Nick Feik
@nickfeik.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, former editor of The Monthly. https://nickfeik.substack.com/ Email: nickfeik at proton dot me
As his government approves its 37th new fossil fuel project
No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
theguardian.com
This the correct response to authoritarian narcissism
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 11h agoUS TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
If you have any further information about Nauru Airlines' contracts or concerns, feel free to contact me on nickfeik@proton.me - confidentiality guaranteed
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · 2d agoWhy does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
Pro-Israel lobby group has been using AI to generate campaigns of complaint letters to the ABC
Activist group using AI to flood ABC with thousands of bias complaints
The AI system lets campaigners deliver thousands of messages from their supporters with different language, tone and length but the same meaning.
smh.com.au
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
nickfeik.substack.com
Madness. The TAS parole board used AI hallucinated fake case law to justify a parole condition that Sue Neill-Fraser not speak to the media about her "alleged innocence". SNF was convicted of murdering her husband in the most Tasmanian miscarriage-of-justice story ever. Incredible.
Neill-Fraser revelations lead to review of AI use in parole decisions
The review follows revelations that Tasmania's parole board relied on a document citing case law that was "fictitious" and likely "AI hallucinations".
abc.net.au
Think it's time for someone to write a dissertation on Harry Frankfurt's "On Bullshit" and its salience to Australian politics.
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d ago“Anthony Albanese will use his government’s commitment to online safety and tackling climate change as selling points for Australia’s bid to join the UN Security Council” WTF. You mean a social media ban that has failed completely, and the safeguard mechanism con while we export more gas than ever?
Morons! I could have doubled the price of fuel and lost control of the Middle East for half that price
CNN@cnn.com · 3d agoThe US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The estimate is not a full accounting of the war's cost, however. https://cnn.it/4AmQ1Ko
“Anthony Albanese will use his government’s commitment to online safety and tackling climate change as selling points for Australia’s bid to join the UN Security Council” WTF. You mean a social media ban that has failed completely, and the safeguard mechanism con while we export more gas than ever?
PM to spruik digital safety bona fides in UN Security Council bid
Anthony Albanese will use his government’s commitment to online safety and climate change as selling points for Australia’s candidacy.
afr.com
Had an excellent chat about my recent Nauru Airlines piece (The Point) with the Spin Cycle crew on RRR. Starts around 2mins in
Programs: Spin Cycle – 17 September 2026, Spin Cycle — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
An episode of Spin Cycle on 17 September 2026
rrr.org.au
The #NACC's failure to investigate the Morrison govt's rorting of grants schemes for political purposes gave a green light to Albanese govt to do the same. It's well past time for the NACC to ditch its 3 year old training wheels and start getting serious www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor seats get more than 90% of funding distributed under controversial multimillion-dollar grants program
Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiry
theguardian.com
The manner in which international students are treated by this country is a disgrace. Fleeced of money, and kicked around like a political football
Labor: Let’s tell Australians that we’re cracking down on intl students, but tell intl students that Australia is wonderful and welcoming. And the whole university funding model will be based on their fees. Yes that’ll work.
Labor’s chasing of One Nation is so stupid and self-defeating. Enrolments of intl students are already down 8% this year, and further falls will cripple higher education.
Kon Karapanagiotidis@kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 5d agoTony #Burke at #NPC just announced that international students will no longer be allowed to bring family members to Australia or on graduate visas. Won’t be retrospective.
Another one to add to the politician’s bullshit phrases list: “What I WILL say…” (ie I’m not answering the question you asked, instead I’m rolling out my talking points).
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · last wk.Pro tip: if a politician uses the phrase “we’ve been very clear…” it means they’ve been completely incoherent on that policy
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
After years of financially supporting Naoero, propping up its airline and turning a blind eye to its failings, Australian leaders and bureaucrats should be rightly concerned and embarrassed that their covert asset is now being used to court China. @nickfeik.bsky.social in @thepointau.bsky.social
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
thepoint.com.au
“As will become clear, Nauru Airlines exists only through the failures of multiple departments and regulators, driven by successive governments going to absurd and dangerous lengths to protect it, because our offshore immigration system demands it.” thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
thepoint.com.au
Important investigation by @nickfeik.bsky.social billions of public wealth is being poured into Nauru with little to no oversight. All so Labor can continue its race to the bottom on immigration. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
thepoint.com.au
Why does this micronation, the third smallest country in the world, with no tourism and fewer residents than Horsham, have an international commercial airline – let alone one with seven Boeing 737s? How our immigration politics corrupts everything:
Why is Australia propping up Nauru Airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
thepoint.com.au
The strangest irony: as a result of supporting this Nauru Airlines, to facilitate Australia’s offshore immigration apparatus, Home Affairs has been abetting illegal immigration. (Read to the end.)
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · last wk.New investigation: How Australia is propping up an entire international commercial airline (and a dangerously mismanaged one) for its offshore detention regime:
“A thorough examination of Nauru Airlines’ operations gives a unique insight into Pacific relations, and how immigration politics in Australia corrupts everything it touches” writes Nick Feik (@nickfeik.bsky.social). Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
“A thorough examination of Nauru Airlines’ operations gives a unique insight into Pacific relations, and how immigration politics in Australia corrupts everything it touches” writes Nick Feik. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
New investigation: How Australia is propping up an entire international commercial airline (and a dangerously mismanaged one) for its offshore detention regime:
Why is Australia propping up Nauru airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
thepoint.com.au
The other catch phrase is..." Let me just say this". Followed by a statement that completely ignores the topic.
Pro tip: if a politician uses the phrase “we’ve been very clear…” it means they’ve been completely incoherent on that policy
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.
Trump’s accidental emissions reduction policy is goin great
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · last wk.Iran and Houthi rebels have effectively closed two key maritime chokepoints, threatening global oil prices and trade routes. Here's what it means.
