Chris Maltby
@chris.bondi.oz.au
Random thoughts and songs. Bidjigal country.
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Israel treats its reputation as a strategic asset, so the Hate Speech laws transfer the PR cost from the Israeli 'machine' to the Australian taxpayer. My dispassionate take.
#hasbara #auspol
#hasbara #auspol
Hate Speech. Protecting Israel's reputation in Australia just got cheaper - Michael West
Israel’s reputation is treated as a strategic asset to be managed in Western media and political domains. Hate speech laws.
michaelwest.com.au
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Really interesting and illuminating. The ABC doing its job.
How the right wing Atlas Network is shaping your life in Australia, even if you've never heard of it
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…
January 25, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Really interesting and illuminating. The ABC doing its job.
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Sydney Invasion Day Rally reflecting on the First Nations lives lost, stolen, by the criminal “justice” system in just the last 12 months. Our nation can be so much stronger, so much better, with truth, treaty and justice. Always was, always will be, First Nations land.
January 25, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Sydney Invasion Day Rally reflecting on the First Nations lives lost, stolen, by the criminal “justice” system in just the last 12 months. Our nation can be so much stronger, so much better, with truth, treaty and justice. Always was, always will be, First Nations land.
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".. reality is that the US economy is as pumped up as a Trump social media post. Second only to Japan but in worse circumstances". Will it be the bond market which brings Donald undone? @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
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America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay - Michael West
Donald Trump’s disrupting, coercing, stealing and killing comes from America’s economic and military might but US bond market can cruel him
michaelwest.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
".. reality is that the US economy is as pumped up as a Trump social media post. Second only to Japan but in worse circumstances". Will it be the bond market which brings Donald undone? @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/davos-donald...
michaelwest.com.au/davos-donald...
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2026 headlines brought to you by Woodside, Santos, Labor and the Coalition. We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and their grifters and $$ out of politics.
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
2026 headlines brought to you by Woodside, Santos, Labor and the Coalition. We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and their grifters and $$ out of politics.
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It is unbelievable that Australian taxpayers are paying to send two former Defence Ministers, now weapons industry lobbyists, to the UAE and Saudi Arabia to spruik their clients and arms sales into the region. Unbelievable except it’s business as usual for Labor and the Coalition
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
It is unbelievable that Australian taxpayers are paying to send two former Defence Ministers, now weapons industry lobbyists, to the UAE and Saudi Arabia to spruik their clients and arms sales into the region. Unbelievable except it’s business as usual for Labor and the Coalition
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Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social
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by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the nati...
thepoint.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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*Exclusive investigation by MWM*
Australian taxpayers are subsidising donations to Israel’s military and to settlement linked projects in occupied Palestinian territory, via Australian charities with DGR status, an MWM investigation has found. 
Australian taxpayers are subsidising donations to Israel’s military and to settlement linked projects in occupied Palestinian territory, via Australian charities with DGR status, an MWM investigation has found. 
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
*Exclusive investigation by MWM*
Australian taxpayers are subsidising donations to Israel’s military and to settlement linked projects in occupied Palestinian territory, via Australian charities with DGR status, an MWM investigation has found. 
Australian taxpayers are subsidising donations to Israel’s military and to settlement linked projects in occupied Palestinian territory, via Australian charities with DGR status, an MWM investigation has found. 
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Are Israel critics to be muzzled while the Lobby keeps bashing them?
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Are Israel critics to be muzzled while the Lobby keeps bashing them?
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey @ConversationEDU
on implications of Hate Speech Bill
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/stopping-pro...
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With coalition over will Nationals merge with One Nation? Not much policy distance these days, and would probably outnumber Libs in a future parliament. Grim amusement ensuing #auspol
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 AM
With coalition over will Nationals merge with One Nation? Not much policy distance these days, and would probably outnumber Libs in a future parliament. Grim amusement ensuing #auspol
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Israel killed three Palestinian journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, including a freelance cameraman who contributed to CBS News. The network's president, Tom Cibrowski, let staff know at a meeting this morning, noting that Abdul Raouf Shaat had just been married. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Israel killed three Palestinian journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, including a freelance cameraman who contributed to CBS News. The network's president, Tom Cibrowski, let staff know at a meeting this morning, noting that Abdul Raouf Shaat had just been married. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Reminder that here in Australia oil and gas companies can use the cost of decommissioning oil/gas fields to reduce their PRRT liabilities
How oil companies got the NZ taxpayer to pay $300m for decommissioning the Tui oil field (and how they are trying to do it again). www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again) - Greenpeace Aotearoa
How oil companies made you pay $300m to clean up their oil field mess (and how they are trying to do it again)
www.greenpeace.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Reminder that here in Australia oil and gas companies can use the cost of decommissioning oil/gas fields to reduce their PRRT liabilities
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Australian charities funnelling money to the IDF and illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine. Taxpayers are subsidising. Investigation p1 @sstephanietrann.bsky.social
#auspol #ACNC
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#auspol #ACNC
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Revealed: Australian taxpayers subsidising the IDF, illegal settlements in Israel - Michael West
Australian taxpayers are subsidising the Israel Defense Forces and illegal settlements in the West Bank via the ACNC charities regulator
michaelwest.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Australian charities funnelling money to the IDF and illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine. Taxpayers are subsidising. Investigation p1 @sstephanietrann.bsky.social
#auspol #ACNC
michaelwest.com.au/revealed-aus...
#auspol #ACNC
michaelwest.com.au/revealed-aus...
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David Shoebridge gives the LNP & One Nation a hiding in Senate for opposing gun safety reforms — questioning how they can oppose intel sharing with authorities before someone is issued a licence.
Then answers his question
“They take funds from the firearms industry!” 💥💰
Then answers his question
“They take funds from the firearms industry!” 💥💰
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 PM
David Shoebridge gives the LNP & One Nation a hiding in Senate for opposing gun safety reforms — questioning how they can oppose intel sharing with authorities before someone is issued a licence.
Then answers his question
“They take funds from the firearms industry!” 💥💰
Then answers his question
“They take funds from the firearms industry!” 💥💰
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Good to have a final reminder that these laws are only about preventing people criticism Israel for committing genocide and have nothing really to do with hate (other than ensuring Zionists can continue to practice it)
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Good to have a final reminder that these laws are only about preventing people criticism Israel for committing genocide and have nothing really to do with hate (other than ensuring Zionists can continue to practice it)
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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The Greens have secured a major win with a commitment from Government to establish a National Firearms Safety Council!
This delivers on what the community expects: evidence-based oversight that future-proofs our gun laws against politically motivated deals that put public safety at risk
This delivers on what the community expects: evidence-based oversight that future-proofs our gun laws against politically motivated deals that put public safety at risk
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The Greens have secured a major win with a commitment from Government to establish a National Firearms Safety Council!
This delivers on what the community expects: evidence-based oversight that future-proofs our gun laws against politically motivated deals that put public safety at risk
This delivers on what the community expects: evidence-based oversight that future-proofs our gun laws against politically motivated deals that put public safety at risk
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YouTube, the world's biggest platform, today decided to delete my channel. Appeal denied. The suppression of my career continues.
January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
YouTube, the world's biggest platform, today decided to delete my channel. Appeal denied. The suppression of my career continues.
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It's weird to me that Aussie journos like myself, Antoinette, Antoun Issa, Joel Jenkins, Jan Fran, Caitlin Johnstone, to name a few, have been proven correct on Israel/imperialism over and over, & still ppl listen to the same Murdoch/ABC hacks that have been lying this whole time
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It's weird to me that Aussie journos like myself, Antoinette, Antoun Issa, Joel Jenkins, Jan Fran, Caitlin Johnstone, to name a few, have been proven correct on Israel/imperialism over and over, & still ppl listen to the same Murdoch/ABC hacks that have been lying this whole time
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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So Frydenberg holding Albanese "personally responsible" for Bondi is fine but criticising Herzog over Gaza would be "antisemitic". Is that right?
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
So Frydenberg holding Albanese "personally responsible" for Bondi is fine but criticising Herzog over Gaza would be "antisemitic". Is that right?
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"Minns says ‘no silver bullet’ for shark attacks after third incident in two days".
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
"Minns says ‘no silver bullet’ for shark attacks after third incident in two days".
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
Yeah there is - the same solution he has for every problem. Give police more powers and ban the sharks from protesting.
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“The pro-Israel lobbyists wanted me to step away from the microphone… And what they inadvertently did was hand me a larger microphone.”
Antoinette Lattouf, a journalist fired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over an anti-genocide tweet, speaks with Mehdi.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/australias...
Antoinette Lattouf, a journalist fired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over an anti-genocide tweet, speaks with Mehdi.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/australias...
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“The pro-Israel lobbyists wanted me to step away from the microphone… And what they inadvertently did was hand me a larger microphone.”
Antoinette Lattouf, a journalist fired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over an anti-genocide tweet, speaks with Mehdi.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/australias...
Antoinette Lattouf, a journalist fired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over an anti-genocide tweet, speaks with Mehdi.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/australias...