BREAKING:

For the fourth night in a row, a massive protest is unfolding in the streets of Paris, supporting Palestine and condemning Israel’s massacres in Rafah.

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Joe Biden's claim that Hamas’s October 7 attacks were “driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people' is ahistorical and dangerous. In fact, Jewish history shows that antisemitism is a Western problem.

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A snap rally in Perth, Western Australia for #Rafah Thousands turning out to show their solidarity with the people of #Gaza & against this genocide! We won’t stop & we won’t forget those who did not stand against this horror. End all military trade, sanctions & #CeasefireNow !

Wong + team agonised for hours.
- How vague can we be?
“Ooh I have an idea just say event. Could mean a theatre show”
- How do we make the burnt babies not really Israel’s fault?
“Easy, just blame Hamas”
“Excellent idea. Make sure that’s where we land & end”
*Meeting wrapped*

This is the only democratic country in the world without a charter of human rights in legislation or the Constitution.

Today the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee that I sit on has recommended that Australia establish a Human Rights Act.

Read more:

lidiathorpe.com/mr_human_right…

'People in northern India are struggling with an unrelenting, weeks-long heatwave, with temperature in India’s capital soaring to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius (126.1 Fahrenheit), the government’s weather bureau said.'

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Record heat never leaves India, it just moves from East to West.
Temperatures up to 49.2 today in Eastern India at Sidhi
HOTTEST DAY EVER IN MADHYA PRADESH STATE.

Record heat also in NEPAL
44.2 Nepalgunj, May record tied
Danghadi,Janakpur and BHaiwara Tmins >30C,also May records

Over 52C degrees in New Delhi - this in Spain. This will kill some people - in short & long term. But what are we doing in Australia? Continuing to approve #fossilfuel projects.

When agency heads turn up to Estimates hearings and are unable to answer a single question, there's something seriously wrong. What's going on at the BOM?

#auspol Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

More than 1/2 the gas exported from Australia pays no royalties. None. We literally give most of it away.

Oh and then there’s the Petroleum Resource Rent tax…which collects less revenue than HECS…our governments have been giving our resources away for decades #auspol #climate

Israeli weapons company Elbit System racked in $2.33 billion in revenue in the past 3 months.

Elbit is profiting off the genocide in Gaza, and has pocketed nearly $1 billion from the Albanese Labor Government.

To the signatories of this letter: thank you for your moral leadership
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Arbitrary detention, torture - how could anyone describe this as democratic? BDS now

Wilkinson's silk charged $8k a day for Lehrmann trial - How absurd! This could prove very expensive for 10 as they’re unlikely to recoup from Lehrmann - ⁦💧Michael West⁩ West newsroom.aap.com.au/api/v1/assets/…

A must read: Sleight of hand: Australia’s Net Zero target is being lost in accounting tricks, offsets and more gas theconversation.com/sleight-of-han…

I cannot put into words the bravery of the public servants standing up to the Albanese Government to call for an end to the two-way arms trade.

PROTEST **12PM** SUNDAY 2 JUNE
Sydney Hyde Park
Stop the genocide! Sanction Israel now!
This will be a big protest. If you have never been to one, or haven't been in a while this is the week to join us on the streets. Your voice matters. Please. We cannot see any more starving

Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world: 'We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again.' aje.io/08arr7 via Al Jazeera English

Well! NT Coronial Inquest evidence certainly proves that Laura Tingle spoke truth. Racism alive in official Australia. All the LNP lift and copy-catting of NewsCorp confected outrage can't change the fact.

Must read by climate scientist Bill Hare

The Anthony Albanese gov came to power promising real change on climate

But their reliance on accounting tricks, carbon sinks, offsets & a future for gas means there's no credible pathway to reach Net Zero targets. theconversation.com/sleight-of-han…