Truly a great day to read a lot of articles saying ‘found on the balance of probabilities’ and ‘substantially true’. The in-house lawyers, they will sign off on the article if you directly quote the Full Court!

Gotta say, nothing like such a well deserved arrest to lighten the day and ease everyone back into the week after a long weekend.

In this fast-moving, ever-changing world of ours, it’s good to know some things always stay the same: Nick McKenzie will fucking end you.

Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing to the Australian Historical Association after losing his most recent appeal against defamation ruling that on the balance of probabilities he committed war crimes in Afghanistan

It always bears repeating that this entire situation started from the SMH writing a couple of articles and BR-S launching a defamation case. I highly doubt we’d be where we are now if BR-S hadn’t been the plaintiff in the previous case.

Here we goooooooo

It’s a gorgeous evening, if I do say so myself.

Oh no, what a shame. Black market tobacco also being unaffordable? How devastating. (Unexpected benefit of the current situation)

Starmer sounds like he's 30 seconds away from unilaterally rejoining the EU. He actually should consider it, might improve his polling.

For how much I criticise the ALP for not touting their achievements, I’ve got to say an address that was ‘steady hand, here’s what we’re doing (no we’re not a belligerent in this war you freaks)’ was a bit overblown but made a lot of common sense as something to do.

Hot take online, normal take in real life: It’s entirely appropriate for the PM to address the nation at the start of a very real global financial crisis.

australian-japanese fusion

More info on the junior rates application by the SDA here www.fwc.gov.au/hearings-dec... Decision summary: www.fwc.gov.au/documents/si... Decision (281 pages): www.fwc.gov.au/documents/si... #auslaw #ausbiz #ausunions

The Fair Work Commission has issued its decision to abolish junior pay rates for young adult employees in the retail, fast food, and pharmacy sectors while maintaining them for minors.

It was a court hearing unlike any other, complete with country music, "killer" beef, and gaggles of kids and dogs dashing between the black-clad lawyers.

This is a VERY good decision. About time!

Police have shot dead fugitive gunman Dezi Freeman at a property in Victoria's north-east. Victoria Police said he was shot shortly after 8.30 this morning. Freeman had been wanted since August over the fatal shooting of two police officers at Porepunkah. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #auslaw

I kinda expected him to never be found or be found dead later on (I suspect this will launch conspiracy theories regardless). www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Went slightly silly for Easter

My personal biggest reason for why the Teals should get over themselves and officially form a party is that with a party there would be some impetus to preselect a more diverse cohort than the current situation. (Also a lot of fiddly technical reasons, but ‘stop looking like identical clones’ pls)

my baby too big

I’m not sure I’m going to have a voice tomorrow. Great game.

Needs a live cross to a veteran legal aid solicitor who did 18 years of Monday mornings at Adelaide magistrates court. "Yeah, they are in what we technically call *deep shit*"

Crazy night of excitement here; but I’m at Sydney Olympic Park ready to scream myself hoarse. Would be nice if they’d call SA in the next 30 minutes however.

One Nation (Hansonist) One Nation (Ashbyist) One Nation (Joyceist) One Nation (Queensland) One Nation (City/Country) One Nation (MAGA) One Nation (Hansonist-Joyceist-Katterist) One Nation (Patriotic) One Nation (United Patriots) One Nation (Reform) One Nation (Parliamentary) One Nation (Bernardiist)

The funniest thing about the current petrol prices has been watching the petrol stations who still have manual price signs run out of 2s and have to either repurpose 5s or hand draw them on cardboard

It seems that the Albanese Government might consider using its May budget to tax gas giants who are making soaring profits while consumers bear the brunt during an energy crisis. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/government-explores-new-tax-for-gas-coal-to-buffer-fuel-costs/106475100

If this actually happened, within a year we would have more One Nation splinter parties than there are Nepali communist parties

FINALS BABYEEEEEE

Liberal election review really needed to drill down on the lack of novelty campaign vids like Dr Bill Glasson's One Day More youtu.be/z2rTJc36mlU?...

The one big benefit of this semi being on a Tuesday night is I have too much other stuff happening to spend my time worrying. Telling myself at least we already have qualified for the World Cup.

Find me something Greens voters love more than preferencing 1 Greens, 2 ALP at every opportunity possible, HTVs be damned.

I have to say, the Australian organisers of the Women's Asian Cup making the mascot a literal fire horse is hilarious. Both in terms of 'look we understand the Chinese Zodiac' and also in terms of the associated personality traits mapping to sportswomen.

Foord, I would have pushed her too

I swear the stress tonight is going to kill me. That last goal from Kerr however helped a bit.

I love women’s sport because there are…shocker…a wide range of genders everywhere.

Fenner School scientists from the Difficult Bird Research Group have rescued the lost song of the regent honeyeater, offering new hope for the survival of the critically endangered bird: bit.ly/4l2D5Cc @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

Harold Holt does not count here, as he lived a long and happy life in his new home in Heibei

As always, there’s gold in the redistribution proposal. My favourite is renaming Franklin (now moved to be THE East Coast Electorate) to be “West”, after Aunty Ida West. Do it! No chance of confusion stems from this!

You know what I fucking love seeing in the measles alerts: OLOL, aka ‘we wrote a paper about tracking a COVID superspreader event in this very church’. Real promising. Definitely fills me with confidence. Totally not a sign of a local cluster forming at all.

I can’t tell. Is this wet?

My other personal reason for why Big Parliamentary Expansion Is Good is that if we drop the quota for a seat sufficiently we can sort out the worst seat marriage in Sydney, the Division of Macquarie. 0.5 quotas of left voting Blue Mountains, 0.5 quotas of right voting Richmond, unhappy together.

Also on team 18 Senators for the way it restores proportionality in representation to Tasmania, opens up the situation for NT to retain multiple seats without having to mess with the formula constantly, decreases electorate size for the giant rural seats and allows half-senate elections having tilt.

If Don Farrell can actually get parliamentary expansion passed and then proceed to retire before the next election I may find it within myself to say something nice about him

Useful website I’ve started using this summer: real time UV tracking. Lets me check the UV index before I go outside, which is particularly helpful for exercise and working out how much sun protection I need. Because it’s Aussie, it actually tells you 11+ rates. www.arpansa.gov.au/our-services...

The social media team is also doing their jobs well

Every current and former LGA mayor in Farrer now looking over their CVs

very sad about Sussan Ley’s leadership. growing up in suburban Melbourne in the 80s, her music taught me that it was ok to be weird

Found this year’s godless creation of a hot cross bun: Yes. Cheesy Jalapeño flavoured.