Angus Taylor tries to claw back from voters from Pauline with his Australian values policy. Immigration already has a values test. The din of political distraction gets louder as pressure mounts to slap a 25% tax on gas exporters. Elsewhere, in Scam of the Week the Pauline shootings, fossil chipmunks infest social media, another false flag exposed and Chris Minns' dictatorial protest laws whacked in court.
#auspol #scamoftheweek #iran #oil #climate
I heard Grace Tame's speech at Sydney Town Hall. It was one of the greatest speeches I've ever heard. She cut through the bullshit of the horror time that we are living in.
John Tognolini
'After calling her "difficult", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has now described Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year, as "a strong advocate for others". His indecision no doubt relates to the speech she delivered on February 9 on the occasion of Israeli President Issac Herzog's visit. It divided Australia, perhaps between those who actually heard it in full, and those who didn't.'
Click on Michael West 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. What is art, and what is hate? Just ask the police! Free speech, hate speech, and a brand new set of laws that look a lot less like “social cohesion” and a lot more like State Powers to Hammer Thy Enemies.  This week alone, three flashpoints lit up at once, a satirical tweet lands a bloke in jail, a far right agitator is prosecuted, and Canberra police raid a cafe over protest art on the wall.   So who decides what counts as “hate”, police on the spot, politicians in Canberra, or the courts, and why do some voices cop the full force of the state while others skate on national television.'
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Click on Episode 25 -The Party
Line on how the Palestine movement turned the tables on Herzog and Albanese The
gang brought Jasmine Duff back on to talk about the incredible week of protest
that we’ve just had. Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong and co thought they could
tour around the President of Israel as if he hadn’t just been involved in a
genocide, but they were proven wrong, thanks to the actions of tens of
thousands of people across Australia, who took to the streets in big numbers.
We discuss the national spread, the aftermath of the police riot in Sydney, the
despicable commentary of Karl Stefanovic (Australia’s answer to Tucker
Carlson), and how people refused to be intimidated out of protesting this
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……“I’d throw myself down on a reasonable person’s
interpretation of the circumstances in Sydney streets last night, it was an
impossible situation,” Minns said on Tuesday.
“We had to keep the public safe, and as distressing as those
scenes were, it would have been far worse if it was … choosing your own
adventure, [if] the protesters breached police lines and we had conflict in
Sydney streets. That would have been terrible.”……
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, defended Herzog’s visit
and called on people to “turn the temperature down”. He told parliament that
violent footage of Monday’s protest was “devastating”.
“Many people who saw the footage, particularly
of the people who were praying and then action was taken,
will want to know all of the circumstances around that. I will allow the police
to do their job.”…..
Chris Minns defends police in ‘impossible situation’ after
video emerges of officers punching protesters in Sydney,
I was there at the
Gadigal/Sydney Anti-Herzog Rally on Monday 9-2-2026, and I breathed in the Capsicum
Spray. Journalist Michael West said of this historical landmark in Australian Politics, 'This is Chris Minns telling
people not to believe the videos that…of his police bashing people up,
including an elderly woman whose spine they broke in four places. And how many
people did they hospitalise?' He quoted George Orwell from 1984, here is the
full quote from me, and I remember the first time I read it at in 1974 at
Naarm/Melbourne's Brunswick Boys Technical School
'‘The Party told you to reject the evidence of
your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank
as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which
any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments
which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in
the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the
true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world
exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects
unsupported fall towards the earth's centre. With the feeling that he was
speaking to O'Brien, and also that he was setting forth an important axiom, he
wrote:‘The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was
their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the
enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual
would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able
to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong
and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended.
Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world exists, its laws do not
change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsupported fall towards the
earth's centre. With the feeling that he was speaking to O'Brien, and also that
he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two
make four. If that is granted, all else follows.’
George Orwell 1984
I've seen the ALP do some pretty bad things, over the years
going back to Bob Hawke. But it' became the party from George Orwell's 1984 on
9-2-2026. And my ALP Blue Mountains MP,Trish Doyle is reading off the
script from Minns. I've lost all respect for her after seeing her waffle
on about 'social cohesion' on Blue Mountains Political Forum on Facebook. And I'm saying this as someone
who had a lot of respect for her over the years, including being on many NSW
Teacher Federation delegations to her office on behalf of my fellow teachers, including our successful salary campaign and public education.
With my retirement from teaching, I've returned to journalism
and wrote this here. A major part of journalism is good research, and
I've been doing that with reactivating my blog. With its reactivation, I’ve
been posting YouTube vodcasts and other podcasts. I've gone through Minns's
Police Riot on Monday, 9-2-26. All my posts are under the label on this
are labelled under Mossad Minns's Police State and it includes: from Michael West
Media: Michael West, Joshua Barnett, Zack Scho, from Crikey: Crikey’s legal
correspondent, Michael Bradley talking to Crystal Andrews, We Used to Be
Journos: Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf, and Antony Loewenstein as well as my
Comrades in the Socialist Party/ Vic & NSW Socialists, with The
Party Line: Anneke Demanuele, Jordan van den Lamb, Omar Sherrife & Josh
Lees & Red Flag Radio with Chloe Rafferty & Emma
Norton.
The historical significance of Minns's Police Riot has been
compared to the NSW Liberal Party's Premier Robert 'Run The Bastards Over'
Askin, with US president Lyndon Baines Johnson's visit to Sydney in 1966.
However, Askin nor any of the other Liberal or National Party state premiers of
that era never attacked their citizens en masse with the police against the
massive demonstrations opposed to the Vietnam War. The various state premiers
were violent during the 1971 Apartheid Selected South African Rugby Springbok
Tour against Anti-Apartheid activists. Although these were big protests, they
were not the massive size of the Anti-Vietnam Moratorium Marches.
It's also been compared to Queensland National Party Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's ban on Street marches in Brisbane in 1977. I was at one of those demos in 1977, but the Queensland Police did not do the widespread violence and bashings that we witnessed on Monday Night in Gadigal/Sydney. Mossad Minns wanted a Square Up with us over the success of the Harbour Bridge March last year, and he let the Cops of the leash to do it with their Kettling, the tactic of making cordon around people for hours, Mass charges of Police throwing people to the ground, Riding Horses into people, Bashing and Capsicum Spraying En Masse, all against NSW Citizens who don't approve of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza of at least 70,000 Palestinians, Over twenty thousand of them children. For what? To appease Herzog, a major player in this Genocide and a man who should face charges in the ICC for his role in it. Minns, the Police Minister and Police Commissioner, must be sacked for the 9-2-26 Sydney Police Riot.'
Yes, George was right. 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.'
Click on to 'Chloe & Emma talk about the police riot in Sydney orchestrated by Chris Minns. The NSW government sent 3,500 police to bash, stampede and pepperspray a peaceful pro-Palestine demonstration of 20-30,000 people, against the rolling out of the red carpet for a war criminal who should be in the Hague.'
We talk about what this event reveals about the police, the Australian Labor Party and the Australian ruling classes' commitment to Israel.' 
Click on Antony Loewenstein This week on the Antony Loewenstein Podcast, we examine the controversial Australian visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog: why he came, how the visit was framed, and why it triggered protests across the country.
Publicly positioned as a gesture of solidarity following the Bondi massacre, Herzog’s trip quickly became a flashpoint in Australia’s already tense debate around Israel, Palestine, and media narratives. Antony unpacks Herzog’s political record and public statements, the way he is portrayed in Western media, and the broader context of Israel’s war in Gaza. He also examines how the visit was covered by Australian outlets, whose voices were amplified or ignored, and why tens of thousands of Australians took to the streets in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. The episode explores allegations surrounding Herzog’s rhetoric, the political calculations behind the visit, and the Australian government’s response, including questions around protest rights, policing, and the language of “social cohesion.” More broadly, this conversation looks at how diaspora communities are positioned in public discourse, and what this moment reveals about power, protest, and dissent in modern Australia.
Michael West '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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Click on Crystal Andrews 'Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continued to maintain this week that Israeli President Isaac Herzog was formally invited to Australia by the federal government tohelp foster “a greater sense of unity” and as a comfort to the Jewish community, still reeling from the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. But it was clear from the outset that there was also real anger from people — including Jewish people — over the government hosting an individual cited by the UN Commission as "directly and publicly incited the commission of genocide in contravention of Article III(c) of the Genocide Convention". Nationwide protests against Herzog’s presence kicked off in Sydney, with violent clashes between police and protesters making global headlines. Crikey’s legal correspondent Michael Bradley joins the podcast to explain whether hosting Herzog is a breach of international law, why the Sydney protest was not “illegal”, and how instances of alleged police brutality connect to the special powers granted to NSW Police. If the Albanese government’s goal is to calm public tensions — as he keeps insisting — did Herzog’s visit help or hurt?'
READ MORE: A view from the ground: As police argued with MPs, Sydney’s protest against Isaac Herzog descended into chaos: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/... Nothing says cohesion like a punch in the head: Violence of Minns’ goons exposes the lie of ‘social cohesion’: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/10/... Why people are protesting Israel’s head of state visiting Australia next week: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/05/... Listen to Albanese's comment on Isaac Herzog as the "head of state" for Australian Jews: https://omny.fm/shows/triple-m-hobart... Sign up to Crikey's free newsletter: https://bit.ly/crikey-newsletter
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Click on Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf"Now for the big one: a deep dive into the Australian media's warm treatment of Israeli president Isaac Herzog in the lead up to nationwide protests — and its coverage of the police brutality at the Sydney rally after. We look at how two networks asked very different questions and note the outlets that dutifully repeated government lines even as footage showed police violence in plain sight. We also look at what was missing from most of the coverage — because yep, there was a lot."
Click on Episode 23 The Party Line on Minns’ police riot in Sydney We know we just released an episode but politics in Australia is moving fast. Anneke attempts to take on Jordy’s role as the tech director (and fails). NSW police conducted a riot in Sydney at the demonstration against Israeli President Isaac Herzog. People were battered, punched, pepper spayed, charged and arrested. It was a violent, brutal attack on people exercising their right to protest. It was like Trump’s ICE gestapo left Minneapolis for Sydney (organised by the Labor Party!). We speak to Josh Lees from NSW Socialists and Palestine Action Group, who discusses the attempts to push back against the Minn’s government. We then talk to Ghaith Krayem, the national spokesperson for Muslim Votes Matter about the increase of Islamophobia directed at the muslim community. We finish with an argument for people to continue the movement to stand for a liberated Palestine, and an end to the genocide in Gaza. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast - like and subscribe! Huge thanks to our tireless editors Charlie Wardrop and Persephone Waxman. While we will always release our content for free, please support us on https://patreon.com/thepartyline
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Click on Michael West "Thank you friends" NSW Premier Chris Minns told Israel supporters to warm applause at the ICC dinner in Sydney. While, nearby, at the Sydney rally against Israel President Isaac Herzog, his police were about to attack peace protestors. We dissect perhaps the most ugly unprovoked attack in the history of Australian policing and the biased media reporting which is now trying to whitewash it. It should be said that the blame for the pro-Israel media circus lies, not with the reporters, but the bosses. It lies in the framing of the stories, the agendas, the headlines, the placement. #auspol Support Us here https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.co...
