David Miller

Retired political adviser & public servant - mostly in local government. Living on Wadawurrung Land. I stand with Palestine. No to AUKUS. Go Dees in 2026!

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

Antisemitism is abhorrent! So is Israel’s continuing genocide against the people of Palestine. These are not mutually contradictory statements.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Palestinian infant dies after being shot by Israeli forces in Hebron: Health Ministry

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/gbIsh7xW3j

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

'We were ordered to kill': The 1967 Nakba that Israelis don't know about https://t.co/Hq6AfRP5kr

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! ...Bomb, Bomb, Bomb!

This below headline is real -- the actual words on the Dept of Defence media release about a new missile made in Australia, by a foreign company, for firing at other foreigners.
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"Albanese Government signs contract for more Aussie parts for Aussie-made missiles"

👉👉 Hear about the Aussie parts for Aussie-made missiles in non-Aussie words from the non-Aussie manufacturer
https://t.co/ujGwbydGSo

And then there's this -- the destination of these missiles is for foreign armies killing who knows who...👇

"The contract will.. open pathways for Australian‑made components to enter the global supply chain, supporting export opportunities and long-term industry growth."

https://t.co/VwTeFnXCBm

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

At least 3,526 people have now been killed and 10,733 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, the country’s Health Ministry said.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/t9czuGQqLE

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING Lebanon’s health ministry says the death toll from the Israeli attacks on Lebanon rises to 3,526, with 10,733 people wounded since March 2.

🔴 More on https://t.co/5H0QqpfIYw

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

More evidence that Australia is complicit.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

The bunkum about our submariners staying in their cabins on the US submarine during the sinking of the Iranian ship, came from a senior ASPI ‘expert’ on ABC Radio.

▪️No-one in government or in the Navy moved to correct this lie.

▪️Now it emerges the Australian submariners were on-station and on-duty — attending to ‘damage control’ during the attack.

▪️Despite earlier denials, the Australian submariners were playing a part in the submarine attack that sank the Iranian ship killing more than 80 young Iranian sailors.

▪️👇. And it was hidden from the public — until today. Thanks due to @DavidShoebridge in Senate Estimates.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

An Al Jazeera investigation has found evidence Israel is building more military posts in Gaza.

Satellite images along the so-called “Yellow Line” suggest Israel is fortifying positions and expanding its presence in the Strip.

Al Jazeera’s Perry Wilton explains.

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

All praise to Ed Husic. 👏

[Doug Cameron @DougCameron51]

Ed Husic is spot on!
Crushing legitimate debate over AUKUS is counterproductive, weakens Labor and stifles sensible policy development.
“Left” MP’s attempting to isolate Ed, spouting warmongering nonsense and using a warped sense of “solidarity” and “discipline” is pathetic.

[Carl Zha @CarlZha]

In 1950, China was 1 of the poorest nations in the world. Chinese per capita income was 1/3 of sub-Saharan Africa.

Mao said let's plan to surpass the US after the 15th 5-year plan.

This year China just started the 15th 5-year plan (2026-2030)

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

Some much-needed perspective.

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

I was a rather precocious nine-year-old in Taipei on June 4th 1989. In my childish mind's eye...helpless students were kettled into Tienanmen square like animals in a pen before the tanks rolled over them, creating a kind of bloody, dense, student-patty. It was a flashbulb moment that represented the evil of the communist party of China and the destruction of the flower of China, the best of the best, by the worst of the worst.

Growing up sometimes means finding out the fairytales of your childhood is far more complicated than you thought.

This is Tienanmen Square 1989, as I understand it today. There was no bloodshed in the square. Dissident leader Liu Xiaobo (who subsequently won the Nobel Peace Prize) negotiated the peaceful withdrawal of demonstrators as the troops moved in. By the time the iconic Tankman stood in the way of PLA tanks, the crackdown was basically over. If you watch the video all the way through, you'll see tankman block the tank a few times, climb on top of it, before being led away.

This is not to say, of course, that there was no bloodshed. They mostly happened in clashes between violent demonstrators and PLA troops off the square. The "peaceful protestors vs brutal regime" picture is inaccurate and incomplete. The crowd ambused, mutilated, lynched, disembowled and burned the corpses of PLA soldiers. This is when the shootings happened: not in the square, not on the students.

You have to understand, in 1989, China didn't know how to deal with protests. They had no riot police. They rolled out the tanks and the troops not because they were determined to exterminate the crowd, but becauses they were unprepared. Since then, it's been largely a hushed and censored topic in China, which I think is a mistake. Because once you go through what actually happened, June 4th was a tragedy, not a crime.

It was Deng Xiaoping that made the decision to initiate the crackdown. He knew he'd bear the infamy. But looking at China in 2026, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that Deng did the right thing. The students in the square might have been truly idealistic and only wanted the best for China, but if the Chinese government have given in to their demands, China would not have been a democratic paradise but might have fallen into a chasm of chaos. We all saw what happened when the people of Russia cast off the Soviet Union only to be plunged into decades of pitch black despair. Had China done what the students asked, could the results have been any better? Already almost in retirement...Deng, who already saved China with his reform-and-open-up, arguably saved it again.

Most ordinary Chinese people I know now sees June 4th as an example of a failed color revolution, or an externally-driven attempt to destabilize China from the outside. They don't percieve the crackdown as the government oppressing the people, but of China asserting its sovereignty.

I know this is a controversial topic, and will probably draw a lot of condemnation from the usual crowd. So let me end with a criticism of the Communist Party of China: Stop censoring and shielding the history so much, and be frank about the past. When you try and erase June 4th, it means you yourself cannot tell your side of the story. The cultural revolution, for instance, works far less well as an anti-China talking point because the mistakes of that era are widely acknowledged and digested in China itself while June 4th still seems too raw to touch.

Below you can find the full "tankman" video. It only takes two minutes to watch. Try and watch it as if you're seeing it for the first time. What do you see? See less

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: UN peacekeeper killed, two wounded in mortar attack in southern Lebanon

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/nZah82Fi1h

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Three Lebanese hospitals hit by Israeli forces in under a week
Airstrikes in south of country kill nine people and wound another 150, most of them medical staff"
https://t.co/k34LNtqgl8

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

More than 9,500 Palestinians have gone missing in the Gaza Strip, which includes about 4,700 women and children, since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in October 2023, says rights group report.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/W9CMAmI4h6

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Israel was meant to fully withdraw its troops from Gaza under the ceasefire signed in October. Instead of pulling back, Israeli forces are expanding and entrenching heavily fortified positions across the enclave.

🔗: https://t.co/hmiiT6oafW

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

The genocide continues and the world just watches on!

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

Israeli strikes on residential buildings have killed nine Palestinians, setting homes ablaze and leaving widespread destruction. Footage from the scenes showed rescue efforts amid the flames and ambulances transporting casualties.

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

I’m a long standing member of the Labor Party and I do not support AUKUS!

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Foreign Minister Wong is absolutely right. The Greens want to get out of AUKUS. If you are in the ALP you should probably get out too.

[David Miller @clovis_dm]

@DavidShoebridge @shanebazzi I’m a long standing member of the Labor Party and I do not support AUKUS. There is a clear disconnect between the position of the Parliamentary Labor Party and the Party’s rank and file members.

[Jason Smith - 上官杰文 @ShangguanJiewen]

China's economy will eclipse the West economically for decades to come.

One of many reasons: infrastructure.

For the West, its not very profitable for the investor class.

For China, its essential, and a priority.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Four children among 9 reported killed in overnight Israeli air strikes on Gaza City

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/A9otVPRl0e

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

The Govt has committed to buying 3 US Virginia Class subs, without first negotiating a price🤦‍♂️. Yesterday it was revealed they also haven't negotiated a warranty for the second-hand subs🤦‍♂️. Would officials personally buy a car like that? No! #dumb #OnlyYOURMoney #AUKUS #auspol