Proud to be Dep Chair VALS board, a powerful Aboriginal Community-Controlled Org, w incredible staff & staunch leadership of CEO Nerita Waight & Dep CEO Amanda Dunstall. This org is a testament to the political strength of the Aboriginal community in Vic #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🖤💛❤️

This year I have been to: (oh damn, this year WAS a slog 🥲) 1.Sydney, NSW 2.Kempsey, NSW 3.Canberra, ACT x2 4.Mogumbar, WA 5.Katanning, WA 6.Wandering, WA 7.Moora, WA 8.Perth, WA x2 9.Auckland, NZ 10.Adelaide, SA 11.Alice springs NT x2

U.S. policymakers "don't have the guts and the moral courage" to stand up to the Israeli govt, says top Middle East watcher Fawaz Gerges. “I really have no trust in American foreign policy anymore,” he tells me.

I’ll just leave this here.

"Food, water and fuel are being systematically used as weapons of war in📍#Gaza, as is disinformation." Philippe Lazzarini Los Angeles Times: Humanitarian assistance is being manipulated to serve political and military objectives - another breach among many in this war. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

💛 abc.net.au/news/2023-12-1…

THOUSANDS of people have marched across New Zealand to protest the new government's policies for Maori, signalling the start of clashes over the country's national identity which could define Chris Luxon's coalition.  koorimail.com

Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli military says it ‘regrets harm to civilians’ after dozens killed in refugee camp strike theguardian.com/world/live/202…

abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2…

‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

Howard government worked with Canada to oppose UN declaration on Indigenous rights dlvr.it/T0p655

Vale John Pilger

Antoinette Lattouf files unlawful termination claim over losing ABC radio role after Israel-Gaza social media posts theguardian.com/media/2023/dec…

Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/…

Israel shows ‘chilling’ intent to commit genocide in Gaza, South Africa tells UN court theguardian.com/law/2024/jan/1…

“The ABC sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after a high-level and co-ordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists that directly targeted the corporation’s chair, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson.” smh.com.au/business/workp…

Does this mean all ABC employees can’t share info from Human Rights Watch? What if it’s about the treatment of Uyghurs in China or protestors in Iran? Does this rule exist exclusively for findings that are critical of Israel? Did this directive apply only to Antoinette Lattouf and why?

NSW government funds investigations into possible clandestine burials at three Stolen Generations sites | Indigenous Australians | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-news…

📍#Gaza Images taken yesterday of people queuing for food in the rain & cold at our shelter in Deir al-Balah. At our schools turned shelters, UNRWA continues to provide canned food, flour, hot meals & more- but shelters are 4x over capacity. There is simply not enough food.

very important reporting from Sarah Collard on the racist and gendered violence of the health system, and how black mothers are treated theguardian.com/australia-news…