'If we continue to innovate without accountability, we risk repeating Frankenstein’s mistake — this time not in fiction, but at scale.' Frankenstein and AI: Innovation without accountability ~ Paul Budde independentaustralia.net/business/bus...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a wonderful Wednesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 2 x committee meetings (times/topics in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a terrific Tuesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 1 x committee meeting (time/topic in pic👇 Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2025 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a marvelous Monday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 1 x committee meeting (time/topic in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

3 for me today😊 🐝 Wordle 1,765 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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'There would inevitably be a significant increase in processing times and backlogs, which are already blowing out enormously.' Australian Values compliance for One Nation voters? Well done Angus! ~ Abul Rizvi independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'There’s a Grand Canyon-sized gap between the general public’s dim view of Israel’s genocide and the slavish support for it exhibited by our political and media class.' Beneath the anti-Zionist Big Banana ~ Tom Tanuki independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

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FYI #auspol The 2026 Defence Strategy is now available👇 🐝 www.defence.gov.au/about/strate...

'The mechanisms available to you – clemency, pardon, or remission of sentence – exist for precisely this kind of case' Open Letter to A-G Michelle Rowland: Mercy for David McBride ~ Nigel Carney independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'The Beach Bars, now known as “Dining Precincts”, have been secretly planned for areas on the sand in Surfers Paradise & Broadbeach' City of Gold Coast hides new Beach Bar proposals from residents ~ David Donovan independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a fantastic Friday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today No events scheduled Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

'The factory worker in Tehran, the shopkeeper in Beirut, the taxi driver in Tel Aviv all share one desire. They all want a chance to live in peace and yet all are denied that simple wish.' The danger of war grows as U.S. power wanes ~ Dr William Briggs independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

Whistleblower David McBride's imprisonment continues, even though documents he leaked, verified by the Brereton Report, triggered Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest for alleged war crimes. @michellepini.bsky.social

Yes!!!!

'Pauline Hanson’s One Nation does not care about the thousands of Australian women who live in constant fear or worse.' 'Gutter politics' and rape: The Black history of One Nation ~ Ross Jones independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

I've noticed federal politicians are still travelling as much as usual Ted O'Brien, a Qld MP is in Melbourne today... Why? I understand Ministers have to travel but not Shadows or back-benchers PM tells Australians to save fuel - politicians should lead by example 🐝 #auspol

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have an awesome Thursday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 1 x committee meeting (time/topic in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

'Canberra is, in effect, paying premium prices for late delivery, while Korean and Japanese yards offer shorter timelines at lower cost.' Who's making money? The arsenal trade after Ukraine and Iran ~ Vince Hooper independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

Economics Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Gittins, puts it perfectly: “This (a 25% tax on gas exports) is low-hanging fruit that Albanese could pluck at no cost to voters and little, if any, threat to the gas industry.” Too right. Read more: https://theaus.in/4tRzlqE

Angus Taylor can’t free himself from Dutton’s ghost on immigration Angus Taylor can demonise migrants all he wants, but without saying how many he’ll cut and who will pay the costs, he’s no better than Peter Dutton on the issue." Bernard Keane

'For years, betting companies have evolved from peripheral advertisers into major commercial partners of sporting codes, broadcasters and clubs.' Albanese's gambling reform needs to address more than just advertising ~ Emma Goldrick independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'What was once the preserve of superpowers and defence contractors is now within reach of universities, start-ups, and non-traditional actors.' Artemis II: Back to the Moon while space governance falls behind ~ Paul Budde independentaustralia.net/environment/...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a wonderful Wednesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 1 x committee meeting (time/topic in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

'Contrary to Canavan’s claims, governments have sought to make access to citizenship harder for almost 20 years.' Nationals' Leader Matt Canavan’s latest citizenship thought bubble ~ Abul Rizvi independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a terrific Tuesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 5 x committee meetings (times/topics in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

Tanya Plibersek humiliates Barnaby Joyce after he claims the “safe guard mechanism” was designed to “put refineries out of business” Plibersek “the refineries closed under you, the safe guard mechanism was introduced under you.”🔥 #auspol

'To most people, the idea a device needs a software update to work for an emergency call is a completely foreign concept.' Australia’s 000 failures: Why your phone may fail to call Triple Zero ~ James Parker independentaustralia.net/business/bus...

'But the way AUSTRAC enforces its mandate is a different story altogether, as tens of thousands of small firms are about to find out the hard way.' AUSTRAC tranche 2: Australia's toughest regulator to become its most hated? ~ Michael King independentaustralia.net/business/bus...

'The insidious influence of the liars in Australia’s newsrooms is shown starkly in year-end reportage of the New Zealand and Australian economies.' Boycott newsroom liars and restore Australia’s absent self-assurance ~ Alan Austin independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Fair question.

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a marvelous Monday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 2 x committee meetings (times/topics in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

Why should Australians listen to an Albanese Govt ad to save fuel when the Albanese Govt refuses to listen to Australians when we ask to distance ourselves from the Trump Administration & their illegal Iran War that caused the fucking fuel crisis in the first place? 🐝 #auspol

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'People often talk about Muhammad Ali as if his greatness was magic. It wasn’t. It was discipline. Ali was obsessed with movement, timing and repetition.' Becoming the next Muhammad Ali or prime Mike Tyson ain’t hard ~ Aliyu Solomon independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

'When Senator Cash took up the debate a week later, she spoke as if she either didn’t understand the details of the issue or didn’t care.' War on cash gets the nod after Cash-led Coalition backflip ~ Dale Webster independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'Neoliberalism is rarely named by conservative politicians, let alone something they bicker about in public.' Hastie’s break with neoliberalism puts business on notice ~ Professor Carl Rhodes independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

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'It is time for 'de-escalation, not for enthusiastic expansion of nuclear submarine fleets in the Pacific', writes Clark in her contribution to the new edition.' Nuclear — now climate change: Great powers plague the Pacific ~ Lee Duffield independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'The contemporary international system is undergoing a profound transformation marked by the erosion of the rules-based order.' Waning world order: Ethics in the age of great power politics ~ Muhammad Imran Ashraf independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a fantastic Friday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 2 x committee events (times/topic in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

'Trump’s demented threats will loom large over any prospect of the announced two-week ceasefire in the Iran War, leading to a broader and lasting peace between the belligerents.' JEFF MCMULLEN: Trump’s “own goals” in Iran ~ Jeff McMullen independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

'Alas, Albanese is no Obama, and nowhere was this more obvious than in his underwhelming Address to the Nation the other night.' Grading Albanese’s address to the nation: A fail, must do better next time ~ Michael Galvin independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'Iran, faced with the bullying demands of a crazed war monger with his fingers hovering over the nuclear codes, has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz.' Donald Trump and the Iran War path to madness ~ Dave Donovan independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have an awesome Thursday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today No events scheduled Next sitting day is Budget Day, Tuesday 12 May 2026 - both Houses 🐝 #auspol

'It’s hard to overstate what a threat to humanity Trump and his supporters really are. Every time you think things can’t get worse or more ill-advised, they double-down on stupidity.' Stop the stupid! Donald Trump & Co have got to go ~ Mark Beeson independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

'If Trump bombs Iran's civilian infrastructure, Britain & Australia must respond — not out of partisanship, but because the laws that protect Tehran today protect London and Sydney.' When allies threaten war crimes, silence is self-destruction ~ Vince Hooper independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

'At the start of the social media era, there was a widespread belief that these platforms would strengthen democracy.' Democratic promise to algorithmic power: How social media reshaped truth ~ Paul Budde independentaustralia.net/business/bus...

Good morning everyone ☕☕ Have a wonderful Wednesday, stay safe & have fun Federal Parliament is not sitting today 4 x committee meetings (times/topics in pic👇) Watch live👇 www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame... Next sitting day is Budget Day Tuesday 12 May 2026- both Houses 🐝 #auspol