Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says
Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Pauline Hanson’s support for Donald Trump’s war in Iran has become a central battleground in the Farrer byelection, with a big-spending advertising campaign seeking to link the One Nation leader to rising fuel and fertiliser costs hitting regional voters #AusPol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
#MasterchefAU is one of the best fuck-you’s to Pauline Hanson and Angus Taylor’s anti-immigration racism too. As the whole nation cheers on people of Malaysian, Nigerian, Peruvian, Greek background and so much more - celebrating their heritage and their culture joyously and deliciously.
#MasterchefAU is back which means on one small corner of Australian television; we have actual representation of the diverse makeup of our country portrayed for a few months, at least.
Australia has a serious problem with social cohesion, but it’s no good pretending it’s recent. Koori civilisation has been torn asunder ever since the convict ships dropped anchor #AusPol www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Australia has done nothing while Israel has assassinated journalists, medics, aid workers, diplomats, foreign & spiritual leaders. Through the war crimes & illegal invasions, Albanese has done nothing even to dissuade Israel – no sanctions, no support for arrest warrants.
Is there even a red line?
‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in argument over whether Iran is a just war
Senior international correspondent
Trump administration has riled head of Catholic church over use of theology to justify conflict in Iran www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
In one Tweet: “A note to the book industry and Jews who work in it. You should be making sure that Jewish writers are leading the conversation right now. Period.” Underneath that; “It’s an honor to represent the voices of the people of Iran on @ foxnewsnight especially our sisters. We must scream for them. #FreeIran 🦁”
Eve Barlow with not an ounce of irony or a single brain cell.
‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands
Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Harry Potter is fascist”
#HarryPotter
youtu.be/A_dvAkxvYB0?...
Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House
Pontiff denounces leaders who invoke religion to justify war, after US bishops offer him support after Vance remarks
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
NSW’s highest court strikes down anti-protest law introduced in wake of Bondi beach terror attack
Court finds law – which effectively meant protesters could not march without risk of arrest – is unconstitutional #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A data analysis by @ettemedia.bsky.social shows just how insane the Australian campaign against Randa Abdel-Fattah has been.
www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...
EXCLUSIVE: A data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by The Australian targeting Randa Abdel-Fattah. The paper has written more articles on her than Nine papers, Guardian, ACM papers & ABCNews online COMBINED
www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-me...
Between them, the two leads of BEACH READ have 5.6 million Instagram followers.
… that’ll partly be why they were cast. Guaranteed.
The first Australian to be prosecuted under Commonwealth laws introduced in 2024 to combat adult deepfake pornography has pleaded guilty.
William Hamish Yeates, 19, admitted two counts of creating or altering sexual material without consent. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Euphoria season 3 is a celebration of female degradation
The latest instalment of Sam Levinson’s show seems to revel in the abject sexualisation and humiliation of women www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/arti...
The anti-migrant sentiment being expressed by a terrifyingly large number of people across the political spectrum has, ultimately, very little to do with the behaviour of actual migrants, and everything to do with anxieties around defending and maintaining white supremacy in the settler colony.
CURSED:
'Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos'
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Y’know, #AusPol journalists - if you can note that Angus Taylor is using “Trumpian” rhetoric, we all know that means racist and you don’t - amazingly - have to quote him verbatim, without fact-checking his “Trumpian” spew.
Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in
Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ access www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
#Euphoria - What a relief that this is the end for Sam Levison’s grim drama. A show which was once blackly funny is now humourless torture porn www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
“‘This is not serious leadership’: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio watch UFC in Miami as Iran talks fail”
… this history books keep getting weirder 🤦♀️ sorry, kids.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...
A Syrian man has buried his wife and four of his five children after Israeli strikes hit Beirut earlier this week.
Israeli settlers turn Passover into celebration of ethnic cleansing
Palestinians displaced by settler violence confront loss of community as settlers celebrate their forced expulsions. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
The High Court was Bruce Lehrmann's last legal avenue to challenge a Federal Court ruling that, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins — now that avenue has closed.
What happens in a fuel crisis if public transport isn’t a real option? ‘It’s pushing people to tipping point’ #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
a price showing the price of sun and wind over the coming weeks, it's zero
I'm in a chat with a bunch of wind and solar industry insiders and they're telling me they expect the price of sun and wind to climb to at least $0 per babbrel in the coming weeks
Nine tells journalists to increase AI use and that usage is being monitored
Nine’s editorial staff, which includes The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review, were told at an all-staff meeting that their use of AI must improve #AusPol www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/09/n...
