He went back for his hat! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Kudos to David Littleproud for his genuine, heartfelt best wishes extended to Albo & Jodie on #insiders . Nice to see expressions of humanity in #auspol

“The Opposition has talked themselves into irrelevancy” - Graeme Samuel #insiders #auspol

I hope #insiders acknowledges the opening today of the most beautiful inner-city railway stations in Australia - Melbourne’s 9km Metro Tunnel with 5 new stations. Credit to ALP Premier Andrews who pushed ahead after various myopic LNP leaders (Baillieu, Napthine & Abbott) tried to shelve it #auspol

“America was softened up for Trump long before he arrived” - Kerry O’Brien Walkley Awards. “Don’t believe it can’t happen here” #auspol

Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms. No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.

In a nice twist on interfaith cooperation, the blast-proof glass that once protected the Catholic Pope, will now protect Palestinian children & health workers in Gaza from Israeli snipers during mobile medical treatment. #SanctionIsrael #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Geez, this is not #AustralianStory … it is Leigh Sales doing an interview. ABC’s Australian Story format is unique & brilliant - introduced by someone close to the subject with just the subject & those connected with the story telling the story. No interviewer needed. Don’t mess with the format!

$100 million for a failed website (that has no registered users / password access / consumer data / paywall / ecommerce etc etc etc) is truly insane. $78 million for "design"!?!?! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

“I am a millennial” says Victoria’s new Liberal leader, Jess Wilson. She has said it a zillion times just in case you missed it. #springst #auspol

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Nicki Savva (who has very strong LNP sources) said on #insiders that the South Australian Liberals are worried that in the March state election they might be reduced to ZERO seats. #auspol

“We are witnessing one of history’s greatest betrayals” - Mark Kenny re Trump pushing the putrid Putin “peace” deal on Ukraine. #insiders

The reason why Trump’s meeting with his sparring partner the newly elected New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani surprisingly went so well. Trump loves getting coverage. “"I've had a lot of meetings with the heads of major countries, nobody cared. This meeting — you people have gone crazy."

End times for the USA. #auspol

“If you work in the zoo don’t try to be friendly with the animals” - Australian political journo of yesteryear on “Anabel Crabb’s Civic Duty “ re working with pollies. #auspol

“What’s good for the planet is good for your pocket.” - Chris Bowen #insiders

Arguably the most arrogant Australian journo, Paul Kelly, does a story about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal and puts himself at the start of the timeline. #auspol #dismissal

We are entering bushfire season in Oz which always focuses people’s minds on the (literally) inflammatory effect of climate change on our world. If the LNP does ditch Net Zero the LNP will become even more electorally insignificant. #insiders #auspol

Um … David Littleproud on #abc730 saying that one third of Australians can’t afford to put food on the table tonight. One in three people you see in the street? Nine million people? Clear, obvious lies like this should be challenged on the fly otherwise all credibility is lost. #auspol

Oh my God, Cuba. When the guy is dead you can stop punching!

Trump “confuses dementia screening for ‘very hard' IQ test as he brags about results.” "Trump has previously bragged about his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a dementia screening administered by clinicians that is not intended to test for intelligence.” people.com/donald-trump...

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Of course Barnaby Joyce hasn’t announced how he sees his future. He is getting far too much enjoyment in lapping up all the attention journos are giving him as he vacillates. #abc730 #auspol

Hundreds of thousands protest in Amsterdam against Gaza war reut.rs/4mMidyj

Another video from Amsterdam shows the massive crowd that gathered for Palestine. Over 250,000 people wearing red flooded the streets of Amsterdam today in a massive demonstration for Palestine.

A day after Stephen Miller said judges are leading a “legal insurrection” and are part of an organized terrorist attack on America.

Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office

American taxpayers are paying people to post Bible verses on a US government account.

Gavin Newsom announces that any California university that caves to Trump and signs his “loyalty pledge” will be immediately defunded. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS.”

Experts don’t know more than any random down the road. #AFL #AFLGF #Lions #Cats

They will be going bananas at the Pineapple (hotel)! #AFL #AFLGF #GeelongBrisbane

The People v Robodebt launches on SBS free to air at 7:30pm tonight and 3 episodes are available on SBS on Demand right now. #auspol #robodebt

“Robust scientific evidence shows no causal link between the use of paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD, with several large and reliable studies directly contradicting these claims.” - Australia's Chief Medical Officer and the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). #auspol #Tylenol

Sarah Ferguson “but does it (Oz recognition of Palestine) do anything to achieve a peace agreement?” Huh? Well, it doesn’t help build a better mousetrap either. #abc730 #auspol

Kenvue, the manufacturers of Tylenol, should sue the Trump administration. Let Trump prove his claims in court. #abc730 #auspol

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today. Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943. Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s. Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

As Laura Tingle mentioned- the clip of Trump saying that he thinks it is illegal to criticise him. #insiders #auspol

“Some people get to deliver commentary; I get to deliver results”. Chris Bowen on criticism that the new Australian Govt climate change targets are too modest while others say they are too ambitious. #insiders #auspol

Dirty dibby dobber! #auspol #trump

Bogans boo. #afl #aflcrowshawthorn

Media (including the ABC) froth at the mouth about the heavily cropped photo with Dan Andrews in China. In fact there were about 100 people in that photo including two ex New Zealand PM’s (John Keys & Helen Clark). In Murdoch media free NZ the reaction was more subdued. #insiders #auspol

Labor promised that Australia would and should have its own Centre for Disease Control (CDC) because of Covid pandemic. Given that the CDC in US is probably going to be decimated by its new projected leader it’s past time Australia looked after itself.

The world will outlast this evolution of the US. I’m really looking forward to seeing the post fall version.

Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that. The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…

1/2 The Murdoch media must bear some responsibility for the growth of the Australian Sovereign Citizen movement during Covid to the situation today. They spearheaded anti-government rhetoric in particular against Premier Dan Andrews. They engaged in almost manic hateful attacks. #abc730 #auspol

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Good on Sarah Ferguson for challenging the lies this Israeli representative is attempting to spread. The world has eyes and they are increasing turned to the cruelties of Israel in Gaza. #abc730 #auspol