Fran Ross

When you or a loved one is sick in the middle of the night, you need someone you can call.  That's why Labor has launched 1800 MEDICARE, a 24/7 free telehealth service you can call anytime, anywhere.

Kerry O’Brien:What’s left of the democracy we thought we had? In the eyes of many Australians, government is a hollowed-out husk of what it once was, with limited will and capacity to plan for, let alone exercise, a measure of sovereign control over technology.. www.themonthly.com.au/october-2026...

Pat Conroy appoints former Rio Tinto CEO as National Armaments Manager. Highlights her ability to “change culture”.😳 Union busting, individual contracts, destroying communities, fly in/fly out, opposing collective bargaining, targeting union delegates. This culture? WTF?

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!

If you seek to lead people, you seek to influence how they behave through your thoughts, your words, and your actions. Politicians have to take responsibility for trivialising violence and normalising aggression. Our words matter.

$2.2 million is an outrageous sum of money for one public servant to earn. What's more, 17 people in the Future Fund are now on more than a million - only one woman among them. Australians who can barely afford groceries right now, will share my outrage. tinyurl.com/mak89juh

Ed Husic warns not to expect a “kinder, gentler” Israel if Netanyahu is thrown out of power, reminding that Gadi Eisenkot has also led campaigns to kill Palestinians, has “refused to criticise the viciousness” of Netanyahu & has even served in his war cabinet after Oct7. ffs.

A crocodile with a knife robs Robert Irwin & Bluey. Pauline Hanson's One Nation Colouring Book offered to children at the Mount Gambier Show in South Australia. ONP MacKillop MP Jason Virgo attended the party stall but did not hand any out. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

The ABC is concerned about the unauthorised depiction of Bluey in Pauline Hanson Please Explain & advises the episodes be removed. The intellectual property of Bluey is owned by creator Ludo Studio. BBC Studios is the content's distributor. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Another piece of software to track hateful comments created by the partner of Labor Member for Bass Jess Teesda. Liam McGrath-Bishop developed Clarify in response to the online abuse he witnessed. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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ABC snarls at 'blatant' use of beloved Bluey www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2026/10...

Very clear that the Antisemitism Envoy gave misleading evidence to the Royal Commission

All this under the Qld LNP govt, who promised before they were elected to "fix ambulance ramping". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

One Nation is out of control. They want to govern, but have no respect for law. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Recently, there was quite a furore in Australia's parliament about invasive species management. It seemed to me there was some misunderstanding about terminology & the very important reasons for controlling some introduced & invasive species. So, I wrote this 👉 theconversation.com/calling-spec...

Queensland has peaked at 5,000 triple zero calls in one day. The state is to have its ambulance service independently reviewed by "someone from New South Wales", Health Minister Tim Nicholls has told parliament. #qldpol

Good news everybuddy !

Palestinian physician and author; Dr. Ghada Karmi delivers a masterclass on how to confront a zionist 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇵🇸

Shoebridge rips into Jillian Segal over her false claims at the antisemitism RC on the Gaza death toll & asks what she has to say now that the UN has called her out Segal says her role is to give views of the Jewish community Shoebridge “Your role is to give truthful evidence”💥

More episodes of Pauline Hanson Please Explain depicting multiple deaths of Senator Penny Wong have resurfaced. The series continues to be scrutinised after the attack on Indi MP Helen Haines. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There's a strange rule built into our social security system: young adults get $150 less money to live on each fortnight simply because of their age. thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...

The first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine has now succeeded in a phase 3 clinical trial, reducing the risk of melanoma returning by 42% compared with standard immunotherapy alone. www.sciencealert.com/world-first-...

A simple question asked by Niki Savva but but one we’re all asking

The blistering @franceskalbs.bsky.social UN report you won't see much in the media. Captured media/journalists complicit in Gaza genocide Story by Aleta Moriarty #ABC #BBC #CNN #NYT #Murdoch #Israel michaelwest.com.au/un-puts-medi...

As the Australian parliament was working on taking the heat out of political debate, in Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie was at his horrible best doing the opposite. Speaker Pat Weir had earlier called for more respect in the chamber after the Helen Haines attack. #qldpol

#AusPol give #Hanson a taste of what she’s been dishing out and make it clear it’s payback for her vileness! Uneducated #Hanson a/ #OneNation #orangeMagaT buffoons; Aussie Trumpers!! They want what Trump is dishing out in the US: blatant corruption, lies, fraud, racism and nobody there to stop it

David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood” Who is she partnering with? 🚩

"It’s not a parody of any Bluey work. It’s not a minor use of the IP. In my view, it is an infringement of the intellectual property, number one." ABC to issue Please Explain creators with cease & desist order. #auspol www.theage.com.au/business/com...

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This is evil in a young body Eva Braun’s spawn

"More people in gaol would please me more than more people in people's houses robbing them." Queensland Premier David Crisafulli turns his back on why he's cut $3M from the Youth Advocacy Centre which helps children with housing, counselling, clothing & food. #qldpol

Mark Nicholson is the co-founder of Stepmates Studios which creates political content for One Nation. He is also running for a seat in Victoria's upper house for the party. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

“How do you tastefully satirise someone’s vaginal prolapse? You don’t”💥 Monique Ryan rips shreds off Pauline Hanson for attacking her rivals with violent & misogynistic cartoons. Says it’s time media stop ‘giving a public voice’ to someone who spreads so much negative trash.💯

"Good people should be able to have weapons, bad people should have none." Premier David Crisafulli won't enrol Queensland in the national gun buyback. This year 250 guns were stolen Jan-Aug; mainly from Wide Bay–Burnett & Darling Downs where most registered firearms owners reside. #qldpol

My article on AUKUS. AUKUS is about madness, militarism and money. Turning Australia into a US military base, sacrificing our sovereignty, and enriching retired politicians, military and public servants while battlers struggle to put food on the table

Wagga Wagga council just approved sale of land for a huge fucking data centre near the city.

Older people have been saying this for months. Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, under-assessing need and priority, denying care and driving up waitlists. It's past time to bin the whole thing and put humans back in charge of decision-making.

What happened to free speech?

In the last 24 hours there has been much focus on the unexpected victory of Lula in Brazil. But as a signal of hope for a more participatory democratic future, Serbia is the real beacon.

"We should all be concerned about domestic violence." Queensland Minister Amanda Stoker's first full day on the job but no time to address the latest report highlighting the alarming number of DV deaths involving young people. #qldpol

More dog owners need to see this...

CNN reporting on Anthropic's $32b data centre for Dalby, Queensland in Australia. A bit light on the involvement of the state government of David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie but overall gives good coverage of the issues concerning residents. #qldpol edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/a...