doing this with a Lune croissant in the yarra

13 years ago today!

📸 Millie Pilkington

Australia, please listen. Statistically speaking, some time this week another woman will be found killed, most likely at the hands of someone she knew.

& she won't care, & her family won't care who was or was not invited to speak at a podium.

We NEED focus, not distraction. /1

never forget albo's entire career is staffer/party official/MP. he is the ultimate political elite insider and it's a miracle (and a testament to how bad ScoMo was) that he managed to hide being a freak for about 5 minutes in early 2022 to win.

YO SARAH, I reckon you’re ace ❤️‍🔥

CHRISTOPHER DORE: Gaslighting Anthony Albanese is cooked, he's done and the last 24 hours have shown he's the wrong man for the top job. buff.ly/49Sg7qt

This is wonderful news 👏🏼

The govt urgently needs to change its messaging. Ppl are fed up hearing that ending gendered violence is ‘everyone’s responsibility’, & that no single govt or institution can fix it. No, you can’t fix it unilaterally. But if it’s everyone’s responsibility, who is accountable?

Ideology will not protect women from violent men

theaustralian.com.au/commentary/ide…

Albums reviewed in The @Australian this week include Taylor Swift (by Jenna Clarke), Alex Siegers (by Eric Myers), Waxahatchee (by jonathan), Hussy Hicks (by Phil Stafford) and Logic1000 (by Tim McNamara): theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/al…

Listening to Kyle and Jackie O’s first show in Melbourne - the language would have UK presenters taken off-air immediately.

Some content feels weird for a first show (currently chatting to an American comedian about Robert Kennedy).

Feels more like late night (which it is here)

Cosmopolitan returns to Australia

theaustralian.com.au/business/media…

Not enough for Anthony Albanese to say we need to do better when it comes to male violence against women. He is in power. His government has the power to invest fully in women’s services, raise the rate, build more social housing, invest in early intervention/prevention school programs.

The ‘one issue’ being family violence would exclude myself and many other survivors
Domestic and family violence is an incredibly important aspect of gendered violence, but excluding sexual violence helps no one

The killing of women is relentless. Australia .... We need action.
Another woman has been murdered in Australia. Mum Erica Hay died in a house fire overnight in Warnbro, WA. A man known to her is in custody. Police have confirmed her death as a homicide. She is the 32nd woman…

His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis.
 
To help mark this milestone, The King and Queen will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment centre next Tuesday, where they…

THE FRONT DORE: Legal disquiet over Justice Lee judgment + Albo’s Wag the Dog moment thenightly.com.au/opinion/the-fr…

.Tucker Carlson to tour Australia with Clive Palmer for a free speech talking tour
theaustralian.com.au/business/media…

Sorry but Taylor Swift’s overlong anthology is a rare misstep from pop’s biggest star

theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/al…

Over to you Basil Zempilas