this story is paywalled, but the gist is the US authorities are talking up delivering the Virginia class submarines with no real mechanisms to do so - it's a bit pissy and windy, as you'd expect...
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
"Australia’s depending on AUKUS Virginia-class subs. The US says they’re not its priority"
More AUKUS bad news from the new US submarine boss .... while pretending there is nothing to see here ..... as Australia pays BILLIONS to the US.
Non-paywall version
archive.is/202604212014...
"We should not politicise antisemitism."
Hypocrisy from the woman whose Govt employment politicises antisemitism.
Whose husband funds groups that politicise antisemitism.
Who has spent her life in lobby groups that politicise antisemitism.
Who is supported by Israel that politicises antisemitism
As @lucyham.bsky.social wrote
"There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians"
The QRC boasting that the gas industry "directly spent $6.4 billion supporting 3,650 businesses and 462 community organisations.”
They are using the same lines that the pokies and clubs sector does.
live.thepoint.com.au
Doesn't seem so..... Not for a long time.
Esp the COALition who very deliberately tried to sell off the farm ... & Labor didn't try to reverse that like many people thought they would.
Telstra has a deal with Elon Musk's Starlink for comms services.
What happens if Elon decides to turn it off at a time of crisis?
He did this in Ukraine, at a critical time while Russia them.
This is NOT contributing to Australia's sovereign resilience.
Australian Govt seems to have & to have allowed quite a number of arrangements with really dodgy businesses & organisations.
Many started by the COALition during their terms, but NOT reviewed or ripped up by Labor when they took Govt. Esp with foreign influence & ownership.
Palantir is evil.
Destroy it and everyone who works for it, protects it, supports it and uses it.
#auspol #Australia #OneNation
Trump lite
Shane Rattenbury (GRN) to quit ACT politics, seat will be filled by former colleague Rebecca Vassarotti if she wants it #actpol
How in the whole world has someone NOT Hacked the Epstein files? Someone? Anyone?
Well at least Governor Tim Walz is one politician not afraid to speak out against the insanity from the White House. 👏👏
We’ve got an Israeli Prime Minister for President.
Governor Tim Walz — "We are sick of this. A weak, reckless, Idiotic president just threw us into a war nobody asked for. No threat existed. No objectives were set. No exit plan exists. This is pure fascism." #cdnpoli
Trump is less the boy who cried wolf and more the wolf who cried boy.
If you think someone quoting a made up Bible verse understands what he’s doing in the Persian Gulf, think again, says former Navy Commander and MeidasTouch Host Bobby Jones.
So... Witness Tampering, Hindering Prosecution, Obstruction of Justice, and Conspiracy to Commit False Report to Law Enforcement?
Nah, I'm just kidding.
That's what would happen to you or me. *He* gets to be in Congress and eat at the best steakhouses in DC because nothing fucking matters anymore.
Before the United States decides to stump up another half a trillion dollars for Pete Hegseth’s Excellent Adventures, it might want to answer the question why the country has only won a handful wars in the last hundred years?
www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/17/v...
Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong.
Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT
This is adorable - I love how Mamdani has brought joy to social democracy. Also, good to see a democratic elite in public with him - they've not exactly been supportive on the whole
🎪
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The WHCD has always been sold as “free press + democracy,” but now it’s power laundering.
Don Lemon’s quote cuts straight through the performance.
You don’t get to attack the press all week and then enjoy their legitimacy as a party guest on Saturday night.
This what integrity looks like. 👇
When Hegseth quoted the Bible, he forgot to look at it and see if the words were really there. For the Trump regime, opening a book is some kind of wizardry that's beyond their comprehension.
Child: I know your name. Mamdani.
Obama: What’s his first name?
Child: Mayor.
“Despite the ceasefire”
Looks like Israel is showing its usual respect for agreements and international norms
The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.
Apparently like every day.
