Lisa Byrnes

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.

Bookmark this for future reference.

Trump’s Sham Peace Plan open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

Federal governments have known about the gross mismanagement and corruption in their offshore detention operations for years.
Neither the NACC nor the AFP nor Home Affairs nor DFAT - who all know about it - have shown any desire to stop it. Serves their political purposes.

Mass slaughter in Gaza stands apart from other genocides, Chris Sidoti says: ‘People cannot escape’ Australian human rights expert who was on UN commission of inquiry labels Israel’s strategy a failure that ‘has not brought peace and has not destroyed Hamas’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

ABC’s John Lyons has fired back at Donald Trump’s “absurd notion” that asking legitimate questions could damage relations b/w the US & Australia
“If our job as journalists is to hold truth to power, then surely asking legitimate questions politely…should be acceptable”🔥💯 #Abc

It is over for the genocide deniers.

Even the BBC is now splashing on the UN commission of inquiry concluding that Israel has committed genocide.

Those who supported Israel's onslaught:

You backed a genocide.

You will never scrub the shame away.

One frame. World map. Key: blue = ISRAEL; red = HAMAS. Israel coloured blue on map; entire rest of world coloured red.

They’re everywhere.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Two frames. Top: March of black-clad ultra nationalists with Aussie flags, placards saying “IMMIGRANTS GO HOME” “AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE” “TOO MANY INDIANS”, facing lone reporter who says, “But aren’t you all descendants of migrants?” Lower frame, same scene with marchers with fists raised replying,”DON’T SAY THAT, BECAUSE IT IRRITATES ME…”

Sore point.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it.

We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.

✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

Overcrowding in NSW hospitals ‘worst’ some doctors have seen as winter illnesses clog emergency departments State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past five days

Until governments mandate improvements in ventilation to reduce the transmission of airborne disease, hospital ED’s will remain overloaded. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

'Incredibly alarming': Albanese's proposed rules for deporting non-citizens criticised Human rights lawyers are concerned about a new government proposal designed to remove legal obstacles to resettling three people in Nauru who were released as a result of the landmark "NZYQ" High Cour...

Appalling. Discriminatory. Shameful. The Albanese government has proposed legislation that would allow it to waive a cornerstone of our legal system, the requirement of procedural fairness for non-citizens facing removal to a third country.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

With Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles meeting with US officials in Washington, a Parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS is as important as ever.

✍️ Add your name to the petition:

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

#auspol

Putting the NYT mini behind a paywall? Badly done @nytimes.com, badly done!

I've written to the Australian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General raising serious concerns about Commissioner Lorraine Finlay joining the Gold Coast ‘Mayors Anti-Semitism summit’. You can't fight hate by standing on a platform with hate.

'Back on track'? Why that's the wrong question on Israel After all we've seen in Gaza, when do we stop pretending that Israel has any moral authority to criticise any other nation state?

Why would anyone want to get relations ‘back on track’ with a nation committing genocide?

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Take note President Trump, Hastie has spoken 🤦‍♂️.

The US would do us real service if they were to pull out of #AUKUS because our ‘leadership’ are wilfully blind to the fact that the US doesn’t have the capacity to deliver the subs. $4.7B already down the 🚽. #honesty #auspol

Single frame. Netanyahu looking at himself in the bathroom mirror, pointing the finger. Reflection says, “YOU’RE A WEAK POLITICIAN WHO BETRAYED ISRAEL AND ABANDONED THE WORLD’S JEWS.”

The man in the mirror.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

YouTube video by withMEAA Stop Killing Journalists

A very moving passionate plea from @withmeaa.bsky.social

youtu.be/qMq8OUw95-U?...

EXCLUSIVE: Segal's "husband" donation claims a sham - The Klaxon The nation’s Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal — who claims to have “had no involvement” in her husband’s “donations” — has been donating with him for decades.

Excellent investigative journalism - well done @anthonyklan.bsky.social

theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...

Instead of honouring our brave Palestinian journalist colleagues including Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif killed in Gaza, much of the media repeated - nay led - with the Israeli line that they were “terrorists” despite a complete lack of evidence.  

We pull apart this tired narrative

Two scenes. Scene 1: man beside corpse wrapped for burial with PRESS flak jacket on top, Netanyahu on other side. Man says, “Why did you kill him?”.Netanyahu replies, “Because he was Hamas.” Scene 2: same set up, man says, “How do you know he was Hamas?” Netanyahu says, “Because we killed him.”

Killing journalists.
My @smh cartoon.

‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Biloela family isn't taking its ordinary Australian life for granted Checking in with the Tamil family from the small town of Biloela who were at the centre of one of the country's biggest people-power movements of recent years.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

When will journos and others stop repeating propaganda like "90,000" people attended the March For Humanity?

That's a NSW police alleged "estimate"

New👏🏽South👏🏽Wales👏🏽Police

You know, the ones against the march in the 1st place?

Deliberately downgrading obvious public support, benefits their agenda

'There was no crush, no panic, no chaos': First-hand accounts from readers at the Harbour Bridge protest 'I only wish I had a photo of the scene my friend saw: an elderly couple sitting on the running board of a riot squad vehicle, quietly eating their sandwiches.'

Opinion | "I wish I had a photo of the scene my friend saw: an elderly couple sitting on the running board of a riot squad vehicle, quietly eating their sandwiches.”

Such a disingenuous, false narrative. Nobody is suggesting this. Nobody except Minns is talking about different groups running protests on the bridge every week. He's trying to create an antagonism to protesting in general with this crap.

A study in contrasts: Comparing how media outlets covered the Harbour Bridge protest One of Australia's most iconic landmarks was host to more than 100,000 protesters marching in torrential rain in support of the Palestinian cause. Here's how media outlets covered the demonstration.

Coverage of the Harbour Bridge protest varied wildly depending on the editorial bent of the outlet and the increasingly polarised audiences they serve. Crikey rounded up who reported what.

March for humanity

The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up | Anne Davies Along with the horror of Gaza, there was palpable anger towards Chris Minns and, to a lesser extent, Anthony Albanese The NSW premier, Chris Minns, risks going down in history as the most conservative premier of the modern era. Renowned for his political nous, his slick media management, urbane delivery and ability to tamp down controversy, Minns is perennially attuned to the loud voices of the shock jocks on Sydney radio and in the Murdoch media. Continue reading...

The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up | Anne Davies

It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity

A comprehensive list of the non-lethal parts of my big death plane - The Shot F-35s don’t show up to soup kitchens and community gyms to play five-a-side football with disadvantaged kids.

Here's me. "A comprehensive list of the non-lethal parts of my big death plane"