Eliza O'Brien
@eliza_brien
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Another disappointment for Australians for Xmas gratis of @AlboMP Thank you again to @DavidPocock and Greens @BarbaraPocock for trying to hold this weak gov to account for these failures @TomMcIlroy
@TomMcIlroy analysis is spot on 🎯 We need govt to put our communities’ interests ahead of vested interests, from redirecting uncontracted export gas to the domestic market to banning gambling advertising & everything in between. https://t.co/sVFKDqxfrs
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@TomMcIlroy analysis is spot on 🎯 We need govt to put our communities’ interests ahead of vested interests, from redirecting uncontracted export gas to the domestic market to banning gambling advertising & everything in between. https://t.co/sVFKDqxfrs
theguardian.com
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
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We weep for the civilians of Ukraine now suffering Putin’s rain of drone, aerial bomb and missile terror. Nightly. Relentless. Even if ceasefire is declared along current battle lines, Putin cannot be trusted. EU (and Australia?) could provide in situ peacekeeper security.
Almost every day and every night, our emergency services deal with the aftermath of Russian strikes on peaceful Ukrainian cities and communities. This week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones, around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 70 missiles of various types
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Voters the Liberal Party needs to win over have never raised this with us. Not once. Not in focus groups, not in open ended surveys, not in community meetings. It just doesn’t come up. And that’s the problem. The Liberal Party is in deep trouble because it keeps searching for
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How about you look out for Australians @AlboMP and STOP opening more coal and gas mines to burn more of the #FossilFuels driving @ClimateChange and devastating weather events. @IPCC_CH
@MurrayWatt
Thinking of all those across New South Wales impacted by today’s bushfires. Please look out for each other and follow advice from authorities. Thank you to all our emergency services and volunteers on the ground and in the air. We stand ready to assist the NSW Government.
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Online harassment of women is proliferating. We need zero tolerance for online hate, because violence that begins in the digital world can spill over into the physical. I call on the world to unite to end violence against women & girls everywhere, online & offline.
unwomen.org
Women and girls around the world are exposed to online violence and digital abuse every day. AI is powering new and more sophisticated forms of digital violence. The crisis of gender-based violence...
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@AlboMP and his Minister Against the Environment @MurrayWatt condemned by their puny EPBA “reforms”. @BobBrownFndn Watt reforms leave door wide open to environmental carnage | The Saturday Paper
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
ANALYSIS: Murray Watt’s environmental reforms will do little to protect the environment and a lot to benefit big business.
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety. My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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A terrorist State: ‘The legal case is clear. When a state’s military actions, including the interception and seizure of civilian aid vessels in international waters, are designed to enforce an illegal blockade by an occupying power, this meets our own Commonwealth Criminal Code
johnmenadue.com
Australia has pledged to uphold humanitarian law and protect aid workers. But in the face of an ICJ ruling on Gaza, its own anti-terror and accountability laws remain selectively unenforced.
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BREAKING: EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS. Senator Mark Kelly just completely torched Donald Trump: "When Donald Trump was driving the Taj Mahal casino into bankruptcy, I was getting shot at over Iraq and Kuwait. In 2001, after Donald Trump said that the collapse of the Twin Towers
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Was he ever not a duopolist? Look at the number of policy areas he championed when in Opposition and his stance when in power eg the lack of transparency, attack on #FOI, support for #FossilFuel multinationals, refusal to ban online gambling ads -!
Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @AlboMP is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end public service cronyism, patronage “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. @cpi_aus 👇👇
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So much for @AlboMP championing of government transparency, when in Opposition. Typical of this government - say one thing, do another.
Non-Labor Senators slap down govt attempt to restrict FOI laws: -unwarranted -undemocratic -undermines public trust -weakens accountability -case study in hubris -addiction to secrecy -a bad bill with no friends -damaging transparency Sums it up well.
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2 days a week from home. Practical, sensible & hugely beneficial to so many esp. women & carers. The Greens want to see real improvements in the conditions & rights of Australian workers that reflect the modern workplaces of 2025 & beyond. We'll always fight for workers’ rights.
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The #BruceLehrman appeal was dismissed on all four counts.
Whatever the Court of Appeal decides, Bruce Lehrmann will always be the man who raped Brittany Higgins. And the legal system will always allow rapists and violent abusive men to weaponise defamation laws to silence us. Linda Reynolds is a part of this system. I stand with
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US accused of killing Venezuelan drug boat survivors – Trump’s military agenda is based on impunity. "..there is no credible basis by which Trump’s military campaign against Latin American drug vessels is lawful under either US or international law." https://t.co/gT6ymu38rZ
theconversation.com
The Trump administration’s military strategy in Latin America breaches long-established legal rules and norms in three key ways.
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Dean of conservative columnists refers to the Trump administration as a 'sickening moral slum', for record.
washingtonpost.com
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
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Disasters like the BoM website update exemplify exactly why we need to build capacity in the public service and reduce our over reliance on consultants. A robust public service will always provide better value for money and better quality for the taxpayer dollar.
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