It is remarkable that tens of thousands of people could march in the streets every week for years with zero political impact. Yet a ‘coordinated email campaign’ will see visas cancelled, bookings dropped and funding withdrawn. The lobby groups have it.

Another $450,000 Fine: Is Forestry Corp NSW Still Fit for Purpose? Forestry Corp NSW has been fined $450,000 after the illegal logging of six giant trees and three hollow-bearing trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest in 2020.

Illegal logging of ancient trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest has once again landed the state-owned Forestry Corp of NSW in court, raising renewed questions about whether the agency responsible for managing public forests is still fit for purpose

#NSWpol #auspol
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Qld minister approved theatre name months before public consultation Documents released under right to information show Queensland's arts minister was "set" on the name in January, months before the community was invited to have their say.

With Indigenous poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal removed from the list of potential names for the new theatre, John-Paul Langbroek signed off on the name Glasshouse. The following public consultation was a formality but David Crisafulli can't see a problem. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Our media is barely mentioning Lebanon because it destroys the propagandistic narrative of "Israel = good and Iran = terrorism, funny hats and big scary beards".

They're stealing land for Greater Israel again and they want you dumb and detached to it while people are massacred.

In the 2021 census, there were 248,430 Lebanese Australians and around 110k Jewish Australians.

Israel is bombing Beirut. A million Lebanese have been displaced. With contempt to local demographics (not to mention basic morality), the ALP is backing Israel’s genocidal expansion

Exclusive: pro-Israel WhatsApp group boasts campaign win against Grace Tame The group also claims to have contributed to Adelaide University’s decision to cancel Francesca Albanese’s appearance

A pro-Israel WhatsApp group has claimed credit for the public campaign targeting former Australian of the Year Grace Tame.

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Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support A target to identify financial support of fossil fuel industries harmful to the environment was unmet in Australia's self-assessment on its progress to meeting international biodiversity commitments.

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IDF drops prosecution of reservists who allegedly raped Palestinian detainee Israel's military drops the prosecution of five reservists accused of the violent rape of a Palestinian man at the Sde Teiman prison, under the cover of the war with Iran.

the pro-Israel lobby harassment and silencing of anti-genocide survivors of sexual violence nexus totally tracks, btw. Not only is zionism notorious for protecting rapists, its military aggressively successfully block prosecution of rapists.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

ABC radio host is asking Grace Tame to defend potential future “violence” hypothetically caused by her words while ignoring the facts she states, of genocidal violence committed by Israel. Live on air, he asks a survivor of sexual violence to condemn unproven Israeli claims of sexual violence.

You mean the SA Premier who rigged a conference about social media usage by young people by suppressing expert views - also suppressed the truth about the SA algal bloom? Shocked. Shocked I tell you #not #auspol #saparli #4corners

Queensland arts minister ignored recommendation that new theatre be named after poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal Exclusive: Queensland Performing Arts Centre board nominated Oodgeroo as their preferred name for the theatre in 2024, but it was not one of the four options put to public vote by the LNP

this bloke has form. He also intervened to cancel a Queensland State Library Blak and Write! Fellowship to Martu writer Ren Wyld.

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Whole chunks of Campbell's evidence are taken at pure face value. Not even in the 'I've weighed this and considered it' sense but in the 'just state it as fact in passing' sense. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/n...

The NACC robodebt report: A heartbreaking work of staggering incompetence Rick Morton wrote the book on robodebt. He delivers a damning verdict on the NACC's long-awaited robodebt report, which exonerated Scott Morrison and Kathryn Campbell.

The NACC report is astonishing for just how many non-sequiturs, excuses and naive assumptions can be packed into 455 pages. The deputy commissioner who authored it is not a judge, unlike Catherine Holmes. And it shows. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/n...

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I stand by my journalism and, if Mr Berg decides to continue the libel claim, I look forward to defending my article in court.

I would like to thank my legal team at RPC Legal, my barrister Aidan Eardley KC, & @dropsitenews.com, which published the article and has stood by my journalism throughout.

last year I wrote an article with Aboriginal great grandmother and my beloved sister in law. We discussed Acknowledgement of Country and global Indigenous solidarity and she said no what they are doing over there is not what happens to us.

Nothing compares to what Israelis do to Palestinians.

"After 35 years reporting from 18 different war zones, veteran journalist Janine di Giovanni thought she had seen the worst of humanity. But Gaza changed everything. From Sarajevo to Syria, she witnessed horrors, yet she says nothing compares to the tragedy in Gaza ..."
via Voice Of Gaza

Time to make 'em pay! The big bludgers are the corporate tax dodgers - Michael West The first step to fix corporate tax dodging is to expose who pays and who doesn't pay their share. To that end, MWM is launching TAXDATA.

Launching #TAXDATA where you can find Australia's biggest 'lifters and leaners' with the tap of a keystroke

A co-pro with UTS and @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social
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What if we just gave people money? The economics of time and freedom The idea that there’s only so much money to go around makes a bastard kind of sense to the poor. If impossible decisions abound in their lives, it must be true of governments, too. Certainly, that’s h...

Excellent article in @thepointau.bsky.social by @squigglyrick.bsky.social
"What if we just gave people money? The economics of time and freedom"
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hey look !

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

The big winner from Trump’s war on Iran is … Russia. Shocking, I know.

Excellent read. And the flawed logic used by Dep Comm Kylie Kilgour is extremely well analysed.

Unfortunately, the institution which didn't identify a conflict of interest of its Comm, also didn't identify any wrong doing by the #Robodebt6.

The NACC is a failed institution.

For Albanese, joining a global atrocity is far less “difficult” than Grace Tame - The Shot Lack of widespread accountability has always protected horrible men. This layer of protection has lasted so long and grown so...

Here's David Rayfield.

"For Albanese, joining a global atrocity is far less “difficult” than Grace Tame"

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The difficult truth Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her 'difficult', the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don't ignite public...

“I’d rather be difficult than disappointing.” 🔥

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This is literally one of the most profoundly stupid and ignorant things I've ever seen written about executive level public sector behavioural incentives that I've ever read - from X The Everything App at 1:00am on a Saturday morning, right through to <checks notes> the fucking NACC.

Grace Tame says her speaking events have stopped over 'smear campaign' Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame says a conference in Hobart will be her last speaking engagement for the year, at this stage.

I've written stuff hammering Israel and its enablers
<case in point: t.co/pqOLNeoYQK >
One close litigation call aside, I've done so somewhat fearlessly.

But I don't have speaking engagements lined up like Grace Tame. I've got nothing to lose to these ruthless bastards.
#auspol
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'Grossly disappointing': robodebt victim's despair - Michael West Robodebt victim Felicity de Somerville doesn't believe she'll ever see justice after a watchdog ruled out criminal charges for corrupt public officials.

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‘Grossly disappointing’: robodebt victim’s despair.
Robodebt victim Felicity de Somerville doesn't believe she'll ever see justice after a watchdog ruled out criminal charges for corrupt public offici...
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