Tony Jones

Wow. That's a pretty damning assessment. Don't think I'll be reading it.

Excellent analysis of the cancellation of Chris Hedges.

Ironically, confirms just how much the #NPC and its members need to hear from Hedges on "journalistic ethics and accountability". #auspol

‘I have no interest in the white gaze any more’: Randa Abdel-Fattah on Gaza, boycotts and her new novel Discipline follows a journalist and an academic navigating censorship in the wake of Israel’s war on Gaza – an issue the author is no stranger to herself

Support Randa Abdel-Fattah by purchasing her novel here: www.uqp.com.au/books/discip...

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Our own sycophant to all things US, deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles "meets" two of the biggest sycophants to Trump for a jolly backslapping moment.

I'm completely confused and have no idea what this means

Trump turns to water after meeting Putin again. What happened to the hard hitting sanctions on Russia and Putin? Now he's using the same rhetoric as Russians to criticise Zelensky. Utter capitulation and truly embarrassing.

I guess if you can't beat them, then you just have to mimic and join them by hiring all of their "talent". What is left of the ABC as we once knew it?

utter stupidity. Did they learn nothing from the last election?

I'm hearing you! Lousy weather day.

‘Alien is a warning, isn’t it?’: Essie Davis on Alien: Earth and Tasmania’s ecological crisis The Babadook and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries star plays a corporate scientist pushing the limits of human survival in the new series Alien: Earth

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Australia news live: Carr says PM would be ‘wasting his breath’ talking to Netanyahu about two-state solution This blog is now closed

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For an ALP leader his politics is quite conservative. Pathetic really

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

I came to Nick Drake after hearing River Man in a small independent movie a few years ago (I've forgotten its name) but the song blew me away. Obviously I didn't know anything about the song or the artist, looking through the listing of the movie soundtrack.

I think it's an age factor. "Streets of your town" made it in at 84

The attack on Australia’s net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than ‘intergenerational bastardry’ | Zoe Daniel While Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack try to ditch the 43% net zero 2030 emissions target, Australia’s net zero target for 2035 has not yet been set

Failing to move on climate is, as Ken Henry has said, an act of intergenerational bastardry.

The LNP’s squabbling about net zero reflects their policy poverty and irrelevance.
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Australia Institute Live: Parliament returns for its second week. As it happens The 48th parliament has returned for its second week

Have the guts to apply international law to Israel: Wilkie live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/07/aust...

Nobody likes Richard Marles (so how did he get so powerful?) Despite his senior position in the government, his factional heft within the Labor Party and the critical importance of his portfolio, the defence minister is unusually lacking in enthusiastic support...

Nobody likes Richard Marles (so how did he get so powerful?) www.themonthly.com.au/august-2025/...

We Can Make an Impact. Treat Wheelchairs with the Respect and Care They Deserve: A Call to Action for Airlines.

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Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.

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Good! And the reputation of the ABC takes another big hit. Time for management to rethink its direction and support its journalists

Richard Marles and @albomp.bsky.social must be so happy. Congratulations on tying us to this lunatic.

Note to self: never visit Canberra in winter!

Truly, is there even a shred of credibility left with the NACC as it currently stands?

I just really dislike both of them, but especially Sarah Henderson and her attacks on the ABC

Okay thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of these issues, only signing up to subscriptions in the last six months.

I actually think substack works reasonably well having subscribed to a couple of writers and journalists recently. I like the fact that articles go directly to your email.

Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald - ABC listen Two award-winning journalists with decades of experience reporting on major world events, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald join forces for a fresh conversation about global news and how to make s...

Very odd to me the ABC has an entire podcast devoted to foreign affairs, hosted by two of its most prominent staff, that has not done a single episode on Gaza this year. Only reference was on the most recent episode, in the context of Trump visiting Saudi Arabia. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Love your work Amy and Australia Institute.

I truly don't get it. Zoe Daniels did they great job for three years and they want to blow it up by voting in this tool?