Some leaders are stomping on our shattered hearts www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

The ALP need to realise they will be criticised whatever they do, so how about do things that are good? And do things to please those who voted for you not those who never will.

So engaging in actual piracy now. Our AUKUS partner. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.

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Research shows that vaping can damage arteries, raise blood pressure and trigger inflammation – the same early warning signs that lead to heart attacks and strokes.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world: 'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..." chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

ICYMI- yesterday's #Mamdani #USpol cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com (may contain relevance to UK and Aus pol as well)

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This doesn’t seem right.

Environmental protection? My @smh @theage cartoon.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 84th day out of the last 96. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Walz: "They are paying contractors to pay down the East Wing but they're not putting money into the food bank. So if there's a sense of frustration in America, it's very real ... when the White House press secretary said their top priority is the ballroom, we could not disagree more."

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

A statement from me, on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association:

The Centre for Public Integrity has found Labor failed in six of seven key transparency areas, from secrecy to “jobs for mates”. In opposition, Labor promised stronger integrity and accountability. This report shows there’s still a long way to go. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

WE have a visionless federal govt - devoid of spine & strong, confident leadership - wallowing in mediocrity. A govt where the national interest has been subordinated to self interest. A pitiful waste of a once in a generation mandate @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol

Rumours of a deeply dysfunctional board have been rife for months. Housing is too important to all Australians for the govt’s let delivery body to be hamstrung like this. Time for better governance at Housing Australia. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Just your regular reminder

'Australian doctor Nada Abu Alrub reports from Al Aqsa Hospital in Gaza: “I had to leave my colleagues knowing that they’ll either be kidnapped or killed”.' (1/2)

Will the doctors in the Australian parliament say or do anything about this?

Where’s the evidence for why these changes to create more secrecy and less transparency are supposedly needed? Public service can’t point to any. This is a terrible bill that should die an early death in the parliament. region.com.au/no-bots-abou...

Under a wafer thin veneer of ‘progressiveness’ the 21st century Labor party is little more than a gaggle of career party apparatchiks intent upon self advancement and political continuity. Luminaries like Whitlam would not recognise the types who now control @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

This EPBC Act 2.0 vibe check fills me with deep dread.

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation. And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Corporate welfare writ large #auspol

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johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10... %26 Irritations Good discussion on ‘balance’

Hope-filled reactions follow Hamas’s response, which marks a potential turning point in Israel's two-year war on Gaza.