Chris Udy

I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

Yes The Vietnam War, famously politically correct.

If a company has to partially refund $440k for an AI written report, paying $5k to a fact checker to manually check every reference suddenly becomes potentially worthwhile

I wonder if the potential exists for a service that manually fact checks professional reports for AI hallucinations?

De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."

They are proud of committing genocide.

Good to see Scott still out there soiling his pants on a regular basis

A Cathedral of Grievance: How Murdoch Built The Monster He Can No Longer Control Rupert Murdoch built more than a media empire. He built a cathedral of grievance where facts die on the altar and paranoia pays the rent. For three decades, this structure stood as the template for [....

The top looks worse.

Last night on #NineNews, there was a report about an innocent victim of her accountant who gambled her $800k away through #SportsBet. She is suing #SportsBet now.
Immediately after, during the ads break, there was an ad for #SportsBet!!!
#BanGamblingAdvertising

Ooh #FourCorners what a crooked bunch of bloodsuckers who have our govt by the cojones, those folks in the NRL, the gaming industry and even the body supposedly tasked with encouraging “responsible gambling”.
Time for one of those #royalcommissions to uncover the corruption all the way to the top.

“Covid/vaccines scam“ and “no autism in Vietnam until Bill Gates”
So the full set of loony tunes American conspiracies.

The meeting where Dutton and Hastie’s relationship fell apart In an exclusive extract, Niki Savva reveals details of the shadow cabinet meeting that irreparably damaged Peter Dutton and Andrew Hastie’s relationship, and how Dutton panned his frontbenchers’ polic...

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Twilight Zone stuff! We export our gas - contributing significantly to world emissions, causing local electricity prices to go through the roof, whilst not receiving tax or royalties - to keep others happy and to reserve a place for our politicians at the big table. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ #auspol

Via @petercronau.bsky.social:

“Look at the corporate sponsors of the National Press Club in Canberra. NPC is sponsored by some of the world’s most voracious arms traders:

Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Raytheon Australia, Thales.”

Mike Hutchinson @michaeljames947 Never published... but a NPC website search reveals: • . Published by & NPC Coordinator on O September 8, 2025 Chris Hedges $95.00 3:58 PM • Oct 4, 2025 • 1,656 Views

“The proposed address was never published on our website, so the claim from Mr Hedges that was removed is also false.”

Meanwhile, the NPC website:

Chris Hedges - Statement by the National Press Club (4 October 2025) The National Press Club wishes to respond to the article published by journalist Chris Hedges about his proposed address at the club. The club was approached by representatives of Mr Hedges to make an address, and tentatively agreed to a date given his stature and expertise on the matter of Gaza. The club is constantly reviewing its address schedule, and when more details of the address were made available we decided to pursue other speakers on the matter. Chris Sidoti and Ben Saul addressed the club this week on the case for Palestinian recognition (with Chris being of the view that recognition in of itself is not enough), and we have Unicef Global Spokesperson James Elder and Judge Navi Pillay covering the war who will be speaking in the coming weeks. It is important to state that the board and its CEO Maurice Reilly make decisions on speakers independently. There has been no pressure from anyone outside of the board, either directly or indirectly, regarding our speakers on the war in Gaza. The inference that our decision to not go ahead with an address from Mr Hedges was to appease sponsors etc or lobby groups is false, exemplified by the speakers we have had on the issue. The proposed address was never published on our website, so the claim from Mr Hedges that was removed is also false. The inference that Mr Hedges was being cancelled to make way for the Israeli ambassador is also false and without basis. We wish Chris Hedges well on his tour of Australia. Contact Maurice Reilly CEO - National Press Club ceo@npc.org.au

National Press Club getting themselves all twisted in knots

Single frame. Blue ute crashed into tree roadside, smoke rising from crumpled car bonnet.. Policeman with notebook attending. Driver Peter Dutton in red cap points to Andrew Hastié behind him in back seat saying “He was passenging recklessly.”

Crash and blame.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

“I haven’t heard the name in so long” with all the conviction of my 5-year-old claiming he didn’t piss all over the toilet seat

Trump knows these tariffs are trashing every aspect of the economy, including agriculture. That seems to be the point. Create instability and drive everyone deeper into desperation.

So tough. So brave.

Meanwhile, elderly survivors remain hidden in ‘supported independent living’ group homes that are still staffed by some of the people who once worked at Mayday Hills

When we talk about the things that should haunt us, memory does not last long beyond the survivors unless testimony is recorded. And most of the communities that housed these sites have no desire to have those stories on the record, because it is a source of eternal shame

Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...

Proposed changes to Australia’s FOI laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, our new research shows.

The PM described Robodebt as a “gross betrayal and human tragedy”, yet his government plans to make cabinet documents harder to access. #auspol

There is no democracy without transparency

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

“Anyone looking to contract these firms should be asking exactly who is doing the work they are paying for, and having that expertise and no AI use verified.

“Perhaps instead of a big consulting firm, procurers would be better off signing up for a ChatGPT subscription.”

- Deborah O’Neill, procurer

A big four consultancy firm has used AI in a report that had several errors, and charged the Australian taxpayer with the bill. I am livid.

Devastating climate risk assessment shows fossil fuel exports must end Just three days after approving an extension of one of the largest fossil fuel export projects in the world, the North West Shelf, the National Climate Risk Assessment reveals the devastating conseque...

Read more about the devastating revelations in the Climate Risk Assessment ⤵️
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Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians Climate change is making natural disasters like fires, floods, heatwaves and drought worse, costing Australians billions every year. Make fossil fuel producers pay a climate disaster levy to help pay...

Fossil fuel producers should pay for the damage they are creating, not ordinary Australians.

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Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent." The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.

"He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian. Pretty despicable."

Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is “abhorrent.”