Ebony Bennett

Shadow minister for immigration.

Son is working at the Lakemba night markets setting up the stalls etc. He was talking to woman on a stall who said it was very quiet this year and some commercial media are turning up asking people about their views on terrorism.
Where's the outcry about the effects of Islamophobia?

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Just how spot on was Jon Kudelka.

Pure and simple genius. #auspol

Q. What the hell happened to the Crazy Rich Asians sequel?
That was a mega hit and then…nothing
Is it racism?

“If we don’t fight now to protect our basic civil liberties, the beatings will continue until social cohesion improves,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.

Read more: https://theaus.in/4aiOEBI

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

A blackTISM tshirt with a red stop sign on the chest with the name Greg printed in the middle

Saw someone wearing this TISM tee and remembered: for 10+yrs I thought this song was about a stop sign called Greg 🤦🏼‍♀️

My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy

Superb by @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social

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Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now It remains in place for now to allow further legal argument and the government to consider an appeal.

Solidarity =/= terrorism say British judges.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves We must fight to protect our basic civil liberties.

Social cohesion can't be built on a bedrock of police violence, criminalising protest, silencing dissent and ignoring international law.
My Canberra Times column >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/917467...

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

Grim reading
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Angus Taylor apologises to Clover Moore 'unreservedly' over false travel figures Sydney lord mayor has received a letter from the minister conceding the numbers he relied on ‘were not correct’

Greatest hits: "Moore’s office received a letter from Taylor criticising a $15m travel bill during 2017-18 and suggesting Moore could reduce the council’s carbon emissions by cutting down on international travel."
#libspill #auspol
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Same vibe
#auspol #libspill

I'm preparing a bracket of songs for Angus Taylor for my RRR slot on Tues morning. eg Who'll Stop the Rain
Any suggestions?

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Many thanks @australiainstitute.org.au and especially @ebonybennett.bsky.social and @richarddenniss.bsky.social for the excellent webinar with Professor Stieglitz this morning. Watching the chat firming up on what needs to be done as the conversation progressed was fascinating.

Their head of state

I feel Jon wouldn’t mind my showing you the first draft of this, because I thought it great, but he knew the language needed to be toned down just a smidge :-)

He really knew how to stab a finger right into the chest of those who needed it

Nipaluna/Hobart says Herzog is not welcome here. #politas #auspol

No party in Australian history has had the cruisey run One Nation is having right now. Not only can you say your racist stuff on Karl Stefanovic’s podcast, you can have it signal boosted with no analysis or pushback by The Guardian.

Oh no!

How Cory Bernardi was inspired to push climate denial from US conservative groups Climate science denial group the Heartland Institute helped inspire Cory Bernardi and Malcolm Roberts to push back against policies to cut emissions

Cory Bernardi, new One Nation pick, went to America to train in climate denial with #AtlasNetwork’s Heartland Institute. This One Nation, like Farage’s Reform, is a tool of reactionary billionaires determined that no fact will stand between them & profit. #Auspol

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Two frames. 1. Customs and Border Protection agent with suitcase open holding two pieces of paper, says to man opposite, “President Herzog, we note there’s a photo of you here signing a bomb meant for Gazans, as well as a UN accusation of incitement to genocide…” 2. Same scene but agent is handing closed suitcase to the man saying “Welcome to Australia and enjoy your stay.”

Here we are.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Why did the RBA jump the gun on raising interest rates?

"If they go too fast, the cons are that the economy will slow down and unemployment will go up. Well, that's not a con to the RBA."

@MattGrudnoff @ebony_bennett #auspol

Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations The Labor Government is dragging the public into another unlawful welfare scandal, because it refuses to walk away from an ideology and industry built around punishment

Punishment Pays: The reason why the Government won’t bin Mutual Obligations

"The main purpose...is to identify, punish, and purge those the state believes are unworthy of support," writes @jeremypoxon.bsky.social #auspol
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia | Chris Sidoti Anthony Albanese should recognise he made a terrible mistake in inviting the Israeli president to Australia and put a stop to this divisive political visit

“Someone who incites genocide does not satisfy the good character test for entering Australia. On the contrary, a person who incites genocide should be arrested on arrival and tried under Australian law and international law for the crime.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Had literally *any* other nation done this the anger being heard across the media airwaves and from politicians would be deafening and unending.

Photo of Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the frontbench of the House of Representatives NEW EPISODE | “They rushed this”: why the Reserve Bank got it wrong by raising rates Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

With inflation being driven by Christmas holidays & data centres, the RBA didn’t need to raise the interest rate this week.

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social discuss why the RBA is so cautious about cutting rates, yet so quick to hike them up. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4qkepGv