Charles Livingstone

The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.

Perfect

Word of the year already? Huzzah! Here’s what the latest crop of 'young people' words mean | First Dog on the Moon The main thing you need to know about ‘six seven’ is that you do not in fact need to know what it means

...and the 2025 word of the year is www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What should be a routine reminder: the national party got 3.8% of the national vote. Tail, meet dog.

Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.

Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Untamed Grace does not spare Tony Abbott - a scintillating read.

Bad practices, poor regulation: How the bookies are getting away with it Australia’s gambling industry faces scrutiny as investigations reveal regulatory failures, rising harm, and mounting calls for a national regulator to rein in the influence of betting giants.

On how to fix the turpitude of wagering operators: lens.monash.edu/@medicine-he...

Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act New research shows Australian gambling harms, including suicide, may have been systematically under reported.

Excellent Conversation article from @angerintoul.bluesky.social theconversation.com/australias-g...

Gambling regulation in Aus is a national disgrace. The govt has ignored the Murphy Report & repeatedly blocked my bill to hold gambling giants accountable. If they won’t listen to evidence, experts or the crossbench, they should at least listen to the community. #auspol #politas

Ooh #FourCorners what a crooked bunch of bloodsuckers who have our govt by the cojones, those folks in the NRL, the gaming industry and even the body supposedly tasked with encouraging “responsible gambling”.
Time for one of those #royalcommissions to uncover the corruption all the way to the top.

Australian citizens have the right to return to Australia. Calling them 'Isis brides' does not change the law. They are Australian.

Not just that you will be punished for standing up for the oppressed, but that you will be ritually humiliated and made an example of.
Hello, world?

Guess where former defence ministers are? 👀

The revolving door is a real obstacle to good governance and it should be SHUT.

Single frame, ice shelf with a couple of groups of penguins. One penguin says to another: “The bad news is, climate change is threatening our future. The good news is, global conflict means we mightn’t have a future to worry about.”

Bad news good news.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

YouTube (of all companies) is begging to be excused from the social media ban | First Dog on the Moon Of course banning kiddies from doing anything won’t make them want to do it more so that should be fine

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Time scientists say the rotation of the Earth is speeding up – what is happening? | First Dog on the Moon

You wouldn't know it on the mainland, but the Tas govt last year agreed to pay $75m to 129 victims of child abuse just in Ashley detention centre.
And there's *at least* one more class action on the way.
All Aus taxpayers pay for this abuse. But the natl media didn't think it was important.

Oh yeah

Somebody needs to have a stern word with the oceans about the importance of gas as a transition fuel.

In the polite academic argot to which I subscribe, fuck yeah!

Single frame. Orange sunset sky, vultures circling, desert scene with downstage left dinosaur skeleton; upstage right two chesterfields with two balding old blokes drinking brandy. One says: “So I said, ‘You ladies don’t need special quotas - you’re assertive enough!’ Just joking of course…”

What women problem?
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Tasmania in crisis over billion-dollar AFL stadium The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis and a snap election likely to be called as the premier clings to plans for a stadium that will bankrupt the state.

Richard Flanagan pulls no punches: Tasmania in crisis over billion-dollar AFL stadium www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Holy macareenas ...

In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.

Ross Gittins points out the weakness at the core of the ALP government: www.theage.com.au/business/the...

The gas industry, run by sociopathic millionaires, provides nothing to Australia. This filthy, illness-causing, & cultural/climate/enviro vandal-vampire industry is sucking out the money that should be going to schools & hospitals while the gormless government skips about going la la la.

Yet another perfect cartoon!

The women on the left is not amused ...

Spot on! #auspol
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Our political ruts have shaken loose. Will parliament adapt to the new normal? But the last election campaign exposed the true decline in the quality and capacity of the parliamentary Coalition — as well as its underlying party machines — to do politics and to do policy in a way...

Laura Tingle on the coalition: 'the death throes of what are now effectively a group of small fringe parties.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

David Littleproud (holding a small nuclear cooling tower) and Sussan Ley at either end of a sofa which has been severed in the middle, facing a bucket of coal, saying “Mummy and Daddy still love you very much.”

The split.
My @smh cartoon.