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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MUM’S LOGIN: How Labor’s Social Media Ban Became a Masterclass in Government Theatre

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Christmas 2025, and Australia’s teenagers are unwrapping their presents: new VPNs, borrowed parental logins, and AI-generated profile photos. Two weeks into Labor’s world-first social media ban, and it’s already a monument to performative governance. Meanwhile, the minister who should be celebrating is in hiding over travel rorts, and the policy architect has vanished into an expenses scandal. Welcome to government theatre at its finest.

The seeing stones. Australia and its New CIA-Made Friend.

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“Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.”Nikolai Berdyaev(Also, apparently, Palantir’s unofficial mission statement.) I. Enter the Magical Spy Orb, Stage Right In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the palantír was a sort of medieval CCTV camera with attitude. A seeing stone that showed you just enough truth to … Continue reading The seeing stones. Australia and its New CIA-Made Friend.

Alt text: *Cartoon illustration showing Donald Trump sitting at a desk using a laptop with the WordPress logo, while outside a drone launches a missile at a small Venezuelan fishing boat flying the national flag. The boat explodes amid smoke and flames on rough seas, symbolizing Trump’s aggressive foreign actions. The style is bold, satirical, and editorial.*

Trump’s Dirty War at Sea and Australia’s Silent Complicity

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When Donald Trump’s America goes fishing, it doesn’t bring a net — it brings a drone. His latest outburst over “illegal Venezuelan boats” turns the Caribbean into a stage set for bluster and bombast. A small fleet of working men in open skiffs become props in a tragicomic rerun of empire, complete with digital spin and patriotic sound effects. Another performance of power — and another warning of what happens when showmanship replaces statecraft.