Looks like Govt has capitulated to pressure from airlines to water down customer rights. I guess 🇦🇺 didn’t become the land of the duopoly without decades of the major parties giving vested interests what they want. We have to start putting 🇦🇺ns first. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

The tribe has spoken Mark Dreyfus it’s time to go #auspol

Merry Christmas.

For decades, Australia has failed to collect enough income from our mineral and fossil fuel resources. We’re still collecting more on HECS than from the PRRT, the super-profits tax on oil and gas. Successive governments have failed the next generations. This needs fixing.

1/5 We are extremely concerned over the fate & wellbeing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces along with others during a raid on the hospital on 27 December. He must be released immediately and unconditionally.

Dr Hussam Abu Saffiya strides in his white lab coat through the wreckage of the Kamal Adwan hospital he ran – the last functioning one in northern Gaza – towards two tanks, their gun-barrels aimed at him. It tells the story of the final stages of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Climate change is a class issue. World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days theguardian.com/environment/20…

Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports that an Israeli drone assassinated two Palestinian cousins, boys aged 8 and 10, as they were in the yard of the families' home in the West Bank getting ready for school. The Israeli army claims it was targeting militants suspected of laying

"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

After this week, I think I’ve had all I can take over here folks. See you over at bluesky.

While all eyes on Indonesia's nickel move, what's actually happening on the ground? How does Chinese capital work within the socio-economic structure of the state and how has it been organised in relation to different state projects? Please do check our new OA article.

Very necessary and welcome statement from the AHA (Australia), in striking contrast to Universities Australia's politically irresponsible, conceptually sloppy and intellectually negligent antisemitism definition yesterday. Universities Australia

What are Prabowo's economic plans for his term? How can Indonesia meet his ambitious targets for 8% growth? Will Indonesia fall to the middle income trap? My interview with ANU Indonesia Project scholar Laksonomics is a cracker. indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/talking-indone…

Violence on the streets of Jakarta, as Indonesian police fire tear gas and water cannons at student protesters. They're opposing recent laws expanding the military’s role in civil society, which some fear could return Indonesia to authoritarian rule.

Kasus pen3mb4kan tiga personel Polri oleh anggota TNI di Way Kanan, Lampung, mengungkap dugaan adanya aliran setoran dari arena j*d1 sabung ayam ke aparat. Berdasarkan pemeriksaan terhadap dua saksi, Peltu Lubis dan Kopka Basarsyah, terdapat indikasi bahwa polsek dan posramil di

This is probably the most pro-China statement by a Malaysian Prime Minister ever: "At a time when [...] some parties are abandoning the principle of collective responsibility, the global initiative promoted by China is opening up new spaces for reform and cooperation...

Juru Bicara Presiden Prabowo Subianto, Prasetyo Hadi, menyatakan pemerintah merasa tidak ada yang salah dari usulan untuk menjadikan Soeharto sebagai pahlawan nasional. / #soeharto nasional.kompas.com/read/2025/04/2…

Polisi sampe harus ngerampok krn alasan ekonomi. Jd ingat lagi risetnya bu ⁦drjacquibaker⁩, polisi bekerja ‘nyari uang sendiri’ krn sistem keuangan polisi yg gelap, officers tak pernah tahu budget Nekat Rampok Minimarket, Polisi Terancam Dipenjara kompas.id/artikel/jadi-t…

Leave. Me. Alone. Clive. #auspol #election2025

Amnesty said it best.