Dave S - Visible Federal ICAC Now!

Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol

Exclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findings Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six.

Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six. By Jason Koutsoukis. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22586/....

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My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy

Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened

No more protesting thanks, that's it wrap it up it's not cohesive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wednesday's cartoon in The Mercury Newspaper: Jon Kudelka helped me get my first cartooning job at The Mercury. He also showed me how to be quick-witted and fearless. I was in a constant state of joke-envy over his cartoons. I'm gonna miss that feeling, but more than that, I'm gonna miss my friend.

Single frame. Chris Minns stands beside a massive tonne weight marked NSW POLICE being lowered by a crane. Visible sticking out from under the weight are hands, legs, a woman’s face, a keffiyeh and placards saying “NO TO GENOCIDE”, “FREE PALESTINE”, “HERZOG OUT”, “NO TO VIOLENCE” Minns says, “Thst should socially cohere them nicely.”

Cohesion.
My @smh cartoon.

Vale to one of Australia's greatest cartoonists and artists - Jon Kudelka

Scene is Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen (then Min for Immigration) in a lighthouse with "Light on the Hill: written under the bulb. Gillard is turning the light off, saying 'It was attracting the boats"

I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.

Vale Jon Kudelka. What a loss to the world

This work of genius he did years ago still hits as hard and is as relevant today.

This cartoon of his lives rent free in my brain.

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Vale, Jon Kudelka.

And as always, Fuck Cancer.

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

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/...

James is unique and brilliant in the afternoons time slot. And you and James were a great segment - not always sticking to topic in an entertaining way. Hope James gets better soon

Mourning Bondi. Australia's hierarchy of grief - Michael West Australia suffers from selective empathy. And nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who can mourn.

"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn"

Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous
#auspol #antisemitism
michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...

Solid.
My @smh cartoon.

YouTube video by MidnightOilVEVO Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years (Official Video)

Thanks to Rob & all the Oils for what they gave the world. Shocked, sad but grateful. These too, should not be forgotten years . Vale Rob
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ea...

We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob. For now there are no words but there will always be songs. Love Always from Jim, Martin & Pete.

Australia is one of the worlds richest countries. we can afford $360 billions for nuclear submarines and $14 billion per year for fossil fuel subsidies. We can give away more than half the gas we export for free.…

But our privatised health system can’t even keep maggots & mould from our hospitals

Well said Andrew. Sad day, still in shock even though I knew it was coming. Great man and world's best drummer - Vale Rob

Rob Hirst was a force of nature, a born showman who led Midnight Oil from the back Phenomenal drummer and percussionist was an equally accomplished songwriter who embodied the band’s bloody-minded spirit

I wrote this some time ago - with all of us knowing this day would come, and Rob, of course, fighting like the bloody-minded bastard he was to the very end. He irrevocably changed my life - and how our country saw itself. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

So sad to hear of the passing of the great Rob Hirst, drummer extraordinaire & heartbeat of the mighty Midnight Oil. He was a beast behind the kit. The Oils will always be my favourite Australian band, & getting to meet Rob 10 years ago was a memory I will always treasure. RIP Rob, you're a legend.

YouTube video by Skitizen Oils on Water - 5. Only The Strong - Midnight Oil

For those not fortunate enough to have seen Midnight Oil and Rob Hirst at their peak, this famous gig on Sydney's Goat Island was as good as it got. What a beast! RIP Rob.

Oils on Water - 5. Only The Strong - Midnight Oil youtu.be/IWFjvgxE8Ig?... via @YouTube

YouTube video by ABC Music Midnight Oil - Best Of Both Worlds (triple j Live At The Wireless - Goat Island 1985)

Vale Rob Hirst - drummer in Midnight Oil. A champion for social justice and credited for many of their songs.

This from his prime #auspol

youtu.be/6RaMvEk55kQ?...

Rob Hirst's iconic drum solo in Midnight Oil's Power and the Passion

📢 Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst has died aged 70. He co-wrote many of the band's biggest hits and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023.

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Adelaide and the crisis of free speech iandunt.substack.com/p/adelaide-a...

Great piece Ian. If you need company for a beer, bushwalk or a chat in Sydney let me know.
Keen to see you speak - maybe a Intercontinental Origin Story with Dorian dialled in or a LNL reprise with Phillip Adams?

Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?