The great housing debate is on again and as ill-informed as ever. But which politicians are telling the most lies? Michael Pascoe can’t decide because they are all on full Pinocchio-mode.

Whether it is Anthony Albanese’s rampant hypocrisy, Andrew Bragg’s wilful misinformation (I doubt he’s actually as stupid as he pretends), Pauline Hanson’s fantasy non-policy, Chris Minns’ laid-on-with-a-shovel mix of spin and lies, it’s very hard to decide who is the worst on housing, as they are all betraying the nation.

And they’re all good at creating a distraction from the fundamental problem, aided and abetted by the mainstream media.

Exhibit A: The current argy-bargy about access to superannuation for one housing-related reason or another. Gets attention. Grabs headlines. Never mind that it means stuff all.

I am neither Palestinian, Lebanese, nor Iranian; I do not speak Arabic, nor am I Muslim. 

I have lived my entire life in Europe and the United States, where I know that almost everyone  —  even those who claim to stand in “solidarity with Palestine” — begins any criticism of Israel or its government by “condemning” Hamas, Hezbollah, or the “mullahs’ regime.” 

I intend to explain why I never subscribe to such condemnations.

Remaining Silent

If we can’t curb the violence of our own governments, what sense does it make to condemn the violent reactions of the states or movements they attack? asks Jean Bricmont.

As the world heads towards overshooting 1.5°C, reaching net zero remains essential but will not be enough to bring temperatures back down. Governments must accelerate emissions cuts while investing in adaptation, carbon removal and research into the risks of geoengineering.

Nicholas Stern

Local elections are the new battleground for the Zionist lobby and its astroturfing groups. Who are they, and how are they funded? Wendy Bacon asks.

Several months ago, residents in the Randwick LGA in Sydney’s East began receiving leaflets from a grassroots group called Randwick Voices Matter, encouraging them to join a campaign to stop a Greens Councillor from becoming the local Mayor.

In NSW, most Councils elect their Mayor every two years. When no group or party has a majority, Councillors form alliances to share the Mayoralty across the four-year term.

Great Britain is going through a war scare. Or to be precise, its combined political and media establishment is subjecting its people to a relentless propaganda (in up-to-date NATO-speak “cognitive warfare”) campaign to create a sense of impending war against Russia. 

Britain’s elites want you ready to die for a war they keep imagining

As the warnings about Russia grow louder, the public is being told to fear more, question less and prepare for war

BY Tarik Cyril Amar

Albanese and Zelenskyy hold emotional meeting as Australia pledges more aid

Anthony Albanese was close to tears when he caught up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the summit.

The Australian prime minister embraced Mr Zelenskyy and expressed admiration for his "extraordinary" leadership in the almost five years since Russia's full-scale invasion.

He also pledged $60 million in aid for Ukraine, bringing Australia's total contribution to the country to almost $1.9 billion.

He also said Australia had slapped new sanctions on Russia and confirmed it would join a program, led by the UK and Norway, to help develop Ukraine's navy. The two leaders also signed a decade-long security deal.

Germany’s Axel Springer media monolith is about to award its highest honor to Palantir founder Peter Thiel, in a ceremony illustrating the incestuous relationship between the mainstream media, the defense tech industry, and the US-Israeli order.

Wired for War: The empire’s propaganda wing honors Palantir

Politico’s parent company is bestowing its highest award on Peter Thiel, who serves the same globalist agenda

Thiel will receive the ‘2026 Axel Springer Award’ at a ceremony in Berlin on Thursday. According to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner, Thiel “is one of the rare entrepreneurs who does not merely found or finance companies but helps determine the direction of technological development.”

“He reminds us that progress requires courage and nonconformism,” Dopfner added.

As Pauline Hanson’s steamroller [aka Gina’s BULLDOZER] is about to crush the delicate balance of the Aussie psyche — in a downward spiral of yobo-ism, with a wad of pseudo-fascism, some economic trumpism and mountains of ignorance in scientific fields, one needs to take a deep sighing breath and look at the incoming damage from One Notion that would be facing this country — a fair country presently swimming the Australian crawl against a very confused international current of stinking messy situations.

A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE

Australia in a downgrading World

Like in Germany, where the AfD is making huge inroad in classic politics, the Aussie landscape is about to be shaken by One Notion… if it has not been already… 

The latest state elections in Germany have confirmed a trend that is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss. The issue is no longer the occasional success of one party or failure of another, but the gradual dismantling of a political system that for decades appeared almost permanent.

Germany’s age of political stability is ending

The AfD’s latest gains are only part of the story as Germany’s postwar party system fractures and stable government becomes harder to sustain

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has lashed out at the results of Russia’s parliamentary election, dismissing it as a “veneer of democracy.” The senior EU official, a noted Russia hawk who was appointed, not elected, to her post in 2024, made no mention of the 1,600 drones Ukraine launched into Russia during the vote.

Her claims of democratic dysfunction did not include Ukraine’s own indefinitely suspended elections, but stuck to a vote whereby some 60 million people cast ballots across 11 time zones.

Ed Sheeran says he has never wanted to be a political musician. He wants his concerts to be about “unity, not division” and “humanity, not politics.”

But after his tour became embroiled in controversy over the removal of rapper Macklemore, who publicly declared “Free Palestine” during Sheeran shows in New Jersey, Sheeran discovered that staying out of politics was no longer so simple.

Ed Sheeran Wants His Music to Be About Unity. But Silence Is Also a Political Choice

BY Joshua Scheer

President Trump on Sunday said that he was still deciding how to move forward on the Iran war and whether or not to blow up the “entire nation,” as the Iranian military is warning that it has information that the US will resume attacks on the Islamic Republic.

Trump Says He’s Deciding Whether To Blow Up the ‘Entire Nation’ of Iran

“The era of Westminster is coming to an end!” the nationalist leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland declared this week.

The UK suspiciously reeks of the late-stage USSR

Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have joined together to challenged Westminster. Here’s why the Cardiff Pact matters

By Vitaly Ryumshin, journalist and political analyst

John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Michelle O’Neill gathered in Cardiff to sign an agreement asserting their nations’ right to self-determination, as they called on London not to obstruct referendums and outlined their preferred futures beyond the UK, including EU membership for an independent Scotland and Wales, and Irish reunification for Northern Ireland.