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Volunteer. Fmr 3 tiers Oz govt. EnvHlth.

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August 7

11.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 1551 πŸ” 452 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 22
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Netanyahu, MBS, Putin and the Useful Idiot PART THREE OF THREE This is the concluding part of a series that began as two pieces and became three, for the same reason this war began as a targeted operation and is becoming something [...]

β€œThe last time a US president launched a war of choice against a Middle Eastern nation on shifting justifications, with no plan for what comes after, it took 20 years, $1.9 trillion, and 4,431 American lives to get back to where they started.” But that’s lost on Trump.

theaimn.net/netanyahu-mb...

11.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't argue with that.

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11.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost 700,000 displaced, 84 children killed after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, UN agencies say The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon β€Œhas deepened amid the wider Middle East war, with 84 children killed and more than 667,000 people displaced, two U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as lives are upended on a massive scale across the country.

Almost 700,000 displaced, 84 children killed after Israeli strikes on Lebanon, UN agencies say reut.rs/4sHFmpf

10.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7

It will be historically significant that the Albanese government decided to spend its enormous political capital not on addressing systemic inequality but on mindless fealty to the demands of the United States and Israel. That is how it'll be remembered.

10.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 352 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 8
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What you need to know about Iran today, with Laura Tingle The ABC's global affairs editor, Laura Tingle, is in Dubai and will provide daily updates on the Middle East war.

"The Iranian regime is even more dug in to Iranian society than Hamas. That raises the question of just what Australia, or any of the other countries being dragged into the war β€” through being attacked, or through offering to provide defence support β€” are getting themselves into."

11.03.2026 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/sa...

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10.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 23379 πŸ” 8053 πŸ’¬ 928 πŸ“Œ 486
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Episode 43 of the Kilauea eruption is a BEAST. They just zoomed out and uhhh this may be on its way to setting a record for tallest lava fountains. What on Earth. πŸ˜πŸŒ‹

Cam 2 live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

10.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 410 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 12
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An Iranian woman to the world: "We are fighting the people in the Epstein files."

10.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and Iraq just cut oil production by 6.7 million barrels per day.
33% of their total output.

6% of global supply.

Gone.

Combined with the 20 million barrels already offline from the Strait closure β€” the global oil market is now facing the most severe

10.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
Sherele up a green ladder supported by two assistants.

Sherele up a green ladder supported by two assistants.

Sherele Moody touching up her phenomenal work documenting every woman killed in Australia in the last two years.

09.03.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump won't spare a cent for the 15 million Americans who will lose their health care, but he'll spend a billion dollars a day bombing Iran.

10.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ€” With reconnaissance and targeting via pine gap? SOP?

10.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fair call.

10.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Host: Eric and Don Jr. are getting into the drone business. Powerus, a Florida-based drone company, is merging with a golf club company backed by the Trumps. The deal comes as the Trump administration plans to spend $1.1 billion on hundreds of thousands on drone systems by 2027.

10.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 4

In a post-fact world, words can mean everything you want them to mean whenever you want them to mean it.

10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 5
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Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."

10.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 14384 πŸ” 4317 πŸ’¬ 353 πŸ“Œ 146
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Planet America: Monday 9/3/2026 America continues its attack on Iran, while Trump continues his ever-shifting rationale for war. Did Iran pose an imminent "threat"? We ask former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Meanwhile Tr...

Charlie Foxtrot.

10.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Planet America: Monday 9/3/2026 America continues its attack on Iran, while Trump continues his ever-shifting rationale for war. Did Iran pose an imminent "threat"? We ask former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Meanwhile Tr...

Charlie Foxtrot.

10.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran Several MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor MPs were privately alarmed about the Albanese government’s immediate response to the US and Israel’s bombing of Iran, including a statement that offered unreserved support for the legally questionable attack that sparked the war. Guardian Australia can reveal the concerns were aired during a meeting of Labor’s left faction after the first strikes on Iran in February, which triggered the conflict that has since spread across the region. Continue reading...

Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran

10.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 15
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With good reason.
#auspol

10.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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#auspol

10.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump is spending $1 billion a day waging war on Iran. Meanwhile...

Trump's sons are investing in a drone company that could soon receive Pentagon contracts.

And of course Trump's Big Oil donors stand to gain windfall profits as the price of oil skyrockets.

War is a racket.

10.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 2256 πŸ” 852 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 45
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Government seeks power to temporarily ban some people from Australia Overseas visitors planning to travel from certain countries could be temporarily blocked from entering Australia in an attempt by the federal government to stop a wave of people overstaying their visa...

The hypocrisy is so dangerous. While signing us up for an illegal war & claiming it champions human rights of the Iranian people, the Albanese Gov is ramming thru new laws to ban people from #Iran with valid visas from entering Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

10.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

#auspol

bsky.app/profile/sara...

08.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump is considering a military draft as part of his options for the US Israel war on Iran.

08.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 486 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 107