a single MP that I've spoken to...who hasn't received some sort of violent threat.
"But the threats that I hear [about] from women are particularly personal.
"They are completely dehumanising & they come all the time." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social
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โHow do you tastefully satirise someoneโs vaginal prolapse? You donโtโ๐ฅ
Monique Ryan rips shreds off Pauline Hanson for attacking her rivals with violent & misogynistic cartoons. Says itโs time media stop โgiving a public voiceโ to someone who spreads so much negative trash.๐ฏ
Earlier today I emailed you (If youโre a donor to ASRC) to share with you changes by Albanese Government that mean at least 250 refugees seeking asylum that the ASRC helps have lost their Medicare Card. You can help by opening the email from me & donating or ๐๐ผ donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday
The Govt's new aged care algorithm has been assessed as neither fair nor consistent. The Govt must listen to experts and ensure they don't pursue another robodebt-style automation designed to cut costs at the expense of desperately-needed support #auspol
Dan Duggan has spent more than four years in maximum-security custody fighting US extradition. Richard Broinowski says his case tests how far Australia will defer to Washington. #DanDuggan #Extradition #auspol
Israel does not do ceasefires
Ever
Independent journalism has been telling corporate journalism this for years and years and absolutely nothing we say can get them to listen or even simply look at the facts in front of their faces
Never ever ever ever report that Israel has agreed to a ceasefire
Israel has continued to commit genocide in Gaza since last October's ceasefire, according to a report from UN-commissioned experts. Israel has rejected the findings as "misinformation".
Not sure who to report this to but thereโs some pretty confusing speed signs on the Barwon Heads Road between the Barwon Heads Airport and Bluestone School road
If youโre going to Barwon Heads then itโs 80
If youโre coming from Barwon Heads itโs 100
Same road. Only a white line divides the two
Voting began about 45 minutes ago in Israel, where itโs 7:45 AM and will continue until 10 PM.
The first television exit polls are expected at 10 PM local time, which is 1 PM Pacific time and 4 PM Eastern time.
This is Israelโs first national election since Nov. 1, 2022.
Our country stands at a critical crossroads. Change must occur - but what kind of change? And crucially, for who?
I'm presenting our alternative vision for this country at the National Press Club this Wednesday, 12:30pm AEDT. Tune in live on ABC TV & iView.
Hey @albomp.bsky.social so I just wanted to check, this guy is still our ally?
This deranged individual is who we have โclose tiesโ with?
This guy with nuclear weapons that wonโt allow inspectors in, this guy?!
#auspol
Are there ANY candidates in the upcoming Israeli elections who DON'T want to murder Palestinians and steal their land?
It would appear that every single candidate supports genocide. It's not just Netanyahu. #Israel#IsraeliTerrorism#IsraeliWarCrimes#EndTheOccupation#FreePalestine
David Shoebridge asks Don Farrell if heโs aware the Sumud Flotilla was trying to provide aid to starving Palestinians.
Farrell rambles, starts talking about a book he read on Hitlerโs โshocking treatment of the Jewsโ
Shoebridge โMinister Iโll draw you back to my questionโฆโ ๐
Important to recognize that this is a common view in Israel; one increasingly held by younger Israelis, who are turning further hard right, like the rest of that society.
Western politicians advocating a two-State solution should note that no candidate in the coming election is talking about it.
"Carpet bomb them all".
Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israelโs elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.
The โlucky countryโ wasnโt a compliment. Horne was making the point that our natural resource-based wealth was shaping the national character unfavourably. This is more and more evident. Complacency, selfishness and wilful ignorance. โLuckโ for some is at the expense of everyone else. #auspol
"Foodbank Australia has called on the federal government to establish a nationalised school breakfast program, with the aim to reach every child by 2030."
First, the Albanese govt must acknowledge that any "food insecurity" = policy failure, and 1 in 6 kids living in poverty must be fixed. #auspol
The Guardian: "Gaza's suffering has become campaign fodder. Palestinians fear the worst from Israel election."
As politicians and pundits talk and talk, the displaced Gazans struggle with famine and constant attacks. They rely on donations.
Please give to my dear friend. No amount is too small. ๐
Just days before an election, Israel has carried out another act of collective punishment against Palestinians, this time forcibly displacing thousands in Hebron, conducting mass arrests, and locking down movement across the West Bank.
Netanyahu has said โwe will destroy this placeโ.
More detail:
A case of Jillian undertaking confidential soundings to pick Yaron Finkelstein's Society Advisory.
...to deliver PR support
All legit ๐
Folks will recall Sen David Pocock asking how Yaron Finkelstein's firm - Society Advisory - was awarded a contract by Jillian Segal's office.
This was answer.
Legal and Con Estimates today, Iโll be asking:
๐ Why the NACC has still never held a public hearing
โ๏ธ The Brereton reports that were never released
๐๏ธ How private court recordings were offshored
โ How new hate laws are being used against Palestinians
Doug Cameron: โThe AUKUS deal demands the UK increase port visits and later rotate an Astute-class submarine out of Australia to maintain credibility within AUKUS. But the UK report notes that the arrival of HMS Anson in Western Australia, while welcome, pushed the Astute class beyond its limits.โ
Rather than recalculate these, Labor passed new legislation to retrospectively validate debts they had already conceded were illegal.
Now people are having to go back decades to find evidence with which to defend themselves.
This is beyond indefensible. Spitting in the faces of Robodebt victims.
To understand how Lula supporters are feeling right now, imagine Trump went to jail for his Jan 6 insurrection and then Biden/Harris defeated Don Jr in 2024.
Zali Steggall praises Helen & Phil Haines after they raise an incredible $1M + for Save The Children. ๐๐ & says we can all learn from them.
โWe have heard your words loud and clear, kindness over hate.โ ๐ฉต #auspol
Family and federal court transcripts appear to have been sent offshore by transcription company VIQ, and whistleblowers raised the alarm over a decade ago. At Estimates today I asked the AGโs Department which agencies were exposed and they couldnโt tell me. We need a full audit.
I remember when I was doing my VCE (Victorian Certificate if Education) and I was warned I could fail if my attendance fell below 70%
Can we implement something like this for politicians?
Either a fine, or if repeated enough a suspension without pay and then after that they get the sack #auspol
Senators were in the House of Representatives this morning for tributes to Helen Haines. Just FYI and unsurprisingly Pauline Hansen was not one of them. #auspol
A warning to all Westpac customers
from Senator David Shoebridge.
It is a dangerous situation that Westpac has joined forces with military spy company Palantir.
youtube.com/shorts/UFCMt...#auspol
Michaelia Cash tries to smear young First Nations leader Ethan Floyd over his Young People's Award nominationโfor daring to challenge NSWโs proposal to ban phrase globalise the intifada & trying to provide aid to Gaza from a flotilla. Blatant political bullying. Shameful.
The dangerous pesticide atrazine has been banned in the EU for over 20 years.
But Australia does whatever America does.
So, just like the US, they allow atrazine in Australia, and they spray it all over our food.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...#auspol
"Foodbank Australia has called on the federal government to establish a nationalised school breakfast program, with the aim to reach every child by 2030."
First, the Albanese govt must acknowledge that any "food insecurity" = policy failure, and 1 in 6 kids living in poverty must be fixed. #auspol
Trump said: โThere is very little happening right now in Gaza.โ
REALLY?
Gazaโs Health Ministry reports that TEN Palestinians have been killed with another 62 injured in the past 24 hours by Israeli forces.
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Around Australia peaceful protest is being clamped down on by governments, but politicians can behave like this, spreading hate and inciting violence.
Why, @albomp.bsky.social? Youโre in charge, mate.
Mayor of Hebron to Al Jazeera: The occupation expelled all employees of the Ibrahimi Mosque, banned all prayers there, and closed its gates. #Palestine
Two Israeli soldiers are killed in the occupied West Bank, and the response is to lock down entire Palestinian cities, raid at least 15 towns, arrest dozens of people and forcibly displace thousands from their homes. The thing is, the West Bank was already experiencing all of this.
Mayor of Hebron to Al Jazeera: The occupation forced about 2,200 Palestinians to evacuate their homes in the Al-Jalda and Deir Bahha areas of the city. #Palestine