The @australia.theguardian.com provides this excellent video on why people (incl. many Jewish Australians) oppose the visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia. #auspol #nswpol #IsraeliTerrorState #GazaGenocide #CancelHerzog #FreePalestine vt.tiktok.com/ZSaK4ne1Q/

The difference. My @smh cartoon.

So, right now, with a bunch of so-called leftwing state governments and a supposedly "left" government, we have a concerted effort to: interfere with universities, prevent peaceful protest, stop writers getting grants or appearing in festivals, and interference in our access to social media? #auspol

The Albanese government are climate criminals. If this is least bad, the planet is going to burn. #auspol

A heavily redacted cartoon. My @smh cartoon.

There's a reason we used to have tenures, and yes, I know that meant lots of people (old white guys) were entrenched and immovable. But they had some protection from political interference.

The sickness of Zionism has infected most of the political and media establishment. The headline and focus of this piece should be: "Questions about alleged political interference, yet again, in a cultural event."

The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...

If Minns et al are so concerned with social cohesion, why did they invite Herzog to visit? They want to talk about the 'rule of law' but ignore genocide, and the UN Commission finding that Herzog has incited genocide. But a writer shouldn't be allowed to speak at a festival? #StaggeringHypocrisy

Arrest Herzog for war crimes, says UN Commissioner Sidoti https://michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzog-for-war-crimes-says-un-commissioner-sidoti/ #auspol

Palestinian people are being persecuted. What is happening in Gaza is genocide. But our government/s want to ensure that a writer, half a world away, can't appear in a Writer's Festival? But one of the architects of the genocide can come over and visit? #auspol

#BREAKING 🚨 WA premier Roger Cook says the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has been formally declared an act of terrorism A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act

This in Canberra.👇🏽 “Herzog NOT Welcome”. Ironically on a repurposed and upside-down Katy Gallagher election propaganda placard!

Master Sun Tzu wrote 2500y ago: "Just because the Enemy has a copy of my book. If he looks stupid, he is stupid and cannot understand the true art of war"

The richest 10% of Australians will receive $18bn worth of tax breaks from the capital gains tax discount. Just another way the duopoly @australianlabor.bsky.social align themselves with the ultra-rich against the rest of us. #Auspol We need Change

There’s a real opportunity for sensible reform to the CGT discount on investment properties to incentivise the new housing supply. It’s something Senator Lambie & I had the PBO model years ago & will keep pushing the govt to implement. It won’t solve housing affordability on its own but it’ll help

Racism is alive and well. But this still doesn't make those authoritarian hate speech laws okay.

I think it's about the fact that people can't afford healthcare. And yes, Australian women over 55 are the cohort most at risk of becoming homeless, but probably their health issues mean that they *can't* ignore and put off (some) of their health concerns, though I bet they often still do.

(I think the agenda was to show that access to certain things is *still* gendered even though a good proportion of the population, including some women, still hears that and goes... oh, no, there is no institutional sexism here, everything is fine compared to the bad old days)

When someone says "Oh, you cited stats that show that almost 50% of people are suffering this kind of hardship but the REST OF US are doing just fine", I want spell out P.R.I.V.I.L.E.G.E in all caps. So here I am.

Happy things also happen, even in the Timeline of Doom.

They can’t arrest us all.

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

You are giving Trump the rapist Australian biometric ID DATA access are you mad? WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP! www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/a...

The NSW police approved a neo-Nazi rally on the steps of parliament, but want to ban people from protesting against genocide.

The elite of society. Predators in every way.

We know who the real perpetrators of hate speech are, and they're not people talking about genocide in Gaza.

If you vote for climate vandals, you share responsibility for the hellscape being created. #auspol

🚨 NEW: Sussan Ley's support as preferred prime minister has dropped to 9% in the first RedBridge/Accent poll of 2026

Bad guys with guns. My @smh cartoon.

Cathy Wilcox assumes too much, right Murray Watt? #auspol

Some handy hints on doing a tiny bit less this year Chaos! Disaster! Even if it’s not your fault, whatever you’ve been doing up until now hasn’t worked has it — First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is amazing. 13 years old and swam four hours in water so rough he had already abandoned his flooded kayak. Two hours into the swim he ditched his life jacket because it was hindering him. Saved his whole family. What an incredible person. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

bsky.app/profile/aust... If only we had a government that stood for evidence-based policy making...

A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia. As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy. Some more gas myths debunked here: https://thepoint.com.au/factchecks/251111-does-the-gas-industry-really-support-215000-jobs

When people are wondering what the biggest challenge to social cohesion is... maybe look at this?

#FreePalestine on Sunday in Naarm/Melbourne. #auspol #springst

Who's next in the sights of Linda Reynolds? www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/29/l...

Somebody watched it for us, so we don't have to.

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Democracy is completely broken. Trump makes that more visible every day.

There is an overlap between domestic violence and the things that the government actually recognise as terrorism. Time to stop being defensive (yes, men *are* victims, too, and that's also bad) and start taking DV more seriously. Stop protecting perpetrators.

The 17yo's bicycle wheels have burst in the heat. It's that hot. But now I have to go out with him to buy more inner tubes. It's a hard life. *smiles* The 14yo and I went thrifting this morning (at the expensive Epic Thrift Showground). I found things for theatre costumes.

What if the campaign against political correctness was - all along - people covering themselves when they knew they had done wrong? Amazing. I never would have thought it! *winky face seems inappropriate in the Epstein context*

When I go to the Sydney Jewish Museum, the most poignant exhibitions are those about children - toys left behind, a child's shoe. The fountain memorial. Will my children go to Palestinian Museums to see the poignant remembrances of the children of Gaza?

I watched all four episodes of Part 1 of the new Bridgerton. I am a sucker for Cinderella stories... but also... Benedict is a bit of jerk? Still keen for the happy ending, but he better be on a learning curve.

Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza. This is textbook censorship of the highest degree