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He had spent most of the day in his cell, which had no running water, and was facing the prospect of having to wait until morning before he was given any more. The United Nations stipulates “drinking water shall be available to every prisoner whenever he or she needs it”.

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A woman has died after being found unresponsive in her Melaleuca women’s prison cell on Friday morning. The Department of Justice said the 37-year-old woman was found early this morning and was declared deceased at the scene. Friday, 21st February, 2025, 8:15 PM

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‘Hung out to dry’: Australia’s Venice artists show unprecedented support for sacked colleague Twenty-three artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale have backed sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi amid warnings Venice 2026 is in grave doubt. www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...

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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

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Sharing this in our echo chamber. Yet worth reading. '...if the polls are correct – and, as usual, we have our doubts – then enough voters are buying it and Australia may well end up with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as our next PM.' #auspol #AusVotes25 independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

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J’accuse!… the Jew who accuses his fellow Jews of being antisemites johnmenadue.com/jaccuse-the-... I am not Jewish I visited the Holocaust Museum and, unashamedly, cried ,no bawled, almost uncontrollably I “feel” the same when seeing the “cleansing”of the Palestinians in Gaza That’s MY view

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There are early signs Trump's attempt to turn the US into a despotic government may lead to many good Americans rising up to get rid of him as president. A nationwide protest is organised for 2 May. #auspol #USpol

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Australia is the fourth largest exporter of fossil fuel emissions. The US should be bearing the largest financial responsibility for helping poorer nations cope with climate-related damage. #auspol #climate #environment

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I spoke to Richard Watts on 3RRR about the craven decision by Creative Australia to dump Khaled Sabsabi from the Venice Biennale, and why Creative Australia's boss Adrian Collette should now resign www.rrr.org.au/shared/broad...

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Every Word Of This ⬇️

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Australian civil rights are being destroyed to protect Israeli information interests because of highly dubious “antisemitic attacks”...perpetrated by people with no ideological interest in Jews who appear to've been paid for their actions by foreign operatives. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/liberals-h...

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ANZUS is stupid. It has big holes in it. There's nothing stopping the US abandoning Australia like they have NATO.

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They love disabled people in “inspirational” stories, until we ask for healthcare, jobs, and rights.

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Some States and Territories jail children aged as low as 10 years olds and some others as low as 12 year olds Not old enough to use facebook but old enough to be locked up with criminals and managed by psychopaths who are working for large international corporations. 'Australia'

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Trump and his monster raving loony party can not be trusted the Aust uniparty govt needs to rapidly grow a spine and ditch AUKUS that money would be much better spent on our own independent defence force allied with regional partners we can trust not a gang of US pirates

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Dear Catholic Bishops: there’s no need for further protective/cover up tactics re abuse victims’ redress. $Damages are capped. The Church’s reputation is already destroyed: redemption requires confession/atonement www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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The Advertiser's shitfuckery reaches a new low. Who'd have believed that was possible? #auspol

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The major parties don't have the moral courage to protect the people and places we love. This election is an opportunity to vote for a candidate who will. Minority govt may be the only thing that forces the Govt to put 🇦🇺ns ahead of vested interests. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Please support this! #auspol

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Still a Catholic? Why? How? Seriously? Extricate yourself. Exclusive: DSS shares legal letters that help silence church victims | The Saturday Paper Note which media outlets helped attack victims of abuse! Cancel all Murdoch related subscriptions. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...

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Jane Norman _repeating_ the #LNP lie about bulk billing rates on #TheirABC this morning, in a pathetic attempt to blunt some of @australianlabor.bsky.social’s criticism about the #LNP long declared position to dismantle Medicare #auspol #AusVotes25

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"Cowed into timidity by extremist lobby groups who threaten it with election loss, and by the opposition who pose the same threat, neither Labor nor the LNP has sufficient integrity or courage to be in government." — John White johnmenadue.com/servile-or-j...

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🚨Australia's biggest outdoor advertising company has been left reeling after being caught publishing anti-climate lies for Liberal Party-funded disinformation group "Advance". It was "never our intention to mislead or deceive", it says after apparent cover-up theklaxon.com.au/zv85

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Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...

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Conservation groups have slammed the approved amendments as greenwashing spin. Alcoa’s mining operations are already occurring in RPZs for the last 15 years with extensive areas currently lying bare with little rehabilitation.

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" An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy… " ( No Paywall )

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Saltwater Sistas surf program out to get more Indigenous women on board www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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chop chop 🧶 🧺 😉

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Prisoners are not able to access medicare, so anyone can tend to them, or watch tv while they die. It's ongoing genocide against the First Nations Peoples. 584 deaths in custody since the 1991 RC into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody. Not one person held accountable.

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German cities have announced the dismantling of the gas grid. Cities like Mannheim and Hamburg are leading the way. Mannheim plans to shut down its gas network completely by 2035. More in my article with @ckemfert.bsky.social on The Progress Playbook. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/02/19/a...

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Processors 'scrambling' for cows and mutton as red meat demand climbs When was the last time you could 'afford' a "leg of lamb". ( me neither ) #ausPOL #nswPOL www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

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Prison staff were watching movies and a senior officer was partially undressed and relaxing in his office when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in youth detention.

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Australia's richest 200 people are hoarding $625 billion. We need $10 billion per year to raise the rate to the poverty line. A 2% annual wealth tax on these 200 greedy cunts would cover it. Eat the rich.

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"Aboriginal people had to go down the sides and sit right in front of the screens, either on the floor or in wooden chairs, because we weren't allowed up the back where all the white customers were," Aunty Sandra recalled.

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As a lawyer, Leibler knows that actions have consequences. A group of concerned Jews (the writer included) are in the process of lodging a complaint about Leibler’s tweet with the Commonwealth Human Rights Commission. #auspol #israelpalestine #protest

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Papua New Guinea Courier's US correspondent, Henry Morris.

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We will continue to compare flawed data from the present with flawed data from the past. censusnoreligion.org.au/abs-buckles-...

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This.😂

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“On immigration, we have the same politics as Australia," he says.” How fkn embarrassing 🇦🇺. 😟 #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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These are just the statements on record. Do you trust these people, #auspol? Whose songsheet are they singing from?

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Like too many Australian institutions, Creative Australia has been Zionized. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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#Auspol. The Liberalsbelieve workers should work for poverty wages and just earn enough to feed themselves, pay rent and never retire. Just exist to help the top 1% get paid more money than they need

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I guess we need to fight, friends. Call your reps!!!

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‘The word ‘neutral’ is indeed misleading, but we have always been a militarily non-aligned country — a peace-keeping one. That is what makes us different and important. We have made mistakes certainly, and our history of neutrality is imperfect. That doesn’t make it disposable.’ tinyurl.com/3bsyeuy7

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Politicians and police are increasingly intervening in scientific debates on the classification of Israel's warfare. UN Special Reporter Francesca #Albanese is currently experiencing this particularly drastically.

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