Graeme S Cartledge
@gckoz.bsky.social
historian - 19th century, local government, gold, culture, politics, social change
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... for LNP national unity is not a priority "The hateful ... man who led Sunday’s abhorrent terror attack, moved to Australia from India 27 years ago, when Howard was prime minister. His son, who has been charged with terror offences, was born in Australia"
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... for LNP national unity is not a priority "The hateful ... man who led Sunday’s abhorrent terror attack, moved to Australia from India 27 years ago, when Howard was prime minister. His son, who has been charged with terror offences, was born in Australia"
FB page uses Australian politics to push fake news www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "engagement-bait operations that publish false claims to drive traffic to websites often laden with scams, ads and viruses"
Foreign social media page pushes Australian politics fake news
Foreign-run social media pages are spreading disinformation about Australian politicians quoting fabricated news reports and interviews.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
FB page uses Australian politics to push fake news www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "engagement-bait operations that publish false claims to drive traffic to websites often laden with scams, ads and viruses"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... LNP IR laws always means less for workers - LNP policy is just another scam proposed by the rich to hoard more of the nation's wealth for themselves. Its counter productive as less $ in the pockets of ordinary Australians means we are all worse off
Can the Liberals fight on industrial relations without disaster?
Sussan Ley is hoping Tim Wilson can negotiate the industrial relations minefield for the Liberals. He has his work cut out for him.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... LNP IR laws always means less for workers - LNP policy is just another scam proposed by the rich to hoard more of the nation's wealth for themselves. Its counter productive as less $ in the pockets of ordinary Australians means we are all worse off
Why the hot issue of anti-immigration is wrong www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "without a substantial program of attracting young migrants, we will become a nation of retirees grumpily complaining that it’s hard to get help in the aged care residences in which they live"
Anti-immigration has become a hot issue. Here's why it's wrong
Those who seek to advance their political careers by vilifying migrants might ponder where Australia will end up without them.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Why the hot issue of anti-immigration is wrong www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "without a substantial program of attracting young migrants, we will become a nation of retirees grumpily complaining that it’s hard to get help in the aged care residences in which they live"
Reposted by Graeme S Cartledge
OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... "What’s necessary – and entirely possible – is coverage that accurately describes far-right ideology for what it is, situates it within historical and social contexts, and resists the privileging of spectacle over substance"
How media coverage helps normalise the far right
Media coverage does more than report on the far right. Through language choices, sensationalism and false balance, journalism can help shift racist politics into the mainstream.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12... "What’s necessary – and entirely possible – is coverage that accurately describes far-right ideology for what it is, situates it within historical and social contexts, and resists the privileging of spectacle over substance"
Reposted by Graeme S Cartledge
Russians committing mass murder today on the streets of Ukraine's city of Dnipro, launching missiles into a heavily populated area in the morning hours.
Four people dead, and 22 injured.
Four people dead, and 22 injured.
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
corruption in offshore detention www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2025/12... "Department of Home Affairs continues to pay outsized and exorbitant fees on contracts no longer fit for purpose – all in the name of keeping Manus Island and Nauru off the front page and out of the minds of most Australians"
The man who exposed corruption in offshore detention
At its height, in 2014, more than 1000 people were being held on Nauru, as part of Australia’s offshore detention system.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
corruption in offshore detention www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2025/12... "Department of Home Affairs continues to pay outsized and exorbitant fees on contracts no longer fit for purpose – all in the name of keeping Manus Island and Nauru off the front page and out of the minds of most Australians"
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... “A climate decision that cannot even say ‘fossil fuels’ is not neutrality, it is complicity. And what is happening here transcends incompetence” billionaire owned media & govts to blame - it has to stop
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight
The latest UN climate summit avoided even naming fossil fuels, while mounting evidence shows climate damage accelerating – from melting glaciers to declining ocean life.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Environment: It’s official – we aren’t winning the climate fight johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... “A climate decision that cannot even say ‘fossil fuels’ is not neutrality, it is complicity. And what is happening here transcends incompetence” billionaire owned media & govts to blame - it has to stop
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Kostiantynivka burning under russian terror.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Kostiantynivka burning under russian terror.
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "Certain politicians continue the lie that we can keep opening more coal mines and coal seam gas fields without totally destroying Australia’s climate and food and water security" Glenn Morris Inverell NSW
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me
When politicians say they’re against net zero, they’re willing to let their constituents suffer record-breaking floods, droughts and heat.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "Certain politicians continue the lie that we can keep opening more coal mines and coal seam gas fields without totally destroying Australia’s climate and food and water security" Glenn Morris Inverell NSW
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby
Former Australian Ambassador to China and senior diplomat Geoff Raby commends Pearls and Irritations
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November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Without peer in Australian media – Geoff Raby johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... its not hard to grasp what has happened - its the hatred of Government and policy that allows a few to exploit without restraint & hoard all the resources for themselves - a problem as old as humanity itself
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich
As the planet spirals toward environmental collapse, elders like Attenborough, Earle, Hansen and Suzuki have spent decades warning us – and offering hope. But the billionaires in bunkers aren't listen...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... its not hard to grasp what has happened - its the hatred of Government and policy that allows a few to exploit without restraint & hoard all the resources for themselves - a problem as old as humanity itself
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "Every time we avoid releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we reduce future climate impacts and risks and leave the planet more habitable for future generations"
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate
As leaders leave Brazil and the 2025 UN climate summit draws to a close, it's worth reflecting on what science says about Earth’s climate – what’s changing, why it’s happening, and where we’re heading...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "Every time we avoid releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we reduce future climate impacts and risks and leave the planet more habitable for future generations"
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate
As leaders leave Brazil and the 2025 UN climate summit draws to a close, it's worth reflecting on what science says about Earth’s climate – what’s changing, why it’s happening, and where we’re heading...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What science tells us about Earth’s changing climate johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
The shadow of the Tampa johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... lingering influence of Howard's & subsequent LNP administrations which used fear, negativity, racism and lies to stay in power. We must continue to expose lies and misinformation by these pseudo-conservatives & promote positive liberal values
The shadow of the Tampa
Nearly 25 years on from the Tampa crisis, Australia needs a parliamentary inquiry to lift the lid on offshore detention.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The shadow of the Tampa johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... lingering influence of Howard's & subsequent LNP administrations which used fear, negativity, racism and lies to stay in power. We must continue to expose lies and misinformation by these pseudo-conservatives & promote positive liberal values
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "the accelerating pace of technological competition all demand more public science, deeper capability and long-term institutional strength. Instead, we are dismantling the very agency that holds much of that capability" Stewart Sweeney
Australia’s science crisis reveals a century of structural failure
Private capital will not build Australia a world-class science system. Only the public sector can do that. And it must do so at a scale that matches the challenges ahead.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "the accelerating pace of technological competition all demand more public science, deeper capability and long-term institutional strength. Instead, we are dismantling the very agency that holds much of that capability" Stewart Sweeney
The debate about net zero ignores the evidence www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... most people know someone (including themselves) who has switched to renewables and THEY KNOW from personal experience that LNP is lying. The party supporting renewables is on a guaranteed winner.
The debate about net zero ignores the evidence
Those in the Coalition opposed to net zero carbon emissions argue it will cost too much. That claim is false and not supported by evidence.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The debate about net zero ignores the evidence www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... most people know someone (including themselves) who has switched to renewables and THEY KNOW from personal experience that LNP is lying. The party supporting renewables is on a guaranteed winner.
‘Fighting against gravity’: Coalition’s energy policy lashed www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... Professor Joel Gilmore, ...“It’s very clear that relying on coal and gas is going to be more expensive than renewables” - the vast majority no longer accept the LNP billionaire support program
'Fighting against gravity': Coalition's energy policy lashed
An energy expert has lashed the Coalition's new policy favouring coal and gas over renewables, saying it won't bring power costs down.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
‘Fighting against gravity’: Coalition’s energy policy lashed www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic... Professor Joel Gilmore, ...“It’s very clear that relying on coal and gas is going to be more expensive than renewables” - the vast majority no longer accept the LNP billionaire support program
Coalition govt would need to dig deep to keep coal www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... bigger bills due to construction & massive ongoing operating costs vs renewables which are based on free fuel inputs & very low labour/maintenance overheads - all to appease a tiny minority of coal miners
A Coalition govt would need to subsidise coal-fired power stations
With its decision to dump net zero, the only way the Liberal Party could provide future electricity is by nationalising new power generation.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Coalition govt would need to dig deep to keep coal www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... bigger bills due to construction & massive ongoing operating costs vs renewables which are based on free fuel inputs & very low labour/maintenance overheads - all to appease a tiny minority of coal miners
China-phobia in Australia is endangering the country’s security johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "the racist subtext underpinning Australia’s current security thinking is based on an appalling ignorance of China in particular, and Asia more generally, across the entire country"
China-phobia in Australia is endangering the country’s security
The toxic roots of China-phobia are deeply embedded in modern Australia’s cultural history. It has a firm grip on the minds of many of Australia’s policy wonks, politicians, media commentators, and th...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
China-phobia in Australia is endangering the country’s security johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... "the racist subtext underpinning Australia’s current security thinking is based on an appalling ignorance of China in particular, and Asia more generally, across the entire country"
As far right gains ground, an alternative is emerging www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "We are at a fork in the road ... One path leads to division, a lower standard of living, fewer, poorer opportunities and scapegoating; the other to participation, prosperity and shared progress"
Community independents the alternative to far-right rise
Life has become harder for many working families. The answer to that disillusion isn’t more outrage, it’s rebuilding belief.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As far right gains ground, an alternative is emerging www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025... "We are at a fork in the road ... One path leads to division, a lower standard of living, fewer, poorer opportunities and scapegoating; the other to participation, prosperity and shared progress"
Message from the editor johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... a society governed by liberal values & policies is happier & much better for everyone than one governed by mean or illiberal values. Put simply we should not allow tiny minorities to hoard all the wealth & resources.
Message from the editor
It has been a real pleasure to watch so many Americans enjoy what might just be a pivotal moment in American politics, with the victory of Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim and South Asian to win the o...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Message from the editor johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11... a society governed by liberal values & policies is happier & much better for everyone than one governed by mean or illiberal values. Put simply we should not allow tiny minorities to hoard all the wealth & resources.
China farmland ownership map is way off the mark www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "The map overstates the actual area by at least 10 times" its called "free trade" - we do it too!!!
China farmland ownership map is way off the mark
An fake map on social media – coupled with a co-opted Joe Rogan podcast – is spreading alarm about Chinese ownership of Australian farms.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
China farmland ownership map is way off the mark www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/social-... "The map overstates the actual area by at least 10 times" its called "free trade" - we do it too!!!