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LEFT: Mark Kelly, shirt covered with medals.
RIGHT: Pete Hegseth, shirt covered with booze.

The Barilaro-Berejiklian 'save the pest horses' bill is finally revoked.

Make them play a third innings

19 wickets in Day 1 on a pitch that rally had no demons in it suggests a combination of good bowling and a fair bit of bad batting #Ashes

Both sides clueless with the willow

No third umpire reviews in politics

Bit of a shame Brad Battin didn't make it to Boxing Day. 'Battin dismissed' would have had nice cricket vibes #auspol

India v S Africa neither side made 200 in either innings. Was the pitch a minefield? Or more likely players simply don't have the patience/skills to play Test cricket #cricket

As a teenager I worked in a boutique tile factory and can remember John Laws booming away via the office radio. Not really my cup of tea but I guess he made his mark on Australian broadcasting.

LOL

What did Americans think was going to happen? This was all obvious prior to November 2024

Presenting: Couch Potato (VP Version)

A history of dissent: Australian democracy would look very different without the right to protest - ABC Religion & Ethics Protests occur as part of a political struggle with winners and losers. Like strikes, protests are disruptive; that’s the point — they’re intended to force change on issues that would otherwise remain...

It's not often ABC publishes an article of such comprehension and considered thinking. www.abc.net.au/religion/jef...

'Clearly human error': TT-Line sent wrong specs, leading to $9m Spirit ferry fix The head of Tasmania's state-owned ferry operator blames "human error" for a berth problem that needs a $9 million fix and modification to the hulls of the two new Spirit of Tasmania ships.

Somebody just effed up....

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Protest is central to democracy and doesn't need to justify itself. That said, it would be interesting to learn if there are economic benefits to the protests in Melbourne CBD. Presumably some of them will buy food or coffee afterwards

ICYMI, this was an excellent interview with Chris Hedges.

Kudos to Dave for getting this exclusive.
But there is a key question arising that mainstream media pretend they don't have to answer:

Why are Australian journalists so scared to confront the truth about Israel and Palestine? #auspol

News dot com spruiking "huge news" about Mason Cox's career. Short of running for parliament, it's hard to see how a 34 y.o fringe player could generate huge news

Barnaby Joyce barely coherent on morning breakfast TV

NYC No Kings—these are 8 different pics of an aerial shot panning for blocks. Enormous crowd.

🤔?

www.instagram.com/p/DPzWMKGCeW...

Despise Barnaby Joyce's views on energy but still reckon he'd be an odd fit for One Nation. Publicly opposed the death penalty and has avoided race baiting #auspol

Chris Minns exaggerated the scale of antisemitism in NSW – and won't apologise The NSW premier had Australia believe antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that to be false.

#ChrisMinns ( @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social ) exaggerated the scale of #antisemitism in NSW – & won't apologise
The #NSW premier had Australia believe #antisemitic hate was running rampant. Police data has shown that to be false.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...

#AUSPOL #NSWpol #IsraeliLobby #Zio

The ocean's 'wall of death' is ruining Australia's pristine beaches Illegal fishing is ravaging the world's oceans of fish and shellfish but it is what is left behind that is creating a mess for governments worldwide and of Australia's most remote beaches.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

How Genocide Happened

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

Yes that 'Nixon goes to China' equals 'Abbott can bring about reconciliation' trope got a pretty good run

At 77 metres, is this hoop pine Australia's tallest rainforest tree? Researchers mapping millions of trees as part of a climate change study think they have found Australia's tallest rainforest tree.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Labor of course do not need one single vote of the LNP to pass any laws, so they are choosing to make the laws weaker.

“Slavery is not great, but abolitionists are condescending and refuse to listen.”

-Committed Centrists, 1850s