Travelling to Thailand? Be aware of this 👇 #CovidIsNotOver

The PM lsounding fed up. "I find it astonishing that Pauline Hanson has travelled overseas to talk Australia down." Albo is right. Any tolerance of One Nation trying to divide our country should be abhorred and called out. Let's keep doing this until they're gone. #auspol

One week to go before the test alert to all Australian mobile phones. www.ausalert.gov.au/alerts-expla...

"Common antidepressant may ease long COVID’s crushing fatigue" A clinical trial of 399 adults with long COVID in Brazil found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine significantly reduced fatigue and boosted quality of life compared to a placebo. Meanwhile, Metformin did not produce the same results.

FINALLY!!!!

Bridget McKenzie spoke at the same London conference as Pauline Hanson. "...conservatives are “in a war” against mass immigration, “leftwing globalists” and “woke” institutions, urging rightwing movements across the English-speaking world to unite & fight back." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Horrible stuff.

Fingers crossed this is the start of a trend 👇

NEWS: Iran says it has officially exited the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. Deputy FM Gharibabadi announced that Iran has suspended all commitments under the agreement, citing that the US has "trampled on and halted" its own commitments. "We are no longer implementing them," he stated.

Not only should we not draw cartoons that people disagree with (and they are free to do so in a democracy) - we should be punished for it. I wonder what kind of punishment they have in mind.

Whistleblowers in the APS should be protected, not threatened. Robodebt was a national disgrace and those responsible should be held accountable. That still hasn't happened. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New data out today from the ABS shows Australians over the past 18 months really have been doing a lot more international travel. One country though seems to not be all that popular of a destination. Can't think why.

Made my day!

Can't bring myself to watch the chat between Pauline Hanson and right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in the UK. Worth reading this excerpt from SBS though - you'll get the gist. One Nation leader seems to be mourning the White Australia policy (Whitlam rightly put a stop to that in 1973). #auspol

Australia to legally require large-scale data centers to secure new clean energy supplies Legally binding large-scale data centres to supply their own new clean energy sources of power www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/16/l...

Life-changing MS drugs to stay on the PBS. So why are others under threat – and how is Trump involved?

Peter Garrett says it’s been a very good and instructive morning at the hearing, I agree. The govt must reconsider the implications of AUKUS for peace, security and sovereignty. Instead off attacking opponents as “appeasers” they should reflect on their appeasement of the USA

EV or hybrid owner? "Dealerships are sounding the alarm over long waits for repairs and refunds for cars under warranty from new overseas brands." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Our @fionakatauskas.bsky.social dropped by the Guardian; @creativeelc.bsky.social Emma Cook dropped in NZ… cartoonists are disappearing from our media, as publishers tighten belts and become risk-averse. I hope you’re all ready to keep yourselves sane.

A whinge. Stay with me. ACT government handed down its budget about a month ago. Rates increased across-the-board so we knew what was ahead. Bill landed in my Inbox just now. What I find unfathomable is that there has been a 45% increase since 2023! And No, I don't own a McMansion. #CostOfLiving

Smart glasses powered by A1 may be a real breakthrough for some people with vision issues. And that is to be celebrated. Flipside is that this technology is also accessible by dodgy people with wrongdoing in mind. "Australian legislation has not caught up." #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Self-proclaimed champion of the "battler" Pauline Hanson has been caught at a luxury Italian resort with billionaire Gina Rinehart. theklaxon.com.au/l49s

Australia: 83,000 cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) recorded so far this year. 🔹890 confirmed RSV cases daily since winter started 🔹51,000+ COVID-19 cases officially recorded 🔹50,000 people struck down with influenza Source: www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...

On behalf of all women, we plead that the Australian government take urgent action to prevent male violence against us. Current approaches are not working! Take. This. Seriously. It's well over time that women stopped living in fear. @albomp.bsky.social #auspol #dv

'Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has launched a scathing attack on Rupert Murdoch and his global media empire, suggesting their local media titles should be treated “like the drunk that you see late on a Saturday night, raving and screaming and raging at the moon”.' smh.com.au/business/com...

One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️

Serious escalation. US is going to stop Iran’s "ships or customers from entering or leaving" the Strait of Hormuz. All other countries can go through. Trump will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait. www.bbc.com/news/live/cw...

And Sam Neill"s authenticity was not just confined to the roles he played. From everything we've seen, his warmth and decency was genuine and innate. A beautiful human and a fine example of masculinity.

"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares

Oh No. Sam Neill has died at the age of 78. 🥹 You were taken too early. RIP, Sam. 🙏 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

More women have been murdered since 2024 by men than all Australians killed by terrorism globally in the past 100 years. Yet there are no Royal Commission’s for women still. No emergency task forces.

Also the number of girls/women killed this week alone by boys/men “known to them” is why girls and women are pissed off about a royal commission into one tragic event while the tragedies that happen each week are given lip service but otherwise ignored…even as they happen with increasing regularity.

“I don’t want to sound like I’m defending the Prime Minister here but what he did isn’t what should be attracting the outrage. It’s the fact that anyone thought that this is an appropriate question to be asking anyone in a public forum.” By @rossleighaim.bsky.social theaimn.net/shag-marry-o...

Demented old man has the power to launch a nuclear war. He is a raging threat to humankind. Please Congress- you must impeach him

Lessons to be learned 👇 "A massive AI data centre backed by Mark Zuckerberg has come under fire in Wyoming after a rare bacterium was detected in industrial wastewater linked to the construction site." #auspol www.financialexpress.com/world-news/u...

Australia: ‘Things are about to kick off’: NSW flu cases spike The latest NSW respiratory report shows a 43.1% surge in influenza cases for the week ending 4 July. Reported cases jumped past 3,000 across the state, climbing significantly from just over 2,160 cases in the previous week.

Trump's insanity and predictable erratic behaviour should terrify the world. It’s extraordinary that no-one in the US seems willing to call a halt to his presidency. Ffs, surely there is enough evidence to force Trump to step down.

Laura Tingle: "In Türkiye this week, the aging, wandering, meandering US president was indulged, as he flailed around in renewed threats to Greenland, and Spain. And declared Japan an Islamic Republic. And got the Ukrainian and Russian presidents' names mixed up." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

She does her cause an enormous disservice by making unsubstantiated claims. Instead of raising awareness or decreasing racism she’s actually making it difficult for people to connect with her concerns. Sympathy and empathy disappear if you’re not ethical.

GET THE FACTS: Australia’s gross debt as a share of the economy is lower than any major advanced economy. Gross debt in the last financial year was almost $200 billion lower than what we inherited.

Barbara Miller reports that Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has lashed out at the ABC at the RC, saying she believes they provide “Too much coverage of the war in Gaza”🙄 So the solution to reducing antisemitism is stop letting everyone know that there’s a genocide in Gaza?

Jillian Segal complaining about ABC and SBS news coverage. JS: "the conflict in Gaza has been over-emphasised". And this has created a "negative perception of Israel". You underestimate us, Jillian. We form opinions from diverse and global analyses and opinions. We see what's happening. #auspol

"Long-term ocular symptoms following COVID-19 linked to immune dysregulation, dysautonomia and peripheral neuropathy" A study found some non-hospitalised COVID patients had persistent eye symptoms lasting 3 months to 3 years, suggesting a possible post-COVID eye syndrome linked to neuroinflammation

Can you shift your power use to the middle of the day? If so, the Solar Sharer program might be right for you.

Just in. Trump being asked about the MOU between the US and Iran: "I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum. They're sick people." Iran's response will be interesting and probably predictable.

One of you needs this. Or maybe just me 🤷‍♀️... Rumi: "In silence, there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves."

Anika Wells ridicules Angus Taylor and Barnaby Joyce for linking Telstra outages with China

🤣 "Across state media this morning in China, Joyce was said to have caused the outage by spilling a bottle of Penfold's Koonunga Hill on a Canberra telecom box around 4am this morning, plunging much of the country into the dark ages." #auspol #satire www.betootaadvocate.com/china-state-...

It’s time for equality before the law. Sarah Henderson admitted to making ‘test’ calls to 000—a clear breach of Section 474.18 of the Criminal Code. Emergency lines aren't for testing; they are for lives. If citizens face jail for this, so should she. #auspol