Serco concealed ‘inappropriate’ use of firefighting equipment to control Christmas Island riots #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

The culture of silencing, attacks and labelling human rights advocacy and of holding all Governments to account, without exception, is beneath Australia, and Australians.

We should never be fearful to stand up for human rights.

⁦ABC Radio National⁩ abc.net.au/listen/program…

Sabreen a 3 years old,along with 18 of her family members, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat refugee camp in #Gaza on May 19th, 2024.

Just two days before her killing , Sabreen was seen happily on the beach wearing the same dress in which she was tragically killed.

There is currently an unprecedented displacement in northern Gaza, and the genocide is being renewed. We are being killed like insects, group by group. We will die and no one will remember us....

what's the point of policing protestors' language when there aren't even words to describe how evil this is?

The Palestine Red Crescent Society mourns the loss of mental health volunteer Najm Tabassi, who was killed along with his wife due to the bombing of their home in Rafah by the occupation forces. This brings the total number of PRCS martyrs in the #Gaza Strip since October 7 to

Blinken says International Criminal Court charges 'could jeopardize...efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement' in Gaza. But history shows such charges tend to facilitate peace by marginalizing extremist figures. That's what happened at Dayton for Bosnia. state.gov/warrant-applic…

🚨After 8 months of killing, displacement, horror, and fear, these innocent faces couldn't survive. Last night, the Israeli army took the lives of Bilal Taha, his wife, and their three children in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in #Gaza City.

Because Bolt supports the slaughter in Gaza, no-one is going to say anything about a whole column based on an anti-Semitic trope.

Apparently raising Jobseeker by $550 a fortnight is 'fiscally unsustainable'

I call bullshit
theguardian.com/business/grogo…

Earlier today, Al-Awda Hospital in northern #Gaza was reportedly invaded. The hospital had been under siege since 19 May.

A total of 140 hospital staff, patients, and companions were inside the hospital at the time.

12 hospital staff, including the hospital director, 14

pretty wild we briefly made people's lives demonstrably better by raising welfare benefits above the poverty line then just decided we should go backwards x.com/BenPhillips_AN…

Yesterday was the final day of the 4w Inquest into the passing of Heather Calgaret, beloved daughter, sister and mother, whose life was stolen by the cruel carceral system. Proud to have represented her family in their fight for justice.
#JusticeForHeatherCalgaret

Why, when estimating how much financial assistance you may be entitled to, must governments base everything on gross income? Has never made sense to me. You don't get that much, they know it. Yet another way of cutting assistance to those who need it

The Productivity Commission has looked at inequality. It has some excellent data, but perpetuates the lie that it’s too costly to fix it.

Raising jobseeker is not ‘fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong | Greg Jericho | The Guardian theguardian.com/business/grogo…

BREAKING: In a press conference tonight, Unimelb for Palestine and Mahmoud’s Hall representatives announced they have reached a deal with the University to wrap up their protest action provided the University formally disclose their funding arrangements.

the murdoch push to ban people under 16 from social media is an example of how genuinely bad for society culture war nonsense is

there are real problems with social media, but instead of listening to experts on practical things to help teens, its now just about a silly stunt

Nobody even bothers pretending these are actually secret terror headquarters anymore, it's just accepted as the standard operating procedure to destroy any vaguely functional hospital

The Israeli government shuts down AP's live shot of northern Gaza, ostensibly because Al Jazeera is among many recipients. Rather than stop the war crimes charged yesterday by the International Criminal Court, Israel tries to cover them up. apnews.com/article/live-t…