Paul Bongiorno @PaulBongiorno
Columnist for The Saturday Paper and The New Daily, veteran political journalist. His views contestable but his own. Joined November 2011-
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‘What is the point of government?’ On point column from @markgkenny who says it’s a question ‘that just might be forming in the minds of restive voters’ with an appetite for more ‘active & engaged government. Yes, please! canberratimes.com.au/story/8608233/… #auspol 1/
Saw the movie Golda today. Apart from an utterly brilliant performance from Helen Mirren it completely missed the contemporary zeitgeist. Also presumed the audience knew how the Yom Kippur war played out. The Israeli generals were brilliant leaders and tacticians.
Justice Lee’s brilliant analytic mind in the Lehrmann decision recognised across the political spectrum. This is the latest example:
Elon Musk versus Australia thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/… via @SatPaper
@4mambo @broomstick33 Kokoda … one of the few of this nation’s battlegrounds in which it actually had a stake …
The kitchen table strategists who so casually talk about the inevitability of war in Asia and elsewhere should think about what @Peter_Fitz says here. Inevitability, stupidity and immorality are of a piece. There is no nobility in carnage. smh.com.au/national/the-m…
Linda Reynolds' defamation case against Brittany Higgins is sure to turn into yet another intense media circus, writes Paul Bongiorno. thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/04/2…
Reynolds’ pursuit of Higgins to hit Liberals thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/04/2…
As Energy Minister, I had a strong, constructive relationship with @Bowenchris. We agreed a framework for the CIS to integrate with the bipartisan NSW Renewable Roadmap. It’s a privilege to see that vision become a reality
As Energy Minister, I had a strong, constructive relationship with @Bowenchris. We agreed a framework for the CIS to integrate with the bipartisan NSW Renewable Roadmap. It’s a privilege to see that vision become a reality
Well well: Linda Reynolds, Janet Albrechtsen dine out after Lehrmann judgment smh.com.au/cbd/linda-reyn…
This @ABCTV Australian Story is further proof of the utter failure of the criminal justice system to get to the truth of sexual assault, domestic violence and targeting of women by men. Hello Brittany Higgins. The presumption of innocence needs a reality check.
Who is Janet Albrechtsen? thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2024/04/20/who… via @SatPaper Yes indeed
Is Kelly implying here that Higgins was a victim, “ensnared” by her partner’s attempt to seek justice for her but not so much a victim of a heinous LNP colleague who took advantage of her at her most vulnerable and violently raped her? The misogynistic lens here is pathological
Albanese sets tone amid days of horror thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/… via @SatPaper
This is one of David’s best pieces - a high watermark in what are inevitably thoughtful contributions on a regular basis:
This is one of David’s best pieces - a high watermark in what are inevitably thoughtful contributions on a regular basis:
This is an important factual analysis cutting through the vested interest and ideological blinkers dogging rational debate in this country:
This is an important factual analysis cutting through the vested interest and ideological blinkers dogging rational debate in this country:
Dutton squints at Labor’s industrial vision thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/… via @SatPaper
Costs are coming for Bruce Lehrmann. Bankruptcy may not save him. Ten can demand his mystery wealthy backers be named and stump up.
At least 33,843 Palestinians have been killed and 76,575 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lu5q5h
Let’s cut the bull dust. Hate preachers beget hate. If this is what religious freedom is all about forget it. Everyone tiptoeing around the obvious. Same principle as the medieval inquisition: error has no rights. Well it’s the 21st century. Terrorists are also in some pulpits.
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I wonder if the Editor if the OZ ever looks in the mirror?
At the ABC, almost everyone agrees with almost everyone else on almost everything in a left-of-centre kind of way. So much for diversity. theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/aunty…
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Journalists & politicians love bashing X but it's still by far the most efficient platform for disseminating information and staying across global & local news. You gonna get your message out on FB or instagram? Of course not. It's why they'll never actually leave. #insiders
hey @LeiblerMark how come you tweet so much about western protests against Israel but never about tens of thousands of people being butchered and starved?
@PaulBongiorno @MinhKular Worth noting he did not change the law. Juries across Australia are directed by judges on the law of consent, including impact of alcohol and withdrawal of consent.
@cheryl_kernot I am inclined to think she is very street smart and that is a major factor.
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The campus protests are directed against Israeli policy. But the argument that any criticism of Israel is tantamount to antisemitism is simply false. The week that shook Columbia ft.com/content/f0e3e8… via @FT
If this were true it would be sad, but literally nothing Scott did in his public life gave anyone a reason to believe anything he says now
If China expelled an Australian journalist, Fairfax would run 10 articles and Hartcher would file his standard high dudgeon rant at Beijing. But @AvaniDias got booted out of India by the fascist Modi government this week and it got one piece in the SMH. Double standard much?
We suffered from anxiety while he was PM.
#Auspol Morrison reveals he suffered from anxiety while PM: reports smh.com.au/national/austr…
Great article by Norman Baker on King Charles' shameless royal Honours for the royal family: 'This latest set of nepotistic awards makes the royal family look ridiculous, arrogant & breezily self-serving .. totally out of touch with modern Britain' #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
@4mambo I too was there. It was no stunt. It was heart-felt and a tribute to Australians who died in the Kokoda campaign as well as to his uncle Billy, a victim of the Japanese at Sandakan. I regard Albo's trek to be genuine as well.
I was with Paul Keating when he kissed the ground at Kokoda. RSL and right-wingers howled. Yet standing next to Keating, overwhelmed by the breathtaking beauty of the place and knowing the hideous horror of what took place there it required some gesture. Keating was right
Unbelievable the petty minded and spiteful stuff being posted because the PM is going to spend Anzac Day at a place sacred to the memory of hundreds of Australians. That's precisely the sort of thing PMs of any political hue are expected to do.
My column. The missing emotion that needs to be articulated on Anzac Day: rage. smh.com.au/national/the-m…
The kitchen table strategists who so casually talk about the inevitability of war in Asia and elsewhere should think about what @Peter_Fitz says here. Inevitability, stupidity and immorality are of a piece. There is no nobility in carnage. smh.com.au/national/the-m…
As the genocide against Palestinians escalates, it’s critical that we stand firmly in our anti-Zionism and oppose the ongoing Nakba perpetuated by the Israeli state.