www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Any referendum about a republic now or the foreseeable future would fail. In times of uncertainty people vote for the status quo. Further, having seen how easily a President with independent constitutional power can be autocratic there’s probably less support.

Guardian reports “Marles announces $1.7bn purchase of Ghost Shark drone subs.” That money we’re paying the USA for subs that we’ll almost certainly never see could buy a lot of gear like this. @albomp.bsky.social #auspol. Just saying.

Another day, another EPA failing to regulate mining and gas companies at the expense of our environment and health. On Monday it was methane, Santos and the NT EPA - today, its lead, mining companies and the NSW EPA. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

According to the Guardian: “John Howard and Alexander Downer ‘appalled’ by Labor recognising Palestine”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Made my day.

Hey @albomp.bsky.social, if I request security info using #FOI, it’s exempt from release under the current law. If an anonymous person requests security info using FOI, it’s exempt from release under the current law. You’re gaslighting to extinguish transparency! #StickWithTruth #auspol

Can’t let the people know what we’re doing, they might learn who we really work for and understand that it’s not them. So much for greater transparency eh @albomp.bsky.social @auspol.info

Relying on Donald Trump comes with a massive uncertainty. But it's cornerstone of Australian defence policy — and that's terrible risk management, writes Bernard Keane.

Italian MPs wear the colours of Palestine's flag in Parliament. "Today, we don't hold up the flag because you'd try to take it from us. Instead, we wear it on our skin."

It is beyond time mutual obligations was completely scrapped. www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/asset...

Andrew Hastie lashes out against the hundreds of thousands of Aussies marching against Israel’s genocide on Sunday & demanded they fly over & protest “in the Middle East…not here on our iconic Harbour Bridge” This is how you remain unelectable. Racist & stupid at the same time.

Labor would 100% have blocked this even a week ago, just to spite Payman apart from anything else; it's not so much that they're finally finding their backbone, as that they're feeling the wrong side of history looming large.

David Pocock has ripped into the Labor government & demanded more sanctions on Israel “Just saying harsher & harsher things is not going to have an impact” “Where you have almost every credible international human rights or aid org. saying what is happening is a Genocide”💥 #Abc

Trump boasts how the 🇺🇸 will sell so much beef to Australia. We have no need for beef from the 🇺🇸. We have our own hormone free beef. We sell it all over the world including the 🇺🇸. Why would would we buy beef from the 🇺🇸. Anyway I thought 🇦🇺 was a made up country. Isn’t that a MAGA conspiracy.

We're supposed to have many shared values with the United States, compared to China. That's no longer the case under Trump — and it won't change back.

Relatable. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Dear @albomp.bsky.social , Max Kaiser has got it right. I am angrier than I have been for a long time after watching the delivery of the 'antisemitism' recommendations today. I could go on, and on, but he has encapsulated my feelings far better than I could. Who is running this country? #auspol

Jillian Segal claims that: antisemitism is “ingrained and normalised” in academia. I’ve both worked in and studied at university and never saw or heard any anti-semitism promulgated. Anti-Semitism is usually in the domain of right wing extremists not academics. 1/3

So Trump wants to put a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals from other countries. I say let him and let the USA insurance companies pay it. Force the issue by refusing to move production or license the manufacture. Anyway isn’t RfK promoting all natural therapies in any case? 😂😂

Anthropic research shows that AI resorts to blackmail when threatened. They begin with pleading but if all else fails resort to blackmail. How very human of them. They were “trained” by being exposed to human information so of course they resort to human responses. As Spock would say “interesting”

Maybe now that Trump has cancelled @albomp.bsky.social will realise that we count for zilch with the USA, ditch AUKUS and spend our dollars on real defence and social initiatives. Putting our defence dollars on a hope and a prayer with an unreliable ally is just stupid politics. #ditchaukus #auspol

Let’s hope the USA ditches AUKUS so our government finally understands that the US they think they are dealing with no longer exists. Hugh White on the ABC Conversations program has an excellent analysis of the changes occurring www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Sarah Hanson-Young fires back at Sarah Ferguson’s question on “where would the energy supply come from” if NWS wasn’t extended “This is not about supply. This is all about profits. In this case the profits of a big co like Woodside at the expense of everybody else’s safety”💥 #abc730

Absolutely bloody spot on. They weren’t game enough to admit it before the election and risk losing votes to the Greens and independents. Very disappointing but not really surprising 😮‍💨

At todays snap protest outside Prime Minister Albanese’s office in Marrickville, organiser from @youth4climate.bsky.social had a message for Australias PM and the Minister for Environment Murray Watt on the approval of Australia’s largest gas project #Woodside North West Shelf.

This method is fundamental to how modern displays, including computer monitors, TVs, and smartphone screens, produce color images. By varying the intensity of these three primary colors, screens can create millions of different colors.

The minister himself has spoken out about the forces that pushed him out. Why would any media organisation ignore that? Seriously? Even more compelling when he seems to be another victim of the Labor bros too scared to upset the Zionist lobby? Why push this under the rug?

Ed Husic on #insiders “you can’t support diversity and then leave it to sit quietly in the corner.”

“We must once more remember and fight for the forgotten people” - says Jacinta Price. Umm, I thought the forgotten people just made one hell of a statement about what they don’t want. Australia is never going to vote for a person who wants us to MAGA. #auspol #ausvotes25

BREAKING - Dutton says media treating him unfairly: "For 3 years I was boosted by Murdoch, and got an easy ride from other outlets. Now we're in campaign mode, every journo wants me to be accountable for our shit policy and backflips. It's outrageous." #ausvotes www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Peter Dutton was against a Voice To Parliament, so the voters of Dickson should save him from having one. I move that Peter Dutton no longer be heard. #auspol #ausvotes #DicksonVotes

Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained. What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is that her detention was caught on camera. What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... In different times this was called extortion. These days it’s just considered everyday “negotiation tactics”. When the orders of courts are ignored & lawyers are punished for trying to hold government to account, you know that democracy is dead. RIP the USA.

"Australia’s key ally has gone rogue – and Trump has us expertly wedged. We need a Plan B." Read my new op-ed in The Guardian here: (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)

Australia, we’re really going to wish that we’d stuck with the French submarine deal. “All the way with the USA” sure is looking like a sovereign risk.

All this because @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social posted **NEWS** about what Human Rights Watch was saying. The ABC board and management involved in this are contemptible and deserve to no longer have any role with the ABC. Go be paid by news.corp. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

Jo Haylen says “politics is tough” as she exits her NSW ministerial office. But it doesn’t have to be if you don’t use your position for personal gain, if you treat your driver (and all staff) with respect and if you don’t treat a public position as if you’re entitled to some sort of special status.

Given Trump’s logic: Australia maintains a trade surplus with the USA. They are not buying enough of our goods. So using his logic, we should put a 25% tariff on goods from the USA.

Amnesty International condemns the US House of Representatives for voting to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials over issuing war crimes arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/snjxle

It is disgraceful that instead of promoting international law, Australia’s top law officer is trying to repair relations with a foreign government found by major human rights organisations to be committing genocide. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Santos is paying a fine of 40c a litre for the oil they unlawfully polluted into the ocean … about a quarter of what a litre of petrol costs at the bowser

The major parties don’t want a duty of care on climate because it would mean they’d have to put Australians & our futures ahead of the fossil fuel industry - an industry that is putting short term profits ahead of people & our future. Let’s change that this election👇 adutyofcare.davidpocock.com.au

Yet another gutless backdown by a weak timid government. Of course the airlines were going to threaten that fares would have to increase to compensate for paying for delays. What did the government expect them to do, just roll over without a fight. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

an hour ago, france connected its first nuclear reactor to the grid this century. construction was to take 56 months. timeline: • decision: 2004 • initial works: 2006 • reactor concrete: 2007 • grid connection: 2024 • commercial operation: 2025Q1 …20+ years end to end.

How can someone have 12.5k follows and 55.8k followers but have no posts, no replies and no media?

Jess Harwood @jessharwoodart.bsky.social says it all

The guards responsible for this should be charged with murder. What’s the bet that at most they’ll get a slap over the wrist and be told not to do it again. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Absolute 🔥 from Lambie here.

The Labor party that would do this ceased to exist in any recognisable form a long time ago. Remind again me what happened to all those recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission.

Would we have even had a Greta Thunberg without giving young people access to social media? I doubt it. @australianlabor.bsky.social: policing for corporate power. #auspol #AgeBan #BadCall

Grok, xAI’s advanced AI chatbot, reportedly can provide “up-to-date responses based on current events and trends from real time data on X”. (Source Perplexity) Given the exodus of news services and journalists from X, I think xAI may have some difficulty finding a balanced view.