Before the baton falls. How power and framing normalised violence
NSW Police violence against protestors at Town Hall was not an isolated event, rather the end point of a longer process, writes Andrew Brown.
Streisand Effect. Long waitlist for not-Adelaide Writers Week
A session featuring Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah at Constellation – the alternative Adelaide Writers Week – is fully booked with 400 people on the waitlist.
Angus Ascends, Police Beat Down, $3 Billion goes missing? | Scam of the Week
Don’t believe what you see and hear. It’s not true! This week on The West Report, Angus Taylor takes the Liberal leadership just in time to knock police violence and the Herzog visit off the front pages.
We break down NSW Police bashing peace protestors, media spin, the fake anti-Semitic “butt dial” case, revolving doors between Defence and arms dealers, gas giants paying less tax than beer drinkers, and the sterling efforts by corruption watchdog the NACC not to investigate corruption. #auspol #aukus #boardofpeace #herzog #senate #libspill
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Property Bargain. Come and get it Aussies! Stolen Palestinian land!
“The Great Israeli Real Estate Event is coming to Australia”. “Exclusive discounts”. “Don’t miss this event!” What’s the scam?
As Herzog commemorates Bondi, IDF desecrates Australian war graves
Israel’s President Herzog is here to offer solace to those devastated by the Bondi massacre. Meanwhile, in Gaza, the IDF is bulldozing a cemetery containing the graves of Australian soldiers.
Japan wins, Australian consumers lose. Intense lobbying revealed
While Australian consumers suffer from record-high energy prices, Japanese LNG companies enjoy the spoils of on-selling Australian LNG.
Deep State Revealed, Murdoch, Pauline, and Epstein a Russian Spy? | Scam of the Week
Was Epstein hanging at Rupert’s place? This week on Scam of the Week, we unpack what the mainstream media keeps skating past, the Epstein files, the corporate media’s selective outrage, and why News Corp would rather chase Russian spy fantasies than follow the evidence at home.
We look at AUKUS, political distractions, Pauline Hanson’s latest stunt politics, housing tax rorts, dark money, and why some scandals are buried while others are inflated beyond recognition.
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Before the baton falls. How power and framing normalised violence
NSW Police violence against protestors at Town Hall was not an isolated event, rather the end point of a longer process, writes Andrew Brown.
Palantir surveils everybody but its own misleading accounts
While Palantir is busy poking its nose in everyone’s business, it doesn’t want us looking into its own, having failed to lodge audited financial statements.
Streisand Effect. Long waitlist for not-Adelaide Writers Week
A session featuring Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah at Constellation – the alternative Adelaide Writers Week – is fully booked with 400 people on the waitlist.
Where is it? Australia’s legal determination on Israel’s genocide?
The Albanese Government has obligations under law to make a legal determination about Israel’s genocide. Where is it? asks Kellie Tranter.
Wild Accusations. BHP has even its own evidence muzzled by Court
BHP moves to hide even its own evidence in its defence against coal miner Simon Turner who is suing for wage theft
Israel lobby sells stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors
The Australian Jewish Association is promoting an Israeli real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.
Submarine boasts, yet nuclear waste dumps submersed in secrecy
As the SA Premier basks in the campaign glory of a $3.9 billion downpayment on a shipyard for nuclear subs planned by 2040, the Federal Government is kicking the nuclear waste can down the road.
Antisemitism training. Labor’s march to authoritarianism
From curbing protests to controlling what can be said, State and Federal Labor governments are becoming authoritarian. Next in line is the thought police entering campus
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- This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it. February 10, 2026 NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.
- Israel lobby sells stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors February 17, 2026 The Australian Jewish Association is promoting an Israeli real estate scheme selling stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors.
- Peter Lalor, pepper-sprayed, debunks the Herzog propaganda February 10, 2026 Sports journalist Peter Lalor was pepper-sprayed by NSW Police at the Herzog protest in Sydney. He debunks the propaganda.
- The billionaires bankrolling rightwing astroturfer Advance Australia February 5, 2026 Gina Rinehart, James Packer, and a network of wealthy business figures among the major financial backers of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia prior to the 2025 election.