Jars
@benarman.bsky.social
Park cricketer, dad, husband, stoic, Moldova fan, wanderer of Arabia...
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If you were going to hold any religious institution in Australia to account, you’d start with the Catholic church
Are prejudicial statements intended to stoke fear and hate against whole religious communities ok under the new hate speech laws?
Just checking…
Just checking…
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
If you were going to hold any religious institution in Australia to account, you’d start with the Catholic church
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How is this not terrorism?
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 AM
How is this not terrorism?
The greatest waste of taxpayer money in the history of our federation. Our money.
Great read by @grogsgamut.bsky.social
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Great read by @grogsgamut.bsky.social
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
All the money, none of the submarines: AUKUS deal paying upfront for hopes and dreams
When Kerry Packer bought Channel 9 back from Allan Bond for effectively half the price Bond had sold it to him, Packer famously said “You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime, and I’ve had mine”.
thepoint.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The greatest waste of taxpayer money in the history of our federation. Our money.
Great read by @grogsgamut.bsky.social
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Great read by @grogsgamut.bsky.social
#auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
When will the people we elect be brave enough to act in our best interests - not those of a rogue state?
Important read by @johnmenadue.com #auspol
Important read by @johnmenadue.com #auspol
The world order is in rupture, not transition. Australia can no longer assume the US alliance will hold – or serve our interests – and must begin preparing a serious Plan B, John Menadue writes.
#auspol #foreignpolicy
#auspol #foreignpolicy
The United States is a lawless and dangerous ally. What is Australia's Plan B?
Mark Carney’s Davos speech highlights a world in rupture, not transition. Australia needs to rethink its dependence on the United States and begin preparing a credible Plan B.
johnmenadue.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM
When will the people we elect be brave enough to act in our best interests - not those of a rogue state?
Important read by @johnmenadue.com #auspol
Important read by @johnmenadue.com #auspol
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Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
January 24, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
I think what we are witnessing in the US right now is their own Tiananmen Square event.
Violent oppression and murder of peaceful unarmed protesters.
How will Australia respond? With submissive weakness or strength? I won't be holding my breath.
#auspol
Violent oppression and murder of peaceful unarmed protesters.
How will Australia respond? With submissive weakness or strength? I won't be holding my breath.
#auspol
January 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I think what we are witnessing in the US right now is their own Tiananmen Square event.
Violent oppression and murder of peaceful unarmed protesters.
How will Australia respond? With submissive weakness or strength? I won't be holding my breath.
#auspol
Violent oppression and murder of peaceful unarmed protesters.
How will Australia respond? With submissive weakness or strength? I won't be holding my breath.
#auspol
"These new laws will now make it illegal to call someone a champ unless there’s proper cause of them being a dickhead."
😂
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Calling Someone 'Champ' To Be Banned Under New Hate Speech Laws
EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT
It can be confirmed that not only is calling someone ‘champ’ now banned under the government's new hate laws, but it will also be considered a category five level...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:40 AM
"These new laws will now make it illegal to call someone a champ unless there’s proper cause of them being a dickhead."
😂
www.betootaadvocate.com/calling-some...
😂
www.betootaadvocate.com/calling-some...
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"This wasn't my plan for the bill, but it has been magical to watch" - Albanese chaser.com.au/national/con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:54 AM
"This wasn't my plan for the bill, but it has been magical to watch" - Albanese chaser.com.au/national/con...
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Coalition can’t agree on how to be racially intolerant but not antisemitic, falls apart under the strain
Coalition in crisis as entire Nationals frontbench quits after division over Labor’s hate speech laws
David Littleproud and seven other frontbench colleagues resign their positions after Sussan Ley accepted resignations from three Nationals senators
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Coalition can’t agree on how to be racially intolerant but not antisemitic, falls apart under the strain
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Whether it's illegal to say it or not (?), Israel is quite clearly committing genocide in Palestine. The Australian government (but not the Australian people) is quite clearly supporting it. And our farce of a democracy is being further eroded so people don't speak this truth.
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Whether it's illegal to say it or not (?), Israel is quite clearly committing genocide in Palestine. The Australian government (but not the Australian people) is quite clearly supporting it. And our farce of a democracy is being further eroded so people don't speak this truth.
My latest article in @theshot.net.au on the dark days of McCarthyism coming to Australia to eclipse our cultural landscape under the guise of eradicating communism - whoops sorry - antisemitism
The Adelaide Festival, the arts and the dark arts
#allfeedbackwelcome
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The Adelaide Festival, the arts and the dark arts
#allfeedbackwelcome
🙏🏽
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The dark arts - The Shot
The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.
theshot.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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"When authority acts without moral legitimacy, it exposes itself. Suppression becomes a confession of weakness. As Hannah Arendt observed, power relies on consent; coercion begins where legitimacy ends."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Censorship doesn’t silence – it amplifies
Attempts to silence writers rarely erase them. More often, they expose insecurity, deepen division, and turn targets into symbols of resistance.
johnmenadue.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"When authority acts without moral legitimacy, it exposes itself. Suppression becomes a confession of weakness. As Hannah Arendt observed, power relies on consent; coercion begins where legitimacy ends."
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
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Cohesion And Other Adelaides of the Soul
An act of defiant resistance.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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This should be more obvious to everyone, but we cannot let the people comfortable with the mass slaughter of children further shape our culture, our democracies, our future as a species. It's the path to a depraved fascistic hellhole.
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This should be more obvious to everyone, but we cannot let the people comfortable with the mass slaughter of children further shape our culture, our democracies, our future as a species. It's the path to a depraved fascistic hellhole.
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Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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“The moral spinelessness in not only seeking to silence Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, but to link the cancellation to the abhorrent terrorist attack in Bondi, speaks volumes over who is allowed to have a voice in Australia."
Read more on The Australia Institute's response: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
Read more on The Australia Institute's response: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
“The moral spinelessness in not only seeking to silence Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, but to link the cancellation to the abhorrent terrorist attack in Bondi, speaks volumes over who is allowed to have a voice in Australia."
Read more on The Australia Institute's response: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
Read more on The Australia Institute's response: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
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Australia excludes visitors for poor character and inciting discord. On both grounds, Israel’s president should be barred from visiting Australia, writes John Menadue.
#auspol #Gaza #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations
#auspol #Gaza #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations
Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke should reject a visa application for Israeli President Herzog
Australia’s visa laws allow exclusion on grounds of character and incitement of discord. Those tests raise serious questions about whether Israel’s president should be welcomed while the killing in Gaza continues.
johnmenadue.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Australia excludes visitors for poor character and inciting discord. On both grounds, Israel’s president should be barred from visiting Australia, writes John Menadue.
#auspol #Gaza #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations
#auspol #Gaza #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations
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Looking forward to the royal-commission-that-we-don't-need having this term of reference:
'How the Israeli regime and its local advocates deliberately conflate antisemitism with objections to genocide, to suppress dissent against the fascist apartheid state'.
But I don't like our chances. #auspol
'How the Israeli regime and its local advocates deliberately conflate antisemitism with objections to genocide, to suppress dissent against the fascist apartheid state'.
But I don't like our chances. #auspol
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Looking forward to the royal-commission-that-we-don't-need having this term of reference:
'How the Israeli regime and its local advocates deliberately conflate antisemitism with objections to genocide, to suppress dissent against the fascist apartheid state'.
But I don't like our chances. #auspol
'How the Israeli regime and its local advocates deliberately conflate antisemitism with objections to genocide, to suppress dissent against the fascist apartheid state'.
But I don't like our chances. #auspol
No words
Dr Fadel Naim—
"The final video of our family’s little angel, Lara filmed that very morning by her mother, my niece Dr. Samah Naim, before Israeli rockets killed them both."
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
"The final video of our family’s little angel, Lara filmed that very morning by her mother, my niece Dr. Samah Naim, before Israeli rockets killed them both."
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
No words
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When are Australians going to realise Zionism is fascism?
- racist
- supremacist
- silence critics (through censorship and violence)
- infiltrate government & media
- mass propaganda
- victim complex
- ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid
Capitulating to Zionism is the death of freedom.
- racist
- supremacist
- silence critics (through censorship and violence)
- infiltrate government & media
- mass propaganda
- victim complex
- ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid
Capitulating to Zionism is the death of freedom.
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 AM
When are Australians going to realise Zionism is fascism?
- racist
- supremacist
- silence critics (through censorship and violence)
- infiltrate government & media
- mass propaganda
- victim complex
- ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid
Capitulating to Zionism is the death of freedom.
- racist
- supremacist
- silence critics (through censorship and violence)
- infiltrate government & media
- mass propaganda
- victim complex
- ethnic cleansing, genocide and apartheid
Capitulating to Zionism is the death of freedom.
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 1984.
MAYOR FREY: “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is BULLSHIT.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 1984.
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Nasser Mashni, President of APAN—
"Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
"Share and tag @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social to ensure Minnsy gets the message!"
"Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
"Share and tag @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social to ensure Minnsy gets the message!"
December 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nasser Mashni, President of APAN—
"Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
"Share and tag @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social to ensure Minnsy gets the message!"
"Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism!
"Share and tag @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social to ensure Minnsy gets the message!"
We need to come together and not be divided by those who would use this tragedy for their own cynical purposes.
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We need to come together and not be divided by those who would use this tragedy for their own cynical purposes.
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...