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I expect it will take 2.5 years for "the facts to be known" by which time there'll be a new President and Australia still will not have taken an official position.
Labor wants US to ‘set out the facts’ before passing judgment on Trump’s capture of Maduro
Nationals leader David Littleproud warns against prolonged Iraq-style operation in Venezuela as Greens senator David Shoebridge raises concern about Trump’s intervention
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I expect it will take 2.5 years for "the facts to be known" by which time there'll be a new President and Australia still will not have taken an official position.
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"The Australian government cannot just sit on its hands, issuing a kind of global get-well card hoping that everything ends as best it can." Allan Behm #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
The Venezuela Crisis: Australia needs to do much more than issue a general “Get-Well” card
The abduction and subsequent arrest of the President of Venezuela is a dramatic re-statement of America’s dominance of the western hemisphere and its willingness to do whatever it takes – including de...
thepoint.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"The Australian government cannot just sit on its hands, issuing a kind of global get-well card hoping that everything ends as best it can." Allan Behm #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Who’s the boss?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Who’s the boss?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Please don't waste your time trying to tell me @albomp.bsky.social needs to hold back and prepare a measured response on Trump's illegal act of imperial aggression in Venezuela and the kidnap of the Maduros.
Nonsense. #auspol
Nonsense. #auspol
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Please don't waste your time trying to tell me @albomp.bsky.social needs to hold back and prepare a measured response on Trump's illegal act of imperial aggression in Venezuela and the kidnap of the Maduros.
Nonsense. #auspol
Nonsense. #auspol
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Albanese government announces Godot should be here soon, and they will remain vigilant in the meantime.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Albanese government announces Godot should be here soon, and they will remain vigilant in the meantime.
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Please sign up to support the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social petition calling for unity not divisive, self-seeking political opportunists. jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
jewishcouncil.good.do
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Please sign up to support the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social petition calling for unity not divisive, self-seeking political opportunists. jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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Oh, just shoot me now. @australianlabor.bsky.social is reading from the exact same script as @UKLabour.
Starmer, yesterday: "I want to establish the facts first."
The most PATHETIC Labor leaders the world has EVER seen, @albomp.bsky.social @Keir_Starmer. Even worse than Tory Neville Chamberlain.
Starmer, yesterday: "I want to establish the facts first."
The most PATHETIC Labor leaders the world has EVER seen, @albomp.bsky.social @Keir_Starmer. Even worse than Tory Neville Chamberlain.
January 5, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Oh, just shoot me now. @australianlabor.bsky.social is reading from the exact same script as @UKLabour.
Starmer, yesterday: "I want to establish the facts first."
The most PATHETIC Labor leaders the world has EVER seen, @albomp.bsky.social @Keir_Starmer. Even worse than Tory Neville Chamberlain.
Starmer, yesterday: "I want to establish the facts first."
The most PATHETIC Labor leaders the world has EVER seen, @albomp.bsky.social @Keir_Starmer. Even worse than Tory Neville Chamberlain.
Now moved onto "US must set out the facts before passing judgement".
Fearless 🤣
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fearless 🤣
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Now moved onto "US must set out the facts before passing judgement".
Fearless 🤣
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Fearless 🤣
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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New:
On the alarming politicisation of the Bondi massacre, and the calls for Albanese to announce a royal commission
On the alarming politicisation of the Bondi massacre, and the calls for Albanese to announce a royal commission
Weaponising Grief
The media’s response to the Bondi tragedy
nickfeik.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
New:
On the alarming politicisation of the Bondi massacre, and the calls for Albanese to announce a royal commission
On the alarming politicisation of the Bondi massacre, and the calls for Albanese to announce a royal commission
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I'm not staunchly for or against a Royal Commission into anti-semitism. But what I DO strongly believe is that many of the loudest agitators for it (looking at you yet again MPs & media) are clearly doing so primarily for political mileage and/or easy 'content'. Pretty sickening.
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I'm not staunchly for or against a Royal Commission into anti-semitism. But what I DO strongly believe is that many of the loudest agitators for it (looking at you yet again MPs & media) are clearly doing so primarily for political mileage and/or easy 'content'. Pretty sickening.
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Funny how nobody organised prominent business people and former sports people to sign a letter demanding a Royal Commission into Sports Gambling that instantly got massive coverage in the mainstream media isn’t it?
Wonder why? 🤔
Wonder why? 🤔
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Funny how nobody organised prominent business people and former sports people to sign a letter demanding a Royal Commission into Sports Gambling that instantly got massive coverage in the mainstream media isn’t it?
Wonder why? 🤔
Wonder why? 🤔
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mind bogglingly pathetic for the west to issue statements declaring support for international law while staying silent about the brazenly illegal invasion and kidnapping
January 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM
mind bogglingly pathetic for the west to issue statements declaring support for international law while staying silent about the brazenly illegal invasion and kidnapping
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The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
This is how Israeli settlers, backed by the military, erased a Palestinian village from existence last week
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli “shepherding...
mondoweiss.net
January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli "shepherding outposts" in their place.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/this...
#Palestine #Israel
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Just saw one of those "sports stars join call for RC" posts on instagram (Grant Hackett, newscomau), and decided to check what the commenters thought.
Not lefties on x, not the political class, but the people who comment on insta (and no, this is not a scientific method)...
Not lefties on x, not the political class, but the people who comment on insta (and no, this is not a scientific method)...
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Just saw one of those "sports stars join call for RC" posts on instagram (Grant Hackett, newscomau), and decided to check what the commenters thought.
Not lefties on x, not the political class, but the people who comment on insta (and no, this is not a scientific method)...
Not lefties on x, not the political class, but the people who comment on insta (and no, this is not a scientific method)...
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AFP practice guide to investigating War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide. In case you know a suspected war criminal was to arrive in their jurisdiction.
www.afp.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.afp.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.afp.gov.au
January 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
AFP practice guide to investigating War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide. In case you know a suspected war criminal was to arrive in their jurisdiction.
www.afp.gov.au/sites/defaul...
www.afp.gov.au/sites/defaul...
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And here she is grinning widely - along with other Labor luminaries - at the inaugural 'Labor Friends of a Rogue State Murdering Innocent Civilians' group formed in July 2024 whilst genocide was taking place.
January 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
And here she is grinning widely - along with other Labor luminaries - at the inaugural 'Labor Friends of a Rogue State Murdering Innocent Civilians' group formed in July 2024 whilst genocide was taking place.
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If you hear or see a journalist refer to the illegal abduction & kidnapping of #NicolasMadura as a “capture”, “special operation” or anything equivocal, know they are in on the crime.
Be alert to journos who wax lyrical about “surgical precision” without mentioning the act was illegal.
Be alert to journos who wax lyrical about “surgical precision” without mentioning the act was illegal.
January 4, 2026 at 6:41 AM
If you hear or see a journalist refer to the illegal abduction & kidnapping of #NicolasMadura as a “capture”, “special operation” or anything equivocal, know they are in on the crime.
Be alert to journos who wax lyrical about “surgical precision” without mentioning the act was illegal.
Be alert to journos who wax lyrical about “surgical precision” without mentioning the act was illegal.
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Just imagining a world where the ALP had dumped AUKUS and the LNP alone were still clinging to the view that the US was the great protector.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Just imagining a world where the ALP had dumped AUKUS and the LNP alone were still clinging to the view that the US was the great protector.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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You cannot have a democratic transition if power after kidnapping the country’s leader in an authoritarian snatch and grab. This was not a democratic action. What follows will not be democratic either. This is an illegal invasion and regime change operation. Nothing more
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
You cannot have a democratic transition if power after kidnapping the country’s leader in an authoritarian snatch and grab. This was not a democratic action. What follows will not be democratic either. This is an illegal invasion and regime change operation. Nothing more
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For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.
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Ha! The “sports stars” petition for an Antisemitism Royal Commission was signed by Sam Newman.
Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.
Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.
January 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Ha! The “sports stars” petition for an Antisemitism Royal Commission was signed by Sam Newman.
Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.
Yes, this guy, who platformed Nazis.
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Gotta admire this guy’s ability to say absolutely nothing and still manage to completely contradict himself in doing so.
We’ve had all manner of worthless statements from world leaders: from Le Pen’s weirdly principled nationalism in defence of Venezuela’s sovereignty to Trump’s naked imperialism,
We’ve had all manner of worthless statements from world leaders: from Le Pen’s weirdly principled nationalism in defence of Venezuela’s sovereignty to Trump’s naked imperialism,
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Gotta admire this guy’s ability to say absolutely nothing and still manage to completely contradict himself in doing so.
We’ve had all manner of worthless statements from world leaders: from Le Pen’s weirdly principled nationalism in defence of Venezuela’s sovereignty to Trump’s naked imperialism,
We’ve had all manner of worthless statements from world leaders: from Le Pen’s weirdly principled nationalism in defence of Venezuela’s sovereignty to Trump’s naked imperialism,