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My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
Cathy Wilcox has nailed the brief here
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Cathy Wilcox has nailed the brief here
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Australia v England: fourth Ashes Test, day four – live
Australia v England: fourth Ashes Test, day four – live
Over-by-over updates from Melbourne Cricket Ground
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December 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Australia v England: fourth Ashes Test, day four – live
We all have opinions but is there no longer a case for leaving them in the too soon basket?
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We all have opinions but is there no longer a case for leaving them in the too soon basket?
Who did this to my feed?
December 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Who did this to my feed?
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And of course Australian journalists are only interested in one thing:
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And of course Australian journalists are only interested in one thing:
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Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
John Howard’s dog-whistle intervention in gun debate all but dashes any hope of meaningful reform
In the absence of strong, swift action from Anthony Albanese, the former PM is shifting political debate from gun control to a divisive culture war
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good analysis from Sarah Martin, but misses a key point:
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
if the Bondi massacre is being hijacked by culture warriors like Howard and the anti-immigration right, it's because that's how mainstream media chooses to frame it.
They are lazy or complicit. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This from Turnbull sums it up. No accusations. Facts that matter
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This from Turnbull sums it up. No accusations. Facts that matter
Let’s take a moment before we post
I shoulda just posted this. A timely reminder (swap posting/sharing for retweeting).
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Let’s take a moment before we post
Not an American so Thanksgiving is a mystery really.
However social media tends to suggest it’s about being thankful you’re so right about things like wokeness (ideas you don’t like) and all the bad choices your stupid family makes.
And supersized roast chicken.
Keep it, please.
However social media tends to suggest it’s about being thankful you’re so right about things like wokeness (ideas you don’t like) and all the bad choices your stupid family makes.
And supersized roast chicken.
Keep it, please.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Not an American so Thanksgiving is a mystery really.
However social media tends to suggest it’s about being thankful you’re so right about things like wokeness (ideas you don’t like) and all the bad choices your stupid family makes.
And supersized roast chicken.
Keep it, please.
However social media tends to suggest it’s about being thankful you’re so right about things like wokeness (ideas you don’t like) and all the bad choices your stupid family makes.
And supersized roast chicken.
Keep it, please.
The Department of Preemptive Strikes just doesn’t roll off the tongue so well
Trump says he is considering strikes on Venezuelan soil on.ft.com/4nW0Ah4
Trump says he is considering strikes on Venezuelan soil
The US president also authorises CIA to conduct covert operations in the country
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Department of Preemptive Strikes just doesn’t roll off the tongue so well
Here here. Trump is a bully and the most fragile snowflake in all the lands
Bravo, Australian journos. ✊
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Union members at the ABC and across the media industry stand with John Lyons and reject the US President’s unfounded attacks on our colleague.
#MEAAmedia
#MEAAmedia
September 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Here here. Trump is a bully and the most fragile snowflake in all the lands
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It's no mystery. He threatens people with their career and livelihood.
It's core fascism. Be silent, comply or we will destroy you.
It's core fascism. Be silent, comply or we will destroy you.
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's no mystery. He threatens people with their career and livelihood.
It's core fascism. Be silent, comply or we will destroy you.
It's core fascism. Be silent, comply or we will destroy you.
He made them an offer they couldn’t refuse
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
He made them an offer they couldn’t refuse
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I think SBS needs a new show:
Who Do You Think You Are Asking Me About Who I Am?
Who Do You Think You Are Asking Me About Who I Am?
August 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I think SBS needs a new show:
Who Do You Think You Are Asking Me About Who I Am?
Who Do You Think You Are Asking Me About Who I Am?
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This is Israel.
Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim
‘It does not matter if they are children,’ said Aharon Haliva in recorded comments calling the death toll ‘necessary’
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is Israel.
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Albanese says Australian recognition is predicated on Palestinian Authority commitments including:
- no role for Hamas in future Palestinian state
- recognising Israel's right to exist in peace and security. - demilitarise
- hold general elections
follow live:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- no role for Hamas in future Palestinian state
- recognising Israel's right to exist in peace and security. - demilitarise
- hold general elections
follow live:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
News live: Albanese announces Australia will recognise Palestinian statehood in September
Follow live
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August 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Albanese says Australian recognition is predicated on Palestinian Authority commitments including:
- no role for Hamas in future Palestinian state
- recognising Israel's right to exist in peace and security. - demilitarise
- hold general elections
follow live:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- no role for Hamas in future Palestinian state
- recognising Israel's right to exist in peace and security. - demilitarise
- hold general elections
follow live:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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The ongoing assault on free speech in Australian arts is only worsening. This is obscene.
Stripping funding from the entire organisation because an artist spoke out against genocide.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
March 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The ongoing assault on free speech in Australian arts is only worsening. This is obscene.
Do people actually tune in to listen to Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas on ABC RN? They do little beyond mutual congratulation and make me switch off straight away. What - honestly - is the attraction?
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Do people actually tune in to listen to Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas on ABC RN? They do little beyond mutual congratulation and make me switch off straight away. What - honestly - is the attraction?
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“In Wannon, if today you donate $1,500 to Liberal MP Dan Tehan, your donation is tax deductible. If today you donate the same to independent opponent Alex Dyson, it is not. Dan has a copy of the electoral roll; Alex has to pay tens of thousands for the same info.”
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“In Wannon, if today you donate $1,500 to Liberal MP Dan Tehan, your donation is tax deductible. If today you donate the same to independent opponent Alex Dyson, it is not. Dan has a copy of the electoral roll; Alex has to pay tens of thousands for the same info.”
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
@simonahac.bsky.social at #npc
Invaded space FML
January 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Invaded space FML
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On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...