March on Canberra by Gaza protestors amid rising concern for government’s Israel support

Thousands of people converged on Canberra this week, marking the first sitting week of Federal Parliament with a powerful message: end Australia’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza.

The national protest, supported by a number of grassroots organisations across the country, called on the Albanese government to move beyond “empty statements” and take concrete action, namely sanctions against Israel and the suspension of military ties.

Among the speakers was Palestinian lawyer and Australia Palestine Advocacy Network executive Hiba Farra, who stressed the urgency of global solidarity.

“Gaza now has reached a point where everyone needs to be in this,” she told MWM.

“It’s about humanity. Everyone should be in this because it starts in Gaza, but it doesn’t end at the borders of Gaza. It starts in Gaza and it’s acceptable in Gaza. It will open the door for it to be happening elsewhere.”

Farra said the protest in Canberra was a critical moment to hold power to account.

“Being here is important, and being together is important. Empowering each other is important. Showing the government and the Parliament that we are watching their silence, and their silence is deafening.”

‘We need sanctions, not sympathy’

The protest comes as frustration mounts over the Albanese government’s tepid response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. More than 59,000 Palestinians have been killed, with 142,000 others wounded. The UN Human Rights Office reported that at least 1,054 Palestinians were killed between May and July while trying to access food, many shot by Israeli forces while queuing for humanitarian aid.

“Palestinians in Gaza are dying of starvation or bullets of the Israeli army while trying to get food,” the UN said. “The horrific physical and psychological deaths and suffering caused by hunger are the result of Israel’s interference in the delivery and militarisation of humanitarian aid.”

Speaking outside Parliament, Australia’s Voice Senator Fatima Payman described the government’s rhetoric as hollow.

“This morning I saw a little 4-year-old boy trembling while waiting to get food. And those queues are being bombed,” she said. “What does our government say? ‘The actions of Israel are indefensible’? How dare you call it indefensible now when this has been happening for decades? How dare you issue empty statements?”

Payman echoed protestors’ demands for immediate sanctions and a severing of diplomatic and military ties with Israel.

We are done with empty statements. We need sanctions; we need to break ties with Israel.

Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi staged a pointed protest in the Senate, holding up a sign that read “Gaza is starving, words won’t feed them, sanction Israel” during Governor-General Sam Mostyn’s speech.

She directly confronted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he left the Senate calling out “Prime minister, Gaza is starving, will you sanction Israel?”.

24-hour vigil calls for immediate ceasefire

The protests kicked off on Sunday, and a 24-hour “Voices for Gaza” vigil is currently being held on the lawns of Parliament House with members of Parliament, doctors, journalists, academics, actors, writers, and community members reading out the names of over 17,000 Palestinian children killed in Israel’s 22-month-long assault on Gaza.

https://michaelwest.com.au/march-on-canberra-by-gaza-protestors-amid-rising-concern-for-governments-israel-support/

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Funny that Sharon is the Jewish daughter of an Music industry big wig in the UK

Prince of darkness was handled

Just like kiss is all jews beiong demons

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Sharon Rachel Levy was born on 9 October 1952 in London, United Kingdom, the daughter of music promoter and rock and roll entrepreneur Don Arden (born Harry Levy) (1926–2007) and his wife, Hope (née Shaw, 1916–1999).[10][11] She has a brother, David.[12] Her mother was of Irish descent and her father was Ashkenazi Jewish.[13]

Osbourne revealed she was surrounded by violence during her childhood and that it was a normal occurrence to see her father threatening someone, or brandishing a firearm.

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Generals gathered in their masses

Just like witches at black masses

Evil minds that plot destruction

Sorcerer of death's construction

In the fields, the bodies burning

As the war machine keeps turning

Death and hatred to mankind

Poisoning their brainwashed minds

Oh, Lord, yeah

Politicians hide themselves away

They only started the war

Why should they go out to fight?

They leave that all to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds

Making war just for fun

Treating people just like pawns in chess

Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah

Now, in darkness, world stops turning

Ashes where their bodies burning

No more war pigs have the power

Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of Judgment, God is calling

On their knees, the war pigs crawling

Begging mercies for their sins

Satan, laughing, spreads his wings

Oh, Lord, yeah

The World's Wars In Search Of Meaning

We know that the world is moving into an age of uncertainty. But towards what? Our planning does not extend that far…

We are too preoccupied with the immediate to even consider the longer-term.

And if governments are fighting for or against immediate challenges, are societies fighting for the same reasons, or are they fighting for something more at the core of their identity?

Firstly, we need to look at just some of the immediate vital issues in the global strategic evolution which cannot be ignored, or set aside in favor of pressing domestic issues.

These are the issues defined largely by governments, and take the public along with them. But ask what is it that societies seek, and it goes more deeply than platitudes about “world peace.”

We are now seeing the conclusion of trends of the past few hundred years.

In the longer-term, we are moving—unless strategic consideration is given—into an age bereft of history, identity, and considered values and goals.

So, firstly, let’s look in the short-term:

U.S. relative dominance revives, but is moving toward isolation: The United States, under the Donald Trump presidency, is moving into a position of relative global dominance, largely through decisive action, but also because of the reduction in capabilities of other states. Perceived U.S. prestige and trustworthiness continues to decline, making global U.S. operations more expensive to prosecute.

Xi is gone; the PRC has begun its change: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been laid to waste economically, resulting in the removal of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping from any real power as of July 2025. The CCP is also under threat, but the June 2025 U.S.–PRC trade deal has kept the party alive and in control of China, at least for now. It will take decades to restore China to strength. To survive with a minimum of chaos, the PRC will need to transform into a true market economy, working equitably with other trading powers, or else the CCP will collapse. Essentially, China could become a new country based on its deeper past.

Diminished likelihood of Taiwan invasion: The likelihood of a PRC invasion of Taiwan in the coming few years is now lower, but the situation remains unstable.

An effective end to 20th-century treaties: Most international governance and treaty organizations were rendered meaningless or weak by the first half of 2025. That extends from the United Nations to the European Union (EU), BRICS, OECD, etc. and bilateral treaties on trade, security, or other issues. Everything is now up for discussion. The collapse of the EU may allow European states to revive.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/worlds-wars-search-meaning

Rescuing The Declaration From Left- And Right-Wing Polemics

Progressive left and postliberal right intellectuals converge in teaching scorn for America’s founding principles. Attacking from different angles, both camps employ grossly flawed arguments to justify the repudiation of the U.S. Declaration of Independence’s ringing affirmation 249 years ago of the unalienable rights that human beings share.

Captive to the taste for the gaudy and the melodramatic nurtured by American higher education, both camps want to revalue traditional values, change the world rather than understand it, and replace history’s complexities with simplistic grand narratives of good and evil. At the same time, their wild exaggerations, contrived charges, and enthusiastic followings provide an occasion to restate America’s founding principles, recognize their pertinence to the enduring challenges of free and democratic self-government, and rebuild civic education around them.

The 1619 Project prominently set forth a version of the progressive left’s signature opinion that systemic racism disfigures America. Published in the summer of 2019 as a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, the collection of essays undertook to correct the record about America’s founding.

Led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her contribution, 1619 Project essayists argued that the United States was not truly founded in July 1776 when the Declaration of Independence proclaimed, “these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” Rather, America came into being in 1619 when 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the fledgling British territory of Virginia.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rescuing-declaration-left-and-right-wing-polemics

Two More Criminal Referrals Related to Fed $2.5 Billion Building Renovations Issued: Pulte

“I’ve been in construction my whole life… but I go to this $2.5B Fed building and they’re tearing down marble and steel? It doesn’t make sense. We’re going to get to the bottom of it.”

—@Pulte on the bizarre rebuild of the Federal Reserve HQ.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1947816637048008819

Protesters chant ‘Zelensky is the devil’ in Kiev

Demonstrators gathered in central Kiev, chanting “Zelya is the devil,” using a mocking diminutive of Zelensky’s surname. Others shouted “Shame” and “Treason,” holding signs demanding the preservation of the anti-corruption system’s independence. The chants reportedly intensified after news broke that Zelensky had ignored calls to veto the bill.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1947767954621534524

State Department accuses EU of ‘Orwellian censorship’

The US government agency says the bloc’s online content-moderation policies violate free speech

The EU’s online content regulations are an affront to free speech, the US State Department has said in response to France’s praise for the Digital Services Act (DSA).

The State Department echoed earlier criticism from US Vice President J.D. Vance, who accused EU member states of attempting to quash dissenting voices and stigmatize popular right-wing parties such as Alternative for Germany (AfD).

“In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments. This Orwellian message won’t fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom,” the State Department wrote on X on Tuesday. “All the DSA protects is European leaders from their own people.”

Earlier this month, France’s mission to the UN promoted the DSA on X, stating, “In Europe, one is free to speak, not free to spread illegal content.”

https://x.com/StateDept/status/1947755665520304253

Guess who’s on the hook for gas giant Chevron’s clean-up?

The WA and Federal Governments are to pay more than half a billion for the clean-up of Chevron’s Barrow Island oil fields, returning about half the royalties they received over six decades.

In May, Chevron stopped producing oil on Barrow Island off the WA coast, and the clock on a 40-year-old agreement started ticking. It will likely require the Federal and WA governments to help pay for the decommissioning and clean-up of a WA nature reserve.

After drilling about 900 wells over six decades, it will cost Chevron more than $2.3 billion to clean up the offshore nature reserve, according to a WA government minute obtained by a Boiling Cold freedom of information request.

During that time, Chevron produced 335 million barrels of oil and paid more than $1 billion in royalties, or about $3 per barrel.

In the coming years, about half of those royalties will flow back to Chevron and its partners to offset their clean-up costs, diminishing the total value Australia got from the extraction of its resources.

The calculation that will cost Australian taxpayers

Since 1985, royalties paid for extracting oil from under Barrow Island have been calculated under a WA Act written especially for the project.

The royalty – 40 per cent of the difference between Chevron’s sales revenue and operational costs – has been paid 75 per cent to the Federal Government and 25 per cent to WA.

However, under the Act, from May 2025, when production ended, and for the following three years, the calculation operates in reverse.

Chevron and its partners will be refunded 40 per cent of what they spend on decommissioning the oil field infrastructure before 31 December 2028, with the two governments paying in the same ratio they received royalties. The total refund is capped at the value of all royalties received.

In the absence of any information from Chevron, in 2022, the WA mining regulator used a media report that $1.29 billion of a total bill $2.3 billion would be spent in the royalty refund period to calculate that the state would refund about $129 million in royalties.

This implies the Federal Government would pay $387 million, with Chevron and its partners receiving a total of $516 million.

However, the refund could be higher, as the cost is now estimated to be more than $2.3 billion. Additionally, there is a considerable incentive for Chevron to do as much work as possible before 2029 to maximise the refund.

In May, the same month production ended, Chevron informed its regulator, the Department of Mining, Petroleum and Exploration (DMPE), that an unknown amount of gas was seeping to the surface near its old oil wells.

The seeps add to widespread contamination of Barrow Island by Chevron.

https://michaelwest.com.au/australian-taxpayers-to-refund-us-oil-giant-for-oil-field-clean-up/

Trial of former teacher Keith Bates-Willie, accused of child sexual abuse crimes, starts in Hobart

Keith Athol Bates-Willie has pleaded not guilty to 14 charges including rape, indecent assault and the persistent sexual abuse of a child.

Mr Bates-Willie is a former Hobart teacher and theatre director.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-23/keith-bates-willie-tasmanian-former-teacher-trial/105562456