Jo Dyer
@instanterudite
Co-host of @theshot.net.au's The Sunday Shot, 9am AEST on Sundays at Theatre and film producer. Writer. Literary curator. Avid consumer of news, politics, wine & AFL. And gin.
Instead of waiting until 2027 for "advice", maybe Labor could follow advice from its own 2020 Senate report that rejected the anti-intellectual & inequitable scheme as creating an "Americanised education system characterised by high levels of private debt". And get rid of it. As promised. In 2022.
That's some chutzpah from a company accused of underpaying its workers by up to billions of dollars! See @boganintel.bsky.social's story on the issue (and BHP having to slink away from their attempt to sue @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social for reporting on it): www.boganintel.com/p/bhp-tries-...
Ah AUKUS. Here we are, reduced to obsequiously accepting - and paying top dollar - for the US's offcasts.
The newly amalgamated Adelaide University brings utter shame upon itself in its first months of operation. In a statement following this shocking act, it risibly claims it is a place where "exchange of ideas can happen freely". Not if the ideas include a defence of the remaining Gazans, it seems.
We all know what's in the "missing files": @katemanne.bsky.social reported on Trump child rape allegations in 2025 & the 2016 testimony of the alleged victim is on YouTube. Watch the #SundayShot's interview with Kate M below and then view Katie Johnson's testimony. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naus...
This week's #SundayShot has @lucyham.bsky.social to give us a peek into the Advance conference, @davemilbo.bsky.social & @boganintel.bsky.social asking "How fascist are our times?" + Anne Twomey enlightening us on the Anti Hate laws. (and @ronnisalt.bsky.social has done us another great promo vid!)
Go on, ABC! Sue! Reclaim some of our money from your shameful settlement with Bruce Lehrmann.
Given it has been long been her personal megaphone, I guess it makes sense that everyone's favourite serial litigant has scored herself a column in everyone's favourite rabid rag.
This week's #SundayShot features @deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social and @crikey.com.au's @crystaljane.bsky.social. Bring it on!
After one formal finding of misconduct and this new investigation into potential misconduct, at what point will the Commissioner do the right thing and resign?
This week's #SundayShot features favourite guests @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @mrdtjames.bsky.social and an interview on the #EpsteinFiles with Professor of Philosophy at Cornell @katemanne.bsky.social. Don't miss us at 9am AEDT on Sunday (and please do subscribe!) www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Hey Melburnians! Don't miss your chance to see this ace new show at @artscentremelb.bsky.social in the Comedy Festival. If you book in the next 24 hours, you pay only $25! www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows... Reviews say it's "the most fun you'll ever have in a theatre". No small feat.
Will the MSM NOW accept that if they're sticking with the "Climate 200-supported candidates" narrative, they have to acknowledge the "Advance-supported candidates" as well? Of which there are MANY (looking at you, Freedom Boy).
The #SundayShot returns this weekend! Please join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me on Sunday morning plus our expert panellists @emmashortis.bsky.social and @marquelawyers.com.au and Dave interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna. It will be good to be back!
Sheridan Harbridge is a goddess in this fabulous show. The @belvoirst.bsky.social run is completely sold out but I hear whispers of a return season going on sale very soon. When it does I urge Sydneysiders to NOT delay in booking your tickets to see a star play an icon.
Melissa McIntosh is more worried about kids singing about being locked up than kids being locked up.
FWIW, the reduced Board is now technically in breach of the Adelaide Festival Corporation Act:-
BREAKING: 3 members of the Adelaide Festival Board have resigned after it refused to reverse its decision to rescind Dr Abdel-Fattah's invitation. No statement has been issued but their names have been quietly removed from the website. Four people are now responsible for the ongoing crisis.
My information is that this is an out and out lie. It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field. Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.
Instead of highlighting "a" single voice, a more illuminating headline might focus on why 55 literary and journalistic luminaries felt it necessary to withdraw from Adelaide Writers' Week and how Mali's mini-Minns antics trashed the reputation of one of his state's best assets.
As a former Director of Adelaide Writers' Week I am appalled that the Adelaide Festival Board has rescinded Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's invitation to the 2026 AWW, explicitly linking its decision to the shattering crimes in Bondi. A shocking decision that will and should have far-reaching consequences.