Andrew Brown
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Producer & Co-Host of The Hard Rock Show, avid dog lover, love the rural life & music obviously but also passionate about sport, politics, literature and more.
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What is the end game here? No publicly funded cultural events that aren’t approved by Israel? No arts boards that aren’t pro-Israel? The sections of our political class and media who are active in this attempted gutting of our cultural landscape need to ask wtf they are doing here.
Exclusive: pro-Israel campaign seeks removal of Palestinian DJ from WOMADelaide
After ruining the Adelaide and Bendigo writers festivals, pro-Israel supporters are now targeting WOMADelaide’s inclusion of Sama’ Abdulhadi
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January 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
What is the end game here? No publicly funded cultural events that aren’t approved by Israel? No arts boards that aren’t pro-Israel? The sections of our political class and media who are active in this attempted gutting of our cultural landscape need to ask wtf they are doing here.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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the reluctance for anyone still actively supporting Twitter/X to reconsider about what they're doing remarkable. Would you keep working or giving quotes to a newspaper that was publishing erotica about 11 year old kids? or photos of people that were photoshopped to remove their clothing?
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
the reluctance for anyone still actively supporting Twitter/X to reconsider about what they're doing remarkable. Would you keep working or giving quotes to a newspaper that was publishing erotica about 11 year old kids? or photos of people that were photoshopped to remove their clothing?
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Not one person has lost their job or been forced to apologise for supporting Israel’s genocide.
You can support the mass murder of Muslims & you will never be in danger of losing your job in media or politics or the arts or business or education.
Suggest Israel are wrong, & you will be targeted.
You can support the mass murder of Muslims & you will never be in danger of losing your job in media or politics or the arts or business or education.
Suggest Israel are wrong, & you will be targeted.
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Not one person has lost their job or been forced to apologise for supporting Israel’s genocide.
You can support the mass murder of Muslims & you will never be in danger of losing your job in media or politics or the arts or business or education.
Suggest Israel are wrong, & you will be targeted.
You can support the mass murder of Muslims & you will never be in danger of losing your job in media or politics or the arts or business or education.
Suggest Israel are wrong, & you will be targeted.
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Labor will (try to) ban kids from using YouTube but are ok with xAi generating limitless CSAM?
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Labor will (try to) ban kids from using YouTube but are ok with xAi generating limitless CSAM?
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I don’t know, man. You’d think the government would just elect to simply not post to, or participate in, a Child Sex Abuse Material platform
He is still posting there as of 14 minutes ago though.
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I don’t know, man. You’d think the government would just elect to simply not post to, or participate in, a Child Sex Abuse Material platform
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No really - where is he?
Nearly 100 writers have now pulled out, so the festival obvs cannot proceed…
Nearly 100 writers have now pulled out, so the festival obvs cannot proceed…
Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
No really - where is he?
Nearly 100 writers have now pulled out, so the festival obvs cannot proceed…
Nearly 100 writers have now pulled out, so the festival obvs cannot proceed…
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lol what even are principles
Unfortunately for Malinauskas, the internet remembers. Instagram user beccilove dug out this quote from a few years ago.
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
lol what even are principles
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It’s worth mentioning, the terror attacks happened to all Australians. It may have been targeting the Jewish community, but an attack on Australian soil is an attack on us all. We should start acting like it.
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 AM
It’s worth mentioning, the terror attacks happened to all Australians. It may have been targeting the Jewish community, but an attack on Australian soil is an attack on us all. We should start acting like it.
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Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Where’s Tony Burke?
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons.
Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…
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“Cultural sensitivity” means destroying an entire arts festival rather than allowing a Palestinian person to come along and talk about her new novel.
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
“Cultural sensitivity” means destroying an entire arts festival rather than allowing a Palestinian person to come along and talk about her new novel.
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Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Adelaide Festival board facing a stark choice: Are they willing to sacrifice the entire festival to prevent a single Palestinian-Australian author from speaking?
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
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Maybe another Royal Commission into the influence Israel and Zionism has over Australian politics and society?
That’s a Royal Commission we can all get behind. Latest podcast from New Politics. #AUSPOL podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
That’s a Royal Commission we can all get behind. Latest podcast from New Politics. #AUSPOL podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
A Royal Commission too far? Power, pressure and the politics of Bondi
Podcast Episode · New Politics: Australian Politics · 08/01/2026 · 13m
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January 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Maybe another Royal Commission into the influence Israel and Zionism has over Australian politics and society?
That’s a Royal Commission we can all get behind. Latest podcast from New Politics. #AUSPOL podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
That’s a Royal Commission we can all get behind. Latest podcast from New Politics. #AUSPOL podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
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Hard to disagree with any of this
January 8, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Hard to disagree with any of this
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This influence of the pro-Israel lobby group in Australia is a sickness.
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This influence of the pro-Israel lobby group in Australia is a sickness.
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What should be "under scrutiny" is not a respected jurist's decision to uphold the right to protest.
But the way the Israel lobby and their political & media allies,
who aim to suppress any protest aimed at the genocidal rogue state,
now appear to be calling the shots. #auspol
But the way the Israel lobby and their political & media allies,
who aim to suppress any protest aimed at the genocidal rogue state,
now appear to be calling the shots. #auspol
Intriguing reporting from Nine here - the objection to former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead the royal commission apparently relates to a previous decision where she upheld the democratic right to protest www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Virginia Bell’s role in protest laws under scrutiny as Albanese weighs royal commission
Judgments handed down by former high court judge Virginia Bell and another contender, former Federal Court of Australia chief justice James Allsop, are under scrutiny as the government decides on a ro...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
What should be "under scrutiny" is not a respected jurist's decision to uphold the right to protest.
But the way the Israel lobby and their political & media allies,
who aim to suppress any protest aimed at the genocidal rogue state,
now appear to be calling the shots. #auspol
But the way the Israel lobby and their political & media allies,
who aim to suppress any protest aimed at the genocidal rogue state,
now appear to be calling the shots. #auspol
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I do not understand some of the reactions to the cold-blooded murder of a young mother by ICE agents.
ICE doesn’t need better training. ICE isn’t ill equipped. It is a modern day gestapo and a totally illegitimate force. It should he abolished. Full stop. It should not take a murder to say so
ICE doesn’t need better training. ICE isn’t ill equipped. It is a modern day gestapo and a totally illegitimate force. It should he abolished. Full stop. It should not take a murder to say so
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I do not understand some of the reactions to the cold-blooded murder of a young mother by ICE agents.
ICE doesn’t need better training. ICE isn’t ill equipped. It is a modern day gestapo and a totally illegitimate force. It should he abolished. Full stop. It should not take a murder to say so
ICE doesn’t need better training. ICE isn’t ill equipped. It is a modern day gestapo and a totally illegitimate force. It should he abolished. Full stop. It should not take a murder to say so
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Albo seems to have forgotten how much the last election was a rejection of Dutton offering himself as 'Temu-Trump'.
He can:
- set Australia on course for foreign policy independence, or
- slavishly follow the fickle fascist in the White House down into his cesspit of murderous aggression. #auspol
He can:
- set Australia on course for foreign policy independence, or
- slavishly follow the fickle fascist in the White House down into his cesspit of murderous aggression. #auspol
'There are no closer friends and allies than the United States of America and Australia.' ~ AbL0, OCT 2025
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Albo seems to have forgotten how much the last election was a rejection of Dutton offering himself as 'Temu-Trump'.
He can:
- set Australia on course for foreign policy independence, or
- slavishly follow the fickle fascist in the White House down into his cesspit of murderous aggression. #auspol
He can:
- set Australia on course for foreign policy independence, or
- slavishly follow the fickle fascist in the White House down into his cesspit of murderous aggression. #auspol
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‘Unthinkable’: Frydenberg reacts to PM’s pick for royal commission - Daily Telegraph
Who cares what this nobody never was thinks?
Who cares what this nobody never was thinks?
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
‘Unthinkable’: Frydenberg reacts to PM’s pick for royal commission - Daily Telegraph
Who cares what this nobody never was thinks?
Who cares what this nobody never was thinks?
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He needs to lean in - oh you want to look at the causes, ok then, let's look at ALL of it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
He needs to lean in - oh you want to look at the causes, ok then, let's look at ALL of it.
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The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood.
Scum.
Scum.
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On 10 Oct, 2016 both PM Malcolm Turnbull & OL Bill Shorten spoke on a motion denouncing racism in Australia. As Shorten stood, Sussan Ley was among a group to walk out. At the time, the push to weaken the Racial Discrimination Act was raging. #auspol youtu.be/F9y_v0yT8cE
Turnbull Govt ministers including Deputy PM walk out on anti-racism motion by Bill Shorten
YouTube video by Qldaah
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January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
On 10 Oct, 2016 both PM Malcolm Turnbull & OL Bill Shorten spoke on a motion denouncing racism in Australia. As Shorten stood, Sussan Ley was among a group to walk out. At the time, the push to weaken the Racial Discrimination Act was raging. #auspol youtu.be/F9y_v0yT8cE
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Our beloved allies: shooting up university students in Palestine and shooting a civilian in the face whilst attempting to kidnap people off the street in Minneapolis. Can’t wait for the strongly-worded frown (at best) from our government.
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Our beloved allies: shooting up university students in Palestine and shooting a civilian in the face whilst attempting to kidnap people off the street in Minneapolis. Can’t wait for the strongly-worded frown (at best) from our government.