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Here for my dose of news and ideas and really silly stuff.
Here for my dose of news and ideas and really silly stuff.
Well well well
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.
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.
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Well well well
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
The #NACC #Commissioner is a “full-time job, one of the best paid jobs in the public service and … the commissioner [should be] willing to forego all other engagements … [and focus] on the role [without] perceived or real conflicts of interest …” #SenatorPocock
The #NACC #Commissioner is a “full-time job, one of the best paid jobs in the public service and … the commissioner [should be] willing to forego all other engagements … [and focus] on the role [without] perceived or real conflicts of interest …” #SenatorPocock
Anti-corruption chief kept consulting role after saying he had resigned
The head of the national anti-corruption commission told a Senate inquiry he had resigned his role at the defence force's investigative arm. But the ABC has learned he continued consulting for them, a...
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
The #NACC #Commissioner is a “full-time job, one of the best paid jobs in the public service and … the commissioner [should be] willing to forego all other engagements … [and focus] on the role [without] perceived or real conflicts of interest …” #SenatorPocock
The #NACC #Commissioner is a “full-time job, one of the best paid jobs in the public service and … the commissioner [should be] willing to forego all other engagements … [and focus] on the role [without] perceived or real conflicts of interest …” #SenatorPocock
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"I thought Islamophobia was a requirement to work at News Corp?" said one of the show's ten former viewers. chaser.com.au/general-news...
September 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"I thought Islamophobia was a requirement to work at News Corp?" said one of the show's ten former viewers. chaser.com.au/general-news...
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🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is a current - not former - top executive of pro-Israel lobby group the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
Has held role at all times since appointed Envoy.
Explosive revelations. Foreign interference questions...
theklaxon.com.au/y8fq
Has held role at all times since appointed Envoy.
Explosive revelations. Foreign interference questions...
theklaxon.com.au/y8fq
Jillian Segal a top executive at pro-Israel lobby group - The Klaxon
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who has called for pro-Palestine demonstrations to be banned from cities — is a top executive of a pro-Israel lobby group.
theklaxon.com.au
September 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🚨Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal is a current - not former - top executive of pro-Israel lobby group the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
Has held role at all times since appointed Envoy.
Explosive revelations. Foreign interference questions...
theklaxon.com.au/y8fq
Has held role at all times since appointed Envoy.
Explosive revelations. Foreign interference questions...
theklaxon.com.au/y8fq
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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
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To sum up, War Memorial leadership doesn’t accept expert advice from its own senior historian and makes things worse. It’s not complicated. Just face up to your blunder about centring BRS in the Afghanistan story … /1
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith
Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Eulogy Song - Chasers war on Everything
YouTube video by thacosmicjester
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September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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New #FOI Bill an assault on Government transparency.
With Scott Morrison at least you knew he was being secret. With Anthony Albanese, it’s worse, because he likes to portray himself as transparent, but he’s not. #auspol
With Scott Morrison at least you knew he was being secret. With Anthony Albanese, it’s worse, because he likes to portray himself as transparent, but he’s not. #auspol
Government faces backlash over plans to change freedom of information laws | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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September 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Sore point.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
September 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sore point.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Opinion | Alleged Porepunkah shooter Dezi Freeman's clashes with authorities and neighbours have been in the media for years. Has tabloid media helped legitimise the grievances of Freeman and men like him?
Before the horror of Porepunkah, Australia’s media platformed Dezi Freeman for years
When Dezi Freeman was named as the suspect in a police shooting in regional Victoria, it was far from the first time his name and face had appeared in the news.
www.crikey.com.au
September 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Opinion | Alleged Porepunkah shooter Dezi Freeman's clashes with authorities and neighbours have been in the media for years. Has tabloid media helped legitimise the grievances of Freeman and men like him?
Crickets from the "it isn't about racism" crowd.
Camp Sovereignty organisers say dozens of men dressed in black attacked the site at King's Domain, leaving several people injured. The Victorian government has condemned the attack.
Far-right demonstrators stormed Indigenous gathering place after Melbourne rally
Camp Sovereignty organisers say dozens of men dressed in black attacked the site at King's Domain, leaving several people injured. The Victorian government has condemned the attack.
www.abc.net.au
September 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Crickets from the "it isn't about racism" crowd.
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In which @australianlabor.bsky.social is complicit.
"My patients were six-year-olds with shrapnel through their hearts and bullets in their brains, pregnant women with their pelvises obliterated and their fetuses cut in two while still in the womb."
— Dr Feroze Sidhwa at the UN Security Council
"My patients were six-year-olds with shrapnel through their hearts and bullets in their brains, pregnant women with their pelvises obliterated and their fetuses cut in two while still in the womb."
— Dr Feroze Sidhwa at the UN Security Council
May 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In which @australianlabor.bsky.social is complicit.
"My patients were six-year-olds with shrapnel through their hearts and bullets in their brains, pregnant women with their pelvises obliterated and their fetuses cut in two while still in the womb."
— Dr Feroze Sidhwa at the UN Security Council
"My patients were six-year-olds with shrapnel through their hearts and bullets in their brains, pregnant women with their pelvises obliterated and their fetuses cut in two while still in the womb."
— Dr Feroze Sidhwa at the UN Security Council
Somehow still not the worst Liberal intervention in NT history.
“Tony Abbott was en route to Hungary to address think tank backed by Viktor Orbán’s right-wing govt when he made the call: he wanted Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price brought into the Liberal Party fold.
It was May 8, just days after the Coalition’s devastating election loss.”
It was May 8, just days after the Coalition’s devastating election loss.”
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Somehow still not the worst Liberal intervention in NT history.
As a sign of good faith the Nats have adopted the Libs policy of flip flopping on previous announcements.
Possible reconciliation on the cards for the Libs and Nats!
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
As a sign of good faith the Nats have adopted the Libs policy of flip flopping on previous announcements.
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The ALP govt persists with its Safeguard Mechanism as the only legislated emissions reduction scheme, even knowing that the carbon offset market is a sham.
The top 3 methods for generating offsets are proven BS.
Look at the number of trees *actually planted* (bottom fig)
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
The top 3 methods for generating offsets are proven BS.
Look at the number of trees *actually planted* (bottom fig)
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The ALP govt persists with its Safeguard Mechanism as the only legislated emissions reduction scheme, even knowing that the carbon offset market is a sham.
The top 3 methods for generating offsets are proven BS.
Look at the number of trees *actually planted* (bottom fig)
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
The top 3 methods for generating offsets are proven BS.
Look at the number of trees *actually planted* (bottom fig)
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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Media takes break from villainising Welcome to Country to ask how racists could possibly think it’s ok to boo a Welcome to Country
April 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Media takes break from villainising Welcome to Country to ask how racists could possibly think it’s ok to boo a Welcome to Country
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I continue to be appalled at the lack of accountability around the SLAPP case that targeted me. If I can get sued for saying a warlord sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US for his role in Wagner is involved with Wagner then can we really say there's any protection for journalists in the UK from SLAPPs?
The SRA discontinued @eliothiggins.bsky.social complaint against Discreet Law who represented the warlord Prigozhin. Too many questions remain, so that is why the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has written to the regulator. Read the letter here: antislapp.uk/2025/03/28/q... #stopSLAPPs 1/3
Questions Unanswered, Concerns Remain: The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition calls for clarity and transparency from the SRA - UK Anti-Slapp Coalition
The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition wrote to the SRA seeking answers to a number of outstanding questions regarding its decision-making process as it relates to SLAPPs after it discontinued Eliot Higgins' com...
antislapp.uk
March 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I continue to be appalled at the lack of accountability around the SLAPP case that targeted me. If I can get sued for saying a warlord sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US for his role in Wagner is involved with Wagner then can we really say there's any protection for journalists in the UK from SLAPPs?
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#BREAKING 🚨 WATCH LIVE: Anthony Albanese calls federal election for May 3 www.youtube.com/live/WoCCsqs...
BREAKING: Anthony Albanese calls federal election for May 3 | 6 News
YouTube video by SIX News Australia
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#BREAKING 🚨 WATCH LIVE: Anthony Albanese calls federal election for May 3 www.youtube.com/live/WoCCsqs...
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Outside the ABC, a vigil mourns the murders of more than 200 journalists in Gaza, the stories of their final moments told in a way an ABC broadcast never could. A security guard and someone from the MSO quietly expressed solidarity. Journalists leaving the building just tried to avoid eye contact.
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Outside the ABC, a vigil mourns the murders of more than 200 journalists in Gaza, the stories of their final moments told in a way an ABC broadcast never could. A security guard and someone from the MSO quietly expressed solidarity. Journalists leaving the building just tried to avoid eye contact.
Ahh yes, the old argument that capitalists will grow an ethics bone by magic.
This kind of argument is like watching Caligula shooting at the stars.
This kind of argument is like watching Caligula shooting at the stars.
I mean it's not like they aren't shooting for the stars, given that they also claim the profits from AI will be shared simply because the tech is "built in the collective knowledge of humanity."
No writer got paid when they trained the LLMs on our work, mind you.
No writer got paid when they trained the LLMs on our work, mind you.
March 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ahh yes, the old argument that capitalists will grow an ethics bone by magic.
This kind of argument is like watching Caligula shooting at the stars.
This kind of argument is like watching Caligula shooting at the stars.
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“In Wannon, if today you donate $1,500 to Liberal MP Dan Tehan, your donation is tax deductible. If today you donate the same to independent opponent Alex Dyson, it is not. Dan has a copy of the electoral roll; Alex has to pay tens of thousands for the same info.”
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“In Wannon, if today you donate $1,500 to Liberal MP Dan Tehan, your donation is tax deductible. If today you donate the same to independent opponent Alex Dyson, it is not. Dan has a copy of the electoral roll; Alex has to pay tens of thousands for the same info.”
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
So this confirms what the PM was briefed in relation to the caravan.
We know the legislation came after. Now the question becomes why make these laws?
We know the legislation came after. Now the question becomes why make these laws?
So the whole thing was nothing, but we got a full moral panic and more repressive anti-protest and anti-free speech laws anyway.
March 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
So this confirms what the PM was briefed in relation to the caravan.
We know the legislation came after. Now the question becomes why make these laws?
We know the legislation came after. Now the question becomes why make these laws?
Given Barry is a shearer, I thought he deserved a verse in click goes the shears
Barry from Echuca is sitting in 1C,
When a young mug walks up a little too casually.
Holding a shottie and dressed in high-vis vest.
Not today you're going away.
Citizens arrest!
Barry from Echuca is sitting in 1C,
When a young mug walks up a little too casually.
Holding a shottie and dressed in high-vis vest.
Not today you're going away.
Citizens arrest!
Man who tackled alleged offender on Jetstar Flight speaks to 774 Drive - ABC listen
Barry Clark has detailed the moment he helped police detain a man who allegedly attempted to board a flight at Avalon Airport with a firearm on Thursday afternoon.
www.abc.net.au
March 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Given Barry is a shearer, I thought he deserved a verse in click goes the shears
Barry from Echuca is sitting in 1C,
When a young mug walks up a little too casually.
Holding a shottie and dressed in high-vis vest.
Not today you're going away.
Citizens arrest!
Barry from Echuca is sitting in 1C,
When a young mug walks up a little too casually.
Holding a shottie and dressed in high-vis vest.
Not today you're going away.
Citizens arrest!
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Absolutely disgusting story: a climate-denying councillor used allegation of "anti-semitism" towards a renewable energy community group to force the resignation of a board member with threats of cut funding.
She resigned: the funding was cut anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
She resigned: the funding was cut anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
March 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Absolutely disgusting story: a climate-denying councillor used allegation of "anti-semitism" towards a renewable energy community group to force the resignation of a board member with threats of cut funding.
She resigned: the funding was cut anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
She resigned: the funding was cut anyway.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...