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The Czech budget has received twice as much income from Ukrainian refugees over the past three years as it has spent on social assistance. Show this to the victims of Russian propaganda who scream about the harm to the country from Ukrainian refugees.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Ok folks, deep breaths. There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome. (A rather long 🧵, obviously) /1

submitted 15 days ago • 72 comments

⚡️US sanctions strain Russia’s oil exports as shipping costs surge, Bloomberg reports. The number of sanctioned vessels has now reached 265, with U.S. blacklisting proving to be the most disruptive. Of the 435 ships that transported Russian crude in 2024, 112—or 26%—are now under U.S. sanctions.

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

Great story - and a great example of the real cost of the federal government's obsession with favouring the creation of potemkin industries instead of just doing direct service delivery.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Dutton today on Jews in Australia: "I’ve never seen an element of society ostracised in such a way" Yeah, that's why they have a much lower life expectancy, earn 25% less than everyone else, and are 17 times more likely to be incarcerated... Oh wait, no that's another group.. can't think who.

submitted 29 days ago • 80 comments

There is a growing disparity between public and private school funding, with new analysis revealing that taxpayers are helping fund lavish private school facilities and the high salaries of private school principals. @mhharrington.bsky.social #auspol

submitted 30 days ago • 19 comments

Good piece by Alexandra Prokopenko. More and more one heard the thinking that Russia’s economic woes could prove decisive this year. The cracks are visible, and growing. But the timelines don’t align well for this to decide events in 2025. www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments

Just so we’re all clear, it is a fully established fact that the IDF is directly, deliberately killing civilians in Gaza. There was a time in the early days of the genocide when this could be disputed, but that is no longer true. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-is-...

submitted 64 days ago • 14 comments

Santa killed on way to deliver presents to Bethlehem chaser.com.au/world/santa-...

submitted 66 days ago • 4 comments

“Where did my legs go?” Gaza toddlers got the polio vaccine, then an Israeli bomb took their legs.

submitted 68 days ago • 22 comments

"We don’t have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to do.” - Mike Casey, the US diplomat working on Gaza who just quit his job.

submitted 71 days ago • 55 comments

Genocide. Israel should be banned from all international forums, events, sporting competitions. Trade with Israel should be embargoed. Anyone associated with the IDF should be denied visas.

submitted 72 days ago • 40 comments

⚡️West should pressure Russia into peace talks, not Ukraine, Polish FM says. Future negotiations "should be encouraged and forced on the aggressor, not the victim," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Dec. 16.

submitted 74 days ago • 42 comments

Elon Musk and X Are the Top Misinformation Spreaders Online The tech billionaire always had a problem with telling the truth — now he has an entire social network built on lies! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

submitted 105 days ago • 160 comments

Labor and Liberal governments have passed 49 anti-protest laws across the country over the last two decades. It is damning (& history will judge us harshly) but no surprise that 🇦🇺 leads the world on climate protest arrests. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

submitted 75 days ago • 31 comments

Ross Gittins is saying what we're all thinking. #auspol johnmenadue.com/weve-entered...

submitted 79 days ago • 6 comments

A gruesome but none the less important story from Syria

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

My latest on why the RBA should cut rates tomorrow. They seem incapable of learning from their previous mistakes even when the recent RBA review pointed them out. australiainstitute.org.au/post/another...

submitted 82 days ago • 6 comments

The head of the private schools peak lobby group is truly saying the quiet bit out loud here.

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

Old growth cull. My @smh @theage cartoon.

submitted 86 days ago • 22 comments

The BCA chooks carrying on as if they really would prefer a recession. Keynes manning the pumps but getting no credit. Mine for MWM michaelwest.com.au/damned-if-yo...

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments

Standing as close as you can to the baggage carousel at an airport is the best way to speed up your luggage’s arrival, new research shows.

submitted 86 days ago • 5 comments

Gruesome, brutal - but sadly not too surprising.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

The sad and inevitable truth is in another 10 years, when it is all said and done and it is irrefutable Israel committed a genocide in Palestine, there will be many a handwringing think piece from those who defend Israel's actions now, claiming 'we didn't know'. They know. Remember that they knew.

submitted 87 days ago • 77 comments

Twenty private schools with wealthiest parents received $130m total in public funds in 2023 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 87 days ago • 32 comments