Jewish man among first charged in pro-Palestinian slogan crackdown that reminds some of 1970s Queensland Stephen Heydt says he spoke in a custom-made T-shirt and was ‘charged with two offences: one for the shirt, one for the chanting’

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The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda YouTube video by TheLightningMan

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If you hate Santos as much as 🧶👵 do (for their greed and environmemtal abuse) you’ll love reading what economist & former secretary of Australian Department of Treasury Ken Henry (2001-2011) said to the Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources earlier today. Pass it round Nannas.

Morning. ☕️

The Lovely War A Note on the Instrument. Martin Amis understood that certain horrors cannot be approached frontally. You do not walk up to the monstrous and describe it. You circle it, you find its vanity and its [....

“The infant-king has always understood, at some sub-rational level beneath the gold fixtures and the cable-news worship, that the threat of harm is more useful than harm itself, and that cruelty, deployed with showmanship, is the most reliable currency he possesses.”

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Prospector finds 800,000 year old australite The object formed when a meteorite slammed into Earth more than 800,000 years ago.

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The Expanding Presidency of Donald J. Trump There was a time – not so long ago – when the office of President of the United States seemed a sufficiently demanding role. Nuclear codes, global alliances, the occasional domestic crisis. A full pla...

So according to Trump: Venezuela wants him to be their president (after he learns to speak Spanish); Iran wants him as their Supreme Leader; and Europe also wants him to be their president. This is peak delusion. (Someone please tell him Europe isn’t a country).

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Why is it "allegedly" when referring to him drinking from the prosthetic leg? Wasn't it videoed? Or am I mistaken?

Even if true that many Aussies support you, the court of public opinion is not who will decide your verdict.

Who's really behind 'Big Australia'? Taylor's high immigration stance raises eyebrows Angus Taylor's criticism of high immigration puts a strange spotlight on his own party's policy legacy.

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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

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Shock, horror! An effective parliament in our time? An ACT Legislative Assembly committee has strengthened proposed sentencing laws by listening to expert evidence and improving the legislation.

In an era of political dysfunction, the ACT has offered a rare example of a parliament working as it should.
By listening to evidence and improving legislation, a committee has delivered better justice outcomes, Andrew Fraser writes.
#auspol #ACTPol #Justice #Law #Politics

Israel's right-wing activists are not happy that the world is turning against the country. Their fightback isn't pretty. The rhetoric that helped enable the Holocaust is increasingly being used by Republican congressmen against Muslims. The stronger the criticism of Israel becomes, the more dangerous their language.

Israel's right-wing activists are not happy that the world is turning against the country. Their fightback isn't pretty.
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NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts "My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network," says Connie Ballmer, who gave $80 million of the $113 million.

📌NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million.

This is something called a "good news" story.

I'd die without NPR, I really would.

Five Questions with Independent Journalist Scott MacFarlane Where do we find reliable news in an era of disinformation?

Scott MacFarlane, after leaving CBS, has one of the hottest new indie news Substacks around. He joins us tonight to give us a peek at his new world—and how he manages to cover all the news, all the time. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

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Creators of fuel dashboard quoted by News Corp have links to Liberals An ABC NEWS Verify investigation raises questions about popular independent fuel security dashboards that have emerged online, including one whose creators are linked to the Liberal Party.

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I hope that shock will be to the left - more Greens and Independents. I'm terrified at the thought of One Nation rising!

Dan Duggan is being extradited to the US for conduct that wasn’t an offence here. That should trouble every Australian, regardless of what they think of the underlying allegations. It's a scary sign of the price of our compliance with the USA.

Dan's wife Saffrine Duggan said today her family has endured 1,273 days of suffering. Six kids have grown up without their father, who spent 19 months in solitary confinement all without ever being charged with breaking an Australian law.

How big oil is cashing in on Iran war - The Latest The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies made more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran, according to exclusive analysis for the Guardian. Lucy Hou...

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We straayans pronounce Yosemite just how we learnt from Warner Brothers Yosemite Sam ... yow-seh-muh-tee ...

If you go around pronouncing Vegemite as veh-jem-itty, youre about to have quite a few pissed off straayans ride into battle to preserve their cultural icon

THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW!

Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.

Taylor has only 'vibes and fumes'. no answers on migration You can’t solve today’s problems with racism. Beyond the short-term sugar hit, people see through what the Liberals are saying.

'Vibes and fumes' but no answers to migration

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Absolutely spot on!!
Good job, well done Angus! 😉
#auspol

Have the King Zoom the visit. It will be much safer and will save fuel.

"... a dangerous and corrupt gangster."
— Sir Ed Davey, with a speech against Trump that will be remembered for a very long time

God Machine

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