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Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

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David Pope in Canberra Times

Column: Trump's recklessness endangers the nation He gutted counterterrorism in the U.S. government and then started a war with Iran, a notorious state sponsor of terrorism.

“An extraordinary number of senior Trump officials have taken up residence…on military bases, including Bondi, Noem, the secretaries of State and Defense, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, and White House consigliere Stephen Miller.

The rest of us just have to keep our fingers crossed. I guess.”

An Irish truth: the mind is a palace. ☘️

“'The administration thoughtlessly terminated people with crisis experience, and now they’re left without depth in the bench in the middle of a wide scale and broadening crisis,' said a former official with more than a decade experience in evacuation operations..."

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Snapchat told an Australian mother it would not delete her son’s account because his listed age was 25 Parents have been told to report accounts missed in Australia’s under-16 social media ban – but eSafety is ‘concerned’ some platforms aren’t complying

I kinda think parents should parent but the government promise in the social media ban was that they would not worry about that with social media so this is what happens. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert in which a journalist asks Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, " Have you just committed us to a war?" And the PM responds, " No, I've committed us to a (preemptive retaliatory de-escalation action to protect and defend Australians and other citizens in response to a request by our new strategic partner by sending defensive missiles & surveillance equipment to protect the airspace and assist the region with its collective self-defence against reprisal attacks that come as a result of the ongoing operation launched as an anticipatory response to perceived threats by historical allies acting against the established international rule of law who are too powerful for us to in any meaningful way challenge.) There's a very big difference." The words in brackets are arranged in such a way that they completely fill the word WAR written in a huge, hulking, bold khaki font.

A war by any other name.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

"He told a colleague, who refused to help him upload the data because of legal concerns, that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal..."

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Another word you might use for it is "looting".

"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

Four frames. Title: “The rules”. Albo and Penny Wong at a lectern. 1. Albo: “Some of you have asked if rules still apply, so we’d like to clear things up.” Wong: “Obviously we shouldn’t kill!” 2. Albo: “However, if you hurt or kill someone and enough people agree they were bad, then the rules aren’t up to us.” Wong: “It’s a ‘matter for them’” 3. Albo : “Also, if you get someone else to do the killing for you and someone accuses you of it, that’s ‘a conspiracy’” Wong: “Against the rules!” 4. Plus, if thousands of innocent people get killed when you kill the bad person, you must focus on the six people you saved.” Wong: “That’s the rule!”

The rules.
My @smh cartoon.

I remember when Pauline went to the US to court the NRA and other political donors over there and how they talked about using the funds through FB as that is a way for foreign donors to influence the electorate without getting caught up in foreign funding laws.

Foreign Facebook pages have been promoting One Nation. It wants them to stop An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.

Malcolm Roberts in the climate misinfo hearing labels the ABC "notorious propaganda" and questioned this (very good) ABC story for claiming the support for One Nation on FB was "Vietnamese bots" when it is "quite natural and truthful" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Anyone who's ever ordered a "double-tab" needs to be pulled straight down to hell. There's absolutely no excuse. It's the very definition of terrorism.

Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site — The Washington Post The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.

This is huge.

Putin's envoy meets US delegation in Florida as Washington mulls easing Russia sanctions Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev held talks with representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on March 11, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced. "The teams discussed a variety of topics and...

⚡️Putin's envoy meets US delegation in Florida as Washington mulls easing Russia sanctions.

Kremlin economic adviser Kirill Dmitriev held talks with representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on March 11, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced.

And this why I watch PBS Newshour (with Liz Landers & other good reporters).

Why are banks, hospitals and power facilities being targeted in Iran? Ask yourself #auspol

A currawong, a large black bird, looks straight into the camera, standing on a few sticks in front of a pan of water.

Currawong looking into the wildlife camera after a morning dip in the spa on Flinders Island, Tasmania. #ausbirds #tasbirds #currawong

Is Australia at war?! No! Our bombs and planes are being used in a war-adjacent manner | First Dog on the Moon What a relief!

Is Australia at war?! No! They promise to only use our bombs and planes in a war-adjacent manner. Phew. What a relief!

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

#Auspol
🇦🇺 federal & state government subsidies that encourage fossil fuel use & help drive the #climate crisis will reach $16.3bn this year‼️

🇦🇺 government subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute‼️

Fossil fuel get subsidies are higher than #NDIS‼️

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"More babies, less immigration". That's racial discrimination writ large right there.

Also, more babies without the means to pay for them.

Headline: Matt Canavan elected Nationals leader and call for more Australian babies more Australian everything”

When introducing yourself to voters, it’s good to make sure you don’t get off to a creepy start

The Australian government’s obligations

And the NT.

King penguins surfing on the 'good edge' of climate change — for now King penguins on islands in the Southern Ocean are breeding earlier and with a higher level of success than they did 24 years ago, a new study shows.

King penguins on islands in the Southern Ocean are breeding earlier and with a higher level of success than they did 24 years ago, a new study shows.

Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

But the NDIS is costing too much money we keep being told. The AFR never bitch about these fossil fuel subsidies. #auspol

Yes, regime change - in Washington and Israel - can end the Middle East wars Only the cutting of US support sparked by America’s growing revulsion at the Israel-linked Epstein class will end Israel’s drive for regional domination

Joe Gill; "Only the cutting of US support, sparked by America's growing revulsion at its political capture by the Israel-linked Epstein class will end Israel's drive for regional domination. That, or a catastrophic defeat"

The later #auspol, why waste time?

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Trump ended the IRS Direct File program that allowed millions of taxpayers to file taxes for free.

That happened after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government to block the IRS from launching its own program.

Intuit also donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

Greens cry foul as Trump administration drops protection for once-rare storks A spindly wading bird found in South Carolina’s wetlands is losing protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.

“The Trump administration is working quickly to remove federal protections from species that [it claims] no longer need them.”

Sickening parallelism here to the admin’s being in a hurry to drop protections for refugees. The facts don’t support these moves in either case.