Emma Wynne

She wasn’t even going in person, it was a zoom call

‘This isn’t Winston Churchill we’re dealing with’: Trump sprays Starmer, says Iran decimated after more strikes The president denied Israel forced his hand in starting the war, and said new strikes have taken out multiple rounds of potential candidates to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

Every single paragraph in this story is wild
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They went $1bn over budget and the project didn’t pass a business case at the original figures, it’s reasonable to ask questions about value. I live in evp and the management of the project was dire.

Julian Morrow sues ABC over fixed-term contracts One of the broadcaster’s star presenters is seeking fines against his employer for keeping him on fixed-term contracts for half a decade.

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Not disagreeing with the general point but there were some insane cost and time blow outs on that project and a project to remove two level crossings went $1bn over budget and shut down a train line to Perth's most disconnected outer suburbs for two years.

Say what you will about the strikes on Iran and the resulting chaos, but Hegseth truly has captured the chivalric ethos of the original Crusaders (purposeless, unstrategic, basically slaughtering people for clout)

Just seen one of the most bizarre real estate stories I've ever seen - kidnapped Cleo Smith's parents have sold their house in Carnavon and made a $200k profit.

This is absolutely vile racist abuse

47 per cent voter turnout!

Docs are not really as into diagnostic conundrums as the medical dramas would have us think. Mostly it’s just frustrating for them I think.

I have a mystery allergy situation that has been going on for weeks. Hives with no obvious trigger.
Tests show nothing. Today the GP said “well, it’s non lethal anyway”

yep AI is the future @conmbank.bsky.social

Notre Dame uni suddenly halts nursing course enrolments Staff and prospective students say they have been left in the dark about why the university cancelled new nursing and midwifery students in the first semester of 2026.

Another crisis that stems from job ready graduates - huge demand for nursing courses seems to have lead to some kind of overload www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Four muppets and a funeral

Incredible how much the media has spent talking about hate speech laws and yet none of the thousands of articles on Hanson mention she recently was found by a federal court of breaching hate speech laws.

this is such a wild read, so many great pars

17 years working in hospo doesn't really match the charged man's age of 31

Breaking: Identity of man charged over Perth alleged terrorism act revealed The man accused of throwing a bomb at Invasion Day protesters in an alleged terrorism act attack in Perth can be named as Liam Alexander Hall.

Liam Alexander Hall revealed as man charged over Perth Invasion Day rally alleged terrorism act www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The moment Claremont socialites almost came to blows in parking spot row Was it a ruler? Was it a knife? Mobile phone footage of the moment well-known architect Louise St John Kennedy confronted her 81-year-old neighbour over a parking row has been released by the court.

everything about this story is perfect, the absurdly posh names, the neighbour filming through the bushes, the insufferable texts
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ABC staff move to strike after pay deal talks stall Hundreds of unionised ABC staff voted unanimously in favour of a protected action ballot on Friday, taking the first step toward a strike after pay negotiations stalled once again.

That's right www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Apologising for “any offence taken for interfering with that religious process” is such an insulting non apology - refers to 'any' offence as if he doubts it happened, dismisses prayer as a 'religious process'

I hate these people

Live: Angus Taylor resigns from Liberal frontbench ahead of expected leadership spill Angus Taylor has resigned from the shadow frontbench ahead of an expected Liberal leadership spill. Follow live.

Great work, well done Angus www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

I marched against apartheid in South Africa. The Sydney protests triggered me I did not spend my 20s protesting a regime using violence to silence its critics just to spend my 70s watching Australian governments do the same.

"As a South African Jewish Australian in my 70s, I find myself painfully watching my home mirror the authoritarian reflexes of the regime I fled." www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Israeli court blocks life-saving cancer care for boy, 5, due to his Gaza address Palestinian boy has been in the West Bank since 2022 but is still registered as a resident in the strip where ban applies

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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this

Missing woman 'frightened' before 1986 disappearance, murder trial told A close friend of a woman allegedly murdered by her husband in Perth 40 years ago tells a Perth court she seemed frightened in the hours before her disappearance.

seems like in the 80s you could just murder your wife and then tell the cops she caught a bus or a train one day and they wouldn't investigate much further www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

8/ A woman cunningly disguises her wanton assault on police by seemingly walking away before suddenly & without warning attacking one brave officer by launching her scarf into his unprotected hands, thereby forcing many other officers to the ground:

I’m enjoying some of the StoryGraph reviews..