Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested at Sydney airport in relation to multiple alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

BREAKING: Ben Roberts-Smith, the former Victoria Cross winner and Australian solider, has been arrested and is expected to be charged with five counts of war crime – murder www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Private jets, deserted shores and an unbuilt resort: alleged links to sanctioned ‘scam’ empire revealed in Timor-Leste Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny nation on Australia’s doorstep, raising concerns about global spread of online fraud industr...

A new one from us--on a world-first crypto resort to be built right next to the airport in Dili, Timor-Leste. But when reporters visited the site as part of a four-month investigation, they found nothing but palm trees and local children playing football.

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Australian children are being arrested under laws to ‘disrupt’ extremism: ‘On balance this is a bad law’ Exclusive: Vulnerable children charged with possessing extremist material may not always understand they had committed a crime, court records show

We took a look at some of the cases of young people who are being charged with possession of extremist material around Australia, some with serious vulnerabilities.

Federally, 60% of people with that charge are children - a remarkable figure. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘A lot of the hate happened in Australia’: why the Christchurch mosque attack still awaits a full reckoning The Australian terrorist’s propaganda continues to surface in other offenders’ cases, and Muslim leaders say more needs to be done locally to confront Islamophobia

On this day in 2019 an Australian right-wing extremist carried out shootings at mosques in Christchurch NZ, killing 51. Seven years on, the impact is still felt globally. We spoke with @arielbogle.bsky.social about why the manifesto still inspires others and opportunities to disrupt that pipeline.

‘Less lethal’ deaths: courts examine role of controversial police weapons before three Australians died Exclusive: Police forces argue bean-bag and foam baton rounds are less harmful than firearms but the projectiles have been linked to deaths around the world

The latest instalment of an ongoing investigation from @ninobucci.bsky.social and I, looking at police use of so-called "less lethal" weapons in Australia. Today -- projectiles, including bean-bag and foam baton rounds.

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MEAA condemns Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to cancel a scheduled appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at Adelaide Writers’ Week. MEAA condemns Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to cancel a scheduled appearance of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah at Adelaide Writers’ Week.

MEAA stands against racism in the media, entertainment and arts industries and condemns Adelaide Festival’s decision to drop Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.

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‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effects

In an investigation into unapproved injectable peptides, @arielbogle.bsky.social and I looked into the influencers promoting them on social media, and websites claiming to sell these experimental drugs for “research purposes”. Our piece came out over the weekend: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Mass Shooters Are Performing for One Another The goal of these attacks is to join a lineage of infamous killers.

In the days after last week's Minneapolis shooting, I've been continually haunted by the shooter's video and the nihilistic contagion that seems to spread in mass shooter fandom communities. I spoke to @alexbnewhouse.bsky.social about how to process this terrible phenomenon w/o helping perpetuate it

Still thinking about how the TikTok video that supposedly “inspired” the August 31 March for Australia tucked footage from the 2005 Cronulla race riots in between AI clips of Australian flags. I matched this to ABC footage from the day. The message was there from the start, if you cared to see it.

Thank you, Joe!

Relatedly I think journalism could maybe use stronger professional style norms around not anthropomorphizing the computer systems we report on/reference in our writing.

Some of the names I read for this video:

Yahya Subaih, who tirelessly told the stories of his community, died in an Israeli airstrike.

Ahmed el-Helou of the Quds News Network, killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Hassan Sammour, a broadcaster who worked for Al Aqsa Voice Radio, died the same day.

One of the many devastating things about making this video was that we had to update it about three times during the making to account for further killings of journalists, including (you'll see at the end) a special mention of the 6 Al Jazeera journalists targeted by Israel. Please watch to the end.

MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths

Lincoln is out of prison but a ‘lifetime’ penalty hangs over him. Does a NSW police anti-firearm scheme go too far? New data examining enhanced police search powers brings into question the efficacy and fairness of weapon and firearm prohibition orders

"About 51% of the 4,267 people in NSW with WPOs identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander – a “concerning level of over-representation”, according to Jonathan Hall Spence, the principal solicitor with the Justice and Equity Centre." #auslaw #nswpol
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A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out. But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time. Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky

Is Australia a conspiracy theory nation? - podcast Reged Ahmad talks with Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson about the threat conspiracy theories pose to Australia

Had a good chat with with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on their new book. Apart from examining the dangers, it's also a compassionate look at why some are drawn down the rabbit hole. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out The people of Gaza did not need this week’s official confirmation from UN-backed hunger experts that the “worst-case scenario of famine” was unfolding there. For months they have watched as their children waste away. “All my children have lost nearly half of their body weight,” said Jamil Mughari, a 38-year-old from Maghazi in central Gaza. “My daughter, who is five years old, now weighs only 11kg. My son Mohammad has become just skin and bones. All my children are like this. Continue reading...

‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones

Episode 31: Conspiracy Nation Book Launch with Ariel Bogle and Cameron Wilson Read Them Sideways · Episode

Happy publication week! 🎉

I had the genuine pleasure of chatting with @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social last week about their new book, CONSPIRACY NATION.

Can confirm, it’s an excellent read.

You can hear their thoughts on the link below: open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

MEAA supports the Palestine Action Group’s bid to March for Humanity across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Thank you! Interested to know what you think…

Thank you Rohan!!

Thank you!

Thank you, Ben!

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