You can find out more on this breaking story here: thenightly.com.au/politics/two...

Aww crap,. I agree with Matt Canovan.

ASIO, our national security gatekeeper, not.

So the US is sort of pre-empting a pre-emptive war?

Anus Taylor is using the stupid Trumpian media strategy of counter-challenging the journalist about their motivation for holding power to account. How long until the first "You're fake news..." from the Leader of the Opposition?

Yup🫤

An unequivocal ‘no’ would be the correct answer. #Labor sycophancy knows no bounds.

Did the FIFA Peace Prize mean nothing?

#Reform are not taking the Gorton and Denton election loss too well. Hahahahahahahahhahhahahahahhahaha

From The #Greens in Australia, massive congratulations to Hannah Spencer of Green Party of England and Wales in winning Gorton and Denton. A moment we are celebrating Down Under!

“Human rights are not a slogan for good times. They are a duty at all times. And so we must stand up for them – and even when it is difficult, inconvenient, or costly. Especially then,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres tells the Human Rights Council. Full remarks: www.un.org/sg/en/conten...

Do you ever wake up in the morning and go hang on a minute, Angus Taylor is the actual, genuine, leader of the opposition. He's not some kind of comedy clown opposition leader. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozbc...

The irony of KPMG taking a moral stand on something is too absurd to entertain. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

No wonder the #IDF were suddenly so eager to the embrace the ~70,000 figure. It knew it was incorrect. Now we are getting a clearer picture. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Go harder #Labor. Do more housing demand side subsidy. Then maybe when you've done enough housing will be more affordable. This article will make you vomit a little in your mouth. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/property/new...

"Are we the baddies?"

Ley is death-knell for the Coalition. Taylor means the Coalition will never be elected ever again. It's win-win, really.

Alternate, less subtle version

Wong could have summoned Israel's Ambassador at any time to raise these issues (and should have done). We didn't need to invite Herzog to do this.

#Australia is now fully signed up to the #Genocide in #Gaza and the annexation of the West Bank. The final destruction of Palestinians in on us now.

This is going to blow Albanese's mind. Who's head of state now?

Israeli’s moves to annex the West Bank have been bitterly condemned by the EU. It said ‘it’s a step in the wrong direction’ Wow, that’ll show ‘em. Australia, meanwhile, wines and dines Israel’s President.

Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this

To be fair to Maxwell, protecting people was her one and only job. We shouldn't be surprised she remains good at it.

NSW Police used pepper spray, helicopters, horses and blockades as part of a new program designed to bring the community together. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/10/s...

Far be it for me to stand in the way of laws for. greater gun restrictions, but none of what Queensland gov is proposing would have remotely prevented Bondi from occurring. It might, however, have stopped the terrible shooting to death of the coppers in 2022 in Weiambilla. So why now?

Too fucken late for Monday, Queensland. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Another first rate spoken word essay from Simon Marks, in the front row seat at the death of American democracy. youtu.be/5xawn2dk4Eg

Harvard, of course, was famously part of the woke wing of the US’s military-industrial complex. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The irony of the concern for spotting a 'Westerner' in Zulu time +11. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank Exclusive: ‘Regional defence’ settler units are escalating violent displacement of Palestinians, Israeli reservists and activists say

If I was the head of the Executive branch, I would definitely be directing my government agencies to settle with the plaintiff on this one. Probably for a billion gazillion dollars. Nothing to see here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

On this January 26, Australia deserves a real leader, not a craven vassal www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/26/a...

I look forward to the Albanese hauling in the Israeli Ambassador for a dressing down following Israel's destruction of the UNWRA compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Or will we just bulldoze the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in solidarity with Netanyahu? www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Don’t have time to read the whole of Avi Shlaim’s The Iron Wall? Read this excellent interview transcript: jacobin.com/2026/01/isra...

After Bondi, the rush to explain violence may be doing more harm than good. Narrow readings risk missing wider political failures and sources of anger that demand honest attention, writes Paul Heywood-Smith. #auspol #Bondi #PublicDebate #PearlsAndIrritations

The England cricket team are whiny babies. I reckon was out, but why are they confronting Weatherald?

Does Trump think Greenland will be a county in the State of Canada?

I wonder how long it will take to bring Vichy Venezuela to heel?

So now it’s ok to go on an adventurist military operation and nab the political leaders of that country right out of their beds. Netanyahu will be sleeping uncomfortably.

A harrowing report of the exercise in psychopathic totalitarianism by the Israeli state in Gaza, which would make Big Brother blush. It’s long, but keep reading, as the stories just get worse. nymag.com/intelligence...

The will probably lean too far to starboard to be stable.

If Israel is trying to subvert and undermine our civil liberties in order to force our society to support genocide and apartheid, then we have every right to do everything we can to subvert and undermine the interests of Israel. open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj...

Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"

Will it ever become too hot for cricket in Adelaide in the summer?

Piracy now?

This #Genocide is brought to you by TikTok. Breaking Ranks now available around the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2h...

Jeez, this assumes *anyone* wants to travel to the USA. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

And also, it hasn’t been a busy 6 months. It was the slowest return to Parliament since 2001 and the HoR has had around half the average number of sitting days.

Our local (newly elected) Labor MP casually mentions that she gets greater access to Ministers to influence decisions for constituents, compared to non-Labor members. I’m not naive, but this is why the rigid party system is so dirty. (Via Guardian interview.)