The PUB 13th Anniversary

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Now that things are wrapping up for Christmas-New Year in 2025, this might now be a good time for a new post.

We’ve been here for 13 years now, so while politics are about as relevant as some random wasp nest that can frankly sort itself out at this moment, let’s just maybe hold this time to be something of a break and wish everyone a good holiday season.

13 is an unlucky number, yes, but perhaps with superstitions like this, we can overcome that by openly defying it by not paying any meaningful attention to it? 2026 has a lot of potential one way or another.

Hopefully everyone here has a great Christmas-Holiday-New Year period in the next month.

113 thoughts on “The PUB 13th Anniversary”

  2. Resolve Victorian state level poll

    TPP: ALP 49 L/NP 51 (respondent allocated)

    Primaries: ALP 28 (-2) L/NP 39 (+6) GRN 12 (0) IND 9 (-1) other 11 (-4)

    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-enters-election-year-on-political-knife-s-edge-as-opposition-support-surges-20251208-p5nlso.html

    (+/-) changes from October, last time a TPP was not provided in the reporting

    More here
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/resolve-political-monitor-20210322-p57cvx.html

    This poll seems similar to the last DemosAU VIC poll.
    https://demosau.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DemosAU-Victoria-Poll-Oct-25.pdf
    And the last Newspoll
    https://www.pollbludger.net/2025/11/22/newspoll-51-49-to-coalition-in-victoria-3/

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  4. The Commonwealth Ombudsman’s second report into the system designed to penalise jobseekers has found employment services providers are making large-scale errors that penalise jobseekers, with little oversight for the department.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/09/australia-news-live-aukus-submarine-wong-marles-rubio-hegseth-anika-wells-family-travel-benefit-social-media-ban-ntwnfb#top-of-blog

    Well, colour me pink!

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    • Gosh,when did this start happening ? 😦 Same old same old ‘news’ that has been appearing since at least the Noughties and yet somehow never fixed. Yet another example of the bullshittery involved in privatising public services. Nice one Rodent and Hammock Dweller.

  5. ????? Re under 16s social media ban. This seems weird.

    The federal government, meanwhile, is heralding the ban – a world-first measure.

    Landmarks are expected to be lit up green and gold on Wednesday to celebrate the first day of the ban.

    Nathan Schmidt
    NewsWire
    9 December 2025, 10:44am

    Meanwhile Albo gives two thumbs up to this deceased crook.

    21 minutes agoLive

    Graham Richardson state funeral LIVE updates: Prime minister delivers eulogy

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  8. Richard Marles signed the Geelong Treaty with their British counterparts, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Secretary of State for Defence John Healey. The Geelong Treaty is a 50-year bilateral defence agreement to facilitate bilateral cooperation on the construction of Australia’s SSN-AUKUS submarines.

    Hurrah ! A 50 year gravy train. What a shame it has the overpowering aroma of the ever popular military lobbyist’s favorite aftershave, Eau de Boondoggle. Charles Marles’ post political sinecure is in the bag.

    Meanwhile back on earth a look at who Albo,Penny and Charles got us into bed with for the next half century. ……

    Tom Cotterill
    Defence Editor
    06 December 2025 6:17pm GMT
    Britain is “no longer capable” of running a nuclear submarine programme after “catastrophic” failures pushed it to the brink, a former Navy chief has said…,

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/06/britains-nuclear-submarine-fleet-no-longer-fit-for-purpose/

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  12. Coalition MPs will meet on Wednesday afternoon to debate immigration policy, which could include attempts to deport more asylum seekers whose claims have been rejected.

    The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has promised to unveil the “principles” that will underpin the Coalition’s plan to reduce migration numbers before Christmas, avoiding a repeat of the lengthy and messy fight over a net zero target.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/10/under-16s-social-media-ban-reaction-victoria-vce-atar-results-queensland-parliament-mcphillamys-goldmine-federal-court-hearing-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-migration-policy-ntwnfb#maincontent

    Speaking of unveiling, Spike Milligna (the well-known typing error) has it:

    “Tonight she will perform the Dance of the Seven Army Surplus Blankets”

    As the sensuous creature sprang to the centre and one by one the blankets fell to the floor, I moved to her side.

    ARABIC MUSIC. NEDDY’S HEAVY BREATHING.

    “Oh sensuous creature, what tempts you to dance in this den of vice?”

    “I’ve gotta make a living too!”

    “Eccles! You’re not a woman!”

    “I know. But don’t tell the manager!”

    “Why not!?”

    “We’re engaged!”

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    • The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has promised to unveil the “principles” that will underpin the Coalition’s plan to reduce migration numbers before Christmas

      And at the end of it………….

  13. This council worker takes the cake the biscuit and everything else for this effort. One time security cameras were very useful. Now to decide whether to laugh or cry 😆

    Driver gets four parking tickets after disabled bay painted around his car 

    A London council has apologised after a man received multiple parking fines when a disabled bay was painted around his legally parked car.

    CCTV footage shared on social media showed a contractor measuring and painting a disabled parking pay around a car, which was left on an unrestricted road outside the owner’s home.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/croydon-council-parking-fines-disabled-bay-car-b2880868.html

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  16. #Essential primaries not on same scale as other polls (undecided left in) ALP 34 L-NP 26 Green 10 ON 17 TOP 1 IND/other 7 undecided 5Their "2PP+" by mostly respondent prefs 49-45 to ALP (=52.1, -1.1)My estimate by last-election prefs 54.3 to ALP (-1.3)

    — Kevin Bonham (@kevinbonham.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T05:20:58.975Z

    That's actually the best 2PP for the Coalition of the term either on pollster 2PP – I don't find Essential's preference flows realistic though – or (narowly) on my last election estimate.

    — Kevin Bonham (@kevinbonham.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T06:49:43.224Z

    The Victorian Liberal candidate for an ultra-marginal seat of Croydon in Melbourne’s east is in a legal fight with his own law firm, accused by his partners of bullying staff and using business resources to further his political ambitions. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #springst

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T02:54:05.499Z

    This afternoon in 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced his “Atoms for Peace” plan at the United Nations General Assembly, which led to the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency and unwittingly—and paradoxically—made it much easier for states to develop nuclear weapons.

    — Stephen Schwartz (@atomicanalyst.bsky.social) 2025-12-08T16:12:06.766Z

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  19. With all the latest kerfuffle over pollies travel expenses the inevitable cry of it being ‘within the rules’ gets a run. Even Albo gave it a spin.

    As for reforms LOL nothing much will happen. At most a ritual tossing of a designated sacrificial goat into the volcano will happen .Hi Anika. There’s bipartisan support for all the ‘creative’ ways travel allowance can be used.

    Albanese says his use of family travel allowance ‘in accordance with the rules’

    Now about those travel <strike>rorts</strike> rules……………

    Australia’s senior politicians can claim ‘unlimited’ travel expenses for their spouse, watchdog rules say

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/mp-family-travel-allowance-rules-entitlements-anthony-albanese-anika-wells-melissa-mcintosh

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  20. Visitors welcome to the USA of A. NOT!

    Tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.

    The mandatory new disclosures would apply to the 42 countries whose nationals are currently permitted to enter the US without a visa, including longtime US allies Britain, France, Australia, Germany and Japan.

    In a notice published on Tuesday, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) said it would also require any telephone numbers used by visitors over the same period, and any email addresses used in the last decade, as well as face, fingerprint, DNA and iris biometrics. It would also ask for the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children.

    CBP said the new changes to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (Esta) application were required in order to comply with an executive order issued by Donald Trump on the first day of his new term. In it, the US president called for restrictions to ensure visitors to the US “do not bear hostile attitudes toward its citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles”.

    The plan would throw a wrench into travel for the World Cup, which the US is co-hosting with Canada and Mexico next year. Fifa has said it expects to attract 5 million fans to the stadiums, and millions more visitors to the US, Canada and Mexico.

    Tourism to the US has already dropped dramatically in Trump’s second term, as the president has pushed a draconian crackdown on immigrants, including recent moves to ban all asylum claims and to stop migration entirely from more than 30 countries.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump

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    • The ‘Welcome to Murica’ ceremony also includes……………

      Applicants would also have to provide additional information “when feasible,” according to the proposal. The list includes telephone numbers used in the last five years, email addresses used in the last 10 years, IP addresses and metadata from electronically submitted photos, and biometrics, including facial, fingerprint, DNA and iris data.

      It would also require applicants to provide information about their family members, including names, telephone numbers, dates of birth, places of birth and residences.

    • The man’s as nutty as Caligula

      “About six months into his reign, Caligula fell seriously ill, after which his behavior reportedly changed dramatically.

      He became known for extravagant spending, political purges, and bizarre acts, such as allegedly promoting his horse to consul and demanding worship as a god.”

  22. Thought provoking article from Amy Remeikis.

    https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/12/06/labor-discontent-government

    Because that is always what moves politicians – fear. Fear they’ll lose the electorates, their jobs, their futures, with not enough time to reverse opinion.

    Those fears, or at least concerns, within Labor are growing. Not that it will lose government – on the numbers, the Coalition winning the next election is as likely as me being named the next Bond girl – but that it will lose more seats than first anticipated.

    There are about 18 nervous backbenchers who have decided they quite like their jobs. A summer in their electorates, hearing directly from those who put them there, and not what their party leaders are telling them are wins, should at least give them pause.

    Because if Labor is to act at all on what needs to be done, then it only has next year. The year after that is straight back into election mode, when reforms tend to be short term and even shorter-sighted.

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  24. Today's blog post is my last one for the year and it examines the question of whether the 2PP (Labor vs Liberal) is meaningful in seats where it is a Liberal vs Independent contests (mostly the teal seats) #auspol

    — Ben Raue (@benraue.com) 2025-12-11T22:43:48.013Z

    #Redbridge/Accent Vic (state) ALP 31 L-NP 40 GRN 12 IND 6 "minor right" 4 "minor left" 2 other 5. 2PP 50-50Some have been critical of this preference estimate. If I combine all the non-major/Grn categories as generic other I get 50.4 to L-NP which rounds to 50-50.

    — Kevin Bonham (@kevinbonham.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T07:52:09.647Z

    If I apply estimated preference flows to "minor right" and "minor left" and assume these do not affect the remainder of IND/other then I get an estimate of 51.0 to L-NP. However there are some reasons not to do this.

    — Kevin Bonham (@kevinbonham.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T07:54:55.221Z

    The full Redbridge Vic poll is here.
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZpnBc78yPhXQaCALe6AXdIntIakZ0TUR/view

    "bezos and musk race to bring data centers to space" no they're not! they're lying! the moon is a tax shelter now"space companies backed by tech billionaires hope to move ai data centers off earth" no they don't! delivering products is not their business model this is about grifting the pentagon

    — clyde bruckman free link's ghost of xmas future's last repost (@ultralaser.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T06:21:21.908Z

    Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact. http://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...

    — John Ganz (@lioneltrolling.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T13:35:28.674Z

    This is strictly a personal observation from living in LA, but RFK scares me so much because otherwise orthodox liberals with a woo food and chemicals streak are being converted into lunatic conservatives.

    — Nick (derogatory) ✨ (@slothropsmap.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T19:42:42.783Z

    Yeah I think this is a strong insight. RFK is the only candidate who theoretically expands the MAGA coalition. Shame for him, he has absolutely no juice. Juiceless freak.

    — Nick (derogatory) ✨ (@slothropsmap.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T21:11:07.086Z

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  25. Getting blood out of a stone from the ‘Feds’ for this………………………….

    latest health department data showed that, at the end of October, 266,352 people were on waitlists for aged care services.

    Of this number, as many as 2,500 are currently in public hospitals waiting for access to aged care.

    But they were faster than Usain Bolt running to sign this 😦

    AUKUS $368 billion deal, Australia will acquire nuclear-powered, but not nuclear-armed, submarines

    Ah, priorities.

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  26. Money for tax ‘minimizing’ multinationals ? No wuckas,

    T

    The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash

    Patrick Commins
    Er
    More than $3bn in public money has been given to Australia’s smelters and steelworks in an alarmingly ad-hoc way

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  27. In Canada, Ontario MP Michael Ma has announced that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals, bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney's government 1 MP shy of majority http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T04:20:23.877Z

    US doctor: "Over the past few years, the rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients. It has made routine preventive care feel like walking into an ideological minefield." http://www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T02:53:57.060Z

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  29. Today I'm looking at some of the facts used to inform the debate around fixed terms.You might hear that the average parliament lasts for 2 years 8 months – that's true over the last 125 years, but doesn't reflect the last 35 years, when parliaments usually run at about their full term. #auspol

    — Ben Raue (@benraue.com) 2025-12-10T23:15:28.186Z

    '[Greenland], a prominent Green, and a strident opponent of high-density housing. “At some stage, if not already, we’re going to have to say we’re more or less full,” he says of Sydney's Inner West'Then go join One Nation with that rhetoric.archive.md/2025.12.10-1…

    — Every Sydney Station (@sydneystations.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T21:07:59.122Z

    I really like Joel's framing of it as a battle between the old town and the new city – so much of this stuff really defies traditional party politics. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-…

    — Pàra – special Bluesky edition (@para14.bsky.social) 2025-12-11T02:53:39.199Z

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  31. Leroy
    @leroylynch.bsky.social

    US doctor: “Over the past few years, the rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients. It has made routine preventive care feel like walking into an ideological minefield.

    The good news is that it will increase the rate of the removal of stoopid from the gene pool.

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  32. AFR Redbridge NSW state level poll TPP: ALP 57 L/NP 43 Primaries: ALP 38 L/NP 30 GRN 10 ON 4 OTH 10 http://www.afr.com/politics/swi... archive version archive.is/bHuNX #nswpol

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-13T03:13:55.559Z

    📢 Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.

    — SBS Australia (unofficial) (@sbsaustralia.nzcow.com) 2025-12-12T19:44:07.981196+00:00

    https://github.com/Mike-Honey

    The Saturday Paper: As far back as September, members of the Liberal party room began discussing the risk that Jacinta Nampijinpa Price would defect to One Nation – possibly to run in the lower house seat held by Barnaby Joyce. archive.is/eqSdY #auspol #ntpol #nswpol

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T22:59:41.590Z

    Southern Cross Austereo has been investigating this week whether its introduction of AI-assisted news bulletins led to a News Corp reporter being mistakenly named as the man who allegedly struck police with a hammer before escaping custody http://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d... #ausmedia

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-13T04:06:52.629Z

    Today's blog post dives into history and looks at how the Coalition has responded to past Labor moves to expand the size of the parliament, why the attitude of the National Party changed between 1948 and 1983, and what that has to do with redistribution rules. #auspol

    — Ben Raue (@benraue.com) 2025-12-09T23:35:10.745Z

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  33. Good to see the tried and true methods of yesteryear live on. This time the old turn failure into success by redefining success got a run. Have a problem with some (many?) pollies taking the piss when it comes to what is able to be claimed as travel expenses ? Easy fix, change the definition .So they quietly….. “Updated wording expands definition of ‘party political duties’ Hey presto ‘It was within the rules’ .

    Not surprised to see it was Farrell who changed the definition. 😦 Bowen made the lol worthy excuse for the changes, the change was needed so as to simplify the rules to make it easier. Which I suppose is accurate, it makes it simpler and easier for those who want to abuse the ‘entitlement’ .

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  35. No surprise to find this but nice to hear it getting some air. Justice ,Agent Orange style.

    Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say ‘fraudulent’ UC antisemitism probes led them to quit

    Nine former DOJ attorneys investigating UC antisemitism told The Times they felt pressured to conclude that campuses had violated the civil rights of Jewish students and staff.

    The attorneys resigned during the course of their UC assignments, some concerned that they were being asked to violate ethical standards.

    ………………..they felt pressured to conclude that campuses had violated the civil rights of Jewish students and staff.

    In interviews over several weeks, the career attorneys — who together served dozens of years — said they were given the instructions at the onset of the investigations. All nine attorneys resigned during the course of their UC assignments, some concerned that they were being asked to violate ethical standards.

    “Initially we were told we only had 30 days to come up with a reason to be ready to sue UC,” said Ejaz Baluch, a former senior trial attorney who was assigned to investigate whether Jewish UCLA faculty and staff faced discrimination on campus that the university did not properly address. “It shows just how unserious this exercise was. It was not about trying to find out what really happened.”

    https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-13/former-doj-attorneys-university-of-california-ucla-antisemitism-investigation

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  36. The attorney general, Michelle Rowland, has become the first MP to make repayments for family travel amid growing controversy about politicians expenses, after some of her claims for a 2023 trip were found to be a breach of the rules.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/14/australia-news-live-michelle-rowland-family-travel-entitlements-labor-liberal-coles-woolworths-price-gouging-nsw-vic-wa-fire-weather-heatwave-warnings-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb#top-of-blog

    In a previous existence, I would make a claim for expenses and someone would check whether it was legit.

    Those who check pollies’ expenses are doing a very bad job or are non-existent.

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  37. And by god if anyone knows what a ‘culture of entitlement’ it’s those bustards. Truly a magnificent effort to maintain a straight face whilst making such a claim. That said some of the cases suggest there is a wee bit of a problem. With the shit people are enduring re affording the cost of housing the pollies better not bank on the peasants being in a forgiving mood when they hear of some of the lurks and perks of being a pollie.

    News

    Michelle Rowland to repay part of family trip to WA as Coalition criticises Labor’s ‘culture of entitlement’

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/14/michelle-rowland-to-repay-part-of-family-trip-to-wa-ipea-watchdog-finds-spending-breached-rules

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  38. Can’t really blame the rats for deciding to ‘Abandon ship !”

    NationalFive Minutes with Fitz
    Opinion
    Ex-Liberal Party powerbroker says ‘the party is over’

    The famed Liberal Party powerbroker Walter Villatora is a former campaign manager for Mike Baird and Tony Abbott. Believing the “Liberal Party is finished”, he resigned his membership last week

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-liberal-party-powerbroker-says-the-party-is-over-20251211-p5nms7.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true

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    • TGA is on it https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/14/nsw-police-responding-to-reports-of-shooting-at-sydneys-bondi-beach-follow-latest#top-of-blog

      As you say, anything coming out has to be verified.

      Sussan has jumped the gun:

      Opposition leader Sussan Ley has released a lengthy statement after the shooting. She said in part:

      Australians are in deep mourning tonight, with hateful violence striking at the heart of an iconic Australian community, a place we all know so well and love, Bondi.

      The loss of life from this attack is significant and I join with the Prime Minister in urging all Australians to follow official advice from police and relevant authorities.

      This attack occurred as our Jewish community came together at the Chanukah by the Seacelebration. This was a celebration of peace and hope for the future, severed by hate.

      My heart is with Australia’s Jewish community tonight, particularly those in the eastern suburbs of Sydney – people I know well.

  42. Bondi terror attack: Bondi Beach death toll climbs to 15 plus gunman in wake of 'evil' terror attack on Jewish festival http://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T20:55:52.332Z

    Bondi beach shooting live updates: alleged shooters in terror attack were father and son; police say two active explosives found at scene http://www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T21:20:44.675Z

    Grok Is Glitching and Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting gizmodo.com/grok-is-glit…

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T20:58:18.459Z

    AFR Redbridge/Accent fed poll TPP: ALP 56 (0) L/NP 44 (0) Primaries: ALP 35 (-3) L/NP 26 (+2) ON 17 (-1) GRN 13 (+4) OTH 9 (-2) AFR article: http://www.afr.com/politics/fed... archive version: archive.is/aias5 #auspol survey 5-12 Dec, 1012 voters

    — Leroy (@leroylynch.bsky.social) 2025-12-14T21:05:41.331Z

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  43. You who are without sin …

    The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said he had written to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, in August, warning that the government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state “pours fuel on the antisemitic fire … emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew hatred now stalking your streets”. He claimed Albanese had “replaced weakness with weakness and appeasement with more appeasement”.

    “Your government did nothing to stop the spread of antisemitism in Australia. You did nothing to curb the cancer cells that were growing inside your country. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result is the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/15/benjamin-netanyahu-blames-anthony-albanese-for-bondi-beach-terror-attack-as-world-leaders-express-horror

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    • The genocidal war criminal sure goes all out……..

      Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying Anthony Albanese is to blame for “the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets”.

  44. Thank dog for the guy who took the gun off one the gunmen. Not only for the lives he would have saved but also because of who he is will prevent a shit load of ‘rabble rousing’ from Newscorpse and all the other usual suspects.

    I suppose we will now have to endure ‘dueling pollies’ as they have a ‘tough response’ competition.

    The hero who tackled one of the Bondi shooters and disarmed him has been identified as Sydney father-of-two Ahmed el Ahmed.

    Incredible footage captured the moment Ahmed, a fruit shop owner believed to be in his 40s, crept up to the man before running and grappling with him.

    Ahmed eventually disarms him, and points the gun to get him to retreat, before dropping the weapon.

    https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-heroic-man-disarms-gunman-turns-weapon-on-him/4d5e1253-c12c-4a84-9d42-b92fa175744b

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    • She probably used the term ‘on the table’ in a literal sense. As in just sitting on the table laying there doing nothing,untouched.

      There will be some epic verbal contortions from the NATS as they try to do a Schrodinger’s Cat. Trying to appear to their constituency as fighting for their ‘gun rights’ while simultaneously trying to appear to support controls. Unless they’ve gone full Gina and so no longer feel the need to pretend.

  46. I notice that while the religion of the shooters is displayed widely, the news reports somehow neglected to mention that brave hero who saved so many lives by tacking one of the gunman was a Muslim man from Syria. Did something not fit a narrative?

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  47. I wish they would stay away

    Israel’s ZAKA Search and Rescue team has been deployed to Sydney to assist authorities and the Jewish community in ensuring proper Kavod Hameit — dignity for the dead in accordance with Jewish law, faith and tradition.

    ZAKA CEO Dubi Weissenstern:

    Our mission is simple and unwavering: ZAKA is there for every Jew, no matter where they are, in times of crisis.

    We bring deep experience from terror scenes, working hand-in-hand with law enforcement to preserve critical forensic evidence, while also ensuring the dead are treated with the utmost dignity and can be buried as quickly as possible in accordance with Jewish law.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/16/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-victims-terror-attack-jewish-festival-hanukah-al-ahmed-hero-gun-control-ntwnfb#top-of-blog

    Israel has no good reason to involve itself.

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  48. Kirsdarke

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    That he deserves to get one is a “lay down misère”.

    He may also be up for the Royal Humane Society’s Gold Medal. Although that depends on if what he did fits the bolded bit below . The ‘another’ may refer to the rescue of specific individual(s) rather than ‘generic’ saving people.

    The Royal Humane Society Gold Medal recognizes conspicuous bravery in extreme peril, awarded for risking one’s life to save another, requiring documented evidence of extreme danger, often beyond the call of duty for professionals, assessed by expert committees, and typically submitted within 12 months of the incident.

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  50. TLBD

    It was truly a big surprise to find such an article being published. Rare as hen’s teeth at the moment.

    Re ABC. Truly depressing listening to ABC coverage on the radio as I drove to work. It was so dire I ended up switching to one of those dire commercial music FM station 🙂

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