David Rowe - AFR 🤣

"And by assassinating him, he is now effectively a martyred saint.

"And that is, frankly, about as subtle as murdering the Pope on the steps of St. Peter's and the Americans need to have thought all this through."

On the US's assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the initial salvo of the war, Sir Richard said: "The reality is that Khamenei was not just the Iranian head of state; he was a religious symbol.

"He was a religious symbol for worldwide Shiites.

Such beautiful villages and to think they are seriously under threat from climate change.

Do something world before it's too late

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Crumbling Giants: The Ancient Alpine towns of Switzerland under Threat | Foreign Correspondent

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"Swiss Alps are under threat, and in turn putting centuries old villages below them in grave danger. The Alps are warming at twice the global average, placing them on Europe’s frontline of climate change."

Must watch.

BBC News Analysis Editor @rosatkins.bsky.social does in two and half minutes what Australian mainstream media have not been able to manage in five days.

Makes the Albanese govt's unquestioning support for the flaky fascists in the White House even more inexcusable. #auspol

Well done - I wouldn't either if I still lived there 👍

Slim pickings in the "good Godly" LNP both Fed & Vic

A plethora of rag tag grievance ON candidates about to hit the hustings

Happy days 😵‍💫

No, the taxpayer is not funding the building of dozens of mosques A social media video has been repurposed to make it sound as if taxpayers are funding the building of dozens of mosques in Australia.

And then there's this ...

"He emphasised the funding was for community infrastructure such as classrooms, kitchens, and halls, not for religious activities or land purchases."

In March 2025 how was Hill supposed to know Trump would start a war and kill Iran's spiritual leader???

"If the Federal Labor Government is successful at the election, then we will be giving $670,000 to the Taha Centre to support the next stage of community facilities, because you've done the hard work to buy the land.'"

Lots of misinformation being peddled about grants "secretly" being handed to Mosques.

The promise of funding by Julian Hill was made during a March 2025 speech before the last election. The grant was for infrastructure - NOT religious purposes

The article quotes it as a - The latest The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge/Accent Research survey

"Last year China imported about 1.4 million barrels of oil a day from Iran, which was shipped past Sri Lanka through the Malacca Strait. "

‘Sitting duck’: Iranian warship sunk ‘to warn China’ A former Royal Australian Navy officer says the destruction of the Iranian frigate may have been intended to warn China about the costs of launching a broader war.

"I think the sinking of the ship may be intended as a message in part to China as well. That message is of the vulnerability of one of their valuable maritime trade routes.”"

Australian Values Party - Wikipedia

The Australian Values Party (AVP) was an Australian political party founded in 2021 by ADF veteran Heston Russell.

Russell wound up the party in June 2023 and its ultimate deregistration as a party in August 2023

Ampol and Viva SP both took off today 🚀

Gail Kelly set to front senators on Optus’ Triple Zero failures Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says she’s pleased that Singtel’s Australian-based representatives have now agreed to face the inquiry.

"Former Westpac Bank chief executive and Singtel board director Gail Kelly is expected to appear before senators next week to answer questions at a parliamentary inquiry into Optus’ catastrophic Triple Zero outage."

"The other is former Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles, the territory’s first Indigenous leader"

"He’s been long gone from its politics and has since pitched up in the inner circle of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. He runs the business side of her S Kidman agriculture empire"

"There are two names already in the mix."

"The first being former SAS soldier Heston Russell. The ex-commando shot to prominence after suing the ABC for defamation for suggesting he was involved in the killing of an Afghan prisoner."

As a boomer, I’m shocked by gen Z’s attitude towards women – something has gone very wrong | Joan Smith New research suggests older people have more progressive views on women’s rights than younger generations. This direction of travel is deeply concerning, says Joan Smith, former co-chair of the Mayor ...

"So it’s hard not to be shocked by the discovery that so many men born between 1997 and 2012 share views that appear to belong to an out-of-touch cleric; the days when women were expected to “love, honour and obey” should be long gone by now"

‘Infiltrate, Impact, Impel’: Raising up Christians for the Liberal Party - Rationale Magazine Upon signing up as a member of the Liberal Party in Victoria, some churchgoers have been handed a one-page document with the title ‘Political Participation for Godly good’, according to a Liberal Party member. The document (see image below) provides a flowchart matrix to guide new members on how they can participate in their local

Chris Crewther (Liberal, Mornington): Has expressed concerns regarding anti-vilification laws and their impact on expressing religious views on sexuality and biology

Evan Mulholland (Liberal, Northern Metropolitan Region): Led the push to retain the Lord’s Prayer in Parliament, often allying with religious leaders. Previously IPA

Nicole Werner (Liberal, Warrandyte): A former pastor at the Pentecostal megachurch Planetshakers.

Briony Hutton (Liberal, Eastern Metropolitan Region): Associated with the Gateway Church.

Cynthia Watson (Liberal, Northern Metropolitan Region): A prominent Mormon.

Apart from Moira

Renee Heath (Liberal, Eastern Victoria Region): Identified as a key figure with ties to the Pentecostal City Builders Church in Gippsland.

Ann-Marie Hermans (Liberal, South-Eastern Metropolitan Region): A former Family First candidate noted for strong conservative religious views.

"In her speech at CPAC, Price was critical of record government spending, saying “you can’t subsidise your way to success, or spend your way to salvation.”

“We need less government spending – to reduce our vast level of debt that will immiserate future generations of Australians.”

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price charged taxpayers to fly husband to CPAC where she railed against government spending Data on politicians’ spending also shows Labor ministers Don Farrell and Anika Wells used contentious allowances to fly spouses to AFL grand final

"The Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price charged taxpayers $2,500 to fly her husband to the CPAC conservative conference in Brisbane last year, where she made a speech calling to cut government spending and implored attenders not to desert the Coalition."

YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers Trump Says the Military Is "Knocking the Crap" Out of Iran

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YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live Trump Distracts from Epstein Files with War in Iran, MAGA Tries to Spin & Donny's Big Red Rash

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert U.S. Abandons Citizens Across Middle East | Trump: The Big One Is Coming | Iran War Is "God's Plan"

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".. when they never did anything themselves."

"Tim Ayres said the government was implementing its minimum stock holding obligations.

That included 1.5 billion litres of petrol, three billion litres of diesel – “in effect, a strategic reserve”.