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Is this the first time the president has said the F bomb on live TV (obviously past presidents have been secretly recorded using pretty salty language)?

Well that is the grand final preview there #nrlpanthersbulldogs

As someone who did a few years f Gosford to Newcastle and Gosford to Hornsby in the V sets (or “comfy trains”), this is very sad. Even with a 55 year old design, they were still the most comfortable trains in the fleet. smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…

Lot of talk about defence funding. Here is a real world example of the cost squeeze coming back to bite the navy. afr.com/politics/feder…

We are arguing about more money for defence but there are other problems too… afr.com/politics/feder…

I am aware most people in the US don't understand how central rice is to most countries in Asia but it is beyond central and yes it all does taste different. Japanese rice tastes different from Chinese rise tastes different from Vietnamese rice and different from Indian rice and

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ICYMI over the weekend.... bit of a look at the current tensions within Defence afr.com/politics/feder…

27 dash line?

Lot of breathless commentary about the Trump-Rudd "secret" meeting that I and others wrote about at time in January afr.com/politics/feder…

Savour it indeed. NRL 2025: Alex Johnson is about to become rugby league’s Don Bradman smh.com.au/sport/nrl/alex…

How does one actually book the Harbour Bridge for a protest? I always thought we had dedicated routes for protest rallies and you got a permit. But seems organisers can arrange one anywhere?

Lavrov showed up in Alaska wearing a USSR sweatshirt. Very reassuring to at least 14 of Russia’s neighbors.

Good summary by one of the gallery’s best practitioners of FOI laws on Anthony Albanese and his govt’s attempt to nobble the public’s right to know.

Wild story of how Trump ordered a SEAL raid into North Korea in 2019 to plant a listening device. The SEALs killed everyone on a board a boat that they thought had spotted them, sunk the boat & bodies, and aborted. And Congress was told of none of this. nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/…

So thrilled for the Hawks. No reason this team can’t end the premiership drought. There are 9 yr olds who haven’t seen a Hawks flag in their life time.

Back on the tools… first file from London afr.com/world/europe/s…