Yep. When I left Murdoch and became a (then) unemployed freelancer, yes, I went on 'the dole' for a while. I had to sign up for a Sarina Russo job agency and meet the mutual obligations crap. So we saw an opportunity to both 'flip the script' and continue being a journo. 1/🧵

Looks like The Advertiser, in the second screenshot, is desperate to boost SA Libs prospects. www.indailysa.com.au/news/opinion...

Report on accusations of #US president #Trump profiteering from Presidency: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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There was I believing Peter Dutton caused the recent ALP win when all the time it was Andrew Hastie’s lack of interest. Adrian Tabor, Point Lonsdale The Age, letters

Hard rubbish but for phrases

The official objects to changes made to the US 20-point Gaza war plan, saying it deviates from the original draft.

It seems Keith Wolahan, federal MP: has a 🇨🇳 WeChat account is solidly behind the #EmbattledLiberalLeader

Reminder: Israel did not "arrest" those in the Sumud flotilla. They kidnapped them in yet another brazen act of piracy in international waters. #FreePalestein www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Republican president tells top military officers they will play part in ‘war from within’ in major US cities.

Seems like ABC news and 7.30 can cover an issue without resorting to "both sideism" following on #ToddlerInChief spurious claims about paracetamol and autism. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Moderna says Australians will get the first batch of mRNA COVID vaccines from its Melbourne plant by year’s end. The Coalition had promised it would be “up and running” in 2024, but qualification batches began then. Regulatory approvals now allow full commercial production. archive.md/flAQy

www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in... #sapol

The Kimmel video: "The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

Minister LOVES flags!

More European countries are stepping away from the USA it seems visegradpost.com/en/2025/09/1... visegradpost.com/en/2025/08/2...

Interesting thread/theory, and would fall in the “intra-faction conflict” part of my MAGA Map analysis open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

"It was precisely because of his ability to schmooze and flatter plutocrats that the Prime Minister packed him off to Washington in the first place. Small wonder he still has full confidence in Mandelson being able to carry on with his role."

"Often, when the film's protagonists were confronted with reality, they at first didn't believe, would suddenly just adopt a position that explained the broader picture they had already created." kyivindependent.com/what-happens...

Thousands of 'people' supporting Senator Price on #ZuckerFacebook in about an hour 🤔

Xi’s parade wasn’t pageantry — it was power. China is flexing hard while Trump fumbles, and the US looks less reliable by the day. Australia has to stop hiding behind old alliances and face the new Asian order head on. #China #US #AusPol

Trump and the soon-to-be Secretary for War Pete Hegseth argued the change to The Department of War was more than a formality; it signals a change of attitude and a restoration of the “warrior ethos”. #auspol #USpol

UK Home Office dangles £1.3M prize for algorithm that guesses your age