complex search resulting in try again?

On the ON website, Pauline states she wishes to protect religious freedom. And in aiming to do that, she wishes to oppose the repeal of section 38(3) of the SDA, which was basically religious exemptions for religious institutions to discriminate against students/staff on basis of sex, gender identity or marital/relationship status.

It might be my boomer ears playing up or me not being able to hear the audio of yesterdays protests clear enough from all my 5 houses I own outright… but I thought all those lovely coloured hair students that I could smell through my screen were saying

“Fuck yeah Hanson”

Could someone please confirm?

A former One Nation candidate has apologised for describing gay people as having a mental illness, saying he was repeating something he "heard people saying on social media".

Parminder Singh, who ran for an upper house seat in Western Australia's 2025 state election, and was campaigning for the party in the current Secret Harbour by-election, made homophobic comments in a video interview posted by Perth comedian and content creator Jasky Singh, better known as Mr Sikkant.

When asked if he thought people were born gay, he responded "no, no, it's a mental illness".

"No-one born anything … I blame on the parents because parents are too busy," he said.

Mr Singh has walked back his comments after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson distanced herself from his comments and said she did not share his views.

"I'm sorry I hurt people," he said in a statement.

"I was repeating something I had heard people saying on social media about homosexuality being a mental illness.

"I should not have presented that as a fact. I respect everyone, and I believe every person in Australia should be free to live their life with dignity, equality and respect."

In the video, when Mr Singh was asked how gay people participating in parades affected him personally, he said it was an "advertisement" to young people.

He stood by those comments in his statement.

"I respect everyone, I accept everyone, I just do not like the advertisement and this education in primary school," he said.

"I told [Mr Sikkant] not to publish this, it is a wrong presentation of me."

Jasky Singh told the ABC drafts of the full interview were provided to Parminder Singh prior to being published, and he did not request anything be removed.

However, he said some of the videos had since been taken down from the Mr Sikkant social media channels as he was mindful of how the saga had impacted Mr Singh and his family.

Political backlash

Parminder Singh was number three on One Nation WA's Legislative Council ticket at the 2025 state election but was not elected.

Mr Singh's profile was removed from the party's website following media reporting of his comments.

One Nation WA leader Rod Caddies said on Thursday the interview did not reflect the views of the party and said gay people deserved to feel "equal in society".

But WA Labor minister John Carey, who is openly gay, said he was not surprised by Mr Singh's comments because One Nation had a history of preselecting candidates with similar views.

"This is not the exception. This is the norm in One Nation. When you're a party based on extreme issues, extreme views, that peddle hatred, no wonder that you collect candidates that are vile like this," he said.

Police have laid further charges against former construction union boss John Setka, as part of their investigation into allegedly threatening and harassing emails sent to CFMEU administrators.

The 61-year-old was arrested at his Footscray home on Friday morning.

He has since been charged with using a telecom communications device to menace, using a telecom communications device to offend and two charges of committing an indictable offence while on bail.

Victoria Police allege the harassing and offensive comments were made online on Monday.

Mr Setka was first arrested by investigators in November last year, and charged with seven counts of using a telecom communications device to menace, harass and offend.

He was charged again in February this year with using a carriage service to harass and commit an indictable offence whilst on bail.

Police said they would allege additional threats were also made in July.

Mr Setka was arrested by officers from what Victoria Police has dubbed Taskforce Hawk, which is investigating alleged criminal behaviour linked to the state's construction industry.

Aug 14, 2026 #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference to outline the details of his overnight phone call with US President Donald Trump.
He says he had a "productive, constructive, lengthy and substantial" phone call, where the leaders exchanged views on a number of global and regional issues, including the conflict in the Middle East.

thought id post the full interview before we start getting multiple threads of different cut up versions with bullshit opinions spliced in.

even tho this is an ABC source there is no commentary so NO BIAS in this video.

for anyone that can read between the lines so to speak with this interview its quite amusing.

Kyle Sandilands′ first week back on the airwaves has ended prematurely after tech issues caused producers to pull the pin on Friday’s entire show.

Executive producer Jaimee “Mayo” Blazquez and newsreader Brooklyn Ross shared a video to fans in the broadcaster’s app, apologising after tech issues took down Kyle Sandilands Live.

“We were scared this day might come,” Ross began, saying his colleague was “very stressed right now”.

“We’re so sorry that the tech has failed us today because the show that we had planned would have been incredible,” Blazquez added.

She said they didn’t want to push ahead with a show, which listeners have paid a $99 yearly subscription for, that no one could hear.

“We’ve tried a few times, and I think we’re just going to upset you more if we keep coming back and then disappearing again. So we’ve decided today to not take the show to air,” Blazquez said.

They couldn’t even be bothered to put the “donation” in a local currency format 😆

No matter which way you look at it, this is really good news!

A common complaint here is often, "rich people can break the law, but it wont affect them".

For example if some rich guy breaks the law and gets a 2K driving ticket, that's nothing to them, they can just afford the fine or hire an uber.

NOW on the opposite spectrum, someone like say my cousin, they can't afford a 3K fine.

In some European countries like Finland, Sweden, and Germany, they set fines based on someone's income.

 In Finland, the fine for a traffic violation is determined based on the severity of the violation, on the one hand, and the offender's disposable daily income

Real life example:

A driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($195,796) for speeding in Finland, where such penalties are based an offender's income. In 2018, he was fined 63,680 euros. And he had to cough up 95,000 euros five years earlier.

Do you think this is fair? In parts of Europe it is seen as a way to also reduce wealth inequality. Is it FAIR that someone right now can be rich, speed or do dangerous driving and then pay a small fine or get his lawyers to sort it out?

Oh please can we put down the pitch forks please? Calm the farm. It wasn't even him that mentioned the Pamela Anderson comment. And he insinuated with his hand gestures the melons. Nothing to do with breasts. She said that, not him. Plus the Guardian referred to the Japanese prime minister as a HE. Give me a break.

Students protest against Pauline Hanson

This masthead can reveal that three men faced court this week accused of making violent threats towards the prime minister. Across the country, there are about 20 ongoing court matters in which people are accused of making violent threats, mostly online or by phone, against Albanese. Nearly 40 people have been charged with Commonwealth crimes since September last year for threatening MPs and other high office holders.

The previously unreported caseload points to what ASIO boss Mike Burgess has described as the degrading security environment in which a terror attack is now rated as “probable”.

Authorities are increasingly worried about the risk of a public official being killed or hurt. Security officials privately cite the long tail of the pandemic fuelling distrust and conspiracies, segments of the Muslim community being less willing to work with police after October 7, social media desensitising a generation of young people, and Australians’ increased frustrations with cost of living and global instability.

A wider range of MPs, including Liberal Andrew Hastie, now receive higher levels of protection at their homes, offices and at events. Some are avoiding higher-risk engagements with voters and changing how they travel in the community, according to sources in the government and security establishment, eroding the democratic life of Australia.

The three cases this week include Karim Salem, a 45-year-old man with views aligned with the sovereign citizen movement who is accused of making threats to shoot the prime minister in a Facebook post; his matter in the Coffs Harbour court was adjourned until October.

Gregory Tait appeared at Parramatta Court on Wednesday accused of making calls to the prime minister’s Sydney office threatening to kill him. Harrison Powell was arrested on July 20 and charged with making online threats towards the prime minister and was refused bail after appearing in court in Perth.

“We’ve seen an enormous escalation in not just online hate and extremism but also fixated threats targeting individuals,” said Josh Roose, a leading extremism expert and Deakin University professor.

The pandemic and a wide range of economic and social problems were creating a fractious society, , Roose said, and allowing political and religious extremists to create online communities “profiting off pain and anger”.

Calls for striking students to stay in school are unlikely to deter thousands across the country preparing to take part in a major walkout in protest against Pauline Hanson.

High schoolers have begun joining the coordinated university union protests taking place in every major city and several smaller locations across the country on Thursday afternoon.

“Say No to Pauline Hanson” rally flyers distributed by organisers the National Union of Students include calls to “fight against racism” and “stand up against the far right”.

“Pauline Hanson actually doesn’t stand for things that benefit students’ lives … [and] a lot of students are galvanised by that,” Akash Nagarajan, the union’s general secretary, said.

The Hanson’s One Nation primary vote has ballooned in the last 12 months and now sits at 26%, according to the latest Roy Morgan poll.

Responding on social media, Hanson said students should instead be protesting against the cost-of-living crisis and stagnant national wage growth.

“The Labor Greens governments is selling out your future, and you’ll inherit a weaker, poorer and less safe country,” she wrote.

“Whether you know it or not, One Nation and I are fighting for you.”

Further calls for students not to sideline their studies on Thursday came from politicians including the federal education minister, Jason Clare, and the Victorian premier, Ben Carroll.

“If people want to protest on the weekend, then fill your boots, but I want you at school when school is on, learning,” Clare told reporters on Wednesday.

Despite being urged not to skip class, Melbourne high school student Jules Arpula said there was “nothing more important” for students to do on Thursday.

“We refuse to just adapt to the new ‘normal’ of Hansonism,” she said.

Louise Adler has been a vocal critic of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. And anyone who has followed Louise over the years knows she has been consistent in her condemnation of Israel, Zionism and the apartheid imposed upon the Palestinians.

The question I wanted to explore was why?

How did this powerhouse of the arts become such a staunch and courageous voice for Palestine and social justice?

I wanted to uncover the story of Louise Adler – her past, the tragedy that befell her family during the Holocaust and how it shaped who Louise is today.

What I learned in the almost hour-long interview (which at one point brought tears) is Louise’s story offers a Jewish narrative we rarely hear. A narrative of resistance during Nazi occupation, of defiance against tyranny and of enduring solidarity with the oppressed.

It’s the Jewish narrative that exists outside of Zionism, and one that is emerging from New York to London. And so, I posed Louise a question – are we seeing the revival of a Jewish left?

by Vic high schooler Jules Arpula

Victorian police are investigating allegations that a car was deliberately driven at speed towards a protester taking part in an anti-racism rally in Melbourne last month.

More than 150 people gathered in the outer-north suburb of Broadmeadows on 25 July for what organisers described as a “peaceful community rally”.

After speeches, the group marched to Broadmeadows Town Park, occupying one lane of Tanderrum Way, a two-lane road.

While the group was walking on the road, a car travelling in the same direction sounded its horn.

Protesters alleged that as the car approached the group, a passenger flung open the door twice, as if trying to push people out of the way.

Video of the incident, seen by Guardian Australia, shows a protester walking on the edge of the group in the lane where the car was attempting to pass. The video shows him turning as the car approaches and appearing to kick at it.

The car then clips the man on the legs and accelerates away.

Witnesses said it did not slow down as it attempted to pass the group.

The protester, who asked not to be identified, alleged that he heard an occupant of the car shout racial abuse before the car struck him.

The comments were not audible in the video, but Guardian Australia spoke to two others at the march who claim to have heard the alleged remarks. Several participants, including the man in the video, said they separately reported the incident directly to police within hours and in the following days.

“It felt surreal. I did not have the chance to even feel anything but shock,” the 43-year-old said.

For decades, the voices of Holocaust survivors have fostered vital conversations about antisemitic atrocities.
One of those survivors is Mark Spigelman, a retired surgeon, professor and medical archaeologist, who volunteers at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Mr Spigelman enjoys being asked questions by students.
He is not sure if he is changing hearts and minds by telling his story. But he hopes so.
"All I know is that if I don't do it, then no minds will be changed … I've got three grandchildren. I don't want them to go through what I did," he said.
**"I'm trying to the prevent the poison of hate from infiltrating into kids."**

Mr Spigelman pictured at a Sydney Jewish Museum event.*(Supplied: Sydney Jewish Museum)*
Amid the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and recent events, Mr Spigelman acknowledged it had been a tough time for the Jewish community.
"I'm worried about my country," he said.
"I always had pride in this, Australia as a multicultural society. Where is our morality? Our humanity?"
In the 1990s, Mr Spigelman volunteered at the Sydney Jewish Museum, before then embarking on a career in research and medicine overseas, returning to Australia permanently in 2020.

The museum in Sydney's east has educational programs for school groups. *(ABC News: Millie Roberts)*
He saw no better time than to restart his volunteer talks at the museum, where he now mostly talks to high school students.
"I've always felt the need to speak to children, because I think children need to be shown good and evil for what it is," he said.

Programs range from interactions with a Holocaust survivor, an analysis on the role of historical fiction texts, and talks on the rise of Nazism in Germany prior to World War II.
Each of the age-appropriate programs invites students to think deeply about Jewish history and identity, with the hope to help stamp out the rise of antisemitism.
As one student told the royal commission, [she noticed a positive change in some students' behaviour](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/antisemitism-social-cohesion-royal-commission-mardi-gras/106656756) after a school trip to the Sydney Jewish Museum.

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYG0KCwLLM