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The dismantling of FPSO ‘Northern Endeavour’ could have been a good news story for Whyalla; the birth of a new industry and a source of scrap steel for the steel works. But @albomp.bsky.social’s Govt has literally shipped this opportunity offshore 🤦‍♂️. #betrayal #auspol

submitted 27 minutes ago • 1 comment

It can’t be that Chris Minns can keep from the people of NSW discussions his Govt has had with the Feds on where in NSW to home port RAN nuclear powered submarines. The transparency fight has now commenced, but why not just be honest and open 🤷‍♂️. #AUKUS #nswpol #auspol

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

It can’t be that a soldier must obey an order that prevents him or her from revealing war crimes. Let’s hope the High Court agrees to hear David McBride’s appeal and correctly resolve the issue. #UnlawfulOrder #auspol

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Who to believe - US intelligence officials skilled in battle damage assessments, or Trump and the petulant Ms Leavitt? #auspol

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Under the NATO treaty if one member is attacked, all other members will consider it an attack against themselves and assist. Trump won’t commit to the spirit of that unambiguous pledge. What does that mean for our own reliance on the ANZUS treaty? #auspol

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

Chris Minn’s Govt has joined Anthony Albanese’s Govt on secrecy over a possible NSW base for RAN nuclear powered submarines. There’s no legitimate reason for secrecy on where very obvious base infrastructure will go, only political calculations. Appeal pending! #auspol #nswpol #AUKUS

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

US #AUKUS spruikers openly present their nuclear sub deal as an anti-China strategy. That's what AUKUS is, a strategic alignment against Australia's No 1 trade partner. @albomp.bsky.social and Richard Marles ought to fess up to what they've signed us up to. #auspol

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Having bet the house on #AUKUS, @albomp.bsky.social has been twisting in the wind over when he might meet Donald Trump. Meanwhile Japan has quietly taken a different and more self-assured response to US coercion tactics on defence spending. #auspol

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

If the outcome of the US AUKUS review is we are forced to pay more, Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Department Secretary Greg Moriarty should both resign. If the outcome is that the submarine program is cancelled, Marles & Moriarty should both resign. #FallOnTheirSword #auspol

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Using only Govt source material it can be 👇shown conclusively👇 that the Howard Govt spied on Timor to steal their oil & gas. So why is the National Archives neither confirming nor denying the existence of ASIS records relating to the 2004 spying? #auspol

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Instead of investing in defence capabilities and equipment that could be used to defend Australia, the Defence budget is being spent on nuclear subs we don’t need and will never arrive anyway. Meanwhile our leaders are happy, drunk on the rhetoric. #auspol

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Desperate to lock in #AUKUS 🤷‍♂️, @AlboMP wants to cuddle up to Trump. But should Australia embrace an authoritarian regime? Our leaders need to think about what that might mean for our democracy in the longer term. Much better to keep our distance. #auspol

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Today I visited David McBride in prison. It was a reminder of the sad state of affairs we have in Australia where we lock up a war crimes whistleblower and not the war criminals. David’s in good spirits, but please see 2/2 to see how you can help him. 1/2 #auspol

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

“… the program’s eye-watering cost will make it difficult to acquire the other capabilities that are already reshaping the nature of modern warfare: state-of-the-art drones, missiles, aircraft and cyber defense.” Spot on Gareth Evans! #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

You were never asked about signing up to a $368B nuclear submarine program, but you are now about to be asked to put your hands deeper into your pockets to pay for it. 🤬🤬🤬 #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

I’m pleased to be spending my day at the 2025 National Whistleblowing Symposium where a collection of like minded people, including Andrew Wilkie, are setting out a roadmap on what needs to be done in the 48th Parliament to better protect whistleblowers. #austlii 👉 droptheprosecutions.org.au

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

As Trump considers attacking Iran, it's worth noting US war plans will in part be based on intelligence collected by the Pine Gap facility and B-2 bombers ready to launch from Diego Garcia that flew there via Australia supported by the RAAF. 1/3 #auspol

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

‘Parklands Putin’ is at it again, firing off legislative missile to annex land that the State Government doesn’t own. When will Premier Malinauskas stop grabbing the shrinking Adelaide Park Lands for his pet projects? #saparli

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Keating bang on target! #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

Donald Trump will return early to Washington to deal with ‘many important matters’. No chat with @albomp.bsky.social. Australia clearly doesn’t rate much in America First priorities. #auspol

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

In 2023 Paul Keating called it “the worst deal in all history”. But wait, it’s worse! In response to a Trump shake down, @albomp.bsky.social is adding critical minerals, further US military access to Australia, and a commitment to go to war with China to the #AUKUS price tag. Unbelievable! #auspol

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

Australians on the east coast are paying $16.24 per GJ for OUR gas, while the Chinese are set to pay $13.50 (including liquefaction and shipping costs of $2-$3 per GJ). Something is clearly wrong, but our Govt refuses to act. We need a retrospective gas reservation scheme now! #auspol

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Countries are supposed to buy submarines to deter conflict, not commit to conflict in order to buy submarines. The #AUKUS program was already a bankrupting $368B. The cost just got so much higher. Please somebody, save us from our leaders. #auspol

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Only two people seem oblivious to the serious risks #AUKUS poses our Treasury and national security - Anthony Albanese and Richard Marles. #auspol

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

In a serious rebuke, the Information Commissioner has found that a Defence Department decision to keep info secret did “not appear to be supported by cogent reasoning or evidence”. The same can be said of many of its procurement decisions🤦‍♂️. #FOI #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Sydney, turning it on!

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

My vote for the 2025 Archibald Prize ‘People’s Choice Award’: Robert Fielding’s "Malatja malatja (into the future)."

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Will the US review into #AUKUS report the truthful state of the program that’s been obvious for well over 15 months to all but Richard Marles and his Qantas Platinum One admirals? Will the undertaker be called in? Here’s my March 2024 analysis. #auspol

submitted 12 days ago • 14 comments

Richard Marles met Secretary of Defense Hegseth in Feb and gifted US shipyards $800m with billions more to come. Marles met Hegseth again on 31 May. Now it’s revealed there’s an America First review of #AUKUS. Bombshell news. What did Marles know and when did he know it? #FOI sent. #auspol

submitted 14 days ago • 10 comments

The US is reviewing #AUKUS! The program is an unaffordable, sovereign sapping and highly risky defence acquisition - a huge blunder of Scott Morrison, embraced by @albomp.bsky.social. Trump will likely demand more $ billions, or else exit. We should pull the plug. #auspol

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

Successive Govts have ensured our electricity prices (set by the gas price) are high. We could half the price of electricity if the govt put Aussies ahead of the gas cartel and their super profits. It’s our gas! We need a retrospective gas reservation policy. 1/2 #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Senator Gallagher, did you support the awarding of a Companion of the Order of Australia to Scott Morrison? #FOI #auspol

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

When @albomp.bsky.social supported a successful censure motion against Scott Morrison on 30 Nov 2022 he closed his speech saying, “He owes an apology to the Australian people for the undermining of democracy.” I wonder what the Prime Minister has to say today. #auspol

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

The Governor-General and the Council of the Order of Australia have sullied the Australian honours system today. #auspol

submitted 17 days ago • 47 comments

It's our Long Weekend #SundayShot & have we got a line up for you! @chriswallace.bsky.social, @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social and @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social line up for a chat about the week that was...& we all benefit from an explainer interview on gas & super from @grogsgamut.bsky.social. Join us!

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

Defence secret nuclear testing! It sounds like a news report from inside North Korea or Iran. But it’s not! It’s from inside ANSTO’s Lucas Heights reactor facility in Sydney’s southern suburbs. Has our Govt told the IAEA? Or not? #FOI #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

Too often the political/bureaucratic/business elite nominate each other for top awards as part of their rations. If Scott Morrison gets an AC, it will completely undermine our honours system. He is a singularly most unworthy candidate. #BackScratch #auspol

submitted 19 days ago • 49 comments

The gas price sets the electricity price. Our only hope for much lower costs is a RETROSPECTIVE gas reservation policy but @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social has already ruled it out due to ‘sovereign risk’. But that’s a gas lobby Furphy, unchallenged 👇 until now👇. #auspol

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Another #FOI win, with the Information Commissioner delivering a scathing rebuke to the Defence Department over their approach to secrecy. More to follow. #NavalShipbuilding #transparency #auspol

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Australia is a party to the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court. @SenatorWong says 'Australia respects the independence of the ICC and its important role in upholding international law.' But what will she say about this? #auspol

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

Australia won’t receive any submarines, but only after spending tens of billions. 🤦‍♂️ #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 20 days ago • 12 comments

Who would have thought a relationship between two alpha narcissist would have ended this way 🤷‍♂️.

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments