Roy Morgan has published a weekly result for the second week in a row, perhaps suggesting a return to old form after its post-election practice of combining its regular surveying into large-sample monthly results. The latest result has Labor down one-and-a-half points on last week to 28.5% and the Coalition down fully six-and-a-half points to 24%, with a six-point increase pushing One Nation to 21% and bringing the pollster closer into line with its rivals. The Greens are steady on 13.5%. Labor leads 53.5-46.5 on respondent allocated preferences and 53-47 when preference flows from the last election are applied, in both cases out from 52-48 last week. The poll was conducted Monday to Sunday from a sample of 1715 – the full release has two-party preferred breakdowns by state, gender and age cohort, which unfortunately does not extend to primary votes as the monthly aggregations were doing.
The Daily Mail reports a Freshwater Strategy poll of 1050 respondents has Labor on 33% of the primary vote, the Coalition on 28%, the Greens on 11% and One Nation on 19%, with Labor leading 53-47 on two-party preferred. Pauline Hanson records a plus six net approval rating, with Anthony Albanese on minus nine and Sussan Ley on minus five, and Albanese leading Ley 45-32 on preferred prime minister. “About 75%” supported “a temporary cap on migration while housing and infrastructure catches up, while 81% backed stricter character tests and background checks for visa applicants”. We may see full details of the poll reported on the company’s site at a later time.
Thanks CN, I’ll fix them when I update with the YouGov numbers this evening.
I think that Liberal voters who don’t follow how to vote cards will put One Nation ahead of Labor regardless.
I have heard that ON was on an uptick but I’ve been too preoccupied with stupid shit to really pay attention.
I’m calling my therapist first thing tomorrow.
I wonder what blue bloods do now? This is existential level polling.
I just saw a possum drinking out of my cat’s water bowl (the one the outside deck, not the inside one). I must be sure to keep it topped up, now I know it’s helping local wildlife in the heat.
(I just thought everyone could use a feelgood story about now.)
Possums have survived without cat water bowls for millions of years. You are interfering with evolution!
Coalition voters parking their vote. As soon as the Liberals puts in a man as leader its all over for Paulines dreams
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/opposition-leader-sussan-leys-leadership-challengers-to-meet-in-melbourne-before-spill-at-next-liberal-party-meeting/news-story/258db8cf9fe2f4e6fc1f60256655058f
Taylor & Hastie should both stand, thereby splitting the vote of the right, allowing Ley to come through the centre.
Nick says:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:24 pm
Coalition voters parking their vote. As soon as the Liberals puts in a man as leader its all over for Paulines dreams
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Misogynists? Surely not 🙂
Gawd on those Sky numbers for QLD Longman would go to One Notion. Life sucks.
The last thing we need are billions of mendicant possums dependent upon us for their water.
https://www.canva.com/design/DAG_m_RGg1w/WJhVd-yZesZbZxAwGh1j9g/edit
nath says:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:22 pm
Possums have survived without cat water bowls for millions of years. You are interfering with evolution!
Climate Change and Global Heating weren’t as bad back then. Would you like to be deprived of water in this weather?
The big parties haven’t started tearing One Nation down yet. Patience is a virtue. 🙂
Yeah I’m still on the horse that says ON vote will drop once the Libs put a man into the top job.
Also Tasmania deserves the parliamentary numbers it has, its not some Jonny come lately territory like the ACT.
My own view is it’s too early to start “looking for good news”.
What’s going on is a cannibalisation of the mainstream right vote, being parked with the feral right, mostly because the Liberals and National are seen as useless. There’s no real evidence of an actual similar structural shift from Labor to One Nation.
The clearest sign is the the 2pp results we’re getting – ONP plus the band of Misfits formerly known as The Coalition are basically maxing out their votes between themselves. ONP also has the issue of preference flows in the cities likely to be much worse than in regional areas. Basically, if you’re not voting LNP (band of misfits) or ONP (feral, no-nothing Ponzi scheme) first or second preference … you kind of hate their guts.
And yes, my expectation is, once Ley is removed, the Coalition will reunite and I expect the ONP numbers will start to slide – maybe not to where they belong, but lower. If, however, the Liberals don’t sort their shit out, this could become entrenched.
Though Oppo research is starting to come out:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hanson-fails-to-declare-interests-including-company-tied-to-anti-woke-movie-20260121-p5nvpg.html
When you look at the US and UK you can’t be confident ON is just a temporary situation.
nath, good news, I just read a story that Jules has reset for 2026, and that 2025 was a lot.
jt1983,
That’s a fair assessment of what the future holds. Plus no one has even considered tactical voting of former Liberal voters parking their vote with Labor to keep ON out if they know the Liberals are still a lost cause. Also, surely there are committed voters for The Nationals? They keep saying that they held all their seats in ’25. Not all of those voters will go over to Pauline and Bananababy.
You can’t be confident of a blip (but I do think the scale of ONP support currently is), but certainly no grounds for overt confidence the other way.
Be alert, but not alarmed.
The Liberals will deal with One Nation the way John Howard did – steal their clothes. Expect an even more Right-Wing “Liberal” Party pushing big cuts in immigration plus a lot of culture war stuff and pretty much dropping any pretence of wanting to act on climate change – “We’re just like One Nation, only not crazy”. The old media and Money will be right behind them.
C@tmomma says:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:31 pm
The big parties haven’t started tearing One Nation down yet. Patience is a virtue
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Very true, the Liberals have an excellent record attacking their opponents when they are going after the seats or voters the Liberals think they are entitled too. Kooyong and the rest of the teals comes to mind.
Now fighting a war on 3 fronts with the teals to the left, ON and the Nats to the right and all the time trying to attract ALP voters – whoever gets the Liberals campaign director’s job for the next election will need to take inspiration from the Generals in charge of defence of Berlin in April 1945
A few lib moderates may have finally found a voice, but I think ON + the dregs of the Nats and the Lib rump would form a coalition if they had the numbers after an election. I don’t think they are likely to have the numbers though. Australia is not like the US demographically, there’s not enough Anglo low education and rural/regional seats, you need a decent tally of metropolitan seats to win. And with that array of loons preference leakage will be a real thing.
Mostly Interestedsays:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:36 pm
nath, good news, I just read a story that Jules has reset for 2026, and that 2025 was a lot.
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Yes I read recently that she’s been out for a drink with her BFFs. Great news!
The reason white women vote Trump is sicker than we thought. (Analysis by a white woman. ) 850k views
“The story of white womanhood, fear and the illusion of protection.”
Interested to hear what other Bludgers think about this.
https://youtu.be/Coa7gIjnpts?si=SEG8SyXkKuseeBbW
nathsays:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:28 pm
The last thing we need is a combination of a Liberal leadership hopeful and the 2IC and head boy from ON making decisions for those dependant on the MDB for a living while providing enough water for the resident wildlife along the MDB.
It looks like One Nation’s Housing and Immigration policies will work to make the value of your house go down:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-trumpian-policies-pauline-hanson-would-roll-out-if-one-nation-ran-australia-20260123-p5nwft.html
C@tmommasays:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:56 pm
“He said Australian politics was fundamentally supportive of price growth, so even if the borders are shut, as they were for many months during the COVID pandemic, measures were introduced to avoid prices collapsing.”
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I would warn that for most One Nation voters, shutting borders while achieving positive house prices growth is like the ideal outcome.
(even though I don’t agree with Eslake’s take)
Hi William
Just checking Roy Morgan says their 2PP for this poll in 56.5 -43.5. If preferences were as per the last election they say 54.5 – 44.5.
Yes, that’s what the poll that came out today says – the one described in the above post is last week’s, if that’s what’s confusing you.
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Landlubbersays:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7:20 pm
“You forgot Gillard, in your witch calling diatribe. You really are outing yourself as a misogynist.
Until the reference to Price being “the Good Witch” I thought Landlubber might be Sam McMahon in drag.”
Witch calling diatribes are the domain of the Left. They would think there’s a fourth witch, the “Witch of Ipswich”. But we know that just because two words rhyme doesn’t mean the allusion is appropriate. In fact, it’s bordering on blasphemous, given that the victim of that diatribe is the closest thing to a messiah for mainstream Australia.
”
See another BS from LL
3 parties getting around 30% each.
The grand coalition is going to occur earlier than I thought.
I would warn that for most One Nation voters, shutting borders while achieving positive house prices growth is like the ideal outcome.
Yes it is, but no it won’t work that way.
However, I guess I can see one way it might work. If they close the borders to construction workers from o/s, then those that remain will produce fewer houses and charge more to build them and so the price to sell them will be higher. But then, who will be able to afford them?
Thanks William. That did confuse me.
Evening all.
Thanks to Anonymous Lurker’s post of the new Morgan poll.
“Roy Morgan just dropped a new poll.
ALP: 30.5% (+2%)
LIB: 20% (-2%)
NAT: 2.5% (+0.5%)
ON: 22.5% (+1.5%)
GRN: 13.0% (-0.5%)
Roy Morgan has One Nation ahead of the Liberals.
ALP – LIB 2PP: 56.5% – 43.5% (ALP +3%)
With 2025 election preferences, the ALP-LIB 2PP is 54.5% – 45.5% (up 1.5% for the ALP)”
So after the Nationals dummy spit to get their own position, the poll now shows that they have fewer supporters than Informal. Farcical. IMO their days are numbered as a political party.
After a miserable month of racially divisive attacks, the 2PP is almost back to where it started.
C@tmomma says:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:56 pm
It looks like One Nation’s Housing and Immigration policies will work to make the value of your house go down:
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Its sad that the old toddlers on the “left” (AKA. the ruling class) support house price inflation.
Rentier capitalists R Us!
AI Overview
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Key details about the CPC membership include:
Demographics: As of 2024, 30.9% of members are female, and 57.6% hold junior college degrees or higher.
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Interesting stats.
The West should at least notice.
Particularly how the layers of government work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSh7VIAQgEQ
Morgan: ALP – LIB 2PP: 56.5% – 43.5% (ALP +3%)
I might have to watch Sky to see some right wing “commentator’s” heads explode.
All that hard work over Christmas calling everyone an anti-semite has come to nothing.
Albo is beginning to make Bradbury look like an also ran!
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The Libs will replace Ley with a man in the hope of wooing the Nats back to the marital bed…. and the Nats will rejoin and then do them over again and again. At this rate Albo will win the senate next election!
Great to see those couple of polls, thankyou. I’m a bit dismayed about this rise in ON support. I find it both horrifying and mindboggling at the same time. This is a party with a figurehead who praised Putin shortly after MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile, killing 27 Aussies, including many children. Didn’t she also suggest that the Port Arthur massacre was a government conspiracy? Like I said….. mindboggling.
Updated Essential poll?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/guardian-essential-poll-one-nation-coalition-liberal-national-labor-anthony-albanese-bondi-attack-ntwnfb
“Labor’s primary vote was recorded at 31% – a three-point drop from last month’s 34% and the 34.6% it recorded at the May election. The Liberal-National Coalition primary vote was 25%, and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation recorded 22%. The Greens polled 9%.”
“Despite plummeting personal approval ratings for the two major party leaders, Australians strongly backed the package of laws in response to the Bondi shooting.”
“Of those polled, 73% backed banning public display of terrorist symbols, 63% approved of stronger gun laws, 62% backed more police powers to curb protests, and 60% backed new laws on hate speech. A commonwealth royal commission into antisemitism was supported by 56% of people.”
It looks like the Nats’ line that, The Farmer Wants A Gun, or 10, didn’t resonate with the rest of the community.
Also, as there’s no Liberal-Nationals Coalition any more the value of the Essential poll for them is moot. I want to see Liberal support and Nationals support reported separately, so that the Nationals can see how paltry their support is! 🙂
Rakali says:
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:11 am
C@tmomma says:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 10:56 pm
It looks like One Nation’s Housing and Immigration policies will work to make the value of your house go down:
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Its sad that the old toddlers on the “left” (AKA. the ruling class) support house price inflation.
Rentier capitalists R Us!
Or Old Age Pensioners with one asset to their name R Us! And I could explain the ways that this group in our society use that asset to access finance to do home repairs so that they can stay in their home and their community, as opposed to being shunted off to an Aged Care facility.
Iirc, Rakali, you also own your home. So I gather that you would be happy with the value of YOUR asset going down under One Nation’s Housing policy? Who knew you were a One Nation supporter!?!
There is a clue here for how 2 PP vote might be interpreted..
SMH
The split means the Nationals will lose staff and resources and take a pay cut as they are no longer part of the official opposition, although Littleproud plans to appeal to the prime minister to keep up his party’s funds.
Littleproud is correct in fearing obliteration due to being treated the same as the Greens & ON.. Albo can’t fund ALL parties as if they are The Opposition..
Correct interpretation of 2 PP in latest Morgan Poll should be ALP / Green 80% the rest 20%
New thread.
From NYT..
Mark Carney Rejects Suggestions That He Walked Back His Davos Speech to Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada dismissed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s suggestion that he had retracted his assertion that President Trump had created an irrevocable “rupture” to the world order.
The Canadian leader spoke to reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday, the day after Mr. Bessent said on Fox News that he was in the Oval Office while Mr. Carney “was very aggressively walking back some of the unfortunate remarks” he had made at the World Economic Forum in Davos during a telephone call with Mr. Trump.
In that speech, Mr. Carney, though he did not specifically name Mr. Trump was clear in his intent, calling on the world’s middle powers to stop accommodating the United States just “to go along to get along,” and to instead band together to counter its political and economic power.
Asked on Tuesday if he had rescinded any of his remarks while speaking with Mr. Trump, Mr. Carney said “No.”
“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Mr. Carney told reporters, referring to the Swiss ski resort town where the gathering of billionaires, investors, executives and politicians was held last week.
It’s time for the Teals/Climate 200 to party up. Party! Party! Party!
Good Morning! Here’s Your Daily News and Views Roundup
Anthony Albanese is travelling to Timor-Leste today for his first official visit as prime minister.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/federal-politics-live/106275490
Guardian Essential poll: One Nation’s primary vote soars to record high amid Coalition chaos
Pauline Hanson’s party polls a primary vote of 22%, while Labor’s response to the Bondi terror attack wins widespread support
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/guardian-essential-poll-one-nation-coalition-liberal-national-labor-anthony-albanese-bondi-attack-ntwnfb
Tamworth was once the National Party’s heartland but with Barnaby Joyce’s move, support for One Nation is taking hold
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/tamworth-national-party-pivot-to-one-nation/106270810
March for Australia claims its Gold Coast organiser was bashed by a group of Middle Eastern men the day before Australia Day. The posts fuelled hateful comments directed towards those of Middle Eastern descent on the organisation’s social media. But Queensland Police say none of those involved in the altercation were of Middle Eastern descent.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/vfy-march-for-australia-bashing-claim-alternates/106275558
Trumpism, but make it Australian: One Nation’s migration fantasy. By Abul Rizvi
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trumpism-but-make-it-australian-one-nations-migration-fantasy,20609
Former PM, Malcolm Turnbull, says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/turnbull-albanese-australia-trump-global-political-reality
‘The opposition is in La-La land’: Malcolm Turnbull on the Coalition split – Full Story podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/jan/27/the-opposition-is-in-la-la-land-malcolm-turnbull-on-the-coalition-split-full-story-podcast
Sussan Ley has two factors working in her favour as rumours of a Liberal leadership mutiny swirl
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/sussan-ley-liberal-leadership-two-factors-working-in-her-favour
Liberal sources say the right faction must first settle on a single challenger before a spill is launched against Ms Ley.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-25/liberals-hastie-taylor-likely-challengers-sussan-ley-leadership/106265762
View from The Hill: Dysfunctional federal opposition is in gridlock.
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-dysfunctional-federal-opposition-is-in-gridlock-274028
Sussan Ley to announce Liberal-only frontbench as allies increasingly confident she won’t face spill
One senior MP says party’s credibility would be ‘in tatters’ if it removed first female leader at Nationals’ behest
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/sussan-ley-leadership-spill-frontbench-allies-confident
Kevin07 for UNSG! Former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s potential pathway to achieve his longtime goal of becoming the United Nations’ top official is complicated by the fact that the organisation has stressed it would like a woman to take up the role and that a Latin American is favoured to claim the position.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/kevin-rudd-tried-before-for-the-un-s-top-job-two-obstacles-stand-in-the-way-of-another-go-20260127-p5nxeb.html
‘I was simply luckier’: Holocaust survivors warn against forgetting Nazi atrocities
People urged to stand up against populism and antisemitism as the world marks International Holocaust Memorial Day
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/i-was-simply-luckier-holocaust-survivors-warn-against-forgetting-nazi-atrocities
The ultimate Labor insider, former SA Premier Jay Weatherill, stepping into London’s hot seat
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/the-ultimate-labor-insider-stepping-into-london-s-hot-seat-20260127-p5nx6g.html
Tim Wilson compares David Littleproud gamble to Joyce lying on Canberra footpath
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wilson-compares-littleproud-gamble-to-joyce-lying-on-canberra-footpath-20260127-p5nx83.html
‘Not even in with a look’: Nationals face Senate wipeout if Liberal split continues
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-even-in-with-a-look-nationals-face-senate-wipeout-if-liberal-split-continues-20260127-p5nxdp.html
RAFF Base Tindal in the NT has been upgraded with purpose-built hangars and an improved runway.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/government-completes-upgrade-raaf-base-tindal/106275670
By failing to invest enough in housing, we have ended up with a housing market that is weighing down our productivity (and for which opportunists disproportionately blame immigrants).
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/higher-immigration-is-an-economic-fix-but-it-s-not-a-panacea-20260127-p5nxci.html
A new company tax mix has been proposed. We need to be careful how we assess it.
https://theconversation.com/a-new-company-tax-mix-has-been-proposed-we-need-to-be-careful-how-we-assess-it-273892
Mental health checks for gun owners will be considered among reforms to be introduced to Queensland parliament when MPs return in a fortnight. “And if people harbour antisemitic thoughts, and if they’ve got links with terrorists and terrorist views, they shouldn’t have one gun, not two or three or four – they should have zero.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/queensland/gun-law-reforms-to-address-calls-for-mental-health-checks-minister-says-20260127-p5nxb4.html
Adult men’s faces can verify teen girls’ Snapchat accounts in major loophole.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/adult-men-s-faces-can-verify-teen-girls-snapchat-accounts-in-major-loophole-20260122-p5nw2v.html
There are mounting concerns that Snapchat’s enforcement of Australia’s world-first under-16 social media restrictions is failing vulnerable teenagers, as users complain it is stonewalling reports of under-age users.
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/snapchat-accused-of-reinstating-banned-teen-accounts-stonewalling-complaints-20260121-p5nvoy.html
Keeping women alive is everybody’s business. Here’s what we must do next. Jenna Price
https://www.smh.com.au/national/keeping-women-alive-is-everybody-s-business-here-s-what-we-must-do-next-20260126-p5nx5t.html
Through the heatwave haze, the hypocrisy of Australia’s fossil fuel policy shines bright. Adam Morton
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/27/through-the-heatwave-haze-the-hypocrisy-of-australias-fossil-fuel-policy-shines-bright
Where did southern Australia’s record-breaking heatwave come from?
https://theconversation.com/where-did-southern-australias-record-breaking-heatwave-come-from-274417
Explainer: What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out
Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/27/what-happens-to-the-human-body-in-49c-heat-australians-are-finding-out
$5b in incorrect age pension payments revealed as seniors left waiting.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/audit-exposes-5b-of-incorrect-age-pension-payments-as-seniors-left-waiting-20260127-p5nxfo.html
ICE at the Winter Olympics: Agents to support US security, stirring anger in Italy
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/ice-agents-to-support-security-at-winter-olympics-stirring-anger-in-italy-20260128-p5nxi2.html
‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics
Milan mayor says agents ‘not welcome’ in co-host city and Italy can take care of security itself
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/italy-ice-security-role-winter-olympics
SMH Editorial: Minneapolis shootings: Trump’s America lapses into authoritarianism
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/minneapolis-shootings-trump-s-america-lapses-into-authoritarianism-20260127-p5nxeo.html
Immigration was at the centre of Donald Trump’s 2024 win, but it’s now mired in controversy.
Laura Tingle
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/trumps-immigration-policy-mired-in-controversy/106273482
Masked thugs, sneering elites and terrified citizens: a picture of the US today. We used to have a name for this. Marina Hyde
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/us-masked-thugs-sneering-elites-terrified-citizens-ice-donald-trump
Top Democrats tell Trump: either fire Kristi Noem or we will impeach her. Trump defends homeland security secretary but Hakeem Jeffries says: ‘We can do this the easy way or the hard way’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/democrats-call-to-fire-kristi-noem
Tensions in Minnesota could send the US into another government shutdown — here’s why
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/us-politicians-response-minnesota-government-shutdown/106274236
Trump administration: Donald Trump backs Kristi Noem as calls mount to fire homeland security chief – live (He calls what she’s doing ‘a good job’!?!)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/27/gregory-bovino-tim-walz-donald-trump-minnesota-minneapolis-ice-alex-pretti-us-politics-live-news
Minnesota judge summons acting ICE director, warns of contempt over court defiance. Chief judge orders Todd Lyons to appear, saying patience is exhausted as migrants remain jailed despite rulings.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/ice-director-judge-minnesota
Biden condemns ‘our own government targeting’ US citizens in Minneapolis. Ex-president avoids naming Trump but says ‘Minnesotans have suffered enough at the hands of this administration’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/biden-minnesota-minneapolis-ice-shooting-reaction
A person has been shot and is in critical condition after an incident involving the Border Patrol near the US-Mexico border, authorities in Arizona have said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/shooting-involving-border-patrol-near-us-mexico-border/106276922
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it. Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/america-tipping-point-fascism-opposition
The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/trump-canada-us-war-plan
Trump’s fixation on Greenland reveals how ego, deal-making bravado and hard-power geopolitics are reshaping U.S. foreign policy, writes Dr Norm Sanders.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trumps-art-of-the-greenland-deal,20608
What if Trump doesn’t chicken out next time? Stephen Bartholomeusz
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/what-if-trump-doesn-t-chicken-out-next-time-20260127-p5nx87.html
US announces multi-day aerial military drills in the Middle East amid Iran tensions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/us-announces-multi-day-aerial-military-drills-in-the-middle-east-amid-iran-tensions
Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll?
Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/iran-protests-death-toll-disappeared-bodies-mass-burials-30000-dead
‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide. 1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillside
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/niscemi-sicily-landslide-chasm-storm-cyclone-harry
‘Abdication’: Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time. Experts are watching for how other countries will react as the ‘real economy’ shifts to cheaper, cleaner energy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/trump-withdraws-paris-climate-agreement
‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/27/argentina-patagonia-wildfires-javier-milei-mapuche-conspiracy-theories-cuts-climate-crisis-extreme-weather
Japan says goodbye to its last pandas as relations with Beijing deteriorate
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/china-panda-diplomacy-is-on-show-in-japan/106271088
Philip Glass withdraws world premiere of his Lincoln symphony from Kennedy Center. Composer says values of Trump-dominated Kennedy Center ‘are in direct conflict’ with symphony’s message
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/philip-glass-withdraws-lincoln-symphony-kennedy-center
One in four adults in England do not drink alcohol, survey finds. Questionnaire completed by 10,000 people finds sobriety on rise, with women slightly more abstemious than men.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/27/one-in-four-adults-in-england-do-not-drink-alcohol
Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision. Claudia Sheinbaum denied move was response to pressure from the US, after Trump said ‘zero’ oil would go to Cuba
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/mexico-cuba-trump-oil
5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart
https://theconversation.com/5-years-on-from-the-juntas-coup-myanmars-flawed-elections-cant-unite-a-country-at-risk-of-breaking-apart-272894
Polish ex-president lands role at US Project 2025 think tank. Andrzej Duda’s job at the influential Heritage Foundation underlines how nationalist right-wing politics have become international.
https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-ex-president-lands-role-us-project-2025-think-tank-andrzej-duda/
EU and India close ranks against Trump and Xi to seal trade deal. American tariff coercion and China’s export dominance push Brussels and New Delhi to wrap up elusive accord.
https://www.politico.eu/article/india-slashes-tariffs-on-eu-cars-and-wine-in-exchange-for-steel-climate-concessions/
France to ban officials from using US video tools including Zoom, Teams. The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-ban-officials-us-video-tools-zoom-teams-visio/
Australian YouTuber Nathan Pope was one of 15 people named in a defamation lawsuit brought on by Andrew and Tristan Tate in March 2025. Mr Pope has won a bid to have the case dismissed, with a US judge ruling that since several of the defendants named in the suit do not live in Florida, the court therefore did not have legal jurisdiction over them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/andrew-and-tristan-tate-lose-bid-to-sue-adelaide-youtuber/106119086
Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to his music and withdraws it from Amazon over Trump
The singer-songwriter has donated access to his music archive to ‘ease the unwarranted stress and threats’ Greenlanders have experienced from the US government
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/neil-young-gifts-music-greenland-removes-from-amazon-over-trump
Ads I see online unashamedly lie. Doesn’t Australian consumer law require advertisers not to mislead us? But false claims on the internet are vast and regenerative.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/28/australian-online-advertising-false-claims-greenwashing-consumer-law
At Davos, tech CEOs laid out their vision for AI’s world domination.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/tech-ceos-ai-world-domination-davos
‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns. Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/wake-up-to-the-risks-of-ai-they-are-almost-here-anthropic-boss-warns
The telecoms industry doesn’t need 6G — it needs a rethink. By Paul Budde
https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/the-telecoms-industry-doesnt-need-6g–it-needs-a-rethink,20610
Charles @ #3175 Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 – 10:48 pm
Yes, succinct and well-argued. Makes you uncomfortable, but has the ring of truth. America (and in particular, White Christian America) is indeed sicker than we thought.
Luigi Smith @ #3196 Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 – 7:45 am
The Teals best chance would be a new “COALition of the Uglies” from which they can stand apart as moderates.
And it looks like this could well happen.