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Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann #afternoonbriefing

"I urge the Prime Minister, and every one of the government ministers, to realign, to come back to the table and re-engage with Netanyahu, Netanyahu government. That's ultimately what we want." /2 2. "So we see that Netanyahu & his govt, & yes everybody has an opinion on the war that he's prosecuting over there in Gaza, but ultimately I think this is sort of a moment where we come & we say 'well, what can we do to support the Israelis in the sense of Iran is a bad actor.'"

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John Lyons #ABC
@SenatorWong take note.
"Look it's very grim there, & more & more there are testimonies coming out now, including in the Israeli media, of the dreadful situation there; +972 magazine which is a very credible Israeli publication has been writing about... /2 @SenatorWong 2. "... testimonies of six Israeli soldiers and what they've seen, and they give testimony of Israeli soldiers routinely executing Palestinian civilians, simply because they entered an area defined as a no go zone, and the testimonies paint a picture of a landscape littered.../3

🧵×11: Patricia Karvelas once again goes in to bat for Peter Dutton on #RNBreakfast.

Asks Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young: “is the vetting process good enough in your view”?

S H-Y: "Frankly I’ll take the head of ASIO’s advice over that of Mr Paterson or Mr Dutton any day.../2 2. "... it’s quite clear that there is a process and we should follow the security agency’s advice. But lets bring this back to what it’s about Patricia; Peter Dutton has been trying to look for every opportunity to whip up fear and division over refugees.../3

🧵of 11 re #GazaGenocide‌

Dr Amy Neilson, Australian Dr. just returned from Gaza, on #newsbreakfast:
"I have provided aid in these regions across the world under the auspices of international humanitarian law, of the rules of war, which allow you access to different regions.../2 2. "...and allow you to function while you're in those regions. In Gaza, what is happening right now is that Israel is violently failing to abide by the most basic rules of war, and what I saw and what I lived is a consequence of that. /3

#StudentProtests 8-part thread🧵

On #ABCnews: Dr. Elizabeth Strakosch, Melbourne Uni lecturer & spokesperson for Jewish Council of Australia:

"To be honest I feel quite proud of the students... I myself have gone to the encampment and been welcomed there.../2 2. "... others feel uncomfortable with it but my strong opinion is that that's a political discomfort, that that's not because there's any racism, these are peaceful encampments, they're being very clear that they won't tolerate any anti-semitism.../3

Thread:

David McBride's lawyer Mark Davis on #ABC:
"We were all shocked, the whole room was shocked actually...a good number were expecting a control order of some sort, no-one, no-one anticipated a sentence of this duration... /2 2. "... no harm was established on the McBride material...no harm came from David McBride, there was no personal gain for David McBride. all these sort of things that would normally aggravate a sentence weren't there in our view.../3

1/4: More vacuous LNP stunts today in #qt.

Angus Taylor yesterday wrote to the Speaker proposing a "definite matter of public importance" (MPI) be submitted to the house for discussion: 'This government driving Australia into a per capita recession.' " /2 2: During #qt 4 LNP members manage to get ejected. Towards the end, Angus Taylor confers with Peter Dutton before making a completely vexatious point of order - apparently in an attempt to be ejected so that he doesn't have to give the MPI speech.

Milton Dick rolls his eyes. /3

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Dan Andrews in response to Peta Credlin’s insistent questions and interruptions today (15/10/2020):

“You’ve all got a job to do, but let me tell you one thing my job does not involve, and it will never involve: having patently incorrect statements made to me where I ... 2/4 …simply cop it and move on to the next question. I’m not doing that. The stakes are too high when it comes to keeping people safe for me to simply be a bystander as facts are created and as history is re-written. I will not do that, not now, not ever....