Peter Cronau

Peter Cronau

@petercronau.bsky.social

Just a boy whose intentions are good… Investigative journalist, ASecretAustralia, fmr ABC 4Corners, GoldWalkley Award, BBing, ACIJ, UTS, 2SER, CLC, TU. @DeclassifiedAus Dm4email. Rt=fyi.

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A hard game is being fought with ‘soft power’ in the Asia-Pacific. Australia & New Zealand are taking on Chinese and Russian media influence in nations of the Asia-Pacific region. ABC and RadioNZ are the chosen vehicles for this geopolitical struggle. declassifiedaus.org/2026/07/11/c...

declassifiedaus.orgCHINA & RUSSIA TARGETED IN BROADCASTERS ‘SOFT POWER’ PACIFIC PUSH - Declassified AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand are using their public broadcasters as ‘soft power’ in a geopolitical battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Pacific nations.

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Diphtheria is a disease of poverty: overcrowded housing, poor sanitation, low incomes and food insecurity, and barriers to transport and healthcare access. It is racist govts who ignore systemic public health measures because they are fixated on locking up kids. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comWhy diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities – podcastNour Haydar speaks with Indigenous affairs correspondent Sarah Collard and Indigenous affairs reporter Douglas Smith on what is being done to stop the spread of diphtheria

Latest article in Declassified Australia ! AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING Australia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory. declassifiedaus.org/2026/06/01/a...

declassifiedaus.orgAUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING - Declassified AustraliaAustralia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory.

New from DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA Australia’s F-35 fighter jet ‘parts’ may be whisked off the shelves at RAAF Williamtown Air Base in NSW — on the whim of a foreign state, to be exported to a foreign country, in a distant war zone. ‘SELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/12/02/s...

declassifiedaus.orgSELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY - Declassified AustraliaRevelations of secret F-35 fighter jet parts shipments to Israel have exposed a yawning hole in Australia’s sovereign national defence.

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The MEAA has released a strong statement of support for Mary Kostakidis in her battle to defend free speech. Well done to the union for making such an unequivocal stand against attempts to censor media reporting & commentary on the acknowledged Israeli genocide in Gaza. www.meaa.org/news/stateme...

meaa.orgStatement from the National Media Section of MEAAThe Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has long fought for media freedoms, rebuking censorship and calling for access to information. Since October 7, MEAA has seen a rise in threats, harassment, and i...

DOCUMENTS: AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA Kellie Tranter reveals internal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. declassifiedaus.org/2025/09/15/d...

declassifiedaus.orgDOCUMENTS REVEAL AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA - Declassified AustraliaInternal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

‘Mislead’ is a polite way of saying the government are liars — to cover up our supplying weapons parts to Israel’s genocide. "The government has chosen to mislead the public and, even when caught out, refused to correct the record.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

abc.net.auCalls for military exports transparency as government denies Israel arms tradeThe federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia's weapons transfers throughout the war in Gaza.

Oh my dear @ABCnews — you did it.. An entire story on @abc730 about the famine inside Gaza — and not one mention of the word ‘Israel’. Not one mention it is due to an Israeli blockade of food supplies — no mention it is an Israeli-forced famine — Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war.

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Was this latest Israeli airstrike massacre of Gazan women and children aided by Australia's supplies of F-35 components to Israel? 1/2...

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

"What ensued was a bloodbath" Chessa Latifi from Project Hop explains the IDF knew the location of their clinic in Gaza (which provides maternal child healthcare & nutrition support) & people had already started queuing outside the clinic doors when Israel conducted its strike

EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIA HAS EXPORTED F-35 FIGHTER JET PARTS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL Leaked documents reveal that as recently as this week, Australia has sent F-35 strike fighter jet parts directly from Australia to Israel in the midst of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r...

declassifiedaus.orgREVEALED: AUSTRALIA HAS EXPORTED F-35 FIGHTER JET PARTS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL - Declassified AustraliaLeaked documents reveal that as recently as this week, Australia has sent F-35 strike fighter jet parts directly from Australia to Israel in the midst of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

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New from Declassified Australia: THE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN ‘The war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the US could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negotiations.’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/06/19/t...

declassifiedaus.orgTHE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN - Declassified AustraliaThe war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the United States could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negot...

New from Declassified Australia: THE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN ‘The war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the US could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negotiations.’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/06/19/t...

declassifiedaus.orgTHE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN - Declassified AustraliaThe war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the United States could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negot...

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‘The Sunday Shot’ streams on YouTube at 9am AEST each Sunday — & it’s very different from ‘Insiders’. #TheSundayShot’s Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined this week by guests Amy Remeikis from @TheAusInstitute and Peter Cronau from @DeclassifiedAus. See it here - youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

youtube.comThe Sunday ShotThe Sunday Shot streams at 9am AEST each Sunday. The Shot's Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined each week by a roster of Australia's best independent journalists and thinkers to discuss what's been ha...

Opposition to the rising fascism is a bowl of mashed potatoes.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social

Lilian Hellman wrote that Hollywood responded to the "wild charges of Joe McCarthy with the force and courage of a bowl of mashed potatoes." Universities were just as weak. This 1986 @bostonreview.bsky.social article explains how it went down step-by-step. www.bostonreview.net/articles/rea...

The same is needed on @ABCnews Middle East coverage—following staff protest letter, no confidence vote on Director, resignations, sidelinings, claims of censorship, Lattouf court case, research showing bias, & more. ‘BBC boss wants review on Mid East coverage’ www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-g...

independent.co.ukI’m a former BBC newsreader – Gaza is the reason I resignedThe controversy over the pulling of the ‘How to Survive a Warzone’ documentary is a distraction from a much bigger problem my old employer has with impartiality, writes Karishma Patel

It beggars belief to think Australian Signals Directorate didn’t pick up the advance warning communicated by Chinese Navy ships of planned live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea. Obligated to pass this information to Defence command, thereby to civil authorities and the minister. So what happened?