“Your mission today is to destroy the enemies of democracy. This recording will self-destruct in two seconds”. Poof... 

The New York Times tells us that we "We need to stay within our carbon budget."

It's a false premise.

To prevent the worst effects of global warming, we have to keep temperatures from increasing by more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2.0 degrees Celsius) above the preindustrial level — the upper limit agreed to in the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the recent closure and searches of Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States.

Is he an Aussie, is he Lizzy, ex PM Lord Tony, hey?

He says he's no longer British, don't trust anthing he'd say
Hiis paperwork is inconclusive, truthfulness is still elusive
Tell us he's a Pommie, Lizzie, we'll ship the bugger  Home today

(with apologies to Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam)

Now, I am an "artist". I appreciate the controversial and the edgy in most arts. But I hate it when crap is being planned for huge sums of taxpayers cash — crap that is designed to destroy vistas that are not perfect mind you, but there is no point in furthering the damage with deliberate artistic mediocrity...

Of course the artistic impression above is far more accurate than the drawings submitted to the city. But the Lord Mayor wants to be remembered for a giant seagull "Barsch" (perch) with a shape reminiscent of a collapsing one-eyed Macdonald's...

Last week, in collaboration with 68 scientists, I was co-author on a letter in Science titled “Save Australia’s Ecological Research”

SA Senator Nick Xenophon’s bid for justice for an Australian citizen – who simply wants his passport back – has been rejected by the Senate.

“This really is a very significant scandal in the fact that a citizen of this country has been denied the ability to travel overseas” Senator Xenophon said.

Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch has become the latest politician to be embroiled in the dual citizenship debacle.

The Victorian senator has confirmed that he still holds a US social security card from his time living in New York in the 1960s and 1970s, which could be a breach of the constitution.

US President Donald Trump has touched down in Texas to assess the response to devastating Tropical Storm Harvey — the biggest natural disaster of his White House tenure — as officials in Houston struggled to manage the record-breaking rains.