Stephen Mitchell

Israel publishes names of 250 Palestinian prisoners to be freed Israel's Ministry of Justice provides the names of prisoners it will release in exchange for Israeli hostages, but Hamas says no agreement has been reached.

'There are more than 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service, 87 per cent of whom have never been charged or convicted.'

Sounds legit.

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

Many are going to very disappointed and dismayed when they find out the truth about the #nobelwarprize recipient - as I was 😞😞😩 #auspol #NobelPeacePrize

Surely, even with the dismal standards of our time

“He hates transparency. Loathes it.”
and
“FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.”

can't be brushed aside.

"...police clarified that just 367 of the 815 incidents recorded by Operation Shelter up to 26 March 2025 were antisemitic."

Shocked. Shocked I tell you.

News Radio is cycling through unedited Trump press conferences. Right now, it's on Gaza, which at least is of relevance to an Australian audience. But earlier it was some deal he's made on American pharmaceutical prices - pretty much domestic US politics broadcast to us in total.

Well that explains the latest SportsBet ad.
#parody #auspol #parliamentarysportsclub

Genocidal war criminal nominates his weapons dealer for the Nobel Peace Prize and our Foreign Minister fawns over it.

Embarrassing.

'Secrecy provisions'.

In the Australian Government regulator of...checks notes...charities.

What the ever-living fuck?

Labor in 2025 is more ideologically compatible with an LNP coalition captured by the far right than with moderate left Greens and centrist Teals.

What does 2025 Labor actually stand for @albomp.bsky.social ?

Stephanie Foster is the gold standard in smart arse, obstructionist bureaucrats who categorically do not serve the public. I'm sick of seeing her absolute disdain for elected representatives seeking some smidgen of accountability from her. And I reckon David Shoebridge is too.

Completely unacceptable response. Not only seemingly unprepared for the question (which beggars belief) but also...arms length? From whom? Isn't the NACC the body investigating??

Great to see our research being used in Parliament!

Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

How about it @albomp.bsky.social? How's that translation going?

Or...just spitballing here...don't employ Deloitte as a government contractor again. Just a thought.

Why do you keep saying "Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend"? His girlfriend???

Not his criminal confederate? Not his child-sex-trafficking associate? Not his partner in the decades-long procurement of child sex slaves?

The gambling regulator's alleged 'cosy relationship' with the $50b betting industry Four Corners has uncovered allegations of conflicts of interest and pro-industry bias at the country's part-time regulator responsible for Australia's biggest betting companies.

@albomp.bsky.social it’s way past time you upset the apple cart and deliver on your election commitments - Remember PETA Murphy your colleague who had more gumption than you could ever imagine. #auspol

Let's be clear on the distinction. It's the Israel lobby, or the Zionist lobby. They do not speak or act for all Jews.

screenshot from link up thread starting from “Australia calls on all parties … risks to their safety”. The risk, which is Israelis, goes unnamed.

Australia calls on unarmed civilians sailing lawfully in international waters and upholding international law, namely the convention on prevention of genocide, and Israelis committing an aggressive illegal military attack to respect international law [paraphrased] can they fucking hear themselves?

The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.

Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

@albomp.bsky.social showing he is right up there with the best bare-faced liars we have somehow managed to appoint as PMs.

Crows, swans, hawks and eagles are all native Australian birds too.

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

CHRIS HEDGES says his talk at National Press Club on “The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists” - focusing on the amplification of Israeli lies in the press - has been cancelled.

“In the interest of balancing out our program”, chief executive of NPC Maurice Reilly

open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Why though, Rex? Is it just kneejerk institutional culture to avoid scrutiny? Political powermongering to eliminate lines of attack? Or actual corruption? Big skeletons at the back of big closets?

"...the fiercest resistance to wider public-hearing powers for the NACC came from Albanese himself..."

But does anyone actually believe it was to protect "people who had done nothing corrupt"?

Good on TSP for reporting but is it too much to ask that media offer more than puddle-deep analysis?

“intercepted in international waters” by a military force is an attack. “Captured” in international waters is abducted. These are illegal acts of aggression. How anyone can keep providing cover - including the Australian public broadcaster - for the Israeli military at this point is beyond me.

Trump-Netanyahu plan: Reproducing occupation under the name of 'peace' What was recently proposed by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the title peace deals is nothing but a rearrangement of the cards of power in the region, far from addressing the core of the Palestinian issue: justice.

What is being proposed under the name of a "peace deal" is nothing but an attempt to beautify and reproduce the occupation. But the unmistakable truth is that the Palestinian people, despite genocide, starvation and displacement, will continue to cling to their rights. #auspol #Israel #Palestine

This is so insane. Public education needs a massive boost, not cuts. Almost all non-gov schools are religiously affiliated in some way- why are we outsourcing education to religious orgs? Education is compulsory- we should have pride in and strengthen our secular public schools, not undermine them.

BREAKING: New analysis shows that Labor’s deal with the states will lock in permanent underfunding of public schools.

What does it say about Labor that they simply refuse to provide public schools with the bare minimum while they pour $55 million a day into private schools?

Think this is a test for @australianlabor.bsky.social and #DFAT. Do they work for Aussies or are they actually committed to #Isreal and #US interests? #auspol

Int. law expert Chris Sidoti says those coming to Australia who served in the IDF & had “any involvement in the war in Gaza” should be treated as a “suspect”
“A suspect who should be investigated & if the evidence warrants it, prosecuted & if a court is satisfied, convicted!”💯 #NPC