Peter Murphy
@peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
#HumanRights #ClimateAction #auspol #USPolitics #journalism #SciFi #history #books #RefugeesWelcome Sydney, Australia 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 http://linktr.ee/peterwmurphy1
So now I have to stop watching Ch10 for the next few weeks bc every single ad break is wall-to-wall promos for the vomitous garbage that is #BigBrother, with ads for #BigBrother, and updates of #BigBrother, and clips of #BigBrother, the Kyle Sandilands of sewerage tv. Fine! I won't watch Ch10. 😠 📺
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
So now I have to stop watching Ch10 for the next few weeks bc every single ad break is wall-to-wall promos for the vomitous garbage that is #BigBrother, with ads for #BigBrother, and updates of #BigBrother, and clips of #BigBrother, the Kyle Sandilands of sewerage tv. Fine! I won't watch Ch10. 😠 📺
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‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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...
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‘Conventions were torn up like confetti, Fraser refused to resign as PM despite the no-confidence motion against him & Kerr refused to acknowledge the motion or receive the Speaker. The critical role played by Justice Anthony Mason re-emerges at this point’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
#MediaWatch: @lintonbesser.bsky.social discussed Zohran Mamdani's campaign, a tech journalist's gaming gadget reviews that are ads, Disney+ using a loophole to air gambling ads during live sports telecasts, and a brief clip on John Laws' cash-for-comment scandal. iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
Media Watch: Monday 10/11/2025
New York's new millennial mayor turns the Big Apple into a Pinko-Lady, offering a masterclass in political campaigning in the twilight of traditional media. A technology journalist pinged for gaming g...
iview.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#MediaWatch: @lintonbesser.bsky.social discussed Zohran Mamdani's campaign, a tech journalist's gaming gadget reviews that are ads, Disney+ using a loophole to air gambling ads during live sports telecasts, and a brief clip on John Laws' cash-for-comment scandal. iview.abc.net.au/show/media-w...
If you're looking for classic cult comedy tv, all 3 seasons (39 eps) of #Frontline (1994-1997) are available on ABC iview. Mike Moore. Brooke Vandenberg. Martin Di Stasio. Enjoy. 😊 📺 #tabloid #journalism #currentaffairs #comedy iview.abc.net.au/show/frontline
Frontline
Set in the ratings-obsessed world of television news, Frontline offers a satirical look behind the scenes of a current affairs program at the egos, the practices, and the hypocrisy of a medium that pu...
iview.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If you're looking for classic cult comedy tv, all 3 seasons (39 eps) of #Frontline (1994-1997) are available on ABC iview. Mike Moore. Brooke Vandenberg. Martin Di Stasio. Enjoy. 😊 📺 #tabloid #journalism #currentaffairs #comedy iview.abc.net.au/show/frontline
Something to read, something to watch. "The Palace Letters" by Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and the documentary "The Search for the Palace Letters". Available to watch on ABC iview: iview.abc.net.au/show/search-... #auspol #Whitlam #Dismissal #RoyalFamily #PalaceLetters
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Something to read, something to watch. "The Palace Letters" by Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and the documentary "The Search for the Palace Letters". Available to watch on ABC iview: iview.abc.net.au/show/search-... #auspol #Whitlam #Dismissal #RoyalFamily #PalaceLetters
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I have no idea what it costs when I have hospital care because I don't have to pay any of it and I've never seen a bill.
Prescription meds are capped at $35 for everyone. If you get a pension they are $6.
I must live in horrible socialist country I guess.
#auspol
Prescription meds are capped at $35 for everyone. If you get a pension they are $6.
I must live in horrible socialist country I guess.
#auspol
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have no idea what it costs when I have hospital care because I don't have to pay any of it and I've never seen a bill.
Prescription meds are capped at $35 for everyone. If you get a pension they are $6.
I must live in horrible socialist country I guess.
#auspol
Prescription meds are capped at $35 for everyone. If you get a pension they are $6.
I must live in horrible socialist country I guess.
#auspol
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The doors of the House of Representatives and the Senate were taped shut as 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. #auspol
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...
johnmenadue.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The doors of the House of Representatives and the Senate were taped shut as 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. #auspol
On this day, 11Nov2025, sending thanks to the dedicated, principled historian Prof. Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social. #auspol #PalaceLetters #Dismissal
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
On this day, 11Nov2025, sending thanks to the dedicated, principled historian Prof. Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social. #auspol #PalaceLetters #Dismissal
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It is nonsense to say the Queen was not involved. Her favourite courtier and she carry joint responsibility for the sacking of a government that had a clear majority in the Australian House of Representatives. #auspol #theDIsmissal #Whitlam
The Queen’s implausible denial
It beggars belief that the Queen did not know that John Kerr was planning to sack Gough Whitlam. She may not have known the detail of the coup in progress, but she knew the substance. But like Lord Ne...
johnmenadue.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It is nonsense to say the Queen was not involved. Her favourite courtier and she carry joint responsibility for the sacking of a government that had a clear majority in the Australian House of Representatives. #auspol #theDIsmissal #Whitlam
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"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"The Palace had put out a statement soon after the Dismissal saying that they had no part to play in the decision that the Governor-General made. We now know that that is completely false."
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
Meantime here's my scintillating interview with @palaceletters.bsky.social meanjin.com.au/interviews/j...
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I'm delighted to be guest interviewee on 7News' The Issue discussing the dismissal of the Whitlam govt & the secret correspondence btwn Kerr and the Queen. Thank you Tim Lester! #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_W...
The Whitlam dismissal and secret royal correspondence | THE ISSUE
YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I'm delighted to be guest interviewee on 7News' The Issue discussing the dismissal of the Whitlam govt & the secret correspondence btwn Kerr and the Queen. Thank you Tim Lester! #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH_W...
Alex Mann's 2020 podcast series The Eleventh, exploring the #Dismissal, is fascinating. Ep2 deals with Att-Gen Lionel Murphy's March 1973 police raid on ASIO, the response from the CIA, Ray Martin's interview with CIA spy James Angleton and the secrecy surrounding Pine Gap. 😲 #auspol #USPolitics
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Alex Mann's 2020 podcast series The Eleventh, exploring the #Dismissal, is fascinating. Ep2 deals with Att-Gen Lionel Murphy's March 1973 police raid on ASIO, the response from the CIA, Ray Martin's interview with CIA spy James Angleton and the secrecy surrounding Pine Gap. 😲 #auspol #USPolitics
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Remember, remember
The eleventh of November
Vice-regal
Treason and plot.
#auspol #fiftyyears #Whitlam #maintainyourrageandenthusiasm @palaceletters.bsky.social
The eleventh of November
Vice-regal
Treason and plot.
#auspol #fiftyyears #Whitlam #maintainyourrageandenthusiasm @palaceletters.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Remember, remember
The eleventh of November
Vice-regal
Treason and plot.
#auspol #fiftyyears #Whitlam #maintainyourrageandenthusiasm @palaceletters.bsky.social
The eleventh of November
Vice-regal
Treason and plot.
#auspol #fiftyyears #Whitlam #maintainyourrageandenthusiasm @palaceletters.bsky.social
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It is 11Nov2025, 50 years on from the Dismissal of the Whitlam Labor Govt by the Gov-Gen Sir John Kerr on 11Nov1975. I'm listening to Alex Mann's podcast series The Eleventh. #auspol #Dismissal www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
It is 11Nov2025, 50 years on from the Dismissal of the Whitlam Labor Govt by the Gov-Gen Sir John Kerr on 11Nov1975. I'm listening to Alex Mann's podcast series The Eleventh. #auspol #Dismissal www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
"Firebrand" Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ... Who writes this cliche-ridden tabloid dross for the ABC News website? Star journalist Jane Norman, that's who! And they call this political #journalism by our national broadcaster. 🙄 #auspol
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
"Firebrand" Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ... Who writes this cliche-ridden tabloid dross for the ABC News website? Star journalist Jane Norman, that's who! And they call this political #journalism by our national broadcaster. 🙄 #auspol
Next time the white supremacist neo-Nazis hold a rally, could a contingent of concerned motherly types please show up en masse to offer them sunscreen?! 😏 #auspol #nswpol #NoRoomForRacism
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Next time the white supremacist neo-Nazis hold a rally, could a contingent of concerned motherly types please show up en masse to offer them sunscreen?! 😏 #auspol #nswpol #NoRoomForRacism
THIS 👇 @popgoesthepop.bsky.social post is outstanding. And I am back in a good mood because of it. 😊 #auspol #USPolitics
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
THIS 👇 @popgoesthepop.bsky.social post is outstanding. And I am back in a good mood because of it. 😊 #auspol #USPolitics
I post I'm annoyed ABC News website had 4 or 5 stories on the death of John Laws. AND if you scroll to find other news, these same articles keep re-appearing!
Someone replies "Yes, there was a main story and several puff pieces but I don't see it that way." THEN KEEP SCROLLING AND YOU'LL SEE IT! 😂
Someone replies "Yes, there was a main story and several puff pieces but I don't see it that way." THEN KEEP SCROLLING AND YOU'LL SEE IT! 😂
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I post I'm annoyed ABC News website had 4 or 5 stories on the death of John Laws. AND if you scroll to find other news, these same articles keep re-appearing!
Someone replies "Yes, there was a main story and several puff pieces but I don't see it that way." THEN KEEP SCROLLING AND YOU'LL SEE IT! 😂
Someone replies "Yes, there was a main story and several puff pieces but I don't see it that way." THEN KEEP SCROLLING AND YOU'LL SEE IT! 😂
Things that irritate me:
I post a summary praising a news report or op-ed, with a photo of the article's headline (which you could google) AND a weblink to the original article on its news website. And someone replies: "Where was this published?" The weblink is right there in my original post!!! 🙄
I post a summary praising a news report or op-ed, with a photo of the article's headline (which you could google) AND a weblink to the original article on its news website. And someone replies: "Where was this published?" The weblink is right there in my original post!!! 🙄
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Things that irritate me:
I post a summary praising a news report or op-ed, with a photo of the article's headline (which you could google) AND a weblink to the original article on its news website. And someone replies: "Where was this published?" The weblink is right there in my original post!!! 🙄
I post a summary praising a news report or op-ed, with a photo of the article's headline (which you could google) AND a weblink to the original article on its news website. And someone replies: "Where was this published?" The weblink is right there in my original post!!! 🙄
Scrolling down the ABC News home page, there are 4 or 5 separate distinct stories on the death of radio host John Laws. But as I scroll past, looking for other news, they're rptedly shown again and again. I stopped counting after 10. *sigh* Tabloid trash gossip mag journalism. 🙄 #radio 📻 #journalism
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Scrolling down the ABC News home page, there are 4 or 5 separate distinct stories on the death of radio host John Laws. But as I scroll past, looking for other news, they're rptedly shown again and again. I stopped counting after 10. *sigh* Tabloid trash gossip mag journalism. 🙄 #radio 📻 #journalism
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, pro-Palestine activists and Reuters journalists on Sat 08Nov2025 during the olive harvest in the #WestBank. The Israeli men wielded clubs and hurled large rocks, injuring over a dozen people. #IsraeliTerrorism reut.rs/3Johy8Y
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, pro-Palestine activists and Reuters journalists on Sat 08Nov2025 during the olive harvest in the #WestBank. The Israeli men wielded clubs and hurled large rocks, injuring over a dozen people. #IsraeliTerrorism reut.rs/3Johy8Y
Canberra Liberals Leader Leanne Castley and Deputy Leader Jeremy Hanson have both resigned. "We will not be commenting publicly on the circumstances that have led to this decision." Don't they owe it to Liberal Party supporters AND the voters, to explain "the circumstances"?! #auspol #ACTpol
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM