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[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Juries now have refused to send Palestine Action astivists to jail as well as Tony Greenstein. His speech to the Jury that refused to send him to jail for ‘terrorism’ worth reading in whole, but here is an excerpt:
‘In the second world war, the Nazis walled the Jews of Warsaw, half a million of them into a ghetto — a sealed district, starved and diseased, from which the trains left for the Treblinka death camp. And in 1943 the young Jews who remained did something nobody expected. With a handful of smuggled pistols, against tanks and the SS, they rose. They knew they could not win. They rose because it was better to die resisting than to be led away quietly. It is one of the proudest moments in Jewish history.
The last surviving commander of that uprising was a man named Marek Edelman. And in his old age, Edelman wrote to the Palestinian resistance and addressed them as fellow fighters — much to Israel’s annoyance. When he died, Poland gave him a state funeral, a fifteen-gun salute, the President gave the oration. Israel did not send the lowliest clerk at the Israeli Embassy. Edelman wasn’t a Zionist.
Edelman, who led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis, described Gaza as a ghetto. I have used his comparison for years before October 2023. Two million people, most of them refugees or the children of refugees, sealed into a strip of land under blockade for 16 years, where the majority are children who have never once been allowed out. When I wrote “ghetto,” I meant a ghetto. My blog supported the Uprising just as I would have supported the slave uprisings of the 19th century. That is a political opinion. It was a political opinion on 7 October 2023, and it is a political opinion now.
And here is the crazy thing. Read section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and ask what it would have made of the Warsaw Ghetto fighters. If this Act had existed in 1944, they could have been classified as terrorists. So could the French Resistance.’

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[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israel has carried out air strikes on Nabatieh and artillery shelling in south Lebanon despite a framework to end hostilities.

Lebanese officials say such actions violate the ceasefire, while Israel insists they fit the agreement.

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett reports from Beirut.

[Daizy Gedeon @DaizyGedeon]

Veteran Aussie journalist #MaryKostakidis is facing racial discrimination charges by the #Zionist Federation for her #tweets on #Gaza. Her defense argues that criticizing a political ideology isn't #racial #discrimination.

Stand with Mary and a free press. #Retweet to #amplify.

[Lucy Turnbull AO @LucyTurnbull_AO]

Thank you for a great game and congratulations #Socceroos Socceroos celebrate migrant roots and address anti-immigration sentiment... https://t.co/0U7GOAdp4B via @YouTube

[GregMarScience @GregMarSci]

C’mon Victoria. Do not let crazies like Monica Smith, Avi Yemeni push your vote towards One Nation: the Rinehart Party. You may dislike Labor, but do not fall into the trap of thinking that Gina Rinehart running the country would be a good thing.

https://t.co/KJWxDkygXu

[Craig Emerson @DrCraigEmerson]

I just checked it out. There are 27 higher taxing countries than Australia (all of them rich countries). John Symon’s claim that Australia is the highest taxing country in the world is utter rubbish.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Ed Husic has “had enough” of Israel:

▪️“Defence cooperation we do with Israel should end”

▪️”We should just say we are not going to supply those F-35 parts”

▪️’AFP to track dual nationals, returning from Israel’

▪️“It is time to establish a red line” https://t.co/oLmitKHqWS

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

Australia now has the world’s strongest economy and some of its weakest economic reporting.

Coverage of the latest Federal Budget exposed just how far standards in Australia’s media have declined.

The Budget data showed Australia remains one of the strongest-performing advanced economies on Earth. It is currently the only country with unemployment and inflation both below 4.7%, median adult wealth above US$250,000, triple-A credit ratings from all major agencies, moderate interest rates, and government debt below 25% of GDP.

On top of that, the Budget introduced reforms aimed at tackling long-standing structural inequities changes that many economists argue were overdue.

In most countries, results like these would dominate headlines and strengthen public confidence. Instead, much of Australia’s media responded with outrage, fear campaigns and ideological attacks.

Headlines warned of “budget debacles”, “dire consequences”, “war on wealth”, and “further pain”, while largely ignoring Australia’s globally leading economic performance.

Much of the commentary relied on the same recycled narratives that have dominated economic reporting for years narratives that often collapse under scrutiny.

Claim: Living standards are falling.
Reality: Living standards dipped globally after COVID, including in Australia, but key indicators have rebounded strongly since 2023. Australians are travelling overseas in record numbers, spending more on dining, retail and discretionary goods, and consumer activity has surged.

Claim: Wages are going backwards.
Reality: Real wages were hit during the inflation spike that followed the pandemic, but wage growth has now outpaced inflation. Since late 2023, wages, pensions and welfare payments have all risen faster than consumer prices.

Claim: Australia is a high-tax country.
Reality: Australia remains one of the lower-taxed advanced economies. The GST is just 10%, far below consumption taxes across much of Europe, while Australia’s total tax-to-GDP ratio sits near the bottom of the OECD.

Claim: Labor keeps increasing taxes.
Reality: IMF data places Australia among the lowest-taxing developed economies in both 2025 and 2026.

Claim: Labor is anti-business.
Reality: Business profits outside mining have reached record highs, while employment and expansion across many sectors continue to grow.

Claim: Labor spends recklessly.
Reality: Spending as a share of GDP under Anthony Albanese remains below levels seen under several previous governments, including the Morrison Government.

Claim: Business investment is collapsing.
Reality: Investment stagnated during the Coalition years but has resumed growth under the current government.

The bigger issue is what this says about Australia’s media culture.

Economic reporting increasingly resembles political campaigning rather than factual analysis. Too often, selective statistics, misleading framing and emotionally loaded commentary replace balanced reporting.

When positive economic outcomes are ignored while fear and outrage dominate coverage, it damages public trust, distorts national debate and weakens social cohesion.

Australia’s economy is not perfect. Productivity, housing affordability and inequality remain serious challenges. But pretending the country is in economic collapse despite internationally strong results does not inform the public. It misleads them.

[politic@l spinner @Justabogan]

Again just a reminder folks 👇😔. I can understand the frustration but it's happening all over the world 😔😢 Pauline Hanson is not the answer #auspol

[Rohan Connolly @rohan_connolly]

This is absolutely brilliant stuff from @RonniSalt, not just skewering the lying, grifting hypocrite that is Pauline Hanson, but the insipidness and greed of both major parties (and complicit media) which has allowed One Nation to flourish.

And here's a challenge to her legion of (paid for) trolls on here ... try actually reading this, then see if she really is looking out for you & "telling it like it is", or just milking your gullibility for all it's worth. You many not like what you find.

PS. And yeah, bots, I've turned off the replies, have better things to do than waste time and energy on fictitious outrage.

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[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Here she goes again — kicking our most vulnerable to maintain the grievance and rage that appeals to her base. She’s back to Aboriginal people this week.
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Let’s fact-check the “$30 billion Aboriginal industry racket” claim, because it’s one of the most persistently dishonest figures in Australian political debate.
Of that $30 billion, 81% is mainstream expenditure — hospitals, schooling, welfare — available to all Australians. The Productivity Commission confirmed only $5.6 billion is Indigenous-specific funding. Not $30 billion. $5.6 billion.
And that $5.6 billion in targeted funding exists for exactly the same reason the government funds free bowel cancer screening for Australians over 45, free breast cancer screening for women over 50, and prostate cancer campaigns for men. Because when a specific group dies at catastrophically higher rates from preventable causes, you direct resources accordingly. That is not a racket. That is what taxes are for. It is the entire basis of preventive health policy in this country.
We don’t argue about those campaigns. Nobody calls BreastScreen a racket. Nobody demands prostate cancer funding be scrapped on the grounds that women don’t get it.
Apparently we only argue about it when it’s the colour of the prostate being examined. Or the colour of the breasts being screened.
The data on why Indigenous health funding exists is not subtle.
68% of deaths among Indigenous Australians are preventable. That is 2.3 times the rate of preventable deaths among non-Indigenous Australians. Indigenous Australians die from rheumatic heart disease at 20 times the rate of other Australians. In the Northern Territory, over 50 times. Indigenous children aged 5 to 15 are 55 times more likely to die from it than other Australian children. This is a disease effectively eliminated in the rest of Australia decades ago. It still kills children here. It is entirely preventable.
So here is the only question that matters: why are we having a public argument about the money being spent to prevent children dying, instead of the fact that children are dying?
There is only one answer. It is the colour of the children.
And even with that targeted spend, the funding still falls short of what need-based modelling requires. NACCHO and Equity Economics put the current annual health funding shortfall at $4.4 billion. The argument that this is too much money is being made while the actual problem is that it is not enough — and has never been enough.
Here is the deeper problem with calling it “Aboriginal money.” That label makes the spending visible and politically vulnerable in a way that mainstream funding never is. It gives politicians licence to frame an entire cultural identity as fraudulent — not a program, not a contractor, not a bureaucracy, but the people themselves. And it gives successive governments the cover to keep underfunding, because cutting “Aboriginal money” is easier to justify politically than cutting hospitals.
The racket framing does not follow the money. It follows the people.

[Maurice Quinlivan TD @QuinlivanTD]

Probably the best #StPatricks Day message I’ve seen in a longtime- as a former resident of NYC myself - well done Mayor @NYCMayor

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This Reporter asked Karoline Leavitt how the White House thought it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to work with Countries that he’s done Business with and made Billions of dollars! If any other President’s family members did this it would be a huge scandal!

[Antony (Tony) Walker @tonywalker1]

As an ABC Alumni and Middle East correspondent for newspapers endorse this submission as it relates to the proposed role (by herself) of a media monitoring role for Jillian Segal. This ambit claim of a pro-Israel propagandist should not be countenanced. https://t.co/lm8HcbrxEz

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

The always-excellent ⁦@bairdjulia⁩ nails it again. All those thrusting billionaires who had absolutely no idea what Epstein was up to… https://t.co/cArs70jaAp

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Fabulous. On migrants, refugees, strangers. Worth a watch… although too much, I think, for the Hansonista simpletons at One Nation.

[Censored Humans @CensoredHumans]

The media won’t tell you this, but Israel has now killed 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

479,000 of them were children.

This is a holocaust.

Repeat it. Spread it. Let the world know.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Ms Wilcox is on fire ! 🔥

[the Juice Media @thejuicemedia]

Santoss has made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴

#Santos #TourDownUnder #auspol

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[Jewish Voice @jewishvoicelive]

At a prominent New York synagogue, Torah scholars spoke about how Zionists weaponize antisemitism for political gain.

Rabbi Cohen said:
Zionists cannot allow Jews to live peacefully outside Israel—because if we do, their ideology collapses.

They purposely create panic and instability so they can later point and shout ‘antisemitism,’ manipulating Jews into supporting Israel.

This tactic is as old as Zionism itself.

From the very beginning, the Jewish people have been treated as pawns on the Zionist chessboard.

Friends, please help share this widely.

Listen to Jews who actually practice Judaism, not those who simply use Judaism as a branding tool for nationalism.

Source @authenttorahjew