In 2003, before he held any significant office, Minns was selected for the AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship – an all-expenses-paid program with one purpose: take promising Australian political figures to Israel, immerse them, and bind them. michaelwest.com.au/groomed-capt....
NSW case, why Qld law is likely doomed
"The justices (SCCA) wrote that the notion that the community can & should be protected from political expression by others because it might be “upsetting, inflammatory and divisive” wasn’t legitimate under the constitution"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Speaking on Sunday morning, the state’s premier, David Crisafulli, denied that his government was cracking down on free speech, insisting his new laws were about “striking a balance”. The premier claimed the proscribed phrases amounted to a call for the genocide of Jewish people. “No one is suggesting that people can’t strongly speak about what’s happening in Gaza, of course they can – and they can absolutely talk about freedom for Palestine,” he said. But the premier said “hate” could not be let go unchecked – drawing a direct link between it and the terror attack at Bondi. “But because we didn’t call it out in the past, that led to people being mowed down doing the most Australian thing you can: being on a beach,” he said. The face of the former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, infamous for his corruption and repression of freedom of assembly, appeared on one sign, while the blond mullet of John Farnham adorned another.
Here comes the "but".
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli blames the phrases he banned for the terrorism at Bondi. "No one is suggesting that people can’t strongly speak about what’s happening in Gaza, of course they can – and they can absolutely talk about freedom for Palestine but..." #qldpol
GULF OF GUINEA RECORD HEAT
Record heat are falling allover the world like never before and The Gulf of Guinea is not the exception.
Extraordinary hot night at Natitingou, BENIN highlands with a Minimum of 28.6C, by far the highest ever recorded in April.
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.
Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.
But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.
Trickle down hoax.
The federal response to the South Australian harmful algal bloom inquiry has now also been released. Only one of 14 specific recommendations made by the inquiry were agreed to by the response. We'd like to hear your perspective: form.jotform.com/261022492870...
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
#Israel 's "Settlers murder Aws Hamdi Al-Na’san(13) & Jihad Abu Naim(32) during an attack on the Al-Mughayyir boys school west of the village.
Aws Naasan sustained a head injury & Jihad Abu Naim sustained a chest wound; 3 more were also injured by live fire."
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"According to the rights group B’tselem... “This selection sends a clear message to the citizens of Israel and the entire world – in Israel, genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes are the ‘spirit of the nation’.”" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports?
Australia Institute research shows Australia exported enough gas in five years to supply the country for over 20 years.
✍ Sign the petition to support a 25% gas export tax: https://theaus.in/4tWQy1H
New Australia Institute research shows that the Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing Australian gas than the Australian Government!
"They're taxing our gas. There's no reason we can't."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Queensland media, Jarrod Bleijie & David Crisafulli are literally laughing at you in the corridors of parliament.
What's it going to take to wake you up? #qldpol
I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.
It was worth it.
The Australian Greens are calling on the government to audit every Palantir contract across Government and particularly in Defence, Home Affairs and intelligence agencies and table the findings in Parliament. The public has a right to know the full scale of the risks and the sell out.
Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.
This is the Queensland media in the eighties. Russ Hinze tells them there is nothing going on.
2020s Qld Media: Oh well, that's all there is then, we'll just move on.
1980s Qld Media: Get fucked. #qldpol
. @richarddenniss.bsky.social opens by pointing out that the Japanese govt actually raises more revenue from Australian gas than does the Australian govt!
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A must-read for Australians from Melissa Lucashenko on the definition of 'social cohesion' & more. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Australia produces enough food for 75 million people. But intensifying heat and natural disasters plus competition for water are eroding food security.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/overhea...
“What side you standing on?”
The Strokes at Coachella 🔥
A former Shell executive says it’s time to tax gas exports.
We agree!
Gas export companies are reaping billions from Australian resources while paying little or no tax.
✍ Sign the petition to support a 25% tax on Australian gas exports: https://theaus.in/4cW9FDn
In unfortunate news, one of the missions I work on, NASA TRACERS, is on the chopping block in the budget proposed by Trump and Vought.
A functional pair of sats that would just outright be shut off because the current federal government is anti science and anti exploration.
Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”
Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Wild that 47 women have been killed per day for 925 days straight by Israel, Israel which continues to massacre, maim, rape, torture, kidnap, and destroy Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians, Syrians, Indonesians, journalists, medics, researchers, diplomats, poets, the elderly, children, and babies.
"A video has been released showing US-Israeli attacks on Iranian hospitals.
Watch at 00:38: it shows a nurse trying to save as many babies as possible by holding them in her arms.
Who can support this? Who can condone this?"(Marcel D on X) #Iran
