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ABC Media Watch turns spotlight on recent brazen targeting of police shooting at journalists in USA protests now. A chilling echo of Israel slaughtering 100’s of journalists in Gaza? While the tRump trumpets Fake News, these are brazen attacks on Real News on public streets across 🇺🇸

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Is bumbling Richard Marles the Angus Taylor of Aust Labor?

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When the #robodebt royal commission report was handed down, imagine if victims and their families had been told: - the #NACC would whitewash the whole episode - NO government minister would be held to account - the key criminal - Scott Morrison - would receive the nation's highest honour. #auspol

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Sign of the day…

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Revealing our public & affordable housing project Wirra Mikangka in Adelaide, directly opposite the great parklands. Designed for Community Housing Provider #housingchoicesaust with local architects #jpestudio, the project comprises 151 apartments, community spaces & retail. Starting on site soon!

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The Netherlands just now ❤️❤️❤️🇵🇸 "If you're in the West Bank or Gaza in Iran or Syria or Lebanon and you see this...FREE FREE" This is what the world thinks - turn off your tv and news station it's all propaganda. The people want to stop the monstrous actions of Israel.

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What's with that weird genocidal ethnostate that keeps mass-murdering civilians and expanding its borders into all its neighbouring states and if you talk about it you lose your job (or, in the US, end up disappeared into a concentration camp)? Free Palestine. Melbourne

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Plans for an elaborate military parade to celebrate Donald Trump’s 79th birthday had to be abandoned after thousands of troops were mysteriously exempt from service for bone spurs at the last minute.

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Compelling article on what should be our defence priorities by ever-excellent #HughWhite in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au Such clarity & strategy so absent from ‘political debate’…

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Both the United States and the United Kingdom are reviewing the AUKUS agreement. In light of this, and the consequential nature of the agreement, it's vital that our Parliament do the same. The crossbench will push to ensure scrutiny is applied. Australians expect nothing less.

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Dear USA, you don’t need a king, much less a deranged emperor. But you do have a despot, a dictator, a tyrant, hellbent on destroying your democratic rights. To the courageous people demonstrating, all strength to you

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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

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Boy multimillionaires are good at getting media when they feel sad about government tax policy Imagine if we reported on the feelings of young people who are worried coal and gas expansion will cause catastrophic climate change the way we reported on the crocodile tears of the wealthiest 0.5%…

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Matthew 'Sputnick' 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏴‍☠️🚜🛸🐺 @MatthewSputnick

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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Sound familiar?

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AUKUS is not going to happen. By the time the US returns to democratic rule (if ever) it will be too late. Apply for a refund now. John Bye, Elwood @theage letters

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US National Press Club president Mike Balsamo said journalists “were not caught in the crossfire – they were targeted”. www.theage.com.au/world/north-...

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Israel can take out an Iranian commander 1000km away with a drone missile through a single bedroom wall, without any other damage. But to target a Hamas leader a few kilometres away, they need to raze whole neighborhoods to the ground. Is it obvious yet?

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Walking streets of Sydney’s Surry Hills, so many examples of additions to what today might be deemed heritage or contributory items, no doubt in a Conservation Area. Some old, some recent, some sympathetic, others clearly expressed. Often no setbacks ok. History didn’t stop in 1930’s..living city

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Every American should hear this. Anyone, anywhere on the planet, who cares about democracy, the rule of law and the defeat of corruption and dictatorship, should hear this. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/10/g...

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Whenever people ask me what I mean when I talk about the “neoliberal university”, I tell them about the giant Woodside Building on campus www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The US is reviewing whether to scrap AUKUS while Australia has just handed them an $800 million AUKUS tribute payment. What a nation of suckers! We’re locked into a $375b deal that our “partner” might walk away from. It’s time for Parlt to launch a full inquiry into this dud deal

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My mate came over from Barcelona. We were stood waiting for Merseyrail... 22 minutes til the next train... I asked him how often the metro trains were in Barca, and he had no idea. It had never occurred to him. It was just always 'a few minutes'...

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Modernist masterpiece; Le Corbusier’s serene Pavilion Suisse at the Cite Universitaire in Paris. Displaying many of his 5 points in architecture, elevated on pilotis, punctuated by roof terraces, the ribbon windows screened by external blinds on the sunny south facade, glass block stair behind

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This is the stupidest policy ever. Aside from the grotesque inequity of it, it'd just encourage every taxpayer to send their kids private to minimise or eliminate their taxes. Imagine being able to send your kids to a $20- $50,000 school and having the fees deducted from your tax bill. Insane.

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Peak irony juxtaposition in SMH re planning; On left, flagrant rorting of planning rules by greedy gamers, called out by Councils & neighbours. On right, Fed Housing Ministers wishing States would wind back planning rules to “build more housing” Somewhere in all this must be a sensible way forward…

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Decades too late, economists finally have realised we have a housing crisis, & they their panacea is ‘planning’! Shouldn’t they talk $ instead? -taxation reform; scrap negative gearing, CGT etc -broad-based land tax/inclusionary zoning -reform bank lending (profit & blockages) -govt funded housing

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In urban housing, it’s essential to use every available centimetre to maximum advantage (& not just when your site is triangular) Selecting the type, refining floor plans, sharing sun, air & amenity, making the passage from street to home a memorable daily experience #architectureofhousing

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Israel has declared the Madleen (With Greta Thunberg on) a security threat, it is jamming their electronic systems and circling them with combat drones. If it blows them up Israel will surely declare it an 'accident' but it will be their most blatant War Crime yet.

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“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

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Nike has cancelled fmr AOTY Grace Tame as a brand ambassador because of pro-Palestinian posts?! So, Nike opposes human rights and supports genocide?! Good to know. #IStandWithGrace #BoycottNike #RecognisePalestine #FreePalestine

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Certainly is a ‘flexicar’! Available to all

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The LNP Throw in Howard & they are more ‘eyebrow’ than ‘highbrow’

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While the media drone on about how hard it is for people with most than $3 million in super to lose some of their tax breaks, in reality the vast majority of Australians have less than $200k in super. The median for a 60 year old woman is just $158k, which means half of women have less than that!

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The remarkable expansion of the metro as part of the Grand Paris project; -extensions of Line 14 (the most recent) -4 new outer lines -200km of new tracks, including some viaducts -68 new stations, plus interchanges with existing -projected 3mill extra trips/day -serving new parts of metropolis

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