This summer its been super dry in central & northern VIC so I have stayed close to home to be available to fight fires locally. But my mind has been on the mountains. Here is a quick summary of what happened this summer in the high country. themountainjournal.com/2026/02/14/t...

This guy is pushing Ralph Babet lines about "armour of God" and "demons", what is he doing in a mainstream political party? theguardian.com/australia-ne... #qldpol

Happy place :)

Any thoughts on the identity of this citrus muncher?

Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Superb by @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Helpful of this NSW police officer to do away with any pretence of neutrality. Sometimes you just gotta declare loyalty to a foreign state and wear another country’s flag on your uniform.

Pulling this down would be utterly barbarous. Beautiful building. www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

"Our character is essentially Anglo-Celtic and Judaeo-Christian. That's what has made our country attractive to migrants, and we should keep it that way." Tony Abbott ABC News This will come as quite the surprise to Indigenous people. And to most Australians. Abbott only sees a mirror. #AusPol

Of sudden relevance :) I took a trip round Sussan Ley’s electorate … Contrast country www.themonthly.com.au/september-20...

Meanwhile, in the Liberal party room …

Oh! Leadership troubles in the Liberal Party! Well, they certainly kept that quiet.

The problem of big party politics… and this is true across the aisle … is that they imagine a change of leadership will correct their public standing. Not a change of policy. Not a realignment toward public need and sentiment, but a change in figurehead. Says it all really.

Barely legal.

John Farnham, 1998.

lulz live.thepoint.com.au

One Nation’s pledge to deport 75,000 undocumented migrants echoes Trump’s approach, but delivering it would require billions in spending, mass detention, legal chaos and serious human harm, Abul Rizvi writes. #PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #Immigration #OneNation

Beyond grim. A truly vile regime.

Sussan to drop the extra s in a bold build for relevance and policy cut through.

The yawning chasm in our public life left by these shadow cabinet resignations must be resolved with all haste. How can we go on?

Press gallery having orgasms at not having to worry at all about policy and being able to talk about “cut through” “conviction” “a good look” “win back the centre” all without one iota of supporting evidence

Good performance from Tim Wilson on 7.30. Presume his colleagues were watching.

Fwiw: Expect Hastie to come through the middle. What odds?

Good job Angus. Well done.

Very unexpected and welcome news! QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane. www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin

The Wasabi Bong Water are not bad TBH.

THIS NEWS WILL PLEASE A FEW PEOPLE: “QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne.” www.qut.edu.au/meanjin

Glad to see Meanjin saved. Weird process, good conclusion.

Is this the worst leadership challenge in history? Hastie needs to step up and supplant Taylor www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/11/a...

The Liberal party’s basic problem is that the leader that might appeal to the public is not the leader that might appeal to the party.

Re-sharing this post from last year, given it has new relevance now that we’ve seen the donations data leading up to the 2025 election. Fossil fuel interests are major backers of these groups. Millions and millions. open.substack.com/pub/tempests...

We will decide where you protest against unreasonable actions of the state and the places in which you do it.

Look I am not a fan of this arrangement but isn't their head of state King Charles www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

New from @meadea.bsky.social: Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief and Australia's longest serving editor, Lenore Taylor, has resigned after 10 years in the role, credited with taking the fledgling news organisation from a tiny startup to the fourth most-read news website in the country.

In sad, breaking news, @lenoret.bsky.social is leaving after 10 years as editor of Guardian Australia – @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/guardian-aus...

Tuesday.

Neo-Nazi associate and nepo baby Hugo Lennon has unmasked himself as the person behind an offensive series of posters depicting the Bondi shooter which had appeared at night around Melbourne recently. www.smh.com.au/national/pos...

Zali Steggall points out the consequences of inviting Isaac Herzog given the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestine was 'highly foreseeable' live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

Thread 💔

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

There’s some cosmic bingo tea towel out there that has a square for ‘too young, too funny, too decent’.

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Remembers when aukus was just auk

And back again

Try this “a flumine ad mare” Not sure many Queensland police have Latin as a second language

#Newspoll The One Nation primary is 27 and the Coalition primary is 18

From the river to the sea … like, I dunno, Brisbane?

It is the most magnificent garden. Especially for fans of a clipped cherry laurel … www.instagram.com/reel/DUaETYD...