Tom Quinn

Now Ferguson is just quoting Netanyahu to the Israeli ambassador, so Israel’s line is being delivered by the guest and the host. What a debasement of a once vitally important and constructive program.

An observation for Australian security folk to ponder! Or the government, I don’t know

It’s not just that being an auxiliary imperial power means you sign up for whatever the hegemon gets up to, it’s that they will also take your umbrella away when it rains

Albo has the quite likely what will be the biggest ostensibly left wing majority this country will have in our lifetime and he's pissing it away supporting genocide, illegal wars, and banning kids from the internet while doing nothing about life affordability, climate change, or class disparity.

Tweet on X by Amir Kiyae reads: Strikes on Iran appear to have hit the home where opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been held under house arrest - both are reported safe, but their residence was damaged. Former President Ahmadineiad's home was also targeted. Israel has stated it is targeting Iranian leaders "past, present, and future." This follows previous Israeli strikes on Evin Prison. Draw your own conclusions,

Home of reformist opposition leaders from 2009 Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard was also hit by Israeli/US strikes. They have been under house arrest by the regime for over a decade.

Following the strikes in Iran, European gas prices have risen by more than 22%. (AFP)

If Albanese offered our support, before even knowing why this catastrophic war was launched — what is his foreign policy?

It suggests he would support any use of force Donald Trump tells him to.

No questions asked, no reasons needed.

NEW: The Lib Dems are demanding MPs get a vote on allowing the US to use UK air bases.

Leader Ed Davey says:

“No matter how the Prime Minister tries to redefine offensive as defensive, this is a slippery slope. He must not let Trump drag Britain into another prolonged war in the Middle East.”

At least 31 ppl killed in Lebanon by Israel

Bad:
- European states clinging onto gas and not going hard on storage like Italy
- US: *gestures around*

List will be updated over time.

Who is going to look good and bad on energy policy in the next week:

Good
- Japan: nuclear restarts exceedingly well timed, can do more.
- Australia: Leaning hard into batteries to push gas out of the bid stack is going to make things less ugly than 2022.
- Spain / Portugal etc: Same as Aus.

Honestly you could say this about the last decade. The number of quasi-insurgent activities regularly taking place on Bahrain over the last decade is jaw-dropping. And you hear like nothing about it because it's essentially a fortress island for the US Navy

Australia Electricity Emissions Update:
Average NEM emission intensity over last 12 months: 513 kg CO2-e/MWh. Down 25% since 2020, down 38% since 2015
Sth Australia reductions leading the way thanks to its increase in wind & solar generation. Down 28% since 2020, 67% since 2015)

“There are concerns over ethnic cleansing in both #Gaza and the #WestBank” - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

UNRWA keeps supporting hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people in Gaza & the West Bank, but the humanitarian situation is dire.

➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

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they're bombing nonstop this is insane. i'm watching AJ live stream of beirut. i've got friends in the south sending me voice notes of bombs. non stop. this is madness.

The Israelis just bombed Beirut.

I think even in rational times, for a nation like Australia there's a question of who a base has a deterrent factor against, and what type of threat it deters.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

“Remember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime, as is the whole of Spanish society, and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”

Hezbollah enters Iran war, launches rockets at Israel's north WSJ: Iran Reaches Out to U.S. Through Oman to Resume Nuclear Talks After Khamenei's Assasination. Gulf Countries Join U.S. in Condemning Iranian Attacks Across Region, Reaffirm 'Right to Self-defense'...

Hezbollah claims responsibility for the rocket barrage.

IDF starts striking Lebanon (Dahiyeh)

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www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

So turns out hosting US bases makes you a target in a conflict... hmmm.... might be something in that for us to consider Australia.

Really can't be left unacknowledged that every single state in the region that houses US military personnel, except for maybe two, do so against the will of the supermajority of their own public's opinion but it does not matter because most of these states are US backed dictatorships.

Like clockwork, fossil fuel companies will profit from war.

I direct my anger at everyone who is incapable of taking a principled moral stance, and doubly so for those who have power, and triply for those who have power and claim a moral superiority and yet never state their moral opposition to immoral acts.

The Israel lobby and its stenographers in the media dislike context so last night at the Adelaide Town Hall I set the record straight on the #AWW26 debacle.Given the continuing misrepresentation and fact free reporting an edited version of the speech is now up on the Pearls & Irritations website.

Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men Despite repeated calls for the university to revoke his tenure, the economist held onto his teaching and academic appointments until he chose to retire.

Important on Summers, Epstein, economics, Harvard and soft landings for big shot men. theconversation.com/former-harva...

Since this is a response to me, I’ll respond back: I don’t think I can sink Platner that way. I think he’s definitely going to be the Democratic nominee and likely the next Senator. And that means both parties no longer have taboos against candidates who associate with Nazis, and that scares me!

The idea that Israel wants a Middle Eastern Mandela is genuinely ludicrous. They have Marwan Barghouti locked in a dungeon.

Louise Adler sets the record straight on Adelaide Writers' Week The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...

"The exclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah was certainly racist. But the hysteria generated by her mere inclusion in a writers festival reveals what is really at stake: that is, the unbearable truth of the destruction of Gaza and Gazan lives must be repressed at all costs."
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