Reposted by Ben SchneidersThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon. 2061475386
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 23/07/2026One of the biggest achievements of the labour movement in the last 20 years was winning DV leave. Would have helped save many women’s lives. Remember reporting on its first inclusion in an EBA at Surf Coast Shire Council in 2010. Was a world leading workplace right. Now available to all workers 1145
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Please make him manager of the English football team before the Argentina match. What could go wrong? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...abc.net.auMcCullum 'gutted' after being sacked as England's Test coachThe architect of England's controversial Bazball approach to Test cricket is given his marching orders after a disappointing string of results. 001
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Ok, never thought I’d say this. Let’s go Belgium 🇧🇪 000
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Spent the morning laughing at how ludicrously corrupt FIFA are. And then within a few hours I forget all that and am captivated by the match of the World Cup. The sport, somehow, consistently manages to transcend how awful the people running it are. 160
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Football is ded to me (thanks again Holland). But this doco on SBS is a terrific watch about the improbable story of Ferenc Puskas landing in Australia and taking South Melbourne to an NSL title. Ange played for him and drove him around in a Datsun 200B. Great nostalgia trip tooangeandtheboss.comAnge and The Boss 130
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Still buzzing after yesterday. What a win. So great to have a young and exciting team. Best ever win for Socceroos? 140
Reposted by Ben SchneidersLouise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 08/06/2026For #4Corners viewers both here in Australia and overseas, this story by my excellent colleague Steve Cannane on the dangers of AI is a really important watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPV...m.youtube.comThe AI takeover: Who controls our future? | Four Corners DocumentaryYouTube video by ABC News In-depth 1817385
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Fast running out of time if this is going to happenafr.comJacinta Allan’s leadership ‘terminal’, could be challenged within weeksNo formal push is underway, but some Victorian Labor MPs are increasingly worried they are running out of time to replace Jacinta Allan before the state election. 000
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What a dud product private health insurance often is. If she’d been a public patient with the same serious illness she would be $35,000 better off and received almost identical care. www.theage.com.au/healthcare/t...theage.com.auTamara was grappling with a cancer diagnosis. Then came the $35,000 in medical billsThe first financial shock was the out-of-pocket expenses during the diagnostic phase. Then came the bills for four operations. 152
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 07/04/2026!!!theage.com.auBen Roberts-Smith arrested over multiple war crimesAustralia’s most famous soldier has been taken into custody over the alleged murders of unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners. 030
Reposted by Ben SchneidersNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Whether it’s Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump saying that he’s glad that Robert Mueller is dead, both presidents shattered some of Washington’s most sacred norms. 211023131
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Close run thing. Interest rates up by 0.25%. Five RBA board members voted for an increase and four voted for interest rates to stay the same 144
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 17/03/2026What a blow. That paragon of ethical conduct PwC … 010
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The AFL is drunk on its own self importance. It’s an out of control organisation in Melbourne 131
Reposted by Ben SchneidersJason Wilson @jasonaw.bsky.social · 14/03/2026U.S. President asks PLA Navy to be the guarantor of global energy supplies 1185
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10/03/2026So who is making $$$$ out of these market ‘zig-zags’? We’ve seen this play out before www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...nytimes.comLive Updates: After Global Economy Shudders, Trump Zigzags on Whether War Is Nearing End 010
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Building industry corruption and the CFMEU is dominating Vic politics the last few weeks. Here‘s the first part of our investigation from July 2024 www.theage.com.au/national/building-bad-how-bikies-underworld-have-become-a-construction-industry-cancer-20240703-p5jqr0.htmltheage.com.auBuilding bad: How bikies, underworld have become a construction industry ‘cancer’A months-long investigation featuring secret surveillance reveals how bikies, criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry, including on large publicly funded projects. 141
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Not sure how Chris Lucas was “absolutely exonerated” when an audit he had commissioned showed 20% of his workforce were paid unlawfully below the minimum rates of the award … 44614
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 10/11/2025They should hold Richo’s state funeral at a burnt out printing press. All donations to be made through his old Swiss bank account 130
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Some good truth bombs here from the AFR. Unfortunately all too rareafr.comRicho’s gospel was every man for himselfGraham Richardson embodied everything most normal people detest about politics. His legacy is one of self-enrichment, self-aggrandisement and self-indulgence. 050
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 20/10/2025We are a couple of news cycles away in Victoria from someone calling for the ADF to take charge 030
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Went to Heidelberg v Marconi in the first game of the Championship yesterday. Quality game, good vibes (and the odd flair). Football has got to find a way to integrate the rich history of the old with the A-League. Economics of it are hard but some form of pro/rel football has to be the answer 110
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Look, they’ll always be the Brisbane Bears to me. 010
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Missed the first 20 minutes as I was on the wrong 7 channel ffs 100
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Amazing, but not surprising, that Australian media still report Netanyahu’s statements as if he’s a normal democratic leader and omitting from any context that he’s someone wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Surely relevant? 050
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Nine ministers quit Dutch governement after they pushed for stronger sanctions against Israel. Includes deputy PM and foreign minister nltimes.nl/2025/08/23/n...nltimes.nlNSC ministers resign after Foreign Minister Veldkamp quits over blocked Israel sanctionsAll ministers and state secretaries from Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC) resigned on Friday after Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp quit in protest over blocked sanctions against Israel, NOS reported.Veld... 020
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Extraordinary turnaround in the Resolve poll. Vic Libs remain dysfunctional and basically unelectable www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...theage.com.auAllan rises from historic low, eyes unprecedented fourth Labor termThe results of the latest Resolve Political Monitor leave Victoria’s Liberal Party teetering towards a seventh defeat from eight elections. 3113
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 20/08/2025This is such a great achievement. Two games now from winning the thingtheage.com.auSemi-pro giant-killers pull off another upset against A-League teamAustralian soccer’s giant-killers from Heidelberg United did not only topple another top-flight team on Tuesday night, they trounced them. 010
Reposted by Ben SchneidersMEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them. meaa.io/45A4vZ5 37344
Reposted by Ben SchneidersMEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025MEAA condemns targeted attacks on Gaza journalists as a war crime as toll nears 200 deaths 211269
Reposted by Ben SchneidersCommittee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 11/08/2025An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...cpj.orgIsrael kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M... 4417291111
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Reprehensible. ‘Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comAnas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on GazaIsrael admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital 121
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Fantastic result. Endorses some terrific reporting by the excellent @charlottegrieve.bsky.social www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...theage.com.au‘Complete vindication’: Nine wins defamation fight against high-profile surgeonOrthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has lost his lawsuit against Nine newspapers and 60 Minutes in the first major test of a new public interest defence. 020
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 07/08/2025👀theage.com.auThink tank accused of ‘retaliatory action’ after staffer complaint about high-profile directorEmilie Dye says the Centre for Independent Studies engaged in “retaliatory” action after she refused to sign a confidentiality agreement over an incident with Tom Switzer. 010
Reposted by Ben SchneidersBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 26/07/2025The scientific fraud case involving Professor Mark Smythe at QIMR Berghoffer stretches for years and covers hundreds of papers. Massive story by Liam Mannix www.theage.com.au/national/fol...theage.com.au‘Follow the mice’: How whistleblowers, secret lab videos brought down top scientistStaff were scared taking on the celebrated leader who’d won millions in government funding, but eventually, they had enough. 35529
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhy are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth RothA narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance 020
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 24/07/2025There’s not words to adequately describe these crimestheage.com.au‘Her body grows weaker day by day’: Children in Gaza starved to the brink of deathMore than 100 aid agencies warn that the humanitarian situation is growing desperate. But Israel denies blocking supplies to Gaza or that there is famine. 3248
Reposted by Ben SchneidersDominic Kelly @dominickelly.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I felt like the obituaries for John Stone neglected a significant part of his public life, so I put some old and new words together for @insidestory.bsky.social. insidestory.org.au/john-stone-p...insidestory.org.auJohn Stone, political activist • Dominic KellyThe former Treasury head was revealed as an arch-reactionary in his second career 53114
Reposted by Ben SchneidersLouise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Remember that odd story before the election about a neurosurgeon tearing down Monique Ryan’s campaign corflute, talking about burying the body under concrete? I decided to investigate. Turns out that behaviour did not exist in a vacuum. Watch #4Corners 8.30pm, ABC TV. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...abc.net.auWhen video of this surgeon went viral, his colleagues were the least surprisedIt took a viral video for Australia to see a side of a celebrated neurosurgeon that some of his colleagues and patients had known about for years. 69526188
Reposted by Ben SchneidersJoe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 09/07/2025people used to believe that Elon Musk would bring them to mars when, in reality, all he did was make a chatbot Rhodesian. 1143364
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The richest man in the world creates a Nazi chatbot. Things are going great 0143
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Rare to see incumbent leadership lose a union election with Karen Batt appearing to have lost office after 32 years at the CPSU. Challengers were rank and file activists and headed by Jiselle Hanna. Allan govt you’d reckon will not welcome this … www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victori...heraldsun.com.au 150
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Leading the BBC’s website, a court report from Morwell 120
Ben Schneiders @benschneiders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Raf is absolutely right here. These questions should be asked over and over again 070
