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Pro renewables. Ex RAAF, dairy worker, Telecom & teacher for 25 yrs. Lived & worked on APY lands. Waiting for all politicians to stop sitting on the fence to make some hard/necessary decisions. #auspol Love my guitars.

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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: Make fossil fuel polluters pay Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

A climate disaster levy could raise billions of dollars a year from gas and coal exporters to cover the skyrocketing cost of disaster response and recovery.

Join more than 30,000 Australians and sign the Australia Institute's petition: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...

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✍️SIGN: Detain and investigate Herzog As Israel’s President visits Australia, genocide continues in Gaza and serious legal concerns remain unanswered. We’re calling on the government to uphold Australian and international law: Detain and ...

As Israel’s President visits Australia, genocide continues in Gaza and serious legal concerns remain unanswered. We’re calling on the government to uphold Australian and international law: Detain and investigate Isaac Herzog. ✍️ Add your name getup.to/NornowFLC74KiA

06.02.2026 03:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Now is the time to talk about nationalising essential services – Max Chandler-Mather If we’re serious about tackling the cost-of-living crisis, we need to put services like electricity and childcare back into public hands.

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04.02.2026 04:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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What is Israel's Herzog doing here, who invited him, and why? - Michael West Israel's President, Isaac Herzog to arrive in Australia in February. Why is a foreign Head of State asked to help heal Australian community?

michaelwest.com.au/what-is-isra...

01.02.2026 00:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brian May says US is currently too dangerous for Queen to tour there Queen guitarist says ‘everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment’ when asked about touring plans

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

30.01.2026 23:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Not radical, it’s fair’: Australian households would receive compensation in proposed ‘polluter pays’ levy scheme Superpower Institute report fleshes out 2024 call from Labor heavyweight Ross Garnaut to re-embrace carbon pricing 12 years after Tony Abbott axed it

Labor needs to do exactly this!
All the ideas in this article are realistic, we just need a Gov't with the balls to do something big and important for 'ALL' Australians.
Something that should have been done years ago.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

29.01.2026 00:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Congratulations Labor.You have now injected fear into the entire Australian community.

23.01.2026 00:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Zach Bryan’s anti-ICE song drew ire from Trump officials. Is country music waking up? Emerging stars are starting to critique Trump’s immigration crackdown – defying the genre’s legacy of conservatism

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

23.01.2026 00:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ain't that the truth.

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SA premier ‘fundamentally opposed’ Randa Abdel-Fattah appearing at Adelaide writers’ week, letter to board shows Three-page letter acknowledged that while Peter Malinauskas could not direct festival board, he was ‘deeply concerned’ Palestinian Australian author’s invitation not rescinded

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

18.01.2026 22:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We Looked At The Data On Renewables And It Shocked Us | The West Report
We Looked At The Data On Renewables And It Shocked Us | The West Report YouTube video by The West Report

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18.01.2026 03:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The OmniBus Crash of the Hate Speech Laws | The West Report
The OmniBus Crash of the Hate Speech Laws | The West Report YouTube video by The West Report

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17.01.2026 05:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Birchgrove Legal Files Case for Complicity to Genocide to the Hague- International Criminal Court [Media Release] EMBARGOED MEDIA RELEASE PM referred to International Criminal Court accused of complicity in genocide Tuesday, 5 March 2024 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been referred to the Internat...

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‘Israeli Society Has Become Completely Genocidal' - B'Tselem Head on Israel's Growing Extremism Simone Zimmerman speaks with the B’Tselem Executive Director about her journey from liberal Zionism to confronting apartheid and genocide from within Israeli society.

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16.01.2026 00:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Don't often agree with a Liberal but I think he is right.

15.01.2026 23:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under
Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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John Cleese’s Hilarious Donald Trump Rant
John Cleese’s Hilarious Donald Trump Rant YouTube video by The Nightly Show

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14.01.2026 02:42 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Australian writers’ festival cancelled after Palestinian author axed
Australian writers’ festival cancelled after Palestinian author axed YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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How Lobby Pressure Wrecked Adelaide Writers Week | The West Report
How Lobby Pressure Wrecked Adelaide Writers Week | The West Report YouTube video by The West Report

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13.01.2026 05:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

12.01.2026 23:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Adelaide Festival music program hit as SA faces multimillion-dollar black hole - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia A day of Adelaide Festival’s music program is now abandoned by artists. SA could lose millions in economic benefit if the festival collapse.

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www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

12.01.2026 11:28 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Jacinda Ardern pulls out of Adelaide writers’ week as fallout over Randa Abdel-Fattah’s axing continues Ructions within festival board over Palestinian-Australian academic’s inclusion began in October, email reveals

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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Do you think I should stop wearing watermelon jocks?
They are so juicy but a little seedy I guess.
Just wondering.
I've stopped wearing Zionist jocks because they were killing me something bad.

12.01.2026 09:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is WOMADelaide next? Zionist group targets Palestinian DJ - Michael West Hot on the heels of the Adelaide Writers Week cancellation imbroglio, WOMADelaide is being pressured to oust Techno DJ Sama' Abdulhami.

michaelwest.com.au/is-womadelai...

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a photofgraph of the happy healthy harold puppet holding a banana inside the weird dark van we all went inside when we were children

a photofgraph of the happy healthy harold puppet holding a banana inside the weird dark van we all went inside when we were children

Healthy Harold is pulling out of the Adelaide Writers' Festival, as per a statement published to his Facebook

"Whilst I am disappointed to lose this chance to promote my new autobiography, there is nothing more unhealthy and unhappy than censorship. Free Palestine, and do not take drugs"

12.01.2026 09:05 👍 117 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
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Is WOMADelaide next? Zionist group targets Palestinian DJ - Michael West Hot on the heels of the Adelaide Writers Week cancellation imbroglio, WOMADelaide is being pressured to oust Techno DJ Sama' Abdulhami.

@duchessfrida.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/is-womadelai...

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