The Trump AUKUS protests are coming. Govt secretly earmarks $200m for anti-US Protest Force to guard US and UK interests in oz. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social on @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOI scoop
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Australia’s New AUKUS Protest Police | The West Report
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January 7, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Amid rising concerns over Trump & AUKUS, a secretive new AFP 'rapid response' unit has been set up to crack down on protestors
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOIs "AUKUS Command"
#auspol
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@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOIs "AUKUS Command"
#auspol
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Revealed: Australia’s secret Anti-Protest Force for US Department of War - Michael West
Revealed: AFP and Defence Dept secretly set up US Department of War Protest Force as public concerns over AUKUS and Donald Trump rise
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January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
"We have reached the end of the politic year with #Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry…”
#Auspol
#yes2gamblingads
#socialmediabans #cut2science #cuts2publichealth
#defencecontractssecrecy
#repressionofprotests #genocideenabling #supremacismcondoning
#Auspol
#yes2gamblingads
#socialmediabans #cut2science #cuts2publichealth
#defencecontractssecrecy
#repressionofprotests #genocideenabling #supremacismcondoning
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"We have reached the end of the politic year with #Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry…”
#Auspol
#yes2gamblingads
#socialmediabans #cut2science #cuts2publichealth
#defencecontractssecrecy
#repressionofprotests #genocideenabling #supremacismcondoning
#Auspol
#yes2gamblingads
#socialmediabans #cut2science #cuts2publichealth
#defencecontractssecrecy
#repressionofprotests #genocideenabling #supremacismcondoning
🚨BREAKING: Activists have imprisoned DANGEROUS TERRORISTS Mandela, Gandhi, and Millicent Fawcett statues in Parliament Square.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
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"Change", my left foot.
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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
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October 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🔴 David Pocock is pulling focus to gambling reforms, while the Greens tackle protest crackdowns and mutual obligations.
Meanwhile the government is still consumed with events outside Australia's borders and the impact they are having within them.
Tune in live with @amyremeikis.bsky.social ⤵️
Meanwhile the government is still consumed with events outside Australia's borders and the impact they are having within them.
Tune in live with @amyremeikis.bsky.social ⤵️
Australia Institute Live: Independents try to bring gambling ad ban back to the forefront, international affairs still dominating. All the day's parliament events, live.
Independent senator David Pocock will try and bring back the government focus gambling reforms, while the Greens tackle protest crackdowns and mutual obligations. Meanwhile the government is still co...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Repression of Pro-Palestine Protests in Berlin -- Authorities had already revealed their intentions by banning the Nakba commemorations in 2022 & '23. Since Oct. '23, their response to Palestinian solidarity protests has been marked by harsh repression, including protest bans & aggressive policing.↕️
August 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Social media in Germany has become a focal point for policing and criminalizing pro-Palestinian and anti-colonial sentiment. The German government has intensified efforts to monitor and punish social media activity linked to Palestine solidarity.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=T4Sg... “Starmers lot are afraid of the public. They know the British public are coming for them at the next election. We vote Green in Norwich Norfolk UK…” #ukpol #PalestineActionBan #repressionofprotests #ukpolice #protests #arrests
What are the implications of the UK ban on Palestine Action? | Inside Story
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July 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=T4Sg... “Starmers lot are afraid of the public. They know the British public are coming for them at the next election. We vote Green in Norwich Norfolk UK…” #ukpol #PalestineActionBan #repressionofprotests #ukpolice #protests #arrests
"The protesters were calling on the university to disband its joint programs with Israeli universities, which have been a target of the global boycott, divestment & sanctions movement since 2004" #UniMelb #RepressionOfProtests #Israel #HumanRights #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Student union & Nat Tertiary Education Union called new rules “authoritarian” erroneously conflates staff & student discomfort with lack of safety. Human Rights Law Centre, Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International urged the university to rescind them
Student protesters face expulsion from University of Melbourne over pro-Palestine office occupation
Exclusive: Pro-Palestine activists who were part of a group who occupied the office of an academic intend to appeal decisions
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June 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The protesters were calling on the university to disband its joint programs with Israeli universities, which have been a target of the global boycott, divestment & sanctions movement since 2004" #UniMelb #RepressionOfProtests #Israel #HumanRights #Auspol
Muslim voters: rage is valid, but strategy matters. A Dutton-led government would not just ignore Palestine – it would likely criminalise the solidarity movement further, and ramp up surveillance and division here at home. #Auspol
Muslim voters: Don’t let rage cloud strategy
During our extended family gathering for dinner on Eid Day, Monday 31 March, hosted by my niece, Shakeeba Siddiqui, and her husband, Khalique Sajjad, in Edmondson Park, there was a robust discussion a...
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April 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
‘Youth Demand describes itself as “a youth-led nonviolent civil resistance campaign demanding the UK stops arming Israel & cancels all new oil & gas granted since 2021”’. #ukpol #RepressionOfProtests
#METpolice #arrests
#QuakerMeetingHouse
#METpolice #arrests
#QuakerMeetingHouse
"No one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory,” said Paul Parker, the recording clerk for Quakers in Britain. “This aggressive violation of our place of worship... clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest."
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Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk
At least 20 officers forced their way into property and police said some present were planning direct action in London
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March 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
‘Youth Demand describes itself as “a youth-led nonviolent civil resistance campaign demanding the UK stops arming Israel & cancels all new oil & gas granted since 2021”’. #ukpol #RepressionOfProtests
#METpolice #arrests
#QuakerMeetingHouse
#METpolice #arrests
#QuakerMeetingHouse
March 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Governments want you to feel powerless, but the tools for change are in our hands. Australia’s economy is failing to decarbonise. Burning trees to produce electricity is phoney environmentalism.” #AusPol #ALP #LNP #extinctionprofiteering #repressionofprotests
March 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Governments want you to feel powerless, but the tools for change are in our hands. Australia’s economy is failing to decarbonise. Burning trees to produce electricity is phoney environmentalism.” #AusPol #ALP #LNP #extinctionprofiteering #repressionofprotests
Not every police service in the developed world feels the need to kettle every demo and wade into the crowd with violence. It's a choice.
February 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Aside from the individual officer behaviour the issue here is the VicPols reaction to a demonstrator climbing a pole is *massive escalation* & a chemical weapon. Just leave him there, he'll get bored and come down! Or the demo will disperse and arrest him then! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Victoria police officer admits ‘unprofessional’ comments after pepper-spraying climate protesters
Court played body-worn camera footage of comments by Nicholas Bolzonello who has given evidence in the trial
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February 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On climate protest, a superb point from @richarddenniss.bsky.social. If protest wasn't effective, govts wouldn't try to ban it. And as much as politicians like to talk about parliamentary logjams, as soon as fossil capital is threatened, they mobilise with extraordinary rapidity and efficacy.
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Australia is increasingly criminalising peaceful protests while allowing corporate lobbying to thrive.
As @jack-thrower.bsky.social writes - Protesting fines are expensive; lobbying is cheap. #OffTheCharts
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As @jack-thrower.bsky.social writes - Protesting fines are expensive; lobbying is cheap. #OffTheCharts
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January 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
With reports that Britain is THREE TIMES more likely to arrest climate activists than other countries everyone should watch this film
The court’s decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s case is due in the coming weeks
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The court’s decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s case is due in the coming weeks
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Labour Government backs Tory power grab by appealing Liberty High court victory
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s not Liberal vs Labor or right vs left - it’s major party career politicians & their donors vs the rest of us #auspol
January 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Diversion from the genocide & war crimes being committed by Israel.””…it’s pure optics to appease the Zionist” #vicpol #auspol #repressionofprotests
December 18, 2024 at 10:54 AM
“Diversion from the genocide & war crimes being committed by Israel.””…it’s pure optics to appease the Zionist” #vicpol #auspol #repressionofprotests
This article comes in just as I’m reading Royce Kurmelovs’ account of how the SA gov put up anti-protest bill in about 12 hours following protests at an oil and gas conference in Adelaide.
“According to the study, more than 20 per cent of all climate and environment protests in Australia involve arrests, which is more than three times the global average (6.3 per cent).
Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
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Australia's arrest rate was the highest of 14 countries in the global study.”
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December 15, 2024 at 6:46 AM