"The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding." - Albert Camus, The Plague We have seen both on full display this week.

If you want to have fun, go back a read the speeches by Liberal MPs during the Racial Discrimination Act 18C debates eg "If we have the state regulating our speech, you also have the state regulating our thought, and I think that looks a lot like 1984". parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...

The tail wags the dog. #auspol

"Scholars have frequently cited the near extermination of Aboriginal Tasmanians, mass killings during the frontier wars, forced removals of Indigenous children from their families (now known as the Stolen Generations) & policies of forced assimilation as genocidal." Wikipedia. Teach this in schools!

Media release: Unity must guide the Government's response to Bondi attack, not divisive pro-Israel wishlist Full release available at the link in our bio.

Bondi politic. My @smh @theage cartoon.

I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.

rebtoz.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... Develop children's assertiveness and confidence via 'I'm worthwhile crocodile' thinking. #HaveaGoSpaghettio! #earlychildhood #GiveItaTryBananaPie!

Is it mean to point out that when Anika Wells was Minister for Aged Care she introduced co-payments for old people who needed a shower? #whatsthescam #auspol @sarahrussell.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/comcars-for-...

Editorial: This week Pete Hegseth stood beside Richard Marles and Penny Wong and endorsed AUKUS. It was another moment of performative embarrassment, pretending everything is normal as a half-drunk innumerate sex pest shakes you down for $368b. satpa.pe/Kesssic

John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.

Cricket players wearing arm bands is appropriate as a mark of respect. Everyone is worthy of unconditional positive regard and should live in peace according to whatever they believe. Usman Khawaja wanted to show his respect for the people of Palestine and it was considered anti semitic to do so.

‘Shouldhood’ leads2 ‘shithood' psychologically speaking. Alfred Koerzybski of General Semantics says that2 think in oughts, musts & shoulds is 'unsanity.' However this can be addressed via the Have a Go Spaghettio! Success Helper Approach to psychological wellbeing. www.linkedin.com/posts/giulio...

More and more Aussies are voting independent. The response from the major parties has NOT been to ‘be and do better’, rather to rig electoral laws to favour them. It’s undemocratic! @zoedaniel.bsky.social and I are asking the High Court to strike out those laws. #auspol

That's a Deadly choice! Deadly thinking! The Have a Go Deadlio! Success Helper approach2 wellbeing in early childhood teaches students that Deadly choices come from Deadly thinking. They learn how thinking, feeling and behaving are linked. www.linkedin.com/posts/giulio...

I understand why Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) exists. I was around when it first emerged. I’ve never been a fan — and I know that’s controversial. So let me explain how I see the relationship between SEWB and Indigenous mental health./2

Mr. Albanese is in a damn if he does, damn if he doesn't situation. Time to use his mandate & make some courageous calls, damn the naysayers and get on with bold and principled action on social housing, negative gearing, early learning/aged care, dental care. Just do it and be damned. #Labor #auspol

Still trying to process what has happened in Bondi. Thoughts with people affected. Violence solves nothing.

'Arabs (the primary ethnic group among Muslims) and Jews—are considered Semitic in a linguistic and cultural sense.' Got this on the net. It would seem that the term semite includes a diversity of people. This ought to be remembered when we educate people about the term anti semite. We live & learn!

“Adopt new habits yourself: consolidate your principles by putting them into practice.” by Epictetus The Stoic bit.ly/TheStoicApp

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... No excuses. Taxpayers paying the entitled while many struggle to make ends meet. Unconscionable.

"Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming." ~ Alice Walker

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

rebtoz.blogspot.com/2025/08/have... The case for teaching General Semantics principles in daily early childhood teaching practice. #HaveaGoSpaghettio #GiveItaTryBananaPie #earlychildhood

Right up there with one of the best things @nickfeik.bsky.social has ever written. A must read. 👉 nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win *cough-former730host-cough*

Thank you Shot presenters, panellists and producers for your efforts during 2025..... and now NEVER back to you, Speersy.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... Disgraceful! Only when you're found out!

""It's outrageous to change the rules so that the taxpayer can pay for campaigning and political party events," independent Senator David Pocock said." Many tradies work away from home in many instances but the taxpayer doesn't finance family holidays and reunions. #auspol #scam

"The earth has moved under our feet, and our massive security gamble is crumbling, but the government pretends nothing has happened" @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #AUKUS #Trump michaelwest.com.au/australias-s...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... Here on Kaurna land we hear similar stories. Cohesive society? Nowhere near it.

And how did that work out?

open.substack.com/pub/nickfeik... Good read.

“We can’t tinker and dither.” Maybe it’s a good thing @australianlabor.bsky.social factional forces ousted Ed Husic from the ministry. With the shackles of Cabinet solidarity lifted, he’s speaking some common sense on gas. #auspol

Australia is one of the few countries in the world where taxpayers subsidise non-government schools. As more students shift to the private system, the cost to taxpayers continues to escalate. satpa.pe/e77aLcA

My weekend column for #ThePoint. The rich gets advice on how to rort the system, the poor get told to suck it the f*ck up. thepoint.com.au/news/251213

ARNOTT's was, long ago, acquired by a wholly AmeriKan owned oligarchy, with borrowed capital! They should sink or swim in the market on their own merits. This is no longer an Aussie icon. 🇭🇲🦘🤠

“If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.” by Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Stoic bit.ly/TheStoicApp

Albanese take heed: voters don’t want to pay for the family holidays of politicians | Tom McIlroy www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... where's the Labor Party gone?

New spam. The email address it comes from looks convincing but I don’t have an account. Also. “Advices”?

“It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.” by Lucius Annaeus Seneca The Stoic bit.ly/TheStoicApp

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #Labor invested in AUKUS. Can't (won't?) look after its own. Unacceptable!

youtube.com/shorts/VMWBo... Albo in fine fettle.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... SA in surplus according to premier. Backslapping and congrats all round. 9 more years of V8s and LIV golf too. Seniors struggle, homeless on streets, lack of social housing, early ed a for profit 'industry.' #auspol #AlboRicho

I didn’t vote for the social media ban; the real issue has always been tech companies allowing harmful behaviour to run rampant on their platforms. But with the ban in place, the Govt mustn’t forget to ensure social media platforms also clean up their act. #auspol #politas

This. 1000% this.

🔥Things heat up as David Shoebridge skewers NACC Commr Brereton for not even meeting the “minimum expectation” on conflict of interest after his secret IGADF role was exposed, as Brereton says he didn’t have to tell colleagues why he recused himself, but they “knew” anyway.🤦‍♂️💥

For over 30 years Labor and Liberal governments have ignored the 339 recommendations to save the lives of incarcerated First Nations peoples. The Deaths in Custody recommendations must be implemented in full as a matter of urgency.

Prisons do not make communities safer. The evidence tells us investing in community led solutions in areas like housing or disability support are cheaper and more effective in lowering incarceration rates. But both the major parties remain in lock-step on draconian laws.

This year has seen the largest number of Aboriginal deaths in custody since records began in 1980. This is a national shame and tragedy. How many more First Nations people will die before the federal government acts?

Emeritus Prof Terry Carney delivers "Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards dystopia? Or equity and justice for the vulnerable?" Inaugural Carney Public Lecture at USyd on Thurs 6pm. Few tix to this free event left. I'm responding via Zoom after www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-...