Niall
@niallau.bsky.social
Posting mix of #auspol & tech/dev stuff.
I feel so much safer now that Minns has allowed each person to have 4 x guns, 8 x F-35s, 80 x air-2-ground missiles, gov weapons + protection while they illegally take a settlement & an Advance membership.
Clearly the real danger to us all was anyone saying innocent kids shouldn't be killed.
#auspol
Clearly the real danger to us all was anyone saying innocent kids shouldn't be killed.
#auspol
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I feel so much safer now that Minns has allowed each person to have 4 x guns, 8 x F-35s, 80 x air-2-ground missiles, gov weapons + protection while they illegally take a settlement & an Advance membership.
Clearly the real danger to us all was anyone saying innocent kids shouldn't be killed.
#auspol
Clearly the real danger to us all was anyone saying innocent kids shouldn't be killed.
#auspol
I don't think you could come up with a more inflammatory, offensive & tone deaf move than inviting the president of Israel to Australia. This crosses just about every red line there is for maintaining social cohesion & highlights ALPs complete disrespect for international law & human rights.
#auspol
#auspol
December 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I don't think you could come up with a more inflammatory, offensive & tone deaf move than inviting the president of Israel to Australia. This crosses just about every red line there is for maintaining social cohesion & highlights ALPs complete disrespect for international law & human rights.
#auspol
#auspol
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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
Holding complexity amidst catastrophe
I didn't want to write this.
I don't want to write this.
I feel like I need to write something.
I am writing this.
I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience.
I am still writing this, ei...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
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A Royal Commission into why no govt in Australia will ever sanction Israel for openly committing international crimes....
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A Royal Commission into why no govt in Australia will ever sanction Israel for openly committing international crimes....
I doubt Ley shed a single tear for the 72000 killed in Gaza & it's even harder to believe she even shed a single tear for the victims of Bondi given how quickly she leapt into action (within hours) to use their deaths to gain personal political advantage.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition attacks Penny Wong for not shedding ‘a single tear’ after Bondi shooting, says ‘multicultural nirvana’ has failed
Coalition MPs also, without evidence, link government’s decision to recognise Palestinian state to Bondi terror attack at extraordinary press conference
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I doubt Ley shed a single tear for the 72000 killed in Gaza & it's even harder to believe she even shed a single tear for the victims of Bondi given how quickly she leapt into action (within hours) to use their deaths to gain personal political advantage.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
jewishcouncil.good.do
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Can someone please start a petition to urge all the Australian RWNJs that ‘don’t like it to leave’. Perhaps they’d like it a lot better in Trumps America or Netanyahu’s Israel - a racist authoritarian state would be a great fit for them. I’d not miss them.
#justsaying #auspol
#justsaying #auspol
December 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Can someone please start a petition to urge all the Australian RWNJs that ‘don’t like it to leave’. Perhaps they’d like it a lot better in Trumps America or Netanyahu’s Israel - a racist authoritarian state would be a great fit for them. I’d not miss them.
#justsaying #auspol
#justsaying #auspol
Meanwhile on "how to sound like you're doing something when you're not"...
1) The only LNG Exporters target by this (QLD/EC) only make up 20% of AU LNG exports
2) 93% of future LNG reserves are NW shelf (not QLD)
3) Royalties issue not mentioned at all
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1) The only LNG Exporters target by this (QLD/EC) only make up 20% of AU LNG exports
2) 93% of future LNG reserves are NW shelf (not QLD)
3) Royalties issue not mentioned at all
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Historic’ gas reservation policy to force major producers to set aside up to a quarter for Australian use
Chris Bowen announces long-awaited policy aimed at lowering energy prices on Australia’s east coast
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Meanwhile on "how to sound like you're doing something when you're not"...
1) The only LNG Exporters target by this (QLD/EC) only make up 20% of AU LNG exports
2) 93% of future LNG reserves are NW shelf (not QLD)
3) Royalties issue not mentioned at all
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1) The only LNG Exporters target by this (QLD/EC) only make up 20% of AU LNG exports
2) 93% of future LNG reserves are NW shelf (not QLD)
3) Royalties issue not mentioned at all
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
After a week where Albanese (once again) ended up capitulating to demands of the Israel Lobby & RW hate mongers, the people he did it all to win votes 'from' remind him that there is no chance in hell they would ever vote for him in future (and no chance they were ever going to before).
#auspol
#auspol
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
After a week where Albanese (once again) ended up capitulating to demands of the Israel Lobby & RW hate mongers, the people he did it all to win votes 'from' remind him that there is no chance in hell they would ever vote for him in future (and no chance they were ever going to before).
#auspol
#auspol
Whilst we cringed our way through this week listening to bad actors sowing hate & division over #bondi - let it never be forgotten it was Albanese/ALP and Minns/NSW Labor that capitulated & enforced their bidding as law. Given ALP's overwhelming majority of power there is NO excuse for this.
#auspol
#auspol
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Finally caught Spinal Tap II - tbh quite disappointed compared to the original. The funniest jokes were the ones they recycled from the first movie & they didn't even really do those justice either.
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Finally caught Spinal Tap II - tbh quite disappointed compared to the original. The funniest jokes were the ones they recycled from the first movie & they didn't even really do those justice either.
Large police presence in Mordialloc tonight after yesterday' s kiddie riots. Lot of foot patrols & also 10+ patrol cars doing laps around main st/beach rd/car parks. Thankfully the d-heads chose another beach instead today. This is a note our 12yo's principal sent out this morning to parents.
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Large police presence in Mordialloc tonight after yesterday' s kiddie riots. Lot of foot patrols & also 10+ patrol cars doing laps around main st/beach rd/car parks. Thankfully the d-heads chose another beach instead today. This is a note our 12yo's principal sent out this morning to parents.
Yay - we are carbon negative this month & the 30kW drawn from the grid is only due to some weird way our system works where it takes about 1kW/day when it doesn't need it. This included charging our EV up to 100% about 10x as well.
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yay - we are carbon negative this month & the 30kW drawn from the grid is only due to some weird way our system works where it takes about 1kW/day when it doesn't need it. This included charging our EV up to 100% about 10x as well.
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Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
theshot.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
There's no more effective way to push an unhinged person to tipping point where they commit a massacre then to make them feel their opinions/pov can't be expressed any other way. Bad actors trying to twist #Bondi to suppress free speech/protests will only increase likelihood of these events.
#auspol
#auspol
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I am sickened & horrified by all the killing :
16 killed at Bondi
1219 killed in Oct 7 attacks
870+ killed in West Bank (since Oct 7)
72,500+ killed in Gaza (since Oct 7)
People say 'it can't happen here', but if we allow it to happen 'over there' we are allowing it to happen here too.
#auspol
16 killed at Bondi
1219 killed in Oct 7 attacks
870+ killed in West Bank (since Oct 7)
72,500+ killed in Gaza (since Oct 7)
People say 'it can't happen here', but if we allow it to happen 'over there' we are allowing it to happen here too.
#auspol
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I am sickened & horrified by all the killing :
16 killed at Bondi
1219 killed in Oct 7 attacks
870+ killed in West Bank (since Oct 7)
72,500+ killed in Gaza (since Oct 7)
People say 'it can't happen here', but if we allow it to happen 'over there' we are allowing it to happen here too.
#auspol
16 killed at Bondi
1219 killed in Oct 7 attacks
870+ killed in West Bank (since Oct 7)
72,500+ killed in Gaza (since Oct 7)
People say 'it can't happen here', but if we allow it to happen 'over there' we are allowing it to happen here too.
#auspol
Damn these noodle prices are getting completely out of hand.
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Damn these noodle prices are getting completely out of hand.
At this trying time of year, please don't forget to spare a thought for those unfortunate families right across Australia who are now dealing with untangling multiple 5-30mtr fairy light cords which were not packed away correctly at the end of last years' festive holiday season.
#Xmas #Festivus
#Xmas #Festivus
December 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
At official Nike store @ Southland today to buy kid new shoes. Apparently they "won't measure your feet anymore .. since covid"(?). I reminded sales guy covid is a respiratory disease not transmitted via my child's foot & received a "I dont care" shrug back. Needless to say they didn't make a sale.
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
At official Nike store @ Southland today to buy kid new shoes. Apparently they "won't measure your feet anymore .. since covid"(?). I reminded sales guy covid is a respiratory disease not transmitted via my child's foot & received a "I dont care" shrug back. Needless to say they didn't make a sale.
Obviously it must be a TOTAL FREAKY COINCIDENCE that US is provoking a war with Venezuela who ALSO happens to have the largest supply of Crude Oil reserves in the world. /s
Fact Check : the major suppliers/sources of drugs to US is Mexico/Columbia/Cuba/Ecuador - clearly not Venezuela.
Fact Check : the major suppliers/sources of drugs to US is Mexico/Columbia/Cuba/Ecuador - clearly not Venezuela.
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Obviously it must be a TOTAL FREAKY COINCIDENCE that US is provoking a war with Venezuela who ALSO happens to have the largest supply of Crude Oil reserves in the world. /s
Fact Check : the major suppliers/sources of drugs to US is Mexico/Columbia/Cuba/Ecuador - clearly not Venezuela.
Fact Check : the major suppliers/sources of drugs to US is Mexico/Columbia/Cuba/Ecuador - clearly not Venezuela.
I've been to the US 4x in past 10yrs, 3 of those for biz. We had plans for holiday there soon but there's zero chance will do that while Trump is still in power. I really hope I don't need to go for biz. These rules make China, Russia & Nth Korea seem friendly.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘The whole thing disgusts me’: Australians ditch US travel as new rules require social media to be declared
Visitors will have to reveal at the border all social media activity over the past five years
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I've been to the US 4x in past 10yrs, 3 of those for biz. We had plans for holiday there soon but there's zero chance will do that while Trump is still in power. I really hope I don't need to go for biz. These rules make China, Russia & Nth Korea seem friendly.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think the Hon eSafety Commissioner may need a career change after today's #fail & comments like this. I hear the Daily Mirror might be hiring, they need someone to write a follow up to their "INTERNET MAY BE JUST A PASSING FAD AS MILLIONS GIVE UP ON IT" article from '2000.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I think the Hon eSafety Commissioner may need a career change after today's #fail & comments like this. I hear the Daily Mirror might be hiring, they need someone to write a follow up to their "INTERNET MAY BE JUST A PASSING FAD AS MILLIONS GIVE UP ON IT" article from '2000.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
Shocked* This seems to be going almost as well as ALP's 2012 Australian Censorship/internet filter. Stay tuned for "we didn't knows" from ALP in about 2 years.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan #fail
#auspol #SocialMediaBan #fail
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Shocked* This seems to be going almost as well as ALP's 2012 Australian Censorship/internet filter. Stay tuned for "we didn't knows" from ALP in about 2 years.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan #fail
#auspol #SocialMediaBan #fail
I wonder why Albanese has not (Airquote) 'saved kids' from the (Airquote) 'Harmful Algorithms' determining NDIS eligibility.
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#auspol #SocialMediaBan #NDIS #HarmfulAlgorithms
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#auspol #SocialMediaBan #NDIS #HarmfulAlgorithms
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul
Exclusive: Staff were told of major changes to the way NDIS funding and support plans will be made during a recent internal briefing
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I wonder why Albanese has not (Airquote) 'saved kids' from the (Airquote) 'Harmful Algorithms' determining NDIS eligibility.
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#auspol #SocialMediaBan #NDIS #HarmfulAlgorithms
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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#auspol #SocialMediaBan #NDIS #HarmfulAlgorithms
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Incidentally, the *only* social media network which has actually asked for Age Verification from me so far is Bluesky. Are all the rest waiting until 11:59pm tonight to action? For my 12yo daughter - Snapchat was the only one and she easily bypassed the photo check.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Incidentally, the *only* social media network which has actually asked for Age Verification from me so far is Bluesky. Are all the rest waiting until 11:59pm tonight to action? For my 12yo daughter - Snapchat was the only one and she easily bypassed the photo check.
#auspol #SocialMediaBan
#auspol #SocialMediaBan