Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Lake kayaker. Small-medium mountains OK too.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine.
On Ngunnawal/Ngambri country - #Canberra, Australia.
Household cats are sucked in by progressive media. Views are theirs; sometimes mine.
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
"The only people who benefit from the arrangement are Nauruan politicians and the Australian Govt, which has effectively shut down migration & refugee matters as an election issue by banishing vulnerable people who can’t vote to a remote Pacific Island."
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
"The money has and must be going somewhere". Has Australia been played by Nauru for a cool $2B?
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
Human rights lawyer @alisonbattisson.bsky.social finds blacked out FOIs and no trust deed for asylum seekers deal #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-trust-dee...
No trust deed. Billions of tax dollars to be spent without oversight by Nauru - Michael West
The Labor Government's deal with Nauru to resettle unwanted refugees will cost Australian taxpayers billions, spent on who knows what.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"The only people who benefit from the arrangement are Nauruan politicians and the Australian Govt, which has effectively shut down migration & refugee matters as an election issue by banishing vulnerable people who can’t vote to a remote Pacific Island."
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
This stinks.
Job for #NACC - if it worked.
Non-stop flights Australia to New York from 2027? Sure.
But not sure why Australians would bother, unless the Republicans lose both houses of Congress in the midterms and Trump is impeached properly.
region.com.au/sneak-peek-q...
But not sure why Australians would bother, unless the Republicans lose both houses of Congress in the midterms and Trump is impeached properly.
region.com.au/sneak-peek-q...
Sneak peek: Qantas's ultra-long-range airliner breaks cover | Region Canberra
The first of 12 Airbus A350-1000ULR airliners on order for Qantas has been rolled out in a largely assembled state…
region.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Non-stop flights Australia to New York from 2027? Sure.
But not sure why Australians would bother, unless the Republicans lose both houses of Congress in the midterms and Trump is impeached properly.
region.com.au/sneak-peek-q...
But not sure why Australians would bother, unless the Republicans lose both houses of Congress in the midterms and Trump is impeached properly.
region.com.au/sneak-peek-q...
Better headline:
'Premier Minns mounts desperate distraction from approval of neo-Nazi rally.' #nswpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Premier Minns mounts desperate distraction from approval of neo-Nazi rally.' #nswpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Minns government makes fresh push to limit protests outside places of worship after supreme court ruling
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Better headline:
'Premier Minns mounts desperate distraction from approval of neo-Nazi rally.' #nswpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'Premier Minns mounts desperate distraction from approval of neo-Nazi rally.' #nswpol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Corrupt mayor to visit corrupt genocidal regime.
🗽 NYC Mayor Eric Adams will spend Nov 14–18 in Israel on an official taxpayer-funded trip framed as a 5-day trip “to meet with government officials, economic development leaders, and members of the tech community. He will also visit religious sites and discuss efforts to combat antisemitism here...
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Corrupt mayor to visit corrupt genocidal regime.
"local area police command apparently read the Form 1 and thought oh it’s just the Nazis...maybe some questionable opinions but it’s a free country. Anyway no sign of watermelons, so should be fine.
...The NSW Police allowed Nazis to defile our city — again — for one reason only. They wanted to."
...The NSW Police allowed Nazis to defile our city — again — for one reason only. They wanted to."
The NSW Police could have stopped it. They didn't want to. Someone should ask them why.
It's no accident that Nazis rallied in Sydney. Police waved them through — and now Minns wants to punish us all
The existing law in NSW is more than adequate to have avoided the images of Nazis outside state parliament over the weekend.
www.crikey.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"local area police command apparently read the Form 1 and thought oh it’s just the Nazis...maybe some questionable opinions but it’s a free country. Anyway no sign of watermelons, so should be fine.
...The NSW Police allowed Nazis to defile our city — again — for one reason only. They wanted to."
...The NSW Police allowed Nazis to defile our city — again — for one reason only. They wanted to."
"Schumer is absolutely useless. His instincts towards spineless politics are the exact opposite of what Democrats need in the second Trump era and it's long past time for him to be run out of his position as Minority Leader." @katelynburns.com #SpinelessSchumer
www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
What Was the Point of the Shutdown?
Democrats asked voters to weather short term pain from the shutdown to get long term gains in extending the ACA health insurance subsidies. Then they threw it all away.
So, what was the point of all ...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"Schumer is absolutely useless. His instincts towards spineless politics are the exact opposite of what Democrats need in the second Trump era and it's long past time for him to be run out of his position as Minority Leader." @katelynburns.com #SpinelessSchumer
www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
www.burnsnotice.com/what-was-the...
James Elder spoke with heartbreaking eloquence of the suffering of Gaza's children,
and the "callous indifference of the political class".
He didn't mention the #NPC sponsors - weapons companies enabling the #GazaGenocide.
Most journalists there will now resume reporting "Israel says..." stories.
and the "callous indifference of the political class".
He didn't mention the #NPC sponsors - weapons companies enabling the #GazaGenocide.
Most journalists there will now resume reporting "Israel says..." stories.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
James Elder spoke with heartbreaking eloquence of the suffering of Gaza's children,
and the "callous indifference of the political class".
He didn't mention the #NPC sponsors - weapons companies enabling the #GazaGenocide.
Most journalists there will now resume reporting "Israel says..." stories.
and the "callous indifference of the political class".
He didn't mention the #NPC sponsors - weapons companies enabling the #GazaGenocide.
Most journalists there will now resume reporting "Israel says..." stories.
"Surely the Australian people would recognise the social reforms already introduced had changed the country."
If #TheDismissal happened today, would anyone be lamenting a PM whose reformist legacy was cut short? #auspol
If #TheDismissal happened today, would anyone be lamenting a PM whose reformist legacy was cut short? #auspol
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Surely the Australian people would recognise the social reforms already introduced had changed the country."
If #TheDismissal happened today, would anyone be lamenting a PM whose reformist legacy was cut short? #auspol
If #TheDismissal happened today, would anyone be lamenting a PM whose reformist legacy was cut short? #auspol
"An errant email or a communications breakdown are not reasonable explanations as to why closely monitored neo-Nazis managed to pull off exactly what they intended." #nswpol #FarRight
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The premier and top cop say they didn’t know about Sydney’s Nazi rally. That just doesn’t cut it
Neo-Nazi group White Australia is known to be “antithetical to social cohesion” so why were no red flags raised when the group wanted to protest in Sydney’s CBD?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"An errant email or a communications breakdown are not reasonable explanations as to why closely monitored neo-Nazis managed to pull off exactly what they intended." #nswpol #FarRight
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
An absolute feast of articles/op-eds on the Whitlam years and 11 Nov 1975 on @thepointau.bsky.social
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The Point
The point.com.au
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November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An absolute feast of articles/op-eds on the Whitlam years and 11 Nov 1975 on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au
thepoint.com.au
The Trump regime recruits Proud Boys and Oath-Keepers as ICE thugs.
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The govt is spending billions to keep 100 asylum seekers on Nauru, a nation of 12 000 people the size of Tullamarine airport. Reports implicating the Finks bikie gang in those deals are deeply concerning. Public servants have risked their livelihoods to speak out.
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Trump regime recruits Proud Boys and Oath-Keepers as ICE thugs.
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
The Albanese govt engages bikies as enforcers for Australia's secretive offshore detention system.
Both avoid scrutiny and enable corruption.
"Shared values" @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
"the proclamation dissolving both Houses of Parliament was read on the steps of Parliament House by Smith, just as the speaker was ushered into the governor-general’s study with the motion of no-confidence." @palaceletters.bsky.social on #TheDismissal #2. #auspol
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The Second Dismissal
In an extract from The Double Dismissal, Emeritus Professor Jenny Hocking, distinguished fellow of the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University, and Dr Matt Harvey, senior lecturer at Victor...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"the proclamation dissolving both Houses of Parliament was read on the steps of Parliament House by Smith, just as the speaker was ushered into the governor-general’s study with the motion of no-confidence." @palaceletters.bsky.social on #TheDismissal #2. #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Britain today:
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Britain today:
Schumer and the Democrat Senators who caved "are not cut out for this moment. Not just because of finances or political ideology, but because they are just not fighters."
"[Chuck Schumer] shouldn't be minority leader, and he shouldn't be in the Senate to begin with."
In the latest Ask the Editor, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social calls out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for caving to Republicans on the government shutdown and discusses who could primary him.
In the latest Ask the Editor, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social calls out Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for caving to Republicans on the government shutdown and discusses who could primary him.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Schumer and the Democrat Senators who caved "are not cut out for this moment. Not just because of finances or political ideology, but because they are just not fighters."
Just heard Jim Chalmers say: "before Hawke and Keating transformed the economy, Whitlam transformed Australian society".
But Albo? "it may be that Albanese genuinely lacks a stomach for reforms that threaten his popularity among voters (or donors...)" - Jill Sheppard. #TheDismissal #auspol
But Albo? "it may be that Albanese genuinely lacks a stomach for reforms that threaten his popularity among voters (or donors...)" - Jill Sheppard. #TheDismissal #auspol
Good idea @aunz.theconversation.com - well worth reading.
Sign of the times at University of Canberra that three out of ten contributors (@michellegrattan.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social & me) are #UniCBR academics.
theconversation.com/how-did-the-... #auspol #thedismissal
Sign of the times at University of Canberra that three out of ten contributors (@michellegrattan.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social & me) are #UniCBR academics.
theconversation.com/how-did-the-... #auspol #thedismissal
How did the 10 prime ministers since Whitlam change Australia?
As prime minister, Whitlam changed the country in profound ways. 10 experts assess how the prime ministers since shape up as agents of change - for better or worse.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just heard Jim Chalmers say: "before Hawke and Keating transformed the economy, Whitlam transformed Australian society".
But Albo? "it may be that Albanese genuinely lacks a stomach for reforms that threaten his popularity among voters (or donors...)" - Jill Sheppard. #TheDismissal #auspol
But Albo? "it may be that Albanese genuinely lacks a stomach for reforms that threaten his popularity among voters (or donors...)" - Jill Sheppard. #TheDismissal #auspol
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
Apart from everything else, the logic of it all just astounds me.
Your party gets a clean sweep of the elections a week ago, and your response is “let’s go cave to the people who our entire party hates so much they broke turnout records six days ago?”
What kind of thinking is THAT?
Your party gets a clean sweep of the elections a week ago, and your response is “let’s go cave to the people who our entire party hates so much they broke turnout records six days ago?”
What kind of thinking is THAT?
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Apart from everything else, the logic of it all just astounds me.
Your party gets a clean sweep of the elections a week ago, and your response is “let’s go cave to the people who our entire party hates so much they broke turnout records six days ago?”
What kind of thinking is THAT?
Your party gets a clean sweep of the elections a week ago, and your response is “let’s go cave to the people who our entire party hates so much they broke turnout records six days ago?”
What kind of thinking is THAT?
BBC "regularly accepts right-wing narrative frames and fails to provide the viewer with a sense of the objective reality behind competing claims.
Its leadership has proved utterly supine and journalistically ignorant in the face of attack." @iandunt.bsky.social
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Its leadership has proved utterly supine and journalistically ignorant in the face of attack." @iandunt.bsky.social
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
iandunt.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
BBC "regularly accepts right-wing narrative frames and fails to provide the viewer with a sense of the objective reality behind competing claims.
Its leadership has proved utterly supine and journalistically ignorant in the face of attack." @iandunt.bsky.social
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Its leadership has proved utterly supine and journalistically ignorant in the face of attack." @iandunt.bsky.social
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
"Supporting net zero is a lot easier than defining it. The maths behind net zero is easy; in theory, if carbon removals from tree growth or carbon capture and storage match emissions, then net zero works.
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Supporting net zero is a lot easier than defining it. The maths behind net zero is easy; in theory, if carbon removals from tree growth or carbon capture and storage match emissions, then net zero works.
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
But the problem isn’t the maths. It’s the biology, the economics and the bullshit." #auspol
"Why harness a blue tsunami, a historic win for Mamdani, and an epic No Kings rally attended by 7 million when you can just throw away the momentum less than a week later?"
Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
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Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Why harness a blue tsunami, a historic win for Mamdani, and an epic No Kings rally attended by 7 million when you can just throw away the momentum less than a week later?"
Reposted by Simon Rosenberg
OPINION @weissmann.substack.com & Mary McCord. “the Supreme Court has ensured that Mr. #Trump has no fear of being held accountable for dictating investigations & grand jury proceedings that carry an odor of retribution.” #ruleoflaw #democracy #fascism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...
Opinion | How the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Revenge Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
OPINION @weissmann.substack.com & Mary McCord. “the Supreme Court has ensured that Mr. #Trump has no fear of being held accountable for dictating investigations & grand jury proceedings that carry an odor of retribution.” #ruleoflaw #democracy #fascism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...