“Most children under 5 in Gaza are spending entire days without eating anything at all”

8 months on, Israel continues to starve kids to death because there’s still no deterrence to committing these war crimes!

Anthony Albanese End military trade & sanctions now! theguardian.com/world/article/…

BREAKING: The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has recommended that Australia adopt Australian Human Rights Act. The inquiry and community have spoken, now the Albanese Government must act and implement a Human Rights Act.
hrlc.org.au/news/2024/05/3…

'Cancelled more than 6,300 visas'.

Not visas to European au pairs though, who worked for his mates:

abc.net.au/news/2018-09-2…

Today the Modern Slavery Amendment Bill 2023 passed. We will soon have our first National Anti-Slavery Commissioner in Australia!

Let's hope they appoint a person of colour, a woman, someone with lived experience, rather than a 50+ year old white bloke who used to be a cop.

46% of brands distanced themselves from direct responsibility for the labour issues Business & Human Rights raised by highlighting that the incidents either occurred outside of their facilities or happened after the brand had ceased operations with the factories involved.
just-style.com/news/fashion-b…

Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

Yet more evidence of why nuclear isn't the answer!

A new report from CSIRO finds that nuclear energy would cost 3 times as much as renewables (including transmission and firming). Some thoughts... 🧵

theguardian.com/australia-news…

'The only democracy...'

A second portrait by Vincent Namatjira of Gina Rinehart has emerged which supporters of the mining billionaire want pulled from the walls of the National Gallery of Australia. Is it because she looks like Ricky Gervais in a bath tub?

An Environment Minister should prioritise the protection of our ecosystems. The Federal Court's ruling, allowing her to disregard environmental impacts of coal and gas emissions, undermines this duty.

WHAT ELSE IS THE POINT OF AN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER?!

abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1…

Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of #Australia remove her portrait - theguardian.com/business/artic… 'NGA rebuffs efforts by billionaire to take down painting by award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira' thus ensuring the #StreisandEffect kicks in....

Labor has bold ambitions for higher education, but the federal budget kicks many of the most important decisions down the road, writes Ben Eltham. crikey.com.au/2024/05/15/hig…

UK unions choosing the lesser of two evils ft.com/content/cd3422… via @ft

'Exxon sued Dutch shareholder group Follow This and US investment adviser Arjuna Capital to block a resolution they introduced demanding it do more to cut its GHG emissions.'

Does ExxonMobil realise how bad it looks to sue critical shareholders?

ft.com/content/4c33cd…

Great opp here to work with us on #bizhumanrights & #climate accountability. Spread the word! Surya Deva Tara Van Ho Shelley Marshall Jolyon Ford Martijn Boersma Fiona McGaughey

BREAKING: This is Rafah tonight.

While all eyes are on the Met Gala, Israel has unleashed its most barbaric bombing of Rafah, massacring trapped civilians in the middle of the night.

Don’t look away.

Looking forward to the debate at the University of Sydney NTEU meeting this week on calling on the university to cut institutional links with Israeli higher ed and the global armaments industry. Passing this motion would be a big step forward for Palestine solidarity in our union.

Embarrassed that my alma mater UvA Amsterdam is not allowing protests on campus.

Hundreds of protestors pitched tents and built barricades to demand the University of Amsterdam to sever ties with Israel.

Riot police has started bulldozing...

nu.nl/binnenland/631…

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.