Ben Roberts-Smith had vacated his rental and booked an international flight. Then the police arrived Five days before the alleged war criminal was set to fly out of the country, authorities swooped in to arrest him.

Whoa... turns out the AFP had to arrest Ben Roberts-Smith so suddenly because he was about to flee the country to Spain! www.smh.com.au/national/ben...

Wonder if his living arrangements in Spain had also been secured & by whom?

Seems quite a different story to what was being peddled to media.

Former Ch9's Meg Sydes in the background with Min Tim Mander. She became his staffer post-2024.

There are others. I trust Qld journalists aren't holding back on asking difficult questions of the Crisafulli govt because of their mates.

Such a thing would be corruption. #qldpol

Gina still sending $ to her hero, Trump?

ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury quitting politics The leader of the ACT Greens and former attorney-general Shane Rattenbury has announced he is leaving politics after more than 17 years in the Legislative Assembly.

Not surprising most wld expect this after his plans to share CM job with Parton. That surprised membership
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Had on 9 news this morning to a segment where they wwre trying to dial up the panic over fuel. "The last tanker from before war has reached Aus". Guest " yeah but fuel prices have dropped o/night".
9 " but Aus shld worry, fire in refinery, fuel shortages, " Guest "fire with prices dropping -negated"

My goodness cant expect Aus media to give any praise to PM. Never forget they spent months mocking PM for jaunts around Asia instead of prioritising an audience with Trump. If PM had we wld now be in Trumps war.

Typical of Libs in collusion with Murdoch press. 🤮

David Rowe. #PopeADope

Who says the QLD LNP is corrupt to the core ? #qldpol #auspol

Good on Chris Bowen with his comments on Spotlight & Barlett.

Wanna know WHY a Seven journalist is pretending that renewables are pushing up energy prices? Oh that’s right… Seven Group own fossil fuel assets and want to exploit more of them.

Yum, red kiwi fruit

With LNP delay, delay, delay for rewnewables " fast track"( which equates to years for fossil fuels to be operational) gets the headlines across all media.

Madness, yep.

So years ago Qld wanted to drill the great barrier reef for oil.
Today Qld wants to drill for oil & gas in Taroom trough.
So the question is why didnt Qld propose this land exploration years ago if its a " quick fix to energy security"

Really Sky ? Really Rupert ?

Labors Fuel Crisis ?

#auspol

So abc news describing PM trip as a "dash later this week to Singapore" on fuel security.
Meanwhile the PMs office & PM had announced, PM leaves for Singapore Thursday for the " Annual Leaders Meeting which is on Friday"
#presspanicmessaging

Bridget McKenzie describes Ben Roberts-Smith being arrested for war crimes as a “tragedy”. 🙄

I think a real tragedy for Australia is having politicians who aren’t bothered by war crimes. #auspol

There was always going to be one.

Free David McBride*

*With every bag of Shoebridge Slogans selling people bullshit.

David McBride tried to STOP war crimes investigations. He leaked to the ABC trying to convince them that higher ups were investigating troops too hard!

It's in the court case!

Yes. Nearly ran off Parramatta Rd when I heard him pontificating on ABC 702 one day. It's probably the same people who thought Antoinette Lattouf was a step too far, though.

The official who headed Australia's Home Affairs department acted so recklessly and improperly, particularly in his secret dealings with a lobbyist and Liberal Party powerbroker, that it would be very difficult for him to ever work in the public service again. That is among a series of damaging findings contained in a confidential report that led to the sacking of Michael Pezzullo as Home Affairs secretary in late 2023 but which the government declined to release at the time.

‘Can’t be trusted’ yet the former public servant is given air time and appears on expert panels. What does it take in this country for wrongdoing to be taken seriously?! Oh to be rich and powerful. www.theage.com.au/national/can...

Now for the ABC to publish who in their organisation chose to broadcast Pezzullo's opinions after he was sacked, after Order of Aus stripped.

Time for Trump to sack someone over the " we contol the skies over Iran". Oops no woman in charge of Dept of War. And if he did have,cant think there wld be an extremely more important job to be moved too.

I guess the more Oz Media promotes Taylor the more off-putting Australians will find him in an election campaign. He’ll relish his free rides, further promoting himself as insufferable. Lib Party selection ‘inbreeding’ and Oz Media’s pampering of its politicians has created Neanderthals of them all.

Didnt watch on tv last night. Had ABC radio on this morning & twice heard a replay so thats an off for abc. Taylor was scaremongering/ warning abt public restrictions.

This is News Corp trying to make Albo look bad. Article says "The current SAS crew deployed to the Middle East were expected to focus on emergency rescues of diplomats who remained in the region after Australia closed its embassies in Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv and its consulate in Dubai."

Anika Wells, who was apparently a great friend of Peta Murphy and who wore a dress given to her by Peta on the day of the Albanese Gov’s gambling initiatives really slammed this response out of the park to those using Hayden Murphy‘s name for political point scoring

that long thoughtful pause 🥹

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