Chris Zappone
@chrizap.bsky.social
Senior journalist covering aviation @theage @smh / former digital foreign editor / Dark Shining Moment podcast
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Highly sensitive Australian court data accessed by foreign entity based in India www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Highly sensitive court data accessed by entity based in India
Highly sensitive Australian court files have been accessed offshore in breach of the privacy act and Commonwealth contractual obligations, an ABC investigation has revealed, raising concerns of a nati...
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Highly sensitive Australian court data accessed by foreign entity based in India www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
There is a behind-the-scenes tug of war going on between airlines and customers over the vast amounts of data people generate when they search for and purchase tickets. Whoever best exploits this information in coming years will gain an advantage. www.theage.com.au/business/con...
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
There is a behind-the-scenes tug of war going on between airlines and customers over the vast amounts of data people generate when they search for and purchase tickets. Whoever best exploits this information in coming years will gain an advantage. www.theage.com.au/business/con...
‘The accused did not stop’: Court hears how a man disrupted Melbourne airport
‘The accused did not stop’: Court hears how a man disrupted Melbourne airport
The intrusion on the taxiway forced one Qantas flight to abort a landing, with a Melbourne safety office radioing the control tower to warn of the situation.
www.smh.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
‘The accused did not stop’: Court hears how a man disrupted Melbourne airport
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This is Darwinism in action
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This is Darwinism in action
Of Altman film fame…Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...
Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Of Altman film fame…Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...
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Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
FAA halts flights to and from El Paso, Texas for 10 days. (Near the border with Mexico) www.nytimes.com/2026... FAA statement tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?pa...
F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
FAA halts flights to and from El Paso, Texas for 10 days. (Near the border with Mexico) www.nytimes.com/2026... FAA statement tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?pa...
"No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law." @SenatorSlotkin
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 AM
"No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law." @SenatorSlotkin
‘Unworkable’: Airlines warn aviation reforms could drive up ticket prices
‘Unworkable’: Airlines warn aviation reforms could drive up ticket prices
The nation’s airlines say the federal government’s aviation consumer protection scheme will drive up costs, and consumer advocates question what will change for passengers.
www.smh.com.au
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 AM
‘Unworkable’: Airlines warn aviation reforms could drive up ticket prices
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
The billionaire bro index is up just 6 per cent since Trump’s inauguration. www.afr.com/chanticleer/...
Tech stocks can keep falling. Where a Wall St icon is looking instead
Investors are being forced to re-think the capital-lite shares they once loved. Hedge fund legend Dan Loeb is going in a very different direction.
www.afr.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The billionaire bro index is up just 6 per cent since Trump’s inauguration. www.afr.com/chanticleer/...
The reality is that all art associated with Trump and MAGA simply sucks.
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The reality is that all art associated with Trump and MAGA simply sucks.
MAGA Kitsch: Why does fascist art always look like this? medium.com/p/maga-kitsc...
MAGA Kitsch
Why does fascist art always look like this?
medium.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
MAGA Kitsch: Why does fascist art always look like this? medium.com/p/maga-kitsc...
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
Qantas Economy Plus seats bought with Frequent Flyer points offers limited value, experts say www.smh.com.au/busin...
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Qantas Economy Plus seats bought with Frequent Flyer points offers limited value, experts say www.smh.com.au/busin...
Rex Airlines ‘can make money’: King www.smh.com.au/natio...
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Rex Airlines ‘can make money’: King www.smh.com.au/natio...
Chaos as dozens of e-bike riders descend on Sydney Harbour Bridge www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Chaos as dozens of e-bike riders descend on Sydney Harbour Bridge
The mass rideout lasted for more than an hour before police caught the riders at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.
www.smh.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Chaos as dozens of e-bike riders descend on Sydney Harbour Bridge www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Polish taskforce "would also examine potential ties between Epstein and Russian spy agencies" www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
‘A special place in hell’: New taskforce to hunt down ‘scouts’ who sent girls to Epstein
Investigators will target a network that recruited girls from across Europe for Epstein – including a contact who told him of a dancer from Queensland – and examine the sex offender’s potential ties w...
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Polish taskforce "would also examine potential ties between Epstein and Russian spy agencies" www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
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Current U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, btw.
Of all the things in the history of the world that definitely did not happen - this is the pinnacle.
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Current U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, btw.
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent www.smh.com.au/world/europe... Some have suggested the recruitment of Russian escorts shows Epstein may have been running a classic “kompromat” operation.
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent
Some suggest the disgraced financier may have been running a “kompromat” scheme, “the world’s largest honey-trap operation” to blackmail prominent Americans.
www.smh.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent www.smh.com.au/world/europe... Some have suggested the recruitment of Russian escorts shows Epstein may have been running a classic “kompromat” operation.
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent www.smh.com.au/world/europe... Some have suggested the recruitment of Russian escorts shows Epstein may have been running a classic “kompromat” operation.
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent
Some suggest the disgraced financier may have been running a “kompromat” scheme, “the world’s largest honey-trap operation” to blackmail prominent Americans.
www.smh.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Epstein links to Putin stoke fears he was a Russian agent www.smh.com.au/world/europe... Some have suggested the recruitment of Russian escorts shows Epstein may have been running a classic “kompromat” operation.
Qantas premium economy seating expanded on domestic flights
Qantas class war: Premium economy fliers to get first dibs at overhead bins
Since the pandemic, slightly posher seating has become established as a unique and profitable way to fly. The national carrier is now adding it to domestic flights.
www.smh.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Qantas premium economy seating expanded on domestic flights
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Somehow not surprising . Felt like a copy and paste of Trump 2016 but with zero mojo www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘I had Clive Palmer do the … ads’: Trump lieutenant’s Australian election claim revealed in Epstein files
Trump ally Steve Bannon told paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 he had influenced an omnipresent election advertising campaign by the mining billionaire.
www.theage.com.au
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Somehow not surprising . Felt like a copy and paste of Trump 2016 but with zero mojo www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...