The Attorney General can’t rule out that accurately describing Israel as committing genocide could land you in jail for 15 years.

Can we stop with this BS that launching a civil war (or thereabouts) is a distraction from the Epstein files. Trump doesn’t give a stuff about the files, and has already won that battle. ICE assaults are their very own thing.

I remain convinced that the arts are controlled by people whose values are diametrically opposed to the arts, who hate artists on principle and aren’t especially fond of the sort of people who like the arts either

A question for fearless journos out there to put to Australia's political leaders. Why do we have > $300 billion to attempt to buy submarines but not enough $ to pay more fire fighters & support staff & to buy more urgently needed firefighting equipment, so we have sufficient resources when needed?!

The MAGA movement will not be shamed by pointing out the basic features of a liberal pluralist democracy. They don't believe in any of it. They see it as a weakness, something that merely holds them back or slows their efforts to reshape their world.

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide

Presumably Aussie sporting stars will also sign an open letter condemning this and demanding action, right? "Israel is moving to start construction on a vast illegal settlement in the heart of the West Bank, designed to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

the elites demanding that the elected government bend to what zionists want - another antisemitism headline generating machine - are not “wider society”. This campaign is an extremely privileged minority flexing their power. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If we ever do have a royal commission into Bondi, its terms of reference should include an examination of the media’s highly political handling of the tragedy. That’s where we might also learn who really dials up hate and racism in this country.

“The response to the Bondi massacre has been seriously strange.” Essential writing from one of Australia’s great thinkers:

I just don’t think we should listen to Israelis on responding to a terror attack. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Sydney media types gleefully calling Dan Andrews an authoritarian tyrant, and then calmly acquiescing to *whatever this is*

Ten years since the conservative campaign to kill section 18C. Remember?

As we watch the capitulation of the Australian media, it’s worth remembering that Israel has murdered almost 300 journalists

Journalists' lazy repetition of state propaganda words matters.

So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine

PLEASE! Don't buy Ratsak or any other rat poison, at Bunnings or anywhere else: it's killing our wildlife when they eat the rat! THANK YOU. Please share. #auspol

If we are going to stamp down on hate speech (and we really should), we should start with our newspapers. If you are an enemy of diversity and multiculturalism, you are an enemy of my family, my friends and I (and of much of the Australian populace). White supremacy is a malignant melanoma.

There is no gun "debate". There are not two equal sides. It is almost everyone vs almost no one. 70% of Australians wanted tougher gun laws *before* Bondi. More below, full results here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/polli...

The idea that massive crackdown on anti-genocide protests in universities, and refusing to support Palestinian statehood would have somehow prevented last Sunday's terror attack in Bondi has already infected Aus media so deep that they're taking it as a truism www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological sites. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/an-a...

“Greg Pugh from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing said that they were aware of people using software to scrape data and are investigating”. WHY is this data scrapeable?!

As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack… what could go wrong? Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

David Walker has been collecting paper clips from around the world for much of his life. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/d...

The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks. No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The reason our environmental laws are bad is because they fail to protect the environment from the endless capitulation of cowards.

Ban the stuff.

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

Sidenote: Did you know that the NACC employs over 200 people, spends over $50m per year, has 5 offices, and in over two years of operations hasn't landed a single major corruption finding?

Imagine if anyone in power in Australia was ever held responsible for any wrongdoing ever. Imagine if we had a national anti-corruption commission or something like that.

Israel is destroying Judaism ... very good from Mr Rundle. open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...

Fighting the good fight

'Is it too much or not enough?' This facile, disgusting question, from 774 ABC Melbourne, about the protests supporting Palestine. Shame.

Tax breaks for huge, American-style utes cost the Australian government $250 million in 2023. But it gets worse. Emissions from passenger cars have fallen since 2005, but that drop was wiped out by the increased use of big utes. #auspol

A good day to pre-order Randa Abdel-Fattah’s book.

Something from Meanjin a few years back: Randa Abdel Fattah on Palestinian erasure… meanjin.com.au/latest/lobbi...

Such gross incompetence by Victorian Govt re public housing towers & estates; -Demolishing without considering several viable adaptation proposals, with huge environmental & cost savings -Failing to first build new public housing on their estates to manage transfer www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The algo obviously HATES us talking about this. So would you do us a favour and share? UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4

If you believe your social rights are being threatened by this egregious overreach of public censorship, here is the contact link to let ASECA know what you think Keep it civil. Use your voice Your taxes are funding this - you have a right to be heard 👇🏽 #share www.aseca.gov.au/form/get-in-...

this is the reason current anti vilification law or racism or hate speech or religious freedom or whatever do not cover what this policy framework covers. It is, quite specifically, an <Israel> policy. For Australian governments. So you know, a foreign policy.

“These drone strikes are often carried out against anyone entering an area the army has determined is off-limits to Palestinians — a designation that is never demarcated on the ground. Two sources used variations of the phrase “learning through blood” to describe the army’s expectation….” Horrors.

This is not unique to childcare. The same attitude abounds in all care industries: healthcare, aged care, disability support work…

This is an excellent story ($) from @crystaljane.bsky.social on the deliberate, pointed and entirely fabulous wardobe choices of @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social during her triumphant battle with the ABC. www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/27/a...

Wow. Why was this deleted, ABC News? What possible reason.

“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.” Deadly by design. And they know it. www.iihs.org/news/detail/...

I'm constantly amused by the political journalists' phrase "captain's call" when all that happened is that a leader made a decision. Which is literally their job. So does "captain's call" mean "bad decision"? If so, just say so. Wankers.

not just a climate pope, but an all caps petition sharing climate pope

#BREAKING 🚨 Statement from ex-PM Paul Keating after Ed Husic was dumped from Albanese’s frontbench: “As the cabinet's sole Muslim member, Husic's expulsion proffers contempt for the measured and centrist support provided by the broader Muslim community to the Labor Party at the general election”

Eyes down, Conclave watchers! A few facts for your scorecards: - Shortest Conclave: 1503, three hours or so. - Longest Conclave: 1268, three years or so. - Last Conclave to elect someone from outside: 1378, Urban VI. - Last Pope to exhume his predecessor and put them on trial: Stephen VI, 897.

This is a very good piece, also applies to the UK Conservatives insidestory.org.au/are-the-libe...