‘I’m Outside DFAT as a Former Ambassador, a Dad and an Aussie Against Genocide.
Today I’m sitting on the ground outside the Department of Foreign Affairs and …
@bobjcarr 2/3
…. Trade (DFAT) in Canberra with my mouth gaffer-taped shut.
I was an Ambassador for Australia and worked in this building. As Australia’s National Focal Point for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), my job was to advocate against genocide, war …
@bobjcarr 3/3
… crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Today, I return not as a diplomat. But as a 57-year-old dad. And as an Australian who’s lived a life of safety and freedom under human rights protections denied to other peoples.’
@WhiteCorrela @MishGeek 1/n
Incorrect. This is mainly a #racist myth, with only a partially correct claim.
‘The Welcome to Country is a significant cultural practice rooted in the traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, reflecting …
@WhiteCorrela @MishGeek 2/n
… their deep connection to the land and their role as its custodians for over 60,000 years. Its history and evolution can be traced as follows:
Pre-Colonial Origins
- **Ancient Tradition**: The practice originates from protocols observed by …
@WhiteCorrela @MishGeek 3/n
… Indigenous Australian groups long before European colonization in 1788. When traveling across different tribal lands, Aboriginal groups would seek permission from local custodians to enter their territory, acknowledging the traditional owners and …
@CalebDean82 @realMaalouf 1/3
‘Islamophobia tries to erase any exercise of Muslim critical agency. So to define Islamophobia as a form #racism recognizes that fact. Racism violates, denigrates and humiliates. Racism ultimately erases those who are racially marked. Racism erases them …
@CalebDean82 @realMaalouf 2/3
…from the public sphere or subordinates them in some shape or form. Sometimes this erasure is total elimination like genocide the Holocaust, other times it’s apartheid like Jim Crow endorsed segregation. And in modern contexts the racially marked are …
@CalebDean82 @realMaalouf 3/3
… not considered proper citizens who are not part of the so called democratic project.’
‘Biological sex is complicated. Before you discriminate against someone on the basis of “biological sex” & identity, ask yourself: have you seen YOUR chromosomes? Do you know the genes of the people you love? The hormones of the people you work with? …
@jk_rowling 2/n
… The state of their cells?’
Open Ocean Exploration
@RebeccaRHelm, Twitter 5:45 PM - Thu 19 Dec 2019
Reposted at
* detailed physical examination by a qualified specialist?
* chromosomal tests?
hormonal tests?
* possible intersex conditions
* testosterone levels on a regular basis?
Absent test results, what right do you have to claim that you are a woman?
“We’re already seeing the initial impacts and they include a decline in the winter rainfall zone across southern Australia, which is clearly an impact of climate change, but also …
@rowandean 2/3
… a decrease in run-off. Although we’re getting say a 20 per cent decrease in rainfall in some areas of Australia, that’s translating to a 60 per cent decrease in the run-off into the dams and rivers. That’s because the soil is warmer because of global …
@rowandean 3/3
… and the plants are under more stress and therefore using more moisture. So even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems.”
Don’t you look foolish with your blatant dishonesty!
@abcnews Including genocide enabler Ziggy Marley? And the lie told by Ian Scobie about his fundraising for the IDF? Unchallenged on Radio Adelaide!
@abcnews 1/n
Unchallenged lie by Ian Scobie (WOMADelaide) about Ziggy Marley
Claim: "Ziggy Marley's never performed at any fundraiser for the Israeli defence force, as is claimed by the spurious campaign that's been mounted," Mr Scobie said. …
@abcnews 2/n
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Interview with Ian Scobie by Jo Laverty, 7 March 2024
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Evidence to the contrary:
There is ample evidence that Marley did appear in a benefit concert in November 2018. The concert raised US$60 million for the IDF. …abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0…