A new chapter in the atrocities visited on the people of Gaza theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

The full-blown obscenity of Trump’s definition of peace theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Hear, hear, Mr Governor!

Nice try, Tom. We had old Ming for a quarter of a century before he decided to bugger off “while ahead”. Perhaps ask Albo after he’s been PM for 20 years.

Time for Europe to put a tariff on tacos theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

How long do we need to wait for Australian leaders to speak up for all of our troops who were killed and maimed dodging danger away from the front lines in Afghanistan along with the rest of Americas worthless allies?? abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2…

And here is the anonymous “Australian Government” response - “Australian Defence Force personnel in Afghanistan made a very significant contribution, and we continue to honour their bravery and sacrifice.” Not a word on Trump. Utterly piss weak. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

Don’t tell Donald or there will be a 1000 per cent tariff! bbc.com/news/articles/…

If a quarter of Australians think this pair of drongoes is the answer we really are in trouble theguardian.com/australia-news…

Time to recognise that Aukus will destroy Australia’s independent defence and turn us into a military colony of the US. theguardian.com/world/2026/feb…

Easily 100 times I must have predicted precisely this outcome. We don’t get the boats but we get to station US nuclear subs. Farewell forever any notion of a sovereign Australia as we also render ourselves a big fat target. theguardian.com/world/2026/feb…

Great call by the tribunal in support of retail workers subjected to increasing violence from thugs and thieves theguardian.com/australia-news…

Yesterday, while opposing the set-up of a secret Defence oversight committee that'll only have members from the duopoly responsible for the current acquisition debacle, Senator David Shoebridge gave this excellent summary of the mess our naval procurement is in.👏#AUKUS #auspol

Zealotry, the last refuge of Republican scoundrels

Good piece.

The compelling case that should eventually put Pam Bondi in jail if not Trump

Why Putin must be defeated - for the sake of Russia and Ukraine bbc.com/news/articles/…

Essential reading for the anti-immigration cheer squad theguardian.com/commentisfree/…