Peter Davidson 🇦🇺

Crew of Iranian Ship Bushehr Surrenders to Sri Lankan Government The entire crew of the Iranian auxiliary ship Bushehr has surrendered to Sri Lankan authorities.According to NewsFirst, the decision was made after consultations between the country’s government agenc...

⚓ The entire crew of the Iranian auxiliary ship Bushehr has surrendered to Sri Lankan authorities.

In total, 208 crew members surrendered to the Sri Lankan government.

militarnyi.com/en/news/crew...

Sri Lanka’s President announced on March 5 that the island nation will take charge of IRINS Bushehr (A 422) and its crew 🇱🇰 🇮🇷
By @adithyakm.bsky.social
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s Iran war lies in the Senate exposed https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/03/06/foreign-minister-penny-wongs-iran-war-lies-in-the-senate-exposed/ #Auspol

How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming Without this form of fertiliser, crops will not produce yields on which the world’s population depends, leaving people starving.

It's not just oil that's not flowing. Add the fertiliser shock to the mix and consider #foodsecurity - theconversation.com/how-the-iran...

If you would like to find out more about the shocking #IPPscandal follow @trapped-ipps.bsky.social and listening to their hard hitting documentary Podcast series here👇

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This war may not have been entirely thought-through.

Listen to his speech with PM Carney 🇨🇦
It gave me more hope
The Australia Canada alliance

Live: Israel pushes into Lebanon as Europe drawn further into Middle East war Israeli forces have entered southern Lebanon and issued a wideranging evacuation warning for southern Beirut, causing panic in the capital.

"Breaking: PM says three Australian personnel were on US submarine that sunk Iranian frigate"

-Having only just said we wouldn't give out such info!
Expect no less when allied with Christofascists.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Check out the new stories on virologydownunder.com if you're looking for something different to distract yourself from wars, drones, missiles, domes, or nuclear proliferation.

Albanese has now admitted that Australians were onboard the US nuclear sub that sank an Iranian vessel and left the crew to drown, in a violation of international law. This was always an inevitability of AUKUS. End AUKUS now.

what was that thing some military type said once ... something about the standard you walk past is the standard you accept???

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reache...

“If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Just listened to PM Carney 🇨🇦 speech.
Please listen
A great pity this new role between our PMs and countries isn’t broadcast more widely
Australians would like this I feel
#auspol

The fuck kind of answer is this

700,000 people! There's only 5.3 million people in all of Lebanon!

Democracy Agenda for the 48th Parliament The Democracy Agenda for the 48th Parliament identifies 10 major reforms that would improve parliamentary debate, government accountability and openness

Credit to Liberals for saying no.

Former Opp Leader Sussan Ley was consistent on this while Govt applied a double-standard -- cutting Opposition staff bcos Liberals lost seats, but not giving minor parties more staff when they won more seats. australiainstitute.org.au/report/democ...

Labor offered Coalition more staff to support dead FOI bill, says Bragg Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has revealed a negotiating tactic from the government in seeking support for the controversial bill that was shelved on Thursday.

The allegation emphasises a point @australiainstitute.org.au made before last year's election:

The PM shouldn't decide how many staff his political rivals and potential allies get.

Story from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social Nick Newling --
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

The Liberals made an extraordinary allegation yesterday -- that PM Albanese used last year's cut in Opposition staff as leverage for his freedom of information crackdown.

According to Senator Bragg, Govt tried to do a deal: support the FOI Bill "in exchange for" more staff.

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

To clarify, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," scolded a disciple for taking the sword to one of those arresting him, and in depicting the Final Judgment, suggested a group with very GOP-like characteristics would go straight to hell.

Is Australia at war with Iran? Or do we not disclose that for operational and security reasons?

So Albanese has willingly and deliberately involved Australia in an illegal war started by the US. Doesn’t matter if it’s 3 or 300 military personnel, Australia is complicit in this attack. JFC, we’ve gut a fucking lunatic governing this country.
#auspol

Albanese confirms three Australians on US sub that sank Iranian ship

📢 The prime minister insists “no Australian personnel have participated in any offensive action against Iran”. Greens Senator David Shoebridge says both things cannot be true.

How Flightradar24 became the go-to platform for the world to watch global aviation crises unfold The Swedish flight tracking tool, spun out of a price comparison portal, is tracking the travel chaos sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran in real time

How Flightradar24 became the go-to platform for the world to watch global aviation crises unfold

this is what Coalition MPs used to say about anti-Vietnam war protesters...labor really has come a long way ....right.

Pro-Palestine protest organisers ‘a pack of communists’ intent on confrontation with police, Minns tells budget estimates New South Wales premier faces questions over what he told MPs who attended demonstration opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

"The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has labelled pro-Palestine protest organisers “a pack of communists” as he continues to blame them for violent clashes with police last month, amid ongoing dissent among Labor MPs about the government’s response."

Chaos for fresh food exports as Middle East conflict disrupts transportation The outbreak of fighting in the Middle East has left Australian businesses scrambling, with some products sitting in warehouses with nowhere to go.

The outbreak of fighting in the Middle East has left Australian businesses scrambling, with some products sitting in warehouses with nowhere to go.

"I wouldn't normally confirm 3 Australians were on board the sub that sank a warship more than 3,000km away from the Gulf (a dog act) but oh look, I just did".

Whatever the reasons, we were 'embedded'. That's the way #Iran will see it. We're a target.
#auspol

The Mad Man’s Hymn Verse 1 On Sunday morning voices rise, and churches fill with song; they crown the Saviour as their King and praise Him loud and long. But when the final amen falls, the crown is set aside; the vows t...

Pete Hegseth Sec. of War is using end of times Christian rhetoric to justify war

On Sunday morning voices rise,
and churches fill with song;
they crown the Saviour as their King
and praise Him loud and long.
But when the final amen falls,
The crown is set aside;

blakandblack.com/2026/03/06/t...