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‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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US unlikely to be able to hold its own against China johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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Cruise ship ⚓️ in #Antarctica damage the sea floor

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STUDY found that “the growing number of SUVs reduced the vehicle capacity of freeway lanes in Minnesota’s Twin Cities by 9.5% between 1995-2019. Their findings suggest yet another way in which ‘car bloat’ exacerbates problems that affect everyone, regardless of how they travel.” Plus more deaths…

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I know the algorithm is a little hookier over there and all but... JFC

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Families losing loved ones because hanging points that killed before STILL haven’t been removed. Authorities knew the danger. Prison budgets run into billions - it’s criminal this basic life-saving fix isn’t done.

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The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...

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In 2025 🤦🏽

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Wow

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Political parties are failing to attract new members. Not only women johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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As Keating advised, it's time for Australia to seek its security in Asia johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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Trump Order to Hospitals on Emergency Abortions 'Means Women Will Die,' Warn Advocates www.commondreams.org/news/trump-e...

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Short reel made while we were putting up the Boneyard exhibition by The Kudelka Shop’s social media manager Oskar Kudelka.

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Skyrocketing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of wider spread www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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www.commondreams.org/news/medicai...

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After almost eight years of delays, Murray Watt raced to make the extension of Woodside’s largest fossil fuel project his first act as environment minister. By Mike Seccombe. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...

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The People vs. The Abyss: The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal mondoweiss.net/2025/06/the-...

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When two friends started a campaign to stop Tesla from building a battery recycling factory in their small Australian city, they suspected that strong views about the company’s billionaire boss might help sway opinion. But they had no idea how far anti-Elon Musk sentiment had spread beyond the US

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On this day in 1975, Syd Barrett made a surprise visit to Abbey Road as Pink Floyd played back “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”—the tribute written about him. Shaved head, no eyebrows, and nearly unrecognizable, he appeared like a ghost from their past... and quietly vanished again.

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She’s right

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‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide’: Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave archive.is/orE26

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NEWS SO BIG WE CAME BACK TO BLUESKY: 7,000 NSW school and government cleaners are being brought back in-house. This starts with 600 cleaners from the Hunter Valley and Central Coast with additional protections for the remaining 6400 still working under contract.

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Scott Morrison — whose legacy includes robodebt, multiple ministries and habitual lying — is to receive Australia's highest honour.

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14 tons of arms for Israel. French dockers say NO—and they need our support to stand strong. Sign now to stand with them #FreePalestine secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

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Government refuses to articulate 'frankly terrifying' security risks johnmenadue.com/post/2025/03...

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Media shortcomings in covering terrorist Netanyahu’s daily Gaza mass murders johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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Tesla lost $106 billion in valuation today.

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FACTS from Tim Walz: "Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is nothing more than a big, beautiful pile of bullshit." #TrumpsBillWillKill

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There’s a familiar script Israel uses every time it commits an aid massacre in Gaza mondoweiss.net/2025/06/ther...

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Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies

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Unbelievable.

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Lobbying for Israeli Arms in the UK Shadows - consortiumnews.com/2025/06/04/l...

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We’re in big trouble. #Climatechange is increasing the frequency, intensity & geographic spread of algal blooms across Australia. But climate criminal @albomp.bsky.social continues to approve #FossilFuel projects that lock in decades of climate pollution & flies in the face of science. #Auspol

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IT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE WEST BANK: Settlers are invading No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal’s village again and building a new outpost inside the village directly in front of his house.

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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05... Remember, it took just 72 years from the beginning of the colonisation of Tasmania to the death of Truganini.

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Yep, Ketan has accurately described here exactly why labor are worse than useless. If you’d like to respond, please include grid references for clarity.

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Last year taught me that life is far too short to be arguing with people who are determined not to listen, so I am adopting a no-exceptions immediate block policy if you sound like any of these squares because quite frankly if you’re going to snap out of it you’ll do it yourself.

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New aged care act is delayed (again) from 1 July to 1 November, years after royal commission recommended and watered down from its original oversight of providers. Delay means more changes are possible, but also the work hadn't been done. Own goal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

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#Breaking @NicoletteBoele wins #Bradfield Court battle but looks good #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

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the Minns government is refusing to find $30 million pa to retain public system psychiatrists while announcing over $100 million for prisons - places that cause and exacerbate mental health conditions - in case you were wondering about NSW Labor priorities.

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When Anthony Albanese appointed Peter Khalil as special envoy for social cohesion, the PM said Khalil would "report directly to him". A FOI request to the PM's office uncovered zero reports (and just an email and a calendar entry) from the now-eliminated role. www.crikey.com.au/20...

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Teal candidate Nicolette Boele has seized the once blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield after a recount of the north shore seat, beating Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian by just 27 votes in one of the tightest elections in history. tinyurl.com/3crnrw68

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