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Vale Jon Kudelka; not many better at summing up the issues of the day with great brevity and wit, but also with such vivid, arresting images. A true master of his art.
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Vale Jon Kudelka; not many better at summing up the issues of the day with great brevity and wit, but also with such vivid, arresting images. A true master of his art.
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Kudelka's 2016 cartoon about Pauline Hanson's return to federal politics. (Jon Kudelka)
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Kudelka's 2016 cartoon about Pauline Hanson's return to federal politics. (Jon Kudelka)
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Very sad news about Jon Kudelka.
He wrote this last year about what really matters.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/04...
He wrote this last year about what really matters.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/04...
Lessons from political cartooning
After being diagnosed with an inoperable glioblastoma, The Saturday Paper’s editorial cartoonist took time to consider what really matters – and it is not politics.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Very sad news about Jon Kudelka.
He wrote this last year about what really matters.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/04...
He wrote this last year about what really matters.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/04...
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Vale Jon Kudelka - humour, passion, humanity and art.
So glad we had him here for as long as we did.
So glad we had him here for as long as we did.
Make the world a safer place and block an anti-vaxxer cult before breakfast.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Vale Jon Kudelka - humour, passion, humanity and art.
So glad we had him here for as long as we did.
So glad we had him here for as long as we did.
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Saddened to hear the news that Australian cartoonist Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social has passed. A good man. 😢 🎨 #auspol
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Saddened to hear the news that Australian cartoonist Jon Kudelka @kudelka.bsky.social has passed. A good man. 😢 🎨 #auspol
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Utterly devastating. Jon Kudelka was so good and so compassionate and so funny.
*Nobody* skewered the Albanese government better.
Rest easy, Jon 💔
*Nobody* skewered the Albanese government better.
Rest easy, Jon 💔
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Utterly devastating. Jon Kudelka was so good and so compassionate and so funny.
*Nobody* skewered the Albanese government better.
Rest easy, Jon 💔
*Nobody* skewered the Albanese government better.
Rest easy, Jon 💔
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Vale, Jon Kudelka.
And as always, Fuck Cancer.
And as always, Fuck Cancer.
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Vale, Jon Kudelka.
And as always, Fuck Cancer.
And as always, Fuck Cancer.
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@davemilbo.bsky.social on the Perth Invasion Day terrorism attack:
“You don’t need to go on social media to be radicalised.
You can just turn on Channel 7 and get radicalised.
There is so much racism in mainstream media.” #SundayShot
“You don’t need to go on social media to be radicalised.
You can just turn on Channel 7 and get radicalised.
There is so much racism in mainstream media.” #SundayShot
February 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
@davemilbo.bsky.social on the Perth Invasion Day terrorism attack:
“You don’t need to go on social media to be radicalised.
You can just turn on Channel 7 and get radicalised.
There is so much racism in mainstream media.” #SundayShot
“You don’t need to go on social media to be radicalised.
You can just turn on Channel 7 and get radicalised.
There is so much racism in mainstream media.” #SundayShot
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Here's David Rayfield. "As a Queenslander, I’ve been haunted by the spectre of Pauline Hanson for 30 years"
As a Queenslander, I’ve been haunted by the spectre of Pauline Hanson for 30 years - The Shot
Chuck D from Public Enemy knew about Pauline Hanson. Back before the dark times, those of streaming platforms and corporate...
theshot.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Here's David Rayfield. "As a Queenslander, I’ve been haunted by the spectre of Pauline Hanson for 30 years"
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We finally understand what we are seeing... forever shocked no longer surprised. Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How many nameless trafficked children… how many… how many | First Dog on the Moon
Can I somehow unknow this? Is that OK? Please
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
We finally understand what we are seeing... forever shocked no longer surprised. Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
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This is utterly chilling. This US Alliance looking increasingly like the largest risk to the Australian people.
Exclusive | The Albanese government is handing access to Australians’ biometric data and ID documents to US agencies like ICE, and not telling anyone. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.
Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents
www.crikey.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
This is utterly chilling. This US Alliance looking increasingly like the largest risk to the Australian people.
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Albo has both the legal grounds and a moral obligation to arrest Israeli president Isaac Herzog when he arrives in Australia - UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzo...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzo...
Arrest Herzog for war crimes, says UN Commissioner Sidoti - Michael West
“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival [to Australia] for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti
michaelwest.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Albo has both the legal grounds and a moral obligation to arrest Israeli president Isaac Herzog when he arrives in Australia - UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzo...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/arrest-herzo...
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In other news, "the September quarter in 2025 saw Australia’s highest volume of thermal coal exports: EVER"
"there is still a massive pipeline of new coal mining projects in Australia – 42 of them, to be precise. [..] The 42 new coal projects combined could extract 335 million tonnes per year”
"there is still a massive pipeline of new coal mining projects in Australia – 42 of them, to be precise. [..] The 42 new coal projects combined could extract 335 million tonnes per year”
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
In other news, "the September quarter in 2025 saw Australia’s highest volume of thermal coal exports: EVER"
"there is still a massive pipeline of new coal mining projects in Australia – 42 of them, to be precise. [..] The 42 new coal projects combined could extract 335 million tonnes per year”
"there is still a massive pipeline of new coal mining projects in Australia – 42 of them, to be precise. [..] The 42 new coal projects combined could extract 335 million tonnes per year”
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Cory Bernardi, new One Nation pick, went to America to train in climate denial with #AtlasNetwork’s Heartland Institute. This One Nation, like Farage’s Reform, is a tool of reactionary billionaires determined that no fact will stand between them & profit. #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How Cory Bernardi was inspired to push climate denial from US conservative groups
Climate science denial group the Heartland Institute helped inspire Cory Bernardi and Malcolm Roberts to push back against policies to cut emissions
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Cory Bernardi, new One Nation pick, went to America to train in climate denial with #AtlasNetwork’s Heartland Institute. This One Nation, like Farage’s Reform, is a tool of reactionary billionaires determined that no fact will stand between them & profit. #Auspol
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
February 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When you build an unprecedented amount of renewable energy but it gets used to meet new data centre demand instead of replacing fossil fuels
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. @australianlabor.bsky.social is approving massive new fossil fuel projects like Woodside’s North West Shelf, making Australia hotter and ruining your life.
Oh… and it won’t stop at 50C
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Oh… and it won’t stop at 50C
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
February 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
. @australianlabor.bsky.social is approving massive new fossil fuel projects like Woodside’s North West Shelf, making Australia hotter and ruining your life.
Oh… and it won’t stop at 50C
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Oh… and it won’t stop at 50C
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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This exactly how fascist propaganda works.
If you are a professional journalist doing this kind of journalism, you are in fact doing fascist media.
If you are a professional journalist doing this kind of journalism, you are in fact doing fascist media.
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This exactly how fascist propaganda works.
If you are a professional journalist doing this kind of journalism, you are in fact doing fascist media.
If you are a professional journalist doing this kind of journalism, you are in fact doing fascist media.
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
How AI - and particularly hyperscale data centres - are draining Australia’s green power resources. Interview with @ketanjoshi.co
How AI - and particularly hyperscale data centres - are draining Australia’s green power resources. Interview with @ketanjoshi.co
How AI is draining Australia’s green power
Podcast Episode · 7am · 26/01/2026 · 16m
podcasts.apple.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 PM
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/7...
How AI - and particularly hyperscale data centres - are draining Australia’s green power resources. Interview with @ketanjoshi.co
How AI - and particularly hyperscale data centres - are draining Australia’s green power resources. Interview with @ketanjoshi.co
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Here's me. "It's only terrorism if they're not white"
In a world of tyrants and toadies, it’s only “terrorism” if they're not white - The Shot
“Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” – Rage Against the Machine The state-sanctioned, IDF-trained, ICE murders on...
theshot.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Here's me. "It's only terrorism if they're not white"
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It’s hard to believe in 2026 people are still asking “did you mask before covid?” As some kind of gotcha.
When things change, you adapt.
When you learn, you change your behaviour.
If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!
When things change, you adapt.
When you learn, you change your behaviour.
If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!
January 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
It’s hard to believe in 2026 people are still asking “did you mask before covid?” As some kind of gotcha.
When things change, you adapt.
When you learn, you change your behaviour.
If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!
When things change, you adapt.
When you learn, you change your behaviour.
If I had known an N95 could prevent illness this effectively, I would have worn one sooner!
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Heatwaves and hot days during an Australian summer may seem normal, but when the opal mining town of Andamooka in South Australia reached 50C (122F) on Thursday, it was only the eighth time in recorded history anywhere in Australia
Day and night, there’s no relief: five ways this heatwave is one of Australia’s worst on record
Soaring temperatures, heat at altitude and hot summer nights combine to create one of south-eastern Australia’s ‘most significant’ heatwaves
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Heatwaves and hot days during an Australian summer may seem normal, but when the opal mining town of Andamooka in South Australia reached 50C (122F) on Thursday, it was only the eighth time in recorded history anywhere in Australia
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Vale Nanna Heather Goodall who passed away on Jan 29th. A rare human being who gave so much to so many.
Sydney Knitting Nannas were honoured to have Prof Heather in our ranks, buoyed up by her environmental research and generosity. See youtu.be/X8ABgidgXao
Heather loved and missed (in the beret)👇
Sydney Knitting Nannas were honoured to have Prof Heather in our ranks, buoyed up by her environmental research and generosity. See youtu.be/X8ABgidgXao
Heather loved and missed (in the beret)👇
January 31, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Vale Nanna Heather Goodall who passed away on Jan 29th. A rare human being who gave so much to so many.
Sydney Knitting Nannas were honoured to have Prof Heather in our ranks, buoyed up by her environmental research and generosity. See youtu.be/X8ABgidgXao
Heather loved and missed (in the beret)👇
Sydney Knitting Nannas were honoured to have Prof Heather in our ranks, buoyed up by her environmental research and generosity. See youtu.be/X8ABgidgXao
Heather loved and missed (in the beret)👇
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Pt. 2 on UK’s Reform & #Auspol’s One Nation. MSM is normalising & growing these parties. In a moment when RW politicians use “social cohesion” to suppress any criticism of their goals & @albomp.bsky.social to suppress criticism of Israel, this is real threat.
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The media wants MAGA in the UK and Australia
Too many legacy organisations and mainstream figures are working to make Farage's Reform and Hanson/Rinehart's One Nation into contenders for government.
lucyham29.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Pt. 2 on UK’s Reform & #Auspol’s One Nation. MSM is normalising & growing these parties. In a moment when RW politicians use “social cohesion” to suppress any criticism of their goals & @albomp.bsky.social to suppress criticism of Israel, this is real threat.
lucyham29.substack.com/p/the-media-...
lucyham29.substack.com/p/the-media-...