Donald Rothwell, professor of international law at Australian National University, said the Albanese government's arguments that the US controlled F-35 parts did not absolve Australia of its legal responsibilities. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

FEIK: "Despite the growing number of allegations involving massive corruption in Australia’s offshore detention regime, there are still few signs that the government or any of its authorities will seriously investigate them." nickfeik.substack.com/p/life-as-a-...

It doesn't look like a press club It looks like a corporate big money club. #auspol

Almost $1m a year in salary - recused from Robodebt, now recused from ALL defence investigations (which would be amongst the most complex, long-running, and high value investigations the NACC undertakes), yet still NACC boss Paul Brereton clings on.... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

This is entirely un democratic - all 81 (the 21 are extra gross)

The National Press Club of Australia, which recently cancelled Chris Hedges' address, lists 81 corporate sponsors on its website. 21 of them are either part of the global arms industry or actively working on its behalf. My latest. Click link to read: undueinfluence.substack.com/p/arms-indus...

In case you missed it last week - as I did... declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/14/p...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has lauded as a ‘very unique’ arrangement Australia’s $4.7bn gift to the US to bolster America’s struggling submarine output. It sure is. Australia has no way of recovering the $$ if the US Pres blocks transfer of the subs undueinfluence.substack.com/p/aukus-revo...

A big win for Andrew and Bob Starkey against weapons-maker Saab. International significance for arms-makers whose weapons are used in breaches of international law. See following post for the background and significance of this case, which I covered in Feb 2022. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Unlawfully built, now leaking through the safety liner. Enough fuel to blow Darwin Harbour to kingdom come

Queensland: At least 34 taxpayer-funded executive jobs & board positions have been handed to LNP donors, former politicians, candidates, colleagues & party operatives since the party came to power <1 year ago, in a process the opposition says is "frankly outrageous" www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

But you can pay$15 and watch the live stream

It's sold out! So good that people want to hear him speak

Chris Hedges will also be talking with the good people at The Shot next Sunday podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

If you were hoping to hear Chris Hedges speak at the National Press Club and were stymied by the NPC's cancellation of him... There is this instead (in Adelaide): events.humanitix.com/edward-said-...

Beyond Norway’s reputation for soft-power pacifism lies a contradiction Research by @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social shows the $2tn Norwegian Oil Fund is heavily invested in weapons, with >$26bn in shares of 49 of the Top 100 weapons companies. Most supply Israel. www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee says he is facing a damages claim of 30 million euros ($54 million) from his former team Israel-Premier Tech after ending his contract over what he described as "personal beliefs". www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

[NACC CEO] told the hearing Mr Brereton had not informed him he was continuing work for the IGADF in this capacity. Asked if Mr Brereton's advice or contribution had "fed into ministers and external agencies", the Inspector General of the ADF replied: "Yes, Senator." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The Albanese government lies and lies SECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial *passenger* planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month... declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...

"If you're a resident of Guam, you're thinking you're just fodder in the case of a conflict" The US is rapidly expanding its military presence in Micronesian island nations & territories, building radar facilities, upgrading ports & reviving World War II-era airstrips www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The Saturday Paper can reveal that the prime minister and other ministers from NSW intervened in cabinet to constrain the operations of the country’s leading integrity body. Read more: satpa.pe/iH3a9VJ

“They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” Anadolu Agency reported Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik saying.

Australia a big customer of US weapons Substantial cuts halved staff at Pentagon's independent weapons testing office & greatly reduced the no. of programs it oversees, meaning less supervision of how a new system performs before it’s given to the military www.businessinsider.com/troops-could...

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese killed the push for open corruption hearings, citing reputational damage to those called to give evidence. satpa.pe/hOHtjBM

Yes, a must-watch clip as Francesca Albanese educates the ABC presenter, correcting her inaccurate language

Does a single one of the Australian National Press Club 'people' care about the murder of hundreds - HUNDREDS - of journalists, photographers, news crews & support staff in Gaza? The 'Freedom of the Press section' of its website has two entries from 2022, about China & Russia. npc.org.au/our-people

Very powerful article.

The same Mr Albanese promised Australia he'd deliver "a powerful, transparent & independent National Anti-Corruption Commission - one with teeth." And when will Mr Brereton realise his close defence connections make him the wrong person for this job? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/10...

CHRIS HEDGES says his talk at National Press Club on “The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists” - focusing on the amplification of Israeli lies in the press - has been cancelled. “In the interest of balancing out our program”, chief executive of NPC Maurice Reilly open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

Geoffrey Watson SC: "The only way this can be dealt with is if Mr Brereton steps aside from all matters relating to the military. That raises its own problem because the Defence Dept is going to be a major customer for the NACC." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, UEFA members called for an extraordinary meeting & within 3 days they voted to suspend Russia You can sign this & then write UEFA members (eg Ireland, Spain, Italy, France) to force a vote, & suspend Israel from UEFA❗(u'll get a followup email) (my sample letter below)

Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.

“Given that the robodebt royal commission said these [exemptions] should be wound back & given that government today operates perfectly well within the current scope of the exemption, that widening of the cabinet document exemption looks to me especially ripe for constitutional challenge,” Beck said

“Hospitals in Gaza report that at least 60 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since dawn, amid ongoing airstrikes and house demolitions. “Medical sources said 13 of those killed were shot while attempting to collect aid in the central and southern parts of the strip.”

Mass walkout at the UN General Assembly during war criminal Netanyahu’s speech.

“Last month, beloved Palestinian footballer Suleiman Obeid – known to many as the Palestinian Pele – was killed by an Israeli drone strike. He is one of nearly 800 Palestinian athletes who have been killed by Israel since October 2023.”

2/ The global majority joining the #NuclearBan Treaty is more than a number. It’s a turning point, why? Because the #NuclearBan Treaty has broken the dominance of nuclear-armed states over the debate, exposing them as a small minority clinging to their weapons of mass destruction

HISTORY MADE TODAY! The global majority has joined the #NuclearBan Treaty! Today Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 signed and Ghana🇬🇭 ratified the UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons, bringing us to bringing the total to 99 out of 197 eligible states.🎉

Amina Al-Mufti, a Palestinian child, was 10 years old… She stepped out to fetch a bucket of clean water for her family… Her parents thought she would be gone a few minutes. Instead, they found her body in the hospital, wrapped in a burial shroud. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

Inspiring. Peace from the ground up. 💚 Australian Tony Rinaudo has won the 2025 Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Environmental Peace. Tony's work in Niger has given the tool of knowledge to others around him, while feeding millions of people in the process. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Lama Qasem: “When the PM told the UN this week that Palestinian children are taught to hate, I thought of my daughter. Sarah was only 4 yrs old when I first took her to Palestine. By the time we left, she understood what occupation and injustice mean...” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

Amnesty names 15 companies One is Lockheed & its F-35, which 70+ Australian companies supply Another is Boeing. Australian Dr Brendan Nelson runs Boeing Global from London. He is also a member of Boeing Company’s executive council. (He was formerly a medical doctor) www.boeing.com/company/key-...

The Klaxon has exclusively revealed Jillian Segal is a current — not a former — top executive of “peak” lobby group the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), which heavily lobbies government and media with a deeply pro-Israel agenda. theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...

#Robodebt investigation extended by #NACC No other details given by NACC. Austender records reveal extended contracts of Geoffrey Nettle (Chief Adviser to Dep Comm Kilgour): www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/c0b7... & Gary Hevey www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/deec... www.canberratimes.com.au/story/906764...

Albanese urged to end ‘double standard’ on Israel after UN commission finds genocide occurring in Gaza www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Disturbing to see this plainly conflicted NT regulator adopt same language the head of the NACC used. “Regulator to 'recuse myself from any discussions' about miner” Albanese Govt needs to unambiguously stamp this practice out now. No conflicts tolerated. Period. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...