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Scott Mitchell

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Co-host and founder of Lamestream Podcast. || Former: Editor/EP of 7am, ABC news, Producer of #YouCantAskThat, Hungry Beast.

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Peter Cronau@PeterCronau·
Australia’s support for the US and its illegal war on Iran means no oil will be allowed by Iran to be shipped to Australia from the Gulf. Did any federal government ever tell you there is a cost for our alliance? abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…
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Peter Cronau
Peter Cronau@PeterCronau·
We should have listened. When John Blackburn approached Four Corners to do a story in 2013 he gave precisely this warning — and he warned that no one in government or media was listening. Now we are seeing his warning playing out. ▪️After the government closure of most fuel refineries, 51% of Australia’s petroleum came from Singapore — and 40% of Singapore’s supply came from the Middle East. But not anymore. Can you see the dimension of our fuel shortage problem? Can you see the dimension of our government ineptitude? Can you see them anywhere in the media this week addressing this mounting catastrophe honestly to the public?
van00sa@van00sa

In 2013, a retired Air Vice-Marshal named John Blackburn wrote a report for the NRMA warning that Australia had adopted a “she’ll be right” approach to fuel security. He warned that a conflict in the Middle East would disrupt supply chains and leave Australia exposed within weeks. He warned that without adequate liquid fuel, food production and distribution would be severely curtailed, most businesses could not operate, and our Defence Forces could not function He warned that Australia was the only IEA member noncompliant on the 90 day reserve requirement, and that actual usable supply was closer to 23 days. He warned, specifically, that Singapore refineries sourcing crude from the Middle East were a critical vulnerability in Australia’s supply chain. That was 2013. 12 years ago. This week, an entire town in Victoria ran out of fuel. Farmers have idle tractors mid planting. NSW declared an energy supply emergency. The government is now scrambling to build a fuel taskforce that Blackburn said we needed over a decade ago. “You can have the best military in the world,” he said, “but it’s futile if you can’t fuel it.” Nobody listened.

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This has been debunked so many times. Israel left Lebanon in 1976, in 1984, in 2000, in 2006. Never build a single settlement there. Always having to go back since Lebanon keeps attacking our civilians along the border. So again the guardian is lying:
Ben Reiff@bentreyf

Israel is preparing to deploy the “Gaza model” in Lebanon in plain sight — mass ethnic cleansing, annihilation of entire cities and villages, long-term occupation, and perhaps eventually Israeli settlements and annexation. My latest in the Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Bilal R. Kaafarani@BilalRKaafarani·
I have been deliberately silent on social media for a while. I use all my social media platforms to promote education & make dreams come true for young minds. I rarely post anything about family or politics. This morning, Israel demolished the building I have an apartment in. It took 22 years of my work here & 20 years of my wife’s work to own this apartment. This madness has to stop.
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Peter Cronau
Peter Cronau@PeterCronau·
Selling weapons of war is such good experience for running a news media organisation. “Christine Zeitz, Deputy Chair of SBS, has over 35 years’ global experience previously holding roles as CEO of Northrop Grumman Australia, CEO of Leidos Australia, Vice President and Managing Director for Australia and Asia Pacific at Lockheed Martin, and President North East Asia of BAE Systems Australia.”
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manukoreri (Nick Chesterfield) 🇵🇸❤️🖤💛🇵🇸@manukoreri

Northrop Grumman is profiled here, where @SBS Director Christine Zeitz was CEO, as with Lockheed Martin sbs.com.au/aboutus/person… I wonder if @Rashidajourno will have a job after this? 'Cashing in big time': Who's profiting from the war in the Middle East? sbs.com.au/news/article/w…

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Heidi Pett
Heidi Pett@heidipett·
Images of the strike in Aramoun, which appears to be another targeted assassination strike on one floor of a residential building. Aramoun is a Sunni-majority area, not subject to evacuation orders but housing a number of displaced. No word on the intended target, but the ministry of health confirms an Ethiopian woman was injured in the strike. This is likely to be a migrant domestic worker, many of whom have also been displaced here in Lebanon.
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Heidi Pett@heidipett·
Same building in Bourj Hammoud has been targeted again, 24 hours later. Different apartment this time. Neighbours and first responders told us the one that was hit yesterday was empty
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Peter Cronau@PeterCronau·
The RAAF Wedgetail aircraft sent to the Middle East is in reality a war-fighter. “During the [previous] bombing campaign, one Wedgetail was responsible for the command and control of 80 combat aircraft at a time, including fighter jets from across the coalition airforces.” ‘Australia is sending a weapon "fundamental" to winning wars, according to US generals lamestream.com.au/australia-is-s…
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Scott Mitchell@s_mitchell·
Australian media reports have downplayed the government's "small contribution" to the war with Iran, but one asset we're sending is a weapon the US doesn't have. American generals have described it as "fundamental" to winning wars. lamestream.com.au/australia-is-s…
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Peter Cronau
Peter Cronau@PeterCronau·
🚨 Astonishing to see the destruction of the ‘eyes and ears’ of the US imperial force in the Persian Gulf. ▪️Dozens of US spy and military facilities, based in US-allied ‘frontline states’ in the Gulf, are smoking ruins. ▪️The Australian RAAF E-7A Wedgetail ‘battle management’ aircraft arriving in UAE today comes at just the moment the US needs help to defeat Iran. ▪️But the PM said it was not for supporting attacks on Iran — but was for “defensive” purposes only. ▪️And our PM Albanese wouldn’t intentionally mislead you, right…?
Tomthunkit™@TomthunkitsMind

#Iran has taken out every US military base in the gulf. That’s Trillions of dollars and decades of work, GONE. Iran has destroyed the main port in #Israel, power plant, Bibi’s Security Bunker, and are systematically leveling buildings from city to city without interference. #StopTheWar #BringOurTroopsHome #BOTH #NoNukes

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Declassified Australia
Declassified Australia@DeclassifiedAus·
Australia’s role in supporting the US-Israel war against Iran is by the hosting of a string of US military bases across the country. It is a critical contribution to the aggressive US war machine, but it puts Australia at risk. BATTLEFIELD INTELLIGENCE, NOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND declassifiedaus.org/2026/03/08/ira…
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Heidi Pett
Heidi Pett@heidipett·
Israel just struck the Ramada hotel in Beirut. It’s right on the waterfront, overlooking the city’s most famous landmark, Raouche. Looks like another assassination strike, specific rooms damaged. Even in the 2024 war central / downtown Beirut was not hit, closest was Basta. This is sure to create further anxiety and tension about sheltering the hundreds of thousands of displaced across the country.
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KellieTranter
KellieTranter@KellieTranter·
@RodgerShanahan is spot on. Here’s an example of a ‘ministerial sign-off’ from my 2016 FOI documents. Has the Defence Minister signed-off on embedded ADF personnel participating in any US operations against Iran ? #auspol #illegalwar #internationallaw
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Rodger Shanahan@RodgerShanahan

The issue of RAN personnel on the US submarine that sank the #Iranian ship is a big issue. Third Country Deployments (TCD) normally require ministerial sign-off. So did the MINDEF/DPM permit ADF pers to help kill dozens of sailors from a country with which we are not at war ?

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Heidi Pett
Heidi Pett@heidipett·
Israeli strikes coming every 20-30 minutes on Beirut’s southern suburbs tonight. Another one just now, after Israel issued a forced evacuation order for the hundreds of thousands of people who live in Dahiyeh, and its finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said it would “become like Khan Younis” Earlier this evening, some of the people displaced from Dahiyeh gathered on this hilltop, watching as their homes were bombed. Crowd has thinned as people retreat to sleep in their cars. Pressure on shelters is high: all in Beirut were previously full, today authorities announced they’ve opened a stadium as well as all public schools and universities
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That makes this bigger than whether the war is illegal. It suggests this govt will support any use of force and violence Donald Trump tells them to. No questions asked, no reasons needed.
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