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Cumberland City Councillor admits to finding children’s book sexual!

And, there’s always Khartoum for more genocide!

All that and more on the latest NEWS WEAKLY, the world’s shortest news satire podcast!
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Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center cnn.com/2024/05/10/mid…

Saudi forces were ‘licensed to kill’ to evict villagers for NEOM - the futuristic, eco-city - an ex-intelligence officer told us.

We spoke to former execs who called it a climate disaster and a UK company who pulled out of a £100m contract in The Line.

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Join Sami Shah and Khalid Amiri for another News Bites discussion on practising journalism during conflict and crisis.

BYO lunch and we’ll provide the brain food!

With most AI camera sites located in low income areas & these clocking up the majority of mobile phone & seatbelt fines, questions are being raised around how camera locations are chosen. Sam Irvine investigates. With Right Now Magazine thecitizen.org.au/articles/in-th…

Despite everything that we have been able to see, we will not be able to fathom the full extent of the devastation and cruelty wreaked on Palestinians, by the Israelis & Americans, until much later.

The state government is threatening to pull funding from some Western Sydney libraries following a council vote to remove same-sex parenting books from shelves.ab.co/4buzAOT

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Netanyahu hoped Hamas would reject Israel's offer. When it didn't, he turned to sabotage / Yossi Verter haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

The only news podcast that references the Gem of Cyttorak and Pauline Hanson in the same sentence!

The only news podcast that references the Gem of Cyttorak and Pauline Hanson in the same sentence!

Episode 113 of News Weakly is out! The top stories:

Albanese PrimeMinister-splains to women!

And, the defamation in Pauline Hanson’s nation!

All that and more, on News Weakly!

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Documentary out today on the BBC. We spent time in the West Bank, where violence has been escalating…

And found evidence of potential breaches of international law by the Israel military — including the death of an 8 year-old boy.

Watch here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Many police, a far-right agitator & a face-off across a moat: James Costa reports. University of Melbourne #Gaza #protests Copublished by Crikey
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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is one of the most famous banned books of them all and is the subject of the latest in #BannedBooks on The Book Show ABC Radio National. Why have so many people been injured and died in connection to this book? abc.net.au/listen/program…

Thanks so much to Sami Shah and saliltripathi (वो बनाये परिवार, हमें पसंद रविवार) for their contribution to this episode.

Multicultural NSW Award 2024 #NSWPLA shortlist: André Dao, Lamisse Hamouda, Sandhya Parappukkaran & Michelle Pereira, Παναγιώτης Πολιτης, Omar Sakr, sara m. saleh | سارة صالح.

See judges’ comments: sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/multicu…

Protests and counter-protests are continuing at
University of Melbourne today, with CAJ student journalists on the scene.
To find out more read the repost or listen to the special report by The Yarn: omny.fm/shows/the-yarn…

A week after the first tents were pegged into the lawn at the heart of the University of Melbourne Parkville campus, the #Gaza encampment has grown to about 80 tents and rallies are gaining numbers. James Costa James Costa reports. thecitizen.org.au/articles/day-7…