You know, and this is only one example from an even worse litany, but if the media spent less time analysing the polls around One Nation and quite a bit more time analysing their lack of policies, candidates and credibility, this country might be a bit better off.

We've been quiet but busy. Last year we heard that a rich backer had bought the NSN a compound and set about finding where it was. This story we worked on with Sherryn Groch is the result of that investigation. www.theage.com.au/national/ric... (now unpaywalled)

Amen.

Me whenever someone says they like One Nation.

Ette Media can confirm Grace Tame is considering her legal options - consumer law and/or defamation.

Thank you for the music Peabo.💔🙏❤️

Only in Australia! 🤣

"Journalism is not a shiny object to be played with and put down a year or two later, it's the fourth pillar of democracy. Engaging in it should be done with at least as much seriousness and care as getting involved in the legal system."

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The evidence continues to mount. Trump is clearly incapable of satisfactorily discharging the duties of president of the United States. The sooner the 25th amendment is invoked, or he is impeached, the safer are America and the world.

Very chilly and windy today in Melbourne. I never take for granted than I have a warm and cosy home when many others don’t. Plus I made good soup.😊

BREAKING: In absolutely shocking news, foreseen by nobody, the US is fucking us over. #FuckTheUSA #AusPol

Police search for 11-year-old autistic boy missing in wild weather

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

The last 10 years in a nutshell: Nazi: I’m a Nazi! Media: Outspoken Man Touts Unconventional Ideas Nazi: No, I’m just a Nazi. Media: Meet the Dapper White Nationalist Who— Nazi: No, seriously! I’m quoting Mein Kampf! I love Hitler! Media: Why Both Sides Have an Extremist Problem.

🇦🇺 deserves a health system designed for 2035, not one stuck in 1984. Until there’s political courage to rebuild rather than repair, we’ll keep failing patients. Medicare 2.0 should fund complexity and connect primary, specialist, allied, dental and mental health into a single, modern system.

When designing our renovation, we put in windows across the north facing living room so when the sun comes out it’s toasty warm and we don’t need a heater. In summer we have an adjustable awning to block the sun. It’s the best part of our house and the whole family loves it especially Daisy.

The AFR is taking "saying the quiet part out loud" to new heights...

“More highly skilled????” What utter BS. Ya mean looking to pay lower wages. “Officeworks is planning to offshore hundreds of jobs to India and the Philippines, joining a growing trend of businesses hoping to find more highly skilled white-collar workers overseas. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Does anyone in Melbourne want to adopt two elderly chooks? I'm moving into a townhouse in a few weeks and they can't come with me. They come with a hutch

Backlash is often swift when authorities try to plan retreat from the coast. There’s a better way theconversation.com/backlash-is-...

Quick, summarize America in one headline

Tony Blair. What the billionaire class have paid for.

I’ll vote for that! Sign outside Italian trattoria in Melbourne.

More rage-baiting from the media. Kid-gloves as oppose to what? Beating them up?

I asked the outgoing NACC Commissioner whether he accepts responsibility for keeping his own CEO in the dark about his ongoing defence work. His answer was that his CEO had no business knowing what he was doing on the side 🤯🤯🤯 They just don't think the rules apply to them!

The bloody nerve of this utter POS. “Freeman was “associated” with a “growing movement of sovereign citizens, who do not believe Australia's government is legitimate.” Freeman was also a long-term welfare recipient who received regular disability pension payments.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

This sweet Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) came for a visit. #birdlife

Private schools are sending Australians broke! Literally! Private schools file more bankruptcy proceedings than banks, insurance companies and local governments...COMBINED. My post over on @thepointau.bsky.social liveblog. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/05/the-...

The detail in the Victorian-era Hochgurtel Fountain at the Carlton Gardens in Melbourne is just exquisite.

Celebrity documentaries are usually vacuous PR stunts but the Kylie Minogue documentary is heartfelt and authentic while still respecting her dignity. I have always admired Kylie for her positivity and indomitable spirit. But now I admire her even more, a truly strong and beautiful human.

Every so often I just like to remember this tweet exists.

"We've been tortured, we've been beaten, we've been arrested in international waters, but we won't give up. We will return. Palestine will be free from the river to the sea," he said to cheers from the crowd. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Good man.😊 “He said while earning a wage was important, using leftover fruit and vegetables to support people struggling to afford food was an even better outcome.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Petition for RC into killing of Australian women and children. #auspol c.org/pMtnc6nyzy

#Vic #Victoria #Melbourne #Aus Please read repost and give blood.. This is urgent. If you're not in Victoria, please still give blood. Per The Guardian.

Melbourne/Naarm yet again showed up in numbers for Palestine this Nakba Day, in defiance of so much grotesque complicity from our government. From the river to the sea.

“This is part of a broader attempt to erase and invisibilise Palestinians. It goes hand in hand with attempts to dehumanise Palestinians, and dehumanisation is a prerequisite for genocide.”

For 20 years, the journalist in me has been fascinated by the politics of #Eurovision. But in this piece for The Guardian, I write from the fan perspective - about why things have crossed a line and so many of us won't be watching this year.

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.”

"And here we see the Waymos in their natural habitat, empty, meandering, lost in a roundabout, adding fuck all to society"

Trump is a Grandmaster... at pigeon chess: he struts around, knocks over the pieces, shits on the board, declares victory, then flies off.

America didn’t turn shitty because he became President. He became President because America was already this shitty. That’s the uncomfortable truth that nobody wants to admit.