Graeme S Cartledge
@gckoz.bsky.social
historian - 19th century, local government, gold, culture, politics, social change
Australia’s political and media elites are losing control of the story johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Australia’s political and media elites are losing control of the story
Australia’s political and media establishments are struggling to adapt to a world where narratives can no longer be tightly managed. And attempts to restore authority through censorship, moral panic a...
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February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Australia’s political and media elites are losing control of the story johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Have Your Say on possible changes to property investor incentives
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Have Your Say on possible changes to property investor incentives
Have your say on the federal government's possible changes to capital gains tax discounts and other incentives in our reader poll.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Have Your Say on possible changes to property investor incentives
www.thenewdaily.com.au/poll/2026/02...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/poll/2026/02...
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Reposted by Graeme S Cartledge
We failed to hold the right-wing oligarchs accountable for the coup on January 6th, Russian interference, the subprime housing crisis, the WMD lie, Iran Contra, Watergate, and the confederacy. Elect people who will.
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history.
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
January 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
We failed to hold the right-wing oligarchs accountable for the coup on January 6th, Russian interference, the subprime housing crisis, the WMD lie, Iran Contra, Watergate, and the confederacy. Elect people who will.
Best of 2025 - Blaming China won’t keep the lights on – or pay the power bill johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01... "China’s still building coal. But it’s also shutting down older plants, rolling out record levels of wind and solar and exporting the hardware that keeps much of our own transition going"
Best of 2025 - Blaming China won’t keep the lights on – or pay the power bill
Sky News is back on the beat with a familiar headline: “The $20,000-per-person climate tax: Cost of Australia's green agenda to become astonishingly clear this week when new emissions targets are set....
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January 8, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Best of 2025 - Blaming China won’t keep the lights on – or pay the power bill johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01... "China’s still building coal. But it’s also shutting down older plants, rolling out record levels of wind and solar and exporting the hardware that keeps much of our own transition going"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... for LNP national unity is not a priority "The hateful ... man who led Sunday’s abhorrent terror attack, moved to Australia from India 27 years ago, when Howard was prime minister. His son, who has been charged with terror offences, was born in Australia"
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... for LNP national unity is not a priority "The hateful ... man who led Sunday’s abhorrent terror attack, moved to Australia from India 27 years ago, when Howard was prime minister. His son, who has been charged with terror offences, was born in Australia"
FB page uses Australian politics to push fake news www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "engagement-bait operations that publish false claims to drive traffic to websites often laden with scams, ads and viruses"
Foreign social media page pushes Australian politics fake news
Foreign-run social media pages are spreading disinformation about Australian politicians quoting fabricated news reports and interviews.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
FB page uses Australian politics to push fake news www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "engagement-bait operations that publish false claims to drive traffic to websites often laden with scams, ads and viruses"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... LNP IR laws always means less for workers - LNP policy is just another scam proposed by the rich to hoard more of the nation's wealth for themselves. Its counter productive as less $ in the pockets of ordinary Australians means we are all worse off
Can the Liberals fight on industrial relations without disaster?
Sussan Ley is hoping Tim Wilson can negotiate the industrial relations minefield for the Liberals. He has his work cut out for him.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... LNP IR laws always means less for workers - LNP policy is just another scam proposed by the rich to hoard more of the nation's wealth for themselves. Its counter productive as less $ in the pockets of ordinary Australians means we are all worse off
Why the hot issue of anti-immigration is wrong www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "without a substantial program of attracting young migrants, we will become a nation of retirees grumpily complaining that it’s hard to get help in the aged care residences in which they live"
Anti-immigration has become a hot issue. Here's why it's wrong
Those who seek to advance their political careers by vilifying migrants might ponder where Australia will end up without them.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Why the hot issue of anti-immigration is wrong www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "without a substantial program of attracting young migrants, we will become a nation of retirees grumpily complaining that it’s hard to get help in the aged care residences in which they live"
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OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... "What’s necessary – and entirely possible – is coverage that accurately describes far-right ideology for what it is, situates it within historical and social contexts, and resists the privileging of spectacle over substance"
How media coverage helps normalise the far right
Media coverage does more than report on the far right. Through language choices, sensationalism and false balance, journalism can help shift racist politics into the mainstream.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... "What’s necessary – and entirely possible – is coverage that accurately describes far-right ideology for what it is, situates it within historical and social contexts, and resists the privileging of spectacle over substance"
Reposted by Graeme S Cartledge
Russians committing mass murder today on the streets of Ukraine's city of Dnipro, launching missiles into a heavily populated area in the morning hours.
Four people dead, and 22 injured.
Four people dead, and 22 injured.
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
corruption in offshore detention www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2025/12... "Department of Home Affairs continues to pay outsized and exorbitant fees on contracts no longer fit for purpose – all in the name of keeping Manus Island and Nauru off the front page and out of the minds of most Australians"
The man who exposed corruption in offshore detention
At its height, in 2014, more than 1000 people were being held on Nauru, as part of Australia’s offshore detention system.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
corruption in offshore detention www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2025/12... "Department of Home Affairs continues to pay outsized and exorbitant fees on contracts no longer fit for purpose – all in the name of keeping Manus Island and Nauru off the front page and out of the minds of most Australians"
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... “A climate decision that cannot even say ‘fossil fuels’ is not neutrality, it is complicity. And what is happening here transcends incompetence” billionaire owned media & govts to blame - it has to stop
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight
The latest UN climate summit avoided even naming fossil fuels, while mounting evidence shows climate damage accelerating – from melting glaciers to declining ocean life.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... “A climate decision that cannot even say ‘fossil fuels’ is not neutrality, it is complicity. And what is happening here transcends incompetence” billionaire owned media & govts to blame - it has to stop
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Kostiantynivka burning under russian terror.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Kostiantynivka burning under russian terror.
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "Certain politicians continue the lie that we can keep opening more coal mines and coal seam gas fields without totally destroying Australia’s climate and food and water security" Glenn Morris Inverell NSW
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me
When politicians say they’re against net zero, they’re willing to let their constituents suffer record-breaking floods, droughts and heat.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "Certain politicians continue the lie that we can keep opening more coal mines and coal seam gas fields without totally destroying Australia’s climate and food and water security" Glenn Morris Inverell NSW
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby
Former Australian Ambassador to China and senior diplomat Geoff Raby commends Pearls and Irritations
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November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... its not hard to grasp what has happened - its the hatred of Government and policy that allows a few to exploit without restraint & hoard all the resources for themselves - a problem as old as humanity itself
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich
As the planet spirals toward environmental collapse, elders like Attenborough, Earle, Hansen and Suzuki have spent decades warning us – and offering hope. But the billionaires in bunkers aren't listen...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... its not hard to grasp what has happened - its the hatred of Government and policy that allows a few to exploit without restraint & hoard all the resources for themselves - a problem as old as humanity itself
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "Every time we avoid releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we reduce future climate impacts and risks and leave the planet more habitable for future generations"
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate
As leaders leave Brazil and the 2025 UN climate summit draws to a close, it's worth reflecting on what science says about Earth’s climate – what’s changing, why it’s happening, and where we’re heading...
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "Every time we avoid releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we reduce future climate impacts and risks and leave the planet more habitable for future generations"
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate
As leaders leave Brazil and the 2025 UN climate summit draws to a close, it's worth reflecting on what science says about Earth’s climate – what’s changing, why it’s happening, and where we’re heading...
johnmenadue.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The shadow of the Tampa johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... lingering influence of Howard's & subsequent LNP administrations which used fear, negativity, racism and lies to stay in power. We must continue to expose lies and misinformation by these pseudo-conservatives & promote positive liberal values
The shadow of the Tampa
Nearly 25 years on from the Tampa crisis, Australia needs a parliamentary inquiry to lift the lid on offshore detention.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The shadow of the Tampa johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... lingering influence of Howard's & subsequent LNP administrations which used fear, negativity, racism and lies to stay in power. We must continue to expose lies and misinformation by these pseudo-conservatives & promote positive liberal values