Currently in Liberal Party HQ: My cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com today #auspol

ON CLASS from today’s SMH by Malcolm Knox citing Tim Winton: “…If you think the class war is over, you’re not paying enough attention” – and Warren Buffett: “There’s class warfare alright, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” www.smh.com.au/national/the...

Taylor-Hume “team” has won the Liberal leadership. Expect right wing shenanigans and further growth of One Nation.

Great news! www.qut.edu.au/news?id=203300

Can not the Australians grieving so deeply from lives lost in the Bondi atrocity be comforted by someone other than the President of Israel engaged as it is in a war that is rightly condemned by international communities? Why invite such a divisive figure if your aim is national unity?

I am so angry with the Federal Government for inviting Herzog. After bleating about “coming together” and national unity it invites a man whom it knew would spark division. Cloth eared in the extreme & offensive to those of us who recognise the crimes against humanity being committed in Gaza.

inside.org.au/a-studio-of-... A fabulous book review. I’ll be reading this book by one of my favourite Australian writers as soon as I can! Modjeska is brilliant.

I live a long way from the USA but I am distressed for the people of that beautiful country because of the actions of these six people which are leading their fellow citizens into repressive autocracy.

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j... The Truth, Melissa MacIntosh, you can’t handle the Truth! … Another Liberal who doesn’t read History just displaying her ignorance and lack of grace. Tony Armstrong & Company gave us the strong truthful medicine we needed at the right time. Well done ABC!

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... This excellent primer on the concerted right wing attempts to undermine progressive & democratic principles is well worth the read. Since they have rejected the moniker “neoliberal” perhaps they might like to consider “neofascist”?

Insiders on ABC Amid various scoop announcements, the PM “still considering” the invitation to join the disreputable “Board of Peace” fiasco. Bloody hell. Just say NO.

Choose Public Education! Urging parents to consider the kind of Australia they want their children to grow up in when choosing their school. Public schools promote inclusion & cohesive citizenship, not division and exceptionalism. A well supported public school system is a bulwark of democracy.

If it seems Dickensian that’s cos it is. Shame, settler colonial Australia.

youtube.com/watch?v=kDMy... Canada still joining the ludicrous “Board of Peace”. I would have been more impressed by this speech if, to use his metaphor, he had NOT put that particular sign in the shop window. It’s appeasement & cow towing to Trump’s dangerous insanity. Australia must not join it!

Florence Fuller c1900 “Inséparables”. The act of reading signalled the importance of education in the achievement of women’s autonomy. If you are in Sydney, don’t miss “Dangerously Modern”, a brilliant exhibition of 50 Australasian women’s art making.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Australia must not join this trumped up affront to the United Nations. The time for flattery and mollification of this destructive madman is over.

Toadying to a monster is never a good idea.

Brilliant response- rational, humane and principled. Thank you Louise Adler, we need more people like you!

The Australian defended Bill Leak to the death. So why is it coming for Cathy Wilcox’s Bondi cartoon? www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/12/t...

Anthony Albanese STOP USING X! The Australian government is spending millions supporting Elon Musk’s deepfake porn factory, X www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/09/a...

Disgraceful. We need to stand united against all forms of racism and attacks on diversity of views. This is not leadership from an organisation that should know better.

7:30 ABC why were we subjected to the views of that man from the “Atlantic Council” whose motto was “We win, they lose” - DO BETTER ABC!

Brilliant historically informed summation.

Tonight my family and I joined thousands of our beautiful diverse community for the annual 9pm fireworks gathering. Peaceful, harmonious and joyful, we celebrated our lives here in the (other) harbour city of New South Wales, Australia. Sending love and light for a better year in 2026.

Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

An Important Judgment on an issue vital to everyone. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

A C Grayling from 2006 makes perfect sense.

youtu.be/eQDjyZWw_A4?... Brilliant gloss on the economic theory in “It’s a wonderful life” - bravo Robert Reich, an American national treasure!

🎭 2/2 Friels’ heartfelt performance resonated with the malignant narcissism of a Trump. The staging of this play at this time was perfect commentary to our current situation. “Machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our graves." (King Lear, Act 1:2)

🎭 1/2 Saw King Lear at the Belvoir Saturday night. The minimal staging allowed us to concentrate on the words, difficult words despite our familiarity. Standout performances by Peter Carroll as the Fool and Raj Labade as Edmund. Alison Whyte’s Gloucester amazing and cathartic.

Mark Kenny at his best on Nikki Savva at hers. The Libs as a “work in regress” & “Earthquake [as] a cautionary tale for both sides. Their concrete silos stand half-empty; their grains of truth are no longer a staple in a world of fluid allegiances and ephemera.” theconversation.com/niki-savvas-...

Racists seldom see their own race based intolerances as racism. HoWARd is one such racist.

A beautiful, true and heartfelt article. Thank you for sharing.

Half mast flag in Bendigo today. #Bondi

Parents please STOP sending your kids to private schools. It does not give an educational advantage once they are at university. Furthermore it is anti-democratic. Why not support a universally excellent public system for all Australian children and youth? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... John Frew does it again. Shame on us! He writes: “The emotional force that binds the pecking order together is shame. Shame turns structural inequality into individual failure.”

A really great roundup of the year. Don’t miss it. Thank you Sunday Shot!

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/... The writer would be better placed in criticising the “draconian’ algorithms that expose young minds to poisonous content. Australia at least is calling these platforms to account. Some hard evidence, not sensationalist claims, was needed.

Yay People Power! open.substack.com/pub/crickete...

At Least We Tried! As quoted in the Crikey Worm this morning: “The world will follow like nations once followed our lead on plain tobacco packaging, gun reform, water and sun safety. How can you not follow a country with clearly prioritising teen safety ahead of tech profits?” Julie Inman Grant

Top shot from Gideon Haigh! open.substack.com/pub/crickete...

This evening at Albury, the mighty Murray River, Milawa, giver of life in Wiradjuri country. This river marks the colonial boundary between New South Wales and Victoria, an invisible construct unknown to the original peoples of this land. They had other much older maps to go by.

Well Jess Wilson, you failed in leadership by not supporting the apology to First Nations people in Victoria today. Shame on the Liberal Party born- to- rules who can’t admit that colonialist wealth to which their party is heir was stolen. History will out and Treaties must be made with reparations.

There’s more than a whiff of sexism around the targeting of Anika Wells (guess who broke the story? Sky News, Home of the Patriarchy). Speers pursues piddly travel items rather than policy - his Sky “training” comes to the fore.

More neoliberal bean counters instead of well resourced teachers and students. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

The Humanities are vital! open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Brilliant, angry and true! David Milner concludes: “The tide is turning, hence the pushback, hence the fascism, so we’re clearly more powerful than they want us to know. Don’t buy their shit.”

Wrong again. Repeal and amend this clause immediately.

“Strategic Reorganisation Change Proposal.” - neoliberal bullshit strikes again.

Rising Tide Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Hundreds of protesters demonstrated their commitment to climate justice today by disrupting shipping of coal. Australia must halt coal mining and export urgently. 140 climate warriors were arrested. Bravo Knitting Nannas!