Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Helping an illicit country fight an illicit war is what a vassal state does, right? SHADOW FLIGHTS New documents show that F-35 fighter jet parts are now being routed from Sydney onto passenger jets through the United States to Israel. declassifiedaus.org/2026/08/13/s... 1179
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 11/07/2026A hard game is being fought with ‘soft power’ in the Asia-Pacific. Australia & New Zealand are taking on Chinese and Russian media influence in nations of the Asia-Pacific region. ABC and RadioNZ are the chosen vehicles for this geopolitical struggle. declassifiedaus.org/2026/07/11/c...declassifiedaus.orgCHINA & RUSSIA TARGETED IN BROADCASTERS ‘SOFT POWER’ PACIFIC PUSH - Declassified AustraliaAustralia and New Zealand are using their public broadcasters as ‘soft power’ in a geopolitical battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Pacific nations. 073
Reposted by Peter CronauSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Diphtheria is a disease of poverty: overcrowded housing, poor sanitation, low incomes and food insecurity, and barriers to transport and healthcare access. It is racist govts who ignore systemic public health measures because they are fixated on locking up kids. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comWhy diphtheria is spreading in remote Indigenous communities – podcastNour Haydar speaks with Indigenous affairs correspondent Sarah Collard and Indigenous affairs reporter Douglas Smith on what is being done to stop the spread of diphtheria 03613
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Latest article in Declassified Australia ! AUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING Australia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory. declassifiedaus.org/2026/06/01/a...declassifiedaus.orgAUSTRALIA’S SECRET EMBRACE OF U.S. NUCLEAR PLANNING - Declassified AustraliaAustralia’s subterfuge around its anti-nuclear commitments keeps Australians in the dark about American nuclear weapons on our territory. 0166
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/12/2025New from DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA Australia’s F-35 fighter jet ‘parts’ may be whisked off the shelves at RAAF Williamtown Air Base in NSW — on the whim of a foreign state, to be exported to a foreign country, in a distant war zone. ‘SELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/12/02/s...declassifiedaus.orgSELLING OUT OUR SOVEREIGNTY - Declassified AustraliaRevelations of secret F-35 fighter jet parts shipments to Israel have exposed a yawning hole in Australia’s sovereign national defence. 0168
Reposted by Peter CronauPeter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The direct trade in F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is substantial and continuing. Declassified Australia’s new investigation lifts the lid… declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...declassifiedaus.orgSECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL - Declassified AustraliaAt least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal. 78357
Reposted by Peter CronauAusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“If any of you journalists are anxious about that story, from on, you can say ‘The operations in Gaza - which the commission of inquiry has found to be genocide…’ we can provide cover for you. “And for the Prime Minister.” - Chris Sidoti 💣 14512
Reposted by Peter CronauAusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club: “The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.” #npc 7408171
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 01/10/2025The direct trade in F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is substantial and continuing. Declassified Australia’s new investigation lifts the lid… declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...declassifiedaus.orgSECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL - Declassified AustraliaAt least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal. 78357
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 24/09/2025The MEAA has released a strong statement of support for Mary Kostakidis in her battle to defend free speech. Well done to the union for making such an unequivocal stand against attempts to censor media reporting & commentary on the acknowledged Israeli genocide in Gaza. www.meaa.org/news/stateme...meaa.orgStatement from the National Media Section of MEAAThe Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has long fought for media freedoms, rebuking censorship and calling for access to information. Since October 7, MEAA has seen a rise in threats, harassment, and i... 16824
Reposted by Peter CronauEmily Mayo @emilymayo.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Good: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...abc.net.auABC ordered to pay $150,000 fine for unlawfully sacking LattoufThe judge ordered ABC to pay a fine of $150,000 for unlawfully sacking journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including her political opinions. 1117937
Reposted by Peter CronauThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2025"These submarines will lock us into the warlike activities of nuclear weapon states. "It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy." - The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW #auspol @dncameron.bsky.social 17287115
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 15/09/2025DOCUMENTS: AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA Kellie Tranter reveals internal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. declassifiedaus.org/2025/09/15/d...declassifiedaus.orgDOCUMENTS REVEAL AUSTRALIA’S KNOWING SILENCE TO PLANS FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF GAZA - Declassified AustraliaInternal Foreign Affairs documents reveal the extent of government knowledge of our closest ally’s complicity with Israel’s intentions of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. 53825
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Good old Aussie knowhow in every F-35 fighter jet slaughtering these refugees in their tents in Gaza. Why is our government so complicit? Background: declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r... 0179
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 27/08/2025We are not children — we deserve some actual clarity. ASIO and PM have a duty to explain their odd statements made yesterday: ▪️ASIO saying it “suspects” the IRGC. ▪️ASIO saying attacks are “linked” to the IRGC. 👉 ‘Trust, but verify.’ More: x.com/petercronau/... 73812
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 25/08/2025We do not have to accept US nuclear weapons on B-52 bombers to be stored in Australia. Every government needs to find its backbone — and on this issue, Australian lives depend on resisting. declassifiedaus.org/2025/08/26/w...declassifiedaus.orgWHEN AUSTRALIA DEFIED U.S. NUCLEAR PLANS - Declassified AustraliaThe imminent introduction of nuclear weapons into Australia in US B-52 bombers will carry consequences more profound and immediate than at any point in Australia’s history. But declassified documents ... 15130
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/08/2025‘Mislead’ is a polite way of saying the government are liars — to cover up our supplying weapons parts to Israel’s genocide. "The government has chosen to mislead the public and, even when caught out, refused to correct the record.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...abc.net.auCalls for military exports transparency as government denies Israel arms tradeThe federal government has upheld dozens of military export permits to Israel, raising fresh questions about Australia's weapons transfers throughout the war in Gaza. 1186
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Oh my dear @ABCnews — you did it.. An entire story on @abc730 about the famine inside Gaza — and not one mention of the word ‘Israel’. Not one mention it is due to an Israeli blockade of food supplies — no mention it is an Israeli-forced famine — Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. 36627
Reposted by Peter CronauPeter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/07/2025A very special report from Gaza, by Emily Jane Smith @e_janesmith 7.30 producer at ABCnews Excellent access, stunning filming and characters, sensitively told, compassionate, compelling The sort of story that’s been missing about Gaza on ABC. It left me floored. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5Z...youtube.comVolunteer nurses reveal what it's like inside a Gaza hospital | 7.30YouTube video by ABC News In-depth 55333
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Despite what the Albanese government tells the public, AUKUS is nothing more than a fig-leaf for US regional dominance. New from Declassified Australia- declassifiedaus.org/2025/08/01/a...declassifiedaus.orgAustralia’s AUKUS Push is Desperate Bid for US AttentionDespite what the Albanese government tells the public, AUKUS is nothing more than a fig-leaf for regional dominance. 89343
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Foreign Minister Penny Wong stumbles in parliament, forced to admit F-35 parts are being exported from Australia Wong claimed parts are sent to a global supply chain—but Declassified Australia showed some are sent directly from Australia to Tel Aviv in Israel, this month. x.com/petercronau/... 1512670
Reposted by Peter CronauMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Also see: www.croakey.org/whos-not-on-...theguardian.comGreen groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expenseCurrent list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representative 83617
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/07/2025The demands/threats to Australia to join the US war against China over Taiwan are made by Senior Pentagon official Elbridge Colby — who is grandson of William Colby who headed the CIA during the final years of Whitlam Labor government, including the Dismissal/Coup. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07... 43318
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/07/2025But what could Australia possibly do to help…? 👇 719767
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/07/2025So, anything much been going on in Sydney this past week…? declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r... 12514
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 13/07/2025A very special report from Gaza, by Emily Jane Smith @e_janesmith 7.30 producer at ABCnews Excellent access, stunning filming and characters, sensitively told, compassionate, compelling The sort of story that’s been missing about Gaza on ABC. It left me floored. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5Z...youtube.comVolunteer nurses reveal what it's like inside a Gaza hospital | 7.30YouTube video by ABC News In-depth 55333
Reposted by Peter Cronau 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉 @chrishehim.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Prime Minister Jillian Segal said not sending jet parts to Israel would be antisemitic and thanked her special envoy for genocide Anthony Albanese for making it happen. #auspol #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #insiders 25319
Reposted by Peter CronauSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Was this latest Israeli airstrike massacre of Gazan women and children aided by Australia's supplies of F-35 components to Israel? 1/2... 43623
Reposted by Peter CronauLenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 11/07/2025www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... How. Many. Times. Do. We. Have . To. Go. Through. This.theguardian.comBarnaby Joyce vows to wind back ‘lunatic crusade’ of net zero with private member’s billCoalition’s decades-long brawl over climate change and energy policy laid bare as former deputy prime minister sends out clarion call on Facebook 6644598
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 11/07/2025EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIA HAS EXPORTED F-35 FIGHTER JET PARTS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL Leaked documents reveal that as recently as this week, Australia has sent F-35 strike fighter jet parts directly from Australia to Israel in the midst of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza declassifiedaus.org/2025/07/11/r...declassifiedaus.orgREVEALED: AUSTRALIA HAS EXPORTED F-35 FIGHTER JET PARTS DIRECTLY TO ISRAEL - Declassified AustraliaLeaked documents reveal that as recently as this week, Australia has sent F-35 strike fighter jet parts directly from Australia to Israel in the midst of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. 89363
Reposted by Peter CronauPeter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Ask this question… In the age of #AUKUS, with its nuke subs & US nuke bombers stationed here—why would this possibly be happening…👇 GIANT U.S. MILITARY CONTRACTOR BACKING AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP FOR GLOBAL WASTE New investigation by Declassified Australia declassifiedaus.org/2025/05/31/u... 107146
Reposted by Peter CronauPeter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 23/06/2025New from Declassified Australia: THE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN ‘The war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the US could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negotiations.’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/06/19/t...declassifiedaus.orgTHE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN - Declassified AustraliaThe war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the United States could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negot... 64337
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 23/06/2025New from Declassified Australia: THE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN ‘The war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the US could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negotiations.’ declassifiedaus.org/2025/06/19/t...declassifiedaus.orgTHE PLAN TO BOMB IRAN - Declassified AustraliaThe war strategy towards Iran was published in a policy paper outlining how the United States could use Israel to fight the war against Iran, while justifying it with a false narrative of failed negot... 64337
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Ask this question… In the age of #AUKUS, with its nuke subs & US nuke bombers stationed here—why would this possibly be happening…👇 GIANT U.S. MILITARY CONTRACTOR BACKING AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP FOR GLOBAL WASTE New investigation by Declassified Australia declassifiedaus.org/2025/05/31/u... 107146
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Greta Thunberg is still a hero: “We are doing this because no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying, because the moment we stop trying is when we lose our humanity,” she said. www.timesofisrael.com/greta-thunbe...timesofisrael.comGreta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockadeActivists depart from southern Italy with 'symbolic' humanitarian aid; Israel still mum on allegations it bombed vessel near Malta last month 14611
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Can Australians ever reconcile themselves with the reality of profound moral injury done by the nation’s inaction over the Israeli genocide in Gaza? It is time to take our indifference to the Gaza horror seriously. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...johnmenadue.comIt is time to take our indifference to the Gaza horror seriouslyIt is time to take our indifference seriously. I remember having a heated discussion with classmates when I was in my first year of high school. We had just had a history lesson on the rise of Nazi Ge... 02212
Reposted by Peter CronauLouise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Australia’s mental health system, failing the vulnerable and their families. Watch #4Corners from Avani Dias, Amy Donaldson and team tonight ABC TV and iView. newsapp.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...newsapp.abc.net.auThey've seen mental health care pushed to breaking point, and are sounding the alarm - ABC NewsDoctors and nurses see people in crisis being turned away, patients discharged before it is safe, and interminable wait times boil over into life-threatening violence. 712246
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Confirmed: Australian Weapons Sold to Israel consortiumnews.com/2025/04/29/c...consortiumnews.comConfirmed: Australian Weapons Sold to IsraelAUS ELECTION: With the federal government covering for them, a Canberra-based company has supplied lethal weapons to a country accused of war crimes and genocide, Michelle Fahy reports. Australia... 32818
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 26/04/2025‘The Sunday Shot’ streams on YouTube at 9am AEST each Sunday — & it’s very different from ‘Insiders’. #TheSundayShot’s Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined this week by guests Amy Remeikis from @TheAusInstitute and Peter Cronau from @DeclassifiedAus. See it here - youtube.com/@TheSundayShotyoutube.comThe Sunday ShotThe Sunday Shot streams at 9am AEST each Sunday. The Shot's Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined each week by a roster of Australia's best independent journalists and thinkers to discuss what's been ha... 56016
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Opposition to the rising fascism is a bowl of mashed potatoes. 092
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The same is needed on @ABCnews Middle East coverage—following staff protest letter, no confidence vote on Director, resignations, sidelinings, claims of censorship, Lattouf court case, research showing bias, & more. ‘BBC boss wants review on Mid East coverage’ www.independent.co.uk/voices/bbc-g...independent.co.ukI’m a former BBC newsreader – Gaza is the reason I resignedThe controversy over the pulling of the ‘How to Survive a Warzone’ documentary is a distraction from a much bigger problem my old employer has with impartiality, writes Karishma Patel 14719
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Fabulous to see due recognition for the Pacific journalism of Jemima Garrett: eepurl.com/i_lUl-/ 071
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 27/02/2025It beggars belief to think Australian Signals Directorate didn’t pick up the advance warning communicated by Chinese Navy ships of planned live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea. Obligated to pass this information to Defence command, thereby to civil authorities and the minister. So what happened? 1237
Reposted by Peter CronauVictoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Can I suggest that since the ABC is acknowledging that News Corp are "agenda driven" in attacking the ABC, that they acknowledge News Corp is "agenda driven" on everything, and therefore the ABC should not amplify News Corp's political agenda and platform their staff? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...abc.net.auABC Chair Kim Williams responds to News Corp claims of budget wastageABC Chair Kim Williams has labelled claims that the public broadcaster costs Australians 'more than the price of a Netflix subscription' as 'inaccurate, unbalanced and agenda-driven'. 23388126
Reposted by Peter CronauPeter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 07/02/2025How does @ABCnews explain these repeated days of dozens of references to Peter Dutton with barely a word on Albanese? Analyst: “We are not dealing with an aberration… It is impossible to believe this is accidental.“ x.com/thenoisytrun... 1111557
Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Clive Palmer’s political party “Trumpet of Patriots” has just released its campaign poster. 53012