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As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
January 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.
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Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Statement from @australiainstitute.org.au on Adelaide Festival.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah’s response:
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s response:
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Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Following the decision from the Board of the Adelaide Festival, The Australia Institute is withdrawing its support from this year’s literary festival. Here is our statement, and a personal one from me.
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people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Authors withdraw from festival after Palestinian Australian author dropped
After Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from Adelaide Writers' Week by the Adelaide Festival Board, a slew of authors, including Michelle de Kretser, have withdrawn from the event.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 AM
people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Coming soon!
To a US city near you.
To a US city near you.
🔴 NEW: Israel has authorized the use of electronic tracking devices on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, allowing real-time surveillance of civilians placed under administrative movement restrictions, a new IDF directive states. It applies to civilians who have not been charged, tried, or...
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Coming soon!
To a US city near you.
To a US city near you.
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Trump is pushing the invasion of Greenland again. Denmark needs to kick out the US, send a larger military contingent and air defence systems to protect against a US invasion and attacks. Failing to do so is dangerously shortsighted.
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Just say no, Albo #auspol #Australia
The fix is in, folks.
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
Maybe they could teach us how to murder 380,000 children under the age of five in a two year period as well?
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Just say no, Albo #auspol #Australia
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Trump and His Cronies Want a War in the Western Hemisphere. Don’t be fooled by the anti-interventionist language. The Trump administration is only too eager to use military force.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Power kills. And absolute power kills absolutely.
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/D...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Power kills. And absolute power kills absolutely.
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/D...
Trump and His Cronies Want a War in the Western Hemisphere
Don’t be fooled by the anti-interventionist language. The Trump administration is only too eager to use military force.
www.thenation.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Trump and His Cronies Want a War in the Western Hemisphere. Don’t be fooled by the anti-interventionist language. The Trump administration is only too eager to use military force.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Power kills. And absolute power kills absolutely.
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/D...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Power kills. And absolute power kills absolutely.
www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/D...
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probably going to get hammered for this but I’m with Albo - we know what happened in Bondi, we know how these blokes became radicalised, we know warnings weren’t heeded, we know communications between agencies was sloppy and gun laws need tightening - Royal Commission would just confirm all this…
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
probably going to get hammered for this but I’m with Albo - we know what happened in Bondi, we know how these blokes became radicalised, we know warnings weren’t heeded, we know communications between agencies was sloppy and gun laws need tightening - Royal Commission would just confirm all this…
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“Some scholars and scientists estimate the real death toll in Gaza at 680,000.”
“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”
—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🤬
“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”
—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🤬
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
“Some scholars and scientists estimate the real death toll in Gaza at 680,000.”
“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”
—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🤬
“If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.”
—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🤬
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Interesting that Hitler banned the Red Cross from visiting the concentration camps
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Interesting that Hitler banned the Red Cross from visiting the concentration camps
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FUCKING ASHBY
Never met a grift he couldn't increase.
#PairOfUselessTalentlessFucks
#PoolineSwampedByAsiansHanson
#SwillAndScumParty
#auspol
Never met a grift he couldn't increase.
#PairOfUselessTalentlessFucks
#PoolineSwampedByAsiansHanson
#SwillAndScumParty
#auspol
“Pauline Hanson and her chief of staff, James Ashby, flew to Florida on Gina Rinehart’s private jet in October, but the One Nation senator is yet to declare the sponsored travel or answer questions about whether she may be in breach of parliamentary rules”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson travelled to US on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend CPAC
Exclusive: One Nation senator travelled on mining magnate’s Gulfstream 700 in October and is yet to declare it on parliamentary register
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
FUCKING ASHBY
Never met a grift he couldn't increase.
#PairOfUselessTalentlessFucks
#PoolineSwampedByAsiansHanson
#SwillAndScumParty
#auspol
Never met a grift he couldn't increase.
#PairOfUselessTalentlessFucks
#PoolineSwampedByAsiansHanson
#SwillAndScumParty
#auspol
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Tim Wilson who would sell his own Mother if there was something in it for him #auspol
So many hypocrites on antisemitism but the biggest for me is Tim Wilson who was called out by Jewish Australians for siding with Holocaust deniers in trying to repeal 18c of the Racial Dis Act. Wilson argued against “using the law to prosecute deniers.” www.australianjewishnews.com/new-commissi...
New commissioner calls for 18C axing – The Australian Jewish News
AUSTRALIA’S new Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson (pictured) has called for Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act to be axed “in its entirety”.
www.australianjewishnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tim Wilson who would sell his own Mother if there was something in it for him #auspol
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December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Here's a very handy clickable list of publishers & commentators in Aust's independent news media sector.
Please support & share these news media publishers - & of course sign up to TrueNorth! #auspol > docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please support & share these news media publishers - & of course sign up to TrueNorth! #auspol > docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#auspol news media list
docs.google.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Here's a very handy clickable list of publishers & commentators in Aust's independent news media sector.
Please support & share these news media publishers - & of course sign up to TrueNorth! #auspol > docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please support & share these news media publishers - & of course sign up to TrueNorth! #auspol > docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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"It does not need a visit from a President of a country judged to have committed genocide in Gaza, a man who oversees a government which uses famine as a weapon of war, has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinians—and has refused to end the illegal occupation."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
December 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"It does not need a visit from a President of a country judged to have committed genocide in Gaza, a man who oversees a government which uses famine as a weapon of war, has slaughtered tens of thousands of Palestinians—and has refused to end the illegal occupation."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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The NACC has defied the odds by going back-to-back 🏆🏆
After another year of doing absolutely nothing, congratulations on retaining Stranger’s Useless Govt Agency Award.
Consistency is key 👍
After another year of doing absolutely nothing, congratulations on retaining Stranger’s Useless Govt Agency Award.
Consistency is key 👍
And the Australian 2024 Useless Government Agency Of The Year award goes to . . . . .
*drum roll*
the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Yaaay!! Well done @strangerous.bsky.social for judging the #NACC the supreme winner out of a crowded field of incompetent, taxpayer-funded duds.
#pfffft
*drum roll*
the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Yaaay!! Well done @strangerous.bsky.social for judging the #NACC the supreme winner out of a crowded field of incompetent, taxpayer-funded duds.
#pfffft
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The NACC has defied the odds by going back-to-back 🏆🏆
After another year of doing absolutely nothing, congratulations on retaining Stranger’s Useless Govt Agency Award.
Consistency is key 👍
After another year of doing absolutely nothing, congratulations on retaining Stranger’s Useless Govt Agency Award.
Consistency is key 👍
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But not for the genocide of Palestinians 🍉 FFS Chris Minns has lost the plot.
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
But not for the genocide of Palestinians 🍉 FFS Chris Minns has lost the plot.
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The LNP are a disgrace weaponisng the terrible tragedy that befell Bondi.
As for Chris Minns, he is using an autocrats playbook to trample all over our democratic rights and Jacinata Allen is just as bad!
None of the above mentioned are interested in unity, only their political agendas!
As for Chris Minns, he is using an autocrats playbook to trample all over our democratic rights and Jacinata Allen is just as bad!
None of the above mentioned are interested in unity, only their political agendas!
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The LNP are a disgrace weaponisng the terrible tragedy that befell Bondi.
As for Chris Minns, he is using an autocrats playbook to trample all over our democratic rights and Jacinata Allen is just as bad!
None of the above mentioned are interested in unity, only their political agendas!
As for Chris Minns, he is using an autocrats playbook to trample all over our democratic rights and Jacinata Allen is just as bad!
None of the above mentioned are interested in unity, only their political agendas!
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So spare me any National or Bob Katter daring to criticise anyone else for Bondi.
Thanks to the ABC’s Matt Bevan, I now know better. Akram had what are called straight-pull shotguns that slid through the politicians and captured regulators from about 2018. #auspol
Thanks to the ABC’s Matt Bevan, I now know better. Akram had what are called straight-pull shotguns that slid through the politicians and captured regulators from about 2018. #auspol
Albo blamefest should now be derailed (probably won't be) - due to revelations Bondi Shooter bought 3 shotguns, from same gun store, but raised no red flag.
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/bondi-traged...
@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/bondi-traged...
Bondi Shooter revelations leave blood on the hands of politicians, police, ASIO - Michael West
Guns are to blame for Bondi tragedy, not PM Anthony Albanese, peace protestors or Iran who are all being fingered in the frenzy of blame
michaelwest.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So spare me any National or Bob Katter daring to criticise anyone else for Bondi.
Thanks to the ABC’s Matt Bevan, I now know better. Akram had what are called straight-pull shotguns that slid through the politicians and captured regulators from about 2018. #auspol
Thanks to the ABC’s Matt Bevan, I now know better. Akram had what are called straight-pull shotguns that slid through the politicians and captured regulators from about 2018. #auspol
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Sussan Ley completely lacks what it takes to be Prime Minister or even lead a political party.
What a grubby nothing of a person she has revealed herself to be this past week.
I suspect many Jewish Australians would be disgusted by how grossly she has used this tragedy.
What a grubby nothing of a person she has revealed herself to be this past week.
I suspect many Jewish Australians would be disgusted by how grossly she has used this tragedy.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sussan Ley completely lacks what it takes to be Prime Minister or even lead a political party.
What a grubby nothing of a person she has revealed herself to be this past week.
I suspect many Jewish Australians would be disgusted by how grossly she has used this tragedy.
What a grubby nothing of a person she has revealed herself to be this past week.
I suspect many Jewish Australians would be disgusted by how grossly she has used this tragedy.
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George Browning crystallised what many were feeling when he said:
“No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are. You are similarly responsible for its growing presence in the US, Britain, Europe and many other places throughout the world.”
#auspol
“No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are. You are similarly responsible for its growing presence in the US, Britain, Europe and many other places throughout the world.”
#auspol
Message from the Editor
I hope you have had time to read our offerings on the terrible shootings at Bondi this week. Amidst a thicket of coverage, here and overseas, many readers were struggling to process the tragic events.
johnmenadue.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
George Browning crystallised what many were feeling when he said:
“No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are. You are similarly responsible for its growing presence in the US, Britain, Europe and many other places throughout the world.”
#auspol
“No, Mr Netanyahu, Mr Albanese is not responsible for any antisemitism in Australia, you are. You are similarly responsible for its growing presence in the US, Britain, Europe and many other places throughout the world.”
#auspol