Has this government even suggested any positive initiatives for Indigenous Australians since the Voice failed to get up? I can't think of any.Albo thinks it's an unpopular so it's now on the back burner - or completely extinguished. The problems haven't gone away. A wasted opportunity. Loathsome.

Hearing an ABC TV journalist say Tim Wilson 'knows what it takes to beat the teals' is a disgrace based on the behaviour foisted upon the encumbent MP (& family) & volunteers. Completely unacceptable - & should not be put up as an example for anything #abc730 #auspol

Bad immigrants. My @smh cartoon.

The Swiss commentator is telling viewers about Israel’s war crimes that the team’s pilot has openly supported while the Israeli bobsleigh team is racing.

Just as in Australia, the UK chapter of "Lawyers for Israel" is monstering cultural institutions. But not satisfied with silencing Palestinian voices in the present, they attempt to erase Palestinian history.

A good man wouldn’t have invited a war criminal, on our behalf, in the first place.

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Senior journalist Peter Lalor was among those attacked by police at the protest against Israel President Issac Herzog. “We were assaulted on the streets of our town by police itching for a fight". theklaxon.com.au/g2vd

The Govt lost the #FOI fight to keep an initial Magean Skate brief SECRET (cost: $52K). They’ve now capitulated in their fight to keep the final decision brief SECRET (cost: $??K). Of course, the final decision’s been made. Delaying the release was the political purpose. #auspol

John Menadue: “Herzog has told world a litany of lies about IDF protecting civilians and that Israel is obeying international law. He heads an apartheid, genocidal and criminal state that is deliberately killing women and children and breaches numerous international laws and decisions of the UN.”

Given it has been long been her personal megaphone, I guess it makes sense that everyone's favourite serial litigant has scored herself a column in everyone's favourite rabid rag.

These people are terrifying.

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The Albanese Government just approved another huge coal mine- that will make Australia hotter, drier and cause more frequent and extreme disasters. 236 million tonnes of emissions over its life = double Australia's annual emissions, 1200x Vanuatu. www.lockthegate.org.au/middlemount-...

Australians can't spot our own fascists because ours have been described as "centre-left" forever by the dumbest class of TV pundits on the fucking planet

Last year it was the Greens who fought for and won stronger enviro laws and made it harder to fast-track new coal and gas. To have a safe climate future, we must put people and the planet ahead of corporate interests. And only the Greens are fighting for that.

This approval is yet another reminder that Labor won’t stand up to big coal or big gas and take meaningful climate action. They won’t fight for us. Not while they’re beholden to the big fossil fuel corporations that fund their election campaigns.

Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension. Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects. In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.

smol watermelon

Honest headlines nobody wrote about Senate estimates this week: Machinery of government continues to confound politicians, including ministers Government sends Minister representing who doesn't know the portfolio to avoid awkward questions.

If the cap fits. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Absolutely huge crowd in Melbourne right now. People from all backgrounds, ages and professions - united in opposition to genocide and war. This is what social cohesion looks like.

Drawing attention to the issues of politicians, and/or parties, does not in any way promote their opposition, contrary to what the duopoly would have voters believe.

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Politician at heart of $80 million Cayman Islands Watergate scandal quits Opposition front bench… …In a bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.

This story needs much more coverage; high Court challenges by independents of Victorian & Federal election funding changes. These are blatantly biased to entrench the undeserving duopoly, with plenty of cosy side payments available to them alone. Fundamentally undemocratic

That Minns and his police commissioner are both insisting there’s nothing to see here is all you need to know. I’m disgusted and sick at heart that we’ve come to this under Labor governments at state and federal level and my vote will reflect my disgust.

Australians accept Judaism as a religion, Israel as a country & Zionism at a political ideology. It can't unsee TV footage of a genocide on Palestine carried out in the name of all Jews by Israeli Zionists nor unhear Albanese shamelessly acting as an apologist for it & demanding respect & silence.

To be clear, not one single person sincerely believes that "from the river to the sea" is a genocidal or antisemitic slogan. They're just pretending to believe that in order to get new laws passed which crush free speech that is critical of a genocidal apartheid state.

"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account #auspol michaelwest.com.au/peter-lalor-...

“.. it’s worth considering if a spiritual leader may have been more appropriate”. SMH two bob each way 11/2/26 re Herzog visit. With protest violence it looks like an “omnishambles” further disrupting social cohesion. SMH failed to contextualise probative evidence of Gaza genocide.

Crisis? What crisis? Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted. No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing. @skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

Cohesion. My @smh cartoon.

You’d reckon some journalists might actually call them out on this…

Funny how obsessed Australian politicians are with social cohesion when both the federal and state political spheres entirely revolve around finding issues to differentiate, wedge and create fights between parties. Maybe take a look in a mirror and set a better example you stonking hypocrites

“We didn’t kettle anyone.” #nswpolicekickeditoff #auspol

We'll say it again: "social cohesion", to those who chant it, means maintenance of the status quo which privileges them, and silencing of everyone else. In the mouth of a Labor MP, it is an expression of the deepest hypocrisy.

Albanese is talking bullshit. Unless they're dual citizens. Australian citizens who are Jewish and don't have Israeli citizenship only have one head of state - King Charles III. Dual nationals can't run for Parliament.

after kettling the crowd, the police rushed the crowd, causing fear and chaos. This is called “police were restoring order” for “community safety”. The community at Town Hall was not safe - from violent police. But community is like social cohesion - white-coded.

btw the pro-genocide crowd at International Convention Centre <did> get instructions from police on safely exiting to avoid Town Hall. The crowd at Town Hall got “instructions” from police by fists, pepper spray, and steel cap boots.

feels like the lies are getting bolder. 1/ Police blockading Town Hall square, station entry points on that side, and both ends of the George St block between Bathurst St and QVB is called “officers had been trying to disperse the crowd”. The crowd had no way to “disperse” and no instructions.

We knew from the moment we heard it that “social cohesion” would be one of those Orwellian terms which would be used to cover all manner of state sanctioned abuse and deprivation of civic freedoms. It fuels the very unrest it pretends to seek to quell.

Yesterday Isaac Herzog tried to gaslight Australians, saying anyone arguing against his visit is also against Israel’s right to exist. He also openly rallied for support for Israel’s illegal invasion of Gaza. He’s not here to mourn, this is a calculated political move. #auspol

Last night the NSW Police disgraced themselves. The NSW government is fully responsible for what happened.

Ffs. Are any mainstream media making any attempt to show incidents like this? Or ask the Commissioner about them?

Just saw a report on ABC News 24 - they show none of the footage of police punching people, or Police pulling people away as they’re in prayer. They just show police and protestors scuffling - saying Police used pepper spray. That’s how you get away with it. NewsCorp etc will be worse #auspol

@albomp.bsky.social get the feeling you fucked up yet? You need to get in step with the Australian people, not your insular and out of touch group of arrogant elites.

And what exactly is the massive police presence achieving apart from intimidation and inflammation? Premier Minns, do tell.

The Prime Minister of Australia and the President of Israel exchange gifts on his arrival in Australia. My attempt at a political cartoon.