A goal? No, this is soccer.

ICYMI YouTube defends video labelling Bondi shooting victim crisis actor www.afr.com//politics/ti...

this really sucks - someone please give fiona a job she is a legend and also a delightful person

Am thrilled to announce I'm going to be POLITICO's Canberra Playbook editor, working with Australia Launch Editor Ryan Heath and Playbook co-authors Finn McHugh and Miriam Webber to bring you the best #auspol coverage. t.co/xUi54EMhor

Canberra - I am launching my new book early next month - would love to see you (I’ll be the husk rocking in the corner) www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...

More great reporting from Daniel Hurst and Crikey: www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/01/i...

Soccer. Anything could happen. Nothing does.

I love the way Circati tenderly coaxed the Paraguay bloke up off the ground. C'mon buddy. There there. No harm done. Up and at 'em tiger.

Right-wing campaign group Advance and the Exclusive Brethren will be compelled to attend a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 election. JSCEM statement said they were asked nicely and declined - so now compelling them

"It's the winter solstice! The days will get longer!" -- me, becoming my dad

Some incredible stats here.. How does Eenie Meenie Minnie Mo Lover have 1.1 billion streams only 500m less than Baby????

It is not hawkish to point out that Trump lost the war of choice that he started & it is not the duty of doves to defend a peace treaty that recognizes those losses

Now more than ever...Franzen's 1992 passage about an incoherent president... open.substack.com/pub/paulkarp...

Labor said terror funding cut too ‘controversial’ to admit to inquiry www.afr.com//politics/la...

You sure dodged a bullet there @paulkarp.bsky.social.

"Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers" the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

High Court loss to trigger tens of millions in detention compo claims www.afr.com//politics/hi...

INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

ABC comms must be so happy with Guardian Australia. Found “himself subjected to a barrage of questions”, “Pickering did a good job” “clipped up” Pickering in the actual full clip: “let’s interview eachother at the same time.” Gee. What an ambush, how unfortunate to find himself in that situation.

A slow but steady FOI win: it took me 2.5 years to get two decisions saying the Home Affairs Dept was wrong when it said no operational or legal advice exists in relation to Clare O'Neil's claim the govt thought it would win the NZYQ case (on immigration detention).

A slow but steady FOI win: it took me 2.5 years to get two decisions saying the Home Affairs Dept was wrong when it said no operational or legal advice exists in relation to Clare O'Neil's claim the govt thought it would win the NZYQ case (on immigration detention).

Bagging taxes on wealth = politically motivated Saving the corresponding cut to income tax for the election year =???

What early warnings about populism could teach us about One Nation paulkarp.substack.com/p/what-early...

The second week of budget estimates, minimum wage decision, budget legislation and all the rest. Catch it with @amyremeikis.bsky.social on #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au

An AI use leaderboard makes as much sense as ranking journalists by their lunch expenses. More lunch = more sources = more journalism!! Whatever happened to just measuring who actually produces the goods. www.afr.com//chanticleer...

I think if were at Richard Marles press conference in Singapore I would've asked "my first car was a 1984 Toyota Camry that cost $540. Can you tell us how much cheaper this used Virginia class sub is going to be relative to a new one?"

Royal Commissioner rejects bid to keep counter-terrorism funding info secret --Virginia Bell's decision says cabinet was "informed about and considered" the decreased focus on terror. www.afr.com//politics/co...

A thread on Albanese government trying to block info about reduced focus on counter-terrorism: On Tuesday royal commission released ASIO Mike Burgess statement, which revealed the Commonwealth is claiming public interest immunity over whether cabinet directed a changed focus

This is emphatically not true, and I cannot think of a writer I know and respect for whom it is true.

Labor gag would block Bondi inquiry from anti-terror funding decision www.afr.com//politics/la...

‘Go live in Trumpistan’: Investor blasts rich peers over CGT complaints www.afr.com//technology/...

Master plan for 3000 more homes at Bondi Junction comes with a warning www.afr.com//politics/ma...

I don't mean to be alarmist but Labor Denies Death Tax is exactly how the last successful anti-death tax scare campaign started... Notwithstanding that neither policy was a death tax.

Artificial intelligence issues a warm welcome to new Labor senator Tammi Terrell

A win for Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

I've started as the ABC’s national AI tech reporter, after 5 unreal years at Crikey. AI is one of the biggest stories of our time. The sheer amount of money, influence and hype makes it ripe for critical, nuanced and accessible reporting. Got a story about Aussies and AI? email: [email protected]

What a One Nation win in the Farrer by-election would and wouldn't mean. open.substack.com/pub/paulkarp...

What a One Nation win in the Farrer by-election would and wouldn't mean. open.substack.com/pub/paulkarp...

Why Farrer is going One Nation. Dozens of voter conversations here confirm traditional conservatives are abandoning Libs and Nats at this by-election. (No paywall) www.afr.com/politics/we-...

This looks like a show Jack Donaghy would invent to tank a TV network

With Mark Butler at #npc now might be a good time to mention I'm looking for a BUDGET CASE STUDY of a 3-generation family (grandparent, parent, grandchild) to discuss what they'd like to see in there. Keen to discuss aged care changes? Want to be in the paper? DM me!! #auspol

On Sunday Catherine King told Insiders they don't want to disincentivise EV uptake "at all". ICYMI that's the opposite of what Chris Minns told me in March - he said fuel shock meant there's no harm in taxing EVs www.afr.com//politics/fu...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

Good lord. If we cede control of the strait to Iran…. And agree to REPARATIONS…. This will be the biggest humiliation in American history

Ben Roberts-Smith has been arrested in relation to multiple counts of murdering unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners in what looms as the most significant war crimes prosecution in Australian history. www.theage.com.au/national/ben...

My brilliant choir Cafe of the Gate of Salvation will be singing at Bondi Pavilion on 26 April. Come! It's always seriously uplifting stuff.

Ate delicious home cooked leftovers all week, emptying the fridge while grocery stores were open. Now they're closed so I can fall victim to every cafe/restaurant holiday surcharge this blessed weekend.

PM answered cries to 'Do Something' - and still got panned paulkarp.substack.com/p/pm-answere...

Albanese says it has "proven incorrect" that states couldn't agree to hand back GST windfall. They disagreed Tues/Wed. It's only taken all bloody week to fix it!! www.afr.com//politics/gs...

Prince William told to go to therapy for the crime of...asking the monarchy to distance itself from Prince Andrew. Powerful institution shooting the messenger. www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/ce...