The treatment of Wong and Marles at the hands of the Brits shows the “optimal pathway” on AUKUS is a pathway to: Humiliation; Economic, social and strategic stupidity; Abandoning sovereignty to Trump and the USA; Inevitable conflict with China; An abject failure of leadership.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government is aiming to undo decades of tax incentives and make property more affordable for younger buyers. Nic Fildes breaks down the likely impact of the reforms. ft.trib.al/eu2spyA

Jane Jacobs banger on the cult of open space

A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in İzmir

Very pleased to be able to share this @LowyInstitute analysis in which @SamRoggeveen and I examine what China's long-range strike capabilities could do to Australia, now and in the future. 1/ lowyinstitute.org/publicatio…

Over the past decade, the City of Melbourne has allowed about 10,000 more dwellings than the City of Sydney (which you can see by looking at the skylines). As a result, rent in Melbourne is half that of Sydney.

A critic once asked why David Hockney still painted landscapes as it was a ‘dead art’. Hockey responded, “Landscapes are nature and nature doesn’t fucking die!”

This is the only visa Hanson has specifically said she would retain. Go figure why. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-14/p…

🇦🇺 Australia play Turkiye 🇹🇷 as the teams open their account at the #FIFAWorldCup, at BC Place Vancouver in Canada. ⚽ LIVE coverage: aje.news/vjtoq4

Anthropic’s founder and CEO, Dario Amodei

12 June 1929 | A German Jewish girl, Anne Frank, was born in Frankfurt. In 1942 on her 13th birthday she received an empty diary. She perished in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. 'Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character & goodness.' (A.Frank)

ACT Labor wonders why David Pocock gets such strong support in this 'rusted on' Labor town

A six-year-old Palestinian boy with leukemia died while waiting for the Netanyahu government to approve his medical evacuation request. His name was Ghazal. In Gaza, no hospital is fully functional and Israeli approval is required to leave. A cancer diagnosis is a death sentence. That’s why I led 61 of my colleagues in demanding that the Trump Administration reestablish a medical evacuation corridor so patients have a chance to survive—a chance that was never afforded to Ghazal. Read more about how @ChrisVanHollen, @SenMarkey, @RepDean, @RepDexterOR, & I are demanding immediate action to alleviate this horrific humanitarian crisis: mcgovern.house.gov/news/docu…

The NACC clearly lists the Commissioner's office as based in Canberra The Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2024, does not allow for travel expenses to be paid for public servants/staffers from their home to their principal office Paul Brereton lives in Sydney and yet via the NACC, Australians have funded his commute from his Sydney home to his primary office in Canberra, in breach of the Official Travel determination Why? Is this a judicious use of taxpayer's money?

This👇🏼 is EXACTLY why we need lobbying reform & greater transparency over ministerial diaries - things I've been pushing alongside colleagues on the crossbench for years. "In-house lobbyists" (people who work for a company or peak body) should be subject to the same rules and cooling off periods as "third party lobbyists" (people who work for a lobbying firm). Action on these changes are well overdue. skynews.com.au/australia-new…

There's another wise strategic saying: a humble calf sucks two cows... I know it's difficult to play multiple pianos simultaneously, like 🇮🇳, but it might be worth trying. The only problem is that there's no single MR EUROPE you can call and coordinate...

Public agencies, consultants, advocacy groups, teachers... they'd all benefit from having a digital library with explainer videos like this one. Any and every transportation topic.

Epic response by Cathy Wilcox to Murdoch grubs after their Israel lobby smear campaign

Sometimes I'd ask Claude Opus what it thought about my blog posts, and it would give bland, pedestrian, generally solid feedback. I tried asking Fable, and it gave snarky overstated criticism that it walked back as soon as I pointed out its weakness. 😂