ACT politics is criminally underrated as a source of drama. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/932482...

Mark Parton denies texting sex worker 'f--- my job is boring' in committee hearing

Opposition Leader says complaint is 'false, malicious ... attempt to smear him'.

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Contempt is an offence under the Royal Commissions Act 1902. It's not enough to kindly ask people to not engage in racism when that racism is being egged on by the press. The Commissioner should refer those responsible to the AFP. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Commissioner rebukes claim pro-Palestinian groups tried to 'hijack' hearing

The royal commission on antisemitism has hit back at comments from a prominent member of the Jewish community who accused pro-Palestinian groups of attempting to "hijack" the inquiry using "clickbait ...

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3/Ken Henry 1️⃣ admits offsets let fossil fuel corps keep polluting 2️⃣ admits legislation wld stop fossil fuel dev 3️⃣ pivots to 🇦🇺’s emissions target 4️⃣ omits tt ~80% of 🇦🇺’s 🌏emissions is ff exports tt ongoing Coal+Gas approvals worsen 5️⃣ proffers fake win-win—meet target (excl 🌏emissions caused) & make $$

2/ If it's divisive to oppose carbon offsets cos they don't work, & WORSE, they enable fossil fuel companies & big emitters to keep polluting (🇦🇺's Safeguard Mechanism permits unlimited use of carbon offsets), I'll wear that I'll be damned before I normalise offsets as cover for MORE fossil fuels

1/ Myopic that in a world that's on FIRE or in FLOOD, with millions harmed, Ken Henry's focus is "meeting the net zero by 2050 target" & opining that "the only mechanism we've got for doing that is carbon offsets. And carbon offsets are under threat" from environmentalists & conservationists

Dangerous times for climate policy: Ken Henry - ABC listen

Former Secretary of the Treasury Department Ken Henry is addressing the Clean Energy Council's summit in Sydney today.

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From me. Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed.

Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed

Assessment of more than 2,000 native species warns nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls

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Omar Musa wins Miles Franklin literary award for ‘tour de force’ novel Fierceland

Omar Musa wins Miles Franklin literary award for ‘tour de force’ novel Fierceland

The novelist, poet and rapper won $60,000 for his novel about two siblings who reckon with the legacy of their late father, a palm oil baron in Malaysian Borneo * Fierceland by Omar Musa review – poet and rapper’s second novel pulses with life When Omar Musa found out he had won Australia’s most prestigious prize for fiction, the $60,000 Miles Franklin literary award, he was already on a high. The 42-year-old was on his honeymoon, carefully dodging motorcycles in the Philippines when he got the call. “I just couldn’t believe it,” he told the Guardian, jetlagged and elated after arriving back in Australia three hours earlier. “I’m floating along. Life does lifey things.” Continue reading...

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Omar Musa wins 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for Heart of Darkness 'critique', Fierceland

Novel taking on controversial palm oil industry wins $60,000 literary prize

Malaysian Australian author Omar Musa has taken out the Miles Franklin Literary Award with his second novel, Fierceland, set between Malaysian Borneo and Sydney.

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The 15 minute city conspiracy theory is very weird to me because it’s just a straight description of urban spaces that are good. Why would you be against proximity to services and infrastructure

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Huge “Nana’s making a spectacle of herself in public again” energy from the moist guy on the right

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.

More than 8 weeks since we handed our letter to Josh Burns on the anniversary marking 1 year of weekly Friday protests at his office Despite being Macnamara constituents from 10 local community climate & environment groups, we've had zero acknowledgement of our letter #NotGoingAway #EndFossilFuels

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@leanaustralia.bsky.social-branded 'Environment Champions' like Josh Burns would prefer we stop banging on abt the climate & environment action they promised But we'll NOT be fobbed off with fine words & the mere appearance of action—we deserve the promised serious action & investment in our future

“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.” - Sam Altman. I will never stop thinking about how nakedly evil this is, and it has framed every single AI headline I’ve read since.

Sam Altman Says Intelligence Will Be a Utility, and He's Just the Man to Collect the Bills

"Intelligence too cheap to meter" doesn't quite come across the way Altman might intend.

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Part of the deal is Hamas wants the creation of a Palestinian state.....Zionist Israel will never allow that!

anita72.bsky.social@anita72.bsky.social · 5d ago

Israel will never allow it. They are committed to ethnic cleansing, unless Netanyahu is defeated.

Many of us have called for the removal of Jillian Segal as Antisemitism Envoy. But don't lose sight of the larger threat to social cohesion: a spineless PM who funds and supports her efforts to weaponize antisemitism to suppress criticism of genocidal Israel. And never says no to the Israel lobby.

stranger@strangerous.bsky.social · 6d ago

Jillian Segal says her plan is to expand IHRA training “at scale” — to all govt depts & all businesses in the country — & be driven by a new taxpayer funded body - which she reveals is already in the works.😳 What the hell is going on?

This is not the first Gen Z uprising in South Asia. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/28/i...

India’s Gen Z 'cockroaches' expose the fragile power of the billionaire-owned media class

Protests in India by the country's frustrated and disenfranchised young people are spreading, with the nation's Modi-loving legacy media firmly in their sights, too. It's a lesson for the world.

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Doug Burgum is the quiet enabler behind Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar makeover of D.C., signing off on the grants and decisions that have let a network of donor-funded, no-bid contracts run roughshod over America’s most treasured public spaces. https://bit.ly/4wgQsU9

Trump Goon Scorched Over Secret Vanity Projects Plot

The explosive allegations came during a Capitol Hill hearing examining Trump’s controversial effort to remake the nation’s capital.

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This is a fascinating aspect of the NSW Libs war at the core of the ICAC investigation. The self-styled “centre Right” in the NSW Libs = Evangelical/Pentecostals. Eg Morrison The scary Right = hardcore/Opus-linked Catholics. @thesaturdaypaper.com.au www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/504daa...

It is putting it mildly to describe these people as a death cult.

An example of "hate speech" presented today at the antisemitism royal commission.

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

Oh seriously fuck off. Should be locked up the moment the aircraft lands

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Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Hilarious 🙄 from the UK Telegraph. The ironically-named Goodhart is head of “Demography Unit” at the utterly poisonous radicalised right think tank, Policy Exchange. Former Atlas Network, fossil-fuel funded, draconian anti-protest, Islamophobic. Chair of Trustees - #Auspol’s Downer 😬 #UKpolitics

Rewilding isn't a side project of the climate fight. It is the fight. This great man makes the case plainly: "the rewilding of the world will suck enormous amounts of carbon from the air and lock it away in expanding wilderness.” That's not a hope, it's an observed pattern across ecosystems.

Depressing #Auspol #Zionist

Amy Remeikis writes : the longer unions & delegates allow Albanese to pretend 'discipline' is a stand in for good gov, the longer it'll take to crawl back. If they do. www.deepcutnews.com/p/albaneses-...

Albanese's 'discipline' is code for doing nothing while the world implodes – Amy Remeikis

The PM got what he wanted at the Labor National Conference, but at what cost?

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Opinion | New Victorian Premier Ben Carroll might bring Labor closer to a miracle win in November, but his Labor Right politics mark a significant shift away from the Allan/Andrews years, writes Rachel Withers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/29/b...

Can the bland man save Victoria? Maybe. But say goodbye to Victoria’s progressive Labor government

Jacinta Allan was right to stand down, with more than a decade of scandals weighing down her leadership. You know who else is Right? Ben Carroll, Victoria’s new centrist premier.

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"The real problem is the fundamentally antidemocratic nature of such events, and the willingness of supposedly democratic institutions like our major political parties to countenance them." And we see the outcomes in policy; whether it be gambling ads, defence contracts, or banking regs. #auspol

Crikey@crikey.com.au · last wk.

Opinion | The money raised by Anthony Albanese's Point Piper dinner is less important than what the gathering itself represents: our two-speed democracy. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/28/a...

This is one of the English leaders of the so-called ‘gender critical’ [anti-trans] movement*. Racism = Islamophobia = transphobia

Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · last wk.

Far-right agitator Kellie-Jay Keen deliberately disrupting two Muslim men, as they prayed in a corner of Hyde Park. When government, politicians, media and pundits stay silent about this, they’re condoning it. As this would never be allowed, had these been Jewish worshippers

Earlier: "Minister John-Paul Langbroek will not say why his department removed eight Indigenous leaders from state cultural institutions.. It follows allegations the state government is systematically removing Indigenous directors in a sustained campaign..."

Qld minister tight-lipped about 'Project Invisibility' Indigenous sackings

Under the direction of Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek, eight Indigenous directors have disappeared from the boards of south-east Queensland's cultural institutions.

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