Maybe the problem is that Greg Craven is a fucking idiot who doesn’t understand that ideas and language aren’t fixed

$164 million in security infrastructure extracted from Aust taxpayers for a community of 120,000 people, and the government-appointed envoy drawn from the lobby itself whose job is to put Israeli government policy beyond the reach of Australian public criticism. michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcem....

My Afghan friend Kakar has sent more cartoons and his story. I’ll post them from time to time.

Imagine getting this email on a Friday afternoon. I look forward to the "story". #womenwhowin

Surya just sent me these beautiful pictures from the Sumud Flotilla. After some final deliberations in Turkiye, they're now heading onwards to Gaza, taking aid and the world's conscience with them. May it be smooth sailing.

Journalists stood by and watched as an ABC News crew was chucked out of a press conference by One Nation. Expect more brazen attacks on the media. The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. “Truth Lies & Media” is live! ⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol #NewsCorpse

"When President Xi very elegantly explained that I am a Complete Disaster for the USA & am driving it into the Ground on every metric other than Corruption, my ego was so inflamed I am now putting my Tiny Fingers in my ears and going 'nyahnyahnyahnyah'. Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Australian politics heating up 🔥 • ABC/Israel media freedom row • Conservative "race to the bottom" • Tax inequality & wealth loopholes dominate. What's your take? 🧵1/3

Mood: fractious, activist-leaning. Progressive voices frustrated with Labor's incremental approach; anger at billionaire tax avoidance & corporate suppression of media. https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/bs_pulse/ #auspol 🧵3/3

Monique Ryan's fact-bomb went viral: new migrants pay tax 4 years with zero benefits, we gain far more than cost. Pushback against demonisation gaining traction. Also: coordinated 56-complaint campaign against Laura Tingle's journalism raises foreign interference concerns. 🧵2/3

Angus Taylor’s performance last night is reminiscent of those far right parties in Europe who dog whistle against immigrants and strive for a ‘white only’ society. We are not Nazi Germany. We are better than this.

Hey @australianlabor.bsky.social Raise the rate. #RaiseTheRate #AusPol

I wonder if the ALP would notice if we all posted the following: @australianlabor.bsky.social Raise the rate. #RaiseTheRate #AusPol

Extra joy of having mental illness is when you've physical illnesses, you aren't believed, even More than usual. Presented at GP with below symptoms, blood tests later showed thyroid's extremely overactive, causing them. At the time told 'all in your mind, calm down'. Fuck Off!

We live in such stupid times - 1984 was supposed to be a warning and no an instruction manual.

A regional Victorian manufacturing industry that I did not know much about opened a new distillery this week... What do you know about eucalyptus oil? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Trump “President Xi doesn’t respect Obama, no one does.” Yet the only time Xi visited the White House Obama was president.

Trump is a witless malignant narcissist who is the only one to not recognize that Xi trolled and mocked him.

Trump: “President Xi congratulated me on my many tremendous successes in such a short period of time.” The poor halfwit doesn’t realize that all authoritarians like Xi, use compliments to appease their useful idiots.

“Jerusalem without Palestinians so yeah I hope they get harassed & hopefully get so harassed that they leave Israel...” Young woman attending six day war celebrations . Journo “So there’s no chance being able to live side-by-side? She “You don’t live side-by-side with cancer.”

WHAT’S TO LOVE . #Israelis celebrate the six day war chanting anti Arab slogans hating and attacking Palestinians. Mass hysteria, mass brainwashing from birth ? God’s chosen ones ? 😢 Is @Albomp watching?

Chalmers: genuine reform on housing tax, payday super, trusts. Gaps - gas tax. Taylor: 1 sound policy idea he couldn't cost on national TV. Welfare restrictions Kos Samaras calls electoral suicide. Hanson claimed credit before Taylor finished. New Friday piece 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

"It's not inherently antisemitic for someone to hold views critical of Israel for their conduct in this war" – Yesterday, we continued to cross examine expert witnesses to ensure that antisemitism is not weaponised to stifle free speech in support of Palestine at the Royal Commission

Matt Doran: “They are chanting some pretty vile, racist slogans. Things like "death to the Arabs" and “may your villages burn". “You can see some of the people who are here, they're more interested in trying to hide how they’re behaving than actually trying to justify their behaviour.”

This entire debate about government services and benefit that people who are permanent residents can or cannot access would be solved if we taxed billionaires properly. Yes, that includes the man-on-the-street billionaire Gina Rhinehart who just bought a political party.

And Lo! The Lord looked upon the loaves and the fishes and turned them into... oil. And it was good. So good.

Attributed to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Australian sociologist, lawyer and writer: #AusPol #antisemitism #RoyalCommission #racism

Imagine being 16 months into your presidency and you have the audacity to blame your predecessor for your own incompetence and failures.

Jane Hume revealed the LNP’s hand on how it would fund their $22b loss of tax revenue - through cutting subsidies for renewable energy. By cutting funding for environmental initiatives. The LNP would just go back to their old ways where they sneer at scientific research in favour of fossil fuels.

You're spot on, but educate how? Punter's Politics is a good example of packaging politics for the average man, but he's just one voice. We need lots of people reaching out with intelligible voices to clue in the rest of Australia, to draw a line directly from their hip pocket to politicians.

It's a double edged thing In a democracy (collectively as a country) we get the government we deserve Maybe we need to start educating voters? We need better citizenry if we expect better government Murdoch and the Far Right have been brainwashing generations for decades. Dumbing us down

Federal politics has become a farce, with Labor's tax about-face chasing young voters and the Libs dog-whistling to PHONy voters and political grifters oozing onto TV screens everywhere. I desperately need to see more ethical Independents on my screens to restore faith in #Auspol

He's actually used the banned saying, because it supposedly 'triggers/upsets' Jewish people, in his own advert, that he's plastered everywhere... Such a great self own 👊😎😂

#PeggyDwyerSC #JewishCouncilAust “Antisemitism can be used to silence legitimate criticism of Israel.” Covers suprasternal notch fear. #DrRich expert on antisemitism. BL DrRich covers mouth censors response, deception. Eyebrow rub frustration with Dwyer, forehead wrinkle stress.

'Jillian Segal, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, appointed former Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Greg Craven to lead the university report card project assessing campus antisemitism.' And no surprises with what happened next.

LOL. Angus Taylor thinks that trickle down economics is still a thing. Because we ALL KNOW how well it has worked for workers in the past!

If the LNP slashed immigration numbers, there would be a shortage of nurses, aged care workers, hospitality workers, agricultural workers, etc. I agree there’s a housing crisis, but immigrants are not the cause. Slashing immigration would create a whole myriad of other problems for our economy.

Thank GOODNESS the LNP are so utterly crap! Angus Taylor has plagiarised the Trump/MAGA playbook in his Budget reply speech, and I don’t want these people anywhere near the leadership of this country. There will be no “fairer, freer and better” Australia if the LNP gets back in power.

Well that wasn’t a good start 🤔 #730abc #SarahFerguson Don’t think she was overly impressed with #AngusTaylor ‘s Budget reply. BL extreme lean away. We lean away from that which we dislike.Taylor was defensive & abrasive, talking over the top trying to control the interview.

#PremierXi insults #Trump not greeting him at airport sends Junior ministers & school kids deemed as a slap in the face for the 200 Iranian school children US murdered. BL handshake at #TempleofHeaven. #Trump pats #Xi ‘s hand, highly controlling, displays superiority, power play.

Trump’s speech in China: “Chinese restaurants in America today outnumber the five largest fast food restaurants in the United States combined. That’s a pretty big statement.” That’s a pretty stupid statement and an embarrassment. I can’t believe he didn’t praise their skilled nail salon workers.

Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Very happy to report the Senate has just supported the Greens move to force Commissioner Brereton and the Deputy NACC Commissioners to appear at the upcoming Senate Estimates hearings - accountability has to include everyone at the NACC even at the top!

The international rules-based order, established post-WWII, is weakening, reflected in global conflicts, humanitarian crises, and the rise of nationalist movements It fails to restrain aggression when powerful nations perceive their interests are at stake johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05...

This is what the world is witnessing.

This is what it should look like 😂😂