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Welfare advocate. Covered the Robodebt Royal Commission. None for me thanks
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The injuries sustained by Hannah Thomas are just the latest in a long crackdown on the right to protest in Australia, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

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If no-one wished harm on armies you wouldn't need them ☝️🤓

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A senior public servant has been found to have committed corrupt conduct after she promoted her sister’s fiance for a high-ranking position in Home Affairs in the first public investigation completed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in its 2 yrs of operation www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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i don't necessarily believe AI chatbots are the sole factor /causing/ psychosis, but uh... i don't know what to say other than that every story I read like this sends chills down my spine as we imagine a future filled with AI companions futurism.com/commitm...

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Try to find an article in which the UK government condemns the actual genocide. You can’t.

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no one is above the law except all the war criminals that Labor refuses to allow the AFP to prosecute.

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Good thing the law is immutable and not based on a fake bomb plot everyone important knew wasn't real at the time

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Hannah Thomas, ex-Greens candidate for Grayndler, has been injured during a pro-Palestine protest Police say she “sustained facial injuries” during an arrest, with images online showing one of her eyes badly swollen NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson says Thomas may lose sight in the injured eye

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The great ISAAC HEENEY and our many other returning PATRIOTS are to be celebrated for their TOTAL OBLITERATION of the mangy, rabid Bulldogs! Unbelievable 96-point margin of victory! Bye bye!

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Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas is in hospital after sustaining facial injuries during an arrest at a pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney's south-west www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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Indefensible, irrational, cynical cowardice.

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A good read this. Surprised other outlets haven't pursued the same line, querying why Labor Left so quiet. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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Domestic abusers are using generative-AI models like ChatGPT to legitimise their own negative behaviours, writes Madison Griffiths.

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Lalo Schifrin, composer of Mission: Impossible theme and more than 100 film and TV scores, dies aged 93

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Australians impacted by Facebook's Cambridge Analytica can now file to get their part of a $50m settlement. You can claim if you used FB in Australia between November 2013-December 15, if you or a friend had the 'Life' app, and you suffered loss or damage www.oaic.gov.au/news...

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If appointed to the role I will immediately, using all available resources, commission a long-form multimedia investigative series on Humphrey's Wedding.

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from George Bush's wikiquote entry

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Shut the fuck up lmao. What the fuck is this even supposed to mean 😂

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great result everyone! who would have predicted a poorly enforced ban and high taxes would lead people to buy cheap poisonous vapes made using chemicals sloshed together in some guy's backyard and attached to a battery www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposa...

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According to the eSafety Commissioner, in a stroppy letter to DIGI, age assurance will not require platforms to verify all their Australian users, and I would like to know what planet she is living on in which that would be possible www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/ind...

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If Ed Husic keeps saying normal things they're going to put him in the cube

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Oh this is interesting, someone recently FOI'ed corro between Google and former minister Paul Fletcher from 2020 to 2021... It's interesting because these sorts of requests after change of government used to be refused. www.infrastructure.gov.au/sites/defaul...

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finallly someone with institutional authority has said it: the Aust executive class panic and fold when targeted by highly orchestrated pro-Israel campaigners. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

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Americans learning about preferential voting, Australians learning why the Labor party doesn't have primaries

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