Patrick Keneally
@patrickkeneally.bsky.social
Deputy editor, Guardian Australia
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
Part of the reason that China has been able to dominate global supplies of rare earths at competitive prices is because, as well as being rich in natural resources, it has also been willing to let poor, rural people bear the brunt of the toxic, dirty work, writes Amy Hawkins
The world wants China’s rare earth elements – what is life like in the city that produces them?
More than 80% of China’s rare earth reserves are located in Baotou, an industrial hub of 2.7 million people that abuts the Gobi desert
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June 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Part of the reason that China has been able to dominate global supplies of rare earths at competitive prices is because, as well as being rich in natural resources, it has also been willing to let poor, rural people bear the brunt of the toxic, dirty work, writes Amy Hawkins
When I die, bury me between a council carpark and a retaining wall ... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
June 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
When I die, bury me between a council carpark and a retaining wall ... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Sometimes the headlines on the ABC news front are either circa 2010 BuzzFeed-esque, or just weird or plainly wrong. Article level is usually fine.
June 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes the headlines on the ABC news front are either circa 2010 BuzzFeed-esque, or just weird or plainly wrong. Article level is usually fine.
We are looking for a general news reporter to come and work at Guardian Australia - please share with anyone who might be interested: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/736
The Guardian :: Reporter
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June 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We are looking for a general news reporter to come and work at Guardian Australia - please share with anyone who might be interested: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/736
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This is very good from (ANU History Prof) Frank.
May 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is very good from (ANU History Prof) Frank.
Interesting how far down on the NYT’s front the Australian election result is - I know there’s a lot going on there but still …
May 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Interesting how far down on the NYT’s front the Australian election result is - I know there’s a lot going on there but still …
Bolt: Am I out of touch? No, it's the Australian electorate who are wrong
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May 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bolt: Am I out of touch? No, it's the Australian electorate who are wrong
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The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically
The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically
Anthony Albanese has delivered steady, gradual reform – but a minority government might force Labor to push through bolder solutions
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May 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Guardian view on Australia’s federal election: progressives must vote strategically
Exclusive: Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign
Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign
Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on ‘structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Exclusive: Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign
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I don't usually post about things because, like opinion polls, they can go up and down, but this result for @australia.theguardian.com is pretty amazing. Fourth most reads news site in the country. Such a credit to the entire team. Thank you to our readers and supporters. 👏
April 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I don't usually post about things because, like opinion polls, they can go up and down, but this result for @australia.theguardian.com is pretty amazing. Fourth most reads news site in the country. Such a credit to the entire team. Thank you to our readers and supporters. 👏
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging
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Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
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The climate has been conspicuously absent from the conversations dominating our politics. @nourhaydar.bsky.social , @adammorton.bsky.social , and @patrickkeneally.bsky.social jumped on the microphones this week and tried to change that:
Newsroom edition: the climate crisis has disappeared from the election agenda - podcast
Nour Haydar talks with deputy editor Patrick Keneally and climate and environment editor Adam Morton about the consequences of climate action fading from the election campaign
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April 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The climate has been conspicuously absent from the conversations dominating our politics. @nourhaydar.bsky.social , @adammorton.bsky.social , and @patrickkeneally.bsky.social jumped on the microphones this week and tried to change that:
It’s 2075 and somewhere deep in the forests of kangaroo island an elite band of dachshund hunters are at last closing in on their target
April 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s 2075 and somewhere deep in the forests of kangaroo island an elite band of dachshund hunters are at last closing in on their target
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Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Fingers
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Fingers
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The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
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please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?
March 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
please don’t text me war plans, because I’m actually at capacity right now and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you. do you have someone else you could reach out to?
Defcon 1 for democracy
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The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism
From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say
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March 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Defcon 1 for democracy
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The firm reportedly agreed to disavow the use of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in its hiring and promotion decisions and to dedicate the equivalent of $40m in free legal services to support Trump administration policies.
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Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services
US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss
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March 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The firm reportedly agreed to disavow the use of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in its hiring and promotion decisions and to dedicate the equivalent of $40m in free legal services to support Trump administration policies.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
2
CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
3
CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
4
BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
5
HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
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JD Vance's cousin is fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine.
"We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin," he told Le Figaro about Trump and Vance's position.
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
"We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin," he told Le Figaro about Trump and Vance's position.
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«Nous sommes les idiots utiles de Vladimir Poutine» : Nate, cousin germain de JD Vance et combattant volontaire en Ukraine
EXCLUSIF - Le Texan a passé trois ans en Ukraine, dont deux et demi à se battre sur les fronts les plus sanglants. Il désespère de la position de son cousin et de Donald Trump.
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March 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
JD Vance's cousin is fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine.
"We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin," he told Le Figaro about Trump and Vance's position.
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
"We are the useful idiots of Vladimir Putin," he told Le Figaro about Trump and Vance's position.
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...