Anyone who has worked in government and private enterprise knows that government is unbelievably more efficient and productive than the private sector, it isn't even a close call Government at all levels has had many decades of having to over deliver with short falls in budgets, hence efficient

Great response to Megan Kelly’s attempt to whitewash American history.

Some American cruelly but accurately coined the expression 'someone with a bright future behind them' to describe a Rhodes scholar.

as we mark 18 years since Closing the Gap was launched with the National Apology to Stolen Generations and their Descendants, know that police routinely target and brutalise Aboriginal people including children and then charge them with offensive behaviour, resist arrest, and assault police.

People really need to cease falling for the charisma trick.

"The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and […] *between the Sea and the Jordan [River]* there will only be Israeli sovereignty." The Likud Party policy platform makes it sound fairly genocidey.

If I could have a dollar for every time someone says to me “what do you expect Israel to do, nothing after being attacked by Hamas?” I’d be a rich man. That’s a deliberate perversion of history. October 7, 2023 didn’t happen in a vacuum—its genesis goes back to 1948 and beyond.

Dr Monique Ryan on fire 🔥 and rips David #LittleToBeProudOf a couple a new one’s live on air

Sitting quietly in a waiting room of the health clinic with Heather, no other patients, and some random staff member walks in and turns on the tv above our heads and walks off. Didn’t ask if we wanted it on. Reception staff not very sympathetic when we asked for a quiet place to wait. So rude.

if “people don’t want that conflict brought here”, why would “people” want the head of the state causing the “conflict” brought here is my question.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I wrote something for the British Academy blog and then completely forgot to post a link. This draws on a case study from my book Vanished about the foundation of national parks. If you want to know more, there’s a rather large discount on some sites. 🐯 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-ca...

Always Was Always Will BE

If they really want social cohesion then have a Minister for reducing socio-economic inequality.

Yes, on September 7 in Bondi the chants included: “You’re all terrorists!” “Go back to Lakemba!” “Get off our beach!” “You can stick your Palestine up your a-hole” “Send them home” “White Australia” “Deport you all” and “No dogs on the beach” www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1438/ne...

From the River to the Sea Palestine Will Be Free. Israel is an evil nation led by murderers.

what you never see in the media

Best of 2025 – The boy who cried antisemitism https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-the-boy-who-cried-antisemitism #auspol

Why are so many still sticking with Twitter? | Fiona Katauskas

You could perhaps argue that a "reasonable" member of the Jewish community wouldn't be a Zionist??

Go to jail for hurting somebody's feelings? A political tweet? Andrew Brown - prosecuted for wearing a 'F*** Israel' t-shirt writes on draft Antisemitism Bill and Albo's t-shirt #auspol michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...

The responsibility for these #racist assaults on Australian citizens remaining generally without consequences lies firmly with FAILURE of the #federal & #state #goverments to #legislate and #police STANDARDS of behaviour that apply to #politicians, #police, #boards, #businesses and #media. #auspol

This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.

I am heartened by all the solidarity shown to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. At the same time, if all of those ABC journalists reported truthfully on the Gaza genocide from the beginning, none of this would have happened. Zionists would not have had impunity to destroy culture here.

Before Zionists and their apologists subverted the language, 'cultural safety' was about addressing power imbalances formed through colonization. Now it seems to mean upholding the rights of colonizers to continue their apartheid and genocide without criticism.

another scalp for zionism, whose malignant overreach in this country is long overdue for curtailing #auspol

“art in the service of social cohesion is propaganda”: Louise Adler standing tall as always. What a legend✊🏼❤️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What is this? #ICE: www.instagram.com/reel/DTX9plQ...

The coordinated campaign of complaint against @cathywilcox.bsky.social 's cartoon demonstates the truth of what Cathy illustrated. #AusPol

Absolute must-read. Cracking piece. ‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’

The more aggressively the Zionists try to stomp out criticism of Israel the more necessary it is to aggressively criticize Israel. Now we're not just opposing genocidal atrocities, we're also opposing an assault on our own civil rights.

When illegality triggers analysis instead of consequence, it becomes precedent. From Gaza to Venezuela, power is being laundered through narrative and repetition, writes Chandran Nair. #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Empire #GlobalPolitics #PearlsAndIrritations

I hope AUS PM Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns realise that MANY Australians DO NOT want "social cohesion" with neo-nazis and Zionist bigots. That sort of "social cohesion" sounds a lot like condoning anti-Palestinian racism and complicity in genocide. #auspol #nswpol #FreePalestine

What the Australian Jewish Association has to understand is that many Australians are fiercely opposed to the level of influence it enjoys within our Federal and State governments, as it is seen as divisive and against Australian values. It's Zionist values are very different to Australian values.

Richard Flanagan on the Adelaide Writers’ Festival. Wise commentary. 👍 Via SMH

as nation we owe a huge debt to @pupfiction.bsky.social for rapidly re-organising the line-up for the event

The Vagina Museum is a proudly trans inclusive organisation 🏳️‍⚧️ We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.

"The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions", writes Dr Richard Denniss in The Point. Read the full piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

We need to start now with rooting out Zionists at all levels of Government, from local to federal. They have far too much influence #auspol

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• Israeli Govt ministers praise the rape of Palestinian prisoners • IDF soldiers boast of murdering Palestinian children & babies • Israeli settlers cheer destruction of Palestinian homes & the ethnic cleansing of Gaza & the West Bank. And our Western media is silent #IsraeliTerrorism #FreePalestine

If it happens then every man and his dog will complain about who’s heading it and the terms of reference.

A Royal Commission's role isn't to solve intractable policy problems, generate expert consensus nor provide public soapboxes. They're powerful quasi-judicial bodies with the power to compel evidence even from typically privileged sources. And that's why they should be used sparingly.