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Now that Hobart is getting a fancy stadium that will never recoup its costs, you know what they can do next? Bid for the Olympics! 🤣🤣
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Now that Hobart is getting a fancy stadium that will never recoup its costs, you know what they can do next? Bid for the Olympics! 🤣🤣
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Evidence keeps accumulating that Donald Trump will always put commercial interests ahead of security. But we tell ourselves to believe otherwise, writes Bernard Keane.
Labor pulls us deeper and deeper in Trump's moral and strategic swamp
www.crikey.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Evidence keeps accumulating that Donald Trump will always put commercial interests ahead of security. But we tell ourselves to believe otherwise, writes Bernard Keane.
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We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor Government in the meantime, but two years on from the Robodebt findings, what has really changed?
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
How many Robodebts will it take to end government cover-ups?
We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor Government in the meantime, but two years on from the Robodebt findings, what has really changed?
independentaustralia.net
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We may have had a Royal Commission into its systemic failures and voted in a new Federal Labor Government in the meantime, but two years on from the Robodebt findings, what has really changed?
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...
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Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity - The Shot
It really is the 1% versus the rest of us. The stakes couldn't be higher. And the enemy could not be more depraved. Still, we'll win.
theshot.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's me. "Hyperwealthy pedophilic genocidal dickweeds versus the rest of humanity"
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"Where are the current giants of journalism stepping up to fight these fights?" asks Nicole.
And as Osman Faruqi noted, if Kerry O'Brien was working today, he'd be sacked for these comments.
The hypocrisy of so many at the Walkleys who gave O'Brien a standing ovation was astounding. #GazaGenocide
And as Osman Faruqi noted, if Kerry O'Brien was working today, he'd be sacked for these comments.
The hypocrisy of so many at the Walkleys who gave O'Brien a standing ovation was astounding. #GazaGenocide
A Trumpian demolition of press freedoms could well happen here - aided by toxic tech platforms - warns renowned journalist Kerry O’Brien in a fiery Walkleys speech.
Plus BBC bends the knee to the Orange Fascist
“Truth Lies & Media” is live!💥
Promo Match Frame Editing
#auspol
#NewsCorpse
Plus BBC bends the knee to the Orange Fascist
“Truth Lies & Media” is live!💥
Promo Match Frame Editing
#auspol
#NewsCorpse
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Where are the current giants of journalism stepping up to fight these fights?" asks Nicole.
And as Osman Faruqi noted, if Kerry O'Brien was working today, he'd be sacked for these comments.
The hypocrisy of so many at the Walkleys who gave O'Brien a standing ovation was astounding. #GazaGenocide
And as Osman Faruqi noted, if Kerry O'Brien was working today, he'd be sacked for these comments.
The hypocrisy of so many at the Walkleys who gave O'Brien a standing ovation was astounding. #GazaGenocide
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“There’s an exemption for whenever the prime minister agrees there should be an exemption. That’s a pretty big discretion.”
~ Research Director Professor Gabrielle Appleby
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
~ Research Director Professor Gabrielle Appleby
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Overpaid political hacks’: Public trust lost over jobs for mates
The recommendations of a long-awaited review into political appointments have been set aside by the federal government.
www.theage.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“There’s an exemption for whenever the prime minister agrees there should be an exemption. That’s a pretty big discretion.”
~ Research Director Professor Gabrielle Appleby
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
~ Research Director Professor Gabrielle Appleby
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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David Pocock grills ASIC’s Joe Longo on how as a Regulator they can fob off victims of fin crime & brings up a man whose life is being destroyed
Longo insists they don’t have resources to help & only deal in a “fraction” of cases
DP “10%. So the other 90%? Unlucky”💥🤨 #Estimates
Longo insists they don’t have resources to help & only deal in a “fraction” of cases
DP “10%. So the other 90%? Unlucky”💥🤨 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
David Pocock grills ASIC’s Joe Longo on how as a Regulator they can fob off victims of fin crime & brings up a man whose life is being destroyed
Longo insists they don’t have resources to help & only deal in a “fraction” of cases
DP “10%. So the other 90%? Unlucky”💥🤨 #Estimates
Longo insists they don’t have resources to help & only deal in a “fraction” of cases
DP “10%. So the other 90%? Unlucky”💥🤨 #Estimates
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Leaked records show Australia has no control over F-35 spare parts sent from here to Israel, raising stark questions about sovereignty and defence risk, writes Peter Cronau. #Auspol #Defence #F35
Selling out our sovereignty
Revelations of secret F-35 fighter jet parts shipments to Israel have exposed a yawning hole in Australia’s sovereign national defence.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Fog.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Fog.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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New laws allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people with arrest warrants – even before guilt is proven. The risks are serious, write Zoe Staines, Francis Markham, Hannah McGlade and Thalia Anthony.
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
New social security laws allow payments to be cancelled for people with outstanding arrest warrants, even if they have not been charged or convicted, raising serious concerns about justice, rights and harm.
johnmenadue.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New laws allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people with arrest warrants – even before guilt is proven. The risks are serious, write Zoe Staines, Francis Markham, Hannah McGlade and Thalia Anthony.
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
#Auspol #Welfare #HumanRights
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Ces emplois sont-ils réservés aux garçons? Dans le contexte économique actuel? Mon Dieu! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Jobs for the boys!? Everyone hates jobs for the boys (except the boys) | First Dog on the Moon
A mystery for the ages
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Ces emplois sont-ils réservés aux garçons? Dans le contexte économique actuel? Mon Dieu! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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I think it's appalling to display an image of this man, Ben Roberts Smith, given everything we know about him, in the 'Hall of Valour' at the War Memorial.
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I think it's appalling to display an image of this man, Ben Roberts Smith, given everything we know about him, in the 'Hall of Valour' at the War Memorial.
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
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Tasmania is going to embark on a billion dollar stadium bc someone got *dozens* of emails
this is apparently what helped bec thomas finalise her decision to support the stadium: "over the last week the yes emails started flowing in by the dozen.””
gee almost like its a concerted fucking effort from a campaign, you absolute fucking muppet
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/hobart-...
#politas
gee almost like its a concerted fucking effort from a campaign, you absolute fucking muppet
pulsetasmania.com.au/news/hobart-...
#politas
Hobart stadium one step closer as key independent Bec Thomas declares support
‘This has been the hardest decision of my political career’…
pulsetasmania.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Tasmania is going to embark on a billion dollar stadium bc someone got *dozens* of emails
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We know FOI is broken: late responses, heavy redactions, missing documents. Labor's bill fixes none of this and would make many aspects worse.
Time to abandon this hubris-driven attack on transparency and start again. This is the Greens recommendation in our dissenting report
Time to abandon this hubris-driven attack on transparency and start again. This is the Greens recommendation in our dissenting report
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We know FOI is broken: late responses, heavy redactions, missing documents. Labor's bill fixes none of this and would make many aspects worse.
Time to abandon this hubris-driven attack on transparency and start again. This is the Greens recommendation in our dissenting report
Time to abandon this hubris-driven attack on transparency and start again. This is the Greens recommendation in our dissenting report
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Labor wants to ban whistleblowers from anonymous FOI requests, charge you to access your own information, and massively expand what they can hide from you.
Only a government addicted to secrecy looks at FOI & thinks "the problem here is that the public gets too much information"
Only a government addicted to secrecy looks at FOI & thinks "the problem here is that the public gets too much information"
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Labor wants to ban whistleblowers from anonymous FOI requests, charge you to access your own information, and massively expand what they can hide from you.
Only a government addicted to secrecy looks at FOI & thinks "the problem here is that the public gets too much information"
Only a government addicted to secrecy looks at FOI & thinks "the problem here is that the public gets too much information"
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Labor's stacked committee just recommended passing their FOI destruction bill - despite overwhelming evidence AGAINST it.
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Labor's stacked committee just recommended passing their FOI destruction bill - despite overwhelming evidence AGAINST it.
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
Greens, Coalition, Lambie AND Pocock all filed dissenting reports. When everyone else says no, maybe listen?
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David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
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Hegseth is working his way through the usual worm pattern: denial, then distancing as denial falters, penultimately defending, relying on Trumpistas being above the law. Beware the usual fourth step, distraction.
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
No fog, no war. Hegseth's war crimes put Australian soldiers at risk - Michael West
Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. Why are they are not being recalled?
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hegseth is working his way through the usual worm pattern: denial, then distancing as denial falters, penultimately defending, relying on Trumpistas being above the law. Beware the usual fourth step, distraction.
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
And we have people embedded with him.
Mine for MWM
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
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Labor’s “framework” for government appointments will do nothing to end cronyism — it’s just more seediness from a grubby government, writes Bernard Keane.
'Jobs for mates' review shows this is an arrogant government dripping with contempt for integrity
www.crikey.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Labor’s “framework” for government appointments will do nothing to end cronyism — it’s just more seediness from a grubby government, writes Bernard Keane.
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Fox News host turned Donald's Secretary of War and murderer has put Australian troops at risk.
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social tries to find how many embedded, Marles mute
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social tries to find how many embedded, Marles mute
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
No fog, no war. Hegseth's war crimes put Australian soldiers at risk - Michael West
Australian service personnel are embedded with a rogue military force committing war crimes. Why are they are not being recalled?
michaelwest.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Fox News host turned Donald's Secretary of War and murderer has put Australian troops at risk.
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social tries to find how many embedded, Marles mute
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social tries to find how many embedded, Marles mute
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/no-fog-no-wa...
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How to wave off a problem:
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How to wave off a problem:
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
- Commission a review
- Ignore key recommendations
- Don’t enshrine anything in legislation
- Keep giving jobs to the boys 🤙
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But call him racist and the newspaper editors will be "hmmm, not sure we can say that"
Trump on Minnesota's Somali community: "They contribute nothing. I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you."
December 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
But call him racist and the newspaper editors will be "hmmm, not sure we can say that"
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Jobs for mates - Fiona Katauskas 🎯💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How does anyone get on a government board these days? | Fiona Katauskas
It helps to have friends in high places
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Jobs for mates - Fiona Katauskas 🎯💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...