Leslie C. Thiess

naval gazing

Fabricated quotes exploit confusion over former premier's health Disinformation operations on Facebook are sharing fake quotes from former Victorian premier Dan Andrews and his family amid speculation about his health.

Disinformation operations on Facebook are sharing fake quotes a former state premier and his family amid speculation about his health.

https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fabricated-quotes-exploit-confusion-over-former-premiers-health/

Legend

Angus Taylor holds cost-of-living press conference in Canberra’s wealthiest suburb.
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The Canadian PM calls for middle powers to work together to counter the rise of hard power and the great power rivalry, in order to build a more cooperative, resilient world.

Single frame. PM Albo and Penny Wong in Albo’s office sitting at coffee table, looking exhausted, Albo holding a beer. Portrait of John Howard on wall. Albo’s desk and shelves behind showing photo of him with Trump, football, rabbit, plaque saying “Social Cohesion”. Albo says, “Remember Saddam’s WMDs?” Wong says, “Good times.”

Déjà vu.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Donald of Arabia

Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

Opinion: Jackie O enabled the misogyny of Kyle Sandilands. Inevitably, he turned on her. shorturl.at/mv7EU

Single panel editorial cartoon. In a petrol station. As their partner watches on, a person picks up a fuel bowser only to turn and see a tycoon with his top hat bearing multiple fuel retailer logos. He is wearing a mask and pointing a gun at him, while on the ground is a bag for the money. Up on the advertising screens a newsreader is announcing ‘War Begins’.

Modern bushrangers #auspol

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY BERNIE......

after gillray

no oil painting

Cut-price Costello Tim Wilson on Sky just now: "It’s very clear to me that when there’s an increase in petrol prices, Jim Chalmers collects more excise revenue."
Excise is not based on price changes. It's indexed twice a year in line with inflation.

every time I, an Australian, see AI companies promise not to let their tools be used for mass ~domestic~ surveillance:

Khamenei Senior is being replaced by Khamenei Junior, remarkable progress on the regime change front.

Single frame. Trump at whiteboard with pointer. A line of backs of heads of various world leaders. (Macron Carney Albo Starmer Merz Von der Leyen). Written on whiteboard: “INTERNATIONAL RULES-BASED ORDER. 1. I RULE. 2. I ORDER THE REST OF THE WORLD AROUND.

Rules-based order.
My @smh cartoon.

I’m so pissed off about this. 🤬

One of the biggest differences between Trump's first and second term is that now he is so old he knows he will be dead or lost to dementia soon.

So he can do whatever he wants, and it shows.

The USA needs many things but an age limit is one, no over 65's as President.

To clarify, according to the latest from the President: the US did not attack Iran because it anticipated Iran would attack it because Israel was going to attack Iran. The US attacked Iran because it forced Israel to attack Iran because Iran was going to attack Israel after the US attacked Iran.

Iran’s regime is vile, but what Trump and Netanyahu have done is a war crime The US and Israel have used the same perverse justification for the attack on Iran that Putin used to invade Ukraine.

Iran’s regime is vile, but what Trump and Netanyahu have done is a war crime | Geoffrey Robertson.

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After a disastrous 2025 election loss, the Liberal Party engages in some critical self-reflection
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America first. Today’s Age cartoon

Fiona Katauskas is on fire. Brilliant. 💥 #auspol
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Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

Thousands of Australian travellers are stranded as airlines cancel flights into and out of the Middle East.