Yes we are aware of what Premier Malinauskas said about Randa Abdel-Fattah today and no we don't think it's ok for a public official to talk about a private citizen in such terms.

Devil Wears Prada but the board refused to back down. I expect South Australia will struggle getting anyone to work with them on another AWW after this self-inflicted wound and breach of trust without a) serious money b) budget and c) guarantees of editorial independence from board and state gov.

Bob Carr: The Board’s decision was not unreasonable. The Board should be supported The Board: Yeah, we're all resigning and apologising for our mistake.

US senator, decorated retired navy captain and Nasa astronaut, Mark Kelly, has filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify the “chilling” attempt by Pete Hegseth to reduce the military veteran’s rank and pension as punishment for speaking out against the Trump administration

An unmitigated disaster from top to bottom. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

"The Premier was not for turning. [...] An embarrassingly badly written statement prepared by the Premier’s go-to crisis comms man illogically and potentially libelouslly cited post-Bondi cultural sensitivities to justify their fateful decision."

Things the Bondi RC could examine to aid our public discourse: -The difference between antisemitism and anti-zionism, and why it is dangerous to conflate them -The impact of Israel's conduct on perceptions of Israel, and by extension Jewish people, due to the unfair conflation of Israel and Judaism

It started to seem inevitable, but I'm still devastated. Writer's Week and Womad are the highlights of my year, every year

Paramus NJ Visibility Brigade

Solidarity with Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We stand against this retrograde decision and with the countless authors withdrawing in support of Randa and her work.

Congratulations guys, you made the BBC news www.bbc.com/news/article...

… and infuriating and worrying ! ‘Now religious leaders are to be policed, universities monitored, the public broadcaster scrutinised and the arts starved. Are you or have you ever been a critic of Israel? Joe McCarthy would be cheering …’

It is sad. However, it is important to be on the right side of history.

Such a sad business. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Both are golfers". Yeah I'm sure that's the common thread for an appointment. What lame surface level analysis.

I’m not sure if I could trust someone with no record of past negative comments about the (current) US president.

Joe Hockey formed a relationship with Trump because they’re both Right Wing fwits. Appears most of Labor are now as well.

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Reason matters.

It depends on its terms, which I assume Zionists will largely dictate.

Americans - get out of Iran now. Don’t expect government help.

Dave Rowe in AFR

@roweafr just like clockwork FinancialReview

I truly feel and deeply regret all the atrocities that you and the Palestinian people have been going through, but I cannot help financially. What I can do is continue to denounce the crimes committed by Israel.

“To settle this, it would be great if the White House would release the case files and any FBI recordings of Tom Homan’s meetings with undercover agents posing as businessmen...” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Imagine having a money laundering idea so shitty and illegal, fixing it might collapse the economy.

"Why can't I keep what I stole?" "It's so unfair!"

Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the fine

The real number is between $195 billion and $300 billion, depending on which source you trust. I knew he was exaggerating before I bothered looking it up.

Or "If you knew you were breaking the law why do it anyways and blame the court after"

In what could be a huge boost for Ukraine's offensive capabilities, the U.K. announced on Jan. 11 it had launched Project Nightfall, a competition to rapidly develop new long-range ballistic missiles for Kyiv.

Senator Mark Kelly has filed a federal civil lawsuit against TV entertainer and Secretary of Defense/War/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country. 'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you... This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The cartoon was great, your response to their petty whining even greater. So many of us are with you Cathy. Feeling furious they are focusing attacks on you

Just when I thought it wasn't possible to love you more

All my working life, I dreamed of being able to send a response like that on so many occasions. Well done Cathy, and I hope you can get a cartoon out of this.😁

Well said Cathy. 👏

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 everyone needs to be more Cathy ! #IStandWithCathyWilcox

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Sensitive cretins 😂

I don’t think they’re confused at all. The goal is to paint her as combative and uncivil, vs their fash-adjacent civility. She could have written the most anodyne, apologetic response, and they still would have spun it some way, because the question wasn’t asked in good faith.

Far too restrained, imo.

It's telling that SkyNews is confused about the difference between personal abuse (unsolicited invective delivered to an individual's email or social media account), and a candid, unfiltered response to a media organisation's request for comment. 😑

#auspol #freedomofspeech #AdelaideWritersFestival www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gold! Sad 'gold', unfortunately. What say ye now, Mr Malinauskas? After your Town Hall speech in 2023: "... if “politicians decide what is culturally appropriate … it leads us to a future in which politicians can directly stifle events that are themselves predicated on freedom of speech … ”.

Early contender for "Nailed It" category of Cartoon of the Year. #auspol #uspol #Fascism

the reluctance for anyone still actively supporting Twitter/X to reconsider about what they're doing remarkable. Would you keep working or giving quotes to a newspaper that was publishing erotica about 11 year old kids? or photos of people that were photoshopped to remove their clothing?