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“Words are not enough. Now is one of those times, as Australians grapple with the shocking attack on federal politician Helen Haines, allegedly by a man described by neighbours as displaying disturbed, volatile behaviour.” | Stan Grant trib.al/qVMiQNl

Social media platforms have little incentive to curb harmful systems while those systems remain profitable. Australia’s digital duty of care would put responsibility back where it belongs, Crispin Hull writes. #BigTech #OnlineSafety #auspol

While the nation is reeling after the Helen Haines attack, Pauline Hanson seized an opportunity to lash the Prime Minister’s Office for issuing a ‘dirt file’ on the independent. This was a wilful distortion, peddled by an online right-wing tabloid, writes Paul Bongiorno. trib.al/7c9v9JE

In recent elections across Latin America and Europe, far-right parties and leaders have advanced almost everywhere. Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest democracy, has now bucked the trend, and is a symbol that democrats elsewhere will not ignore. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/27/l...

Dan Duggan has spent more than four years in maximum-security custody fighting US extradition. Richard Broinowski says his case tests how far Australia will defer to Washington. #DanDuggan #Extradition #auspol

Pauline Hanson reckons the Albanese government is terrible. But she won't do the hard work of revealing its flaws, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/26/p...

Democrats have a three in four chance of gaining control of the Senate, and remain overwhelming favourites to gain control of the House of Representatives.

Independent MP Allegra Spender is pushing to remove exemptions in federal sex discrimination law that make it lawful for religious institutions to discriminate against LGBTIQ students and teachers. Paul Gregoire reports. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1456/an...

Some politicians like to turn up the volume. Others prefer to turn up for work. theaimn.net/the-independ...

🚨Gina Rinehart has sought to insert herself in the Haines attack, despite being one of the nation’s biggest funders of hate. The biggest funder of both One Nation and far-right Advance refuses to say if they should tone down their hateful rhetoric... theklaxon.com.au/gzks

Social media companies’ model of “angertainment” has been enthusiastically taken up by struggling mainstream mastheads, radio stations and pay TV, writes Paul Bongiorno. It does nothing for the safety of elected leaders. trib.al/nEG6NBq

Parliament heard evidence that the Brethren worked closely with then-Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton and his campaign team to provide extensive financial and volunteer support to Liberal and National party candidates across the country. trib.al/dqbha86

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Obama unloads on Trump while stumping for Democrats. Barack Obama has stepped into one of America's ugliest mid-term fights as he works to rally Democratic voters in two Midwestern battlegrounds...

The face of a man who knows what he buried.

Absolutely shameless for BRS to be using right wing tabloid media 2GB to launch a public PR offensive, trashing court evidence and attacking colleagues who refused to abide by his “code" of silence. This won’t help BRS one bit. Prosecutors will be all over it. #auspol

NEW FROM ME: Australia relying on Starlink, and the whims of Elon Musk, is now a national security threat following his decision to cut access for Ukraine at a pivotal moment in its war with Russia. #ausnews #auspol

This article has been updated with additional comment and detail. An outpouring of love and support for Dr Helen Haines - Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/an-outpourin...

Threats against Australian politicians have surged since 2020. Authorities are charging almost one individual every week. The recent call in parliament to stone Labor Anne Aly MP by Qld LNP Angie Bell MP triggered 19 death threats. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Calling it what it is: an assassination attempt. theaimn.net/attempted-as...

I was sent to this press conference today. The strength and compassion from Phil in the face of such awfulness will stay with me. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Unions at the gates. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli now faces the same political situation as his predecessor Campbell Newman; a union campaign against his government all the way to the 2028 state election. #qldpol

I too want a country where women are safe to participate in democracy. theaimn.net/emilys-list-...

Who amongstenest us has not had the dickens of trouble crafting a 'tasteful' taunting of a woman with a defence service injury to her uterus who spoke about it publicly to help others? Slow-dawning on Hanson that being mean to the bone only impresses other people who are mean to the bone.

“In August 2003 a jury convicted Hanson of electoral fraud. Chief Judge Patsy Wolfe sentenced her to 3 years in jail, with no recommendation for parole. Hanson had been convicted, too, of dishonestly obtaining close to $500,000 in electoral funding. She served 7 weeks.” theaimn.net/one-nation-t...

One Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, says she has asked for a controversial cartoon video that mocked Jacqui Lambie’s health issues to be changed, after widespread condemnation. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Holy Christ, what a day. I just blocked 300 raging right-wing fuckwits on Facebook. Can I have a hug?

He’s not a president. He’s nothing more than a schoolyard bully who thinks the world is his playground. And now the world is totally sick of him - they’ve had enough - and it is time to push back. theaimn.net/the-world-is...

My latest article for @independentaus.bsky.social Frydenberg flirts with political comeback despite past blunders ~ Belinda Jones @belindajones68.bsky.social 🐝 #auspol independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Grim. The BBC has really badly lost its way

Oh no! #RIP @Trumplover3533251

Just once, I would like to see them write their own song, if only to laugh at its inevitable awfulness. More CPAC follies www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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wasn’t Friedenburg the Federal Environment Minister who in response to the heat death of the Barrier Reef handed John Schubert (ex ExxonMobil Aust. CEO) $444 million of our money for a fossil execs ‘environmental charity’ to ‘make the reef resilient again’ -after they had already bleached it?

Josh Frydenberg *again* in headlines over a “comeback”. It’s (again) worth remembering that as Treasurer he secretly deleted the key findings of a probe into corruption at the top of the corporate regulator. Surely that excludes one from politics? (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/frydenberg-d...

I ran through the options we have. I think ultimately it should be a government decision not something left to the regulator who will take the heat on behalf of the government that is reluctant to provoke Trump much.

“The whole thing is so deferential,” David Pocock tells The Saturday Paper. “The way we're treating these so-called frontier labs, basically two US companies, that I don't think any Australians really trust, and yet we treat them with such deference.” trib.al/NSjG9qW

Editorial: The most redeeming of Angus Taylor’s features is that he is unlikely ever to become prime minister. He is a management consultant all the way down, insufficiently serious about the problems in front of him and always ready with the wrong answer. trib.al/1SdNWUf

Don’t go the extra mile: is local food better for the environment?

"It is so easy to say the government should be running more surpluses, with strong employment and favourable commodity prices," writes John Hewson. "Nobody seems prepared to say how – what spending should be cut, or taxes increased?" trib.al/wl67JUM

To critics such as Ben Spies-Butcher, chief executive of the Centre for Future Work, Michele Bullock's comments are symptomatic of a system that “has become broken”. He’s among a growing number of analysts calling for new frameworks for managing inflation. trib.al/XiUgQFi

Today's Gold Coast Bulletin front page: BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS US - Tourism leaders have warned proposed immigration crackdowns would devastate the Gold Coast economy, with hotels already unable to find staff ahead of Christmas. @GCBULLETIN #GoldCoast

Fury is growing around the Catholic Church's handling of jailed outback bishop Christopher Saunders, who remains a senior cleric despite being convicted of sexually assaulting young Aboriginal men.