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Dear Australian news media
When reporting Israeli claims that are demonstrably false, known lies, REPORT THIS! Some suggested phrases:
"Israel falsely claims ..."
"Israel repeated the proven lie that ..."
Words matter. Facts matter. Otherwise it's not #journalism, it's propaganda. #Israel #Palestine

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

If only!😪

Estranged Realities: Israel and the Global Sumud Flotilla Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in inte...

Estranged Realities: Israel and the Global Sumud Flotilla theaimn.net/estranged-re...

Magnificent

Billionaire Gina Rinehart makes takeover bid for the Liberal Party via Andrew Hastie - LibSpill by Christmas? Billionaire Gina Rinehart is pulling the strings of the Liberal Party’s next leader Andrew Hastie and it stands out a mile away as Hastie, publicly and deliberately, undermines current Coalition and L...

Billionaire Gina Rinehart makes takeover bid for the Liberal Party via Andrew Hastie - LibSpill by Christmas? kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/09/28/b...

How stunning 😍

Anthony Albanese left off Donald Trump meeting schedule in New York The Australian prime minister appears to have failed to secure a bilateral with the US president on his visit to the UN general assembly in New York

This is very good news. Meeting Trump is a bad idea that never helps anyone or any country. Stay as far away from the fetid, racist, sex pest as you can.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Worth sharing fact that Kirk’s alleged shooter was a white American from a deeply Conservative, gun-loving, Christian family

Beneath the pratfalls, there's something malignant happening on race within the Liberals While it's plenty of fun to watch the Liberal Party implode, the racism displayed by some of the party's supporters is no laughing matter.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/j...

Trump: a meme in human form Spend five minutes on social media, tune into a podcast, or glance at late-night television, and one thing becomes clear: President Donald Trump is the most ridiculed person on the planet. It’s not ha...

Trump: a meme in human form theaimn.net/trump-a-meme... I wonder if he realises how much he is ridiculed and despised?

Jillian Segal's report on antisemitism is designed to muzzle critics of Israel The report by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, contains only one mention of Israel in the entire text — an embarrassment to our Government.

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol... - Great article

Something’s Rotten in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Estates Part 1: The Scandal That Exposed the Rot A Quote That Never Existed On 15–16 August 2025, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) published an article claiming a Hamas co-founder had applauded Anthony Albanes...

Something’s Rotten in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Estates theaimn.net/somethings-r... This really stinks - so glad I gave up my subscription to The Age -MSM need to stop making stuff up to get headlines!

The LNP’s new strategy: repeat the mistakes that cost them the election Fresh from their crushing defeat in the May federal election, the LNP appears to have learned precisely nothing from the result. Voters sent a clear message: the LNP’s lurch to the far right – on [......

The LNP’s new strategy: repeat the mistakes that cost them the election theaimn.net/the-lnps-new...

Our foreign policy is made in Canberra, not the West Wing This article – released late last night, carries the tone of; “Australia, you must bow to higher master: Us.” The US ambassador to Israel has slammed as “ill-timed” and “not OK” the announcement by Au...

Our foreign policy is made in Canberra, not the West Wing theaimn.net/our-foreign-...

No matter the spots, the Liberal leopard remains the same Despite calls for reform, the Liberal Party’s core purpose – serving elite interests through fear and division – remains unchanged.

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

‘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.'

‘Double standards’: Confidential DFAT documents warn inaction on Gaza will cost Australia credibility www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/06/d...

A Day in the Life of an Opposition in Hiding The sun rises quietly over Canberra, but not as quietly as the federal Opposition. It’s 7:00am. Somewhere, a shadow minister snoozes through a breakfast interview they weren’t invited to. The phone do...

A Day in the Life of an Opposition in Hiding theaimn.net/a-day-in-the... very entertaining.

The Loyalty Trap: Why Truth No Longer Matters in Trump’s America Preface: The Unraveling of a Democracy History rarely announces when a democracy begins to die. There is no grand ceremony, no flag lowered at half-mast. Democracies erode slowly – one institution at ...

The Loyalty Trap: Why Truth No Longer Matters in Trump’s America theaimn.net/the-loyalty-... It's hard to believe this could happen but it has! Once a great country, now one that is derided.

It’s the sheer number that angers me. 🤬

Where the fuck is our special
Envoy on Antisemitism? She delivered an Antisemitism report, took no questions & disappeared? Will this be another week of being paid to do Nothing?! #SackSegal

Why the LNP Coalition will never amount to anything The LNP Coalition – the Liberal and National parties – are a movement in permanent decline. They once claimed to be the party of aspiration, enterprise and strong economic management. But today, they ...

Why the LNP Coalition will never amount to anything theaimn.net/why-the-lnp-...

On Jillian Segal’s report into combating antisemitism Several excellent critiques of Jillian Segal’s “Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism” have appeared, by Louise Adler (The Guardian), Henry Reynolds (Pearls and Irritations), Nick Feik (Substack...

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...

Faruqui is right: past time for Labor to do, not just say. What is happening in Gaza is so obscene a “progressive” government must step up. What line has to be crossed before Labor do, rather than say something? What is Albanese waiting for? What’s the line? How much worse does it have to get?

The Wheel’s Already Been Invented – Maybe Just Give It a Spin There’s No Need to Combat Antisemitism in Isolation 1️⃣ Critique of Segal’s Report & Role Ambition vs. Public Policy Failures Jillian Segal’s 20-page “Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism” is wide-ranging – targeting education, media, universiti...

The Wheel’s Already Been Invented – Maybe Just Give It a Spin There’s No Need to Combat Antisemitism in Isolation theaimn.net/the-wheels-a...

I've signed!

None of this passes the pub test - The Shot Jillian Segal’s report, the entire double-spaced, decorative and glossy 16 pages of it, is largely insulting dross.

None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Lawyers for Israel’s big loss in court against Nine Entertainment Nine female lawyers from the “Lawyers for Israel” WhatsApp group have lost their application for the judge to order the registrar of the Federal Court of Australia to institute contempt proceedings ag...

Lawyers for Israel’s big loss in court against Nine Entertainment kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/07/20/l...

An ambitious plan to combat antisemitism or an effective plan to silence Israel's critics? I watched the 7.30 interview with the special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, with mounting alarm. By the end of the interview, I was afraid for the future of Australia.

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