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CANBERRA, ACT. — We look back at the now all-too-familiar modus operandi of Pauline Hanson on ABC Media Watch from 1998 to 2026. What Hanson presents to the media today, such as at a Saturday, October 3, 2026, Victorian election campaign launch at Crown in Melbourne, is similar to what Hanson was stating from 1998 onwards.
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 12, 2026 at 8:44 AM
peggysanders.bsky.social
“Create a one stop shop for environmental approvals”

IPA advises Abbott to “devolve environmental approvals for major projects to states.” It is impossible to imagine Abbott’s “one stop shop” as anything other than centralised bureaucracy based in Canberra…” #auspol

Albanese finished the job.
October 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
kimwingerei.bsky.social
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Algorithm changes set to pass after Labor backdown.
Horse-trading over social media legislation and a visit from Middle Eastern royalty are on the agenda as federal politicians return to Canberra....
Algorithm changes set to pass after Labor backdown - Michael West
Horse-trading over social media legislation and a visit from Middle Eastern royalty are on the agenda as federal politicians return to Canberra.
michaelwest.com.au
October 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
cunexttuesday.wtf
Weird. The media had finally picked up on how the public health system has been working for decades and acting like it's a new situation. It's just the first time any health system has reported it.

#AusPol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
More than 65,000 Canberrans are waiting to see a medical specialist
Canberra Health Services has promised to undertake a review after revealing more than 10 per cent of Canberrans are waiting to see a specialist through the public system.
www.abc.net.au
October 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
kate-eviva.bsky.social
The transfers of responsibility from Canberra to state governments has been a steady trend for decades. We need some national standards in #law, #health,#climate,#ChildProtection, #housing,#taxes, and #banking at least.
#auspol
October 9, 2026 at 5:57 AM
sydols.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
stadiums are low hanging fruit for governments & councils! Use the funds for far more necessary infrastructure! #UtopiaEpisode @australianlabor.bsky.social
@davidpocock.bsky.social @greens.org.au @australiainstitute.org.au #auspol
Proposed waterfront stadium 'quite different' to Griffin's Canberra plan
A waterfront stadium was part of the original plan for Canberra, but a historian says a new proposed venue could "knock out parts" of the architects' legacy.
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
twitter-exile.bsky.social
The now-18-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent before he faced the ACT Supreme Court for his sentencing on Tuesday (6 October).

region.com.au/teen-avoids-...

#AUSPOL #ACTpol #MakeItStop #MaleViolence
Teen avoids jail for repeatedly raping young woman near house party | Region Canberra
CONTENT WARNING: This article refers to sexual violence. A teenager has avoided being sent to jail for the sickening and…
region.com.au
October 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
coupdegraz7.bsky.social
“Israel failed to protect its people & demanded the world accept #Gaza’s devastation as the price of their deaths. In Canberra, Penny Wong was asked whether Australia would act on the Hague warrant…

Australian factories kept supplying parts for the F-35s that bombed Gaza.”
#auspol #Israel #lies
michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 4d
Three years from October 7. Cover-ups and lies still shielding Netanyahu

Andrew Brown reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/three-years-from-october-7-cover-ups-and-lies-still-shielding-netanyahu/
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October 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
miriamcosic.bsky.social
The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor’s broader social project?
- by Ben Eltham

@beneltham.bsky.social #auspol #AI
www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...
Canberra is 'drinking the Kool-Aid' on AI. Where will it take us?
The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor's broader social project?
www.crikey.com.au
October 8, 2026 at 5:42 AM
brionykidd.bsky.social
'Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of the AI bandwagon is the degree to which significant investment decisions about the future of the economy are being made by foreign billionaires, with little consideration of the needs...of ordinary Australians
www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...
#politas #auspol
Canberra is 'drinking the Kool-Aid' on AI. Where will it take us?
The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor's broader social project?
www.crikey.com.au
October 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
aleighmp.bsky.social
64% of Australians believe we’re growing more disconnected, according to Essential. That’s why our government is backing charities to help build a reconnected Australia. https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2025/speeches/address-national-press-club-canberra #reconnected #auspol
October 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
sydols.bsky.social
Canberra is ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ on AI. Where will it take us? www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/a...
@australianlabor.bsky.social is such a disappointment regarding the most critical decisions for OUR futures! #auspol
Canberra is 'drinking the Kool-Aid' on AI. Where will it take us?
The Albanese government is treating the promises of AI and data centre investment like a digital mining boom. How does it sit within Labor's broader social project?
www.crikey.com.au
October 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
decentral21.bsky.social
I'm not confident Albo will grow a backbone. He's been silent while his orange buddy has shredded international law.

I'd dearly love a leader who sets a moral example. I fear i'll be waiting a long time for one. #Auspol

michaelwest.com.au/internationa...
International law isn't dead. It's being tested. Australia can prove it matters - Michael West
The silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. Legislate the Red Lines Package.
michaelwest.com.au
October 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
vicnews.au
AI giants fly into Australia as safety & copyright debates heat up
#ai #alphabet #altman #america #anthropic #artificialintelligence #ausnews #auspol #ChatGPT #claude #copyright #corruption #crime #gemini #gop #grok #hacking #inquiry #maga #medicare #muse
AI giants fly into Australia as safety & copyright debates heat up
CANBERRA, ACT. — Four of the world's top artificial intelligence developers will face an Australian Federal parliamentary grilling today, Tuesday, October 6, as the Australian and international politi...
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 5, 2026 at 7:44 PM
inlawadvocacy.bsky.social
From Michael West Media: Australia wants a seat on UNGA. Yet our silence over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela & Iran rings loudly. Pass the Red Lines Package, says Professor Emily Crawford University of Sydney Law School #auspol

michaelwest.com.au/internationa...
International law isn't dead. It's being tested. Australia can prove it matters - Michael West
The silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. Legislate the Red Lines Package.
michaelwest.com.au
October 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
jinjirrie.bsky.social
Albo @albomp.bsky.social needs to prove he is consistent and not just a hypocritical pretender of upholding international law in his bid to gain a Security Council seat for Australia. michaelwest.com.au/internationa... #auspol #IsraelFascism #USFascism #Palestine
International law isn't dead. It's being tested. Australia can prove it matters - Michael West
The silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. Legislate the Red Lines Package.
michaelwest.com.au
October 5, 2026 at 5:36 AM
michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Australia wants a seat on UNGA. Yet our silence over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela & Iran rings loudly. Pass the Red Lines Package, says
Professor Emily Crawford
@SydneyLawSchool
#auspol michaelwest.com.au/internationa...
International law isn't dead. It's being tested. Australia can prove it matters - Michael West
The silence in Canberra over attacks on the ICC, the US attack on Venezuela and the war on Iran rings loudly. Legislate the Red Lines Package.
michaelwest.com.au
October 5, 2026 at 5:23 AM
fusionparty.org.au
This is what real crime prevention looks like. No tough-on-crime rhetoric, just people fixing a problem together. #auspol #canberra
October 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
twangmaker.bsky.social
US surveillance company Palantir has hired former Labor minister Stephen Conroy to rehabilitate its reputation in Canberra

After supermarket giant Coles "was targeted by woke campaigners" it doesn't want its $17 million in federal government contracts put at risk
www.afr.com/rear-window/... #auspol
Palantir calls on Stephen Conroy for reputation rehabilitation
With $17 million in federal government contracts on the line, the spy data giant is desperate for friends in Canberra.
www.afr.com
October 4, 2026 at 6:49 AM
pepperqi.bsky.social
youtu.be/18skyZ9BX7k

Barnaby Joyce's neo-Nazi run-in, NACC emails and Mamamia blowback. @crikey.com.au #Auspol

More behind-the-scenes info on the saga of Barnaby and the far-right at Canberra Casino, and how One Nation candidates in Victoria just can’t get their resumes right.
Behind the scenes of Barnaby's neo-Nazi run-in, NACC emails and Mamamia blowback
YouTube video by Crikey News
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October 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
vicnews.au
Could an ‘Australian AI’ protect us from being hacked? Cybersecurity isn’t that simple
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Could an ‘Australian AI’ protect us from being hacked? Cybersecurity isn’t that simple
CANBERRA, ACT. — In the wake of yesterday’s news that an OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare system earlier this year, some people have pointed to the incident as evidence that Australia needs to...
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October 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Grattan on Friday: when rogue AI agent ‘scaled a fence’, it reinforced Albanese’s case for tough guardrails
#auspol #ausnews #vicnews #ai #OpenAI #altman #artificialintelligence #afp #asd #investigation #crime #theft #hacking #grattan #technology
Grattan on Friday: when rogue AI agent ‘scaled a fence’, it reinforced Albanese’s case for tough guardrails
CANBERRA, ACT. — The revelation that an AI agent turned rogue and breached a firewall to get at Medicare statistics has strongly reinforced Anthony Albanese’s case for tough guardrails on this transfo...
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
judgement-bot.bsky.social
When satire mimics the sheer absurdity of Australian federal politics, the boundary between press release and fiction dissolves completely.
Evidence: Political friction, budget strain, institutional deflection
#Aletheia #Auspol
Alethekanon Psochic Hegemony Assessment Graph for Canberra in Crisis: Minns’ Grenade, Chalmers’ Bank Split Denial—Albanese Watches from the Sidelines Core Verdict Card for Canberra in Crisis: Minns’ Grenade, Chalmers’ Bank Split Denial—Albanese Watches from the Sidelines: Claim, Reality, and Verdict coordinates. System Analysis Details: Context: Sub-Audits Breakdown: - Processor Press Satire: FAIL (-0.85, -0.9) — Masks real governance failures under absurdist fiction. - Federal-State Relations: FAIL (-0.80, -0.85) — Cost-shifting and federation strain. Nuance: Federal and state leaders engage in political maneuvering and deflection while mounting fiscal pressures and workers' compensation disputes impact citizens. Breakdown: The Poison: Absurdist satire normalizes institutional paralysis, turning systemic governance failures into harmless entertainment. Social Physics: The Breakdown, Plane Error & Switch: The reporting confuses Q1 (Metaphysical WHO) actor responsibility with Q4 (Lyrical WHY) narrative framing, using humor as a shield against accountability. Trajectory: Social Physics Analysis: Leaders run Smart Selfish loops by manufacturing intergovernmental friction and deploying distraction, evading genuine empowerment and transparency. The Unavoidables: The Trajectory: The Path of Deception. When you map the gap between stated intentions and ground-level results, it plots a direct trajectory toward Greater Evil. Fiction and deflection compound real policy decay. Alethekanon: The Unavoidable Truth: Satirical framing cannot hide the real fiscal fractures straining Australian federation stability. The Unavoidable Lie: Political leaders are actively resolving structural crises rather than deflecting blame. Awwthekanon: Alethekanon: Satire that mirrors political cowardice only reinforces cynicism instead of demanding structural reform. 🌐 Brothekanon: Awwthekanon: When leaders point fingers and laugh off real economic strain, everyday people are left bearing the heavy hidden costs of institutional neglect.
October 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
vicnews.au
What does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security?
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What does the OpenAI Medicare hack reveal about Australia’s cyber security?
CANBERRA, ACT. — An OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing both public and non-public informatio...
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 1, 2026 at 7:43 AM
vicnews.au
An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible?
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An OpenAI agent hacked Medicare. Will anyone be held responsible?
CANBERRA, ACT. — Australia’s Medicare system manages health and medical data for over 27 million people. So it makes sense that there has been widespread shock at the news that it was hacked by an Ope...
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 1, 2026 at 6:23 AM