he's loaded up the prime ministerial jet with jerry cans of diesel. might not have room.

"To see NACC now portraying the hard work of so many people to reveal the tragedy of robodebt — often in the face of media hostility — as somehow an inevitable case of “deception soon being discovered” is sickening." Read @keanebernard.bsky.social on NACC's twisted reasoning.

The CFMEU stench coming out of Victoria demands federal intervention The CFMEU corruption crisis in Victoria — and Victorian Labor's refusal to do anything about it — is now so appalling the Commonwealth must step in.

Opinion | The CFMEU crisis in Victoria is the worst government corruption scandal in 40 years. It is time for the Commonwealth to intervene, writes Bernard Keane. buff.ly/SgqitPi

Now do Trump.

Building bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’ A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies, criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry, including on large publicly funded projects.

Building industry corruption and the CFMEU is dominating Vic politics the last few weeks. Here‘s the first part of our investigation from July 2024 www.theage.com.au/national/building-bad-how-bikies-underworld-have-become-a-construction-industry-cancer-20240703-p5jqr0.html

I bought a carriage… Well at least this is easier to park. I walk at home unaided but this will make things a lot easier when I go out. (Feet are wound free now)

This is my choice and it’s a good thing. I was well over all the wounds after each day out with friends.

Open to nickname suggestions:

🔥 scoop 🔥 from @keanebernard.bsky.social: travelled overseas? your biometric data + potentially everything from your Medicare card to your drivers licence is being handed to US agencies like ICE

terrible jowls

Can the centre hold in Australian politics? Not if key players stop trying

Liberals can't roll over to the right to battle One Nation — there's another way The Nationals' One Nation-fuelled abandonment of climate science leaves Liberal moderates with a choice: give in to terrorists or stand up for their constituents.

The One Nationals' "pay more for power for longer" climate policy is crunch time for the remaining Liberal moderates.

Do they keep rolling over to appease right-wingers or stand up for their voters?

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The Fraser Manifesto: A former prime minister's plan to replace the Liberal party YouTube video by Crikey News

Malcolm Fraser wanted a new party that's basically 'the progressive Libs' – you could say we now have that in community indies.

But can a structured party do things an indie coalition can't? BK & I discuss on the pod.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfQ...

Listen on Apple, Spotify, etc #auspol

So terribly sorry to hear -- it sounds like you gave him the farewell he deserved and did right by him. Mourn and then celebrate loving him.

not sure who it is as I'm blocked. kudos to whoever it is for pre-emptive blocking
but I do hold with mainstream opinion and hate the Keaton ep

ABC News (Australia) headline: For the first time since the conflict in Gaza began nearly two years ago, an American president told Israel to stop — and it did.

ABC now running completely untrue propaganda for America and Israel. The bombing hasn’t stopped and it has been widely reported that Netanyahu said to his own people they wouldn’t stop pretty much as soon as trump asked him to.

Trump's plan to end war crimes in Gaza, naturally, puts war criminal Tony Blair in charge Perhaps Tony Blair is the ideal man to lead a Trump reconstruction plan in Gaza. His lies about Iraq led to at least 100,000 deaths and helped pave the way for Trump.

Opinion | Donald Trump wants to impose an economic development plan on Gaza, led by Tony Blair — a man whose deceptions led to 100,000 deaths in Iraq, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

I don't think this journalist understands the role of public servants compared to ministerial office staff.

Free speech? Neoliberal economics? Rule of law? No, now only the white male id guides the right Gone are the days when the cornerstones of right-wing ideology pointed towards neoliberal economics and personal freedom. All has been replaced with the agenda of the anxious white male.

“… It is an “agenda” of the white male id — capricious, short-fused, anxious, paranoid, jealous, demanding of control but resentful of the burden of responsibility control brings — the nihilism of privilege.” @keanebernard.bsky.social

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Netanyahu proves he's a thin-skinned, genocidal man-child — and that News Corp is a foreign propaganda outlet The Israeli prime minister poses as a tough guy, but criticism reduces him to a quivering jelly of rage. It's no surprise he went to News Corp to vent.

Netanyahu is a corrupt, genocidal, thin-skinned man-child who propped up Hamas with millions of dollars.

Why is even a foreign propaganda outlet like Sky News giving him a platform?

How the productivity roundtable became a vast gaslighting exercise — and sums up the fatal rot in Australian politics The run-up to the productivity roundtable has been a giant demonstration of how politics in Australia is merely a quarrel of vested interests and not the national interest.

What a weird coincidence — everyone attending the productivity roundtable thinks something they directly benefit from would be great for the economy, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Media Release: Jewish Council backs march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

We stand with – and join – those marching across the bridge and call for immediate action to stop the Gaza genocide and for a future where everyone is free, from the river to the sea.

How it started. How it's going..

News Corp smear campaign against Sarah Schwartz demolished by independent review The Australian launched a smear against Sarah Schwartz alleging antisemitism. An independent review has completely cleared her and pointed the finger at News Corp instead.

News Corp launched a disgusting smear campaign against @sarahschwartz.bsky.social last summer. But an independent review just completely cleared her of fake charges of antisemitism -- and pointed out how the media took her out of context

'Background use only': How Labor justifies its silence on Gaza to the media Labor's response yesterday to mass starvation in Gaza was to condemn a Greens senator for mentioning it. Then it tried to spin itself as the victim.

Never mind dying babies, what about Senate decorum? Crikey reveals how Labor sets its priorities when it comes to genocide in Gaza. @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

The terrors of toytown: Sydney quakes in the shadows of entertainment and gambling egos Sydneysiders should stop pretending they live in a serious city. It's run by the entertainment-gambling industrial complex, and it stinks.

Dear Sydney: you're not a global city, you're just a toytown run by a grubby entertainment-gambling industrial complex. Love, @keanebernard.bsky.social

‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

OpenAI's 'productivity' garbage is an age-old scam — and one that's long crippled Australia Touting the economic benefits of AI is straight from business lobbyists' playbook, one used over and over again.

This week the media fell for OpenAI's bullshit about massive productivity gains from adopting AI — just another demand for handouts by big business, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Gaza protesters cop a beating while criminals run increasingly rampant: It's Chris Minns' NSW

In NSW, violent crime is surging. Meanwhile Premier Chris Minns is obsessing over pro-Palestine protesters, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Choppers of credibility: How 15 years of Defence debacle gave us dud helicopter carriers The Department of Defence's management of our two largest naval vessels was characterised by spectacular incompetence, critical failures and possible fraud, a new report shows.

How long before the government does something about the department of defence? A new report reveals spectacular failings around our helicopter carriers, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Trump's bombing proves 'the global order' was just power politics all along. Now? Welcome to the jungle Australia has long been an enthusiastic supporter of a 'rules-based international order'. That order is now dead at the hands of the Trump administration. And it turns out China was right — it was a s...

Welcome to the jungle: the "rules based international order" that Australia has lectured other countries about for decades is dead and buried.

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