Uber Australia needs to do these more extensive background checks ASAP (including criminal checks from driver's own country) Should also check whether their drivers can actually drive and aren't using other people's licenses! mashable.com/tech/uber-ex...

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.

Apple is just the most recent to jack up prices and point the finger at AI. But consumers are footing the bill for something we didn’t ask for, despite record earnings. Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social:

When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to.

Once again NSW RMS shows their lack of ability to plan properly for users. The claimed "only 4 mins" detour will actually be longer as they're also replacing a very efficient roundabout with traffic lights, and you can bet that the phasing will be wrong! mosmancollective.com/general/high...

The perpetual-grievance siren Including a reference to Jamie Packer as "the scion of a family that treated their TV network’s editorial independence the way a hungry ferret treats an unsecured rabbit hutch" open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

Trust in news media is declining, at a time when we need journalism the most. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw. #journalism #news #media #trust

Sounds like election interference to me

Our pollies and reality are miles apart as proven by the only interesting part of O'Brien's NPC speech #auspol "A persistent underachiever, he has nevertheless proved that being among the last standing can still overcome mediocrity." www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

In Iran, Trump’s victory claims only deepened a self-made catastrophe | Sidney Blumenthal

Who could have predicted that investors would sour on a company that needs to go to the bond markets immediately after its IPO finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

Absolutely superb work by @skyelark.bsky.social: Hanson's massive non-English speaking figure includes 100,000 babies. Yes, really. thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

If Qantas have problems making fuel stretch for a 17 hour flight, how many problems will they get when they commence 22 hour flights? www.stuff.co.nz/travel/36099...

Whilst the media commemorates 10 years since Brexit, it’s worth recalling that one of the principal causes of Brexit was the abject failure of the media to call out the lies and the liars.

I thought this was on Point….

Trash talking: Pauline at the Press Club It’s not about the content of the bottle, people – it’s about the colourful label! theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Pauline Hanson confirms she wants to end maternity leave, claiming it forces businesses to “fold” Clearly just rubbish. And clearly One Nation want to force women to choose b/w having kids & having a job. Not a policy, a dangerous misinformation campaign. #auspol

Why 'average Australians' does not mean 'most' The median wage in Oz is $72,000 and anyone earning over $200,000 is in the top 5%. 25% of us exist on the bare minimum (or less), so ignore politicians when they talk of "averages" #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

#auspol Australia identified America’s interests as our own, the lack of interest by Australia’s leaders in where Aust national interest lay, and only token pretence that Australia’s interventions had anything to do with the welfare of the people involved pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...

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I presume that this is the same Transdev who operate in Australia. Despite a fatality on the Sydney Light Rail they allegedly cancelled safety upgrades due to the cost, and the system then had another fatality. Their world-wide modus operandi seems to leave a lot to be desired!

This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

60-5 in a Super Rugby Grand Final! That's embarrassing! Good on the Hurricanes. I suspect there'll be a few sore heads in Wellington www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360995...

Many "independent" consultancy companies are like many lawyers and prostitutes, they'll tell you what you want to hear if you pay them enough money!

the funny part is that Australia is playing like the USMNT of 15 years ago and their performance so far is more or less the story of why that approach had no future

The US is quite simply just less credible as a security guarantor, not just because of crazy stuff where we threaten Denmark over Greenland, and not just because we’re erratic all the time, but because we’ve just demonstrated that our military capability is a lot less than we thought it was.

The nerve of her. Gina Rinehart wants to flog off parts Australia including QLD’s islands to Elon Musk - for nothing in return. And this is who Pauline Hanson takes policy advice from. 🙄 #auspol

International Quite a few players from the Pacific in the Baabaas squad! 🏉 South Africa v Barbarians 🗓️ Sat 20 June 2026 ⌚️ 3.00pm SAST (local)/ 1.00pm UTC/ 11.00pm AEST/ 1.00am NZT&FJT*/ 2.00am WST* (21 June) 📍 Gqeberha 📺💻 Stan Sport (AUS)/ Sky Sport 6 (NZ) Referee: Morné Ferreira (SARU) #RSAvBAR

There's always a tweet! (From 2023)

The bleak view that unemployment needs to rise shows the RBA acts firstly in the interests of companies, not workers | Greg Jericho "workers getting higher wages is always a worry; companies making higher profits is never bad" according to Reserve Bank www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

We are in a post-fact world and Hanson revels in it #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

The Reflecting Pool Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com

Interesting move by Emirates to offer comprehensive travel insurance with "conflicts" included rather than excluded. [Note this article a PR piece from the airline] Also interesting that it lists as being available in the New Zealand market but not Australia! www.emirates.com/media-centre...

Trump announced an Iran peace deal. If it feels familiar, that is because we have seen this before. A UK trade deal, now frozen. Two Gaza ceasefires, both collapsed. The Iran deal follows the same architecture. Announce, declare victory, defer the hard parts.

#auspol theconversation.com/kpmg-lost-it...

Google just called its new AI Search the "biggest upgrade in 25 years" but it's killing the open web. 😡 The web was built by millions of people sharing knowledge freely → Now, Google who owns the monopoly on Search is ruining it. What's happening & what you can do about it tuta.com/blog/why-goo...

If this was an ordinary worker - not one of the Big 4 – using confidential information for gain, cheating on an exam or mistreating a whistleblower - you’d be dismissed in a flash. No wonder Australians are cynical about politics. This is billionaire political influence over the government.

Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

If only #auspol #USPolitics #Israel #IranWar‌ #Peace

It's that simple.

We don't have to imagine we hear this every day

The “Australia-plus” social media ban isn’t a child protection policy. It’s an identity-verification infrastructure being built under the most politically unanswerable pretext available, and it doesn’t expire when Labour loses power.

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