Insidious forces are growing in power around the world that want to kill or erase queer people. We cannot afford the luxury of moralising, gatekeeping and tearing each other down. We must unite - regardless of different views on other issues - we must stand together.

This politician sued a former staff member (who was raped in her office) over a couple of tweets that she later retracted.

Don’t be that person who tries to bankrupt a survivor of sexual assault because you didn’t like like what they said about you (and later retracted) #auspol www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

Vale David, what a legend. His reviews were important in opening up the wonderful world of international cinema to so many. Yes, definitely five stars.

Five stars

Mardi Gras should be powerful, inclusive and united - not divided by bans and infighting. protectmardigras.org

Mardi Gras should be powerful, inclusive and united - not divided by bans and infighting. protectmardigras.org

Hi darl #taspol

This is so hilarious. Real estate agents very upset that someone is rorting them.

Six months on and it’s difficult to determine whether it’s Project 2025 or the Handmaid’s Tale that Trump et al are implementing

ineptitude /ɪˈnɛptɪtjuːd/ noun lack of skill or ability

ACTU statement on the appalling atrocities in Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and a genocidal maniac. He will be remembered in history as such. With the horrors on display in Gaza I hope that we can still be strategic in the way we campaign for peace and justice.

Just think rationally!! 😂😂😂

“Gaga for the woo woo” should be the title for the LNP election review www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... via @garynunn.bsky.social

I realise Ministry needs to be sorted out straight away, but don’t feel it’s a great sign that it took less than a week for first internal drama story. The idea that MPs are entitled to front bench positions on the basis of faction or state is something that should have died out last century.

Anyone who follows knows I am a strong critic of NSW Police. Karen Webb was the first Commissioner to attend Mardi Gras to support her rainbow colleagues. This was very meaningful & special to me. I don't doubt it is one of the most challenging jobs in public life & thank her for her service.

It’s been advanced by external factors like Trump, but this election has been the end of the LNP as we know it. Gen Z are replacing Boomers/Interwar on the roll at roughly the opposite split in progressive-conservative terms. I’m worried Labor will learn wrong lessons from this amazing victory.

I think the “quiet Australians” must all be dead?

lol lol lol

Seems like a coin flip between minority and majority Labor government to me. Whichever, I believe Australia is set to deliver another very progressive Parliament with a big crossbench. Dutton’s orbit was too close to the Trumpian sun: he’s frightened too many centrist and disengaged Australians.

I agree that coordinated non-violent resistance must occur *across* sectors and civil society. The zone is flooded and we can’t hope to build tiny boats alone, we need an ark. This is a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

In January I wrote that Dutton was trying to dance on a fine line: Trumpian policies to energise base without risking middle. He's tripped up since Trump's Zelensky performance - the middle don't want his politics & chaos in Australia & the line has shifted. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Joe Hockey helping US coal miner extract half a billion from NSW public purse

“On everything from world peace to climate change to the Australian economy these young men are twice as likely to see Trump as a positive influence compared with the broader population.“ @peterlewisemc.bsky.social

In 1996, a clandestine rendezvous between two political adversaries went unnoticed at a Tasmanian funeral. There were no notes or staff, but the secret meeting helped define an informal model for minority government that we may see repeated federally in 2025.

@zezvaz.bsky.social Hello! Would you sell a signed print of Cybertruck Man and ship to Australia?

‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

This is the Russia that Trump’s America is trying to appease.

It’s incredibly difficult to avoid US-made. From mechanical & electrical goods to pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical, US-manufactured products & components are everywhere. To boycott US-made entirely would probably leave you homeless & completely isolated from the modern world.

I’m ordering this immediately and I really hope it not only effective when taken pre-exposure.

This disgusting stunt was described by ASIO as ‘mind-blowingly stupid’ and yet the only person to face consequences for it is the person who blew the whistle and exposed it. Hmmmm....

I struggle to understand what Jack's point is in this piece. He appears to be claiming that gay men are victims of trans activists. I found it intellectually feeble. Activism has been a spectrum of views and approaches to strategy since the beginning of time. www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-aust...

CommBank posts half-year profit $5.1 billion. We used to own that.

Trans and gender-diverse children are loved and deserve to thrive. Making them the target of political attacks, here in Australia just as in the US, are contemptible

It strikes me that these 'you couldn't make this stuff up' type stories about con artists doing astonishingly brazen things are almost always about a man. Why is that?

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

I am an agnostic atheist, but found this beautifully written feature to be deeply moving and powerful.

Rather than this week gifting $800m to US defence companies, a smart govt would be using that money to entice as many US scientists and researchers to come here as we can www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Trump isn’t a narcissist – he’s a solipsist. And it means a few simple things”

What is the best approach for world leaders to take in responding to Trump’s “flood the zone with sh*t” strategy? 🧵

USAID probably did more to keep Americans safe from conflict than any other organisation including the military, but I guess the CIA et al will be far more efficient under DOGE 😵‍💫

Very pleased to announce that @tommcilroy.bsky.social is joining @australia.theguardian.com as chief political correspondent.

"...Trump is provoking a US constitutional crisis ... if he succeeds, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman warns, it would be a 21st-century coup – with power slipping from elected officials’ hands. The real story hidden behind the president’s trade war, he says, is the hijacking of government..."

Unfortunately the schadenfreude from Trump voters realising what tariffs and cuts to public service mean is not kicking in and instead I just feel extremely sad for America.

Dutton’s LNP want to bring back special visas for the ultra wealthy despite national security concerns

Never have anything to do with a document.

We are rescinding a memo, not a freeze, and we are doing it to avoid confusion about a court injunction. What % of Americans do you reckon would have a clue what she is talking about?

Brutal. #nswpol