Within the space of 7 days the Albanese Labor Govt has welcomed the head of state of a country committing genocide - and given another $30b of our public money to the Trump fascist administration through AUKUS.

Can’t believe it #auspol

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...

I, for one, look forward to a renewed focus on the business dealings of Jam Lands Pty Ltd

Pope nails it.

Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53 Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by the Australian, the Saturday Paper and the Hobart Mercury

i can’t help but think how much he would hate all the fuss but guess what you grumpy bastard you are so incredibly loved by so many people. rest in power jon ♥️

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Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called ‘reprehensible’ Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil Dezer

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If you are planning to go to one of the many protests on Monday - as I am - I am more anxious about this one than any other protest I’ve ever attended.

I’ve no doubt there will be troublemakers provoking a reaction.

Please everyone - stay calm, don’t react - & be safe #auspol

We moved in the Senate for the Albanese government to withdraw the invitation to Israel’s President Herzog to visit Australia. He has literally signed bombs used in the genocide in Gaza. Labor, the Liberals and One Nation joined together to vote it down. That tells you everything

Labor: Welcome Mr President, we are proud to honour you

Settler-only IDF units functioning as ‘vigilante militias’ in West Bank Exclusive: ‘Regional defence’ settler units are escalating violent displacement of Palestinians, Israeli reservists and activists say

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Australia! I quite like bits of it | First Dog on the Moon But this is not a day for celebration

I'm back! Here is a cartoon about Australia Day but also not. With bandicoots! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This 26 January, we should question Australia’s subservience to a different empire: Trump’s America | Paul Daley What would it actually take for Australia to ditch Aukus, dispense with the little America cloak and rethink the alliance?

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If four million pigs or chooks died on farms in a year, questions would be asked. Last year's death toll of Tas #salmon sparks calls for companies to be fined under animal welfare law, to avoid 2025 mortality rates becoming the "new normal". #politas #auspol

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First Peoples flag for the land known as Australia with the words “ALWAYS WAS ALWAYS WILL BE”

#AustraliaDay
#AlwaysWas#AlwaysWillBe
#Auspol

My favourite fail from Moriarty is the $45 billion Hunter Frigate scandal. Under him Defence didn’t assess the project for value for money and ‘lost’ the records explaining why they chose UK’s BAE to deliver the mess … but there are so many it’s hard to choose. www.anao.gov.au/work/perform...

Murray Watt’s licence to kill endangered species in Tasmania Murray Watt’s latest approval for Korea Zinc includes a table that explicitly permits the company to kill thousands of native animals a year, including critically endangered species such as the swift ...

Murray Watt’s licence to kill endangered species in Tasmania www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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...

Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke Thousands sign petition calling on Iceland’s foreign minister to reject Trump ally Billy Long’s nomination

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Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds ACF analysis finds amount of habitat approved by Albanese government for land-clearing hit a 15-year high last year

'The ACF’s latest annual “extinction wrapped” report has revealed that the threatened species habitat greenlit for land clearing was about 10 times the size of Sydney Harbour – more than double the 2024 figure, and over five times ... 2023.'
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"A ceasefire that still buries children is not enough."

Airstrikes, drone strikes and hypothermia are among the lethal conditions prevailing in Gaza despite the ceasefire, with +100 children killed since early October, @unicef.org said at today's United Nations Geneva press briefing. #GazaGenocide

Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population

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A whole bunch of artists and cultural workers have lost work because of the implosion of Adelaide Writers week — writers, producers, stage crew, front of house. None of this was their fault. Something for the Labor premier to think about

Good grief. Makes you wonder who else was on the short list?

Even the Adelaide Festival's apology was badly handled:

"We also apologise to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented..."

Not for making the decision? A wrong decision? Shocking.

The 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week has officially been cancelled. Well done to the Board of the Festival and the Premier of South Australia for this devastating outcome.

Travellers & tourists should be aware the #Hilton hotel chain just fired a franchisee who wouldn't rent a room to ICE thugs. If you stay at a Hilton/Doubletree (or affiliates) you might be next door to a trigger-happy goon squad, or supporting a brand that's made a choice to stand with them.

Gazans beg for shelter as winter storms batter millions and Israel limits aid Homeless Gazans are begging the Israeli government to allow proper shelters into the strip as winter storms batter the enclave and destroy many people's tents.

'About 1.5 million Gazans — three-quarters of the population — are living in tents or makeshift shelters, but the Israeli government is refusing to allow caravans, temporary housing or building materials into the strip.'

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Why is a Labor Premier silencing a writer?  - The Shot For many Adelaideans, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...

I write about the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle for @theshot.net.au.

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He doesn't read a book or hold a pen?