If you have no idea about Australian Rules Football, take a look through the images captured in 2025 #AFL Footy Focus. Beautiful. Compelling. Passionate. Startling. Joyous. Enjoy 😊 www.afl.com.au/footyfocus25

I wonder what they are thinking? I hope it’s, “we swore an Oath to the Constitution”

Dr Jane Goodall’s legacy is not only in science, but in the global movement she helped spark to protect nature and give hope for a better world We must honour this legacy by continuing the fight to protect the world's forests

Yes, there should be a floating #AFLW Fixture on the #AFLGrandFinal weekend. Also, there should be a floating #AFL Fixture or Bye on the #AFLW Round 1 weekend. Support the Club & all of its teams www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/14...

You’re wrong Hodgey. Kick the ball away it’s a 50-metre penalty whether it #AFLGrandFinal or North Gippsland Reserves.

@cricketaustralia.bsky.social We’ve got about 18 months until the Sesquicentennial Test Match. Follow the example of the #AFLGrandFinal and have a parade of Champions on the opening morning. Every living Test Cricketer (male & female) from every nation. I can imagine Neil Harvey leading them 🥹🏏

France is jailing a former President. The Accused, with an abundance of resources at their disposal, was afforded a fair trial & due process. And, will now ‘sleep in jail with their head held high’ - which seems hard to do - regardless, there’s a lesson here. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I have never understood why past recipients of the #NormSmithMedal aren’t on the voting panel. Support everyone that’s there this year but, I’d like to see the #AFL arrange for the perspectives of Issac, Dusty, Shuey - and Horse for that matter- too. www.afl.com.au/news/1429305...

What did Paul Curtis do that warranted a 3 week suspension and what did Malabhor Chol not do that warranted his 3 week suspension being overturned? Match Review, Tribunal & Appeals need to be overhauled. #AFL www.abc.net.au/news/1058082...

How could this be anymore repulsive? A private firm engaged by US & Israeli governments to provide humanitarian aid in #Gaza recruits from an openly Islamophobic, motor-cycle gang, whilst reputable agencies are denied access. Profiteering from #Genocide www.bbc.com/news/article...

What a betrayal of Australian sovereignty by the LNP. It goes to show that they are totally subservient to 🇺🇸. Australian democracy is on the brink if they are ever elected to power again. #auspol

I am struggling to under the significance let alone anything adverse. No meeting with Trump but comparatively low tariffs. No meeting with Trump, no need to feign fealty. No meeting with Trump but continued diplomatic & ministerial access. Where’s the loss? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

CULTURAL WARNING More than three months after Kumanjayi White died after being restrained by police on the white linoleum floor of a Coles supermarket in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, his cause of death is still officially unknown.

#BrownlowMedal Dawson + Anderson tie. 🤞

Nab: it’s worth more than the money to award an impromptu Goal of the Finals. Tight scores. Under pressure. Off balance. Volley from 30 metres in a Preliminary Final! share.google/bzFMMXpdB240...

Virgin Australia: I suggest that you find a way to award a co- Mark of the Year or improvise with a Mark of the Finals prize. #AFL

Comments please from the same 25 US Congressional Republicans on the UN finding Israel is committing #Genocide in Gaza? Supposed ‘punitive actions’ against traditional allies - to protect War Criminals - is morally repugnant; devoid of credibility & sensibility. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Come on #BrisbaneLions 17 out of 18 Australians don’t want Collingwood in the #AFL Grand Final.

The New Yorker has just released next week's cover. "Remote Control," by Barry Blitt, captures "Donald Trump's unprecedented series of attacks on the media, destruction of federal programs, and abuses of executive power that have ushered in a new era of political vengeance."

@johnthelyonsden.bsky.social Great piece on ABC News. The last paragraph… “While the media can undoubtedly annoy and inconvenience people in power, it would be a different world if we are not able to ask these questions.” It is a different world: one in which Authority rejects Accountability.

Did BM Alliance pay any Corporate Tax on $548 million revenues in 2022-23? Have two persons died on BM Alliance sites in the last 7 years? Do they really deserve a Royalty break for consuming our natural resources & contributing to the #ClimateCrisis ? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

An Aussie Rules ball can bounce in unpredictable ways. - does the AFL stick with ‘no stadium, no team’ and lose support of an entire state? - does the unstable Tassie parliament stick with their pre-election promises? www.afl.com.au/news/1421875...

“We are seeing massive killing of civilians in a way that I do not remember in any conflict since I am secretary-general." UNSG Antonio Gueterres. What are we doing @albomp.bsky.social ?

“You know, your leader is coming over to see me very soon. I'm going to tell him about you. You set a very bad tone." President of the United States to ABC (Australia) Americas Editor. Apparently the holder of the most prestigious office in the world.

“Australian Gov. really needs to bring sanctions … to ensure that all Australian entities — corporate and individuals — are not engaging in any way with what is being determined as genocidal conduct," Melanie O'Brien, president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars #Genocide #Gaza

JUST IN: An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as “the “most authoritative UN finding to date.” https://cnn.it/3VjaHzS

BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

@jimchalmers.bsky.social I realise that Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund should not be subject to political directives but, is there any good reason why Australia cannot follow Norway’s lead and suspend investing in Israel. #auspol www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel is a rogue state. Pity for Israeli’s of goodwill. Tragedy for the inexcusably detained hostage. Sympathy for all in the region that suffer under these War Criminals’ outrages. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hundreds of billions in damaged assets & infrastructure; millions of home imperilled, #ClimateCrisis demands bold actions - that frankly a 94 vs. 43 majority can afford. Get on with it! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Essendon should get over themselves & confront the reality that they have lost the confidence of their current Captain. Better to demand Picks 8, 26 plus Hustwaite. #AFL 7news.com.au/sport/afl/za...

I wonder if the anti-communist split if the ALP in 1955 is about to be mirrored with an anti-climate progressive split of the LNP in 2025? Fair enough if it happens because we can survive without the LNP but not without our planet. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A month since Trump’s fawning Alaskan Summit provided The War Criminal with a ‘homespun’ vindication and what’s improved? - more intense attacks on Ukraine - violation of NATO airspace - dribbling incoherence from the White House carnegieendowment.org/static/media...

Tell me: if you are diplomat setting an appointment with an Israeli counterpart, are you target? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Well done Brazil.👏 Coup plotters deserve jail. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ireland, Slovenia & Spain will not participate in #Eurovision if Israel is allowed to participate - Russia already being excluded for many years. Great! Now, Nations of the World who wish to condemn #Genocide what about Israel’s participation in #LA28Olympics ?

What’s the adage about Governments taking ou the trash on Fridays? North West Shelf is a Carbon Emissions monstrosity. #auspol #ClimateCrisis www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

🇮🇪 #Ireland: RTÉ Confirms Withdrawal from #Eurovision 2026 if Israel Participates eurovoix.com/2025/09/11/i...

How is that the IDF can fly 15 jets into Qatari airspace, release 10 bombs, and the US Airbase at El Udeid (apparently the largest outside of America) doesn’t let it hosts know? Reliable ally? #Qatar

Relieved the Sub is on the way out but expand the bench to six to maintain the 2nd Ruck + reduce Interchanges per Quarter 24, 21, 18, 15 to open up the game. #AFL “Swann is also set to eradicate the substitute rule, allowing five players on the bench but keeping interchange rotations capped at 75.”

If she wishes to speak for herself- and apparently herself alone - then Oppn. Leader Ley should expel her. Good luck running as an independent. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

@nmfcofficial.bsky.social I understand the club connection with Charlie Spargo (former Melb) and I would have passed. And looks like we’ve missed Wehr (GWS) but we should be going for Ridley (Ess) Burton (del. PA) plus Chesser (WCE) & Blight (Rich) Go Roos! #AFL

Qatar gifted Trump a luxury plane. Trump returned the favor by ok’ing an Israeli attack on their capital. I imagine Qatar has briber’s remorse.

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Tremendous sympathy for the families of hostages in Gaza. The IDF has carried out a strike against the very people that were negotiating their freedom. As for Hamas, no grief necessary. And in Gaza, the suffering continues. Peace ever more distant & difficult. www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...

BREAKING: The NSW government announced it will permanently protect the full 176,000 hectares of state forests proposed for inclusion in the Great Koala National Park. This historic announcement will give koalas a fighting chance for a future. #GKNP

Well done Roos! Very professional & get well Jasmine. www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/14...