Bernard Keane

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Can the centre hold in Australian politics? Not if key players stop trying

Liberals can't roll over to the right to battle One Nation — there's another way The Nationals' One Nation-fuelled abandonment of climate science leaves Liberal moderates with a choice: give in to terrorists or stand up for their constituents.

The One Nationals' "pay more for power for longer" climate policy is crunch time for the remaining Liberal moderates.

Do they keep rolling over to appease right-wingers or stand up for their voters?

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YouTube video by Crikey News The Fraser Manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal party

Malcolm Fraser wanted a new party that's basically 'the progressive Libs' – you could say we now have that in community indies.

But can a structured party do things an indie coalition can't? BK & I discuss on the pod.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfQ...

Listen on Apple, Spotify, etc #auspol

So terribly sorry to hear -- it sounds like you gave him the farewell he deserved and did right by him. Mourn and then celebrate loving him.

not sure who it is as I'm blocked. kudos to whoever it is for pre-emptive blocking
but I do hold with mainstream opinion and hate the Keaton ep

ABC News (Australia) headline: For the first time since the conflict in Gaza began nearly two years ago, an American president told Israel to stop — and it did.

ABC now running completely untrue propaganda for America and Israel. The bombing hasn’t stopped and it has been widely reported that Netanyahu said to his own people they wouldn’t stop pretty much as soon as trump asked him to.

Trump's plan to end war crimes in Gaza, naturally, puts war criminal Tony Blair in charge Perhaps Tony Blair is the ideal man to lead a Trump reconstruction plan in Gaza. His lies about Iraq led to at least 100,000 deaths and helped pave the way for Trump.

Opinion | Donald Trump wants to impose an economic development plan on Gaza, led by Tony Blair — a man whose deceptions led to 100,000 deaths in Iraq, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

I don't think this journalist understands the role of public servants compared to ministerial office staff.

Free speech? Neoliberal economics? Rule of law? No, now only the white male id guides the right Gone are the days when the cornerstones of right-wing ideology pointed towards neoliberal economics and personal freedom. All has been replaced with the agenda of the anxious white male.

“… It is an “agenda” of the white male id — capricious, short-fused, anxious, paranoid, jealous, demanding of control but resentful of the burden of responsibility control brings — the nihilism of privilege.” @keanebernard.bsky.social

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Netanyahu proves he's a thin-skinned, genocidal man-child — and that News Corp is a foreign propaganda outlet The Israeli prime minister poses as a tough guy, but criticism reduces him to a quivering jelly of rage. It's no surprise he went to News Corp to vent.

Netanyahu is a corrupt, genocidal, thin-skinned man-child who propped up Hamas with millions of dollars.

Why is even a foreign propaganda outlet like Sky News giving him a platform?

How the productivity roundtable became a vast gaslighting exercise — and sums up the fatal rot in Australian politics The run-up to the productivity roundtable has been a giant demonstration of how politics in Australia is merely a quarrel of vested interests and not the national interest.

What a weird coincidence — everyone attending the productivity roundtable thinks something they directly benefit from would be great for the economy, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Media Release: Jewish Council backs march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

We stand with – and join – those marching across the bridge and call for immediate action to stop the Gaza genocide and for a future where everyone is free, from the river to the sea.

How it started. How it's going..

News Corp smear campaign against Sarah Schwartz demolished by independent review The Australian launched a smear against Sarah Schwartz alleging antisemitism. An independent review has completely cleared her and pointed the finger at News Corp instead.

News Corp launched a disgusting smear campaign against @sarahschwartz.bsky.social last summer. But an independent review just completely cleared her of fake charges of antisemitism -- and pointed out how the media took her out of context

'Background use only': How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media Labor's response yesterday to mass starvation in Gaza was to condemn a Greens senator for mentioning it. Then it tried to spin itself as the victim.

Never mind dying babies, what about Senate decorum? Crikey reveals how Labor sets its priorities when it comes to genocide in Gaza. @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

The terrors of toytown: Sydney quakes in the shadows of entertainment and gambling egos Sydneysiders should stop pretending they live in a serious city. It's run by the entertainment-gambling industrial complex, and it stinks.

Dear Sydney: you're not a global city, you're just a toytown run by a grubby entertainment-gambling industrial complex. Love, @keanebernard.bsky.social

‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

OpenAI's 'productivity' garbage is an age-old scam — and one that's long crippled Australia Touting the economic benefits of AI is straight from business lobbyists' playbook, one used over and over again.

This week the media fell for OpenAI's bullshit about massive productivity gains from adopting AI — just another demand for handouts by big business, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Gaza protesters cop a beating while criminals run increasingly rampant: It's Chris Minns' NSW

In NSW, violent crime is surging. Meanwhile Premier Chris Minns is obsessing over pro-Palestine protesters, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Choppers of credibility: How 15 years of Defence debacle gave us dud helicopter carriers The Department of Defence's management of our two largest naval vessels was characterised by spectacular incompetence, critical failures and possible fraud, a new report shows.

How long before the government does something about the department of defence? A new report reveals spectacular failings around our helicopter carriers, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Trump's bombing proves 'the global order' was just power politics all along. Now? Welcome to the jungle Australia has long been an enthusiastic supporter of a 'rules-based international order'. That order is now dead at the hands of the Trump administration. And it turns out China was right — it was a s...

Welcome to the jungle: the "rules based international order" that Australia has lectured other countries about for decades is dead and buried.

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What was Australia's role in Trump's attack on Iran? You're not allowed to know Other US allies are being transparent with their people about any role their nation played in the attack on Iran. But from Australia's leaders? Crickets.

What was Australia's role in Trump's attack on Iran?

You're not allowed to know.

While other governments treat their citizens as adults, Labor keeps us in the dark.

Chaos, violence and war become the norm as the US empire collapses The US is now the main agent of global chaos. How should Australia's policymakers respond?

The American empire is in accelerating decline, exposing vassal states like Australia to increasing global chaos and violence.

How is Australia's political establishment coping? Not too well.

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Albanese should be avoiding Trump like the plague. Why is he (and Australia's toytown media) chasing him?

Anthony Albanese doesn't need to chase Trump, and voters don't want him to. He should ignore News Corp and the Coalition and keep his distance, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

The regime change the West needs is the end of Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu's unprovoked attack on Iran is another in the long list of examples of how the right is now the biggest threat to global stability and security.

The genocide, ethnic cleansing and aggression demonstrated repeatedly by Benjamin Netanyahu exposes the double standard at the heart of the west's foreign policy.

The regime change we really need is the removal of him and his genocidal government from office.

As Trump and his militia torch America, Albanese recklessly insists on business as usual Anthony Albanese avoided talking about Australia's changing strategic circumstances during the election. But as Trump embraces fascism, he may not be able to much longer.

Anthony Albanese has integrated Australia's defence capability into what is looking more and more like Donald Trump's private militia.

How long can the fiction of business as usual with the US be sustained?

Lobbyists and consultants dictated a government health scheme. It ended in disaster The auditor-general has revealed how an attempt by lobbyists, consultants and bureaucrats to reform Meals on Wheels ended in disaster.

The Auditor-General has revealed another example of unethical conduct by bureaucrats, this time around a plan to re-engineer Meals on Wheels across Australia. @keanebernard.bsky.social reports.