Peter Monk

He sure seems fixated specifically on the age of 14 being the beginning of adulthood.

The difference between a private prayer and a communal prayer in parliament: are people religious, or is parliament religious? In a secular country, our government should not be taking part in sectarian religious rituals. #auspol

GOP needs to realise that it's not just getting away with stuff, it's also setting precedents.

What If Wednesday: Banning the Lord's Prayer from Parliament - ABC listen Today on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Drive, What If Wednesday tackled the question: What if we banned the Lord's Prayer from Parliament?

What if we banned the Lord's Prayer from Parliament? Ali Moore (ABC Melbourne) ponders this question with input from Georgie Purcell (Animal Justice Party) & Evan Mulholland (LNP). #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-drive/what-if-wednesday-ban-lords-prayer/105593082

When an invading army does it, we call it a war crime. In Alabama they call it good moral policy.

The Australian government spends a lot more money supporting those who want to discriminate against others than it does supporting those who are discriminated against. Religious schools still have free reign in refusing employment & enrolment of LGBTIQ+ staff & students. #auspol

Senate Confirms Judge Who Compares LGBTQ Rights To Pedophilia And Declares Christianity "Must Be Imposed" - Joe.My.God. The Huffington Post reports: Senate Republicans handed Trump a win on Tuesday with confirmation of one his first judicial nominees, Joshua Divine. Divine, 35, will now hold a lifetime seat on a U.S. d...

US Senate Republicans have confirmed a lifetime appointment for a 35-year-old district court judge who is anti-abortion, has compared LGBTIQ rights to pedophilia & bestiality, and who thinks that Christians are “obliged ethically to impose their beliefs on others.”

www.joemygod.com/2025/07/sena...

‘It’s a takeover’: the South Australian power player reshaping the state Liberal party Charismatic senator Alex Antic has risen to the top of factional state politics, bringing his conservative religious supporters with him. Is it a roadmap for the national Liberal party’s existential c...

The LNP's Alex Antic continues his push for "god-fearing, conservative" people in politics, attracting "angry activist Christians who see politics as a pathway to changing the morality of Australia.” #saparli #auspol #ChristianNationalism

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Two very informative articles from Abraham Edwards on the content and context of Jillian Segal's antisemitism report.
"Segal’s plan is to use various arms of the state to combat opponents of Israel’s apartheid and genocide." #auspol
1: https://bit.ly/ae-segal-1
2: https://bit.ly/ae-segal-2

From @theklaxon.bsky.social. Such enthusiastic support of right-wing activism really casts Segal's proposed punitive measures against universities and the media (including a singling out of the ABC for spreading "manipulated narratives") in a new light. #auspol

Australia must combat antisemitism, but not simply defer to demands of some voices | Ben Saul The special envoy’s plan will never be effective if it tackles only the symptoms and refuses to acknowledge let alone address a key driver

Segal's plan to combat antisemitism, which proposes using the IHRA definition as the basis for (amongst other things) disciplining staff or cutting funding at universities, raises concerns of a chilling effect on legitimate freedom of expression. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YouTube video by Dr. Becky The FIRST images from the RUBIN observatory!

Exciting first images from the new Rubin Observatory in Chile, which aims to survey the entire sky every three nights for the next 10 years!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVc...

@manmademoon.bsky.social
I see Denis Villeneuve will be directing the next Bond movie. Do you have any ambitions there? I'd be up for seeing the new Bond have an existential crisis after realising he is merely the latest in a long line... 😬

Siri, how could we possibly make this putrid dumpster fire of an administration any less competent?

It's just constant threats and bullying with this idiotic arsehole.

Hold the Trump administration accountable. Hold Fox and other right-wing media accountable. They churn out violent rhetoric every day, polarising and radicalising the country. It's going to get worse as long as they continue to do so.

Aren't you worried about Trump's tendency to use presidential powers to punish organisations and individuals he doesn't like or who have disagreed with his policies? I don't recall any other president using their powers so punitively. This already seems more like a dictatorship than a democracy.

He can sound almost human at times but as with everything else, it's a case of watching his actions rather than listening to his words. There is often a chasm between the two. It's just as likely that he'll get into a huff about some offense to his ego and forget this conversation ever happened.

Is there anyone heavily involved in the MAGA fiesta at this point who isn't a criminal, swindler, pervert, paedophile, drunk, drug addict, nepo baby, pathological liar and/or sex pest? FFS.

Peak irony!

The pro-religious lobby wail about persecution any time a shred of their privilege is threatened. These institutions receive a continuous free ride - financed by Australian taxpayers - based solely on their religious association. Our public education system is being strangled by inequality. #auspol

Weekend Wrap for 15 June 2025 - National Secular Lobby Catch up on the latest Australian secular news with the NSL's Weekend Wrap for 15 June 2025.

Welcome to the 15 June 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism
https://www.nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-wrap-for-15-june-2025/

‘Game On’: The minute-long message that unleashed the Brethren’s election machine To the secretive sect, messages from its leader are treated as holy writ. This one put its members on the national stage.

"One Sunday in mid-April, two weeks into the federal election campaign, the global leader of the extremist Christian sect formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren … gave permission for an unprecedented electoral effort by the church." #auspol
https://bit.ly/202506-brethren-message

Warren Report: Musk leveraged government access for personal gain Since Election Day, Musk's staggering net worth has increased by over $100 billion, the report states.

A new report details more than 100 examples of "unethical or potentially corrupt actions" that benefitted Elon Musk or one of his companies and which took place during Musk's tenure in the Trump administration. #doge #musk #trump
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit

Weekend Wrap for 1 June 2025 - National Secular Lobby Catch up on the latest Australian secular news with the NSL's Weekend Wrap for 1 June 2025.

Welcome to the 1 June 2025 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism
https://www.nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-wrap-for-1-june-2025/

'They've trashed the joint': Disastrous takeover sealed Healthscope's demise The Healthscope collapse has exposed the often-conflicting goals between government responsibility for health services and subsidised, but privately run, institutions looking to maximise profit.

It's a bad idea to outsource the provision of vital services to private companies when they then have a direct financial incentive to avoid providing those services. #auspol #privatisation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

I guess #NeverAgain only goes one way. In no way should we be supporting what Israel is doing to human beings. #auspol

#Catholic schools misrepresent Labor's position on school funding and hint to school parents they should vote LNP. Deceptive and disgraceful behaviour by these institutions seeking to retain their privilege. #auspol

‘It’s part of who I am’: PM heads for Rome as questions raised about his faith Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cited his Catholic childhood as a key influence on his approach to government as he heads to Rome for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV.

"I believe in a separation of church and state. I’ve always chosen to do an affirmation [rather than swearing on a Bible], because I think that, as the Australian prime minister, I represent people of every faith and no faith." #auspol

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...