Much to unpack post election as Labor pulled off an unprecedented victory, while the Coalition suffered their most bruising defeat yet. I couldn’t have asked for a battle panel for our post-mortem than Amy Remeikis, Louise Milligan & Mark Kenny. Big thanks to all! Tune in 👇🏼

Exclusive: When asked by 7News about the Nationals leadership Barnaby Joyce says “Things have to be dealt with” and “let’s just get back to Canberra.” More: 7news.com.au/news/fresh-nat… #auspol 7NEWS Australia

“What’s important for us is to be eyewitnesses,” said Lindsey Hilsum, lamenting the Israeli government’s prevention of her and all other international journalists from entering war-ravaged Gaza. She joined me on Fourth Estate from Tel Aviv, last week. Listen below 👇🏼

Dipping back into the archives this week, we revisited former host, Monica’s conversation with Sophie McNeill & Hugh Riminton. This episode originally aired in May 2021, during what became known as the Israel-Palestine crisis. open.spotify.com/episode/2T60QH…

Henry tells Chalmers to stop ‘fiddling’ and launch into tax reform afr.com/politics/feder…

As news broke of Iranian missiles fired at US bases, I spoke with former Secretary of State John Kerry. “Clearly, Iran had to respond in some way… and I think the administration anticipated that,” he said – but “there’s no military solution to this… This is very dangerous.”

Quite the week in Australian media. Many thanks to legends Scott Mitchell & Daany Saeed for joining me! Listen below 👇🏼

I’m hosting Talking Pictures on tomorrow’s Insiders and my guest is journalist and Fourth Estate host Tina Quinn.

Great fun to do this week’s Talking Pictures on Insiders with my mate, Mark Humphries 📺 Also, not to parrot our Prime Minister, but I am also pro-Wiggle.

Vale David Dale, one of the SMH's wittiest writers, a bon vivant & pioneer of the Stay in Touch column. As Bulletin editor, he created "The 100 Most Appalling People in Australia" list. Owner K. Packer fired him for his "gratuitous impertinence"- the very thing I will miss most.

Very special guest this week with the former head of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth, joining host Tina Quinn & a stellar panel of Nabil Al-Nashar | نبيل النشار & Amber Schultz, to discuss the historic march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the people of Gaza. open.spotify.com/episode/1QH7rk…

Meeting the amazing Hanna Rosin from The Atlantic was an absolute highlight of this year’s Women in Media conference. More journos like her please 🙏🏼

Breaking: Australian Associated Press has signed a deal with Google to provide its “fact-based news content” to Google to “enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app”.

A big thanks to Laura Tingle for speaking with me about her truly unparalleled career covering federal politics. Canberra is no doubt missing her, but as we have already seen in recent weeks her sharp eye is already enriching the ABC’s analysis of global affairs.

Rest in peace Mariam. She documented the brutal Israeli occupation of #Gaza with powerful images, each an exhibit of the trail of blood and the dead left in the wake of the Israeli war machine. Look at and save some of her photography in Barry’s thread below 👇

Turns out my vibes were right.... live.australiainstitute.org.au/category/austr…

And if you doubt the value of the ABC, tonight should give you pause to rethink. Four Corners running Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - which the BBC refused to run - and Media Watch taking no prisoners - fearless. Catch both on IView.

Big thanks to the always wonderful Amy Remeikis & Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social for their fascinating insights and perspectives on this week’s Fourth Estate 🎧📻

Second Epstein story by The New York Times that totally skips mentioning Miami Herald’s series — which is relevant here because Epstein, after my series ran in 2018, made at least two large $ transfers which led to a panic with the banks. They froze the accounts as a result. The Times is

I was utterly enraptured with Prue Clarke’s very thought-provoking discussion with Andrew Rosenthal & Doha Madani 🩵 when it first aired 4 yrs ago. As we mark 24 years since 9/11, it seems all the more relevant. Uncritical reporting. War. Civil liberties eroded. The themes of then & now.