Journalist, Australia and Asia. From Cabrogal and Burramattagal land. Asian media writer; part-owner of a small hotel and restaurant. DMs personal friends only
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Facepalm time: Trump said tech chief Jensen Huang told him that he (Jensen) had not known his special friend Alice Huang was a suspected Chinese spy. "I really believe him," Trump said. You bet he didn't know: how would he if she had been any good at her real job?
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So sad to hear that Peter Manning has died. A lovely man, a great journalist and an inspiring boss. ABC Four Corners shot the lights out in the 80s when he was in charge. Australia owes him.
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Dr Michael Keating and John Stanford are two eminent Australians who have exposed the dangers of AUKUS. They have congratulated the public inquiry for doing what the government has failed to do- consult, analyse and report!
Democracy at work! Well done everyone.👏
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Our Australia Cup journey comes to an end, but the support you showed for 120+ minutes was incredible.
Thank you to every member and fan who showed up and backed us last night. We never take it for granted.
We are disappointed but determined. All focus on our A-League season ahead ❤️
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Australia’s most powerful media club has a legitimacy problem michaelwest.com.au/national-… via @MichaelWestBiz
The beauty of Australia's fair go for all johnmenadue.com/post/2026/06…
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Not a dry eye at Accor Stadium as Jai Arrow rings the Legacy Bell 🤍
📺 Watch #NRLSouthsBroncos on ch.502 or stream on Kayo: bit.ly/3Pdr5Cx
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Do elephants remember who was kind to them?
Yes – and across decades. Our ex-orphans return to the stockades long after they've gone wild, recognise specific Keepers by name, and bring their wild-born calves home to introduce them. They even come back for help.
Last month, Melia walked her new daughter Moon to our Ithumba Reintegration Unit – sixteen years after we rescued her. She came back so the people who raised her could meet her calf.
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"Why is the worlds largest mining company BHP, which returned a $10.2b profit last financial year, suing a small Australian independent media outfit that has 4 full time staff?"
Who else is sick of BHP abusing Aust?
Pls stand with @MichaelWestBiz
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The latest Asian Media Report - stories being covered, discussed and explained in Asia johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03…
My latest Asian Media Report...
Meanwhile Nepal’s Gen Z uprising reshapes politics, BTS prepares a global comeback and the Philippines drops charges against Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, Editor in Chief David Armstrong writes in his Asian ...
#auspol #Asia #China #Nepal #MediaFreedom
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The US–Israel strikes on Iran have not been legally justified under international law. Australia now faces a choice – defend the UN Charter or stay silent, Donald Rothwell writes.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #InternationalLaw #Iran #UnitedNations
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Modi elevates ties with Israel, Japan shifts on arms exports, Duterte faces ICC scrutiny, Indonesia debates its Gaza role, Bangladesh tackles rule-of-law reform, and ...
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #AsiaPacific #MiddleEast #China #Japan #ICC
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The 'mother of all deals' between India and the EU is a rejection of Trump's trade chaos; the clue is in the timing. From my latest Asian Media Report. Plus: Where's Taiwan in the new US defence strategy? The dismissal of a PLA princeling. Prabowo supports the Gaza Peace Board. ASEAN rejects junta's poll. And why Chinese women are saying I won't. The Asia Media Report is published every second Saturday by the Pearls & Irritations public policy site and then by the University of Melbourne's Asialink johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01…
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Note for @RichardMarlesMP: The US National Defense Strategy, issued last Friday ridicules the "rules-based international order" as a cloud-castle abstraction. media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/2… #Auspol2026
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Would a person chanting "Yanks go home" get into trouble with Australia's new hate speech laws? Serious question
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Combine this new foreign policy with the rampaging of ICE as a state-backed partisan militia and the legal pursuit of his critics and you get closer to the day when he and his administration can be branded fascist. Never - never - thought I could write this about America.
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Often the Greens are skittish dilettantes but on this occasion they might just bring some much-needed sanity to this bill. Only the irrelevant yokels of the National Party oppose the gun controls, but there is widespread disquiet, left and right , about the attack on free speech.
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LNP/Murdoch media politicised Bondi aftermath. Excellent analysis here by Clare Armstrong >> abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/c…
