What am I? A strikingly unprepossessing expression of public discourse; Auckland’s Speakers Corner in Albert Park, with its long Code of Conduct list. NOT a highlight of #publicauckland

I cannot believe that the Netanyahu Government knew nothing in advance about Oct 7. They had completely penetrated Hezbollah, but Hamas’ was supposedly a sealed box. Now this. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs

In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...

haaretz.com

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, Angus.

You have got to be shitting me. theothercheek.com.au/televangelis...

Televangelist claims aliens invaded her body and ‘Implanted device in me’ - The Other Cheek: Independent Christian News Australia

Daniel Silliman of Roys Report via Religion Unplugged A charismatic televangelist who created a career out of her past as a career criminal and drug dealer now has a startling new revelation: Aliens h...

theothercheek.com.au

Keating still thinks he’s marvellous, but I remember him as the arrogant prick who alienated Labor voters and ushered in John Howard. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Timidity is a virus’: Paul Keating fights the fading of the light as he seeks to enshrine his legacy

As a major new biography of the former prime minister goes on sale, he talks about meeting the Queen, Trump’s aims, and why his big vision will never fade

theguardian.com

move along

What should be the gems of #publicadelaide being trashed as #privatisedadelaide. Yet another owned, shameless Premier

Prof Geoff Hanmer@geoff-hanmer.bsky.social · 3w ago

The state of Adelaide’s Elder Park is appalling. Underwhelming buildings including an appalling Casino (designed by Buchan Group) accompanied by a chaotic landscape and the looming Walker Corporation towers (JPW) behind Parliament. Planning Minister Nick Champion is destroying Adelaide.

Always worth remembering the extent to which John Howard diminished our ethics, & scorned humanity. The Tampa travesty was perhaps only outdone by his ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lies & support for subsequent invasion of Iraq. A miserly, misery man

Former government ministers are profiting from their association with massive defence contracts for AUKUS. Pyne. Morrison. Johnston. Fitzgibbon. Beazley. Kelly. We have to close the revolving door between government and industry. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Business is good': Defence insiders now lobbying for industry

New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.

abc.net.au

The correct title is the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. It turns out that genocide is not a generator of social cohesion. Ignoring it will not make the problem go away. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Senator rejects calls to apologise for saying Labor ‘captured by Zionist interests’

The Coalition’s push to extend the antisemitism royal commission has failed to attract the support of key Jewish community leaders.

smh.com.au

carpeted..

I can't wait for the drag strip, donut park, motocross track and drifting course so all types of motorsport can be catered for in the Parklands. Can't be elitist now, can we? See you at the protest on Sunday. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Premier takes a swing at ‘cultural elitism’ in park lands debate - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

The Premier has teed off in parliament against MotoGP and Golf critics as the state's lawyers present their case in the Federal Court.

indailysa.com.au

Just ridiculous. The amount of effort we have put in to removing environmental lead has been huge; but seemingly wasted in Broken Hill. Lead is not just associated with childhood behavioural issue, but also with adults. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Potent’ toxin found above guidelines in soil at 10 childcare centres

Fewer than half the centres have been cleaned up because remediation is optional.

smh.com.au

The state of Adelaide’s Elder Park is appalling. Underwhelming buildings including an appalling Casino (designed by Buchan Group) accompanied by a chaotic landscape and the looming Walker Corporation towers (JPW) behind Parliament. Planning Minister Nick Champion is destroying Adelaide.

Sad news. One of the tightest, hard driving drummers ever. The breaks in “La Grange” will live forever. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/a...

Frank Beard, Beardless Drummer for ZZ Top, Dies at 77 (Gift Article)

The only member of the Texas power trio without a beard, he propelled the band’s blend of boogie, Southern rock and blues for more than a half-century.

nytimes.com

Anyone familiar with history knows that East Germany was notoriously in favor of Western Europe. They even built a wall to prove it. Tucker is either an idiot, a Russian asset, or both. “Al Capone, on the spectrum of extemely violent mobsters, was firmly on the moderate side.”

Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tucker Carlson: "Putin, on the spectrum of Russian politics, is firmly on the moderate side." Glenn Greenwald: "Yes." Tucker: "And Pro-European, and his early career was in Europe, in East Germany as a KGB officer, famously speaks German."

“…but the fact that productivity is so poor in the residential construction sector – that is, it takes vastly more resources to build a house now than it did 30 years ago…” This is nonsense. The ABS COUNTS ALL PREFABRICATION AS MANUFACTURING not construction. www.afr.com/chanticleer/...

Think house price falls are bad? The next shock could be far worse

Plunging property values have seized the national conversation, but Australia’s economic problems run much deeper – as households, sadly, are about to learn.

afr.com

the package..

Absolutely the NCC needs to be carefully reviewed, simplified, consistent across states and internationally benchmarked. Equally that process should absolutely not be driven by political parties and their backers, but by careful research and consideration.

From a tome to a pamphlet: Liberal vows to demolish building code

Opposition housing spokesperson Andrew Bragg has promised to slash the National Construction Code from over 2,000 pages to 80 if elected.

abc.net.au

The Prod Com truly knows nothing about the house building industry. They don’t realise a factory built house is considered “manufacturing” by the ABS. All prefabricated components, including frames, roof trusses, windows, doors doorframes and joinery are manufacturing, not “construction”.

Governments that struggle to get through the day without claiming to care about the effects of gambling while simultaneously taking money from gambling companies will now have access to a confidential support hotline. theshovel.com.au/2026/08/10/n...

New Hotline Launched To Help Governments Addicted to Gambling Revenue — The Shovel

Governments that struggle to get through the day without claiming to care about the effects of gambling while simultaneously taking money from gambling companies, will now have access to a confidentia...

theshovel.com.au

You'got this Angus

This is what we gutlessly avoid confronting - when we give all the air time to the sideshow antics of the populist racists….

Two proposals from Garma for Indigenous Australia

On the first day of August this year, two men spoke at Gulkula, the sacred Gumatj land where the Garma Festival is held, about the same problem, and proposed competing solutions.

thesaturdaypaper.com.au

"I arrived at a clear conclusion: the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically. "This is happening on our watch." — Mary Robinson johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08...

What I saw in the West Bank

Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight, enabled by impunity and a lack of international political will.

johnmenadue.com

Shameful. Really, really shameful. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

FOI reveals reason why SA uni cast out UN speaker event - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

Ben Carroll will become Victoria's premier as Jacinta Allan stands aside, avoiding a leadership battle months out from the state election.

indailysa.com.au

He’s a roadkill enthusiast not a scientist

nevermind

Yes, it's conference time. I'll be speaking about ventilation and schools; 1) revisiting NSW Cooler Schools and 2) research on 22 NSW schools near Sydney Airport. I hope to see you there! I really have no idea why we're in Cairns... iaq.airah.org.au

I think I may have mentioned this before. How did Lloyd get paid out on a job he resigned from? www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

'Obscene': Uni boss's extraordinary multimillion-dollar payday revealed - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

The multimillion-dollar pay packet of a former university chief has been labelled “obscene” by a politician.

indailysa.com.au

horse shit..