Most teens on social media pre-ban are still on those platforms, new data suggests Data provided to Crikey by parental monitoring company Qustodio shows usage among under-16s during the first three months of Australia's teen social media ban dropped only marginally more than the…

Exclusive: Teen social media use barely budged after Australia's ban, new data shows.

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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection effort as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability.

It’s 💯🐂💩

One Rule for Some. Another for the Rest of Us. One teenager. Fifteen police officers. Six words on a singlet. And the architects of Robodebt still walking free. How did we get here - and what do we do about it?

One Rule for Some. Another for the Rest of Us.
This week an eighteen-year-old was arrested by fifteen police officers in Brisbane for wearing a singlet bearing six words.

The architects of Robodebt have faced no charges. Not one. Not ever.
#auspol
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When Iranian news is more honest than American news, if a bit repetitive.

Photo of Anthony Albanese in the House of Representatives NEW EPISODE | FFS: fossil fuel subsidies cost Australia $30,000 a minute Listen to Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

You’re meant to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of.

Yet Australian governments are handing out $16.3 billion in subsidies for fossil fuels.

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss why on this episode of Dollars & Sense.

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Think it also shows how deeply the US have inflated our military, government and of media. We are now literally the 51st State

💯 I seriously don’t except such betrayal…and absolutely piss weak leadership.

👇🏼Albanese thinking about our, Australian’s, reaction to him committing us to the US & Israel’s illegal war on Iran

You know, the same reaction to him approving more fossil fuel projects, to him backing Israel’s genocide

Albo doesn’t get it, but he gets really annoyed if we point that out
#auspol

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Three ships in Strait of Hormuz hit by 'unknown projectiles' The cause of attacks on the commercial vessels in the strait - a vital corridor for oil - is being investigated.

Trump's war aim is to just bomb the sh!t out of Iran

When they rebuild, bomb the sh!t out of it again

Great is you are an insider trader for oil and you know the timing of the never ending war cycle like Trump & Co

Regularly closing oil routes is a real money spinner
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“.. The US and Israel ‘must consider the possibility that they will be engaged in a long-term war of attrition that will destroy the entire American economy and the world economy.’”

- Ali Fadavi, advisor to the Revolutionary Guards' commander-in-chief

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How US bases make Australia part of the Iran war Australia’s role in supporting the US-Israel war against Iran with the hosting of a string of US military bases across the country is a critical contribution to the US war machine.

How US bases make Australia part of the Iran war https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/how-us-bases-make-australia-part-of-the-iran-war #Auspol

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

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The biggest terrorist in the world did this.

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She’s just selling the drug, but, you know, has no idea if it’s legal or not 🙄🙈😂

What a stooge. In Australia’s greatest stooge government

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

BREAKING: CEO Jay Graber of Bluesky has been replaced by rich venture capitalist Toni Schneider of True Ventures, who doesn't even have a Bluesky account.

"The Lebanese government says Israeli strikes have killed nearly 400 people over the past week. More than 500,000 people have been displaced"

Israel is a terrorist state.

Pedro ✔️✔️✔️

Obviously no Zionist in those numbers

Ratioed Tony

The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February.

A record number of Americans are withdrawing from their 401ks to cover expenses.

Americans owe $18.5 trillion in debt — an historic high.

Meanwhile, the wealth of America's 935 billionaires soared by $1.5 trillion in 2025.

“Golden Age” for whom?