A serious story would include the only objective review of Rolls Royce’s “Core Production Capability” programme for AUKUS submarines (that Australia has dropped $5b into). It found “There are major issues with the project [that] do not appear to be manageable or resolvable.”

My Greens colleague on Newcastle Council, Charlotte McCabe, is also pressing for answers. What the Australian public needs right now is honesty, clarity and answers about the F35 regional hub in Williamtown’s role in US global war making. More details here www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/909070...

Truly insane to put basic public health policy in the hands of local councillors. Abdication of responsibility by the State Parliament. (Qld has about 75 LGAs and a whole lot of them have only a few thousand even a few hundred people living there.)

So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.

Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/15/s...

Join Barrie, Bowers and Friends in Sydney for an evening of insight, laughs, and a bit of sass! From what the government is doing, to what is the point of the Coalition - all covered by some of the smartest minds in Australian politics! @amyremeikis.bsky.social @mikepbowers.bsky.social #auspol

I think we've all lost track of how many Chinese EV brands there are in Australia. The trouble is that the market isn't big enough to support so many. Some folk will find themselves with a new'ish vehicle that's no longer supported! www.drive.com.au/news/gac-wee...

I have owned and always loved dogs. However, they DO NOT belong in restaurants or aircraft cabins. www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersCho...

We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry. We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat. Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this. www.afr.com//policy/ener...

I've been saying this for so long. We are concerned about gas and oil industry lobbyists. But, we never, ever hear of the lobbying from the armaments industry that simply must take place! AUKUS = U-SUKA theaimn.net/the-manufact...

And still people wonder why more women don't report sexual assault www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

This makes me very sad… especially as CSIRO’s Data61 has done some great work for the ACS. The move away from public good science is a sad one for Australia, right at the time we have never needed public good science more. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Morrison "would go so far as to sell off Australian sovereignty for a song via the AUKUS security agreement promising nuclear powered submarines, leaving the Australian taxpayer in bondage to Washington for the next half-century." AUKUS = U-SUKA theaimn.net/from-our-arc...

"Even if the boats’ occupants were..carrying illegal drugs, that offense would at most have authorized their arrest, trial, &, if convicted, incarceration for a period of years. It would not authorize the death penalty, much less their summary execution without trial" www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

As the Privacy Commissioner says - yes this social media age ban is likely to create a honeypot of data and the safest data is the data you don't collect. It's as simple as that.

He was a vaguely passable Opposition leader He was a spectacularly terrible Prime Minister. A rolled-gold cluster-fuck. He was so bad he got stabbed in the back (and the front) by his own colleagues, less than 2 years into the gig. And now he’s offering leadership advice? Stroll on loser.

Great news - the extension of North West Shelf Project is obscene: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Leo Puglisi from @6newsau.bsky.social gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the social media age ban - I asked him about the real impacts on young people. This isn't about protection, it's about control. You can't lock kids out of news and social connection and call it safety.

The social media age ban may actually mean more people have more data collected about them - it means the risk from hacks and leaks may increase and goes against 'data minimisation' principles according to @drwaus.bsky.social

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way. No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

Youth-focused anti-bullying organisation Project Rockit are saying the impact of the social media age ban on young people will be harsh - focus should be on the corporations pushing algorithms, not on young people

age restrictions on social media is not about kids its about control. when will labor get some experts in #auspol

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ and 'keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!' in shocking 2011 email. Email sent after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged exposing lie that he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Australia the stupid country China is our biggest trading partner, by far. Our slavish dependence on Amerika for our foreign and defence policies damages our perspective and options with China We may as well shoot ourselves in the foot if this persists johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Clever Fox? I cannot imagine anything more risky than writing all passwords down in a single book! But, apparently, 600K have thought it a great idea.

Grattan’s new research shows households could halve their energy bills by 2050 as we electrify homes and cars. Clean energy isn’t just good for the planet, it’s cheaper too. Let’s go faster. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

We're told the online age verification codes will prevent young people from seeing sexual or violent content but it's simply not true. Those searching in a logged out state can still search for this content. Companies are going to be age checking all of us for nothing!

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“US political leaders’ statements touting US as the beacon of democracy, humanitarianism, fair play, decency on the world stage ring hollow to anyone with an iota of moral clarity.” theaimn.net/in-its-250th...

I was just reminded that six years ago I took an introductory flying lesson and it really was *AMAZING* If I ever won the lottery...

Is Linda Reynolds the worst person in Australia? #AusPol

Gov. Shapiro: "The way the president has chosen to deploy the National Guard in other states, and to deploy the Guard of one state. Texas, into another state, Illinois, is extremely dangerous...It does not make us more safe. It creates chaos and real danger in our communities."

Brian Blessed is 89 today, Happy Birthday Brian 🎁🎂

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽 Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club. That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group. Just utterly unbelievable.

In the UK & Australia, the mainstream politicians in the major parties are pushing, prodding & poking to get a world like America, which is a chaotic fascist tyranny, a failed state ruled by lunatics Anyone know why? #auspol #ukpol #uspol #politics #kakocracy

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

A slap on the wrist behind closed doors undermines the case put forward by Finance that the culture of PwC is all cleaned up, which was their justification for allowing PwC back into the fold of government contracts. #auspol

I feel so sad for Qantas. This is a company I was proud to work for 18 years during the 70's and 80's, but now I refuse to travel with. How are the mighty fallen, thanks to many, many years of appalling management. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/07/a...

What is wild about this story is that Deloitte has been allowed to keep 80% of the massive fees it charged for using ChatGPT to produce rubbish and passing it off as actual work. (One might add, why was a consulting firm purporting to give legal advice anyway, hmmm?)

Even after being found guilty of 'officer misconduct' for mishandling the Robodebt referral, Commissioner of the NACC continues consultancy role despite concerns of perceived conflicts of interest. At $820k/year surely he can focus on doing one job well? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.