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I really hate how hard it is to explain how broken the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is. In short:
- the PBS is broken
- most medications are not covered
- people are going without or rationing medications
- people are dying
Sign this -> change.org/p/demand-a-royal-… #auspol
I may have had my cranky pants on today.
The Minister for Local Government is asking Moree Plains Shire Council why he shouldn't put them into administration, but has not answered questions about why he failed to act to keep councillors and staff safe.
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Now hold on. The media keeps telling us Israel is an apartheid state.
And now you’re telling me Arab Israelis have their own political parties? They vote? They serve in parliament??
Israel is really shitty at apartheid.
How Arab parties could hold critical balance of power in Israeli election bbc.in/4i0BjSu
I’m just so exhausted by the political journos that so clearly want Barnaby to stay in New England (eg on #insiders just now). Seriously, on behalf of New England, fuck off.
Allow me to use my curse to end the subject: if Barnaby runs in New England, I’ll run against him myself.
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WEEKEND LONG READ: Regular abuse online. Targeted campaigns of lies. Threats of violence, rape and even death. As Australia asks how it treats its politicians after the alleged attack on Helen Haines, local female politicians say they have been living ...
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Hola, soy palestino. 🇵🇸
Y como la honestidad es poco común en mi política, permítanme confesar algunas cosas.
1947. La ONU me ofreció un estado. Junto a Israel. Fronteras, independencia, reconocimiento. Dije que no. Mis líderes prometieron que la guerra "arrojaría a los judíos al mar". En cambio, lo perdí todo y lo llamaron catástrofe. No porque no me ofrecieran un estado, sino porque lo rechacé.
1948–2025. Los estados árabes podrían haberme integrado, dado derechos, pasaportes, dignidad. En cambio, me encerraron en campos de refugiados durante generaciones, para que siguiera siendo un arma contra Israel. Construyeron palacios para ellos y cárceles para mí. Me usaron como propaganda, no como personas.
1967. Tras otra guerra perdida, podría haber construido un estado en Cisjordania y Gaza. En cambio, insistí en "ni paz, ni reconocimiento, ni negociaciones". Tres noes. Cincuenta años después, sigo sin Estado. Resulta que el rechazo no paga el alquiler.
Oslo, década de 1990. Israel dijo: «Intentémoslo». Me dio autonomía. Armas para la policía. Miles de millones en ayuda. ¿Qué hicieron mis líderes? Robaron el dinero, armaron milicias y lanzaron una intifada. Atentados suicidas en lugar de escuelas. Cohetes en lugar de fábricas.
Gaza, 2005. Israel se fue por completo. Sin colonos, sin soldados. Tuve la oportunidad de convertir Gaza en un Singapur mediterráneo. Voté por Hamás. La convirtieron en Mogadiscio junto al mar. ¿Miles de millones en ayuda? Túneles, cohetes y palacios para sus líderes, mientras mi gente come comida enlatada en la oscuridad.
¿Democracia? No he tenido elecciones en casi 20 años. Hamás mata a los disidentes en Gaza. Fatah los encarcela en Cisjordania. Mis líderes cancelan elecciones porque están demasiado ocupados luchando por el poder.
Religión. En lugar de construir un futuro, pongo a clérigos en televisión enseñando a los niños a odiar a los judíos. Glorifico a los "mártires" que hacen estallar autobuses. Crío a mis hijos con canciones de sangre y fuego en lugar de libros y ciencia. Cambio la esperanza por la guerra santa.
Mundo árabe. Los regímenes árabes me llaman "hermano". Pero pregúntenles cuántos palestinos pueden vivir libremente en Líbano, Siria, Egipto o Kuwait. Me excluyen, pero celebran mi muerte, porque mi muerte es su excusa.
Absurdo. Sigo diciendo que quiero "construir un estado". E irónicamente, justo al lado está Israel: el vecino que construyó una democracia próspera, una potencia tecnológica, granjas en el desierto, ciudades de polvo. Sin petróleo, sin riqueza infinita, solo coraje. Podría haber aprendido, copiado, colaborado. En cambio, elegí la envidia y la rabia.
Obsesión antijudía. Podría haber aceptado a los judíos como vecinos. Podría haber dicho: "Dos naciones, dos estados". En cambio, repito: "Del río al mar". En lugar de exhibir el honor, la hospitalidad y la rica cultura árabe, mostré solo la cultura de la espada: la ira, el extremismo y la sangre. En lugar de gritar salaam (paz) a los israelíes, grité muerte a los judíos. Y luego finjo sorprenderme cuando los israelíes no confían en mí, cuando están enojados, decepcionados y convencidos de que no quiero coexistencia en absoluto.
Responsabilidad. Culpo a Israel de todo. Siempre. ¿Mis líderes roban miles de millones? Culpa de Israel. ¿Hamás dispara cohetes desde hospitales? Culpa de Israel. ¿Glorifico la muerte más que la vida? Culpa de Israel. La responsabilidad no es mi fuerte.
Soy palestino.
Podría haber construido una nación, muchas veces. Elegí el rechazo, la corrupción y la guerra sin fin. Podría haber vivido en paz con Israel, pero elegí vivir a la sombra de su destrucción.
Así que sí, soy una víctima. Pero con demasiada frecuencia, soy víctima de mis propios líderes, de mis propias decisiones y de mi propia negativa a abandonar el odio.
Y esa, querido lector, es la tragedia que nadie quiere admitir.
Apparently Russian servers have been hit by a Ukrainian strike and immediately massive online hard right chatter has collapsed.
This particular chatter was in support of Germany’s AFD, their equivalent to Reform, but similar patterns are being seen in hard right movements everywhere, including the UK.
If anyone needed anymore evidence that Russia are driving a massive wave of hard right propaganda in Europe, this is it.
So, all you “patriots” - you’ve been duped by Russia, and you are about as far from patriotic as anyone can be. You are easily brainwashed though. This is how propaganda works.
Where are my no clean feed peeps? It appears @TimWilsonMP et al have forgotten they already filtered the internet.
RK Crosby retweeted
It survived the Black Summer fires, it glows hot pink, and now the whole world is talking about it. Narrabri's rare slug could soon get a giant monument and be the next Big Thing.
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Oh look, an actual apology. Interesting that she still has her job given she apparently hasn’t read the most basic briefings on antisemitism and is just making stuff up. Oh wait, of course the special rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories is just making it up. Sorry, my bad.
RK Crosby retweeted
This lady from Isreal sums up the whole Ed Sheeran bullshit excellently ‼️
And she’s very funny ❤️
I’d just like to thank you all for again tolerating my wannabe academic weekly therapy.
Labor, the Coalition and One Nation all say they want fewer migrants. Australia's economy, its farms and its own refugee-resettlement towns all need more of them. It's a clash between electoral populism and policy reality with no solution.
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RK Crosby retweeted
2006: "This vaccine will give young women a license to be promiscuous." Barnaby Joyce.
2021: One Nation tried to ban the vaccine mandates (Lost 44-5)
2026: Zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25
Epically important story about Rhonda Peters and Tom Williams @parkerfiftyone. Pity no one can read it.
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In the last few months, my life has changed beyond all compare. I made a decision to support my Jewish friends and without hesitation. I feel anxious almost everywhere I go but I do not regret my decision. I have seen friends that I have helped and supported turn on me without a conversation. It hurts because I know that not only do they know Jewish people but they have benefited hugely from the association with Jews. British Jews have always made London better from Philip Sallon's crazy nightclubs to the brick lane Bagel shop.
More importantly and most shocking is that many of these anti Isreal people have zero political instincts. They only care because it has become fashionable to care. I would go as far to say that they are the biggest and most hideous cowardly fakes to walk this earth. Why are people who support their Jewish friends being called to account while these fakes, like Ed Sheeran, Jade and countless others get to pretend to care about a situation they could not comprehend even if they really tried. I support anyone calling for peace. That is what we should all be doing. How can Isreal be an apartheid state when Arabs and Christians live there peacefully and are part of the political system? As for Ed Miliband, clearly we know why he never because Prime Minister and Andy Burnham won't be getting my vote. In life there are people who see what's going on and others who just blindly follow the trends. Remember. Fashions change.
Yes. I do mean you!
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Thanks for talking to me @Oscarthefarmer @WarwickRagg - not sure I've done the subject justice. Looking forward to the paper's release Oscar.
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WEEKEND LONG READ: The real climate policy threat to Australia’s agricultural land
Australia’s system of carbon credits is swallowing up millions of hectares of prime farming land and locking it up for a century, so polluters can keep polluting.
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