Johnny Boy

… and lost his shirt

Live: Lehrmann loses appeal against finding he raped Brittany Higgins Bruce Lehrmann has lost his appeal against a Federal Court ruling that found on the balance of probabilities he had raped his then-colleague Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

He went back for his hat!

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Kudos to David Littleproud for his genuine, heartfelt best wishes extended to Albo & Jodie on #insiders .
Nice to see expressions of humanity in #auspol

“The Opposition has talked themselves into irrelevancy”
- Graeme Samuel
#insiders #auspol

Three photos of the beautiful new stations in Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel.

I hope #insiders acknowledges the opening today of the most beautiful inner-city railway stations in Australia - Melbourne’s 9km Metro Tunnel with 5 new stations.
Credit to ALP Premier Andrews who pushed ahead after various myopic LNP leaders (Baillieu, Napthine & Abbott) tried to shelve it
#auspol

“America was softened up for Trump long before he arrived”
- Kerry O’Brien Walkley Awards.
“Don’t believe it can’t happen here”
#auspol

Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025

Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.

Pope Francis's Popemobile transformed into mobile clinic for Gaza children A former "Popemobile" used by Pope Francis during his 2014 tour of the Holy Land has been transformed into a mobile health clinic for Gaza's children, but Israeli authorities are yet to give permissio...

In a nice twist on interfaith cooperation, the blast-proof glass that once protected the Catholic Pope, will now protect Palestinian children & health workers in Gaza from Israeli snipers during mobile medical treatment.

#SanctionIsrael #AusPol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Geez, this is not #AustralianStory
… it is Leigh Sales doing an interview.
ABC’s Australian Story format is unique & brilliant - introduced by someone close to the subject with just the subject & those connected with the story telling the story.
No interviewer needed.
Don’t mess with the format!

Total bill for BoM’s new website came in at $96 million In his first interview, new Bureau of Meteorology chief Stuart Minchin has revealed the eye-watering true cost of its lambasted new website.

$100 million for a failed website (that has no registered users / password access / consumer data / paywall / ecommerce etc etc etc) is truly insane. $78 million for "design"!?!?! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

“I am a millennial” says Victoria’s new Liberal leader, Jess Wilson.
She has said it a zillion times just in case you missed it.
#springst #auspol

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Nicki Savva (who has very strong LNP sources) said on #insiders that the South Australian Liberals are worried that in the March state election they might be reduced to ZERO seats.
#auspol

“We are witnessing one of history’s greatest betrayals” - Mark Kenny re Trump pushing the putrid Putin “peace” deal on Ukraine.
#insiders

… ex @nytimes.com

The reason why Trump’s meeting with his sparring partner the newly elected New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani surprisingly went so well.
Trump loves getting coverage.

“"I've had a lot of meetings with the heads of major countries, nobody cared. This meeting — you people have gone crazy."

Geez - 3 in 11 months

End times for the USA.
#auspol

“If you work in the zoo don’t try to be friendly with the animals”
- Australian political journo of yesteryear on “Anabel Crabb’s Civic Duty “ re working with pollies.
#auspol

“What’s good for the planet is good for your pocket.” - Chris Bowen
#insiders

Arguably the most arrogant Australian journo, Paul Kelly, does a story about Gough Whitlam’s dismissal and puts himself at the start of the timeline.
#auspol #dismissal

Photo of former Liberal MP, Wolahan pointing out that ditching Net Zero would show that LNP doesn’t care about what city voters care about

We are entering bushfire season in Oz which always focuses people’s minds on the (literally) inflammatory effect of climate change on our world.
If the LNP does ditch Net Zero the LNP will become even more electorally insignificant.
#insiders #auspol

Um … David Littleproud on #abc730 saying that one third of Australians can’t afford to put food on the table tonight.
One in three people you see in the street?
Nine million people?
Clear, obvious lies like this should be challenged on the fly otherwise all credibility is lost.
#auspol

Oh my God, Cuba. When the guy is dead you can stop punching!

Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

Trump “confuses dementia screening for ‘very hard' IQ test as he brags about results.”

"Trump has previously bragged about his performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a dementia screening administered by clinicians that is not intended to test for intelligence.” people.com/donald-trump...

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
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Of course Barnaby Joyce hasn’t announced how he sees his future.
He is getting far too much enjoyment in lapping up all the attention journos are giving him as he vacillates. #abc730 #auspol

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

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Hundreds of thousands protest in Amsterdam against Gaza war Protesters of all ages weathered the rain to join a 6-kilometre march through the Dutch capital.

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