Brian Brown

Our country stands at a critical crossroads. Change must occur - but what kind of change? And crucially, for who? I'm presenting our alternative vision for this country at the National Press Club this Wednesday, 12:30pm AEDT. Tune in live on ABC TV & iView.

Home Affairs is negotiating to share Australians’ data with Trump’s US government. Did they tell the US it can’t go to Palantir? Doesn't sound like it from this!

They just kept voting for him

For five years, AUKUS has largely escaped the public scrutiny its scale and consequences demand. The independent inquiry reporting on 4 November has gone where government would not, Doug Cameron writes. #AUKUS #Defence #auspol @DougCameron51

Great election news. Two down, two to go. 😅

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Part of the problem #auspol

In his second term, Albanese has a thumping 94 seat majority. If he can't find the spine now to stare down basic vested interests and do basic reforms to a broken system, he has confirmed that he is governing for those vested interests. #auspol

@australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social #FreePalestine

JEBUS these dinosaurs 😡

There is something deeply wrong with allowing a sociopath from South Africa to kill thousands of kids in Africa and Ukraine just because he has a lot of money.

Chris Minns seems to think himself above the law, he needs to go as he’s clearly not working for the people #auspol

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A mine upstream Great Barrier Reef “2 signatures away” from Qld govt green light, ignoring Fed rules (& backed by banned miners). @ajgardineresq.bsky.social reports #auspol michaelwest.com.au/queensland-g...

To watch what is happening, for the Jewish people to allow this to happen to children and civilians of all ages in Gaza, for whatever reason, is unconscionable and unthinkable.

One Nation has a nasty idea of what's fun

Murdoch media, a massive part of the problem #auspol

@albomp.bsky.social’s Govt doesn’t want to confirm Australia spied on Timor to steal their oil & gas. Next month they’ll explain why in a partly closed hearing, protected by a secrecy certificate👇. Today they’re in the ART asking to ban media & the public from the “open” hearing 🤷‍♂️ #auspol

More than 10,000 people have signed a @getup.org.au petition calling on Basketball Australia to scrap its deal with Israeli AI firm Pixellot. Basketball Australia will rollout AI-powered cameras nationwide, recording thousands of Australian children. www.deepcutnews.com/p/basketball...

Speers wants more 'compassion and civility' in political debate. Fails to mention: - those in his own industry who use hate and punching down as their business model - the growing number of Australians with legitimate grievances who feel that governments show them zero compassion. #auspol

Cooking the books. Why are universities crying poor despite massive cashflows? James Guthrie and Adam Lucas reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/ringfencing-why-are-universities-crying-poor-despite-massive-cashflows/

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If our public broadcaster really believes they have a role to "turn down the temperature", why do they so often platform hate-mongers who turn it up?

Just like Trump

Every time I find myself wondering how the heck the Americans elected President Trump twice, I have to remind myself that Australians elected John Howard FOUR times. 😳🤔😟

Every woman, wherever she lives in Australia, deserves the right to make decisions about her own body and to access safe, timely, and affordable sexual and reproductive healthcare.

100% biggest waste of money in the history of Australia 🇦🇺

Allowing foreign AI companies to mine our power, water and data and giving a freebie on copyright is a new form of colonialism says the Pope’s AI adviser. He may not be infallible but he sure has hit the mark here. We needed defences and guardrails not white flags.

The ceasefire was supposed to halt the destruction of southern Lebanon. Instead, Israeli forces have razed dozens of villages, barred civilians from returning and expanded military infrastructure across occupied territory, Stephen Prager writes. #Lebanon #Israel #MiddleEast

Everything the author says applies to Australia. But in one way it is worse: the governing Labor party will not allow any dissent on Israel - even debate - within its own parliamentary ranks. #GazaGenocide #auspol

The erasure.

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Young people in India are protesting for a better future. The violent crack-down from the Modi Government, and mass detention of protesters must be condemned. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Says the woman that inherited her money 🤑

We are in Canberra reminding politicians to ground themselves in the values of fairness, compassion and safety - values that represent our community. At a time when refugee rights are under attack, we need more politicians to represent and defend our multicultural communities.

Monique Ryan says she won’t be losing any sleep over a potential Josh Frydenberg comeback, saying the ppl of Kooyong won’t forget his shocking failures when he was Treasurer, or how he “punched down on Victoria during the COVID years.”🎯🔥 Indeed, Victorians will never forget.

This just isn't funny, Megan Herbert. 😐 Sure, Chalmers is low-hanging fruit right now, but ... the Johannes Leak-inspired big ears? The classroom clown shtick (Brett Lethbridge must be proud)? You're filling the Age/SMH shoes of Cathy Wilcox, Megan. Quite the task, isn't it? #auspol

"But look abroad: at Volodymyr Zelensky, at Péter Magyar, at Mark Carney, at Pope Leo XIV. You see strong and confident defenders of liberty. Is what they are doing over there beyond our power here?" www.thebulwark.com/p/winning-mi...