Emma Shortis
@emmashortis.bsky.social
Director, International and Security Affairs at @australiainstitute.org.au. All things Australian foreign policy and US history & politics.
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I am still shocked at just how much emailing is involved in being evil
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I am still shocked at just how much emailing is involved in being evil
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Albanese Government dragged out the 30-day freedom of information process for another 120 days to disguise how flimsy their arguments are.
Now we have the docs, there's nothing in them to support the Govt's push to limit freedom of information rights.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
Now we have the docs, there's nothing in them to support the Govt's push to limit freedom of information rights.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Albanese Government dragged out the 30-day freedom of information process for another 120 days to disguise how flimsy their arguments are.
Now we have the docs, there's nothing in them to support the Govt's push to limit freedom of information rights.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
Now we have the docs, there's nothing in them to support the Govt's push to limit freedom of information rights.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...
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The Nationals are the party of the bush, making Liberals the party of the city, right?
In fact, Libs have lost most of their metro seats -- so One Nation's rise in the regions threatens the Libs as much as the Nats.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live.thepoint.com.au#732cfc1bdd
In fact, Libs have lost most of their metro seats -- so One Nation's rise in the regions threatens the Libs as much as the Nats.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live.thepoint.com.au#732cfc1bdd
The Point Live: RBA raises rates to 3.85%, Liberals, Nationals abort leadership moves amid talent deficit
Parliament officially returns for 2026 with the Nationals and Liberals still in turmoil and unable to agree on a new leader, while One Nation continues to establish itself as the new conservative forc...
live.thepoint.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The Nationals are the party of the bush, making Liberals the party of the city, right?
In fact, Libs have lost most of their metro seats -- so One Nation's rise in the regions threatens the Libs as much as the Nats.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live.thepoint.com.au#732cfc1bdd
In fact, Libs have lost most of their metro seats -- so One Nation's rise in the regions threatens the Libs as much as the Nats.
@skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live.thepoint.com.au#732cfc1bdd
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More shared values…i hope there arent any enviro implications of Australia buying nuclear powered submarines and needing to dispose of significant quantities of high level nuclear waste on our soil…especially those old Virginia class subs we planning to buy just as they near the end of their life
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 AM
More shared values…i hope there arent any enviro implications of Australia buying nuclear powered submarines and needing to dispose of significant quantities of high level nuclear waste on our soil…especially those old Virginia class subs we planning to buy just as they near the end of their life
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This is utterly chilling. This US Alliance looking increasingly like the largest risk to the Australian people.
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
This is utterly chilling. This US Alliance looking increasingly like the largest risk to the Australian people.
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🔥 scoop 🔥 from @keanebernard.bsky.social: travelled overseas? your biometric data + potentially everything from your Medicare card to your drivers licence is being handed to US agencies like ICE
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
🔥 scoop 🔥 from @keanebernard.bsky.social: travelled overseas? your biometric data + potentially everything from your Medicare card to your drivers licence is being handed to US agencies like ICE
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On @amyremeikis.bsky.social’s Live Point blog the comments are open - so get in there and ask what you want to know (and if Amy doesn’t know it she will get the rest of the team onto it) or make your own observation and have a good chat.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Liberals, Nationals abort leadership moves amid talent deficit, reserve bank tipped to raise rates.
Parliament officially returns for 2026 with the Nationals and Liberals still in turmoil and unable to agree on a new leader, while One Nation continues to establish itself as the new conservative forc...
live.thepoint.com.au
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
On @amyremeikis.bsky.social’s Live Point blog the comments are open - so get in there and ask what you want to know (and if Amy doesn’t know it she will get the rest of the team onto it) or make your own observation and have a good chat.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
This seems fine
NPR: The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...
The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review
The announcement comes just days after NPR revealed the administration had secretly rewritten safety and environmental standards.
www.npr.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:56 AM
This seems fine
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According to new Australia Institute research, the inequality between private and public education will continue to grow, and Australian students, along with the Australian community and economy, will suffer.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rsPW2I
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rsPW2I
February 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
According to new Australia Institute research, the inequality between private and public education will continue to grow, and Australian students, along with the Australian community and economy, will suffer.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rsPW2I
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rsPW2I
Very lucky to have Don Watson on After America this week. Someone who can “name reality” like no one else in this country (or the other one, for that matter).
MAGA is becoming more "battle-hardened" & less likely to disappear once Trump leaves office (whenever that may be).
Don Watson joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the opposition to Trump & why Australia can’t avoid the rupture being brought about by the MAGA movement.
🎧 theaus.in/4afwmA3
Don Watson joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the opposition to Trump & why Australia can’t avoid the rupture being brought about by the MAGA movement.
🎧 theaus.in/4afwmA3
February 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Very lucky to have Don Watson on After America this week. Someone who can “name reality” like no one else in this country (or the other one, for that matter).
Not me listening to K Rudd talk about dialectical materialism (again)
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Not me listening to K Rudd talk about dialectical materialism (again)
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“We are about to head back into parliament – and the sitting year proper – with one of the major parties again focused on itself, and the other doing all it can to ensure the focus remains on its rivals,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tct6Ol
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tct6Ol
February 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
“We are about to head back into parliament – and the sitting year proper – with one of the major parties again focused on itself, and the other doing all it can to ensure the focus remains on its rivals,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tct6Ol
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4tct6Ol
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Yay! #SundayShot is back!
Informed analysis, respectful conversation, and mutual regard, with @instanterudite.bsky.social
@emmashortis.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au
Nick Hanna
Thank you for such well spent time! #auspol
youtu.be/TJGgwsxtrOU?...
Informed analysis, respectful conversation, and mutual regard, with @instanterudite.bsky.social
@emmashortis.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au
Nick Hanna
Thank you for such well spent time! #auspol
youtu.be/TJGgwsxtrOU?...
We're Back! - February 1 - Michael Bradley, Emma Shortis, and Nick Hanna
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Yay! #SundayShot is back!
Informed analysis, respectful conversation, and mutual regard, with @instanterudite.bsky.social
@emmashortis.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au
Nick Hanna
Thank you for such well spent time! #auspol
youtu.be/TJGgwsxtrOU?...
Informed analysis, respectful conversation, and mutual regard, with @instanterudite.bsky.social
@emmashortis.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au
Nick Hanna
Thank you for such well spent time! #auspol
youtu.be/TJGgwsxtrOU?...
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Normal viewing has resumed! The #SundayShot is back...and we had a lot to cover. @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley from @marquelawyers.com.au helped @davemilbo.bsky.social & I make sense of things, plus Dave interviews Nick Hanna.
Get back into it for 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGg...
Get back into it for 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGg...
We're Back! - February 1 - Michael Bradley, Emma Shortis, and Nick Hanna
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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February 1, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Normal viewing has resumed! The #SundayShot is back...and we had a lot to cover. @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley from @marquelawyers.com.au helped @davemilbo.bsky.social & I make sense of things, plus Dave interviews Nick Hanna.
Get back into it for 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGg...
Get back into it for 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJGg...
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“Greg Moriarty’s appointment as ambassador to the US makes clear that the Australian government is desperate to keep #AUKUS afloat.
And shows that they are unwilling or unable to face the stark reality of the Trump regime.” @emmashortis.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol
And shows that they are unwilling or unable to face the stark reality of the Trump regime.” @emmashortis.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol
January 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
“Greg Moriarty’s appointment as ambassador to the US makes clear that the Australian government is desperate to keep #AUKUS afloat.
And shows that they are unwilling or unable to face the stark reality of the Trump regime.” @emmashortis.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol
And shows that they are unwilling or unable to face the stark reality of the Trump regime.” @emmashortis.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol
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The #SundayShot returns this weekend! Please join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me on Sunday morning plus our expert panellists @emmashortis.bsky.social and @marquelawyers.com.au and Dave interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna.
It will be good to be back!
It will be good to be back!
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The #SundayShot returns this weekend! Please join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me on Sunday morning plus our expert panellists @emmashortis.bsky.social and @marquelawyers.com.au and Dave interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna.
It will be good to be back!
It will be good to be back!
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Sunday Shot is back tomorrow at 9am, so you can save yourself an Insiders migrane.
We're joined by Aus Institute's resident historian @emmashortis.bsky.social, Michael Bradley of @marquelawyers.com.au, and I interview Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minns' anti-protest laws in court.
We're joined by Aus Institute's resident historian @emmashortis.bsky.social, Michael Bradley of @marquelawyers.com.au, and I interview Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minns' anti-protest laws in court.
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Sunday Shot is back tomorrow at 9am, so you can save yourself an Insiders migrane.
We're joined by Aus Institute's resident historian @emmashortis.bsky.social, Michael Bradley of @marquelawyers.com.au, and I interview Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minns' anti-protest laws in court.
We're joined by Aus Institute's resident historian @emmashortis.bsky.social, Michael Bradley of @marquelawyers.com.au, and I interview Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minns' anti-protest laws in court.
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#SundayShot Sun 01Feb2026 9am! Hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social and @davemilbo.bsky.social are joined by guests @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au. Dave Milner interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna. #auspol Here's the link: youtube.com/@thesundayshot
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 AM
#SundayShot Sun 01Feb2026 9am! Hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social and @davemilbo.bsky.social are joined by guests @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au. Dave Milner interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna. #auspol Here's the link: youtube.com/@thesundayshot
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Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.
The first Dollars & Sense for the year is up - talking housing, inflation and AUKUS
australiainstitute.org.au/post/breakin...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/breakin...
BREAKING: Australia's housing market still cooked
Even the Mathias Cormann-led OECD says the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing are a problem.
australiainstitute.org.au
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.
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🤔 would dumping the duopoly help 'decoupling'?
@emmashortis.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social
President Trump’s “reactive instability” has some countries looking to “decouple” from the US, however Dr Shortis doesn’t foresee Australia being one of them.
thepoint.com.au/news/260130-...
@emmashortis.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social
President Trump’s “reactive instability” has some countries looking to “decouple” from the US, however Dr Shortis doesn’t foresee Australia being one of them.
thepoint.com.au/news/260130-...
How Australia can chart its own course in an uncertain world
International relations experts are calling on more world leaders to stop “sanewashing” what’s happening in the Trump era.
thepoint.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🤔 would dumping the duopoly help 'decoupling'?
@emmashortis.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social
President Trump’s “reactive instability” has some countries looking to “decouple” from the US, however Dr Shortis doesn’t foresee Australia being one of them.
thepoint.com.au/news/260130-...
@emmashortis.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social
President Trump’s “reactive instability” has some countries looking to “decouple” from the US, however Dr Shortis doesn’t foresee Australia being one of them.
thepoint.com.au/news/260130-...
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Speaking on The Australia Institute’s Follow The Money podcast, Chief Economist Greg Jericho said when it comes to Donald Trump “you cannot overstate just how bad things have become.”
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49XYkS5
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49XYkS5
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Speaking on The Australia Institute’s Follow The Money podcast, Chief Economist Greg Jericho said when it comes to Donald Trump “you cannot overstate just how bad things have become.”
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49XYkS5
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49XYkS5
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The Government’s invitation for President Herzog to visit must be rescinded - it will cause immense distress to many who have lost relatives in Gaza. This is a time to build social cohesion not blow it out of the water ! 💦
January 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The Government’s invitation for President Herzog to visit must be rescinded - it will cause immense distress to many who have lost relatives in Gaza. This is a time to build social cohesion not blow it out of the water ! 💦
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Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...
This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...
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This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is so unhinged
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“ANZUS is all about the security of the state. It is totally uninterested in the security or the welfare of the people,” writes @emmashortis.bsky.social, International & Security Affairs Director at The Australia Institute.
Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H
Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 AM
“ANZUS is all about the security of the state. It is totally uninterested in the security or the welfare of the people,” writes @emmashortis.bsky.social, International & Security Affairs Director at The Australia Institute.
Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H
Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H