Three cheers for all the people called Darcy for winning the afl grand final. It felt like a lot of people called Darcy.

Please enjoy this magnificent orchid growing around my ponds.

The ABC really just stepped on every rake. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Australian media for weeks: Trump is ‘snubbing’ Albo (who cares). Trump: Women are giving their unborn children autism via Panadol. Australian experts and health ministers: This is not true. Albo: gets a selfie with Trump. Albo’s staff: Post it.

Good: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

It’s been a long, long, long time since I demolished a book in two sittings. The Red House (Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe: And Australian Reckoning) by Kate Wild is confronting, brave, thorough, and every single word counts. It’s heavy, and it’s gripping. Highly reccomend it.

Go the Riff.

‘Find my’ hits different now Little is is Europe with her Dad and Step Mum and Big (sister). Usually it’s school, the park, the boba shop or one of the lane families. Lucky Little! (I miss her).

One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”

Spring!

This article from during the week reads like a RFS press release. But, it’s got some good stats in it. I got an Uber earlier this week and my driver told me his was an RFS volunteer. It’s was an interesting discussion… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The strength of these victims and survivors astounds me. The positions of Ward’s defense disgust me. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I was just at NSW Parliament House for the vote on the Federal One Nation Senate spot. Crazy times.

I don’t know if Minns’ staff do or don’t know about the Dull Men’s Club with millions of contributions comparing boring things and using a banana for size. But I’ll just leave this here.

Definitely not those with over 3 million in super, including their multi million dollar farms, and trusts, or those with multiple investment properties all neg geared as you say. She’ll be targeting those on job seeker, disability pensions, NDIS etc. never the rich. 🤬

No no no. Not negative gearing or tax-free pension threshold or CGT or fuel excise rebates or instant asset write-offs or R&D tax credits or tax discounts on superannuation earnings or tax-free asset transfers or tax-free inheritance. She means poor people.

What like negative gearing? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Yeah-nah. My @smh cartoon.

Trump is going to tell on a journalist to the PM. lol. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

With state governments failing children and communities — the federal government can and should step in. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

It’s 2025, FFS. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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Thanks, I hate it. “The major beneficiary of the drop in support for the two major parties is One Nation, which saw its primary vote rise from 9 per cent to 12 per cent in the last month.” www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

No one is safe from gun violence in America. We do not have to keep living like this. Instead of inciting more violence, our political leaders should use this moment to unite us around common sense gun reforms that a majority of Americans support.

We really are not far off hey: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03...

Flagpoles at Australian public schools for funding was the most significant move by Howard. And it’s still having impacts. www.smh.com.au/national/pm-...

Wonderful work all. Thank you.

Meanjin absolutely must be surrendered and allowed to survive.

I just got straight murdered by this. Like it didn’t just attack me, I am now dead

Gotta wonder if she’s gonna do a Cory Bernardi & quit to form her own party

How long before Price quits the Liberal Party? Won’t be long, you’d think.

No money for schools but endless cash for war. Richard Marles spending $1.7 billion on “Ghost Shark” underwater drones.

ABC : 'Construction workers are at higher risk of suicide. Here's how to look out for them' ETU/BCF :

‘The audacity…’ is not strong enough for this one. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN Thursday 11 Sep 9am Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton. A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

therapist: can you think of a time you experienced gaslighting? me:

Adam Bandt is the new Australian Conservation Foundation CEO www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Really enjoyed the guests on today’s #SundayShot Marian Wilkinson and Jesse Noakes and superb wrangling again from @instanterudite.bsky.social youtu.be/LNQs7jWFNlE?...

Alice Springs (yes, Alice Springs) 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒓. Locals trading up from former councillor Jacinta Price. Kudos.

Sussan Ley on #Insiders this morning really struggled with questions about Price. And I’ve seen Price is now out swinging about Hawke. Must be hard when you’ve been decimated and everyone who remains hates each other.

The Coalition is choosing to ignore its own history. Labor isn’t brave enough to push back. And now we’re having an immigration discussion that is AT THE BEHEST OF LITERAL NAZIS. FFS www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

A pub in my community has been closed for a long time and bought and sold a couple of times in the process. Someone posted a few days ago that they spotted George Colombaris at said pub. The likelihood of that business being a success if he is involved around here is pretty much zero.

Totally not impressed with having to share my birthday with Fathers’ Day this year. 🤣

A Austrália segue prendendo crianças aborígenes

What we do to Aboriginal children in this country is abominable and all we do is continue to traumatise them and then blame them for dysfunction that comes from forcing trauma on them.

It’s really good to see the ABC reporting using ‘child’ and ‘cell’. Too often reporting describes children as ‘young people’ and prison cells as ‘detention facilities’. Across Australia governments are putting children, alone, in prison cells. It must stop. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

I have the greatest kid ever. Bunch of kids again. There’s only one rule here and it’s no screaming. Little just came to say ‘Mum, we are playing a game and it’s noisy with screaming, we are all fine.’ Legends.

Quite the quote in the judgement “When all is said and done, it is a rare murder that is witnessed by three independent witnesses.”

Nice work, Ben, again. www.theage.com.au/national/hig...