the katter in the hat and the tomato joyce....

Bob Katter claims Gaza refugees are part of Hamas, as the Queensland MP continues to position himself as one of Parliament’s most outspoken defenders of Israel. Stephanie Tran reports.

Bob Katter claims Gaza refugees are part of Hamas, as the Queensland MP continues to position himself as one of Parliament’s most outspoken defenders of Israel. Stephanie Tran reports.

On the Afghan–Uzbek border, the first thing you notice is the noise. Trains, trucks, and buses move in both directions almost without pause. For the first time in decades, the hum of trade has replaced the sound of gunfire.
How trade is winning the war that armies couldn’t

The Australian Financial Review’s editorial cartoonist David Rowe has won the Australian Cartoonists Association’s Gold Stanley for best cartoonist of the year for a record-extending 11th time.

A senior Pentagon spokesperson has responded with a “your mom” joke when asked about US War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s choice of tie for a recent meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky.
Hegseth opted for a white, blue, and red striped tie during Zelensky’s visit to the White House on Friday.

Visit many areas of state forest in parts of Victoria and you might get a shock – the forest isn’t there.

Paenitentia, Solitudo et Silentium
"The universe contracted; at its exact geometric center floated that sandy tidbit of dark bread and pale cheese.*"

Former Trump national security advisor John Bolton has been indicted in Maryland on 18 federal counts of violating the Espionage Act, which is kind of poetic for a guy who’s spent a career demanding that everyone else get indicted for leaking things.