John Tebbutt

Still Yes! Music/Media Cultural History Researcher, journalist, radio/audio producer.

[FreeDanDuggan @FreeDanDuggan]

Dan is an Australian citizen. He has lived in Australia since 2002 and became an Australian citizen in 2012. ​​

There are no Australian charges against him. The extradition charge is completely flawed. ​​

He took a job in South Africa in 2012 and worked a mere 18 hours training civilian test pilots. He reported all his earnings to the ATO.  ​​

Why would the Australian government send an Australian citizen to be at the mercy of a foreign government?​​

Please help this family in their fight to bring Dan home:​​ https://t.co/93c15Gd7FL

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

Cricket Australia whistleblower blows whistle, loses job. CA confims investigation into contracts-for-mates
#auspol @boganintel
https://t.co/TB2BP9XzDc

[Kate Chaney @ChaneyforCurtin]

77% of AFL player managers say footballers’ gambling is problem.

We must end the toxic entanglement of gambling and sport, and call out the harmful practices gambling companies use to target vulnerable people. #auspol #gamblingreform https://t.co/V9jKyNtAup

[John Barker @john_jhbarker01]

@FreeDanDuggan This woman makes one proud to be Australian.
We have forgotten how we were once a community who stood shoulder to shoulder against the odds, both from nature and oppressors.
I dips me lid Madam 🫡

[FreeDanDuggan @FreeDanDuggan]

Blow after blow, yet this family has stood together, time and time again. ​

Saffrine has been the pillar at the forefront of it all, holding this family together. ​

She will not give up until Dan is brought home. ​

Please help by donating to relieve a bit of the financial burden that the family has accumulated after this 3.5 year battle: https://t.co/93c15Gd7FL

[John Tebbutt @jtbbtt]

On my way to see ⁦@bicrunga⁩ Red Sunset tour opener. Perfect evening.

[FreeDanDuggan @FreeDanDuggan]

Dan is an Australian citizen.
He is a father to 6 Australian children.
His wife is Australian.
Dan has been living in Australia since 2002, and a citizen since 2012.
He has no Australian charges against him.
He's never been convicted of a crime.
He took a job as a trainer at a top flying school in South Africa in 2012, where he spent about 18 hours training civilian pilots.
Dan is being used as a pawn in a geopolitical war.
He is being made an example of ... and his family is suffering.
And Dan's incarceration shows us how Australia has lost its sovereignty.
#Enoughisenough #FreeDanDuggan

Please donate to help this family cover the expenses of this legal battle to bring their husband and father home: https://t.co/qyogQjnOR8

[John Tebbutt @jtbbtt]

@bicrunga Can’t wait! We’re all booked in to see you at the Northcote Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday (09/04). Red Sunset sails!

[Bic Runga @bicrunga]

Australia! We’re headed over for the Red Sunset Tour tomorrow. Haven’t been to Perth or Canberra in ages. It’s been fun playing with Silicon every night too.

Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney this week!
See you there. Photos by Aileen Chen.

[Kate Chaney @ChaneyforCurtin]

1000 days and still no response to the Murphy Report. Australian lose $87M to gambling every day the Prime Minister delays.

[Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue]

Randa Abdel-Fattah has been awarded the 2026 Jerusalem Peace Prize – recognising her advocacy for Palestinian rights amid mounting pressure and attempts to silence dissent, Stuart Rees writes.
#auspol #FreeSpeech #Palestine #HumanRights
https://t.co/peoWRnbpOz

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

.@jonimitchell accepts her #GRAMMYs win for Best Historical Album while wearing an 'ICE Out' pin.

📷 Frazer Harrison/Getty

[Eva Karene Bartlett @EvaKBartlett]

This is heartbreaking.

"Dr. Hossam’s lawyer warns: his heart is exhausted, his body shattered from continuous torture, and the freezing temperatures in his cell are worsening his suffering.
Between cold walls, the doctor who saved hundreds of children and the wounded is left with no adequate food, no heating, and his health is deteriorating day by day.

🔴 Every moment of silence is a contribution to his suffering.
Any delay in saving him could be the moment that costs him his life.

✊🏻 Speak about him… spread his name… do not let the voice of the doctor who saved lives fade away."
https://t.co/NZnI5jZILW

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

The reach extends far beyond govt. Palantir & Coles have teamed up to use 120,000 employees worth of data, Rio Tinto has renewed its multi-year contract too. This foreign surveillance company is embedded across Australia's critical infrastructure - public and private.

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

We are calling for an immediate freeze on Government contracts with Palantir in Australia. Then full transparency on what data is collected, how it is used and by whom, because their conduct is almost certainly in breach of Australia's privacy laws and core democratic value.

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

This month alone, 85,000 Congolese refugees fled violence to Burundi. Another 500,000 were displaced in the Dem Rep of Congo.

Neither country has the resources to cope.

Pending progress in peace talks, aid agencies need urgent funding to save lives and avert a deadly emergency.

[John Tebbutt @jtbbtt]

So excited to see news of @bicrunga tour next year. I have my sleeping bag ready for the overnight queue… oh wait, there’s the internet. I’ll just camp out in my loungeroom until Nov 25 when tickets go on sale!

[FreeDanDuggan @FreeDanDuggan]

Dan Duggan is an Australian citizen who broke no Australian law. He worked a short contract as a part time flight instructor at a renowned flight school in South Africa. He taught a few sessions in a 1960s aircraft. No-one else has been prosecuted or charged.

He has been locked up for over 3 years in a maximum security prison. He spent 19 months in solitary confinement.

The US want him extradited, despite not being a US citizen. They have frozen the sale of his property.
The Australian government has allowed this to happen.

The Duggans have appealed his extradition approval at the Federal Court at great financial expense.

Please continue to support their fundraising efforts by donating: https://t.co/LvlqI4s7sF
Dan’s wife Saffrine is also selling her artworks to raise funds. You can purchase one here: https://t.co/ivOL2Qc8ZY

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

No-one ever asked for less transparency in government.

Today I called on the Parliament to improve its standards - to enforce a stronger Code of Conduct for all lobbyists, to open ministerial diaries, and close the revolving door between industry and public sector jobs.

[John Tebbutt @jtbbtt]

@arisaqz1 Always!