jackhsmit.bsky.social
@jackhsmit.bsky.social
• Retired from a sometimes fierce 🇦🇺 West Australian Human Rights Watchdog. Dutch migrant with Aussie views, built on my European internationalist origins. Avowed leftie Social Democrat. Born 312.2ppm
website: https://www.safecom.org.au/m-socsc-thesis.htm
website: https://www.safecom.org.au/m-socsc-thesis.htm
Pinned
The Song Be 12 arrived in Darwin during Malcolm Fraser's 1977 election campaign. Fraser's Immigration Minister Michael MacKellar asked his Dept to write the first "asylum boat punishment" paper - the basis for criminalisation of crew & skippers. But Migration Agent Marion Le married one of the crew!
Mary Kostakidis:
"The action was launched to bully me into genuflection – to silence political expression and to chill speech by creating a legal precedent and fear of being targeted with bankrupting law-fare..."
#zionism #lawfare #antisemitism #freepress #aspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The action was launched to bully me into genuflection – to silence political expression and to chill speech by creating a legal precedent and fear of being targeted with bankrupting law-fare..."
#zionism #lawfare #antisemitism #freepress #aspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Rule 1: Don’t be intimidated. Rule 2: Don’t forget Rule 1 - The Shot
Over 2 years ago, in July 2024, in the midst of Israel’s genocidal assault on a captive people, a self-described...
theshot.net.au
September 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Mary Kostakidis:
"The action was launched to bully me into genuflection – to silence political expression and to chill speech by creating a legal precedent and fear of being targeted with bankrupting law-fare..."
#zionism #lawfare #antisemitism #freepress #aspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"The action was launched to bully me into genuflection – to silence political expression and to chill speech by creating a legal precedent and fear of being targeted with bankrupting law-fare..."
#zionism #lawfare #antisemitism #freepress #aspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Below - a Must Read! #auspol
While we remember the great sadness & suffering of 9/11, brace yourself against the use of the anniversary to manufacture consent for genocide. As Israel trashes its reputation through crimes against humanity, the Islamophobia network has cranked up.
#Auspol
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
#Auspol
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
Don’t let the wave of 9/11 articles help manufacture consent for genocide
The media in all its forms has been the loudhailer that helped Netanyahu’s 1980s Jonathan Institute project become networked propaganda for neocolonial activity in the Middle East.
lucyham29.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Below - a Must Read! #auspol
Lucy Hamilton's essay-display of the vast network of #conservatives, #neocons, and right-wing 'evangelists' at work to manipulate your opinions: #auspol #Atlas_Network #nine-eleven_9/11
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
Don’t let the wave of 9/11 articles help manufacture consent for genocide
The media in all its forms has been the loudhailer that helped Netanyahu’s 1980s Jonathan Institute project become networked propaganda for neocolonial activity in the Middle East.
lucyham29.substack.com
September 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Lucy Hamilton's essay-display of the vast network of #conservatives, #neocons, and right-wing 'evangelists' at work to manipulate your opinions: #auspol #Atlas_Network #nine-eleven_9/11
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
BELOW ↓ ↓ ↓ Please note: the operatives beyond #UKReform...
James Orr has stood down over Reform corruption claims. That’s the Thiel-linked operative running an “intellectual” RW radicalisation hub promoting “Race” “Science” and fashy bigotries at Cambridge University.
Atlas Network junktank operator giving “posh cred” to the far right party of grifters.
Atlas Network junktank operator giving “posh cred” to the far right party of grifters.
Populist politicians are nearly always crooks.
That so many voters haven’t noticed this astounds me.
That so many voters haven’t noticed this astounds me.
September 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
BELOW ↓ ↓ ↓ Please note: the operatives beyond #UKReform...
“The modern Labor party never recovered from the Tampa election. The lesson it learnt was that electoral success is made from cruelty.”
OPEN ARTICLE: archive.md/2XksU
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
OPEN ARTICLE: archive.md/2XksU
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
September 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“The modern Labor party never recovered from the Tampa election. The lesson it learnt was that electoral success is made from cruelty.”
OPEN ARTICLE: archive.md/2XksU
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
OPEN ARTICLE: archive.md/2XksU
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
The March of The #Killer_Machines is WELL UNDERWAY - with 'the most advanced common usage' practised by the #IDF. #auspol
Autonomous Weapons and Killer Robots: New Warnings, Old Habits theaimn.net/autonomous-w...
Autonomous Weapons and Killer Robots: New Warnings, Old Habits
Another bleak warning, another round of Cassandra calls about humanity’s immaculate sense of destructive self. This month, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the head of the International C...
theaimn.net
September 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The March of The #Killer_Machines is WELL UNDERWAY - with 'the most advanced common usage' practised by the #IDF. #auspol
“It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. Yet it remains possible, following a temporary “overshoot”, that countries can limit warming to 1.5C by the end of the century. This will require...” #auspol #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. But ‘net-negative’ emissions are still possible | Wesley Morgan for the Conversation
Climate change is the greatest threat to the Pacific, with fuel shortages and missile tests also on the agenda as Anthony Albanese heads to Palau
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:39 PM
“It is now almost certain the world will warm past 1.5C. Yet it remains possible, following a temporary “overshoot”, that countries can limit warming to 1.5C by the end of the century. This will require...” #auspol #climate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Josh Bernstein: “As objects of hostility or prejudice the #Jewish people and #Israel are in every material respect different things; hostility or prejudice towards Israel cannot be equated to hostility or prejudice towards the Jewish people.” #auspol #BondiRC
www.abc.net.au/religion/jos...
www.abc.net.au/religion/jos...
The antisemitism royal commission made two big mistakes — will these compromise their findings? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Australian society has been riven by a combustible debate about antisemitism, criticism of Israel and the boundaries of free speech. The royal commission could have provided the intellectual and moral...
www.abc.net.au
August 31, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Josh Bernstein: “As objects of hostility or prejudice the #Jewish people and #Israel are in every material respect different things; hostility or prejudice towards Israel cannot be equated to hostility or prejudice towards the Jewish people.” #auspol #BondiRC
www.abc.net.au/religion/jos...
www.abc.net.au/religion/jos...
Thank you again, @amyremeikis.bsky.social !
Check Brand (Beazley's seat!), then Gary Gray, ALP Pres & "Woodside Star". Then to Gary's Snr staffer Catherine King (Resources Minister!!!). Brand overlaps Secret Harbour --> WA's Cook parachuted his "Dream cand" Georgia Tree (Woodside staff!). #auspol
Check Brand (Beazley's seat!), then Gary Gray, ALP Pres & "Woodside Star". Then to Gary's Snr staffer Catherine King (Resources Minister!!!). Brand overlaps Secret Harbour --> WA's Cook parachuted his "Dream cand" Georgia Tree (Woodside staff!). #auspol
“The statue of Curtin and Chifley encapsulates everything about that era, and it is so life-like that it often prompts double takes from passers-by” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
August 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Thank you again, @amyremeikis.bsky.social !
Check Brand (Beazley's seat!), then Gary Gray, ALP Pres & "Woodside Star". Then to Gary's Snr staffer Catherine King (Resources Minister!!!). Brand overlaps Secret Harbour --> WA's Cook parachuted his "Dream cand" Georgia Tree (Woodside staff!). #auspol
Check Brand (Beazley's seat!), then Gary Gray, ALP Pres & "Woodside Star". Then to Gary's Snr staffer Catherine King (Resources Minister!!!). Brand overlaps Secret Harbour --> WA's Cook parachuted his "Dream cand" Georgia Tree (Woodside staff!). #auspol
BELOW ↓ ↓ ↓ Lucy Hamilton's 'Major Opus' at work, with a hugely important thread🧵 of 'deleted bits' from her published article... #auspol #Atlas #FarRight #Liberals #Extremists
Now you have some weekend time, I hope you’ll read this at @theshot.net.au
I’ve included deleted scenes in the thread! All that bonus material at no cost. 😉
#Auspol
I’ve included deleted scenes in the thread! All that bonus material at no cost. 😉
#Auspol
🧵The wealthy and their strategists at rightwing media orgs and junktanks inflict DARVO on us. If we discuss inequality, we’re accused of perpetrating class war. In fact, neoliberalism is almost a century of class war against “the tyranny of democracy” 🙄
#Auspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
#Auspol
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
August 29, 2026 at 10:11 PM
BELOW ↓ ↓ ↓ Lucy Hamilton's 'Major Opus' at work, with a hugely important thread🧵 of 'deleted bits' from her published article... #auspol #Atlas #FarRight #Liberals #Extremists
Ummm... some stuff about #Dolly_Parton and #MAGA
August 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Ummm... some stuff about #Dolly_Parton and #MAGA
#Anthony_Albanese, the Australian leader with that immature and tiny mind, always seducing himself into thinking that the verb 'to compromise' is synonymous with 'to undermine'. #auspol #datacentres #AI #techbros
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
August 28, 2026 at 8:56 PM
#Anthony_Albanese, the Australian leader with that immature and tiny mind, always seducing himself into thinking that the verb 'to compromise' is synonymous with 'to undermine'. #auspol #datacentres #AI #techbros
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Below: ↓ ↓ ↓ These #Dolly_Parton reflections from #Amy_Remeikis are gems. One amazing tribute to her humility and character. #auspol
"Famously, fiercely non-political, Dolly Parton could teach our politicians a thing or two" @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Famously, fiercely non-political, Dolly Parton could teach our politicians a thing or two
Parton was famously not-political. It’s how she managed to be so political. She refused to become bogged down in terms or fights over identity politics, while she quietly got on with the work of makin...
thepoint.com.au
August 27, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Below: ↓ ↓ ↓ These #Dolly_Parton reflections from #Amy_Remeikis are gems. One amazing tribute to her humility and character. #auspol
Good morning world. Here's a snippet of my ZOMBIE NEWS™ for ya. Enjoy! #datacentres #zombienews #auspol
August 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Good morning world. Here's a snippet of my ZOMBIE NEWS™ for ya. Enjoy! #datacentres #zombienews #auspol
August 26, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Our celebrated friend, ally and author #Richard #Flanagan's speech at The #Festival of #Dangerous #Ideas is an AMAZING voice for Truth and Justice and Openness when talking about the Israeli #Genocide in #Gaza and beyond. PLEASE WATCH and LISTEN IN FULL!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XlJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XlJ...
Richard Flanagan - Heresies (2026)
YouTube video by Festival of Dangerous Ideas
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Our celebrated friend, ally and author #Richard #Flanagan's speech at The #Festival of #Dangerous #Ideas is an AMAZING voice for Truth and Justice and Openness when talking about the Israeli #Genocide in #Gaza and beyond. PLEASE WATCH and LISTEN IN FULL!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XlJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XlJ...
Karen Middleton on The BIG, BIG, BIG issue of #Datacentres in #auspol.
“Just ahead of #ALP #Conf Albanese moved to take control of debate, defining and defending the combined pro-innovation, pro-data-centres and pro-regulation policy his government is pursuing.”
insidestory.org.au/we-are-walki...
“Just ahead of #ALP #Conf Albanese moved to take control of debate, defining and defending the combined pro-innovation, pro-data-centres and pro-regulation policy his government is pursuing.”
insidestory.org.au/we-are-walki...
Labor and AI: “We are walking and chewing gum at the same time.” • Karen Middleton
The federal government believes Australia can tap into the benefits of AI while coping with the pitfalls
insidestory.org.au
August 25, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Karen Middleton on The BIG, BIG, BIG issue of #Datacentres in #auspol.
“Just ahead of #ALP #Conf Albanese moved to take control of debate, defining and defending the combined pro-innovation, pro-data-centres and pro-regulation policy his government is pursuing.”
insidestory.org.au/we-are-walki...
“Just ahead of #ALP #Conf Albanese moved to take control of debate, defining and defending the combined pro-innovation, pro-data-centres and pro-regulation policy his government is pursuing.”
insidestory.org.au/we-are-walki...
Human v Algorithm. NDIS wrecking ball misses target
Claudia Weisenberger reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/human-v-algorithm-ndis-wrecking-ball-misses-target/
Claudia Weisenberger reports.
Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/human-v-algorithm-ndis-wrecking-ball-misses-target/
August 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
From the #US #POTUS world of HUCKSTERS, GRIFTERS and LAWLESS BULLIES --- "The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior #ICC officials."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With ICC sanctions, Trump wants to make the world safe for war criminals | Kenneth Roth
The US is engaged in a lawless quest to protect American and Israeli officials
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2026 at 10:40 PM
From the #US #POTUS world of HUCKSTERS, GRIFTERS and LAWLESS BULLIES --- "The Trump administration has taken another step in its crusade against the international criminal court by imposing sanctions on two more senior #ICC officials."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Below ↓ ↓ ↓ My 'post-it note' for subscribers - here's 'Alt-media' doing the work journalists no longer are interested in doing. #auspol #ABC
This afternoon, the ABC announced it's delaying its latest restructure.
This follows Lamestream reporting the ABC had made the Head of Indigenous TV redundant and intended to axe Indigenous as its own TV department, with development and oversight of shows.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ab...
This follows Lamestream reporting the ABC had made the Head of Indigenous TV redundant and intended to axe Indigenous as its own TV department, with development and oversight of shows.
www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-ab...
EXCLUSIVE: ABC delays axing Indigenous TV department, after Lamestream report
The move comes following an outcry within the ABC, and among the entertainment industry more generally.
www.lamestream.com.au
August 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Fabulous that Fiona #Katauskas has found a new home at #Crikey now! With this cartoon, there's no doubt she's NOT amongst the cartoonists who 'protect vested interests'. Thank You Fiona! #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/z...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/z...
Bibi Netanyahu has the answer to your prayers
Got yourself into a pesky situation, like killing aid workers in Gaza? No fear, Bibi has the solution.
www.crikey.com.au
August 21, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Fabulous that Fiona #Katauskas has found a new home at #Crikey now! With this cartoon, there's no doubt she's NOT amongst the cartoonists who 'protect vested interests'. Thank You Fiona! #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/z...
www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/z...
Well - at least, in this #WA_Parliament, Roger Cook the Premier and #WALabor have not (yet, visibly) dirtied the nest with #pro-Zionist infiltration of views on reality. #WAPol #auspol #FreePalestine
Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was suspended from Parliament over his conduct during a debate about essential services for vulnerable people. Instead of focusing on the debate, he used his time to label a WA Parliamentary Friends of Palestine event as “antisemitic”.
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August 21, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Well - at least, in this #WA_Parliament, Roger Cook the Premier and #WALabor have not (yet, visibly) dirtied the nest with #pro-Zionist infiltration of views on reality. #WAPol #auspol #FreePalestine
Below ↓ ↓ ↓ BEWARE! This is my first-ever encounter with the BUILT #HISTORICAL_BIAS of the 'famous' Internet Archive of Everything, the #WayBack_Machine.
🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine.
JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.
JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.
August 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Below ↓ ↓ ↓ BEWARE! This is my first-ever encounter with the BUILT #HISTORICAL_BIAS of the 'famous' Internet Archive of Everything, the #WayBack_Machine.