It is time we just put all power in the hands of Dolly Parton

Zionism is a sickness. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Welfare advocates urge Government to suspend Mutual Obligation requirements during extreme heatwaves (I mean they should be suspended completely, but...) thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

Tom Homan: “You’re not going to stop ICE. You’re not going to stop border patrol” Ilhan Omar: “Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it”

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:

Not travelling light- my Herzog visit cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's only 10.30 and Penny Wong can't explain why we don't have the legal responsibility to arrest Herzog, CGT changes on the table, 3 indies voice concerns about what his visit will do to cohesion, Hanson is back after her senate suspension and the Libs/Nats are still a mess. live.thepoint.com.au

Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth. In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.

. @amyremeikis.bsky.social has got me watching Senate QT. I haven't got access to a live transcript so I had to paraphrase Katy Gallagher's response to James Paterson. I feel "listen twerp" got the gist of it live.thepoint.com.au

Me on who pays the capital gains tax (hint, probably not you) Trigger warning, features Howard advert from 1990 live.thepoint.com.au

I Spent Ten Years As A Nazi Activist And All I Got Was This Lousy Sentence.

LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now. All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/45CSPpi 1w

Cunning of HAMAS to build a HQ under there. Or are we not doing those bullshit excuses any more?

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

I’ve watched this about 20 times already

FYI - Retired Army major and NZ Remembrance Army founder Simon Strombom, who served in Gaza in 2004, confirmed the section destroyed contained 20 New Zealand and two Rarotongan soldiers as well as the Australian soldiers. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zeala...

Also, why is it so vital that a foreign Head of State comes to officially mourn a group who I assume are mainly Australian? It's not like he's the Jewish Pope

If economists want to talk about crowding out, they should have a very strong look at the gas industry Building new mines that are not needed (80% of gas is exported), and are terrible for climate change,take workers away from build roads, rail.. and homes. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

Recommends that every exhibit feature Deborah Conway singing a song on how Israel's mass murder of Gazans is very arty cool.

Israel is a genocidal state and its influence on Australia is sickening.

Scoundrel time

Had literally *any* other nation done this the anger being heard across the media airwaves and from politicians would be deafening and unending.

"… the invitation to the President of Israel was issued by the Zionist Federation of Australia … That raises the question, who runs Australia – the government or an influential lobby?" johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02... #AusPol #Herzog #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #genocide #WarCrimes

The ability for a politician to pardon a crimes is seriously weird. Anyone know how many other democracies have this?

goddamnit

"The international liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry conference is on in Qatar RIGHT NOW!!" And btw Qatar gets 5 times more revenue from gas than Australia... @rodcampbell.bsky.social with what you need to know #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

Listen to the full episode ⤵️ www.theguardian.com/business/aud...

Old mate not about to be invited to the RBA Christmas Party.

LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now. All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/3ZGJWYe

“While using the traditional ‘left-right’ lens makes some sense for some policy issues, for most of the big issues paralysing our current federal parliament it is the left-right frame that is causing much of the confusion and paralysis.” - Richard Denniss Read more: https://theaus.in/4axwXhF

Maybe Penny Wong could ponder whether someone associated with a genocidal regime is the appropriate person to come along to mourn a mass murder. The reason for a person coming do not erase who that person is

MAGA will outlive Donald Trump, experts warn The MAGA movement is synonymous with Donald Trump, but experts say it’s become so “battle-hardened” it’s likely to endure long after the US President leaves office. By Tegan George thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

My post on why blaming childcare subsidies (and govt spending generally) for inflation is absurd #OffTheCharts #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

"Glencore asks Murray Watt to sacrifice koala habitat for coal mine" thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

Probably will also judge them on how much support they give to the bigots in Advance. This is truly gross stuff.

Gee, all those courses the Bondi shooters studied must have had a major impact… oh wait.

Well @amyremeikis.bsky.social has got the intravenous coffee going on the Point Live live.thepoint.com.au

Huzzah, the glitch has been fixed. I suspect Apple did not think it wise for people to be unable to buy movies on its platform…

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain. A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones. The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

The entire press corps should walk out, not come back, & we simply shouldn’t tolerate this. Months of “Joe Biden won’t do a press conference.” A nonstop national story. Same with Harris in Aug/Sep 2024 & interviews. Trump does this stuff & everyone shrugs. It’s appalling.

New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.

“Constituents are watching closely. History will remember whether their elected representatives acted with bravery in the public interest, or once again chose to extend the life of fossil fuel interests that should be wound down.” - Louise Morris Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rxy46N

The question surely becomes: If politicians were incapable of reading someone who was such an open book as Mandelson – because he was charming and he was useful to them – then do they have any fitness to be running a country?