Dr.Paul Bauert. [email protected]

Hugh White and our post-American future johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06/h…

Woodside wants to drill for gas until 2070 — and Minister Watt is days away from making a decision. Will you help flood Minister Watt’s inbox now and say no to 50 more years of damage? getup.to/xjNEkSKW4SNr8cZ

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f… Australia CANNOT AFFORD to keep pretending the US administration is trustworthy or has a shred of integrity. Get out of #AUKUS now. Build trade, educational opportunities, mutuality within our region . Stop exploiting overseas students. Let's build #peace.

Second go: Bravo, President Zelenskyy. If there was Nobel War Prize - for leaders who inspire their people to resist vicious invaders, against crippling odds - he'd get my vote. Albanese backs Ukraine after Trump’s catastrophic meeting with Zelensky smh.com.au/world/north-am…

See you where the skies are blue. Remaining hopeful the primary challenge of these chaotic times. #Children and the planet front and centre in all decision making.

Today we have heard some outstanding speeches from NATO ally leaders. However, this one from the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, was the one that spoke to me for sure. I think it’s time to stop pretending to ourselves that the U.S. is anything but an impediment to solving this existential threat, to the welfare and safety of all our citizens. Let me quote Sun Tzu's The Art of War. ‘All warfare is based on deception’ and for sure, Putin has waged a war of deception. He projected the historical power of the mighty Red army in a bid to quickly overrun Ukraine. He attempted to do it with untrained poorly equipped troops, on out of date rations. Putin rolled the dice thinking NATO would not commit troops to help defend Ukraine and he was right. What he didn’t plan for, was the lion spirit of the Ukrainian people and the ingenuity of their military engineers. Their work with drones and sea drones has redefined battlefield strategy. Once allies started providing javelin anti-tank missiles and supporting artillery, the game changed. They prevented the Russians from achieving air superiority? And the Russian Black Sea Fleet had to retreat from port. It is testament to the Ukrainian army and air force, Russia has been held back against all the odds. Let’s be clear, the military has achieved what it has, not because of us, but in-spite of us. We have only given them enough weapons to hold the bear back, not to evict it. There were constant delays, waiting on artillery shells, HIMARS and ATACMS, as well as tanks and F16s. WE HAVE LET THEM DOWN. Yet these brave men and women have innovated and made do, to defend not only their country, but our borders too. WE OWE THEM BIG TIME. Not with words and sympathy, but with the proper tools to get the job done. America has disgracefully walked away and aligned with our enemy. The U.S. president’s pet, Elon Musk along with JD Vance, have meanwhile actively supported far right political parties in Europe. Then Vance had the audacity to turn up and lecture us on our own doorstep. What was our answer? ‘Please don’t hurt us’. This week, we see a slow procession of European leaders making the pilgrimage to the court of Mad King Don for a humiliation session. Pardon my French but ‘f*ck that’, it’s time to stand tall and tell Trump to ‘f*ck right off’ and if it were me. I’d tell him to take his airbases with him too and cancel all military arms contracts. If he wants access to Ukrainian minerals that’s fine. Ukraine HAS NO DEBT with the U.S. They simply have the thanks of a grateful nation. There was no loan agreement. If he wants mineral rights, then provide an arms package as a down payment for future revenues. Leave the deal on the table for a week and if it’s not signed, pull the deal. Then they get nothing and in addition, no bids will be accepted from US companies for the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war. Now that’s the art of the deal. As for NATO allies, Trump is walking away regardless, so Europe needs to get its act together NOW. Seize Russian assets and use the funds to fire up the European military industrial base. This will create jobs and growth, while capacity is expanded in all countries with an arms manufacturing capability. In the meantime, we already have the ability, especially if Poland steps up, to defend against any increased Russian aggression. The British military has already said, if it were needed, we would meet that threat head on today. If this collective approach is taken, the Russian army in Ukraine could be crushed just as crushed the Iraqi army in Desert Storm. It’s time to show the Americans their services are no longer required. Then when the war is over, we can look to promote the Euro as the new global reserve currency. No harm in ambition I say. We need to believe in ourselves. It’s time to get the job done and show the world FAFO. There’s only one village idiot in this town and it’s not Zelenskyy. I rest my case.

Proud to be one of more than 500+ Jewish Australians standing up against ethnic cleansing in the SMH and The Age today. #OzJewsSayNO #No2ethniccleansing #NO2TrumpsGazaPlan

Proud to be one of 500+ Jews to sign this full page newspaper ad in SMH / the Age calling on Australia to reject calls for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. 1/4

Oh she ain’t bullshitting

"Russia is a spreading cancer," said Senate Republican Thom Tillis, who just returned from Ukraine, thank you for your empassioned speech.

That's right....the Health Minister was #Dutton and he went way beyond just "cuts. #DuttonLies Where is @PeterDutton_MP going to get his $600 BILLION for his #NuclearScam from. Will any of the media bother to ask him? $600 BILLION DOLLARS.... just let that sink it! "WHERE"???

🚨BREAKING: Israeli forces killed the child Abdul Rahman Hussam Al-Helo today near his home, east of the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.

This is the Beijing-Shanghai corridor, which takes 4 hours and 18 minutes to cover 800 miles. That’s the same distance as NYC to Chicago, which currently takes 20 hours by train.

Canadian writer/activist Yves Engler is spending another night locked up as a political prisoner at the Bordeaux jail in Montreal for the crime of tweeting against Zionism. @EnglerYves before his arrest: "If we had a minimally-functioning political system, the police would be investigating all these [Israeli-Canadian] soldiers for war crimes.."

Ken Henry was Australia’s Treasury Secretary for a decade. He’s pointing out that politicians who’ve bought into the the mining and forestry industries’ PR are fools who can’t be trusted. Apply that filter when you vote.

A re-elected Albanese Government will: ✅ Expand the bulk billing incentive to all Australians ✅Deliver an additional 18M bulk billed GP visits each year ✅Boost Medicare payments to GPs that bulk billed every patient ✅ Deliver more doctors & nurses into Medicare

I suspect your 5-pointer resembles mine, @nickmmark 😂😂😂 1. Saw sick people 2 Saw sick people 3. Saw more fucking sick people 4. Rinse and repeat 5. Didn't play FUCKING golf Yours Sincerely....

Health department warns Minnesota hospitals about rare flu-related brain inflammation cbsnews.com/minnesota/news… via @wcco

The “Show Israel the Red Card” movement we have seen for the last few weeks in stadiums everywhere might be one of the biggest revolutions led by football fans in recent history. Why is mainstream sports media actively ignoring it? No reaction, nor coverage on it whatsoever.