👇”In 2024, the US used both Australian airspace and Cairns airport to facilitate air strikes on Yemen. The same could happen if the US and Israel again invade Iran.”👇
Talk of “peace” masks a widening war. As Sudan suffers and US–Israel rhetoric shifts toward Iran, Australia risks being dragged into another conflict. #MiddleEast #Iran #Gaza #Sudan #AusPol #USForeignPolicy #Geopolitics
After Gaza, the next target is Iran
US–Israel manoeuvring over Gaza is already widening the conflict. As Sudan burns and propaganda intensifies, Iran may be the next target — with Australia again at risk of being drawn in.
johnmenadue.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
👇”In 2024, the US used both Australian airspace and Cairns airport to facilitate air strikes on Yemen. The same could happen if the US and Israel again invade Iran.”👇
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This is tomorrow at midday (AEDT).
Looking forward to a great chat!
We may never finish :-)
Please join us #auspol #SpinProof
Looking forward to a great chat!
We may never finish :-)
Please join us #auspol #SpinProof
Quick heads up!
Cheryl, Noely, Ronni & I - are chatting about our #auspol year & looking at the year ahead - for SpinProof - *LIVE* this Friday at midday (AEDT) right here > www.podbean.com/lsw/zqEWRi85...
Hope you can join us.
Cheryl, Noely, Ronni & I - are chatting about our #auspol year & looking at the year ahead - for SpinProof - *LIVE* this Friday at midday (AEDT) right here > www.podbean.com/lsw/zqEWRi85...
Hope you can join us.
Cheryl, Noely and Ronni wrap the year for SpinProof | Podbean Livestream
Join us for a special SpinProof live podcast where Cheryl, Noely, Ronni and Denise share their highlights and lowlights of yet another #auspol year and look ahead to 2026. Always a worthwhile and ente...
www.podbean.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is tomorrow at midday (AEDT).
Looking forward to a great chat!
We may never finish :-)
Please join us #auspol #SpinProof
Looking forward to a great chat!
We may never finish :-)
Please join us #auspol #SpinProof
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Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
Adani Vs Pennings | Ben Pennings
benpennings.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Big News
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
We won‼ After 5+ years Adani has dropped their SLAPP suit, the biggest and longest in Australian history ✊🏼 Galilee Blockade and I can now continue bold actions against #Adani 😎 Thank you all 💚
My full statement - benpennings.com/victory
Stop the next SLAPP - chuffed.org/project/SlappA…
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
Australia returns 17 rare Pharaonic artifacts to Egypt, the result of a case before Australian courts since 2019 ordering the seizure of the 17 artifacts, previously held by a private company, and their return to their rightful homeland.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
Egypt Recovers 17 Rare Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Australia
Egypt Recovers 17 Rare Ancient Egyptian Artifacts from Australia.
www.egypttoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Australia returns 17 rare Pharaonic artifacts to Egypt, the result of a case before Australian courts since 2019 ordering the seizure of the 17 artifacts, previously held by a private company, and their return to their rightful homeland.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
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The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
BREAKING: Pauline Hanson is in hot water after it’s revealed she charged taxpayers thousands$ for flights, priv cars & hotels to attend her private court matter where it was found she Racially discriminated Mehreen Faruqi.
She classifies it as work.
Should pay it back & Resign.
She classifies it as work.
Should pay it back & Resign.
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: Pauline Hanson is in hot water after it’s revealed she charged taxpayers thousands$ for flights, priv cars & hotels to attend her private court matter where it was found she Racially discriminated Mehreen Faruqi.
She classifies it as work.
Should pay it back & Resign.
She classifies it as work.
Should pay it back & Resign.
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.
~ Dr Abul Rizvi
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
~ Dr Abul Rizvi
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.
independentaustralia.net
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo.
~ Dr Abul Rizvi
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
~ Dr Abul Rizvi
A clogged visa system only rewards the unscrupulous
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Enough is enough
We need to see integrity in government
Not this continuing display of shameless disregard
A dodgy integrity body is worse than not having one
We need to see integrity in government
Not this continuing display of shameless disregard
A dodgy integrity body is worse than not having one
“inaccuracy”
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
NACC chief executive apologises to parliament for inaccurate evidence
National Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Philip Reed writes to parliament apologising for inaccuracies in evidence given during Senate estimates.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Enough is enough
We need to see integrity in government
Not this continuing display of shameless disregard
A dodgy integrity body is worse than not having one
We need to see integrity in government
Not this continuing display of shameless disregard
A dodgy integrity body is worse than not having one
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Add this to the CSIRO cuts and uni cuts generally and the picture is unmistakable
The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Add this to the CSIRO cuts and uni cuts generally and the picture is unmistakable
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Facebook is a scam factory. Meta's own internal audit reveals 10% of their revenue comes from spam advertising - $16bn annually. Between 2020-2023 scam losses in Australia increased 249%. In 76% of cases, contact occurred on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Facebook is a scam factory. Meta's own internal audit reveals 10% of their revenue comes from spam advertising - $16bn annually. Between 2020-2023 scam losses in Australia increased 249%. In 76% of cases, contact occurred on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp).
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
😬 ‘Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."’
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
😬 ‘Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."’
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I've often joked about wanting to be paid by accident long after I retire...seems one public servant lived the dream to the tune of $295,000 three years after quitting
www.afr.com//politics/wo...
www.afr.com//politics/wo...
Worker paid for three years after they quit in $295k payroll blunder
In a scathing report on public service accounting errors, the NSW Audit Office found that one agency kept paying 481 people after their employment ended.
www.afr.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I've often joked about wanting to be paid by accident long after I retire...seems one public servant lived the dream to the tune of $295,000 three years after quitting
www.afr.com//politics/wo...
www.afr.com//politics/wo...
🍿
#BREAKING 🚨 A FOURTH Liberal Party leadership change is being flagged, with Ashton Hurn emerging as a possible replacement for South Australian opposition leader Vincent Tarzia
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
Polls for next year's SA state election have shown the Liberals with a primary vote as low as 21%
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
🍿
👇”In defending the civil case, the State of NSW argued the officers had used no more than reasonable force and were authorised in their actions under the Mental Health Act.”
The footage tells a different story😳👇
The footage tells a different story😳👇
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
👇”In defending the civil case, the State of NSW argued the officers had used no more than reasonable force and were authorised in their actions under the Mental Health Act.”
The footage tells a different story😳👇
The footage tells a different story😳👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Francesca Albanese—
"BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza—with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system—has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
"It's not war: it is genocide."
"BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza—with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system—has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
"It's not war: it is genocide."
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Francesca Albanese—
"BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza—with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system—has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
"It's not war: it is genocide."
"BREAKING: A new UN report finds that Israel’s assault on Gaza—with the destruction of health care, education, infrastructure, even the banking system—has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
"It's not war: it is genocide."
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Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis.
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Making First Nations prisoners visible in Labor politics
Despite Western Australian Labor’s rhetoric on equality and Closing the Gap, incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible. Without formal representation and lived-experience voices in party deliberations, meaningful reform is impossible. The 2027 State Labor Conference is the moment to change that.
johnmenadue.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis.
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Real reform demands lived-experience voices.
#AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
👇🚨🚨🚨
Optus outage: 14,000 customers without coverage, triple-zero calls affected
Optus outage: 14,000 customers without coverage, triple-zero calls affected
The telco's website said about 14,000 services were affected by the Wednesday morning outage.
www.sbs.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
👇🚨🚨🚨
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Hated more than herpes 😂
The tough cop cosplay performance was a monumental disaster.
Peter Dutton’s unpopularity ‘broke several records’ and Labor more trusted on economy, ANU study finds.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
The tough cop cosplay performance was a monumental disaster.
Peter Dutton’s unpopularity ‘broke several records’ and Labor more trusted on economy, ANU study finds.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
Peter Dutton’s unpopularity ‘broke several records’ and Labor more trusted on economy, ANU study finds
Voters thought ‘leadership qualities Dutton most lacked were inspiration, closely followed by compassion’, co-author of Australian Electoral Study says
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
apnews.com/article/aust... judge rules synagogue arsonist was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism
Australian judge rules synagogue arsonist was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism
An Australian magistrate says a man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue door while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
apnews.com/article/aust... judge rules synagogue arsonist was motivated by mental illness, not antisemitism
I dare any Australian politician to call the US “likeminded”👇
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I dare any Australian politician to call the US “likeminded”👇
Reposted by Birdie Carrington
NSW Hunting Bill likely to pass at 3am
Despite undertakings from Premier Chris Minns about standing behind NSW’s strong guns laws, he is now trying to force an all-night sitting so that the Hunting Bill is passed under the cover of darkness, likely at 3 AM with no one watching.
#NSWpol #auspol
Despite undertakings from Premier Chris Minns about standing behind NSW’s strong guns laws, he is now trying to force an all-night sitting so that the Hunting Bill is passed under the cover of darkness, likely at 3 AM with no one watching.
#NSWpol #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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