gardenmuser (now on blueskysocial)

Concerned citizen and Planet lover. Formerly health and education. Now painting, planting and pondering: how to bequeath a fairer, kinder world to my grandkids.

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

Be appalled and scared of One Nation's ascent all you want. I am. But don't let it convince you that Australia doesn't already have a right-wing racist billionaire-controlled government. That's our resting heart rate as a nation, we've just normalised a specific variety of it.

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

The resignation of Commissioner Brereton from the National Anti-Corruption Commission is a chance for a fresh start and an opportunity to rebuild public trust in an institution Australians fought so hard to establish.

The NACC was created to hold the powerful to account. For it to do that job well, Australians need confidence in the person leading it.

The Government must now appoint the next Commissioner through a process that is independent, transparent, and merits-based.

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

Today's Sunday shot is me, @instanterudite, @JaneCaro and climate journo Tim Baxter. We're talking about the Sumud Flotilla abductions, the lack of a gas tax, and Australia's ridiculously stratified education system.
https://t.co/gLDuopBciF

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

If you spent the Morrison years furious at his secrecy, at his obedience to the corporate death cult, and at his fawning to American ruling class power, but you're not bothered by the identical caricteristics in Albanese, you're not into politics, you're into team sports

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

The Shell Australia Country Chair just told the Senate committee that 6 or 7 gas companies have contributed $1 million each to fund a huge campaign against a gas export tax 🤯 and smaller companies have also contributed.

Gas companies are spending millions to ensure Australians aren't paid a fair share for the export of our gas.

Go to https://t.co/dcjuwV2f9S to help fight back against their propaganda.

[MormorLady @mormorlady]

Minns. ‘ the Jewish community have been through so much ‘

What in the fuck does he think First Nations people have been going through continuously for the last 200+ years

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

A protestor is holding a sign outside of Auschwitz that says:

“Israel exploits the memory of the Holocaust to carry out genocide.”

Being the victims of a Holocaust does not give you license to commit one yourself.

NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN FOR EVERYONE.

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Utterly shameful failure to meet the moment from Labor - it's not populist it's popular and he's listening to his mining mates instead of the people.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Open letter to the Prime Minister – Call for withdrawal of diplomatic relations with Israel | Pearls and Irritations
Calls for Australia to do the right thing. https://t.co/SUAG0PJ6iV

[stranger @strangerous10]

The interim Bondi report is a massive slap down for Jillian Segal. Not only does Commissioner Bell not blame protesters, she completely ignores Segal’s divisive recommendations & identifies Israel and the US as drivers of antisemitic attacks. Segal must resign. #auspol

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Festival canceled. Board all gone but for a Council rep whose term is up in weeks. Almost all writers and speakers withdrew. An indication of what the community thinks about the suppression of speech (cc @AlboMP )
Instead of this preciousness over criticism of a genocide, maybe try being offended by the genocide.
https://t.co/DjeqblyDec

[Doug Cameron @DougCameron51]

Calling it as it is!
Bob Carr, Gareth Evans and thousands of Labor party members understand how dangerous, expensive and all consuming the dumb AUKUS rip off is.
Australia can play a massively more constructive role pursuing peace not funding the US and UK war machines.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

As a reminder:

[sarah @sahouraxo]

This is Rafah in Gaza, right now.

One of the oldest cities on Earth.

Israel has annihilated everything.

A city that stood for over 3,000 years — wiped off the map.

[Tony Windsor @TonyHWindsor]

Why is PM is inviting the genocide supporter from Israel to Australia. Surely his advisors see the risks of inflaming the situation at a time where calm & reason are required.Inviting someone who endorses murder when the nation is still coming to grips with murder is beyond me.

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

As our future submarine force lies in palliative care, the UK’s lies in intensive care - with Australians paying for both. #AUKUS #auspol https://t.co/Q5P7TUroPN

[DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics]

🇺🇸 The Pentagon decided to release its new National Defense Strategy via email at 19:00 on a Friday. WarBro Hegseth didn't even make a video about it.

The 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy is a structural shift in how the U.S. defines power and war.

It abandons post–Cold War “global management” and replaces it with an America First security doctrine built on force projection, homeland militarization, and strategic dominance.

What’s new:
• U.S. interests come before global responsibility
• Military power is framed as a direct tool of presidential authority
• Homeland-launched operations are normalized
• Global chokepoints are treated as military objectives
• Borders, migration, counterterrorism, and war are fused into one doctrine
• Allies are redefined as self-defending buffers, not partners
• The Pentagon shifts toward a permanent war economy (AI, drones, mass production)
• Multi-theater war readiness replaces deterrence

What the strategy openly states:
• Russia = permanent threat
• Ukraine = Europe’s responsibility
• China containment is the top priority
• Iran will not be allowed nuclear weapons
• Western Hemisphere becomes a core security zone
• Indo-Pacific becomes the main theater
• Allies must defend themselves
• Counter-drone warfare becomes central

This is a structural declaration of how the U.S. sees the next era of global power: permanent militarization, permanent deterrence postures, and a world organized around enforced “peace” through dominance.

[💧Mary Kostakidis @MaryKostakidis]

Australians for Humanity demand the invitation to Israel’s President be withdrawn immediately
‘The Israel President cannot be welcomed in Australia. The government he represents has been found by the International Court of Justice to have breached international law: the Netanyahu regime has committed a range of international crimes against humanity including war crimes, apartheid, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing…
Is the government blind? Is it sensitive only to grief and fear experienced by one community?
President Herzog has presided over brutality and has approved the destruction of a people whose rights he does not respect. In December 2023 he was pictured signing bombs due to be dropped on Gaza. At a news conference following the October 7 2023 attack, he commented, ‘It’s an entire nation that is out there that’s responsible’, words subsequently cited in the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Instead of Australian governments rushing to appease only one group by passing laws to erode free speech and the right to protest, obligations under the Genocide Convention and the rulings of the International Court of Justice should be implemented.
Such a change of attitude and policy will require courage and should encourage all politicians to realise fundamental truths, that state violence of all kinds can be ended by observing international law and by achieving justice for Palestine.
If the invitation to Herzog is not withdrawn, there should be massive protest against the prospect of a likely war criminal being welcomed in this country.’
https://t.co/T0Cv5GRoZT

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Chris Minns continues to suggest that 300,000+ Sydneysiders who participated in march for humanity are somehow responsible for the actions of the two terrorists.

It is one of the most absurd propositions ever advanced in Australian politics.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

On a passenger flight.

Let that sink in.

https://t.co/ZiiD6EaEWr