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Here to escape that X place and commune with rabble rousers, lefties and animal lovers.
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At what point will we twig that the inquiry most needed is into the extraordinary power and influence the Zionist Lobby is wielding over Australia's mainstream media and cultural and social institutions?
Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after director quits
The festival will not proceed this year following author boycotts and resignations over the decision to dump a Palestinian-Australian writer from the program.
www.smh.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
At what point will we twig that the inquiry most needed is into the extraordinary power and influence the Zionist Lobby is wielding over Australia's mainstream media and cultural and social institutions?
"Because the current debate around hate speech laws has been shaped by politics, by lobbying, and by media pressure. Some groups are treated as worthy of protection, others are expected to just deal with it" (Michael West).
Politics, race, sex, gender top the online hate tables.
"As AI expands, the capacity to generate hate at industrial scale will only accelerate."
Al on Hate Speech laws and the platforms #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hate-speech-...
"As AI expands, the capacity to generate hate at industrial scale will only accelerate."
Al on Hate Speech laws and the platforms #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hate-speech-...
Hate speech and social cohesion. Will new laws stop hate? - Michael West
Parliament will be recalled next week to debate and pass new hate speech laws in the wake of the Bondi massacre. What hate will it target?
michaelwest.com.au
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"Because the current debate around hate speech laws has been shaped by politics, by lobbying, and by media pressure. Some groups are treated as worthy of protection, others are expected to just deal with it" (Michael West).
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A whole bunch of artists and cultural workers have lost work because of the implosion of Adelaide Writers week — writers, producers, stage crew, front of house. None of this was their fault. Something for the Labor premier to think about
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 AM
A whole bunch of artists and cultural workers have lost work because of the implosion of Adelaide Writers week — writers, producers, stage crew, front of house. None of this was their fault. Something for the Labor premier to think about
Trump wants everyone to know he is outraged by the violence being perpetrated upon protesters in Iran by their government. Nicole Good was protesting peacefully in Minneapolis and Trump's ICE Agents shot her in the head. Trump then justified it.
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Trump wants everyone to know he is outraged by the violence being perpetrated upon protesters in Iran by their government. Nicole Good was protesting peacefully in Minneapolis and Trump's ICE Agents shot her in the head. Trump then justified it.
Opinion piece from Louise Adler on why she resigned as Chair of the Adelaide Writers Week festival
"...art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"...art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Opinion piece from Louise Adler on why she resigned as Chair of the Adelaide Writers Week festival
"...art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"...art in the service of “social cohesion” is propaganda."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
After Bondi, calls for a Royal Commission appeared overnight, delivered by rotating groups using identical language. That is astroturfing, a PR tactic that simulates grassroots demand to manufacture urgency, crowd out scrutiny, and lock in policy before evidence is tested. More on YT
Odds are that at the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the Bondi attack will prevent any consideration of links between the atrocities that Israel has perpetrated upon the Palestinians and the rise of antisemitism. Or any criticism of Israel at all.
January 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Odds are that at the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the Bondi attack will prevent any consideration of links between the atrocities that Israel has perpetrated upon the Palestinians and the rise of antisemitism. Or any criticism of Israel at all.
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If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If we can capture another country's president, can another country come and capture ours? Asking for a friend.
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Labor is simultaneously talking about letting CSG, a Zionist security org with close links to the IDF, carry heavy firearms at events in Australia, and also Australians can't protest anymore... What does that feel like?? Seriously?? Anyone that isn't batshit psycho ok with this?
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Labor is simultaneously talking about letting CSG, a Zionist security org with close links to the IDF, carry heavy firearms at events in Australia, and also Australians can't protest anymore... What does that feel like?? Seriously?? Anyone that isn't batshit psycho ok with this?
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This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This anodyne BS is how the NYT summarizes the most corrupt presidency in US history.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
Trump said he didn't know what Project 2025 was; he lied.
He said he would get prices down; he lied.
He said he'd only deport criminals; he lied.
He started wars and attacked his own people.
I wonder if Albanese's weapon buy back scheme is really just an attempt to shut Howard, Frydenberg and the rest of them up. Given the scheme, as it is currently described, emulates not improves the original scheme, it's hard to see the real objective as anything else #bondi
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I wonder if Albanese's weapon buy back scheme is really just an attempt to shut Howard, Frydenberg and the rest of them up. Given the scheme, as it is currently described, emulates not improves the original scheme, it's hard to see the real objective as anything else #bondi
Whilst Albanese prevaricates on gun reform that might actually help prevent further massacres, the far right is making hay from the horrendous events at Bondi this week. Immigration not gun reform will be the outcome and no one but the racists and the bigots will be better off. As for John Howard...
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Whilst Albanese prevaricates on gun reform that might actually help prevent further massacres, the far right is making hay from the horrendous events at Bondi this week. Immigration not gun reform will be the outcome and no one but the racists and the bigots will be better off. As for John Howard...
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Remember when the Labor Party's guiding ethos wasn't to punch down? No, us neither.
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Remember when the Labor Party's guiding ethos wasn't to punch down? No, us neither.
Gleeson has missed the point. The high risk indicators don't 'predict' homicide, the indicators identify increased potential for lethal violence and come from scrutiny of multiple DFV death reviews which found a series of factors common to domestic homicides.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
We're getting one thing wrong when addressing domestic violence homicide
Victims must always be believed. The uncomfortable truth, however, is that statistically, it is almost impossible to predict lethal family violence because it is so rare.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Gleeson has missed the point. The high risk indicators don't 'predict' homicide, the indicators identify increased potential for lethal violence and come from scrutiny of multiple DFV death reviews which found a series of factors common to domestic homicides.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
There is quite the stench emanating from the QPS.
I call bullshit on the 'media strategy' comments.
And really, what was the AFP thinking?
Oh right, boys club
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I call bullshit on the 'media strategy' comments.
And really, what was the AFP thinking?
Oh right, boys club
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Victim blaming’ comments after Hannah Clarke murders were part of botched police media strategy
Documents reveal comments by Det Insp Mark Thompson were attempt to flush out killer’s supporters
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There is quite the stench emanating from the QPS.
I call bullshit on the 'media strategy' comments.
And really, what was the AFP thinking?
Oh right, boys club
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I call bullshit on the 'media strategy' comments.
And really, what was the AFP thinking?
Oh right, boys club
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Qld Police Service & the Coroner's Court are failing women & Indigenous women in particular. It's bad enough we cannot trust the integrity of QPS, it would now appear the CC is colluding with them all whilst successive Labor and Liberal gov's look the other way.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians | Amy McQuire
The refusal to conduct an inquest reveals again what many black women know: it’s not a place for truth-telling but rather a mechanism to alibi the state and its failures
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Qld Police Service & the Coroner's Court are failing women & Indigenous women in particular. It's bad enough we cannot trust the integrity of QPS, it would now appear the CC is colluding with them all whilst successive Labor and Liberal gov's look the other way.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Surely no one believes that Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan is anything but a strategy to make Trump look like a statesman at the same time as Netanyahu commits genocide. They both know Hamas will not go for all the conditions & T&N have already forewarned what will happen if they don't.
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Surely no one believes that Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan is anything but a strategy to make Trump look like a statesman at the same time as Netanyahu commits genocide. They both know Hamas will not go for all the conditions & T&N have already forewarned what will happen if they don't.
Listening to Michaelia Cash on abc Radio National this morning preceded by Ted O'Brien it occurred to me that there must be days when some journalists just dread going to work. Good job Sally Sara
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Listening to Michaelia Cash on abc Radio National this morning preceded by Ted O'Brien it occurred to me that there must be days when some journalists just dread going to work. Good job Sally Sara
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity,”.
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“When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity,”.
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Albanese urged to end ‘double standard’ on Israel after UN commission finds genocide occurring in Gaza
Human rights experts and crossbench politicians call on Labor to ‘put its money where its mouth is’ and apply similar sanctions on Israel as on Russia
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity,”.
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“When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity,”.
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@australiainstitute.org.au I'm a fan and this is disappointing. The CIS and IPA are strange bedfellows for you. And didn't you just do a podcast on the issue of transparency in government? How do these principles not apply to you?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Some of Australia’s biggest thinktanks refuse to reveal their biggest donors. Should they?
Several raise concerns that disclosing their donors exposes them to political attack but others warn not doing so can prompt legitimate questions about influence
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@australiainstitute.org.au I'm a fan and this is disappointing. The CIS and IPA are strange bedfellows for you. And didn't you just do a podcast on the issue of transparency in government? How do these principles not apply to you?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You have to ask yourself, is Anthony Albanese really that out of touch with the majority of Australian people? What a spectacular own goal that 'good people' comment was & how great was Husic's response. In 5 words Husic has shown Albanese for the timid leader he is #therearenogoodfascists
September 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You have to ask yourself, is Anthony Albanese really that out of touch with the majority of Australian people? What a spectacular own goal that 'good people' comment was & how great was Husic's response. In 5 words Husic has shown Albanese for the timid leader he is #therearenogoodfascists
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Interesting that Mehreen Faruqi was immediately sanctioned for holding up a sign in parliament supporting Gaza but Bob Katter threatens violence against a journalist who is simply doing his job and asking an MP a question - and has so far received no parliamentary censure.
August 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Interesting that Mehreen Faruqi was immediately sanctioned for holding up a sign in parliament supporting Gaza but Bob Katter threatens violence against a journalist who is simply doing his job and asking an MP a question - and has so far received no parliamentary censure.
Netanyahu has called our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese weak. A good response might be, 'you're a genocidal killer'.
August 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Netanyahu has called our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese weak. A good response might be, 'you're a genocidal killer'.
This is a bit desperate. Revenue for roads does not need to come from fuel excise alone. Rather than penalising owners of electric vehicles for buying less petrol, lean on some of the real grifters in this country, the mining, alcohol and gambling industries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EV drivers set to pay road user charges as record number of electric cars selling in Australia
PM says sustainable revenue for roads is needed as report shows nearly one in 10 new car sales are electric vehicles
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is a bit desperate. Revenue for roads does not need to come from fuel excise alone. Rather than penalising owners of electric vehicles for buying less petrol, lean on some of the real grifters in this country, the mining, alcohol and gambling industries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
