@ronnisalt.bsky.social is one of Australia's most gifted writers. This is unarguably one of her most powerful and important pieces. Read it, share it, reflect upon it, and act for peace, compassion, empathy, and understanding. Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.

"Albanese Government set to use social media ban as cover to water down gambling reforms yet again" @jack-thrower.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251124-...

No wonder Minister Murray Watt is 'huffing and puffing' to try to speed up passage of his propose environmental laws through the Senate - the longer and harder we look at the Bills, the more pitfalls and holes we see. 👇Take 'net gain' for example. 👇#auspol

Quite obvious that @albomp.bsky.social Govt stuffed up NDIS & Support at Home Program for seniors by outsourcing govt service delivery to a plethora of price-gouging private sector outfits who are bleeding these programs dry. All service delivery should be effected by govt employees only #auspol

Since I’m back here and the government is currently gutting scientific research, it would be marvellous if we could round this total up to $40k for the Menzies Centre and Albo can bite his bum. pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...

Shame @albomp.bsky.social more than shame. You have lost any real values for Australia that we might have perceived you had. One less submarine? One less naval port? US housing subsidies...soon there will be nothing to defend. Ripping the guts out of research is idiotic.

So we’ll miraculously find $2billion to host COP should we win the bid to host it, but we can’t fund our scientists at the #CSIRO A truly shocking moment for Labor @jimchalmers.bsky.social @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social

Smoke and mirrors doesn't work any more. Shame albanese shame.

The CSIRO is to cut 350 research jobs. Important @grogsgamut.bsky.social piece. Read his report. Then I encourage you to contact your local Albo Govt MP. This is insane. #auspol #CSIRO #science #research thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

The greed of the salmon industry. Weep. And rage.

Scarlet honeyeater. Mallacoota Victoria Australia today. Beautiful bird.

Please donate encouragingly to help eradicate this bastard of a disease pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...

Mallacoota today. A visitor to our garden eating the fresh tips of a paper bark we planted to encourage wildlife and birds. Special!

Silence in the face of what is heinous = cowardice. Speak up and be on the rights side of history, Labor MPs, or become independent, or choose a party that doesn’t punish free speech and dissent! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Andrew Wilkie for prime minister. andrewwilkie.org/2025/08/brai...

Well fuck

No Joy, only Division: Just the stupidest stupid of all www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Looks like it’ll be a brilliant episode with the fantastic Chvastek and Bob Carr #SundayShot

I'm going to be on this with the legendary @cathywilcox.bsky.social ! Get your tickets!

Hey @australia.theguardian.com - After two years of the #GazaGenocide and Israeli propaganda, it's way past time to move on from the pathetic "Israel says..." approach to reporting. #ThisIsNotJournalism www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Can you please confirm for us, @senatorwong.bsky.social, whether or not your favourite "peacemaker" is still funding & arming Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, & whether or not Australia is still supplying lethal weapons components to Israel. Thank you. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

The first rule of Australian Parliamentary Sports Club is you better be careful about what you say about Australian Parliamentary Sports Club. Or else

One of the sources of PFAS is hydraulic fluid, used in fracking. #frackoff www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lcdocs/inqui... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

No surprise that despite majority community support we still don’t have a ban on gambling advertising when the Albanese government accepts money from companies like Sportsbet for their fundraising. When will they put Australians ahead of gambling companies? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Ooh #FourCorners what a crooked bunch of bloodsuckers who have our govt by the cojones, those folks in the NRL, the gaming industry and even the body supposedly tasked with encouraging “responsible gambling”. Time for one of those #royalcommissions to uncover the corruption all the way to the top.

Pathetic by the National Press Club open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Robobility

Fresh from ramming thru regressive EPBC amendments to enable toxic industrial salmon-farming, the @albomp.bsky.social govt dilutes WoodCIDE's conditions in "private negotiations" to enable North West Shelf Extension (also a gateway to drilling under Scott Reef) to 2070 EPBC laws never had a chance

Rick Morton is a national treasure.

Magnificent

With the belated entry of Professor Quoll, one of the most educated of the team, we now have full set and can get in some t-shirts. If you would like to kick some cash in to fund a cure for brain cancer then that would be most appreciated pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...

We voted for more transparency. Not a brick wall .

I interviewed historian @emmashortis.bsky.social on the particulars of American fascism, comparisons with Nazism, the global crisis of democracy, and Australia's options. None of this is particularly cheery stuff, but you might find some clarity in it. youtu.be/MM6cXjTBJ0U?...

It should never have even been an idea!

Professor Nick Maynard describes Israeli-inflicted horror. #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

"The US rationale for building defence facilities in Australia has one objective: containment and confrontation with China. #AUKUS and US bases serve America’s interests, not ours." @johnmenadue.com Time to ditch AUKUS, and push independence from Trumpistan. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.

Government secrecy and obfuscation was one of the key reasons we chucked out Morrison and his putrid pals. What the hell is the former Minister for Gambling doing now? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Today when I see all the different faces in my town, I feel nothing but joy and I am thankful for how multicultural it is versus the monocultural desert I grew up in.

Here’s something to play as you slip into your week ahead. Music always gets me up and moving 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/2gZ...

Bit of a chilly start today but managed to break the 50 minute barrier with a PB despite walking with Erik “Sheet Anchor” Wapstra. If you would like to encourage this behaviour, please donate to groundbreaking medical research via the link in my bio.

Well whaddaya know!

My latest in The Shot. "The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy." 👇🏽 theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The truth emerges. The campaign to silence writers - which imploded the Bendigo Writers Fest - was waged by an anonymous group of pro-Israel academics, 5A. (A group that has no compunction naming and defaming individual writers, btw). Important scoop:

Just shut up shop ABC and call yourself Newscorp! News Corp veteran Clare Armstrong poached for the ABC’s chief politics job

Too easy! My @smh @theage cartoon.

Australian Public Service Commission Gordon de Brouwer was subject to two complaints and two investigations over his handling of the Robodebt referrals, he has now been cleared of any wrongdoing. Gee I wonder who made those complaints! www.canberratimes.com.au/story/903018...