Concerned citizen and planet lover. Formerly health and education. Now painting, planting and pondering: how to bequeath a fairer, kinder world to my grandkids. Transferring from Twitter.
Compulsory reading. We are just more collateral damage to the US, their next Hiroshima. Wake up, Australia! #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
The myth of a joint Pine GapWhile Washington sets the priorities and commands decision-making, Australian operational staff at the base are outnumbered by Australian 'guards and gardeners'.pearlsandirritations.comThis spineless Labor government doesn't have the gumption to stand up to the US for our national interest. On so many fronts they have lost our respect - on AUKUS, on Israel/Gaza tragedy, on NACC, on gambling reform, on gas tax. #auspol The case against AUKUS thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/defe...
The case against AUKUSAs this week’s ALP National Conference will confirm, the Albanese government remains strongly wedded to the AUKUS nuclear-propelled submarine project. But the project was misconceived from the outset ...thesaturdaypaper.com.au@kossamaras.bsky.social explaining clearly why One Nation is surging and how Labor can wrest back disillusioned GenX and Millenial voters. But is Labor listening? We need change at the helm. #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
Hanson's half-empty hall and how gen X broke Australian politicsFor most of their voting lives, gen X were the ballast of Australian politics. Now they're driving a fundamental and lasting change.www.thenewdaily.com.auNo amount of window dressing at the Labor National Conference will dissuade an electorate who have lost respect. Shame on you, ALP. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utterBy refusing to name genocide in Gaza, the Labor government avoids the legal and moral obligations that would follow – but not the shame of complicity.pearlsandirritations.comThe fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world) theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world) - The ShotFor 64 years – an insignificant speck of time under a sky this large – from a stolen, sacred site...theshot.net.au"The party of Hawke and Keating has turned into the party of Richard Marles.....Albanese and his cabinet are managers, not leaders, and not good managers either." Hope those newly elected Labor politicians have a good hard look at what they're now party to. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/23/l...
In government but not in power: Something has gone badly wrong for LaborWhile it is electorally dominant, there's a cloud over Labor as the faithful gather in Adelaide for its annual conference. The party of Hawke and Keating has turned into the party of Richard Marles.www.crikey.com.aupearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
Why Spain’s World Cup win felt like a victory for GazaGaza has rearranged the world's moral geography. Once-distant countries feel close because they have spoken when others are silent. At the World Cup final, that moral geography was evident in the foot...pearlsandirritations.comThanks @ronnisalt.bsky.social for giving it some back. Albo was bludgeoned into it and it's doing way more harm than good for social cohesion. If people weren't antisemitic beforehand, this farce is enough to turn them. #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The Israel lobby gets the royal treatment - The ShotWe cross this week to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and other assorted grievances, but before we...theshot.net.auNorway has used its resources industry to provide free university and build a $3 trillion sovereign wealth fund. Our politicians, of either stripe, line their own pockets and sell out the rest of us. #auspol Can Anthony Albanese be trusted to negotiate on AI? thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/poli...
Can Anthony Albanese be trusted to negotiate on AI?To understand Australia’s approach to artificial intelligence, you have to understand the colonial mindset that enfeebles Australian politicians.thesaturdaypaper.com.au"She has the wealth and fragility of a mad king. She has her staff quietly correct her image, as if all the mirrors in the palace could be taken down." No amount of media massaging will work, Gina. #auspol thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...
The Rinehart emailsThe Saturday Paper is a quality weekly newspaper, dedicated to narrative long-form journalism.thesaturdaypaper.com.auAntony Green is retiring – sign his retirement card! getup.to/KNA31YH5CQqnSG
Thank you Antony Green!Antony Green is retiring from the ABC – sign his thank you card!getup.toHear, hear: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ABC and SBS coverage of the Middle East isn’t perfect – but the proposed solutions are ill-conceived and dangerousAfter 40 years at the public broadcasters I know they must be accountable to all of the public and for editorial decisions they make, not ones imposed on themwww.theguardian.comSelf interest, not the national interest, is what drives the current Labor leadership. We need a new team at the top or they're in for a terrible drubbing. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
Getting the Labor Government back in line with Labor historyLabor's great foreign policy leaders put Australian sovereignty first. The ALP National Conference is a chance to revive that tradition and confront AUKUS.pearlsandirritations.comAs a probably atypical Boomer, who's remained a lefty peacenik all my life, this insightful brilliant analysis from @kossamaris.bsky.social is so heartening. All power to the savvy, educated Gen Zers! #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
Gen Z is not ageing into the old AustraliaWhy Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to find out.pearlsandirritations.com"The real question is not whether countries experience immigration but what kind of societies they choose to build through it...The challenge for Australia is to ensure that immigration becomes part of a genuinely national development strategy." #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
The new geography of migration is reshaping economic successThe world’s geography of migration is changing, and with it our understanding of economic development, national success and the role of public policy.pearlsandirritations.com"There is something rotten in the state of (Aus)mark." #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
How to address a democracy in retreatThe democratic project is about more than elections; its institutions must be revitalised on the basis of fairness, respect, openness, integrity and trust.pearlsandirritations.com
