Actually l didn’t. I talked about what they have declared as their objectives.

Just a point of clarification: I listed Israel’s 2 declared objectives & l said those are legitimate, given what happened on October 7. The point you raise about whether those actually are Israel’s objectives is a different question which we didn’t discuss.

Thank you Karen Middleton David Shoebridge & Jacqui Lambie for restoring my reputation which Australian Defence Force were quick to trash but not to set the record straight. Now it’s time for the ADF to do the same for all the others they’ve done the same to.

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Tina, gamelan style. #GamelanDananda #WeDontNeedAnotherVersion #loveit #InfiniteSongContest NationalFolkFestival

Canberra Qwire. Simply The Best. Are they? The audience will decide. #InfiniteSongContest #TinaTurnercovers ⁦NationalFolkFestival⁩

What a hopeless typing effort o’mine earlier. Windborne were amazing. NationalFolkFestival #putyourglasseson

And now would be a good time to apologise to all the artists whose names & origins l’ve misspelled either by typing in the dark or by autocorrect or just because l’m a dill. #windborne #thelostquays

From Massachusetts, a’capella artists Windbpurne. @matfolkfest

Actually some musicians here are repurposing tshirts etc from recycling centres. So actually rescuing from landfill. 😁

Easter Sunday busker by the bins, NationalFolkFestival

Some festival MC wisdom.
“Live music is how we tell our stories & remember history & make new futures, & musicians are wildly underpaid. So do something about it.”
Word. #buythemerch NationalFolkFestival

Spookies do Yothu Yindi. #broughtthehousedown NationalFolkFestival

Song for Ukraine. Spooky Men’s Chorale. NationalFolkFestival

Absolutely magical. Perfect weather. Very chilled.

We shall overcome. Shortis & Simpson & the Worldly Goods choir pay tribute to the Freedom Riders in their show about Australia’s protest movements. ⁦NationalFolkFestival⁩ ⁦National Library of Australia⁩

Festival streets, Saturday. #livemusic ⁦NationalFolkFestival⁩

Cashews!! Kooky & beautiful tunes on the Village Green. ⁦NationalFolkFestival⁩ #chilledSaturday

Today certainly is. 😉

Blame it on the banjo and violin. ⁦The Audreys⁩ ⁦NationalFolkFestival⁩ #livemusic

It’s got nothing to do with Easter. Except it happens to have been published today. No need to overthink it. 😉