Tom Chesson @tomchesson01

Yesterday’s abrupt retirement announcement by Gen. Chris Donahue, the Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) and NATO’s Allied Land Command, was made at the request of the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal. Prior to this announcement, many believed Donahue was on a fast track to become Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, having led the Army’s Delta Force commandos in Iraq and Syria when it took the fight to Islamic State militants and was the “last man out” when the troops he commanded at the 82nd Airborne Division were called in to secure the 2021 evacuation of U.S. personnel and Afghan allies from Kabul, Afghanistan. General Donahue’s removal is said to be part of an ongoing push by Hegseth to put his imprint on the military’s leadership, while squeezing out officers with track records of battlefield valor and command experience in favor of less accomplished political loyalists, officers that fully support both himself and President Trump.

One Nation MP David Farley has broken with the party's official policy yet again by siding with the Greens and Teals, prompting a “please explain” from Pauline Hanson. skynews.com.au/australia-news…

🚨 "I'd rather play footsies with @OneNationAus than go to bed with the @Greens." That was the headline-grabbing line from Shadow Foreign Minister @tedobrienmp at the National Press Club today. But behind the political theatre was a broader warning: Australia is becoming "poorer, weaker and more dependent" as global tensions rise. O'Brien unveiled a new Coalition foreign policy vision built around economic strength, energy security, national unity and a proposed Pacific security pact. Is this the beginning of a major Coalition reset on foreign affairs — or just an early pitch for the next election? Read the full analysis 👇 insidecanberra.com/ted-obrien-unv… 📩 Subscribe to Inside Canberra for independent political coverage: insidecanberra.com/subscribe/ #auspol #NationalPressClub #TedOBrien #LiberalParty #Coalition #OneNation #ForeignPolicy #Pacific #China #UnitedStates #AngusTaylor #Australia #Politics

Never thought I'd read a headline like this in Australia: 'Don't ignore Holocaust history'. Australian Holocaust survivors say teachers cannot shy away from teaching about the Holocaust after Oct 7th and Bondi, arguing history cannot be taught “as people would like to paint it”.

Linfox is a billion-dollar transport empire. Why do they need $19,630,000 of taxpayer money? If electric trucks are 'cheaper', why do they need propping up?

🚨 LABOR'S TAX DEAL IS BIGGER THAN THE HEADLINES SUGGEST While most coverage has focused on housing, the fine print of Labor's Senate deal reveals: 🔹 New restrictions on SMSF property borrowing 🔹 Expanded tax changes affecting investors and business owners 🔹 AI-powered decision-making concerns inside the NDIS 🔹 Delays to major NDIS reforms until August 🔹 Growing concerns from mining and exploration companies The Government says it's about fairness. Critics argue it's another step towards taxing investment, reducing incentives for risk-taking and increasing government control over financial decisions. Our analysis breaks down the details most outlets missed. Read the full story 👇 insidecanberra.com/labors-senate-… 📩 Subscribe to Inside Canberra for independent political reporting: insidecanberra.com/subscribe #auspol #Budget2026 #TaxReform #NDIS #Parliament #Senate #SmallBusiness #Superannuation #Housing #Canberra #Politics

The most satisfying video you'll watch today. Karma is a bitch.

New One Nation MP David Farley sides with teals and Greens '... called for the government to cap the fuel tax credit scheme, which provides a rebate to businesses that use heavy machinery for the fuel tax they pay.' smh.com.au/politics/feder…

This makes my blood boil. When Turnbull announced the vision for Snowy 2.0, he was opposed to "reckless targets". Like renewable energy targets, which Labor governments in Victoria were adopting, and the federal opposition wanted. 1/

NYC Mayor Mamdani lashed out at Israel yesterday for eliminating Ahmed Wishah, an Al Jazeera “journalist” Palestinians posted an obituary of Wishah, the journalist 👇🏻

As previously alluded to it's almost like they want major fish kills over summer ... A Rose Coloured FUBAR By Any Other Name linkedin.com/pulse/rose-col…

Tom Chesson @tomchesson01

3 days ago

The only thing reigning in the Basin is incompetence ... abc.net.au/news/2026-06-2…

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The only thing reigning in the Basin is incompetence ... abc.net.au/news/2026-06-2…

We always say antisemitism isn't just hatred of Jews — it's fuel. This @Jerusalem_Post piece proves it with receipts: Counterterror experts and former extremists themselves say antisemitism is the "connective tissue" linking Islamist, far-left, even white-nationalist radicalization. One ex-Salafist turned CSIS counterterror operative put it plainly: hatred of Jews is the common denominator that lets opposite ideologies recruit off each other. This isn't abstract. EU data show terror attacks in the West rising since Oct 7. The radicalization pipeline that produces tomorrow's attackers is being built today, on a foundation of "ordinary" antisemitism that too many ignore. What gets normalized today as "just rhetoric" becomes tomorrow's recruiter's opening line. The bill shows up in body counts. jpost.com/international/…

Imagine the balls to quote averages as your argument when discussing instantaneous failures. If you only used average power in your car you’d never get to the top of a hill, or get to highway speed. You’d also never stop. The absolute stupidity of the intermittent argument.

Prof Ray Wills @ProfRayWills

4 days ago

@EnergyWrapAU A point in time Becoming less frequent, until it finally disappears Monthly data from 2015 to May 2026 Coal has gone Gas is exiting Not long now

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Quite shocked to hear John Lyons on ABC radio claiming the reason for Republican pushback against the Iran MOU is that many of them are backed by the Israel lobby. Yes Israel is pissed because this deal is pretty clearly detrimental to its interests and was negotiated over its head and against its objections. But anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of US politics can see that this deal is the very antithesis of the position the Republican party adopted on Iran for decades. Including until very recently, Trump himself, who after all was the architect of 'maximum pressure' during his first term. This is why traditional Republicans, many of them longstanding Iran hawks, and some MAGA aligned ones too, are aghast at an MOU which compromises decades of US Iran policy. Claiming that all of these Republicans aren't thinking of the US's own national interests and are simply under the thumb of the Israel lobby is at best lazy and ignorant and at worst, well, you know.

A man fires into the sky… suddenly the gun loosens and pure panic takes over.

If people have to pay reparations for slavery, the British could claim three and a half centuries colonisation by the Romans, and 300 years of colonisation by the French This would be profitable for us since we were slaves for much longer than our shameful Empire lasted It is a tribute to the foresightedness of the Muslims that, due to their practice of castrating all slaves, no candidates exist for reparations for their long periods of slavery

BBC News (UK) @BBCNews

6 days ago

The pressure on the Church of England to ditch its slavery reparations plan bbc.in/4xDMC8O

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𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Shattering again the myth that she was Labor puppet. Documents quietly released by the Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission show the former High Court justice last week granted herself access to hidden evidence by Mr Burgess, the ASIO director-general, ruling “the public interest in that limited scope of disclosure” overruled cabinet confidence. Ahead of his cross-examination at the commission last month, Mr Burgess advised the government planned to block part of his evidence from being considered. It “intends to assert public interest immunity in relation to whether cabinet or the National Security Committee of cabinet made a decision or issued a direction” on funding allocations by security and intelligence services, he said. theaustralian.com.au/nation/royal-c… via @australian

#ALEC has welcomed the Federal Government's pledge to inject a further $1m into assisting #Indonesia manage LSD. CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton spoke with ABC's #NTCountryHour @abcdarwin @AusLiveCorp broadcast.meltwater.com/public-api/seg…

The @BOM_au has finally called its Super ElNino. What degree of confidence does #ausag have in the forecast ? Please Re-post