John Haberecht

Past President, Palliative Care Queensland. Worked Queensland Health's Centre for Palliative Care Research & Education; views/comments entirely mine.

[Peter Cronau @PeterCronau]

This is the speech Chris Hedges was booked to deliver at Australia's National Press Club, live to the nation on ABC, the country's national broadcaster.

Despite written confirmation the club cancelled the talk, reportedly citing an interest in “balancing out our program”, after learning more about what he was going to say.

The speech was instead delivered to a full house at the Teachers Federation auditorium in Sydney on October 20, 2025.

The event was chaired by Sara Saleh, a Palestinian writer & race critical human rights lawyer. It was sponsored by the journalists' union MEAA, PEN Sydney and the magazine Pearls and Irritations. It was organised by Stop the War on Palestine and Palestine Justice Movement.

Chris Hedges: The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists https://t.co/eTCYLHNBmX via @YouTube

[John Haberecht @JohnH35]

Great to see Live the Life You Please released. Really looking forward to seeing it tomorrow at the Elizabeth Picture Theatre in Brisbane.

[John Haberecht @JohnH35]

@Nikdjoh @SenKatyG @AlboMP @AliciaPayneMP @ABarrMLA Go Nikki!! I’m in Dickson and sadly we didn’t get rid of Boofhead. Love your work @SenKatyG and the rest of the PM Albanese team. What a relief to have the adults back in charge!

[Karen Wallace Gurney @KazGurney]

Morrison said he saw children in detention on Manus because “I saw them with my own eyes. I went to Manus Island, where Labor put Children in offshore detention centres on Manus Island”. Except it’s another lie…there were no children on Manus.

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

I assume a good journo will ask Mr Morrison what level of government debt the Coalition inherited from Labor in September 2013 and what did the recent budget papers project it to be at the end of this financial year?

[Media Analyst @MediaAnalystOz]

Memo to Patricia Karvelas, Greg Jennett, Fran Kelly, Andrew Probyn and David Speers:

The ABC is meant to be so much more than a less colourful repetition of Murdoch's daily top stories

We expect far beyond what we've been given by @abcnews election reporting so far

[Anne Summers @SummersAnne]

I hope one of our intrepid journalists asks Scott Morrison today the rate of JobSeeker for a single mother with two children? And that he hangs his head in shame when he is told (because we know he won’t know) that his government is basically starving such vulnerable people.

[Emma Alberici @albericie]

Compared to the last Labor government, “this (Coalition) government has taxed more, spent more and borrowed more” - @SenatorWong on @RNBreakfast #auspol

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Astounding ! The taxpayer will be screwed for $500,000 - plus legal costs - to pay for that sleazebucket Tudge. (Who might or might not be a cabinet minister.) This is barefaced corruption that should haunt Morrison through the election campaign.

[John Haberecht @JohnH35]

Shame @QandA!!!!

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Dumbest Tweet of the Week
(and it's only Tuesday).
Yes, we need a change of Govt.
#auspol #ausvotes #AlboForPM

[RottenRonnie @RonnieRotten]

“We build things. We build big things” says Morrison. Let me correct that Scotty. You make announcements to build things.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

I like to retweet this every so often…

[Sally McManus @sallymcmanus]

One of 15 000 popping up right around the country on this budget day
#ausvotes2022 #securejobs

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

What we need is a plan to improve peoples lives, not a plan to get the Morrison Government another term in office.

[💧Bee - Difficult 🐝🌿❤ @BelindaJones68]

Josh Frydenberg will give out $250 to struggling Aussies tonight.

Josh Frydenberg will claim $291 for politician's travel/meals allowance tonight.

Perspective
🐝
#auspol #Budget2022

[Squizz @SquizzSTK]

Chalmers "This Prime Minister only holds a hose if it's spraying borrowed money on the eve of an election"

#auspol

[John Haberecht @JohnH35]

Please RSVP: The Budget with Stephen Koukoulas https://t.co/XABIG8BJF9

[Hollie M @Holliejmclean]

Summary of Morrison’s statement Re: budgets today: Labor doesn’t know how to do a budget, I’ve done 8 - 3 as treasurer and 4 as PM. Adding 3 & 4 to get 8 somehow takes all legitimacy out of the argument. #auspol