John Donegan

Protest the minister's office instead. She is volunteering.

He’s not wrong.

The intention being to make people think twice about protesting next time? What possible justification for that can there be? It is obvious to anyone with common sense that granting police any kind of immunity from consequences is not in the interests of the public. #auspol

What Herzog should have asked is, “what would you do if the Indigenous people of Australia rose up and resisted the occupation?”

I’ve just read an SmH article that presents a timeline of the Sydney protest.
The first two thirds are basically a police issued “statement of facts”.
The final third reluctantly references video & still photographs that contradict the police version.
Being a copper’s crumb maiden ain’t jernalishm.

NSW Police have a long and proud history of violent corruption. It was moving watching them honour that tradition yesterday.

These violent protestors who chose to bash their faces against the innocent policemen’s fists deserve to go to jail for a long time.

Why won’t Jacinta Allan take responsibility for NSW police violence against protestors?

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

Australia news live: police use pepper spray as Sydney protesters attempt to march; thousands rally in Melbourne to oppose Isaac Herzog’s visit Follow live

That’s the smell of social cohesion in the air, and eyes and throats, I guess. This is so predictable. “Australia news live: Police use pepper spray as Sydney protesters attempt to march; thousands rally in Melbourne to oppose Isaac Herzog’s visit” www.theguardian.com/aust%E2%80%9...

Yes. All those millions he stole from workers’ pension funds. Disgraceful.

A photo by Riley Walter of a policeman punching a protester published on the SMH news website.

Protests don’t “turn” violent until the police arrive and start punching people

The widow Maxwell surrounded by family shoots a dirty look

The widow Maxwell surrounded by family shoots a dirty look

Attended by the president and me…

Ghislaine Maxwell’s father was a Mossad informant.

Off to Sydney protest march against President Herzog being invited to Australia. @simonwdc.bsky.social @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social @paulrgregoire.bsky.social @paulbongiorno.bsky.social

Helicopters, metal detectors, snipers on roofs in Bondi??

Australia feeling really socially cohesive right now, so glad the government decided to make that a priority 🫠

A post from 2019.
We’ve been betrayed 😞😞 #auspol

I’m so sad for us that we’ve lost Kudelka.
Much love to his family who he openly and demonstrably loved so much.
At least now he doesn’t have to suffer the fools who visited his gallery and asked, “do you have any of your ducks with teapots on their heads.”

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.

RIP Jon Kudelka. One of the fiercest, funniest truth tellers Australia has ever known. A comic warrior for decency and justice. Devastating news.

the police presence at Town Hall is unfuckingbelievable. They are deep inside the station, stopping and searching people at the top of the stairs from the platform. Absolutely off the charts I have never seen anything like it and I have protested for over 40 years.

Indigenous and Palestinian flags crossed in a badge pinned to my jacket

War criminals can fuck right off

You know, it’s just possible to feel really bad about the violent deaths of Israeli Jews, the genocide in Palestine and the deaths of Australian Jews all while being neither anti-Semitic or Islamophobic.

Somehow that has become impossible for the political class.

Australia was a better place when the Prime Minister came from Victoria. (Whitlam and Hawke the notable exceptions).

red carpet..

I generally loath capitalists but credit where it is due.
Sussan Ley stared down the rebels in her own party and watched them crawl away. Then she stared down the pissants in the Nationals party room and watched them come crawling back.
No mean feat.

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

Peak Rugba Leeg

“War criminals are people too,” AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw told Senate Estimates…