Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

“Guardian Australia’s analysis includes only properties declared by the parliamentarian themselves, not their partners or children. Many politicians note further extensive real estate holdings from their spouses…” #AusPol #PropertyRort

A privacy expert who quit the advisory board over privacy fears says biometrics pose a serious concern to user privacy www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

News Corp's Courier Mail linked a teen girl's suicide bullying on social media as part of its campaign for the <16 ban. But the child's parents said she wasn't bullied on social media. Which News would have known if they contacted them before publishing.

...and now everyone should shut up about the criminal case against him and let the process work.

About time. Go to jail, N*zi. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

From 6 years ago. "...Tom Sewell said he approached [Brenton] Tarrant ... to join a project to help create a "parallel society" of only white people. Mr Sewell said his group did not condone violence ... but that "if you make the peaceful alternative impossible, you leave only the other option.""

This is a very good point. Why is a violent neo-N*zi a protected species? #AusPol

Just sayin’

This makes me think about when the British colonisers first heard Australian birds. 😂

Well done, Sydney, you absolute legends. Sensational turnout, rain, hail or shine. #MarchForHumanity #AusPol #ReadTheRoom

Me, today. Thank you, dog people.

Absolute truth. 😀

IMO, Rupert Murdoch is not turning against Trump. News Corp is doing what it does best: making bank from politics. The WSJ article isn’t breaking anything. It will allow Trump to release what he believes are the “pertinent” Epstein files, relieving some of the pressure he’s under. #NotTheGoodGuys

Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. 'None of this passes the pub test'

The AFR with the list of 50 richest CEOs in Australia. Weirdly they are counting unrealised share holdings to determine how rich they are. But the AFR has been telling us that you can't count such things when trying to tax super balances above $3m. Guess these people aren't really rich at all....

Mark Latham has been showing us who he really is for years. If you didn’t believe him the first time, here’s a reminder. He trolled and harassed DV survivor and advocate, Rosie Batty, ably assisted by the likes of the AFR (and others) who profited from his rage-bait engagement. #AusPol #Arseholes

Perfect.

Yesterday, journalist Jason Delgado stuck around the Everglades detention camp into the afternoon when a typical Florida afternoon storm rolled through the area. Videos from his X account show how the tent held up. The DeSantis administration claims that the structure can withstand a CAT2 storm.

It’s definitely Alligator Auschwitz but this time around you can buy merch.

The cliffhangers in the final season of American Democracy are giving me life - and also heart palpitations.

ISHFT (I’m so here for this)

A new addition to my TAS investigations. This is one of the most egregious cases of govt negligence I’ve ever come across. Tasmanians need to question how their child protection bodies are run. It’s a disgrace. #politas

Everybody knows the submarines will never be delivered. That’s fact. But the ‘story’ of the submarines’ necessity, that’s a common wisdom the press gallery impose upon themselves, the Main Yarn you have to get on to be One Of Us. They need to prove the superiority of pseudo-event over the event

Our co-founder, Shaheen Pasha, talks about the importance of prison journalism and why incarcerated writers deserve their stories to be just as loud as everyone else.

Transformative work of the day:

Dozens of journalists were assaulted by law enforcement in Los Angeles this weekend. The press were just doing their job -- a sacred one explicitly protected by law. Press rights orgs will follow up collectively tomorrow. Tonight, I emailed evidence to local/state/federal officials. My sign off:

Nine Entertainment appears to have ignored the facts about an assault on one of their own journalists. Tomasi wasn’t “caught in the crossfire”. She wasn’t a protester and only one side was shooting at their employee while she was doing her job. Absolutely disgusting. #Auspol

F*ck this shit. See you at the State Library. #Auspol

This is not OK. Young people have watched genocide unfold while leaders & their corporate media turned a blind eye. Now young activists have been detained for trying to take rice and baby formula to starving people. If you have young people in your life, please check in with them. bit.ly/4dU41AJ

Sometimes I get up in the morning and wonder what the hell happened while I slept. Today I was greeted with three of five 1Direction dolls strengthening their cores on the kitchen bench. I think it’s Harry, Zane and RIP Liam but don’t quote me on that. Having young-adult children is the best. 😀

There have been young douchebros around my entire life. It’s just that until recently there wasn’t an industry telling them that they were entitled to be douchebros without anyone calling them douchebros.

It’s Week 12 of the semester and the idea of faking my own death becomes more appealing each day. 😀

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

I see Littleproud is now alleging the failure of the (then) Coalition's nuclear policy was down to a lack of "agile" messaging. No, David. It was a shit policy that was comprehensively rejected by the electorate. Let it go.

Was the State Library of Queensland forced by the state arts minister to rescind Ren Wyld's book prize & fellowship after she'd travelled to Brisbane for the ceremony? If you punish someone for opposing genocide, you need to say that out loud for the record, not just leak it to the Oz. How shameful.

David Littleproud says the Nats want an energy system that doesn't 'tear up the landscape' ie renewables. David, David, David ... #auspol #ClimateCrisis #LeaveFossilFuelsInTheGround

The day author Ren Wyld was due to receive the Black & Write $15k Indigenous fellowship she was told it had been rescinded. A journo from the Oz seemed to know before she did. Appalling to see QLD govt cave to Murdoch press to punish a First Nations writer for speaking out in support of Palestine.

Good to see the Liberal Party re-connecting with its values - ignoring science, worshiping money, and lying about fossil fuels being a good thing.

If you’ve ever ask yourself how the ABC got so bad, particularly around politics, here’s a big hint. Some News Corp employees never stop being News Corp employees, regardless of where they work. #AusPol

Fake autumn (aka late summer) appears to have pissed off. Finally, it feels like winter is here. 🔥

Nothing demonstrates the decline in public virtue more than the contrast between David McBride, who exposed Australian war crimes, who is behind bars, and Ben Roberts-Smith, who committed the war crimes, who is not

Word.

Three of us who oversaw emoluments enforcement for three presidents, Democratic and Republican, agree: Between the Qatari plane and the UAE crypto cash, this is far over the line Here's how to stop it @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

I love how News Corp attacks our voting system rather than acknowledging Australian voters chose those preferences. The Trumper accusations stuck because News Corp shouted the Liberals’ hard-right credentials for months. If anyone’s to blame for the losses, it’s News Corp. #AusPol #CryHarder

When future students reflect on this period of history, they’ll recognise the complicity of the 4th Estate. Republicans failing to uphold fundamental democratic principles should be the lead story. A $400 million breach of the Constitution is more than straining the bounds of propriety.

Black Smoke Rises From Coal-Fired Power Station in Traditional Sign That Liberal Party Has Chosen New Leader

As the saying goes, if Ted O'Brien is the answer what on earth was the question

I mean it - ignore them. They are not relevant to any policy discussion. Their votes are not needed to pass any legislation. Their power of opposition is imaginary. Leave them behind. And do the same to news.corp.