Peter Cronau
@petercronau.bsky.social
Just a boy whose intentions are good… Investigative journalist, ASecretAustralia, fmr ABC 4Corners, GoldWalkley Award, BBing, ACIJ, UTS, 2SER, CLC, TU. @DeclassifiedAus Dm4email. Rt=fyi.
Helping an illicit country fight an illicit war is what a vassal state does, right? SHADOW FLIGHTS New documents show that F-35 fighter jet parts are now being routed from Sydney onto passenger jets through the United States to Israel. declassifiedaus.org/2026/08/13/s...
A hard game is being fought with ‘soft power’ in the Asia-Pacific. Australia & New Zealand are taking on Chinese and Russian media influence in nations of the Asia-Pacific region. ABC and RadioNZ are the chosen vehicles for this geopolitical struggle. declassifiedaus.org/2026/07/11/c...
CHINA & RUSSIA TARGETED IN BROADCASTERS ‘SOFT POWER’ PACIFIC PUSH - Declassified Australia
Australia and New Zealand are using their public broadcasters as ‘soft power’ in a geopolitical battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Pacific nations.
declassifiedaus.org
Diphtheria is a disease of poverty: overcrowded housing, poor sanitation, low incomes and food insecurity, and barriers to transport and healthcare access. It is racist govts who ignore systemic public health measures because they are fixated on locking up kids. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Why diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities – podcast
Nour Haydar speaks with Indigenous affairs correspondent Sarah Collard and Indigenous affairs reporter Douglas Smith on what is being done to stop the spread of diphtheria
theguardian.com
Latest article in Declassified Australia ! AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING Australia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory. declassifiedaus.org/2026/06/01/a...
AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING - Declassified Australia
Australia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory.
declassifiedaus.org
New from DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA Australia’s F-35 fighter jet ‘parts’ may be whisked off the shelves at RAAF Williamtown Air Base in NSW — on the whim of a foreign state, to be exported to a foreign country, in a distant war zone. ‘SELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/12/02/s...
SELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY - Declassified Australia
Revelations of secret F-35 fighter jet parts shipments to Israel have exposed a yawning hole in Australia’s sovereign national defence.
declassifiedaus.org
The direct trade in F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is substantial and continuing. Declassified Australia’s new investigation lifts the lid… declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...
SECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL - Declassified Australia
At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal.
declassifiedaus.org
“If any of you journalists are anxious about that story, from on, you can say ‘The operations in Gaza - which the commission of inquiry has found to be genocide…’ we can provide cover for you. “And for the Prime Minister.” - Chris Sidoti 💣
Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club: “The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.” #npc
The direct trade in F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is substantial and continuing. Declassified Australia’s new investigation lifts the lid… declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...
SECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL - Declassified Australia
At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal.
declassifiedaus.org
The MEAA has released a strong statement of support for Mary Kostakidis in her battle to defend free speech. Well done to the union for making such an unequivocal stand against attempts to censor media reporting & commentary on the acknowledged Israeli genocide in Gaza. www.meaa.org/news/stateme...
Statement from the National Media Section of MEAA
The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has long fought for media freedoms, rebuking censorship and calling for access to information. Since October 7, MEAA has seen a rise in threats, harassment, and i...
meaa.org
"These submarines will lock us into the warlike activities of nuclear weapon states. "It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy." - The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW #auspol @dncameron.bsky.social
DOCUMENTS: AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA Kellie Tranter reveals internal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. declassifiedaus.org/2025/09/15/d...
DOCUMENTS REVEAL AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA - Declassified Australia
Internal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
declassifiedaus.org
Seems a fair question.
Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 12mo agoYou condemn Iran but not Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, @senatorwong.bsky.social? Nothing to say about Israel's recent bombing of Qatar? You say you have zero tolerance for foreign interference & violence in Australia, but you take orders from Washington & export violence to the Middle East!
Good old Aussie knowhow in every F-35 fighter jet slaughtering these refugees in their tents in Gaza. Why is our government so complicit? Background: declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r...
What would happen if Australia stopped supplying F-35 parts to Israel? — First Dog on the Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are not children — we deserve some actual clarity. ASIO and PM have a duty to explain their odd statements made yesterday: ▪️ASIO saying it “suspects” the IRGC. ▪️ASIO saying attacks are “linked” to the IRGC. 👉 ‘Trust, but verify.’ More: x.com/petercronau/...
We do not have to accept US nuclear weapons on B-52 bombers to be stored in Australia. Every government needs to find its backbone — and on this issue, Australian lives depend on resisting. declassifiedaus.org/2025/08/26/w...
WHEN AUSTRALIA DEFIED U.S. NUCLEAR PLANS - Declassified Australia
The imminent introduction of nuclear weapons into Australia in US B-52 bombers will carry consequences more profound and immediate than at any point in Australia’s history. But declassified documents ...
declassifiedaus.org
‘Mislead’ is a polite way of saying the government are liars — to cover up our supplying weapons parts to Israel’s genocide. "The government has chosen to mislead the public and, even when caught out, refused to correct the record.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Calls for military exports transparency as government denies Israel arms trade
The federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia's weapons transfers throughout the war in Gaza.
abc.net.au
Oh my dear @ABCnews — you did it.. An entire story on @abc730 about the famine inside Gaza — and not one mention of the word ‘Israel’. Not one mention it is due to an Israeli blockade of food supplies — no mention it is an Israeli-forced famine — Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war.
A very special report from Gaza, by Emily Jane Smith @e_janesmith 7.30 producer at ABCnews Excellent access, stunning filming and characters, sensitively told, compassionate, compelling The sort of story that’s been missing about Gaza on ABC. It left me floored. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5Z...
Volunteer nurses reveal what it's like inside a Gaza hospital | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
youtube.com
Despite what the Albanese government tells the public, AUKUS is nothing more than a fig-leaf for US regional dominance. New from Declassified Australia- declassifiedaus.org/2025/08/01/a...
Australia’s AUKUS Push is Desperate Bid for US Attention
Despite what the Albanese government tells the public, AUKUS is nothing more than a fig-leaf for regional dominance.
declassifiedaus.org
Foreign Minister Penny Wong stumbles in parliament, forced to admit F-35 parts are being exported from Australia Wong claimed parts are sent to a global supply chain—but Declassified Australia showed some are sent directly from Australia to Tel Aviv in Israel, this month. x.com/petercronau/...
Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Also see: www.croakey.org/whos-not-on-...
Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense
Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representative
theguardian.com
The demands/threats to Australia to join the US war against China over Taiwan are made by Senior Pentagon official Elbridge Colby — who is grandson of William Colby who headed the CIA during the final years of Whitlam Labor government, including the Dismissal/Coup. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
But what could Australia possibly do to help…? 👇
Miriam Cosic@miriamcosic.bsky.social · last yr.Spain had had enough in May 'PM Pedro Sanchez declared on May 14 during a parliamentary session that Spain would not resume trade with Israel due to its ongoing war on Gaza making it clear by saying "Let me make one thing clear. We do not trade with a genocidal state"' #Spain #Israel #Gaza
A very special report from Gaza, by Emily Jane Smith @e_janesmith 7.30 producer at ABCnews Excellent access, stunning filming and characters, sensitively told, compassionate, compelling The sort of story that’s been missing about Gaza on ABC. It left me floored. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5Z...
Volunteer nurses reveal what it's like inside a Gaza hospital | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
youtube.com
Prime Minister Jillian Segal said not sending jet parts to Israel would be antisemitic and thanked her special envoy for genocide Anthony Albanese for making it happen. #auspol #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #insiders
Peter Cronau@petercronau.bsky.social · last yr.EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIA HAS EXPORTED F-35 FIGHTER JET PARTS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL Leaked documents reveal that as recently as this week, Australia has sent F-35 strike fighter jet parts directly from Australia to Israel in the midst of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r...
