Wow! I thought any USA followers I have might be interested in this. One Nation (Australian far right party) being questioned by press pack for excluding ABC (national broadcaster) and Guardian from press conference. Would love to see this type of pushback to Trump for his treatment of journos.

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pauline Hanson flees her own custom-curated presser. With ABC & Guardian banned, & far-right criminal Avi Yemini running interference, still can’t handle questions, even from Sky “Shouldn't all media have access...?"💥 Not even sidekick Avi could save her from total humiliation.

We have seen a rapid escalation of H5N1 bird flue cases in Australia in recent days, and now we have (probably) the first of what will likely be many, many mass mortality events in wildlife. Story from me.

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

theguardian.com

Lindsey Graham was on his way back to Washington, DC from Ukraine to close the deal on new Russian sanctions and advocate for Ukraine to be allowed to produce Patriot systems locally. He dropped dead at an opportune time for the Kremlin. Who is left in Trump’s orbit to push those urgent issues?

Iryna Voichuk@irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 4d ago

Ukraine intercepted only one ballistic missile last night because the country has run out of missiles for its Patriot systems. In Kyiv, nine people were killed and 30 injured. Every delayed decision eventually arrives in Ukraine in the form of death and destruction.

(SA) "..the department and G4S have implemented new processes to manage prisoner release dates," a spokeswoman said /The government respectfully disagrees with the ombudsman's request to pay compensation." G4S is a private firm, no penalty. I'm kind of speechless 😯 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Prisoner detained for 'several months' after release date, ombudsman finds

An inmate was erroneously kept in a South Australian prison for "several months" after his sentence ended, and the Department for Correctional Services says it "respectfully disagrees" it should pay c...

abc.net.au

the age of celebrity endorsement is dead. or should be. nothing turns me off a product faster than some rich celebrity shill trying to convince me some new technological bullshit completes my "lifestyle". i aint with it.

I hope every journalist attending that dinner is embarrassed. Because they should be.

Dear @albomp.bsky.social and @markbutlermp.bsky.social please don't let Trump use his new tariffs to bully Australia over our pharmaceutical benefits scheme. He's fake news and we all know it, and we hate him.

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Labor urged to adopt stronger workplace anti-racism laws at national conference

The Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW) is urging Labor to use this week's National Conference to commit to stronger workplace anti-racism laws, including a legal requirement for employers to...

nit.com.au

This story is pretty alarming - the developer involved has gotten away with way too much thus far. "Aunty Sheryl Giles says she has been left devastated. She feels let down by the systems that are meant to protect her ancestors and culture." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Unlawful excavation of river cliff disturbs Aboriginal ancestral remains

A cliff site in South Australia's Riverland, home to Aboriginal ancestral remains, has been excavated without authorisation.

abc.net.au

"First, it says employment services should be entirely returned to public sector delivery for both online and in-person services because the privatised model has failed in Australia." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Job system broken for workers, booming for private equity, report says

A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets of private equity firms and millionaires.

abc.net.au

My casual, inexpert claim is that when a rightwing party is doing well, polling frequency increases. I first noticed it during the Rudd/Gillard troubles..constant polls that Abbott rode the wave of. When is it real news and when is it actually manipulation? www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

As One Nation rebounds, a warning to read with care

Federal politics is awash with polling, with new data dropping on average twice a week during 2026. But is it good for democracy?

thenewdaily.com.au

Tony Abbott the archetypal example of a noisy minority group leader demanding special status for his own group (Anglo-Celtic Christians), amounting to around 20 % of population. He should be grateful that multiculturalism allows this minority to benefit from publicly supported schools etc #auspol

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Iranian tolls bad, Trumpian tolls good, bombing for peace and all things 2026. Australia, and the world, needs leadership now, not a bunch of tragic Trump-lite followers who won't say the blindingly obvious truth. The US is dangerous and the parts of the world that want freedom need to push back.

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Save our SBS!

Pauline Hanson has pledged to scrap SBS. The government needs to hear from the rest of us now.

getup.to

A bit of #Jupiter (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Giovanni Soligo)

Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump admin.

"They all laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. They're not laughing now." Possibly the best joke of all time, by Bob Monkhouse.

So sometimes bad things really DO happen to bad people huh..a little spark of hope in this increasingly rancid world.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Farage’s stunt to call a by-election to “let the people decide” his fate has completely backfired. All the major parties have refused to stand a candidate, as has Rupert Lowe’s fascist Restore. Lowe is no doubt relishing watching Farage wriggle on a hook.

The facade is cracking

Will be a witness to the upcoming ALP National Conference in RAdelaide & keeping a keen eye and ear out for those increasingly hard to spot Labor Values. We need an #ALP for the people of Australia, not corpprate vested interests

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · last mo.

Labor’s National Conference must be more than weasel words that won’t embarrass the government. In the second of a two-part series, John Menadue argues Labor must apply its values to sovereignty, human rights, democracy, tax and public investment. #auspol

Culture secretary quits X in protest at 'misinformation' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The right decision! More UK govt departments should follow suit. [Twitter/X is] a platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate." Nandy.

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy quits X in protest at 'misinformation'

Lisa Nandy says her department is also leaving Elon Musk's platform, which she claims "isn't healthy for our democracy".

bbc.co.uk

The Press Gallery Midwinter Ball is up there with the CEO Sleepout for tone deafness

Hopefully this One Nation scandal comes back to haunt them. We're going to need to throw everything at them now, and not let them slide into power and ruin our nation.

@ithedark.bsky.social · last mo.

Remember the jaunt to try to get NRA to support them , James Ashby and Steve Dickson, hidden cameras caught them trying to solicit millions of dollars in 2019 and the videos of that for us all to see. In exchange strategies to water down Australia's gun laws was discussed.

Sarah Hanson-Young says it beggars belief that One Nation, who say they stand for Australia, “are running their political campaign from offshore” using digital bot factories in “Indonesia, Vietnam & India” Calls for ON to to be investigated, “This is foreign interference”💥💯

Right-wing campaign group Advance and the Exclusive Brethren will be compelled to attend a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 election. JSCEM statement said they were asked nicely and declined - so now compelling them

I think this is an excellent point. It's like there's 'safe' topics for media and 'unsafe' topics. I think we see similar in Australia too. The safe topics are gone hard on, and can provide cover for the things we're not being told enough about.

Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · last mo.

I think it helps that there's no moral dimension. The press has so thoroughly abdicated any responsibility to take Trump to task for the evil he does they can hardly start now - but fluffy incompetence they're allowed to go hard on.

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