Fund preschools not prisons

Prof. Amos Goldberg: “Yes, it is genocide” Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote the following article about the situation in…

Maybe Professor Goldberg, who is Jewish, who does live in Israel, and who studies Holocaust History for a living, sees things more clearly than you do. Or is he one of the people you are disappointed in? www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/prof...

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.

Summary of Peter Hartcher article in Nine

We must stop peace protesters from terrorising our war criminal guests

Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

Herzog’s visit may be Albanese’s most flawed decision - and he’s made a few.

Bet his colleagues are furious #auspol

Why I Cannot Stand By: Protesting Israeli President Herzog's Visit to Australia When the Jewish Council of Australia says ‘not in our name,’ we have a moral duty to stand with them. Join us on 9th February 2026. By Sue Barrett This Monday, I’ll be protesting Israeli [...]

“Herzog’s visit doesn’t foster unity.

It tells Palestinian Australians their lives matter less. It tells progressive Jewish Australians their voices don’t count. It tells the world that Aus will provide the red-carpet to leaders implicated in humanitarian catastrophes.”

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Australia declines to join statement criticising Israel for Unrwa demolition The Albanese government has declined to sign up to an international statement expressing concern about Israel demolishing an aid agency’s headquarters. The foreign ministers of 11 nations, including the UK, Canada and France, strongly condemned Israel for demolishing the East Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) in a joint statement issued on 28 January. It called on Israel “to fully abide by its obligations to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in accordance with international law”, saying current aid levels were inadequate. Canberra was invited to join the most recent declaration, but declined the offer without an explanation, one diplomatic source told AAP.

The @albomp.bsky.social is defined by cowardice in the face of evil.

A govt complicit in the worst abuses.

It supports Israel’s genocide and funds the US military.

The Government’s invitation for President Herzog to visit must be rescinded - it will cause immense distress to many who have lost relatives in Gaza. This is a time to build social cohesion not blow it out of the water ! 💦

Marching for peace is dangerous, but apparently genocide is no problem

Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.

Australian, Palestinian lawyers seek police probe of Israeli president Legal groups says Australia obliged to investigate Israel's President Herzog for his role in genocidal war on Gaza.

Legal groups says Australia obliged to investigate Israel's President Herzog for his role in genocidal war on Gaza.

“in light of serious and credible criminal allegations of incitement to genocide and advocating genocide” by President Isaac Herzog during Israel’s “military onslaught” in Gaza

Whatever happened with the $94 million dollars of oil we stored in the US reserve in 2020? Is it still ours or has DT requisitioned this too? www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/ta...

Hate and hate groups raise very real problems. There are existing powers to ban neo-Nazis and other groups that promote or incite violence. We have repeatedly asked why these powers have not already been used against neo-Nazis and not had adequate answers.

Ladies and gentlemen may i introduce the real leader of the opposition in Australia. #Auspol.

Time to end AUKUS, remove US bases and chart an independent, principled and safe defence and foreign policy for Australia. Cringing in fear under the tattered US umbrella while it’s being used to beat up US allies is no longer a credible plan.

Remain bewildered by the Greens approach to this hate speech bill. Who is the constituency that wants them to negotiate in good faith to get some version of these laws over the line next week?

Their political opponents have introduced a terrible bill. Their base hates it. Just knock it down.

The Albo government's antisemitism bill is a rushed hatchet job. Nobody has proper time to consider it carefully enough, and it will have all sorts of unintended consequences if passed. It is the worst kind of law-making: moral panic induced, pandering to powerful lobby groups' demands.

Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.

I don’t know how Malinauskas is managing to make this even worse. This is a horrendous comment - the false equivalence here is horrific

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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Unbelievable. I told the Sky News guy to fuck off with his questions and now *that* is the story.
This hungry beast is insatiable.
How’s that Royal Commission into Murdoch media going?

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

“one doesn’t have to be a student of history to know that art in the service of ‘social cohesion’ is propaganda” – Louise Adler

Decision to disinvite Palestinian-Australian writer from Adelaide Festival is pure, ugly politics The moral spinelessness in not only seeking to silence Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, but to link the cancellation to the abhorrent terrorist attack in Bondi, speaks volumes over who is allowed to have a voic...

www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/09/p...

I've only just joined the dots here 🙄:

Randa Abdel-Fattah dropped from Adelaide Writers Fest is the same who was dropped from the Bendigo Writer's Fest and who had research grant revoked and had to be investigated for most of 2025 until it was reinstated.

She is Palestinian and hounded #auspol

Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah

The Great Palestinian Silence It seems everyone is tweeting about freedom of speech. So let me tell you a story about freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine. In the days leading up to Israel’s proposed annexati…

No Adelaide Writers Week for me. I can’t in any good conscience now appear at a festival seeking to mute a very necessary public conversation … Randa Abdel-Fattah is an important voice. Here’s something I published from her on, guess what, Palestinian marginalisation. meanjin.com.au/latest/the-g...

Disgraceful news: the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Festival Board is disinviting a writer because she is of Palestinian heritage. Another arts org trashes its reputation & makes other people pay for its decision. The choice for other invitees & people with tickets is very unfair. And very clear.

Randa Abdel-Fattah uninvited from Adelaide Writers’ Week, because of Bondi, even though they "do not suggest in any way that Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s or her writings have any connection with the tragedy at Bondi." She just can't come anymore. Because Bondi.
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As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.

A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.