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Fulbright Scholar, national security expert. My podcast 👉🏼🎙 @diplomatesshow . War Correspondent for @financialreview . Author of new book The Sun Will Rise.
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My book ‘The Sun Will Rise’ comes out 28 Nov.
If you’ve enjoyed my reporting on Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, please buy a copy (or 5)!
Buy here:
It is dedicated to the heroes of Ukraine fighting for their freedom. And ours.
Slava Ukraini!✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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I’m loving Anonymous hacking the Russian gov.
Taking down the propaganda news channel Russia Today is gold.
Every channel in Russia apparently was playing the song “God, I pray for Ukraine.”
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Hi everyone — I’m ok.
I’ll keep you posted. I appreciate all the messages, and I’ll try to keep in touch.
🇺🇦✌🏼🦘
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For those wondering — I’m in Lviv.
Long drive having to avoid blown bridges and military blockades.
With help of a local, we mapped out a route that went around Russian troops (actually in between known troop deployments).
Extremely tense drive. Trying to get updates.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Russia has no chance with this guy on the job.
Absolutely unbelievable to meet legendary Mayor of Kyiv,
@Vitaliy_Klychko
💪🏼👊🏼
With Russian rocket and drone attacks targeting energy supplies, Mayor Klitschko is asking for help with generators and ambulances.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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2 yrs ago 30 AFP officers raided the AWU looking for old paperwork.
We said this investigation was improper.
We said that staged for media raids is an abuse of state power.
We said this was tinpot dictatorship stuff.
Today we were vindicated.
Thanks for standing with us💪🏼
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People are dead.
Entire towns destroyed.
Hundreds of thousands displaced.
Koalas decimated.
The country ablaze.
Meanwhile, the PM is filming Lib Party political ads, holidaying in Hawaii, withholding resources and backgrounding against the NSW premier.
This. Is. Unacceptable.
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Words cannot express my heart break at Kimberley Kitching’s passing.
The world has lost a true warrior for democracy and freedom. Kimba was the truest of believers.
Kimba constantly checked on my safety in Ukraine.
My heart bleeds for her family. She was my friend.
Vale.😔
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China urging for Putin to consider talks is a huge shift in my opinion.
Not sure where that leads but shows Xi doesn’t like the optics.
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I have reports that Zoopark is full of military bodies.
Ukrainian sources says they’re Russians, but totally unconfirmed.
Consensus is Russians shocked at fierce resistance.
The battle of Antonov airport may have been a critical moment for Ukraine.
We shall see. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Why Kherson could be Putin’s Waterloo.
As Ukraine’s symbol of hope, liberating Kherson will mean everything.
Putin is stuck: retreat and lose Kherson or gamble his entire southern army to protect Crimea.
My
@FinancialReview
dispatch from Kyiv.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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When are the televised AFP raids of Mosman Rowing Club on?
Asking for a friend.
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Bloody hell, just catching up on the floods in Brissie.
Hope everyone is ok there. Peace and love from Ukraine for those impacted.
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Today I announced my intention to run for preselection to be the Labor candidate for the seat of Cunningham at the upcoming federal election.
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Update from Kyiv — some stuff I’m seeing.
Apologies for the slightly haggard appearance.
Make up stores are lined around the corner. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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BREAKING: Kyiv is under attack despite Russian promises to stop bombing as part of peace negotiations.
Watch what Putin does, not what Putin says.
From a friend:
“I heard a missile flying over my head. Loud, numerous blasts. Some antiaircraft, some probable hits”
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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The rest of the world opening up.
We’re locking down.
The difference? Vaccines.
Absolute muppetry.
And if you’re of age and resisting taking one – beyond ridiculous and nothing short of selfishly taking the piss.
Gov: get some f’ing vaccines.
Aussies: get f’ing vaccinated.
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This is what unionism looks like.
Despite being the lowest paid trade in Australia, Big Business applied to cut penalty rates for hair stylists.
Hair stylists around the country stood up, stood together and said - No!
We won.
When we stand together, we win. 💪🏼
#unionstrong
UNION WIN:
The Fair Work Commission has ruled in our favour and penalty rates will NOT be reduced for Hair and Beauty workers for Sundays and Public Holidays!
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Incredible. Img of text between a Russian and his mum.
Last text:
“Mum, I'm in Ukraine, there's a real war. I'm scared, we shoot at everything in a row, even at peaceful ones. We were told that they would welcome us, but they throw themselves under our military equipment
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Have I missed the definition of ‘self funded’?
How is demanding a refund on tax you DIDN’T pay consistent with being self funded?
Isn’t that just, you know, taking money from Gov?
Asking for a friend who has no shares, property or a pay rise. Actually, there are a few of them.
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The battle for Kherson is pivotal.
Russian army (~25k soldiers) is cut off; bridges across Dnipro river gone.
Fighting is fierce.
If Russia cracks, they’ll need to dump equipment. Holding Crimea is then hard.
History shows single battles can turn entire wars.
Slava Ukraini!
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Meanwhile in Russia.
People. Don’t. Want. War.
Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow
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Hey
@Mastercard
— you idiots have turned off my card. I’m in Ukraine. Your ‘24-7’ customer service is closed. DM me as I’d like to be able to access my money in a war zone. Cheers.
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Reckon you’ve read everything there is on Volodmyr Zelensky?
You can’t understand Ukraine’s iron president until you know the steel town he’s from.
My profile of Kryvyi Rih — the city that made Vova
@FinancialReview
(generously free
@MStutch
)
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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So, here’s an interesting one — Ukraine sources say 2 Russians turned up at a police station asking for diesel. Shevchenkovo near Kharkiv.
They were arrested. But, they apparently believed Ukrainians would welcome/celebrate liberation.
Interesting insight into Putin propaganda.
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I’m told by a friend inside Russia that imprisoned opposition leader, Alexei Navalny has issued a statement telling people to go protesting every week day at 7pm and weekends 2pm.
I’ve heard of arrests every night in Russian cities. Pressure is building on Putin. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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As a union official, the dedication of the staff here is unbelievable.
Their country is under attack and yet they help us all. It’s an amazing show of humanity.
Hey
@Hyatt
I assume these guys are all getting hazard pay? Otherwise I’ll bargain on their behalf.
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Cafes are full in Kyiv again.
Ukrainians are unbreakable.
Putin will lose.
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BREAKING: 200 Ukrainians — children, mothers, grandparents — have been dropped to safety thanks to your generosity.
We’ve raised $USD10k to help fund these trips.
Please keep giving. It’s saving lives. Millions of refugees are expected.
Donate here:
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Reports of extremely heavy Russian artillery due any time.
Bloody hell.
Pray for Kyiv. 🦘🇺🇦
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Good morning Australia.
Ukraine is still advancing, liberating towns in northern Kherson seemingly at will.
I expect we’ll have more in the morning based on what I’m seeing and hearing.
Russians are in full panic and retreat.
A thing of beauty.
Have a great day!
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Sources in Ukraine parliament tell me Russians have killed a citizen journalist in fighting in Kyiv.
Awful.
😢💔🇺🇦
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Russia: we want peace.
Also Russia: launches 120 missiles at civilian targets.
The war ends when Russia stops attacking Ukraine and leaves Ukrainian territory. Or is thrown out.
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Cont: and do not allow us to drive. They call us fascists. Mom, it's really hard for me.
Unconfirmed reports he has been KIA.
War — is utterly pointless and wastes lives of the poor and young for the foolishness of the rich, powerful and insane.
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If you hate industry superannuation and are obsssed with destroying it, I have a question for you – what do you object to?
1. The superior returns; or
2. The lower fees
Almost all of the country’s worst-performing super funds over the past decade are for-profit funds Not-for-profit funds dominated the best performers, topped by the industry-run AustralianSuper and Hostplus.
@australian
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Just realised I’ve been in Ukraine for 14 days.
Every passing hour I fall more in love with the country, it’s ppl and the incredible history.
Under unimaginable pressure, Ukrainians remain so generous to foreigners.😘
The madness and carnage going on is beyond tragic.
✊🏼💔🇺🇦
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Izium has been liberated by the heroes.
Wow!
Reports are entire Russian line has collapsed east of Kharkiv.
Russians are in full retreat. Hopefully to Moscow.
Slava Ukraini!
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Just travelled with a small convoy that delivered 1 tonne of goods to those who need it in Kryvyi Rih.
Amazing town. Will update you all soon. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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In Lviv — huge amount of refugees.
Local schools gearing up to house people.
City and country at maximum effort to repel Russians and help as many people as possible.
Best and worst of humanity.
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Live from Ukraine.
Right now, Ukrainians are blocking Russian tanks in the Chernihiv region. Incredible.
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Guide to unionism by AWU Alcoa members:
1. Join.
2. Ask for what’s fair.
3. Fight if needed.
4. Never give in or give up.
5. WIN, WIN, WIN!
After 53 days we’re back to work with conditions protected, our JOBS SECURE and our heads held high! 💪🏼
Join your union ppl. It works.
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LIVE in Kherson: incredible images from occupied Kherson.
Ukrainian citizens are protesting against the war. So brave. ✊🏼🇺🇦
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As a former defence lawyer, I can see how hard it would be to obtain a conviction for someone who, you know, confessed to the crime...
#auspol
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Thinking of my Labor friends back home.
Strange not to be with you, freezing on a booth — Go get ‘em!💪🏼
While I’m willing on Albo and the Labor Team, the last 3 months have taught me how lucky we are to live in a country where we can decide our differences peacefully.
#auspol
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In Kyiv as the evening approaches.
Sirens re: inbound air attacks all day. Explosions and heavy fighting reported.
Russian tanks have been filmed entering the city in Obolon, north west Kyiv.
Russia has said it will ‘talk’ if Ukraine goes neutral.
Now? Eerily quiet.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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For my brave Ukrainian friends.
Australia is with you. Stay strong. 😘
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
#StandWithUkriane
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Lviv: With Putin shooting missiles on their city, ordinary Ukrainians sing their national anthem in the dark.
I filmed this inside a bomb shelter, located under a church.
Powerful. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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What’s the justification for slugging kids who want to study humanities thousands of dollars extra?
Coz they’re raging lefties? The courses cost nothing!
This is no way to fund unis, research or build the future.
Terrible policy. Culture war rubbish.
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As the world’s largest exporter of gas, Australia plans to IMPORT gas.
Why? Because we refuse to make foreign gas exporters keep some gas for local use – a standard global practice.
A 10% rise in gas prices costs the economy $8.5b.
200k jobs are at stake.
A total farce.
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Ukrainian women are leading the fight against Putin’s invasion.
My latest dispatch from Ukraine in today’s
@FinancialReview
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
Featuring 🔥 interview with
@kiraincongress
— “I’m motivated to kick his ass!”
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Latest update — fierce fighting in Zoopark. This is in the north of the city in Vyshhorod. About 30 minutes north of central Kyiv.
I’m told a number of Russian helicopters and potentially other aircraft shot down.
Both sides claiming inflicting heavy casualties.
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Armed citizens have been gathering on the corners and streets of Kyiv. Mixed in with police it appears.
All in black. All carrying.
Other parts of the city, people are lined up for chemists. Most shops abandoned at this point.
Amazingly, the trams are still running.
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Streets are quiet, reports of Russians in the city.
A few brave souls walking the streets. Our security have advised me not to go outside.
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The vision of Ukrainian flags flying in newly liberated towns brings tears to your eyes.
Ukrainians raising the flag in the village of Volokhiv Yar — occupied for 6 months in Kherson Oblast.
Slava Ukraini!
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Check out my piece in
@smh
- Why a culture of compulsory tipping is bad for workers and bad for the economy. Australians should resist this and protect wages and conditions instead.
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Merit is a dangerous myth pulling apart our economy and society.
We need to rebuild the middle class and stop the powerful from rigging the rules.
My piece in today’s
@dailytelegraph
#auspol
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Hey everyone — all good here in Lviv.
Humanitarian crisis rolls on. Mixed reports out of Kherson. Maybe some potential good news there.
The fight for Kyiv and Kharkiv go on.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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In Russia cinemas are showing Swan Lake, the Tchaikovsky ballet.
For history buffs, Swan Lake was always shown when the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union died.
Also shown during 1991 putsch against Gorbachev.
Putin is getting weird. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Ukrainians telling me how proud they are of their armies and the fighting men and women.
Cost of the brutality is already high.
I’m told 200 Ukrainian citizens are dead. 3 are children.
Over a 1100 injured. 40 kids. 😢
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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BREAKING: bomb sirens and warnings going off around the city. Impending strike.
We’d only just been released from the shelter and back to our rooms.
Will keep you posted.
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To spend a week in Ukraine is to fall in love for a lifetime.
This is an act of utter bastardry from Putin.
My heart bleeds.
💔✊🏼🇺🇦
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Putin’s missile attack was the military equivalent of a temper tantrum.
Putin might feel better but it won’t change the key facts where they matter most: the battlefield.
Russia is still losing the war.
My latest dispatch for
@FinancialReview
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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As shocking as this all has been, I just cannot believe the House vote.
AFTER the violence, after the proof of what this sort of post truth nonsense and incitement serves up, after the emperor had no clothes – 2/3 House Republicans voted to overturn the election.
Staggering.
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Here’s what I’m seeing in the last few hours in Kyiv.
Lines, panic, guns, bomb shelter training — it’s all awful. People worry for their family.
My heart breaks for Kyiv. Up close war is fucking pointless.
My latest dispatch from Kyiv in
@smh
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The Kremlin can say what it likes.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine.
Kherson is Ukraine.
And Ukraine is winning.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Great announcement from Anthony Albanese that Australia will send 30 more bushmasters to Ukraine.
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Join. Your. Union. 💪🏼💪🏼
So proud of this victory by the
@AWUnion
which guarantees fruit and veg pickers get a guaranteed minimum wage.
A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work is what Australia is built on. 👊🏼
HUGE VICTORY!!
The Fair Work Commission has supported the
@AWUnion
case to ensure that all farm workers picking fruit and veg have a safety net to guarantee they get what every worker in Australia deserves: a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.
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To spend a week in Ukraine is to fall in love for a lifetime.
Amidst the very worst of humanity, Ukrainians have displayed the very best.
It’s been the honour of my life to tell your stories to the world.
I will see you all soon, my friends.
Slava Ukraini! ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Self funded retirement: a helpful guide.
What it is: Living on your own assets, income and savings.
What it is NOT: Demanding cash handouts from the public (not self) for taxes you (self) didn’t pay.
I trust this self helps you.
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I’m told Ukrainian army has military drone capability — time to send them in against this Russian 60km convoy of death.
✊🏼🇺🇦
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Hi all — alive and well here in Lviv.
Worrying stuff in Kherkov and in Enderhodar (to say the very least!)
For anyone interested, keep your eyes peeled for a long piece in Saturday’s
@FinancialReview
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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LIVE UPDATE: Here is what I’m seeing in Lviv right now.
View from the streets. People are looking after eachother.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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The Liberal Party: Weak on the causes of fires and MIA on fighting fires.
2009: Vote down ETS.
2013: Repeal carbon price.
2017: Defund NCCARF.
2018: Kill NEG.
2019: Hawaii.
2020: Handshakes and cricket.
How does denialism reach the point where you won’t even fight the fires?!
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Lviv: empty prams symbolise children killed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
💔🇺🇦
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I feel like everyone in the world is doom scrolling right now.
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Pleasure to join
@JamesSpenceley
and his team delivering ambulances across sth Ukraine.
You can help by donating here. All $$ goes directly to helping ppl in need and saving lives. Please RT and donate.
I’ll update from the road!
Slava Ukraini. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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This is a good example of content being shared online by passionate young Ukrainians right across the country.
Blending history with current events.
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Things Russia is doing:
-Murdering civilians
-Rape
-Torture
-Abducting kids
-Shelling nuclear plants
-Blowing up schools, hospitals and dams
-Looting
-Trying to freeze Europeans
Things Ukraine is doing:
-Defending itself.
These are facts.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Putin’s failed war is gradually turning Russia into a Chinese client state.
Putin’s strategic failures are enormous — military embarrassment, NATO hardening, economic collapse, lost Russian prestige, Ukrainian rejection — but this is the one that might just cost him.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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If you can’t pay wages, you don’t have a business.
Foodora leaving Oz shows that most gig ‘ businesses’ aren’t an innovation, they’re a wealth transfer from workers to consumers, with a ticket clip(& tax evasion) in middle.
Using tech to justify IR from 1810 is bullshit.Adios.
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So the Russians lose a fourth general? In less than three weeks of war against a supposed minnow nation?
The Red Army has been humiliated.
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Lviv, so beautiful it hurts your eyes and breaks your heart. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Things that ‘cure’ Covid-19:
1. Ultraviolet rays.
2. Disinfectant.
3. Hydroxychloroquine.
4. Tax cuts, wage cuts and IR reform.
Handy list.
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Warnie is dead?!?
My god.😰😭
I can’t deal with this.
One of my all time heroes — I spent hours pretending to be him. I’ll miss you mate.
Taken too soon. A life well lived. The personification of the Aussie larrikin.
Icon. 😔
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It’s clear Russians aren’t destroying Kyiv.
My observation only — Putin wants Zelensky’s head and to replace him with a Russian puppet regime.
New gov will need Kyiv functioning and the country in working order.
Will it stay that way if Ukrainians keep hanging on? ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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The latest bombing of civilians in Mauripol is horrific.
The world cannot grow adjusted to the war crimes happening daily in Ukraine.
There must be a reckoning.
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Donetsk — or the Oblast formerly known as Russia.
Dropping ambulances to Bahkmut frontline w
@JamesSpenceley
and team.
93rd Brigade really appreciated the delivery — I’ve seen 1st hand the difference this makes.
Donate so they can keep giving.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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A cracking, sunny day in Lviv today.
Despite the evils happening close by —people are trying to go about their lives as ‘normally’ as possible.
Everywhere I go, I see people helping one another. The generosity of spirit is incredible.
Do what you can to help. ✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Reports that Putin is refusing to let his troops pull out of Kherson is shades of Hitler in Stalingrad.
Leaving troops to die without supply lines to hold a city they will inevitably lose.
That’s a man worth following.
Putin will be broken there.
Slava Ukraini.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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G’day Australia.
In Kherson, Ukraine is pushing forward. Russians are under attacks from multiple directions.
In eastern Luhansk, Svavote might be liberated soon.
Russia is being stretched like a rubber band. Parts of its lines will be isolated soon
Enjoy your coffee!
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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Ukrainians feel the world is watching but not helping:
Text: “Send weapons, send comms tech, send trainers!!”
Socials:
“Give us safe skies! Give us a chance!” (Asking for no-fly-zone)
“Kick Russia out of SWIFT!”
“Sanctions now!”
“Don’t send well wishes – send help.”
💔🇺🇦
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Yes! Selected Russian banks cut from SWIFT.
This isn’t just a barbaric war, it’s the height of self-inflicted stupidity.
Putin has turned the Russian nation into his personal panic room.
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Russians are being absolutely routed.
Reports have:
1. Ukraine pushing deep into Luhansk (area Russia took at huge cost)
2.Massive Russian surrenders/losses across entire Eastern front.
3. Donetsk airport liberated.
Ukraine pushing hard to the border.
Unbelievable.
✌🏼🦘🇺🇦
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