I’ve always been a proud swearer. There are no ‘bad’ words, just poor uses for them The ‘worst’ word in the world shows the wonderful complexity - and danger - of language.

Potty mouthed and proud of it. What could be more Aussie than swearing? There is no such thing as bad language, just bad intent. My latest column in Nine Media. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

Photo of two snipers on a roof top in Sydney. They are there to protect the Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog.

Social Cohesion = Snipers on roof tops in Sydney ...
Photographer: Peter Rea

I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the type of position that has cost me friends.

By #DavidLeser. Very moving. And very, very strong.

#IsaacHerzog Australia visit: I’m #Jewish and live in #Bondi and take no comfort in #Herzog visit

www.smh.com.au/national/i-m...

#AUSPOL #HerzogNotWelcome #Zionism #RightToProtest #NSWpol #Israel

‘Between a rock and a hard place’: Bill Shorten defends Anika Wells travel expenses
Former Labor leader says critics won’t be happy until politicians are ‘hitch-hiking up the Hume and sleeping in a tent’

As someone who helped run/ worked on democracy sausage sizzles for many years, I'd just like to say that even if you've already pre polled, PLEASE drop by your local public school tomorrow and treat yourself to something from the BBQ or cake stall. Your money goes to a good cause.

Pet dislike of the day: self-important newspaper editorials that slam both campaigns for lacking vision. For two reasons, firstly it's a disingenuous trap; any leader running a vision-based campaign would be hunted down by the Aus media and destroyed.

Not only destroyed by the media but as in 2019 be decimated by the opposition. Franking credits & negative gearing being case in point.
Progressives know it’s suicidal.

I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw I personally don’t really want to watch another movie about a billionaire – unless he is in some sort of trap

I wrote about being sick of rich people tv www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labor deploys Wong in increasingly divisive fight for Chinese vote Foreign Minister Penny Wong has taken to Chinese social media platforms to attack Peter Dutton and the Coalition in the dying moments of the federal election.

As I told the AFR, incendiary claims, such as those made by Jane Hume, that question the loyalties of Chinese Australians delegitimise their involvement in #auspol. We mustn’t tolerate the reversing of the onus of proof & trashing of basic democratic processes

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

#ausvotes

Is it over yet? - The Shot By the time you read this, the 2025 federal election campaign will mercifully have less than 24 hours left on...

Here’s me with a last bit of snark about the worst election campaign we’ve seen In generations.

And please don’t forget to subscribe to The Shot to support us, thanks so much 🙏🏼

#auspol2025

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Dutton has led one of the worst election campaigns in living memory Peter Dutton must have believed he could skate to victory. How else to explain his abject failure to prepare credible policies.

Peter Dutton and his team have confused the fact he can hijack news cycles with the fact he can win government

There's a difference between being a content creator (which Dutton performs for our media) and being seen as an electable PM

He's a non-paid content clown

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

PM Albanese says something dodgy’s goin on with the Liberals & the “Executive Brethren”
“It doesn’t stack up that hundreds of ppl have just happened to turn up at polling booths, some travelling across state boundaries, to hand out for the Liberal Party wearing Liberal Party shirts🔥

I expect ABC News will also publish a similar item reporting how much money Gina Rinehart has donated to the Liberals & Nationals election campaigns. yknow, for fair & balanced news coverage. 😏 #auspol #AusVotes25

Liberals give “Advance” more than Gov’t spends on Welcome to Country - The Klaxon The Liberal Party gave more money to “Advance” last financial year than the Federal Government has spent on Welcome to Country ceremonies over its entire three-year term.

Here’s some stats for numpties who say that Welcome to Country ceremonies are a waste of money..

“Lib Party gave more $$ to anti-Welcome to Country hate group “Advance” last financial year than Fed Govt spent on the Indigenous ceremonies over its entire 3-year term”
theklaxon.com.au/liberals-giv...

Everyone, even The Australian, is over Peter Dutton - The Shot When you lose the fan club at The Australian, a Coalition leader is in serious trouble. After Andrew Hastie was...

In the dying days of his campaign - and potentially his political career - is there anyone who ISN'T over Dutton? My latest for @theshot.net.au.

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End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour now.

As hundreds of thousands of salmon are dying, the PM is throwing public money at the polluting, tax-avoiding foreign corporations, putting them over Australia's people and wildlife.

It has to stop.

Add your name: theaus.in/save_the_skate

Truth in Political Advertising Laws Before the Next Election It's perfectly legal to lie in a political ad. It shouldn't be. Tell the Australian Parliament to pass truth in political advertising laws before the next election. #auspol ADD YOUR NAME to the peti...

With social media and AI deepfakes, misinformation and disinformation are only becoming more prevalent.

Truth in political advertising laws would restore a modicum of honesty and authenticity to Australian politics.

Add your name: theaus.in/TIPApetition

In Australia, it's legal to lie in a political ad.

In the next few months, we will endure another federal election campaign with unfiltered exposure to lies and disinformation, UNLESS the Government passes truth in political advertising laws, which 87% of Australians support.

Let's get it done!

Never was never will be.

Grace Tame makes statement at PM’s Australian of the Year function with ‘f--- Murdoch’ T-shirt The former Australian of the Year has taken a swipe at Rupert Murdoch, saying the media mogul has “ruined the planet”.

Just love Grace Tame. And now watch the Murdoch stable of toadies and arselickers line up to blame Albo for this heinous insult to The Great Man.

Grace Tame shakes up PM's morning tea with anti-Murdoch T-shirt The former Australian of the Year has called out the Murdoch media empire, wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "F*** Murdoch" during a morning tea with Anthony Albanese.

So the ABC and the SMH and the Age wimped out on the Fuck Murdoch T- shirt. And they wonder why more and more people are getting their news from social media. Pathetic.

The aim is to ban unions and strip away all labour laws.

There's a reason Trump, Bezos, Musk love the gilded age - the age of wealthy robber barons and mass poverty and sick workers dying on the job.

Don't know the original source but so very accurate.

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Justice Dept. releases Trump special counsel report on Jan. 6 case President-elect Donald Trump had tried to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report before taking office next week.

If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.

Peter Broelman in Canberra Times

The once mighty Age runs this “working class man” bullshit without once mentioning the Nuclear Potato is worth .. Three. Hundred. Million. Dollars.
#ThatsNotJournalism

#Dutton. #auspol

Meta is going to stop using third-party fact checkers after Trump takes office.

Instead, they’re going to use the “community note” approach that is on Twitter — which means the most virulent, terminally online, disinformation peddlers will be able to override objective facts.

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Mark Zuckerberg – Dead At 36 – Says Social Media Sites Should Not Fact Check Posts — The Shovel Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg – who died of a drug overdose in his Californian home today – says it is not Facebook’s role to be the arbiter of truth for everything people post online.

Mark Zuckerberg – Dead At 36 – Says Social Media Sites Should Not Fact Check Posts