Sean Bowes

Email your NSW MP: Establish an independent inquiry into protest policing Working together for a fairer democracy

NSW folk: email your MP to call for an independent inquiry into protest policing.

The Australian Democracy Network has made it easy.

Questions I wish the media would ask NSW Premier @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social #auspol

“This is what the ANZACs fought for” says guy standing shoulder to shoulder with nazis

“They fought in WW2 specifically so that I could spend January 26th not at work and instead at a rally neo-nazis helped organise.” chaser.com.au/general-news...

'Someone has to do it': Council seeks to usher in four-day work era on full pay Launceston City Council and the Australian Services Union have reached in-principle agreement on a deal for employees to work 30.4 hours over four days, and be paid their full salaries.

Launceston City Council and the Australian Services Union have reached an in-principle agreement on a deal for employees to work 30.4 hours over four days, and be paid their full salaries 👏

FACT SHEET: Protesting – what are my rights with police in NSW? Justice for Aboriginal people and communities

Information from the Aboriginal Legal Service about protesting in NSW on 26 January 2026.

US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’ In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in Venezuela On a rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, two separate protests, both with a few hundred people, marched from city hall to the federal detention center. They differed slightly in solutions as well as crowd makeup – white older adults dominated the morning’s march organized by the groups behind the No Kings protests, while a more racially diverse crowd swathed in keffiyehs and N95 face masks led the afternoon’s, planned by the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter. However, both groups shared a goal: for ICE to get out of American communities and to put an end to Donald Trump’s warmongering in Venezuela. “From Venezuela to Minneapolis, all we’re seeing is a regime that is scrambling, willing to kill its own citizens, willing to kill foreign citizens, to maintain its power,” said Deborah Rose Hinchey, co-chair of the city’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter. Continue reading...

US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’

‘We have to stand up’: ICE killing in Minneapolis sparks protests across US

‘We have to stand up’: ICE killing in Minneapolis sparks protests across US https://aje.news/nmqu5z

Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of How ICE Operates, New Survey Shows A YouGov poll taken on the same day as Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis shows a majority of people do not approve of how ICE is handling its job.

A YouGov poll taken on the same day as Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis shows a majority of people do not approve of how ICE is handling its job.

Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.

ICE relies on companies to help carry out its thuggery — we need to go after these private sector collaborators

Here are our suggestions for corporate targets and campaign tactics

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The horrifying ICE actions in Minneapolis, Chicago, and my hometown of Portland are putting workplaces and working people in danger. They must stop.

The labor movement will never be divided by this administration’s strategy of fear. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Illustration shows coal and gas driving worse droughts, bushfires and heat. Text says 'Time to ditch coal + gas'.

Seriously 🥵

Illustration by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social

When bushfires make their own weather

Intense fires can produce storms that make more fire – and they’re becoming more common.

Someone holds up a sign on a yard stick that says "Renee Nicole Good".

Someone holds up a handwritten sign that says "No ICE in our cities." They're at a protest at night.

Someone holds up a sign that says "Justice 4 migrants".

Two people hold up signs that say "Stop ICE violence" and "Defend democracy" at a nighttime protest.

Reckless federal agents on our streets don't make anyone safer.

We'll never stop defending our neighbors and protecting our rights.

📸 Scout Tufankjian

‘We will defy these laws’: challenge lodged against NSW protest legislation that could stop Invasion Day rallies Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group and Jews Against the Occupation ’48 launch challenge in court, arguing the laws are invalid

Blak Caucus, Palestine Action Group (PAG) and Jews Against the Occupation '48 have launched a constitutional challenge to the NSW Government's extreme, new anti-protest laws 👏

First Nations rally organiser vows to defy 'inhumane' NSW protest laws Paul Silva says he plans to defy NSW's new protest restrictions to rally against Indigenous deaths in custody.

We knew that the NSW's government's new anti-protest laws would be weaponised to crush dissent.

Good morning. Let's make a collective resolution: this will be the year in which we start to turn things round.

I wish you a Happy Christmas and a coming year of solidarity and resistance. Love and courage to you all.

An photo of people gathered together with text over the top, calling for readers to sign the petition in solidarity with Jewish people fighting back against the politicians and lobbyists using the Bondi Chanukah massacre to push their divisive agenda.

✍️ I've signed @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social's petition in solidarity with Jewish people standing against politicians and lobbyists who are exploiting the Bondi Chanukah massacre to push a divisive agenda: jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...

Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi.

Add your name:

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The NSW premier’s outrageous rhetoric on peaceful protests sows division in our community. It’s unbecoming of his office The antisemitic attack in Bondi was an act of hate-fuelled violence. Rushing through regressive laws in such distressing times is poor leadership – and dangerous

'The premier and his government are using a moment of anger and grief to rush through new laws that attack our democratic rights. This is a despicable display of political opportunism that undermines our democracy.'

Jewish Council urges 'pushback' against divisive rhetoric after Bondi attack Both Jewish and Muslim groups report surge in abuse since massacre

'Anyone using this opportunity to encourage hatred needs to take a long hard look at themselves' - Max Kaiser, @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social

Jewish Council urges 'pushback' against divisive rhetoric after Bondi attack Both Jewish and Muslim groups report surge in abuse since massacre

Australian Jewish and Muslim groups are calling for unity after a spike in antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents following the Bondi massacre

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Feeling for all the different communities who are grieving and scared. Let’s meet this moment with love and empathy.

We honor the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who risked his life to protect those under fire. The lesson, yet again, is all too clear: Our safety is bound up together.

Violence, whether driven by antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia, or any other form of bigotry, must be stopped.

Our hearts are with our friends, family, fellow community members and everyone impacted by this terrifying event. 4/4

To be confronted with this horrific act of antisemitic violence during the Jewish festival of light and hope is shattering. In moments like this, we hold each other close.

We should all be able to gather with our communities, practice our culture, and worship in safety. 3/4

Many within our community have just received the worst news of their lives. Others are caring for injured loved ones, and some are still waiting to hear that their families are safe. 2/4

We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening, which has left at least ten people dead and injured many more.

This is the first night of Chanukah when we gather with loved ones and friends to light the Chanukiah. 1/4

While the Australian Government punishes children, it also lets big corporations off-the-hook for allowing abuse on the social media platforms they profit from.

Shame.