According to ABC 730 a Liberal Senator who once got sacked by Boris Johnson for being a bit too racist is in "the middle" of the Liberal Party.

LOL. RW nutcase Alex Antic getting a softly softly interview with Sarah Ferguson where he ended by lavishing praise on Nigel fucking Farage. The racist Trump loving populist grifter. Pathetic by #ABC730

Australia formally joins the UK and US as a member of Smol Bean Fascist Alliance

Cool. Doing a frame by frame analysis to check whether 6 cops beating up a 76-year-old man is ok or not

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we are joined by @daanysaeed.bsky.social to describe what he saw at the Herzog protests in Sydney and the media response. Plus Libs keep holding each other’s beer and more. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social at 7pm

Really concerning data in the latest survey of the psychological health/safety of Australian university staff: 82% of 11,477 respondents ranked high or very high on levels of emotional exhaustion & 71% report working more than their contracted/paid hours. Full details at: stresscafe.net/census/

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne.... Cohesion and Unity 🙄 It comes across as Muslims and Palestinians are not seen as equals by Premier Minns. #Auspol #NSWpol #News

and the band played on..

also just the ordinary wealthy and your estate agent and the manager at your local restaurant and

One thing that astonishes me about the Herzog visit is that Israel has murdered more journalists than any other state in the 21st century, and he hasn’t faced a single question about this (to my knowledge) from the Australian media

‘Despite some leadership change, harms and hazards at the ANU are ongoing and the damage is lasting. Staff and students at the nation's university are paying a heavy price for poor governance and toxic work environments!’ www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917363...

Editorial: The politicians who take donations from fossil fuel companies should be ashamed. What they are selling is the country’s future and the value they’ve put on it is printing costs and a few billboards in rural Queensland. satpa.pe/jKALCbB

A low point for two Labor leaders this week, turning Trumpy. Mine for MWM michaelwest.com.au/is-chris-min...

A tale of two national broadcasters.

📢 From water dealings to questionable economic credentials — who is the man touted as the future Liberal Party leader?

Australian Census on University Staff Wellbeing results are out. Every uni recorded scores indicating high/very high psych risk. And in news surprising no one, "only senior execs and deans rated their workplaces as medium or low risk while all other staff groups reported high-risk conditions."

Already glaringly obvious why the Minns government chose this guy as police commissioner

"In short, Housing First means no preconditions for housing. It does not mean providing housing and working out the support later. Yet this is precisely how the NSW Government interprets it. What is presented as innovation is, in practice, business as usual."

New item added to the permanent collection at the Non-Apologies Museum

We will decide who gets beaten by police and the manner in which they are beaten open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

I am not sure you could come up with a worse put down of the Liberal front bench than James Paterson saying "Angus is the smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet” live.thepoint.com.au

If the answer is “Angus Taylor” you’re asking a question other than “how do we win an election.” Unless you are the ALP.

The Australian police punched and pepper sprayed protesters in Sydney who were demonstrating against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit on February 9. The police’s use of force to prevent protests is a further erosion of basic rights in Australia. Learn more: https://bit.ly/45Zn0ah

"Angus is the smartest policy brain in the shadow cabinet" says IPA Patterson. I can't stop laughing #auspol

This Angus Taylor, ICYMI. We still don't know where that money went btw - bc Cayman Islands.

The government is refusing to answer questions about why the Secretary was sacked "I don't think anyone...would appreciate the circumstances of their employment termination being discussed" She was paid $1m/year to unlawfully cut ppl's payments. You can't bullshit your way past this one, sorry

Greens call for probe into decision to hold police funeral for paedophile cop: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-12/tasmanian-greens-paul-reynolds-parliamentary-inquiry-call/106332474

“Antarctica is often considered the last pristine wilderness on the planet. But an Australian base abandoned almost 6 decades ago continues to pose a major pollution threat to the ecosystem” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Usurpingly the 5% deposit guarantee caused the average size of home loans for first-home buyer to jump by a record amount to a new record high www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

This is definitely crap. One question for Hollywood is whether it’s more crap than the stuff they routinely make.

For #BirdOfTheDay #blue #eastcoastkin a tiny superb blue wren photographed yesterday #phonePhotography

When I was in the city last Mon for the protest - walking to Town Hall - I was struck yet again by how many people are sleeping rough on our streets. I’ll never not be shocked by this. Every homeless person in an affluent country is a sign of political failure. Shame!! #auspol

“greenlighting Bunnings’ use of facial recognition technology to..monitor customers provides a not-so-happy snap of how ill-prepared Aust is for the coming AI storm..there is no..approach to lining issues up & creating..principles for how they might be addressed” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Angus Taylor is the ultimate Australian expression of falling up syndrome

As it appears enough of the Liberals will sufficiently succumb to madness to endorse him as their next hapless leader, here's a piece I wrote way back in 2021 about the many and varied and still unexplained controversies that have swirled around Angus Taylor. theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

Really? As a senior Shadow Minister before the '25 election the signature policy she was associated with was so toxic to metro voters it had to be abandoned.

Taylor says the party has been left with “no choice” but to vote on the leadership to put an end to all the damaging rumours he started about the leadership More: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/12/angus-taylor-says-leadership-spill-necessary-to-end-instability-caused-by-constant-talk-of-leadership-spill/

Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"

The most charitable interpretation of Chris Minns' actions and words is that he doesn't understand basic concepts like art, speech, assembly, democracy, disagreement and human emotion. He constantly looks perplexed, like an under-6s soccer coach.

“…this is something to keep in mind if you’re using a Google camera. Even if you aren’t paying for storage, every event recorded by the camera is going to Google’s servers, and it’s probably recoverable long past the deletion timeline stipulated in the company’s policy.”

My column on new data that shows how the 5% deposit guarantee raised house prices just like we all said it would. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Guy who doesn’t know anything thinks you shouldn’t either.

Revival Of Internship Program Heralds CEO’s Daughter Coming Of Age https://theonion.com/revival-of-internship-program-heralds-ceos-daughter-coming-of-age/

Clinical trials have resoundingly concluded that ivermectin is not effective against COVID-19, and there is no old or new scientific evidence to support a hypothesis that it can cure cancer.

smol watermelon

Many Australians this week have broken bones, are battered, bruised & hurt - as they attended a peaceful protest against a Genocide - all because Anthony Albanese yet again showed flawed judgement by asking the head of State of the country committing the genocide 😩 #auspol

Running with an actual Latho slogan from 2004 on your way out the door in 2026? Priceless.

Turn down the temperature? Oh he was talking about the protesters

Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...