Denise Shrivell
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
Australian political campaigner, commentator & SpinProof podcaster. Frequently makes good & necessary trouble. TrueNorth weekday substack #auspol
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"The commission of inquiry has found that the crime of incitement to genocide stands outside the chain of command. It can be committed by any individual. The commission recommended that he be investigated & prosecuted by the international criminal court."
Chris Sidoti
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Chris Sidoti
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia
Writing in the Guardian on Thursday UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged the Prime Minister to correct his terrible mistake in i...
johnmenadue.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"The commission of inquiry has found that the crime of incitement to genocide stands outside the chain of command. It can be committed by any individual. The commission recommended that he be investigated & prosecuted by the international criminal court."
Chris Sidoti
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Chris Sidoti
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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Addresses to our parliament by Obama, Xi Jinping, Bush, Hu Jintao were pre-announced, so any “security” excuse for keeping Herzog’s address secret would plainly be rubbish
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Addresses to our parliament by Obama, Xi Jinping, Bush, Hu Jintao were pre-announced, so any “security” excuse for keeping Herzog’s address secret would plainly be rubbish
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Dear President Herzog, To ‘reverse the brainwash’ (a Murdoch headline re your visit) please ask Netanyahu to allow full access to Gaza/West Bank for all journalists. Please explain the almost total destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure, housing, hospitals, schools + 70,000 ‘collaterally’ killed.
February 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Dear President Herzog, To ‘reverse the brainwash’ (a Murdoch headline re your visit) please ask Netanyahu to allow full access to Gaza/West Bank for all journalists. Please explain the almost total destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure, housing, hospitals, schools + 70,000 ‘collaterally’ killed.
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Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Yeesh. The Oz justifying it's anti-trans coverage. Kinda don't think it's speaking truth to power to try to roll back access to trans healthcare and rights personally.
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Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
February 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Why are the men’s names redacted and the victims names exposed?
Of course any head of state should be safe while visiting Aust.
I don’t agree with his invitation, his actions - but while here of course he should be safe.
There’s been little to no violence for the many pro-Palestinian protests - no reason to expect that to change #auspol #nswpol
I don’t agree with his invitation, his actions - but while here of course he should be safe.
There’s been little to no violence for the many pro-Palestinian protests - no reason to expect that to change #auspol #nswpol
February 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
‘It could be the most divisive state visit to Aust since that of US president Lyndon B Johnson in Oct 1966 when the Vietnam war was at its height and Aust soldiers were being killed.
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia
Writing in the Guardian on Thursday UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia, and urged the Prime Minister to correct his terrible mistake in i...
johnmenadue.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
‘It could be the most divisive state visit to Aust since that of US president Lyndon B Johnson in Oct 1966 when the Vietnam war was at its height and Aust soldiers were being killed.
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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Not welcome. Protesters will find
Exclusive: Israel's President is set to make an official trip to Australian Parliament next week. It has not been publicised by the Australian or Israeli governments. www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-is...
Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.
www.lamestream.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Not welcome. Protesters will find
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“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
Incredible.
Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the Australian or Israeli governments.
www.lamestream.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
Incredible.
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Ummmm?? This is unexpected from the AFR. The times they are a-changin'?
February 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Ummmm?? This is unexpected from the AFR. The times they are a-changin'?
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The Oz having a normal one.
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Oz having a normal one.
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Standing by for the automatic randahring
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Standing by for the automatic randahring
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I hope that after the failed terrorist attack on Indigenous Australians that the RC into social cohesion and antisemitism will make time and space to consider how hatred directed at racial and religious minorities is also being directed at Aboriginal people. It was only luck that bomb didn’t go off.
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I hope that after the failed terrorist attack on Indigenous Australians that the RC into social cohesion and antisemitism will make time and space to consider how hatred directed at racial and religious minorities is also being directed at Aboriginal people. It was only luck that bomb didn’t go off.
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I guess it should’ve been obvious that putting News Corp and Daily Mail editors in charge of The Age and SMH would lead to the papers eventually just openly campaigning for Hanson
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I guess it should’ve been obvious that putting News Corp and Daily Mail editors in charge of The Age and SMH would lead to the papers eventually just openly campaigning for Hanson
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Apparently the only way to restore social cohesion is to keep saying "Randa" in a scary voice until she disappears in a puff of smoke
Questions about Randa Abdel-Fattah inclusion in NSW writers festival
The NSW government makes contact with the board of next month's Newcastle Writers Festival about the inclusion of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, the ABC understands.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Apparently the only way to restore social cohesion is to keep saying "Randa" in a scary voice until she disappears in a puff of smoke
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Husic is a good man
“Mr Husic, one of few Muslim MPs in parliament, former cabinet minister who was relegated to the backbench after the last election, did not directly criticise the prime minister for issuing the invitation, but said comments and actions attributed to Mr Herzog made it "hard to reconcile" his visit.”
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Husic is a good man
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"Hanson passes herself off as an 'ordinary' Australian but she is little more than a stalking horse for various economic elites, a strata to which she herself is desperate to belong. Hanson isn’t patriotic; she is entitled."
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One Nation under Pauline
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tdunlop.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"Hanson passes herself off as an 'ordinary' Australian but she is little more than a stalking horse for various economic elites, a strata to which she herself is desperate to belong. Hanson isn’t patriotic; she is entitled."
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tdunlop.substack.com/p/one-nation...
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Deeply uneasy about this move.
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Deeply uneasy about this move.
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It's only 10.30 and Penny Wong can't explain why we don't have the legal responsibility to arrest Herzog, CGT changes on the table, 3 indies voice concerns about what his visit will do to cohesion, Hanson is back after her senate suspension and the Libs/Nats are still a mess.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Future of Coalition still up in the air, Labor facing internal 'discomfort' over Herzog visit.
The final day of this week's sitting still has the focus on what is happening outside the chambers, with Sussan Ley and David Littleproud still scrapping over the Coalition's future, while Ed Husic vo...
live.thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
It's only 10.30 and Penny Wong can't explain why we don't have the legal responsibility to arrest Herzog, CGT changes on the table, 3 indies voice concerns about what his visit will do to cohesion, Hanson is back after her senate suspension and the Libs/Nats are still a mess.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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Thinking of sending all my posts here to Jillian Segal before I publish them. Perhaps Bluesky could just let her moderate the whole site. Can't be too careful.
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Thinking of sending all my posts here to Jillian Segal before I publish them. Perhaps Bluesky could just let her moderate the whole site. Can't be too careful.
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‘The People vs Robodebt’ won Best Documentary at the AACTA Awards
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
‘The People vs Robodebt’ won Best Documentary at the AACTA Awards
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This is, ahhhhh, not good
February 5, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This is, ahhhhh, not good
Sitting next to a woman (at my daughter’s graduation) - her son is graduating with his PHD - has a $130k hecs debt. She said - he’ll never get a house 😡😡😡 #auspol
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Sitting next to a woman (at my daughter’s graduation) - her son is graduating with his PHD - has a $130k hecs debt. She said - he’ll never get a house 😡😡😡 #auspol
I can’t do a TrueNorth today (in Canberra for my daughter’s graduation) - and I’m seeing SO many excellent articles I would have added to our 4pm newsletter.
We are SO fortunate to have our independent news media sector.
Thank you - to all of you! 🙏🙏 #auspol
We are SO fortunate to have our independent news media sector.
Thank you - to all of you! 🙏🙏 #auspol
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I can’t do a TrueNorth today (in Canberra for my daughter’s graduation) - and I’m seeing SO many excellent articles I would have added to our 4pm newsletter.
We are SO fortunate to have our independent news media sector.
Thank you - to all of you! 🙏🙏 #auspol
We are SO fortunate to have our independent news media sector.
Thank you - to all of you! 🙏🙏 #auspol
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It’s a total dud. Teens I have spoken to concur.
Two months into the social media ban and teenagers say it isn't working
Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s is two months old, but teenagers say they have found ways around it.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It’s a total dud. Teens I have spoken to concur.