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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we chat to Sarah Collard and Ella Archibald-Binge about their incredible investigative series, The Descendants, made with Lorena Allam for @australia.theguardian.com

Plus news of the week with @theshufflediary.bsky.social. On air 7pm or on demand later.

Chalmers on hotmic blasts the Oz, the Irwins' g'day pay, and Hockey's Instagram prowess

Jim Chalmers has said The Australian "deliberately" gets things wrong in a hot mic recording of a conversation between himself and Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood.

‘Double standards': Confidential DFAT documents warn inaction on Gaza will cost Australia credibility 'Allowing the crisis in Gaza to deepen with apparent impunity undermines our messaging about the rule of law — our adversaries use this to accuse us of double standards.'

Also, the FOI docs show DFAT recommended in June that the govt not give a direct answer to the question: “Do the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites breach international law?”

The suggested response, if “pressed” to answer, was: “Not here to provide legal analysis.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/06/d...

‘Double standards': Confidential DFAT documents warn inaction on Gaza will cost Australia credibility 'Allowing the crisis in Gaza to deepen with apparent impunity undermines our messaging about the rule of law — our adversaries use this to accuse us of double standards.'

A confidential Australian government document reveals internal concerns that Western nations face credible accusations of double standards over their response to Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Via @danielhurst.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/06/d...

On his first day in office, while the press focused on his lie about the weather during his inaugural speech, Trump's administration stripped references to climate change, Civil Rights and LGBTQIA+ rights from the White House website and added a page on Melania and her branded jewellery.

Trump's war on history has a long history

Donald Trump's approach to history can be summed up by his actions on his first day in office, back in 2017, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

Photo of Plestia Alaqad, sitting in a car wearing a press helmet, with type on it: Spin Cycle, 7pm July 31, 3RRR 102.7fm rrr.org.au

Hand holding a book featuring a turn image of Plestia's face - you can see her eyes and press helmet - with the type: PLESTIA ALAQAD, THE EYES OF GAZA: A DIARY OF RESILIENCE

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we'll share a chat with Palestinian journalist, Plestia Alaqad, who generously gave some of her time earlier in the week. @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I will look again at Australian media's reporting on Gaza, and other news. Tune in 7pm

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How a decade of Coalition bullshit on climate gave us our 'bog standard'

The UN says we can do better than "bog standard" climate goals. Little do they know what what constitutes "bog standard" in Australia, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

How a decade of Coalition bullshit on climate gave us our 'bog standard' Presenting a decade of Coalition sound and fury on climate action.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/30/c... The fucking state of it.

The Epstein saga shows Trump's old tricks aren't working anymore

The Epstein saga has afflicted Trump with a new problem — his critics can outsource their criticism to his supporters. @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

If you'd like a sample of CONSPIRACY NATION, there's an excerpt running in the Guardian today!

I was punched in the face by NSW Police, as Chris Minns' anti-protest laws crack down on Palestine dissent I was attacked by a NSW Police officer in an act of state violence against those protesting the Gaza genocide, all while the Labor government refuses to act.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/25/h...

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we are joined by @daanysaeed.bsky.social to ponder why Epstein seems to be the undoing of Trump with the media. Plus Gaza (of c we will never not talk about Gaza) and other media news with @theshufflediary.bsky.social on 7pm. On demand and pod later.

Scoop: @cameronwilson.bsky.social reveals a key component of the teen social media ban was sliced out to get the deal over the line. The crucial change made “no fucking sense”, as one insider put it, and turned the law into something that will “probably now lead to more harm than good”.

Messages from my friends say that Gaza is dying 'Every day, we try to hold on to life, but honestly, it no longer feels like there is hope for survival.'

“Every day, we try to hold on to life, but honestly, it no longer feels like there is hope for survival. I’m from Gaza. We’ve become different people, ones we no longer recognise.”

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/24/g...

yes! we have a (big) chapter looking at the real, evidence-based ways that people, groups and societies can deal with this problem.

we spoke with people who work with those with conspiratorial beliefs, and those who fight against them in their communities.

(pre-order: bio.to/conspiracyna... !!!)

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation

Over 100 aid organisations and human rights groups have called on Israel to let supplies into Gaza.

Clive Palmer's political parties said they had reported a data breach to Australia's privacy regulator. But the office told me they have no record of this legally required step

Political parties are exempt from Privacy Act obligations. Except, UAP was de-registered in 2022

www.crikey.com.au/20...

John Stone, political activist • Dominic Kelly The former Treasury head was revealed as an arch-reactionary in his second career

I felt like the obituaries for John Stone neglected a significant part of his public life, so I put some old and new words together for @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/john-stone-p...

Times the Coalition somehow managed to do better in the polls than it is now The Coalition has recorded its lowest Newspoll primary vote since there was a Newspoll to record it. Tony Abbott, for one, must be very grateful.

Polling puts the Coalition's primary vote at it's lowest level in at least 40 years. It's pretty impressive when you think about it, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

The truth on Elbit: Government signed off $900m deal with Israeli company used in Gaza genocide, after insisting it didn't New documents contradict the Albanese government's claims about its links to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. It in fact directly signed a $900 million contract with Elbit and closely vetted all stages of its engagement.

Exclusive | The government claimed it had nothing to do with handing $900 million to an Israeli company steeped in the Palestinian genocide.

New documents show that's false, writes Bernard Keane.

Trump, Epstein and the conspiratorial core of the United States Donald Trump's embrace of conspiracy theories is simply pulling on a thread deep within America's conception of politics.

" ... in this as in so much else, Trump’s embrace of conspiracy theories simply pulls on a thread deep within America’s conception of politics — one that keeps unspooling, revealing a variety of shades like a magician’s handkerchief."

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/18/d...

When the history of this genocide is written, possibly the most horrifying aspect will be how early and clear the warnings were about the sheer scale of harm inflicted on children

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party suffers data breach potentially affecting all its members An email from the party today says that that a ransomware attack has obtained "our email address, phone number, identity records, banking records, employment history, documents (including those provided subject to confidentiality arrangements)".

NEW: Clive Palmer's UAP says it has suffered a data breach affecting all of its files and emails — potentially affecting confidential agreements, banking records and identity documents — but it does not keep a record of whose data it had.

www.crikey.com.au/20...

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party suffers data breach potentially affecting all its members An email from the party today says that that a ransomware attack has obtained "our email address, phone number, identity records, banking records, employment history, documents (including those provided subject to confidentiality arrangements)".

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party has suffered a ransomware data breach potentially affecting every email and document the party has ever held, according to an email it sent on Thursday.

Zee Feed stays completely and utterly ahead of the curve - say NO to manufactured generational culture wars folks 🙅🏽‍♀️

zeefeed.com.au/intergenerat...

In a crowded field, manufactured generational conflict must be the easiest commentary to produce. There's absolutely no tendency or trait you can't meaninglessly ascribe to someone's age group

The generation wars are deliberately manufactured, by the way. Which is why we mostly conservative-run media outlets ripping nothing-burger content from social media and running it under headlines that overemphasise the age of the subject. By keeping us mad at the wrong thing, an unchangeable thing, they hope to drain us of any energy that can be channelled towards actual progress. Solidarity – especially intergenerational solidarity – has and will continue to be at the core of any meaningful change

Gen Z stare Millennial pause Gen X scoff Ok Boomer iPad babies my brain is melting my brain is melting my empathy is dissolved

Thanks Adam!