This is good coverage of Richard Scolyer's journey. May he RIP. Australian doctor who underwent world-first brain tumour treatment dies

They cannot. They churn out pollution so would kill that coast line. They are setting them up over artesian basins in the desert , feeding them our pottable water so they can poison it.

In the last fortnight I’ve implemented 6 major system changes overnight (2 on weekends) and supported 2 more that others’ implemented. I’m starting to think: “maybe I’m getting too old for this 💩?” Dunno 🤷‍♂️ In any event, I’m off to the pub. At least I get one day of the long weekend.

During a visit to the plant, Kim announced plans to bolster the country's nuclear forces "at an exponential rate", potentially eager to cement his country's status as a nuclear weapons state ahead of Xi's visit. ABC News

OK: that’s it — I’ve rolled inverted and pulled the yoke back. I’m plummeting down from the blue sky. See yers tomorrow: I’m done. Have a good one 🤞🙏🤞 💤 💤 💤

Deal is made through US-brokered talks in Washington, DC, that did not include Hezbollah.

The Indian rupee & Philippine peso have fallen to record lows. Indonesia’s rupiah is now weaker than it was at the depths of the Asian financial crisis. Currencies are weakening across the continent. From Japan to South Korea, central banks have burned billions of dollars trying to slow the slide.

It is exhausting. But if no one is watching…. That’s where I end up every time I realise that it’s quite stressful.

Ongoing land clearing in the Great Barrier Reef catchment is damaging the unique World Heritage listed icon. That's why ACF and four other national environment groups have written to the UN about it. au.news.yahoo.com/urgent-un-pl...

US says ban on AI chip shipments applies to Chinese firms outside China https://aje.news/ag3ief

Israel’s expanding invasion of Lebanon has drawn global condemnation, with France requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. aje.news/xhk3kr

Always in Melbourne’s West hey. The idea that this is a ‘job creator’, per the premier, is so fkn stupid. Imagine the solar farm you could fit on this site. But no, apparently they are too much of an eyesore. This noisy, water guzzling, job sucking ugly af horror show on the other hand. Just fine.

Australia just cleared someone arrived from Uganda too.

Netanya and Trump appear proud of themselves. Where is the proof of what they say? Why is Trump involved and acting as King of the World? I want to see proof of the reason and I want/need to attempt to understand what has been initiated to our world.

My homeland is leading the world right now.

All bluster and no substance - we’ve seen this character in power before - and all he did was break election promises and now he wants to take the Liberals further right and into political oblivion - well done champ… www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

I'm sorry all I can see here are the words sooky lala...

‘We took them for granted’: Australia’s cities are losing their stars Light pollution means city dwellers, and even residents of country towns, are increasingly missing out on the majesty above their heads. www.theage.com.au/environment/...

Fascinating footage of a human white blood cell chasing a bacterium captured through a microscope. 📽️: David Rogers

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” ~Mark Twain, 1901. Image: Public domain.

About time the law fought back. If they can’t fight this corrupt rat it’s all over. Judge Reopens Trump I.R.S. Suit and Questions His ‘Weaponization’ Fund www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/u...

MacFarlane: $250 — who’d be carrying around that kind of bill in their wallet to begin with? It seems ornate. It seems like something royalty would carry, but at the same time, it’d be barely enough to cover the grocery bill for a family of four or five each week because prices are so high.

"Out-of-pocket costs to see a specialist increased 12 per cent in the past year alone," writes Monique Ryan. "Nearly one million Australians forgo necessary medical treatment each year because of cost." trib.al/jiIyfli

A little mentioned economic fact is that real world wealth is limited...no magic puddings, so when corps make #$B in profits, someone, somewhere must *always* pay for it. The financial system smudges out the details, but it's no coincidence that the top 5% are doubling wealth while poverty soars.

I hope someone publishes Roy Valentine’s speech in full from James’s memorial today. Aside from the beautiful delivery, it was just an incredible piece of writing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

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Transcript from estimates: "The special envoy themselves undertook targeted market research through confidential soundings within and adjacent to the Jewish community to identify potential suppliers for this work."

Never change, Australian Financial Review

Extraordinarily moving affair - note and word perfect - for James Valentine at Sydney Town Hall this arvo. Had us all reflecting on both "how to live" and "how to die". Many tears,laughter too. Kudos to Angela Scrymgour and her team at the ABC for organising such an impeccable tribute. Bravo!

Strange she doesn't know given the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Estimates provide some more info. Special advice for Special Envoy under special contract for .... prepping Segal for the RC... and helping her with "media engagement and public discourse". From the Canberra Times (28 May).

Russia is now bolting jammers onto its Shahed drones to fend off Ukraine's cheap interceptors. A top Ukrainian official confirmed the fix and wouldn't call it impressive. euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/29/r...

Beautiful, moving, & even inspiring Memorial Service broadcast for James Valentine about to end. I listened, I laughed, I cried. Much great wit & wisdom spoken that I will ponder later. Thanks to all who organised this terrific farewell to James, & to the ABC for broadcasting it live. 🤗 🙏🏼 💗

Donor to Advance Australia whines (boom tish) that the ALP aren’t helping them make more money, ABC reprints this as fact

Anthropic, the maker of the Claude family of chatbots, said on Thursday that it had raised $65bn from private investors after a fundraising round led by Altimeter Capital, Greenoaks, Dragoneer and Sequoia Capital. aje.news/4tcg6a

Attorney-general defends blocking release of documents from Bondi royal commission

Luckily, Australia has stringent, much improved nature laws, and the fearless conservation warrior, Environment Minister Murray Watt, so this wonderful plant and Middle Arm's many other threatened species, will be protected! Terrible headline, @news.abc.net.au, but it's all about your perspective.

Pocock identifying grifters #auspol

Amazing story this morning on AM about a conservative legal organisation, the Samuel Griffiths Society, lobbying the govt on High Court judge appointments. AG Michelle Rowlands refused to comment. Lobbying govt for judicial appointments should be illegal.

We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms. It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.

What nonsense. Just ban gambling ads. We all hate them anyway.

David Shoebridge is doing them slowly🤣 What a difference a week makes in #senateestimates he will be an absolute rockstar by the end of the week if he keeps it up❤️🍉 #auspol bsky.app/profile/davi...

Watch the moment Watt basically admits Labor is giving away your privacy to an American company run by a RWNJ......Shame Labor Shame. @davidshoebridge.bsky.social @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social

A Policeman came up to me and said: "This dog tells me you're on drugs." I said: "I'm on drugs?" . . . "You're the one talking to dogs."

Segal then said that while she is no longer the President of the ECAJ bcoz of her now “independent” role, she “can’t be removed” from ECAJ because of a “technical” matter, before admitting she has hired an ECAJ “specialist” to work in her office.🤦‍♂️ Unbelievable. #auspol

Because she’s been permitted to do whatever she chooses without scrutiny or explanation she thinks she can do anything she pleases and we should mind our own business. Absolutely disgraceful that Albanese has allowed this to happen. No one voted for this woman

Jillian Segal says it’s the ECAJ’s fault that she is still listed as a Director to a Trust linked to the ECAJ, insisting it’s their job to remove her Apparently, managing her own basic legal conflicts and resignation paperwork is someone else's job description. Shocking #auspol

Israeli President Herzog got a personal tour of ASIO headquarters. Asked if they could name another foreign leader ever given that access, ASIO drew a blank.

David Pocock left gobsmacked after asking why a contract - no tender - no minister sign off - has gone to a co founded by Scott Morrison’s fmr priv sec Yaron Finkelstein Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster has the answer, a decision by the unelected Antisemitism envoy. FFS #auspol

Many people asked how it was that the Government decided to grant ECAJ $124 million more in funding this budget. Turns out that’s the number ECAJ asked for. Don’t know any other area in Government where this is how it works!