“Why on earth do we allow a commissioner who’s on $800,000 a year to engage in things which potentially mean that we’re going to have to get someone else to do the job that he’s been paid so much [to do]?” Pocock asked. mnth.ly/W08nYeG

This is not just the appearance of conflict of interest, it is corruption of democracy pure and simple. Gee, if only those First Nations people had thought of having a Voice to Parliament via a “Sports Club”.

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽 Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club. That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group. Just utterly unbelievable.

Great editorial on the lingering stench of our previous PM… www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...

Crisafulli government's energy roadblock released. Coal to burn indefinitely in Queensland. A $400m investment fund with support for more than 1 GW of new gas generation. Renewable energy target repeal bill by December. National targets will be impacted. #qldpol reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-l...

Labor is negotiating the details and passage through parliament of these environmental laws with the LNP, not the Greens. That does not bode well. Without far stronger environmental laws the extinction and climate crises will get far, far worse. We all suffer, wildlife, ecosystems and people.

"Kith and kin is empirically one of the greatest works of art in the world and it’s right there, in Brisbane for you to visit. So go and visit it." -- My review of Archie Moore's masterpiece, Kith and Kin, in the @thesaturdaypaper.com.au www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visu...

What??? They threw a former Wallabies Captain out of their Parliamentary sporting club because he spoke up about gambling!!!! What??? #auspol #4Corners > www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Deloitte wrongly told government officials that errors in a major report authored for the employment department were simply transcription issues when they were actually caused by artificial intelligence www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Ludicrous. The NACC is supposed to be independent but Brereton keeps working for the ADF while overseeing potential corruption investigations about it? The Kathryn Campbell conflict wasn't enough to demonstrate how costly and damaging this is? That mistake already cost the NACC $1.2m to rectify.

Labor don't care - about the optics or their constituents. They are so arrogant. #LaborIsBought #auspol #VestedInterests #ISupportPockock www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

This is where we're at in Australia, we truly are pathetic www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

ANTIFA:

EN DIRECT, nouveau premier ministre : Emmanuel Macron va se réunir avec les chefs de partis politiques, sauf RN et LFI

David Rowe peace man.. Financial Review

"I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism'" Anti-Zionist Jewish Hollywood star Hannah Einbinder on the "settler colonialist ideology" and "apartheid" of Zionism, in the new Zeteo podcast 'Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman'. Full show: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

Nothing like frank and fearless advice while speaking truth to power...

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

My workplace has a social club. We go bowling. We don’t need corporate sponsors cos we all pay $5 once a fortnight

Murdoch's daily tele in Sydney, doing its very best to hamper any action on climate change. Different day, same old crap from the nepo-billionaire crowd.

DJ @robbieb.bsky.social in da house for my birthday 🎉

OMG You cannot know how much this means to me … my two radio husbands @robbieb.bsky.social and Paul Holmes (2DayFM Morning Crew) meet for the very first time ❤️

Australia has one of the worst extinction records on Earth — and Labor’s doing a deal with the Coalition to overhaul nature laws. Labor can’t protect nature while protecting polluters. My column for tomorrow's @canberratimes.bsky.social #auspol > www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908547...

Last month Australian ABC journalist John Lyons was told to be quiet by President Donald Trump after he asked about his wealth since taking office. That Four Corners investigative report will air on Monday night (Australian time). www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

This is utterly … what’s the word? Oh yes … fucked. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Humanitarian and Tasmanian legend, Captain Madeline Habib was Captain of the Conscience- a substantial ship, full of doctors and medical aid in a second flotilla. She and her ship have been detained. She first tried to break the blockade into Palestine in 2016. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmani...

ASIC’s Sarah Court says they could’ve fined ANZ over their ‘grubby’ misconduct into the Billions, but didn’t coz it’s “so high”, it’s “almost meaningless”🤔 McKim “it’s interesting words to use, ‘almost meaningless’…some might argue that $240mill is pretty meaningless to ANZ”💥 #Estimates

David Pope in Canberra Times

Even after being found guilty of 'officer misconduct' for mishandling the Robodebt referral, Commissioner of the NACC continues consultancy role despite concerns of perceived conflicts of interest. At $820k/year surely he can focus on doing one job well? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

"There is a strong public interest in not releasing the information" FOI response to @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social We pay politicians and they are refusing to tell how much of our money they are spending to bury nuclear waste for the US & UK #AUKUS #auspol michaelwest.com.au/aukus-nuclea...

What is wild about this story is that Deloitte has been allowed to keep 80% of the massive fees it charged for using ChatGPT to produce rubbish and passing it off as actual work. (One might add, why was a consulting firm purporting to give legal advice anyway, hmmm?)

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.

This EPBC Act 2.0 vibe check fills me with deep dread.

F*cking hell. As @amyremeikis.bsky.social notes, this is WHY we need IR regulations. live.australiainstitute.org.au

"It's long past time for the US to stop being actively complicit in this." #GazaGenocide

ASIC doesn't prosecute bankers, or NACC the perpetrators of Robodebt. @yelgeb.bsky.social on the blistering double standard in prosecuting white collars v blue, and protecting corporate reputations #auspol #ANZ #austrac michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...

David Pope in Canberra Times

I rang DFAT, seeking information about Dr Bianca Webb-Pullman, the doctor we interviewed a few weeks ago on The Shot from the Sumud Flotilla. Here's how that call went. www.instagram.com/reel/DPfWiYg...

"What this report says is that flooding will be so common in large parts of Australia, you will not be able to insure. "You can only insure against unlikely events." -co-CEO Richard Denniss appearing at the Senate Environment Committee #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

There's a vindictive spitefulness to fmr Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds that is deeply disturbing. I hope Brittany Higgins & @davidsharaz.bsky.social have lots of support. 😔 #auspol #auslaw

The 'good guys' are totally the ones torturing a 22 y/o autistic woman who was illegally abducted in international waters for bringing food and baby formula to the trapped, starving, emaciated victims of a livestreamed genocide

Protecting our children is the most important job for the Australian government. I’ve just come back from a desert prison camp in NE Syria where 25 Australian children are being held among fear, dust and poverty. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Laura Tingle: "Combine that sense of Israel directing US policy with the ever-escalating chaos of the Trump administration and you end up with a lot of countries around the world that are not just feeling a bit sullen but strangely remote from cooperating with anything either country wants to do."

The NDIS algorithm is on the way, and no they don't want you giving them any evidence about your disability. In fact, they are going to make it next to impossible. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

Mining companies paid less tax last year. Annual ATO data dump is out - we name, shame and give credit #auspol youtu.be/yEVWxXs0rlo?...

Migrants to Australia pay more in taxes than they claim in welfare, and their consumption and spending supports the country’s growth, writes Emily Barrett. The challenge for our leaders is to tell that story clearly. satpa.pe/862vMon

My latest article in The Shot "The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club" #pffft theshot.net.au/uncategorize...