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Two Australian Jewish MPs from rival political parties are working together on Jewish issues on a bipartisan basis. Read about how Josh Burns (Labor) and David Southwick (Liberal) are working together in a difficult time.

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Bruce Hill

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5 years

This is a brilliant price of journalism. Andy Ngo has used classic techniques of solid, shoe-leather journalism to lay bare aspects of an hysterical witch hunt atmosphere. I’d nominate this for a Pulitzer. This is the kind of reporting we need more of nowadays.

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

5 years

Are LGBT people being beaten nearly to death & even killed on the streets of Portland in unprovoked attacks? Or are we actually being hoaxed? I dig into the story behind Portland’s latest moral panic blaming Trump supporters for a rash of hate crimes:

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4 years

Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Czech Republic have decided to open borders between each other. Now’s your chance! @EduardHabsburg

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Bruce Hill

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3 months

Well, the Jewish News in Australia has had its Instagram feed disabled. “Fraud and deception” is what we were “reported” for. Take a wild shot in the dark as to where this comes from. Our Facebook page is still up but. Lots of Australian Jews being doxxed individually right now.

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@EduardHabsburg

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Bruce Hill

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1 year

Leonora Qereqeretabua is a VERY impressive leader. I think she has a bright future.

Lenora Qereqeretabua

@lenoraqfj

1 year

Let’s get to work! 🤝🏾🇫🇯

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Polish General Staff: “Tanks? Um … they were here just a moment ago. Not sure what happened to them to be honest. Maybe they’re migrating east for the spring”.

Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

2 years

The Poles say a sudden arrival of large numbers of T-72s to the Donbas operated by the Ukrainian Army can’t be linked to the disappearance of the Polish 100 tanks from in Lublin. They say T-72s can be bought in any army surplus store, just like the weapons used in Crimea in 2014

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

Because Fiji is a military dictatorship thinly disguised as a democracy?

National Federation Party

@nfpfiji

3 years

Why are MPs being rounded up just as curfew begins? Why are MPs being taken in for questioning for commenting on a bill that has been tabled in Parliament?!

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Bruce Hill

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3 years

Fiji Women's Rugby 7's Player’s Fan Support I’ll be honest here, I’m supporting this largely because Frank Bainimarama is trying to stop it. It embarrasses his government which hasn’t supported women’s rugby the way it has men’s.

Fiji Women's Rugby 7's Player’s Fan Support, organized by Sevu Waqa

Bula! This Go-Fund Me page is for our Fiji womens 7's rugby team Through she… Sevu Waqa needs your support for Fiji Women's Rugby 7's Player’s Fan Support

www.gofundme.com

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

The man who led a military coup against the elected Fiji government has issued a statement which I think we can all agree necessitates everyone purchasing a new irony meter.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 years

You know what? Police Commissioner Qiliho is right. the Fiji Sun IS an essential service. Where else are Lautoka residents going to get a reliable daily supply of toilet paper?

Richard Naidu

@RichardKNaidu

4 years

Let’s unite behind the government, they tell us. Don’t be political, they tell us. Not a time for pettiness, they tell us. At a time when people need trusted sources of information, @fijitimes vans are being stopped at the Lautoka “border”. Fiji Sun vans go straight through.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

@corybernardi Assessment: a deadly physical threat exists. Produces weapon. Discharges weapon repeatedly into centre of body mass. Determines threat source is neutralised. Secures the perps weapon. Maintains lock on target. Rolls perp over preparatory to handcuffing. Training meets experience.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

Fiji is not a nation of laws. It is ruled by two men who can do anything they want and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Ben Daveta

@bendaveta

5 years

The behaviour of our Prime Minister, (yes I said 'our') in assaulting a Member of Parliament is equivalent to an assault on the people, voters, sanctity of Parliament and our democracy. This is not the first time but this is what THE PEOPLE voted. #FijiPol

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2 years

He died in lonely and undeserved exile from the country he was born in and which he loved wholeheartedly and worked so hard and for so long to help. One day the scoundrels and thugs in power will be gone. On that day, Brij Lal will rest in the place he deserves to. Home.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

Fiji is a dictatorship. It’s run by two men backed up by military force. It has the external trappings of democracy but none of the reality. An opposition party leader has been taken in by police for opposing proposed legislation. Soviet commissars would approve. Outrageous!

Lenora Qereqeretabua

@lenoraqfj

3 years

@radionz @fijitimes @barbaradreaver @BruceHillMelb @kelvinfiji

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

No, the Australian GG has nothing to do with security arrangements, that’s entirely up to the Fiji government. Certainly I’e never heard of such clumsy and heavy handed arrangements here in Australia. Okay, maybe for the Queen.

Sadhana Sen

@sadhana_sen1

2 years

#Schoolstudents in #Suva Fiji walk home while parents line up City roads to reach them after school. Vinaka @dfat vuvale...this ain't clever planning @FijianGovt @Rfmf_Media ! Does the #Australian #GovernorGeneral really expect such treatment at the expense of childrens safety?

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 months

The “Zionist hate crime” that never was. Does the Jewish community now get an apology from those protesters who invaded Princes Park in Caulfield and forced a synagogue service to be evacuated because they held Jews responsible for this?

MPs speak out after police say Burgertory fire not a hate crime, two men charged

The state and federal MPs representing the area slammed those who blamed the firebombing of the Caulfield restaurant on Jewish people.

www.theage.com.au

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

Happy Liberation Day to the Falkland Iskands. The Union flag flies over Port Stanley forever!

Falkland Islands

@falklands_utd

5 years

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1 month

@MarkDiStef She gave him a warning. That’s more than a lot of people would have under the circumstances.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

This utter bullshit is happening in a Pacific nation Australia and New Zealand have been trying to help. Really not seeing any positive effects of that so far. Why are we helping prop up what is clearly still the same military dictatorship it’s been since 2006?

National Federation Party

@nfpfiji

3 years

#BREAKING : A number of MPs are being taken in for questioning supposedly with regards to their statements on #Bill17 . Officers were at NFP leader @bimanprasad ’s home at 6pm this afternoon to take him for questioning.

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3 years

@AlexofBrown @lesserof2weevls I realise this falls squarely into the category of “things that never happened“. It’s still fun though.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

Farmers are tough and resilient, but there’s a limit. This is what happens when the laptop class runs a country.

Gareth Wyn Jones

@1GarethWynJones

2 years

Just read this message and make your own mind up. It’s reality

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 months

Macnamara MP Josh Burns is a decent, hard working parliamentarian who represents his constituents well and is well thought of in the community regardless of political affiliation. But he’s Jewish, so…..

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

6 years

After 19 years serving Pacific audiences for the ABC, I have decided that it’s time for a new chapter and will be leaving. Anyone interested in hiring a good communicator with 25 years experience in the Pacific, let me know and I'll send you my CV.

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3 years

@Baddiel I’m sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of Britain’s sheer awesomeness!

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@BruceHillMelb

3 months

@TheLazyGin As opposed to beheading babies, putting them in ovens, raping women, murdering entire families and killing and kidnapping young people at a music festival? Your boos mean nothing to me. I’ve seen what makes you cheer.

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@BruceHillMelb

4 years

This sounds like a particularly good idea. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK would make a powerful economic, trade and military bloc. Have something like the Aust-NZ mutual right to live and work extended to Canada and UK and you’ve got yourself a deal!

CANZUK International

@CANZUK

4 years

#UK Member of Parliament, @AndrewRosindell , advocates for "creating new CANZUK alliance" - introducing migration and trade arrangements with #Canada , #Australia & #NewZealand . #CANZUK #cdnpoli #auspol #nzpol #ukpolitics #brexit

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4 months

The Melbourne Jewish Community Centre in Caulfield this morning. Nowhere is safe. Also, there’s three stripes in the PLO flag not two, numbnuts.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

@MacaesBruno @khuswand91 Israel isn’t supporting Russia. You can’t just make stuff up like that.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@j_d_duncan @bedspolice The combustible nature of water turns out to be somewhat questionable. Also, Jenny’s reliability as a henchperson.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

The vice chancellor of the University of the South Pacific has been detained and deported to Australia by the Fiji “Government”. An appalling act of bastardry against a man who has been trying to root out corruption and political interference.

The USP Students’ Association

@USPSA_

3 years

This message was sent by VCP this afternoon after landing at Brisbane Australia: While I sit here on the plane I would like to share my thoughts from last night At around 11-1130pm while sleeping, I heard a women calling out Pals name inside our locked backyard. The back gate-

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@lion_4_zion I think I know the one you mean. Wish I had never heard of it.

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@GurdeepPandher If it didn’t have retractable metal claws, mutton chop sideburns an an aching sense of regret then it wasn’t a Wolverine. Still Canadian but!

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@BruceHillMelb

4 years

Elephantiasis in the legs and a thousand-yard stare like he did three tours in ‘Nam and now takes LSD to cope with the flashbacks. That’s a novel way to commemorate Fiji at 50.

Moira Vilsoni-Raduva

@mvilsoni_fj

4 years

this gotta be the most hilarious looking thing to commemorate a nation's 50th anniversary! It looks like it's constipated 🤦‍♀️

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

7 months

And the Army has exactly what right to be consulted on government policy?

fijivillage

@fijivillage

7 months

RFMF concerned with non-consultative approach taken by the Govt in its decision to disapprove the UN resolution on Gaza - Major General Kalouniwai We call on Govt to reevaluate its decision - Commander #FijiNews 📰 #TeamFiji 🇫🇯 #RFMF via @fijivillage

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Bruce Hill

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1 year

Well he’d know about political witch-hunts, he organised more than enough of them in his time in office. Remember, this is the man who used FICAC to target innocent people like Imrana Jalal.

Nick Sas

@Sasbites

1 year

The ABC's Fiji reporter @LiceMovono on the scene in Suva, questioning former attorney general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum after he was granted bail and released from custody today. He was charged with one count of abuse of office. He labelled the charges "a political witch-hunt".

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3 years

@Irishchutzpah @eddiemarsan All I did was retweet that report on Irish anti semitism and say my own experience living there made me believe it and I’ve been blocking what seems like half the population of Dublin ever since. Such charming folk, such an expressive turn of phrase. I know you know what I mean.

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3 years

@Thani75 No doubt she reads the Bible in English just like what Jesus did.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

Using “Jyoti Pratibha” and “understand” in the same sentence is a grammatical error I would have thought was beneath you, m’learned colleague.

Richard Naidu

@RichardKNaidu

5 years

Hey Jyoti - you do understand, right, that Rohit’s “analysis” was just him saying what Aiyaz said? 🤣 #PyongyangSchoolOfJournalism #FijiBudget

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

8 months

@mishtal What time is it? Israel double standard time.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

“ Hearts full of youth, hearts full of truth, six parts gin to one part vermouth”. About to graduate. Again. With a Masters this time. Gizz a job, I can do that.

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@BruceHillMelb

3 years

And yet he’s withholding Fiji’s financial support for the USP because he doesn’t like the Vice Chancellor.

Johnny Blades

@J_Blades_

3 years

Fiji PM, Frank Bainimarama, who is now the chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum, spoke in parliament this week of the importance of regionalism in the Pacific.

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3 years

@ZaidZamanHamid Don’t tell me, let me guess. Zionists stole your brain?

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

6 years

Appalling decision! There should be an inquiry as to whether the referee's decision was consistent with the rues of rugby.

Richard Ewart

@richarde59

6 years

Robbed? We’ll never know! Why did the ref refuse to go to video review? Just a disgrace! @tongaNRL you did your nation & the Pacific proud. @RLWC2017 organisers you should be ashamed, but you got what you wanted!

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

More than 850 arrests at anti war protests in 44 cities across Russia so far. Those are some crazy brave people.

Ragıp Soylu

@ragipsoylu

2 years

Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow

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Bruce Hill

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6 months

@SarcasticMarx @goodfriendraf I’m sorry, was there some sort of point buried in there somewhere? Are we supposed to guess what it is?

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@BruceHillMelb

4 years

@ASIOGovAu My wi-fi network is named “ASIO Signals Monitoring Van P3K-675”. But you probably already know that.

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@BruceHillMelb

5 years

For all my Fiji friends who have seen “that video”. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”. Ministry of Truth, 1984.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@ConoursEU Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. The Union of Kalmar is reborn!

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

Fiji PM assaults opppsition MP, Speaker dies nothing. Hey, let’s get the Police Commissioner on the case. He’s done such a great job finding out who tried to burn down Judge Gordon Ward’s house. Or is this just an example of democracy with Fijian characteristics?

Pio Tikoduadua

@piotikoduaduafj

5 years

Today I gave a statement outside of Parliament about the Prime Minister assaulting me. The statement will be released shortly on the @FijiNfp website.

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Bruce Hill

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5 months

@MerruX @manniefabian No, it’s a way for Hamas to get close to IDF soldiers by pretending to be civilians and then opening fire at close range.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

One day I’ll play you a tape of what Qiliho called me when I tried to ask him some questions. We couldn’t play it on the radio, that’s for damn sure!

Kelvin Anthony

@kelvinfiji

3 years

Thank you for doing your job, Stella. I just hope someone ‘from the top’ doesn’t make a phone call to the ‘higher-ups’ at FijiTV to tell Stella to take down this tweet or she’ll need to clean up her desk. #Fiji

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

Fiji Sun uses a fake Facebook comment, was told it was fake by the actual person, print the fake story anyway. The Fiji Sun is not a newspaper.

Richard Naidu

@RichardKNaidu

5 years

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

Ugandan Jews are Jews. Period.

Hen Mazzig

@HenMazzig

3 years

Israel was built to be a sanctuary for Jews fleeing persecution. The denial of Ugandan Jews that haven is despicable. They deserve to be welcomed into Israel immediately. Bring 👏 them 👏 home 👏

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4 years

Rain? In Suva? Chance in a million!

PaulWelsh MBE 🇺🇦

@PaulWelsh_UK

4 years

So apparently it rains in Suva! The kids are loving it #Suva #Fiji

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Bruce Hill

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4 months

Has anyone, anywhere, heard a crowd of racists chant "Where's the Jews"? This is industrial scale gaslighting.

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@BBCarlill

4 months

Gas the Jews or Where’s the Jews? It’s possible to hear both. I recall the the gold or blue dress from a few years ago. What matters is the rally was designed to intimidate Jews (and the NSW Police). It included f..k the Jews. It was antisemitic.

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Bruce Hill

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7 months

At this point, satire has simply become straight reportage.

The Babylon Bee

@TheBabylonBee

7 months

'I Wouldn't Have Gone Along With The Nazis In 1939,' Says College Student At 'Kill The Jews' Rally

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3 years

Journalism is about interviewing people, and then publishing things they actually said. It’s not really that difficult to remember. But the Fiji Sun manages to screw up even these simple tasks. It really ought to be filed under fiction.

Kelvin Anthony

@kelvinfiji

3 years

Post floating on social media. Fiji Rugby high performance boss calling out Fiji Sun for its journalism. I don’t know if it’s true (yet), but it’s 100% possible.

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2 years

Dinner. Roast chicken. Stuffing. Potatoes roasted in duck fat. Cranberry sauce. Carrots Vichy. Delicious, but…So. Many. Leftovers!

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@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@TheMossadIL I have no idea how these things keep happening. I guess they’re just unlucky. #Sad

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3 years

Journalists in Australia and NZ, you should be doing stories about the extraordinary scenes outside Samoa’s locked Parliament today. The judiciary is confronting the denial of their authority. This is a major Pacific turning point. @StefArmbruster @taliaualiitia @DonalWisey

lagipoiva

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This is the Chief Justice in red, with the Police Commissioner and the whole Judiciary returning to the Court House after being locked out. The orders of the Supreme Court to convene Parliament today were ignored.

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@robertdee @elijahwood Friday night when it’s chucking out time at the pubs is when you can see where Tolkien got his inspiration for the Orcs.

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@readingroxie99 According to Hamas. Who have plenty of practice with murdering babies.

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@SteveBettis1 @thehistoryguy "I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice, but I cannot possibly do both."

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@kelvinfiji Press conferences without the press asking questions? The Fiji government is always innovating when it comes to being unaccountable.

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@BruceHillMelb

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@elderofziyon @POTerritory @JewishCurrents @jbbrager “Israel” in hieroglyphs from the Mernepatah stele (circa 1208 BCE). Clearly the work of time travelling Zionists!

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@BruceHillMelb

4 years

@angry_kpra Yes, I think so. In New Zealand, Indo-Fijians have seperate organisations from the Indian community, although they coooerate a lot. They are regarded as part of the Pacific Island community.

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Bruce Hill

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2 years

This lone Russian woman was standing on Prince’s Bridge in central Melbourne just now. I passed her on my way home from work.Many people came up and spoke sympathetically to her. It was pretty sad to see her doing this really, but as she said, what else can she do?

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@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@KonstantinKisin We can destroy the Russian military with the awesome power of our new personal pronouns!

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@BruceHillMelb

7 months

@piotikoduaduafj @nfpfiji @UN By calling for a ceasefire, you are effectively calling for Israel to abandon its right of self defence, as Hamas have never shown any interest in the laws of war. And I note the resolution ignore the Jews held hostage. You may talk amongst yourselves. We will take action.

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@BruceHillMelb

3 years

This is why you need a decent comms team. And a comms plan! So many problems can be avoided just by providing information in a timely manner.

Kelvin Anthony

@kelvinfiji

3 years

It's almost COB and still no updates from health/govt officials. Hundreds of people lining up in front of supermarkets, panic buying, spreading the virus, unwittingly(not their fault), that's already widespread in the community. Govt needs to front the nation soon. #Covid19Fiji

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@KenRoth Yup, there’s a “but” in that sentence which ostensibly condemns antisemitism. A goddamn “but”, large as life and twice as ugly.

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@BruceHillMelb

4 years

@brianoflondon @MarisaKabas The rate of recidivism among terrorists who have been shot dead is rather low, it must be admitted.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 years

@EduardHabsburg The Low Countries may not have especially fond memories of the last time they experienced the tender mercies of Hapsburg rule. Don’t ride through Amsterdam in an open car.

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Bruce Hill

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2 years

@egyptianhotgirl Where do you live again? California you say? I see. So How are the Yarok, Maidu, Chumash, Cahuilleno, Mojave, Yokuts, Pomo, Paiute, and Modoc people doing these days?

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

I am very happy to report that I have a job! I am working at Bupa as a communications advisor in the dental area. It’s a great company and it’s good to be working for an organisation that helps people live healthier lives.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

My latest article for the ANU Devpolicy Blog. Shenanigans in Suva, about the perils of an authoritarian government having its own people laughing at it. Last week's incident in which the cabinet hid in Suvavouu House may have caused serious damage.

Fiji Cabinet hides while nation laughs - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Bruce Hill summarises the latest political shenanigans in Fiji, which have been widely mocked by the country's social media users.

devpolicy.org

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@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@iowahawkblog This is all a residual effect of the 1939-1945 unpleasantness. And the 1948 misunderstanding. And the 1956 contretemps. And the 1967 brouhaha…

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@BruceHillMelb

8 years

Congratulations to Fiji on their phenomenal Olympic gold medal victory over Great Britain from ABC Pacific Beat.

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6 months

@MZHemingway It's a riddle, contained within an enigma, wrapped around a rock and thrown at a Jew.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

6 years

This is simply not true. There have been numerous cases of people in Fiji police custody being subjected to phyisical abuse, some of which meets the definition of torture. There have been multiple Amnesty International reports on this.

Stefan Armbruster

@StefArmbruster

6 years

#Fiji govt tells @UNhumanrights council session on arbitary detention it safeguards #humanrights and detainees get access to legal rep to ensure free from torture, inhumane or degrading treatment (12 Sept 2018) via @unhrcpr #Fijipol | @UNOCHA_Pacific

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

This does not surprise me. Ireland was one of the only European countries not to boycott the Durban hate fest. I lived there for three months and its political culture is deeply weird and disturbing.

Irish Jewish Voice

@Irishchutzpah

3 years

This is the state of it...too late to add to report, endemic and sinister. Straight out of the white supremacist playbook we have another ~Irish Parliamentarian @catherinegalway from #Galway asking this question: #AntisemitismInIreland #JewHate @merrionstreet

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

6 years

If Australia doesn’t show up to the regular meetings, then it really doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it complains about other countries increasing their influence. This isn’t rocket science.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 years

Are Indo-Fijians Pacific Islanders? It's one of those hot-button questions about identity that can spark a lot of heat. Who defines identity? What about the very long-established Chinese communities in places like Solomon Islands? It's tricky.

Uni scholarship rules 'unfair'

Youth MP Shaneel Lal says Indo-Fijians like him are often not recognised as Pacific Island people - even though they are.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 year

@LaurieOakes If it was “ascending upwards” after being shot down, THAT would be the absolute definition of news!

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@lagipoiva That should never have slipped through the editorial process. A junior reporter sending something like this in is asking for a lecture on ethics in reporting on minors.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@pal_vcp I know you’re too classy to say it Prof., so I’ll say it for you. Get stuffed ASK!

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

@DouglasKMurray @Dauntbooks I remember going into Waterstones near Trafalgar Square some years ago and asking if they had “Neoconservatism: Why we need it”. The sales associate looked puzzled and suggested it might perhaps be in the comedy section.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

8 months

@vic_socialists Victorian Socialists have picked a side. And now we know.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 year

@attarsinghmdf You can always tell when Kaptain Kaos is lying. His lips move.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 month

The wall of Gaza hostage posters opposite the St Kilda City Hall was vandalised overnight. Today the Jewish community restored it. MPs David Southwick (in the video), Josh Burns and Victorian upper house member Georgie Crozier spoke before the posters were put back up.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 year

I just have a massive grin on my face these days. :)

Attar Singh

@attarsinghmdf

1 year

Refreshing isn't it? The one who (unnecessarily) referred the then opposition parties and individuals to FICAC now sees himself referred to FICAC by the institution and staff he led. People have decided on change !

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 year

@oneunderscore__ @mmschocolate It’s the only sane response.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

1 month

@EphraimGopin None of this top secret insider knowledge counts until and unless it’s confirmed by my source inside the place where I get my shakshuka in Bat Yam!

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

@fijivillage Unwritten rule in the Fiji public service if you want to keep your job: Thou shalt not make ASK look bad.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

3 years

She’s become an indispensable link between Samoa and the rest of the world. Samoan Journalist of the year I’d say. Possibly the decade.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 years

The job if a journalist is NOT to tell what what you ought to think. It is to give you the facts you need to make up your own mind. If two people hear/ read an item of mine and come away with two different opinions, I consider that a good result.

USP Wansolwara

@USPWansolwara

5 years

"The purpose of journalism is to give people the information they need to live their lives and essentially support democracy... Journalists should be giving you information and letting you decide, based on the facts, what you believe." - Prof Debora Wenger @ShailendraBSing

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

5 months

@MenachemV I make it a point never to interrupt my opponent when they are in the middle of making a spectacular mistake. These people are incapable of doing anything to promote their cause, such as it is, seemingly preferring to make as many people as possible angry at their pathetic antics

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

6 months

@MenachemV @VictoriaPolice @theage @australian @theheraldsun I have to say that based on recent performance there may be a reason why some folks are suggesting the cops are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

4 years

I think I’m starting to get the hang of this sourdough thing.

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Bruce Hill

@BruceHillMelb

2 years

@jordaaaye @radioaustralia How about @lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, an accomplished Samoan climate journalist who has just been awarded a PhD?

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