I note that Dennis Shanahan has been allowed out into print again to tell us how history shows that if there are two leadership challengers the incumbent survives. Can he inform the House how Turnbull survived against Hockey and Abbott in 2009?
29.01.2026 23:16 — 👍 28 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
Noticed that not only is this a truly horrific graph crime by One Nation, they also dead named Sussan by calling her “Susan”. As a mate said, One Nation probably think SS is cultural appropriation
29.01.2026 23:20 — 👍 170 🔁 34 💬 22 📌 5
Hanson was a Liberal in the Howard mould. He said nothing about Hanson and only started putting her last as a tactical measure (not a pushback on policies) after the 1998 Qld election scare. He embraced her polices - which were variations of his One Australia platform
29.01.2026 23:46 — 👍 258 🔁 91 💬 10 📌 2
Owns 3AW and 2GB.
29.01.2026 22:50 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 8 📌 1
Nine sells 2GB, 3AW to publican, buys outdoor media firm for $850m
Chief executive Matt Stanton has reshaped the company, following the sale of Domain by shedding radio assets and buying outdoor ad company QMS.
"Nine Entertainment has struck a deal to sell Australia’s top-rating conservative talkback stations 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR to publican and pokies billionaire Arthur Laundy"
Am sure that won't affect coverage of gambling reform policies...
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
29.01.2026 22:02 — 👍 90 🔁 26 💬 6 📌 1
And yet media is obsessed by their internal machinations… why?
29.01.2026 03:45 — 👍 67 🔁 15 💬 6 📌 0
Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight amid threats from climate crisis and AI
Planet closer to destruction as Russia, China and US become more aggressive and nationalistic, says advocacy group
It is 85 seconds to midnight. With [waves hands] everything going on, scientists have advanced the Doomsday Clock, saying Earth is closer than it has ever been to destruction
29.01.2026 02:41 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
28.01.2026 23:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Beware the new 'normal', it might be about to bite us
Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it.
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"Political and media classes will always try to shape right-wing anger as legitimate, while continuing to treat pushback as radical. (Just look at how the man who apparently hurled a “device” into a peaceful Invasion Day rally is being treated in the media)."
#AusPol
28.01.2026 21:40 — 👍 64 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 1
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
28.01.2026 17:02 — 👍 93084 🔁 39347 💬 4090 📌 5205
A lot of flying lately due to the necessities of aged care (😞) and I now realise that airports are a hell scape only ameliorated by the prospect of going somewhere nice.
28.01.2026 21:40 — 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Agree. And maybe pushes Sinner pretty hard. Alcaraz is just next level.
28.01.2026 21:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are prejudicial statements intended to stoke fear and hate against whole religious communities ok under the new hate speech laws?
Just checking…
28.01.2026 04:46 — 👍 377 🔁 132 💬 46 📌 12
Luck’s a fortune. Imagine if Demon has drawn Shelton in the quarters.
28.01.2026 09:09 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Pretty much all on the inflation in December was due to the rise in costs of international and domestic holiday travel and accomodation. Take that away and inflation in the month was 0.0%
Can’t wait to hear Ted O’Brien blame that on the govt “crowding out” the private sector O_o
28.01.2026 01:16 — 👍 133 🔁 40 💬 18 📌 1
Jewish Council calls on Albanese to rescind Herzog invitation
The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has confirmed today that he will visit Australia from 8 to 12 February and will meet with members of the Australian Jewish community.
The Jewish Council of Australia has expressed outrage that the Albanese Government would fuel the flames of division by inviting Herzog to visit Australia, warning that his trip is completely inappropriate and offensive and will rightly spark mass protests.
President Isaac Herzog is directly implicated in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. He has made public statements, including that an “entire nation is responsible” for October 7, which have been cited by the International Court of Justice and other international bodies examining breaches of the Genocide Convention.
This should be a moment for collective mourning, reflection and care. It is not a moment to host the head of a state which has been found to have committed a genocide in Gaza.
“By inviting Herzog to visit, Albanese is using Jewish grief as a political prop and diplomatic backdrop,” said Sarah Schwartz, Executive Officer of the Jewish Council of Australia.
“Inviting a foreign head of state who is implicated in an ongoing genocide as a representative of the Jewish community is deeply offensive and risks entrenching the dangerous and antisemitic conflation between Jewish identity and the actions of the Israeli state. This does not make Jews safer. It does the opposite.”
Instead of proceeding with this visit, the Jewish Council urges the Government to pursue concrete actions, supported by over 60,000 Australians who have signed the Jewish Council’s petition, that address the root causes of violence, racism and impunity, and that uphold international law.
the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social calls on Albanese to rescind the initiation to Isaac Herzog
27.01.2026 22:43 — 👍 346 🔁 173 💬 14 📌 10
‘Not even in with a look’: Nationals face Senate wipeout if Liberal split continues
Two of the rebel Nationals whose votes led to the historic Coalition split face losing their jobs at the next federal election, with senior Liberals warning the junior Coalition partner will struggle ...
A wipeout is deserved.
The Nats no longer serve any useful democratic function. They don’t represent farmers or any regional populations. Long since become the party of giant mining interests.
Regional independents have taken on the mantle of actual representation.
27.01.2026 23:38 — 👍 159 🔁 52 💬 16 📌 3
You often will hear media types talk about how Trump does a lot more media than other Presidents. That's because Trump knows he can make stuff up and no one will call him on it.
Every other president had to worry if they got an adjective wrong because the NYT would run a front page about it.
27.01.2026 21:27 — 👍 116 🔁 33 💬 16 📌 0
AFR headline:
Spending increases blow $57b ‘black hole’ in Chalmers’ budget
FFS, this is not a "black hole".
JFC. It's not the 1980s anymore.
There's not a mistake in the figures. A black hole is John Howard in 1987 getting his sums wrong.
The $57bn is a difference between 2 projections made 9 months apart and they are over the next 10 years (lulz)
FMD.
27.01.2026 21:21 — 👍 111 🔁 34 💬 5 📌 1
Yep
27.01.2026 11:18 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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