You want straight talking? Here it is. No jet required. Pauline Hanson says she tells it like it is. So let's do exactly that. The system is not broken. It's working exactly as designed. Against you. These are the headlines the mainstream media won't run. 👇 #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Anthony Albanese gave a very heartfelt press conference to pay tribute to his friend Richard Scolyer. He then asked "Any questions?" So Andrew Probyn asked him about One Nation! Don't tell me the media isn't fueling this fire.

Richard Scolyer shares his ‘greatest lesson’ in open letter to Australians before famed cancer researcher’s death aged 59

Thanks to @brenthodgson.bsky.social for drawing our attention to the author of the whacky headline at the AFR. (Got to get my library app going again.) This is the IPA drone who was put onto the ABC panel to defend billionaires from @purplepingers.bsky.social Cian worked for Gina. #Auspol

🌍 The arrogance of humanity in our pursuit of development often blinds us to the consequences of our actions. We must recognize that our planet is fragile and requires our respect and care. #Sustainability #EarthCare

☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️ You can call the ABC feedback line on 139994 and select option two. It’s a voicemail service so you can call any time even on the weekend. Feel free to share your thoughts on Charlie Pickering. You’re welcome 😇

#TaxTheRich #EndOligarchy #RestorePublicPower

CHris Uhlmann works with the IPA, the CIS and thus for the giant fossil fuel interests that secretly fund their far right #AtlasNetwork for-profit full time election propaganda, oops tax deductible ‘public interest non-profit non-political research’. IMO a fraudilent abuse of charity status.

We road-test the Australian justice system - as a reluctant participant. Here's the review #bhp #auspol #Minters #freespeech youtu.be/pGzD9_bBC7E?...

You know, and this is only one example from an even worse litany, but if the media spent less time analysing the polls around One Nation and quite a bit more time analysing their lack of policies, candidates and credibility, this country might be a bit better off.

Can't someone just cut through all this confusion and contact Gina Rinehart to find out what One Nation's housing policy is? Sheesh

BIG FEELINGS this World environment day. Lots of rage as we watch these people burn the world. A reminder that we must push back on apathy and despair and keep trying to make things better, otherwise we will certainly lose it all.

"One Nation's policy is very clear Brian. If you're an Australian citizen, you can buy a house. And if you're Gina, you can buy The House, and all of it's occupants"

In March 2025, I put in an FOI request: Segal's secret US trip. The request was denied, but I did get 70 pages of completely redacted docs. A question was asked at a subsequent Senate Estimates. Last week Tony Bourke lodged a Public Interest Immunity claim #transparencyfail

OK, so we all knew this ... but Jonathan Chait puts it all together in such a compelling way... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Out they go! My @smh cartoon.

They are bulldozing forest Active land clearing as the country gets hotter!!! Are they stark raving mad??????

Have Australians forgotten that One Nation tried to secure a $20M donation from the NRA in exchange for trying to weaken Australia's gun laws in 2019?! Did everyone forget this?! Why isn't the mainstream news media reminding Australian Mums & Dads of this?! Do we want school shootings?! 😡 #auspol

At Estimates Defence confirmed it on the record that the Palantir software Defence is paying $14.4 million for is the same suite of products used in Gaza, Lebanon, and the US attack on Iran. I then asked if anyone ran an ethics check. See what happens next.

I'm a supporter of the excellent RACS (Refugee Advice and Casework Service) and they've got a new thing they do. You can sign up and get GOOD NEWS text messages when a refugee or asylum seeker gets PR or citizenship. I LOVE IT. I know a lot of refugees and AS and it's wonderful to share the joy.

Here are the active audit contracts the government holds with KPMG and their values: 👉Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) $6.428m 👉CSIRO: $4.9m 👉BoM: $2.1m 👉Department of Industry, Science & Resources (DISR): $1.748m 👉ATO: $680,000 Labor must immediately ban KPMG.

I think we need to come up with another adjective for BHP other than the "Big" Australian. I can think of a few.... www.boganintel.com/p/bhp-tries-...

Ken Jones, a retired San Francisco firefighter, has died from lung cancer after Blue Shield denied his treatment claims Any 2028 candidate who does not champion universal healthcare is a non-starter. I will not vote for someone who kills my neighbors for "shareholder value." You can go burn in hell

Usually the right wing media would be having a coronary and be yelling from their TV studios and blasting on their webpages and front pages over the sacrilege of Aussie war graves. BUT they are all strangely quiet! I wonder why. Need to see Israel influence in Australia anyone? #auspol

Jane Hume skewered as she scrambles to avoid choosing between first-home buyers & investors. PK doesn’t let it go, then when cornered, “that’s a ridiculous question.” 🙄 Yikes. She’ll be now praying no one sees this pathetic display, esp people locked out of housing. #auspol

Margo Kingston - who literally wrote the book on Hanson over 25 years ago - is back writing about her - and it's a very worthwhile read #auspol > margokingston.substack.com/p/damnit-eve...

The single biggest mistake the ALP in Australia has made in the last 40 years is not addressing media consolidation. Their fear of Murdoch has made them completely compromised by Murdoch, Stokes and now Gina. They allowed the hard right billionaires to control the narrative. Idiocy and cowardice.

The Thriving Kids program won’t include MBS numbers for speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychosocial therapy. If the NDIS isn’t funding it, and neither is Thriving Kids, that means the families of children with autism exited onto Thriving Kids will be expected to privately fund these services

Congrats to Grace Tame for the announcement she'll make a podcast about autism with the ABC. There's been a lack of new voices platformed, esp women, in hosting roles at the ABC & also in the autism 'space'. I'll be interested to hear what Ms Tame and her producers explore. #autism #freshvoices

A 25-year-old Kenyan woman died at work in Sydney more than two weeks ago. The case has been raised in Kenya's parliament, protesters marched in Canberra and Sydney, and police are investigating — yet Australian media hasn’t touched the story. Why? www.ettemedia.com/sheila-chebii/

Man who received subsidised passage to settle in Aus &years later naturalised as an Australian so he could apply for a subsidised Rhodes scholarship …then renounced his UK citizenship in 1993 to stand for Aus Parliament whinges about people who have been here for thousands of years. 3 flags Tony!

Fill in an ABC compliments and feedback form in appreciation of Grace Tame: help.abc.net.au/hc/en-us/req...

Need to remember this when vacuuming up the bits of shredded carpet on the stairs!

Grace Tame's hosting 4 podcast episodes of 'Ladies, We Need to Talk' on topic of neurodivergent women, called 'Autistic AF'. Shares her experiences, interviews experts and more... Bloody legend✊💜 t.co/EIl1Dzl9T2 #Auspol #Autism #Neurodivergence

Grace Tame being awesome, as per usual.

Getting veeery close to the political "twilight zone", Australia. Just saying...😵‍💫

AUKUS is the biggest defence project in Australian history and yet it still hasn't been properly scrutinised. Good on the Australian Peace and Security Forum for establishing the AUKUS Public Inquiry. Submissions can be made here aukuspublicinquiry.netlify.app #auspol #politas

One Nation says they want to tax gas when it gets them a headline. But when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is, they’re missing in action.

Don't get a Kelpie or any form of cattle dog unless you've got a lot of space for them to roam on and are prepared to be with them to do it for at least half the day people. It's not fair to them. High energy dogs need matched energy.

Be alert and alarmed! This of all issues is increasingly bubbling below the surface - and is a slippery slope to erode our rights. Getting politically active is the counter - and now is the time to step up. No one is coming to save us but us. We are the plan!! #auspol

Soooo....has there been a recent spike in duck shooting? Or is Australia providing explosives to Israel to rain down on Gaza via the US and Singapore? Great scoop from @davemilbo.bsky.social for @theshot.net.au. This is why we need independent media. theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

One year ago, Little Chance moved in with myself and Hank. She'd had a tough life on the streets and had been stabbed twice in the stomach. Nobody deserves this safe home more than her, and although she might seem lucky, it's myself and Hank who count ourselves to be the luckiest.

I said love, I said pet. I said pet, I said love. I said no. Ive had an absolute gutful of your questions. I am ready to be Prime Minister, but I’m not ready to drag myself down to Canberra 12 weeks a year to sit in Parliament. I’ve got Gina’s monthly do to attend. When am I going to find the time?

Your reminder that the new president of Australia’s long-term main “conservative” political party is still, as of midday an active member of a fascistic Hungarian influence-operation. Tony Abbott is a component of a transnational influence operation fighting to break democracy. #auspol

We keep being told women must be believed when sexual violence occurs, but why are women not believed when sexual violence and depravity is perpetrated by the IDF? Why are Albanese and Wong so quiet about these allegations from the Sumud Flotilla when the evidence is there?

On @uncommonsenseradio.bsky.social last wk, @euanritchie.bsky.social & I touched on how 4 out of 5 of 🇦🇺's critical mineral projs sit on Indigenous lands but there's nothin so far on EPBC nat enviro stds for Indigenous community engagement & participatn Interesting read fr @lowyinstitute.bsky.social