24th February 2026

Just when you think things can’t get any worse in Victoria hey presto! It now appears likely that a good portion of the ISIS brides and their children will be allowed to settle in? Victoria. Yes folks not only do we have regular protests, flags for every occasion, prayers on every corner…now we seem to be the home of families that supported terrorism!

I’m sorry but when does all this end?! We have a government that is so broken, that is so in debt, that continues to do as it pleases with little or no accountability and now we are to become the hone of ISIS brides?! Come onnnnn…enough is enough.

Now the lefty nut bags will be no doubt saying they’re Australians and they have a right to come ‘home’, but let me ask you this, when there no homes for them because the housing project Andrews announced has failed will you want them at your house? Maybe next door? and then what of their kids…innocent now, but in 20 years?

As news cycles change we ask what’s happening about the CFMEU corruption? Where’s the outrage gone? And herein lies the issue, the state government relies on the news cycle moving on…and it is a disgrace!

And then we have one Danny Pearson! Oh Danny boy the pipes are piping and yours are full of crap. Gotta love Danny Pearson, the man who said Melbourne was gonna go off like a cold chisel cover band at the Burvale, the man who was once so bad at a press conference he was locked in the cupboard not allowed to speak and now the man who has done a $1 billion deal on data storage for Port Melbourne. Yes old Danny had 16 meetings with lobbyists and tech firms for Victoria to secure this massive data centre. And what a job he did?! The whole process was so smooth in fact that it greased through all the government and bureaucratic red tape in a mere 75 days! 75 days! How good is Danny Boy?! I mean how many other projects could claim that!? Not even a builder with ties to the CFMEU could get a building approval that fast!

Great job Danny! I’m sure you’ve got a great career post politics ahead of you…

While Danny has been out doing mega deals the CBD is still being bombarded by moronic protests and the King of the night, Cherry Bar owner, James Young has hammered the Allan government over their refusal to stop they protests. But hang on James, this is an election year so watch those protests stop in about August!

And finaly…One Nation are now the preferred party in NSW! Yes the Pauline Hanson lead One Nation are leading in polling in NSW and the trick for Pauline is to maintain the rage. While Labor are out casting aside the significance of One Nation the simplest thing both sides could do to negate One Nation is to empathise with Australians…not exactly rocket science!

23rd February 2026

Jacinta Allan is not Daniel Andrews, and thats a good thing, but what it means for her is she can’t play the same game he did and ignore the noise around her. The pressure on Allan is immense but to look at her social media handles you wouldn’t think she had a problem in the world. Bendigo Barbie is out at Chinese new year events, she’s opening beds in hospitals and of course she’s got the hard hat out at various sites across the state and not on one video does she acknowledge the pressure she’s under. So there are two things here, the first is she’s pushing through the noise and secondly she is border line delusional! When Andrews used to post this crap the I stand wiff dans would out saying what a great guy he was, but I challenge anyone to find one positive comment for Allan.

It’s hard to believe Allan survives all that’s going on at the moment but one thing is for sure her social media is proof misinformation is alive and well online!

What exactly is Jim Chalmers doing with our economy? I mean seriously! The US, UK, France, Italy and New Zealand have all lowered interest rates and have inflation under control. Plus it’s not even the case that we can say it’s right wing governments helping combat inflation they are varied which means it’s actually a fact that Jim and Albo are useless! When do we see inflation and interest rates under control? Maybe when the Libs or One Nation get into the lodge?

Crown are planning a $200 million revamp of their empire along the Yarra, which given Southgate is cooked could be a good thing. The Sally Capp green wedge/vanity project has obviously been abandoned so maybe Crown at the ones to liven up the Yarra again? My only question is where are they getting the crew from to make it all a reality?

In the US Donald Trump has middle fingered the US Supreme Court over tariffs and dumped a 15% blanket hit on all imports into the US…but even with the hit for importers Trump unlike Albo has managed to get interest rates and inflation under control.

And finally I’ve never understood how companies like Dominos and GYG make billions of dollars, but both until recently have done so. Here GYG have gone from strength to strength in their expansion plans post their stock market float but in the US things are not going so well. Losses and low sales have seen their US market take a dive and investment firms are starting to look at them to take up some of their short positions, but here’s hoping they make it…

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21st February 2026

I’m sorry but who was it that called, texted or emailed Victoria Police about the whole CFMEU thing? Hmmmm, well they don’t have any record of anyone from the state government contacting them to raise any kind of concerns over alleged corruption and we say alleged corruption we don’t mean to cause offence it’s rather, where did $15 billion go?

Bendigo Barbie is looking more and more concerned as the days go on at the moment but she can fix all of it very easily! All she has to do is give IBAC and the police the powers they need to investigate where the money went post the government giving it to contractors…that’s it! It’s an easy fix, and yet?

While Barbie is under attack from pretty much everyone the man I thought was a big wet blanket, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece has come out and blasted the State Government over the proposed work from home legislation. Barbie went nuts and heavily criticised Reece saying she stands for working people and bikies, ok she didn’t say the last bit, but just when I had my mind made up on Reece he goes against Allan so fair play to him. I mean, he may have cost himself an invite to the Allan farewell party, but I’m not sure now Nick would’ve gone anyway…

Over at the other end of the political spectrum the right wingers and the guests that were told to show up by Lachy and Rupert Murdoch NewsCorp rolled into Sydney to launch…News 24, the replacement for Sky News. It’s all about naming rights and who cares what else but there will obviously be no changes made to the direction of their news service, I mean what else would Sky After Dark whinge about if they did…or is it News After Dark now?

And finally while it was indeed a victory of sorts to see grubby former Prince Andrew in the back of a cop car he isn’t as yet facing any sexual assault charges. The allegations are rife on social media about Andrew but while many of us trust social media about as much as we trust Jacinta Allan if even one fifth are true he deserves to rot in a tiny little box for the rest of miserable little life.

I wonder what Jacinta Allan is up to this weekend? But I bet she’s not seeing Nick Reece!

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20th February 2026

With video of Daniel Andrews emerging at a dinner with the PM and with grubby Prince Andrew being detained by Police let’s maintain the rage so to speak on the matter at hand…in fact…

Can I ask you to retract that last comment?

Ummm yeah ok, but can we ask the Premier why she yesterday refused to give IBAC more powers to investigate where public money goes on infrastructure projects…the gloves are well and truly off and when Ben Carroll was asked about a spill to get rid of Allan he said come election time he’d still be education minister, nothing about NOT being Premier and certainly no mention of backing his boss…even the ABC are starting to wilt under the pressure the government is getting! But it’s mainstream journos that are starting to hammer Allan with it coming to a head yesterday when Allan demanded one journo retract her comments. The reporter stared in stun silence with Barbie taking her silence as the retraction, but my goodness! We thought Andrew’s was arrogant! This woman is taking it to a whole new level.

While Allan is facing all the criticism police minister, Anthony Carbine seems to have escaped the spotlight even though his comments directed at Geoffry Watson were way out of line. It’s all a big reminiscent of the Dan bus. They push one person out the front of it while the others do as they please and Allan is definitely the next person waiting for the bus.

Not sure if Sam Newman and Mick Gatto are mates anymore given Sam’s video onboard a fairly substantial boat has gone slightly viral. The video shows Mick with several key Union people together having lunch with Sam turning to camera to himself with a bit of a laugh…Gatto turned up on 3aw yesterday to deny any wrong doing and asked if he had done something wrong why wasn’t he being arrested. I’d still trust Mick of Allan but gees wouldn’t it be nice to see a few MP’s go to jail out of all this!

Tim Wilson, the new shadow treasurer has hit the ground running with comments on the tax system and getting rid of corruption out of the NDIS. While Angus Taylor wouldn’t wholly back Wilson’s plans he said agree reform was needed.

The unemployment rate has been released and while no one wants people to lose jobs the jobless rate was steady. With the RBA hiking rates at their last meeting wanting unemployment to go up could we be seeing the foundations of another rate hike? It remains to be seen but if we are going to keep jobs then we better get productivity moving here rather than in China!

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18th February 2026

Good morning! It’s always a good day to wake up to hear that Bendigo Barbie is tanking in the polls, but we will get to that! Welcome to the Hoodies Daily and well well well look what the cat dragged in, or should I say look what the Murdoch owned Australian dragged in. With Fairfax and Nick McKenzie taking Ben Roberts Smith, the CFMEU and the Big Build apart what comes up in The Australian, Nick McKenzie as subject matter. Now if McKenzie has done anything wrong he should be held accountable butttttt now? Really? Lachly! Ryan! Neither of you are your Daddy’s and you need to get better at the art of the stitch up.

Over at liberal party HQ Angus Taylor has announced his new shadow cabinet and with it maybe Taylor has his winning hand? It remains to be seen, but Price and Hastie are back and obviously not going to One Nation this week at least.

In Melbourne for the opening of an envelope Albo hasn’t walked away from the suggesting NSW could be getting a $30 billion high speed rail link. $30 billion? With a cost of living crisis going on and not enough houses for the people Albo keeps letting in where is he getting $30 billion from? And we have to ask how much of the $30 billion is the CFMEU getting?!

Speaking of people coming into Australia the ISIS brides are apparently on their way back to Australia! Tony Burke is apparently monitoring the situation and while Albo says they’re not coming back in he’s suggested if there’s a humanitarian role to play he’s not saying no to that…awesome! Is Arabic hard to learn? We could all need it soon.

Mark Butler has said that private health cover premiums will be going up by 4.4% as a result of health care costs. Do Labor not want anyone using any other service than the ones provided by the state? I mean seriously! 4.4%…

And finally not only is Jacinta Allan tanking in the polls she has been busted being full of shit…again! This one is over her claim she sent the issue around the CFMEU to IBAC and got them onto it. What she failed to mention is that IBAC came back to her and said hey Barbie we don’t have the power to investigate these matters. Needless to say Barbie can’t remember or won’t admit to that conversation. What did we say yesterday? I’d still trust Mick Gatto over these donuts!

One thing is becoming very clear in that the Libs need to do a deal with One Nation. If they don’t Allan could get back in on preference deals as the Libs and One Nation will spilt the protest vote. They do a deal and it is all over for Allan, they don’t and it’s four more years of Barbie.

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17th February 2026

Welcome to Tuesday as Angus Taylor becomes the first leader of a major party to acknowledge the rise and success of One Nation. This is obviously at odds from Albo who is still suggesting Pauline is part of the populist movement that can’t fool people. More fool you Albo if you don’t start thinking Pauline and her crew are now a serious alternative in the political system.

Even this morning on the ABC in Melbourne this morning Albo was suggesting One Nation is all about hate. There is no doubt that One Nation divides opinion but given that their polling is suggesting massive growth me thinks the PM is missing the point.

The rise of One Nation has got the Libs thinking because while they’re at their lowest ebb if they can hook their train to One Nation or at least get their preferences then they’re back in business. Speaking on the recently sold 3aw Jeff Kennett suggested that not only should the Libs get onboard with One Nation but everyone except the Greens and Labor should. In fact they should join forces to rid the state of Allan and her Labor government. There is an increasing concern that Labor could hang on in Victoria not because Allan is great at her job but rather because Labor have sewn up every back door preference deal on offer meaning all roads point to Labor. Could we see an ultra coalition to get rid of Labor? Unlikely but surely they can’t win?! Can they…?

Up at the federal court the ACCC are suggesting that Coles are so into their slogan of; Prices are down, as they may suggest. The ACCC are suggesting Coles have been less than honest with their pricing which Coles is of course denying. The irony in the so called price war between the two big supermarkets is that the customer doesn’t seem to benefit at all, maybe the ACCC can sort it out? Or maybe they’re as useful as IBAC on accountability.

IMF no not the Tom Cruise one, the dreaded finance one has suggested the Australian tax system needs some serious reforms. This is not the first time the IMF has said this but now it appears to be ‘Laboring’ the point. Increase the GST, cut income tax and change the capital gains tax rules, none of that is great for small businesses but what Chalmers won’t have liked hearing nor will the states is that the feds should be cutting spending of the states. Allan will be wanting to avoid any spending cuts for the next 8 or so months give the election but hard to see Big Jim caring.

And finally while IBAC has said that the Premier was told IBAC couldn’t do much about the allegations of corruption on Big build sites, Mick Gatto has said he has had absolutely nothing to do with any kind of alleged corruption. Now here we have politicians telling us one thing and Mick Gatto telling us another and you know what!? If I had to pick…I’d trust Mick over all of them!

16th February 2026

Hello and welcome to Monday! 

Let’s kick off on a positive note, State of Origin! Yes ok Jacob got KO’d but while we never want any player to be seriously hurt he plays for Carlton who are crap regardless! Thankfully Weitering is ok and will be assessed by Carlton, but State of Origin was actually great! Before the naysayers and the doomsday speakers get going the AFL need to pursue State of Origin. For the first time in a long time it was taken seriously and you could see that the players were onboard. There was a bit of biffo and arguing which there should be when it comes to pride so roll on State of Origin I say! Next year though needs to be South Australia v Victoria!

Well aren’t the Liberal party traditionalists happy with themselves! Peta Credlin said that the party was back and the party faithful are rejoicing the return of a private school white man to reassure them that their way of life is safe if he miraculously ever became PM, which Hoodies seriously doubts. But hey at least the Murdoch press knows normal order has been restored!

Speaking of Media outlets, the ABC are in stun mode! They can not understand how One Nation are doing so well in the polls, even George Brandis writing in the Age is saying its amazing, but George is suggesting that while One Nation is populist rubbish people shouldn’t vote for them because it will lead to Labor staying in power. Now we don’t think that’s the case at all, can anyone imagine Pauline preferencing Labor, rather its a case that Brandis cam see the writing on the wall in that One Nation could well know the Libs out of the game at the next election. For once we agree with the ABC, it is an amazing thing to watch One Nation take hold of the conservative right.

Over the last few weeks we have been hearing about how important migration is to Australia, the migrants are the life blood of the country and that we need them to thrive together in a modern Australia. Most of that is absolute bullshit, but while the progressive left will say it’s not the big question is where exactly are they all going to live? We were supposed to be building houses and apartments and we’re simply not building enough so where exactly are all these people going to live? Yes we are a multi cultural society and so on, but when do we stop allowing politicians to use migration as a political tool and get real? We are demolishing public housing towers and replacing them with what exactly and where are migrants living? I’m sure no-one really cares, I mean it’s all about river to the sea, the environment and working from home nowadays isn’t it? Who cares about another $15 billion for the bikies and the state rotting in debt…

And finally how far does this whole Jeffry Epstein thing actually run? Epstein has long been the subject of mainstream media but now publications like, the New York Times and the Economist are paying it some serious attention and asking a similar thing, how far does the whole sordid saga run? But while she was found guilty the biggest irony (sort of) is that the only person sitting in prison for the next twenty years or so is a woman…who said men don’t run the world (into the ground!) 

15th February 2026

It’s been a tumultuous week in all manner of ways, protests across the country, visits from overseas dignitaries, changes in the political landscape and more stories of corruption a lot of it stinks to high heaven and while it’s all reported a good portion of it just fades away from public view because the news cycle changes. It shouldn’t.

We need a media revolution, we really do. We need to stop seeing media players hanging out with politicians, we need to stop seeing media outlets using their political connections to promote their own agendas, we need a media industry that isn’t about nice teeth, social media followers and faux outrage…

The world needs Hoodies Media! I had thought I’d sharpen up my image, start posting images and content that was all nicey nicey, dressed in a suit with a nice haircut but I thought yeah nah. The whole idea of Hoodies is to be brutally honest, to have discussion, to be a voice of reason and to make a difference! So today we drop our new logo! And I make zero apologies for for it!

What is it? It’s me! A cartoon me of an actual photo with beard, long hair and absolutely no apologies for it. It is exactly what Hoodies is about and this is the year we take everything to a whole new level. 

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14th February 2026

Well they did it, the party that got hammered at the last election that elected its first woman to lead it have got rid of her and reverted to type with a white male as its leader…even the BBC in the UK asked if Australian politics has a problem with women. Albo would of course vote no on that one but the Libs? Hmmm…

Taylor and his new deputy Jane Hume came out swinging and their first press conference suggesting the party had taken the path of convenience rather than conviction and that they understood they needed to change or die. They needed to listen to Australia and they needed to be more selective when it came to migration. There was nothing too earth shattering from either Hume or Taylor which makes you think it’ll just be more of the same but if it is they are indeed finished.

To Susan Ley, she probably wasn’t enough of a hard ass to make it all work but at least she can walk away with her dignity intact and say she tried.

Back in the good state of Victoria it seems as if IBAC could investigate the CFMEU and government Big build rorts, to which Allan and anyone at CFMEU HQ would be laughing their arses off at! I mean how many IBAC enquiries did Andrews have chucked at him only to survive all of them? Yes we need an independent watch dog but IBAC are about as useful as a chocolate tea pot!

The sale of the Victoria barracks on St Kilda road has caught the eye of his lordness Nick Reece. Reece has suggested he’d like to see the old barracks become park land for people to enjoy. Not a completely stupid idea but is anyone actually going to use it? Me thinks not…

There are strikes in the wind! The ABC are about to walk out on strike and so are government school teachers! I thought everyone liked working for the public service? Guess not…

And finally the former Ayatollah of Victoria, Dim Dong Dan has finally filed his defence in the bike boy saga, and what did he allege? It’s all a publicity and political stunt. Here’s hoping the Andrews defence has something else stuck up their sleeve because I’m not sure this one will wash, but it is Dim Dong Dan and he has friends in very low places…

13th February 2026

Well good morning and welcome to the Hoodies Daily for Friday.

It is no surprise that Jacinta Allan played the it wasn’t me card at yesterday’s press conference over CFMEU alleged corruption but while we all got what we expected from Barbie it’s time we said thank you to everyone that’s enabled her.

A huge thank you to the companies that have done the governments bidding and turned a blind eye to anything they saw that wasn’t above board. Thank you to the numerous Boys clubs where a drink and a corporate box solves all problems. Thank you to those who have decided to keep quiet so they didn’t upset the government and in turn the possibility of future work. Thank you to those that have sent me a message of support but then said they’d love to be onboard but can’t because of their role and or who they are…thank you to the people who take their cut and don’t rock the boat, thank you to the media outlets that until Nick McKenzie shows up put up with the crap that comes out of political mouths and who never seem to call the head nodders. Thank you to every single person, company, sporting organisation, media outlet and bureaucrat that has allowed the state of Victoria to become a shit hole of debt, corruption and lies. While Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan have a lot to answer for there are an awful lot of people that have been complicit in it and who we must say thank you to! I hope you’re enjoying the perks of supporting all the bullshit because your day will come and at some stage you like them will be forced to answer for what you’ve done.

12th February 2026

The brief section of the Hoodies Daily is usually at the back of the paper but today it leads our post…

The Brief today is about what will no doubt unfold in Melbourne when Isaac Herzog rolls into town. There will be protests, there will be violence, there will be hate and all of it was avoidable. But remember that praying in the middle of the street is not simply praying it is a tool for manipulation, remember that many within the protesting crowd are there to cause trouble, remember that hate no matter what side of the political divide it comes from is still hate, remember that god in no matter what form it takes does not condone violence or hate and remember that this is our home, our flag, our country and while we encourage all religions all nationalities sharing it with us we should never allow it to be taken from us or ridiculed by people who have deliberate division and hate on their minds.

11th February 2026

BREAKING NEWS

Daniel Andrews is on the mend and has filed a defence in the Bike Boy saga! So glad to hear the former premier is better and can finally defend his good name and reputation! Go Dan!

And remember we are running a magic bean and unicorn special all this week!

Another day and another no comment or I can’t comment from Jacinta Allan. Yesterday the premier was quizzed by reporters about the government basically allowing a man into a women’s prison. A man who then sexually assaulted a real female prisoner. The prisoner was given a compensation payment, told to sign an NDA and released once she had finished her sentence. When the premier was asked about it and the idea of allowing men into female prisons, what did she say? I can’t comment.

Today, it’ll be interesting to see if she shows her face in public after the Nick McKenzie article in The Age where it is alleged that the state government knowingly turned a blind eye to CFMEU corruption. Will Bendigo Barbie face the music and come back with a no comment? Will she show up at all today? And will the state opposition go to town on a government that is beyond repair?

To those claiming police brutality and offering free legal assistance to the Muslims that were removed from the Sydney streets for innocently praying I’d suggest you look to the Middle East, places like Qatar, Dubai etc to see how they handle innocent praying. Why is it that the west is allowing the not so innocent from within Islam to dictate to it what they want? Australia is a free society, we encourage all races, colours and creeds and we have no issue with any form of religion so long as it falls within the confines of decency, legality and respect. Innocent praying? Ask the Middle East what it thinks of so called innocent praying.

For once I agree with Anika Wells! While the minister is still playing peekaboo with the media she is absolutely right to go after Roblox. Yes I know we as parents have sometimes thrown the kids the iPad and said just have that while I get this done, but we as a family have absolutely seen the benefits of our kids not being on social media and Roblox especially. We have never allowed masses of screen time but it’s now down to maybe an hour a week and now it’s more books, playing and engaging with people. Roblox also has some fairly nasty crap on it so while I do not want a social media world controlled by government the ban on kids using it is a great thing.

And finally Michael Dixon is a Super Bowl champion! The former Swans player who is the highest paid kicker in the NFL has become only the second Australian to win a Super Bowl ring! The game was complete ass but we have another Aussie sporting champ for the global stage!

10th February 2026

Good grief, less than 24 hours after the Nats and the Libs put their broken relationship back together Sarah Henderson and Jane Hume are out saying how broken the Libs are and changes need to be made! I mean really? Ok so Hume and Henderson probably aren’t wrong but what the hell are the Libs doing? Many of us don’t like what Albo’s doing to the country but you have to at least give Labor some credit, in the public arena they never show any kind of division. Yes I’m sure there are days when they ask how they ended up with Albo instead of Bill Shorten but if the Libs can’t actually get their shit together it’ll be bye bye Menzies and hello Pauline!

In case you missed it Melbourne is dead. The Age have released a study on the foot traffic in Melbourne and basically it’s down everywhere. Ask Bendigo Barbie about foot traffic and she’ll say it’s awesome but given she’s going to make working from home legal things won’t be quite so awesome for much longer! 

ASIO have told the ABC to pull their heads in over a Four Corners report into the Bondi terrorist attacks. Now we all know the ABC aren’t in the business of listening to anyone but you have to say if the intelligence service shows up and says they’re not overly happy with your actions you’d show them a bit of interest wouldn’t you? Well not if your Aunty, nope, it’s more of the same from the ABC and ASIO can bugger off.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has hit town to see the Bondi site and to offer support to the Jewish community of Australia, but he’s not feeling the love from the Palestinian protesters. Yes folks despite there being 15 dead Jews laid across the sands of Bondi the good folk from the Palestinian protest movement couldn’t let Herzog come, say his piece, meet the Jewish community and leave, nope they hit the ground running and had every woke lefty they could find out marching. Now the police in Sydney have been getting it in the neck from a number of media outlets for being too aggressive with protesters. Now while this is not the country many of us recognise in that hate and division is now common place stuck right in the middle of it are our police officers so let’s cut them a little bit of slack. Plus! It was about time those who feel they can ‘pray’ wherever they like, whenever they like were told no.

Over in the UK Kier Starmers top adviser, Morgan McSweeny has quit over the whole Peter Mandelson Jeffry Epstein saga. While Morgan probably deserved to lose his job Starmer was the one who gave Mandelson the job of US ambassador so when does Starmer quit or get sacked?

And finally the Super Bowl was ass! The game, won by the Seahawks was dull, dominated by field goals and a defensive battle that did absolutely nothing for the game of football. Bad bunny was the half time entertainment and woopdidoo! He sang in Spanish so very few people had any idea what he said and the music was just ok. If they’d actually wanted to get the crowd going they should’ve let Ricky Martin do Cup of Life! Well done to the Seahawks but the whole thing was ass! Bring on next season!

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9th February 2026

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Guess who’s back?! Yes ladies and gentlemen the Coalition have got the band back together and didn’t they look and sound deeply committed to one another at yesterday’s press conference?! It was all a bit like a married couple who say they’re working things out when it’s easier to stay together for the sake of the finances, oh and the kids. Good grief! The Coalition it’s been made clear is two parties but together it is committing to lower taxes for individuals, fixing the budget, offering affordable energy, cutting red tape for businesses and backing hard working Australians. They are a coalition that cares…I’m sorry but who writes this crap?! Where was the fight? The commitment? The inspiration? There was none of it and how exactly did any of it say to voters they’re a ‘Coalition’ that could be the alternative government? It didn’t! If this was how the Coalition think they’re going to bring back voters they may as well pack up and go home now.

While the new coalition are busy being useless Bill Shorten has been out podcasting saying Australian political parties need to watch out for One Nation. Off the back of the coalition announcement and with Albo suggesting populist politics is a non starter here in Oz, we’d suggest he’s spot on.

Happy Mosque Open Day! After being out at the Pride festival and backing gender reassignment drugs to kids Bendigo Barbie has given $400,000 to various Muslim groups in Victoria to celebrate Mosque Open Day! Yes folks with the state debt blowing out to a figure bigger than anything the state has ever seen we can apparently afford to have happy Mosque day to give Victorians a chance to see that Islam is cool after all.

Albo’s new car tax is in and hey isn’t it great we can help the Chinese car industry! Yes all those absolutely shithouse Chinese made EV’s will now flood the Australian car market instead of those pesky V8’s or diesel powered Utes which tradies actually need to do their jobs! Jobs that include building housing for the people who want to go to the Mosque Open Days!

And finally the Jeffry Epstein show has gone to a new level with images turning up showing various people at a dinner party hosted by the scum bag. One thing is very clear with the whole Epstein saga, Jeffry had dirt on everyone and who ever trusted him not to reveal the sordid details of their lives needs to not only check in on their own mortality but also who they trust in the future. It remains to be seen who suffers most from the Epstein shit show but it’s great to see so many people who had allegedly been in the company of Epstein have the chance to go on mainstream media outlets to profess their innocence. So lucky they have friends in such low places!

7th February 2026

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One Nation are making the most of their new found attention with Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce both getting media attention in their respective houses. They both worked to scripts and you can’t help but think that the more additions One Nation make to the team the more uncomfortable things are going to get for Labor. 

Labor strategists are smart people and they must have considered that One Nation John’s up with other parties so watch out for how Labor work to discredit One Nation and how they continue to try and embarrass the Nats. Personally I think the Nats, the Libs and One Nation will do and John Howard and say ok we’ve had enough of losing let’s put a plan together to take them out! That’s what I think, but who am I to make political suggestions!

Speaking of the Libs and the Nats the reuniting again of the two parties seems ever less likely as the days go by. Littleproud missed Susan Ley’s deadline for a peace offering and according to reports are a long way away from getting the band back together…is that Pauline tuning up?!

Fat Tony speaks! For the first time in 18 years or so Tony Mokbel is a free man and is not going back to jail ever! Well, that’s assuming Tony keeps out of trouble. Today we found out that Mokbel will face no further charges and that the existing case has been abandoned leaving Mokbel a free man. Mokbel spoke outside court where he thanked his legal team but funnily enough didn’t make mention of a certain lawyer. We wish Tony well and hope he enjoys being out past 8pm.

The RBA has said that while they agree with the government that private spending has had an impact on interest rates it’s also because of government spending, something Labor have been trying to deny all week. In typical Labor style they have moved to say it’s not their fault and that everything is on the private sector but we all know who’s to blame!

In the NFL we have finally found out who the LA Rams will play in the next NFL season here in Australia, the San Francisco 49ers! And I’m just putting it out there if anyone can get yours truly a ticket I’ll do whatever is necessary to get one!

And finally did anyone see Bendigo Barbie this afternoon? No? Why was that? Well it’s because a trans woman aka a man convicted of murder had been allowed to transition in jail, got transferred to a women’s prison and then attacked a female prisoner who was awarded a government compensation payment. When questioned briefly on the matter Barbie said she couldn’t answer questions on it because it was a confidential settlement and a private matter. Private matter perhaps but when does all this gender crap end? In the land of Barbie it usually fizzles out when someone dies so we have some way to go yet by the looks!

Anyway let’s get on with the weekend!

6th February 2026

Good morning and welcome to a new era of Hoodies Media. An era that is combining our following on various social media platforms with our ever growing subscription base. We now email out the link to our website where you can download and read every edition of the Hoodies Daily and our other publication, Hoodies Magazine.

So to become a subscriber of Hoodies Media please email us news@hoodiesmedia.org but now on with the Daily!

We kick off today with news that Pauline Hanson is thinking of a mega coalition party to take on Labor. The mega party would be made up of; One Nation, the Nats and the Libs and while it would certainly get some votes I’m not sure they could all keep their toys in the same pram at once!

Political infighting and poor opinion polls don’t seem to have any kind of effect on what Unions want. Unions want real wage growth every year for ever! In the words of Dale Kerrigan, tell em they’re dreamin! And with tech and Ai about to take the jobs of real people Union members are potentially going to be completely out of the loop and out of a job.

Facial recognition is not back at your local Bunnings Store…yes folks apparently it’s apparently a way to monitor shop lifting and other criminal activities, and who are we to disagree, but we still have the magic beans and unicorns to sell…

Could Kier Starmer be the first real head of state to lose his job over the relationship between Madelson and Epstein? Starmer knowingly appointed Peter Mandelson to become the Washington mouth piece? Maybe maybe not, but no matter what happens you’d think Kier would be chucked out at some stage.

And lastly, the man who stowed away in a little ship bound for Greece while his family kept a close vigil for traces of the convicted bad guy, Fat Tony, is home and staying out of prison! What’s next for Tony? Well we’ve heard all sorts of stories as to what he has planned l, but he’s not going back to jail and looks to be a free man once and for all, well depending on what career path he chooses next.

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Have a great day to all!

5th February 2026

Well as they say a week in politics is a long time so when Sam Groth said he wouldn’t be bailing early on his seat of Nepean it feels like, ummm a week ago and yet he has. Yes folks the great white hope for the liberal party, the man who played tennis with the former federal treasurer in Josh Frydenberg, the man who’d been to see John Howard, the man who was touted as a future leader is gone and didn’t even last his first term.

The departure of Sam Groth will trigger a by election in his seat and we have to scratch our heads and ask is there more to the story here? Had Groth stayed in his seat til July the Libs wouldn’t have needed a by election given the state election would only be a few months away, but he’s gone and to the polls the good folk of Nepean go.

While Groth heads off to a life in the media or at tennis Australia Labor have rolled in the party machine and have set it to defence. It started yesterday with Jim Chalmers on radio bashing away criticisms given the RBA stuck up interest rates. Not only was Jim in prime form, Bendigo Barbie was out blaming the RBA for putting pressure on families and Ed Husic went after ANZ. The Labor play book is in full flow and the private sector best watch out because things are going to get a lot worse before they get any better.

In the face of summer temperatures Barbies new train tunnel thingo broke down because of, well summer and power lines not working. But Barbie stuck to the script, it wasn’t her fault and she even gave out $5 train tickets as compensation to the people who were stuck on a broken down train. Winning in Sictoria!

While the Labor machine rolls through town a key component of their machine is now selling off prime assets! Now this is a bit scary because it’s not usually Labor who flog stuff off in a crisis it’s the Libs, but times are tough and the Labor machine is selling defence assets for a few billion to help refill the coffers!

And finally love or loathe US talk show host Jon Stewart he’s nailed the Epstein files when he said he can’t ever see anyone being held to account or charged in relation to the millions of pages of documents…a sad indictment on a time that saw too many people turn a blind eye to some disgraceful things.

4th February 2026

We kick today’s Hoodies Daily off with the story of 13 year old Austin Appelbee. Austin, his Mum and his siblings were kayaking and paddle boarding off the WA coast when they all got swept out to sea. All four were wearing life jackets but lost an oar and ended up in the water drifting further out to sea. When things began to get dire Austin’s mum suggested he take the kayak to go and get help. The young fella did just that but in roughening seas decided he could no longer paddle the water filled kayak so swam the rest of the way to shore. This is where the story really goes bananas! 13 year old Austin swam 4 kilometres to shore to raise the alarm, but he wasn’t done. He then ran 2 kilometres to find help and when he did a full scale rescue was thrown into action. When interviewed after his unbelievable rescue mission he said he kept repeating the words ‘Not today’ to himself saying he wasn’t letting his mum and siblings die. As much as we all say what the? We have zero reason to doubt Austin’s story so all we can say is what an incredible effort from the young fella and remember the name Austin Appelbee!

Now back in the world of the not so inspirational the RBA raised interest rates and what did big Jim do? Suggest it had nothing to do with government spending! Of course it didn’t, that’s the Barmy armies fault, our fault, the private sectors fault, everyone else’s fault but his and Albo’s.

While Albo and his lot torch the economy, where are the Libs? Arguing with the Nats on trying to get back together again! I mean seriously we are the country in the world raising rates and where at the Libs? Back in the land of Bendigo Barbie she’s flogging off the army barracks for a few Billion which we definitely need but where will it end?

Needless to say Pauline Hanson has weighed in on the issue of interest rates and she’s not without her supporters. Her post on her social media platforms have had thousands of views, comments and likes, but if she’s really serious she now need policies to bring in even more potential voters.

Victoria police are suggesting Dezi Freeman is dead and while that would be absolutely no loss to anyone it would be good for the families of the victims to get some kind of closure.

And finally how many people did Jeffry Epstein actually know? Every document that gets released sees yet another celebrity, politician or royal family member named in the reports. As we said the other day, how many people actually stood by and let this cretin do as he pleased…a shameful thing it all is!

Here’s to Austin Applebee and have a great day to all!

3rd February 2026

We kick today off with some was good news in that former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is recovering from a mystery ailment. With the former Premier now on the mend we assume he’ll now be able to file his defence in the bike boy matter and clear his name once and for all. All the best for a speedy recovery Mr Andrews, oh by the way Kim Jong-un called and asked when you’ll next be in North Korea.

The question of the day though is, will interest rates go up? Well yes probably but let me just say this, it won’t be Albo’s fault!

Moving onto One nation and the recruits keep on coming. This time former liberal party man, Cory Bernadi is now a One Nation member. While Bernadi isn’t the prime time target One Nation really want all political revolutions start somewhere and the more people that move over to One Nation the more credibility they’ll build and the bigger the threat they’ll become to Labor. Speaking of Labor and while Albo jokes about One Nation and the Coalition you have to wonder when the PM and his team will start taking this whole One Nation thing seriously. Remember when Kier Starmer joked about ReformUK? Starmer isn’t joking about them anymore, now, it’s political war!

David Littleproud is still the leader of the Nats, thank goodness! The political world can rest easy that the party that got 2% of the popular vote last time round still has the same bloke in charge that ditched the Libs and screwed all their chances of ever winning office again! And while we’re talking about the former coalition, PLEASE DO NOT GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!

Fresh from playing holier than though on Pride day and backing Trans Kids and allowing GP’s to medicate them for ADHD, Bendigo Barbie has announced her party plan to come up with ‘new solutions’ to the issues and problems facing Victorians! New solutions hey? Well we’ve got a few for her;

1. Sacking 50% of the public service
2. Cutting back on staff in the Premiers office
3. Cancelling all infrastructure projects until they have proper funding and have a transparent budget
4. Banning head nodders at all government press conferences
5. Passing legislation that makes it illegal to burn the Australian flag

Now we could go on, let’s start with those.

Jess Wilson is now firmly in the Premiers good eye and has hammered her on social media for cancelling an appearance with One Nation newcomer, Barnaby Joyce. Not that big a deal but Barbie has gone to town on the latest liberal leader…she probably deserved it, but if the Libs could stop giving Barbie ammo that would be great!

And finally we think Ricky Gervais should hose next year’s Grammys, because the award recipients need a reminder to take your little award, thank your agent, thank your god and fuck off!

2nd February 2026

Good morning and welcome to Monday!

Well first up, where’s Wellsy? The federal sports minister has barely been seen this summer and we have to ask why? I mean it’s not like she took the piss out of the tax payer or anything! And just as an aside have we seen the results of her expense account audit? Or did that just get swept under the Labor carpet of secrecy and no one can remember? Wells, like Wong is a disgrace and really both, especially Wells should resign, but she won’t.

Albo got himself a court side seat for the tennis the other night and gees Melbourne do you think he felt the love from the crowd? Tennis fans should be careful though, if people do keep booing the PM he might add booing of him to the hate speech laws and have every one arrested!

Bendigo Barbie aka Jacinta Allan was out at the Pride festival over the weekend where she was focused on standing up for the rights of trans kids. When Barbie was questioned at her 15th press conference for the weekend about the rights of trans kids she refused to answer questions and turned it on the journo saying she wasn’t going to buy into hate. But the bigger issue here isn’t about pride it’s about the fact that the state government is now supporting the sterilisation and gender transition of kids. Are we serious here? Any parent who has seen their kids grow through adolescence knows how absolutely all over the place they are and yet the state government is all for giving them the chance to sterilise themselves and or change gender? We live in dangerous times, we really do.

Has anyone asked why power prices are really going up? Yes ok we know Big Jim is saying it’s because the rebates have come off but really? Isn’t it about the costs of Wind turbines? Turbines that see the provider make hundreds of thousands of dollars per wind turbine. A deal that sees the farmer take responsibility for the operation of the turbine and anything that goes wrong with it. Needless to say there’s money to be made from renewables just don’t think any of them will save the planet!

The latest release of the Epstein files has again names some very well known people and suggested all manner of things. Regardless of what is alleged and who it’s been suggested was involved there are a lot of people who need to take a very hard look at themselves. How did Epstein do what he did for so long without anyone doing very much about it? Need we be reminded that Virginia Giuffre is dead supposedly via her own hand and there’s only one person in jail over what happened to so many children. Disgusting.

The NDIA has removed the Australian flag from all its communications but this is woke Australia and despite his loss Novak Djokovic is the GOAT

30th January 2026

Speaking to a liberal party insider who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity we have the supposed transcript from the Andrew Hastie, Angus Taylor ‘secret’ meeting yesterday…

“You do it!”
“No you do it!”
“I can’t do it if you don’t help me.”
“Well I can’t do it if you don’t help me!”
“Ok well maybe Ley stays as leader til we can agree who’s going to do it?!”
“Ok I’ll get back to you”
“Same”
“Great, let’s go to a funeral.”

Now obviously we don’t know what was said in the secret meeting between Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor that was filmed by every news crew in the country, but I have to say Albo was absolutely right when he said it was in pretty poor taste that they were meeting before Katie Allen’s funeral. The worst part of it was that they came away saying they were all behind Ley! Really?

While Albo aka Mr Chicago (think about it) is shaking his head at the Libs and their dire situation someone at Camp Labor has suggested to the media that a big part of the reason inflation ticked up again was because of? Wait for it…the Barmy Army! Yes folks Labor isn’t saying their expansion of the public service or an increase in government spending are the reasons inflation has gone up, far from it! Instead it’s the Barmy Armies fault! And if you believe that message me for your magic beans and a unicorn!

It’s nearly the end of the week so must be time forrrrrrr this weeks edition of?! Bash a random person, get shot at by police, steal a car, stab anyone near by and scare the crap out of a bunch of kids! Yes folks on this week’s episode we ask Bendigo Barbie…are we safe?! Tune in to hear her hysterical answer! The premier has a future in comedy that’s for sure and here’s hoping she’s out on the comedy circuit post the November state election! But in all seriousness knife crime and violence seem to have no end in Victoria!

In movie land Pauline Hanson is now a movie star thanks to her new animated movie. The movie has been given standing ovations but has the lefty wokes demanding it be banned! Needless to say Pauline isn’t stopping any time soon and has said she intends to run a candidate in every seat in the upcoming Victorian election. Look out major parties she’s coming for you!

Banks! We’re not huge fans of them especially the people that work in them but hearing one analyst speak (on the condition of anonymity) if you are looking for an investment opportunity banks are it! Banks are cutting staff everywhere because Ai is really making a massive difference to how they operate their businesses. Investment Banks and our big four are looking at reducing their labour costs by up to 30% so what does that mean? For the staff it means stress, upset and potential hardship, but for an investor it means profits! So knock yourself out kid!

And finally what is it with the Australian media and Novak Djokovic? Leave the bloke alone, he’s a legend, an icon and deserves a bit more respect.

Now on with the show!

29th January 2026

‘Twas the best of days ‘twas the worst of days for Big Jim Chalmers. On one side he could divert attention to the Libs who are indeed self imploding and suggest the extreme right wingers in the country are bad news for all of us, but on the other side he couldn’t escape the fact that inflation is up and a good portion of the fault lies with him and his mate Albo.

Chalmers blamed pretty much everyone and everything for the rise in the inflation rate except government spending that of course had nothing to do with it. No, Jim of course it didn’t, I mean cost of living is our fault, energy prices up by 20% or more are our fault and that more people than ever work for the public service is all our fault, but hey thanks for everything none the less!

The Nats who are facing a leadership spill are coming to realise that they could all be out of a job come the next election. Given their primary vote is about as big as ants left foot the Nats are starting to look over at Aunty Pauline with googly eyes asking will you be nice to us?!

Scomo is back and he’s not holding back and why should he? Tony Abbott doesn’t care what the party he used to lead looks like in 2026 so why should Scomo? Scomo has suggested that all Muslim religious text should be translated into English or read in English so we can keep an ear on what they’re up to. Now while it would indeed be a good idea to make sure those within the Muslim brotherhood are being held to account to suggest we should be having all Muslim texts in English is pushing it a bit too hard. But hey he’s an ex liberal party PM so he doesn’t care what anyone thinks, even his own party!

VicHealth the government backed initiative that helped people get fitter, quit smoking or just be healthier is gone as we know but now it’s abolishment has come under the scrutiny of ex Lib MP Mark Birrell who has condemned the move. Needless to say Dr Incompetent, Jaclyn Symes has said times are different to Birrells era and she’s right more heart attacks, more mental health issues, more suicides, more cancer and basically more death as a result of poor health so pfft who needs something like VicHealth in 2026?! It’s so 90’s!

The Pauline Hanson movie, ‘A super progressives movie’ has had its premier in Sydney to a standing ovation and of course to cancellations across Victoria. Don’t be surprised if Labor really start turning up the heat on Pauline because they know how absolutely cooked they are if she does the impossible and gets anywhere near the Lodge!

And finally while the wokes are out saying the high temperatures of late are all about climate change two things for them…1) Weren’t their renewables supposed to bring down power prices and 2) Why not fund the CFA to try and get the fires out before the loss of lives, homes and businesses?!

Now on with the Daily!

27th January 2026

So who were losers and the winners out of Australia Day? Well, I actually think Australia was a bit of a winner out of it. There were a lot of Aussie flags being flown and while the inner city lefties held yet another protest people who had better things to do, like have a BBQ were out enjoying this great country!

Who lost? Well Chris Minns and everyone’s favourite Foreign Minister, Penny Wong. Minns posted a screen shot of Happy India day or whatever it was BEFORE he posted any kind of support for Australia Day. The online hammering me got saw him post a belated Happy Australia Day, but the damage was done. Penny Wong, well she could barely acknowledge it was Australia’s national day and went so far as to post a photo of her and the Indian External Affairs Minister saying happy India day, or whatever ever it was…Penny’s timing is nothing if not appalling. I wonder what it’s like to dislike the country you’re the foreign minister of?

The big winner of the day? Pauline Hanson. I suspect Albo and his minions will begin to turn their attention to One Nation and Pauline quite soon because they do not want her getting any more traction. But they may have their work cut out for them as Pauline and Holly Valance are number 2 on the iTunes Charts with the song, ‘Kiss, kiss my arse’ and she’s about to release her first animated movie! No folks I kid you not! Pauline is going all out!

Over at liberal party HQ, well they like Australia Day so it was flags, beers, BBQ’s and celebrations as it should’ve been, but when Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor were asked about a leadership spill neither man was willing to confirm anything…one would suspect Hastie is the man for the job, but it could be all too late as the rumours of a Nats and One Nation alliance continue to grow.

And finally leaving the climate change debate aside, today is going to be blisteringly hot so please take care, drink water and get the hell out of where you are of the CFA say it’s time to go! Take care and stay cool!

Now on with the Daily.

26th January 2026

What is it to be Australian?

‘C’mon Aussie c’mon c’mon’

‘I come from a land downunder’

‘Great southern land’

‘For we are one and free’

‘I still call Australia home’

Songs and our national anthem that have inspired us to great things, to wear our hearts on our sleeves and join us together as one and say we are the lucky country.

At a time when woke minorities criticise us, when people who have come here as immigrants in the last ten years think they can criticise us, when the national broadcaster aims to divide and ridicule society and at a time when local councils and governments refuse to accept that we need to have a national day of celebration of Australia more than 70% of Australians believe we should keep January 26th as our national day. So why keep up the argument? Why continue to pander to minorities that the majority of us don’t agree with?

From a government and council standpoint it’s about votes and power, simple as that, as shallow as that, but what if governments and councils actually cared about the future of the country? What if they said, you know what we are embracing our multicultural communities but we are also saying that this isn’t Mumbai, this is not Gaza, it’s not Khartoum, it’s not Beijing nor is it Eastern Europe, it’s Australia. Come be one of us but do it under the flag we love and contribute in ways we need to prosper and live in a unified society as one of us. What’s wrong with that?

Football meat pies kangaroos and Holden cars, Lillee and Marsh, Jezza, Barassi, John Betrand, Fred Hollows, Bob Hawke, John Howard, Tim Winton, Susie O’Neil, Julia Gillard, Shane Warne, Eyvone Cawley…legendary Australians who all stood tall and proud under a flag that has represented the hard working never give up stand up for your mates attitude for generations, but today? Well today it’s legal to burn it, how? Why? Because we have allowed voting minorities to wield power they have absolutely no right to. If you want to burn our flag then perhaps you can go back to the place you fled, the place you feared for your life, the place that stopped you being who you are and what you wanted to be. Here you can be whoever you want, you can live a life you could barely comprehend and you treat us like this? You demand we change to support your beliefs and your way of life? No, we won’t.

If Bondi showed us anything it was that we have had enough of being dictated to. We have had enough of politicians and councils pandering to violent criminals who have no understanding of what common human decency actually is. We have had enough of being ridiculed for being Australian, we have had enough of asking what of housing? What of affordable food? Of support for small businesses? We want to be a global leader in how we support our people, we want to be recognised as the world’s support for critical industries, be part of the global future that enables the advancement of technology and a place that enriches the lives of every Australian no matter where they have come from to stand as one of us.

None of this makes us racist. None of this says we don’t believe we need to acknowledge our past, but instead of being sorry or of being told we should be ashamed we need to accept it and move forward together. We shouldn’t be welcomed to our own country at every opportunity, we shouldn’t be saying sorry for the mistakes made by people centuries ago…we need to be respectful of the past, make amends and move forward together.

Today is Australia Day, our day to be proud of not only who we are but who we aspire to be and today is the day we should draw a line in the sand and say we are indeed one and free.

Happy Australia Day!

23rd January 2026

Politics is indeed an ugly game and while Albo has been heavily criticised from countless people, Hoodies included, for his actions in the post Bondi world his apology to the Jewish people of Australia at last night’s memorial was very much needed.

In the lead up to the Bondi shootings and post has seen some astonishing mistakes made by Labor, but healing and unity needs to start somewhere and last night Albo began the process. Don’t misunderstand me here though antisemitism in Australia is nowhere near being eradicated but this was a step that needed to be taken.

Unemployment is down! Awesome! But in the bizarre world of economics that means inflation remains sticky and that the RBA may well say it’s time to put interest rates up again. Now some of the growth in employment data is about the 15 to 24 age group finding jobs, which is school kids and uni students working over summer but what it means for the average punter is that 2026 is going to start with pressure back on the mortgage holder.

The Libs? What now? No coalition with the Nats means they will never get back into office and Susan Ley is cooked. The Libs will be desperately wanting to reconnect with the Nats but who’s going to lead the party? Taylor or Hastie? Both men have leadership aspirations but it’s Hastie many feel is the heir apparent…it’s going to be interesting but it’s still the case there’s a red head from Queensland sitting in the wings watching her popularity go through the roof.

Indigenous TV host Tony Armstrong has teamed up with the ABC to present a skit show called, Always was tonight. The show is supposedly calling out racism and the poor treatment of indigenous people in Australia and is deliberately pitched for the Australia Day celebrations, although Armstrong isn’t celebrating it. The show will divide and be loved by some and despised by others and while it’s topical it’s more about criticism rather than solutions to issues being faced by indigenous people.

And finally Greenland can breathe a sigh of relief because Trump is not going to invade. He said he could if he wanted but he won’t. And with that piece of news the US dollar and stock market both went up in value! What a world Trump World is!

Now in with the Daily!

21st January 2026

With the hate speech legislation now all but law it is time for those of us who still believe that integrity, honesty and democracy still matter to stay the course. There is a very big difference between common sense and hate speech so we can only hope that the government doesn’t decide to over reach their new found powers. Seperate to the hate speech legislation being passed an amendment to the bill was put up but rejected, the amendment? To criminalise burning the Australian flag. It was rejected by; Labor, the Greens and independents, including David Pocock and Fatima Payman. We too shall remember this day…

Onto the world of Jacinta Allan. Allan it must be said could fall foul of Albo’s new hate speech laws given she has suggested the liberals are promoting conspiracy theories which I find hurtful and hateful. But it’s not only my feelings, I think to suggest that a group of people, in this case a political party, have developed a conspiracy theory is indeed dangerous, divisive and indeed hateful. When we look back to the Covid era conspiracy theorists and anti vaxers were cast down as outcasts and those who only wanted to damage and divide society…so when can we expect the knock at the front door of treasury place from police?

And while the new hate speech legislation is about to become law what will be the legal outcomes for the people in the white Ute that chased the Jewish boys through the streets of East St Kilda? If they’re migrants will they be deported? If they’ll Muslims? If they’re Aussie boys having a laugh? Regardless of who they are the new legislation has its first couple of customers.

With the Prime Minister taking to the Kyle and Jackie O show to tell everyone how bad One Nation are, hang on was that hate speech from the PM? I digress, with the PM telling his mate Kyle how bad Pauline is did anyone tell Albo how bad Kyle’s ratings are in Melbourne!?

Former Carlton el presidente, PWC boss and man about town, Luke Sayers is being sued by his now ex wife. Luke implied that it was his wife that posted the picture of his manhood on his twitter account something his wife denies and is taking him to court over. Another Negroni Luke?

And finally the man on the drums of one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, Midnight Oil, Rob Hirst has died after a battle with cancer. Hirst was one of the greatest drummers this country has ever seen and was a key reason for the energy the Oils had. Fuck cancer and thank you great man for all the music and memories! RIP Rob Hirst.

January 17th 2026

Australia’s political class has kicked off the year the only way it knows how: by arguing with itself, missing the point entirely, and wondering why nobody’s clapping. If you’ve been feeling like Canberra is just one long group chat where everyone’s on mute and no one’s listening, you’re not alone.

Albo minus his bikini is back in Canberra leading a parade of disinterested head nodders who looked so pissed off they have to deal with the media and the general public you can’t help but think Albo is dumber than we thought possible. I mean seriously who couldn’t look at Anika Wells in her Chanel like garb and say that is a woman who does not want to be there.

Penny Wong resembling the colour beige was back as well, not in person or near the plebs, rather she was at a random press conference where she made statements on world peace and how brave the people of Iran are. She didn’t mention anything about Iran funding terrorist organisations like Hamas, but it’s her first day back so I’m sure she’ll get to it.

The E safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant was also back out with Albo yesterday and apparently the ban on social media for kids under 16 has been a huge success! Now that is a good thing, but as we all well know in the modern world of the internet how we monitor results is with data? So can we see the data Julie? No? Ummm ok, but where did we get the data from? We can’t know that either? Oh ok, so how do we know it’s been a success? Because you say it’s been a success? Oh right ok, thanks Julie, now don’t miss your plane to the US to face that senate enquiry! Make sure you say men can get pregnant though! It kind of fits with your whole party’s agenda here and in the US!

Now while the Libs are off being dysfunctional and while Pauline continues ploughing ahead in the polls we have to wonder how much longer Albo will press ahead with labelling anyone that doesn’t agree with his hate speech legislation a racist antisemitic bigot?! I mean this is 2026 surely the playbook of if you don’t agree with us you’re a whatever doesn’t wash anymore?! And if social media is so bad why does Albo and his minions keep using it so much?

And finally in news that broke last night Phillip Island looks set to lose the Moto GP! On a blow to the Allan Labor government the event looks set to go to Adelaide even with Martin ‘where’s my bookie’ Pakula trying to sway organisers to stay in Victoria. This one is sort of not the fault of government the new owners of Moto GP are tied to F1 and want the Albert Park track but it would appear the government is saying no. Regardless it would be a massive loss to the Island and a sad thing for Victoria, but we are the state to leave!

Hey thanks for reading! Welcome to the Weekend Hoodies and don’t forget to subscribe to all things Hoodies at our website www.hoodiesmedia.org

Have a great weekend to all…

Cheers

Ben

16th January 2026

Welcome to the Hoodies daily and who said the Greens were a waste of space?! Yes ok they bounced Albo’s hate speech laws because they want to protect the rights of the oppressed minorities they represent but when the Greens aren’t behind Labor then the game is over! With the Greens not backing Albo and pretty much everyone else bouncing him as well I have a question…where has Labor’s default setting of calling their opponents racist bigots gone? There’s an article in one of the mainstream newspapers today that is 100% right when it says Albo is basically trying to govern with an outdated set of tools so what will Albo do? It remains to be seen but I bet it’s more peace and love than rhetoric of division and scorn.

Bendigo Barbie who was seen literally running to get in her government car to escape those pesky people who wanted to ask her a few pointed questions has called for? An enquiry into the new year’s fires! In a lesson learnt from Albo and Bondi Barbie has decided to put the whole saga under the microscope and get the answers people want. The reality though is that people already have the answers, the state government cut the budget to the CFA. But while there’s an enquiry will Barbie put herself in the firing line for criticism or will it be everyone else’s fault? I think we all know the answers there.

In the US the debate, (well it’s not really a debate it’s more a discussion on mental illness), on can men get pregnant has raised its head again with Senator Josh Hawley asking a US doctor, Dr Verma, if men can get pregnant. The Doctor basically wouldn’t answer the question and it ended up being this nowhere conversation because the Doctor refused to acknowledge that men in fact couldn’t get pregnant. Now I ask you if you had a family doctor that refused to acknowledge that men couldn’t get pregnant would you be using that Doctor again? Just when you thought the world was moving away from woke stupidity we get this…could be time to take the Doctor’s practice certification off her!

Legendary 3AW news reader, Tony Tardio is off to Fair work to discuss his unfair dismissal from the station. Tardio has a few social media account in which he doesn’t really hold back so it begs the question has he upset the powers that be at Fairfax or was it just time to go?

And finally ex Liberal Party MP Bernie Finn is off to One Nation. Yes the former liberal man thinks that Pauline and Barnaby are onto a winner and wants in. Theo thing for One Nation despite their polling numbers is that they need the likes of Hastie and Price to get on board. Yes Finn and Joyce are political survivors but their street cred isn’t great, but the likes of Price and Hastie would change the game. If that did happen then watch Albo and the coalition hit the panic button!

Now on with the day!

15th January 2026

Good morning and welcome to the Hoodies Daily for this Thursday the 15th of January 2026! And my my can’t politicians absolutely take a good idea and drive it completely into the ground!

Hate speech! No one wants it, everyone who has a shred of decency wants it stopped but give the task to a politician and they absolutely ruin any chance of it becoming a useful piece of legislation. Pretty much everyone is now having issue with what Labor are proposing. The Jews, the Muslims, the coalition, One Nation, new media, social media companies…All Albo had to do was say, if you call someone something grossly offensive or threaten someone that’s hate speech, but no they had to go for control and try and get more control. 

With the coalition originally saying yes Albo we’ll do what ever you want Albo, Andew Hastie has broken ranks and said he’s not supporting the hate speech legislation just like Alex Antic. Imagine if the Libs could get their shit together?!

In a mind blowing development, something that will leave Victorians utterly shell shocked, Jacinta Allan is still full of shit! Yes folks once again nothing is her fault nor her government’s and the reason the government hasn’t released the data on the budget cuts to the CFA is because the Auditor General. The Auditor General has said it’s actually not them but that hasn’t stopped the mighty Premier batting away criticism and saying we need to calm down.

It’s summer in Australia and because of that the end of the world is nigh! Yes folks the woke lefties are all out saying climate change is ahead of schedule and that we will be reduced to a pile of molten lava sooner than expected thanks to our selfish ways and inability to transition to renewable energy sources. Well how about you all just fuck off and let us enjoy our climate change summer while we still can! Oh and by the way, with China now becoming the biggest exporter of EV’s in the world any update on their emissions targets?

Speaking of Chinese EV’s Albo has handed China the biggest boost to their manufacturing sector on the planet thanks to the fact that he’s now going to put higher tax rates on new cars that aren’t EV’s! If you wrote a book on how to fuck the Australian economy you wouldn’t even contemplate handing over the rights to the Australian car industry to one country! Oh hang on yes you would if you considered China the mother land!

And finally the UK is cooked! UK PM Keir Starmer is going after social media platform X on the basis of its sexualised content creator Grok. And while, like hate speech no one with a smidge of decency wants to see kids especially subjected to sexualised content if anyone thinks that the witch hunt being conducted against X and Musk is anything other than an attempt to control a narrative then as we say, let us know as we have some magic beans and a unicorn to sell you!

Now on with the Day!

14th January 2026

Well Albo is about to get his hate speech laws passed in the Parliament and that’s a good for the most part, but like most things that are decided on by politicians these new laws will leave the door of interpretation open and that’s where things might go wrong.

Religious leaders can still quote from a religious text for the means of discussion or teachings that may have otherwise been deemed hate speech. I haven’t read the Quran in full but it is certainly a religious text that is open to interpretation…what’s the solution there? 

While there are as ever more issues raised with a piece of government than they solve it’s a good thing that Neo-Nazi groups have thrown in the towel and disbanded. Why is it that these gutless pricks only ever turned up when big blokes who liked to punch heads weren’t around?! Kind of answered that myself, but good riddance to scumbags.

While I can’t see Albo building an ICE force similar to the one raging through the streets of America I suspect things are going to get very interesting in the coming months post this legislation being past.

Albo may well follow in the footsteps of the UK where it is now basically illegal to post memes of politicians. In the UK specifically we’ll just have to wait for the Sun to go old school and publish photos of politicians in compromised situations like in the good old days!

Bendigo Barbie is still out playing look at me look at me in the fire zones but when she was actually asked to talk to locals she bailed! She was up for a protected press conference but talking to locals? Good grief no! That would be a terrible idea so instead what did she do? Ran out the back door to avoid them. I’m sorry but who does that?! And if the Premier did give a shit about country Victoria how about simply starting by getting the grass cut!

Kevin Rudd is out as US ambassador and where’s he going? Back to the Asia Society. I thought he would’ve gone to grab a Uni position like Bill but I suppose Kev can speak Mandarin.

And finally the Adelaide writers festival has been cancelled. So much for academics and creatives being the ones society relies on to have open and free discussions. It is a sad and dark time when free speech is cancelled, but maybe they all forgot that woke speech and hate speech just do not work together.

12th January 2026

Here’s a list of current international issues going on across the world;

– Iran uprising
– Venezuela deposes a dictator
– The US is considering a move towards Greenland having a profound impact on the future of NATO
– Syria being bombed by the US
– A Royal Commission into the Bondi shootings and antisemitism in this country has been called

Now that’s a snap shot of things going on and while there are domestic issues that need addressing where is the Australian foreign minister?

With the Foreign Minister is MIA Albo while standing in the state emergency centre during the bush fires said he wants X and other social media platforms to ban Ai generated images that some may find offensive. Albo’s upset because there Ai platform Grok found on X is generating images of Albo in a bikini. Now red flag to a bull mean that people went into over drive on the Albo memes, but given he’s a vindictive bastard Albo has now joined forces with Starmer in the UK to try and ban X altogether! So with the world facing some issues of profound importance what do these donuts want to do? Ban X! Good grief!

Fairfax, publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age have issued an apology over the Cathy Wilcox cartoon. It’s available online to read, but it was all about they didn’t realise it would be offensive and they’re sorry, but while Fairfax said sorry there’s nothing from the lefty celebs and journos who did think it was funny and clever!

As Victoria burns it’s been announced by Mr Bikini Albanese that he’s giving the state $19 million to help with rebuilding etc…imagine if they’d given the state that money to buy new fire trucks and then spent some of it on actual infrastructure or preparation for the fire season! Why do things need to go to complete shit before these utter dickheads do anything about anything!

With Iranians taking to the streets and the country on the verge of regime change where are the lefties? If there was a show of feminism going on anywhere on the planet at the moment then it’s happening in Iran, but crickets. They’re probably at another trans man rally!

And finally with One Nation now level with the coalition in federal polling you’d think Bikini man and Ley would read the mood of Australians and say, Struth! If we don’t sort ourselves out Pauline could end up as PM and then we’re in trouble! But that would take some brains!

Now on with the Daily!

10th January 2026

Welcome to the weekend Hoodies and what a week it’s been.

In case you missed it while Jacinta Allan is off playing decisive leader Victoria police have decided that the mask ban in the CBD is off. What that means is all those gutless cowards who are protesting across the city this weekend can do so wearing masks so no one knows how utterly demented they are! What on earth is going on in this country! Seriously have we lost our minds! If we keep going like this, where there are no consequences for actions we will become a lawless and corrupt state and country run by absolute chaos and morons! Oh hang on…

But the biggest news of the week came from Albo and his new found ability to do back flips! Yes he finally gave in to public pressure and agreed to a Royal Commission into the Bondi shootings and how they came to occur. No, the Jewish community didn’t get the person they wanted to run it but we all got one and it will bring some much needed accountability for the whole devastating incident.

While Iranians took to the street in a possible coup you have to wonder if the US is actually becoming the department of war itself! ICE agents have been seen shooting a woman in Minnesota that tried to evade them, Trump is suggesting the US military might start to go after Mexico and Greenland and there have been more shots fired by ICE agents in Portland. Still no word on Trump invading Australia but who knows what might happen next!?

Still no sign of Wong or Wells…and while Wells will probably survive the Royal Commission one wonders if we will actually ever see Penny Wong again?!

Kevin Rudd is showing Ahmed Al Ahmed around the US, but no one is sure if Kevin knows Ahmed is a big Trump fan! One wonders when Kev finds out if he’ll be told to find a new tour guide?

In this edition of the weekend Hoodies we talk about how political commentary is now entertainment rather than academics being the only ones who really give opinion pieces. We question the decision of the Adelaide writers festival to ban Randa Abdel Fattah and we look at the issues being faced by Brisbane Lions key player, Lachie Neal over his extra marital issues we ask what about Dads? No one is condoning the behaviours of men but they do deserve to see their kids.

Have a great weekend to all and we hope you enjoy this edition of the Hoodies Weekend.

Cheers

Ben

8th January 2026

How funny are cartoons? They’re usually quite clever, witty and raise issues that are of relevance but not so much with the latest offering from the age/Sydney morning herald. A cartoon by Cathy Wilcox has depicted much of society being heavily influenced by the Jewish community. Bad taste for sure but totally inappropriate and highly offensive given the current mood.

With the rise of resistance to more Jewish hatred in the aftermath of the Bondi attacks it appears a Royal Commission will happen. Former High Court justice, Virginia Bell is being suggested as the person to lead it but is being met with resistance given her apparent leftward leanings. Regardless of who does lead the Royal Commission hopefully it is called and does address the issues of antisemitism that have been around for far too long.

On the other side of the coin for Albo, inflation is down and will now more than likely not force the RBA into a rate rise. Good news, but now it’s just about power prices, house prices, cost of goods and government debt, especially in Victoria!

Greenland is apparently next on Trumps agenda? Really? And they’re not ruling out the use of military force? I mean come on. We get the whole Venezuela thing but Greenland? Yes it has resources and minerals and enables better transport routes but to take it by force seems ludicrous, but hey this is the era of Trump! I wonder if the Don is having a look at invading Australia anytime soon?! Can you imagine what Albo and Wong would do? Offer peace, love and unity?

Can anyone tell me what it is with beach cabanas now? A recent trip to the beach saw dozens of them and while slip slop slap is still a thing do we really need temporary housing on the beaches? Oh hang on maybe we actually do?

The sink hole that opened up on a Heidelberg oval is now surrounded by a blacked out 8 foot fence! The exclusion zone is not unlike something you’d find in a Hollywood movie if the aliens had landed…work on the rail tunnel has been halted until engineers find out why the sink hole appeared. Looks like it’s feet up and have a holiday for those working on the tunnel!

And finally what would a daily update be without yet another teenage brawl? This time and again at Mordialloc where 200 or so little darlings decided to punch on and have a go at Police. Seperate to the utter incompetence of the state government when it comes to law and order do none of the these kids have parents who give a shit about what they’re doing and getting up to? It’s one thing to teach your kids to stand up to bullying and giving them tools to develop resilience, it’s a whole other thing to allow them to become a genuine menace and a threat to society.

Now on with the Daily!

6th January 2026

Well good morning and welcome to the Hoodies Daily.

Haven’t the lefties gone out of their minds over Trump going into Venezuela! Leaving aside the political and legal fallout from the Trump move lefty protestors have now added the Venezuelan flag to their amazing technicolor woke coat to include, Trans, Pride, Ukraine and Palestine. Yes there are issues to resolve in regards to Venezuela but let’s just reiterate, that these lefty activists are demanding the release of a bloke who is often referred to as a Dictator and the reason Venezuelans were so poor…

Albo is again under pressure to hold a Royal Commission into the Bondi shootings this time via past members of his own party. We didn’t really see Albo out and about today, but young families did get some extra child care to kick the new year off…now they just need inflation brought down, energy prices to be cut, price gauging to be stopped and house prices brought under control.

The remaining Bondi shooter is apparently having a bad time in prison with most inmates wanting to bash the individual. The threats are so bad that the person has been moved to Goulburn Supermax where they will be enjoying total isolation and the joys of a prison built specifically for people of that ilk.

While the wokes are out protesting this week’s favourite flag and cause they haven’t said much about the $2.45 billion lost on poker machines in NSW in the last year. We know why the government doesn’t want to rock the pokie boat, but if the wokes do really have the greater good at heart then where is the moral outrage for such an astonishing amount of money to be pushed through NSW poker machines? Maybe if the anti gambling association got themselves a flag they’d get a protest? But let’s not forget the lefties will be out soon protesting against Australia Day, sorry! Invasion Day!

Given we’re talking more culture, music and soul this year a musical that is very special to me this year turns 40! Phantom of the Opera premiered on the Westend in 1986 and is still playing across theatres across the world as one of the most successful musicals in history.

And finally, the Libs. Yes just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse one of their own walks away and Ben Carroll goes whack! Victoria is in desperate need of change but it would appear the Libs kicked off 2026 with the way they hope to finish it, in opposition!

Let’s get on with the day!

5th January 2026

Oh what a world…

Ok let’s go back to Bondi. On December 14th 2025 two ISIS inspired gunmen shot numerous people and killed 15 in one of the most deadly attacks ever committed on Australian soil. Regardless of what the ABC and some politicians have suggested the attack was directed at Jews celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah. 

The federal government were heavily criticised for not protecting Jews and for having backed a two state solution for Palestine. Muslim critics from across the world supported criticism of the Albanese government and said more needed to be done to protect the Jews. 

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong basically went into hiding after the shootings (and still is) and now Albo is being bombarded with calls for a Royal Commission into the shootings.

The divisions in Australia in the post Bondi shootings era are more than ever before and yet the leftist media and politicians don’t seem to be doing much to heal the wounds. The answers are in unity, peace and love according to Albo. A sentiment shared by the new Mayor of New York, one Zohran Mamdani.

Zohran announced at his inauguration that he was saying goodbye to individualism and bringing in the warmth of collectivism. A day after he was sworn in as Mayor Times Square was shut for a Muslim prayer service. Hundreds of Muslims bringing New York to a stand still praying together in a city that once saw the terrorists try to destroy it.

In one of his first acts as Mayor of New York Mamdani decided to change public policy definitions and directives concerning antisemitism and Israel-related activity and the left cheered and celebrated. While Albo shares a similar ideology to Mamdani he’s now facing a new call for a Royal Commission into the Bondi attacks from some of his own lefty supporters in the sporting world. A large number of Aussie athletes are demanding the PM hold the Royal Commission. In all honesty Albo is probably a bit confused about the message from some of the sports people who have in the past been there for him with his woke agenda, especially the ones who got behind the Voice.

With the Bondi attacks we have seen a halt to the weekly free Palestine protests but they have been deemed one of the causes of the shootings. Sadly though the lefty professional protesters will make a comeback in the next week or so to remind us all what division in the face of tragedy is all about. 

So with the country divided on the right way forward in the post Bondi world what happens next? Trump storms into Venezuela to arrest its self elected President Nicolas Maduro and all hell broke loose on both sides of the political divide.

Governments from across the world have said the Trump invasion of Venezuela goes against international law. Now this is probably true in the normal sense of international law, but has no one caught on to the whole Trump thing yet? He doesn’t care. Venezuela has one of the largest reserves of oil in the world and what does trump need? Oil. So guess what? Now he’s got it and plenty of it. The environmentalist are going out of their minds because while Venezuela had held these massive oil reserves they hadn’t done much with it, but with Trump now controlling it climate change and environmental protection just went bye bye in the US.

The reaction from global leaders has been mixed. Russia, China and its allies have all said Trump is out of line. Western governments have said he shouldn’t have done it but Venezuela needed help, Albo said he wants peace and love while UK PM Kier Starmer said, he knew nothing, nothing about the invasion! (Insert the Sargent Schultz accent!)

So while governments quite rightly adopt diplomacy and while US War minister Pete Hegseth yells, America! Fuck yeah! Venezuelans are celebrating the end of Maduro. This however hasn’t stopped the lefty wokes organising rallies across the world to demand the release of Maduro! Yes folks with actual Venezuelans celebrating the end of the warmth of collectivism the wokes are saying, no no bring back the dictator.

But the confusion within the political divide isn’t just happening on the left, the right wingers are also losing their minds. Former Fox host, useful idiot and journalist Tucker Carlson has been a major supporter of the now deposed Dictator Maduro. Carlson said of Maduro prior to his arrest by US authorities Maduro’s government has socially conservative policies — such as bans on gay marriage, abortion, sex-change procedures and other cultural issues.

Another ex shock jock and right wing activist Candace Owen has said that the regime change in Venezuela must be because of the Zionists! I’m sorry what? So after all that we’re back at the Jews? Hmmm me thinks not.

But no matter what you think of any of this the whole thing goes to show how utterly divided not just Australia is but how divided the world is. The lack of a clear, decent, empathetic, achievable way forward is absolutely no where to be seen. The left want this, the right want that, the factions with each side want their own thing and yet still what difference does any of it make to people across the world? Zip! Well, at least the majority of people in Venezuela are tonight happy to be free from tyranny of a dictator, but tomorrow is another day.

4th January 2026

In the last few days the world has witnessed two extraordinary events.

The first was the inauguration Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York. Yes he’s a Muslim immigrant, the first to be Mayor of New York and yes he campaigned on offering better access to child care, improved public transport and more affordable housing but it was the speech he gave that has raised eyebrows throughout the world. 

In his speech Mamdani said; “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”

It’s not often that any kind of political leader actually comes out and says they stand with a certain political ideology. Leaders who were the most famous examples of collectivism barely mentioned it as a plan, Marx, Stalin, Lenin and Mao all big fans of it didn’t really go round saying it. Not only did they not really talk about their implementation of collectivism they all for the most part ran dictatorships that did very little to support the lives of the people they were meant to help.

The world can count on one hand the number of places in which collectivism has actually worked. Worked to solve the problems of the people and yet here we are with the new Mayor of New York claiming to be the person who can? Collectivism on paper looks great. Unity, housing for everyone, lots of government backed initiatives, equality and lots of government control, but in reality the gap between the rich and the poor grows and as we have just seen with the disposing of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dictatorships don’t really work.

That’s not to suggest Zohran Mamdani is going to become a dictator, but that collectivism is being spoken of as the way in which to reunite a city is deluded at best.

Overnight the world has again seen how different the Trump administration is to any other that has occupied the White House. The Trump administration has basically staged a coup in Venezuela and captured Nicolás Maduro, the man who claimed to be President. Oil and drugs were Maduro’s alleged businesses and while they made him wealthy his people were left to fend for themselves and forgotten.

Press reports are asking why Trump moved on Venezuela and you have to ask, really? Venezuela apparently has bigger oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and who remembers what happened in Iraq over oil? The US taking of Venezuela is a no brainer, but the impacts of the move will now be felt across the world.

Russia has already condemned the move, Democrats, including the Collective Mamdani have denounced it and world leaders in Europe and the west are as of this morning taking in the facts before making comment. What will Albo say? And might we see Penny Won’t any time soon to comment on an issue of major foreign importance?

The way in which Mamdani simply changed public policy definitions and directives concerning antisemitism and Israel-related activity and his pride when using the term collectivism are themselves deeply troubling. Troubling also is how the Trump administration now see it as ok to take over a country that has something they need, but what it does mean is that no matter what collectivism is supposed to be there don’t seem to be any plans for anyone to get on the same page any time soon.

2026 stands as a year that could make or break the world but will it be collectivism, individualism or a mix of both that comes to the fore. No matter the outcome the journey could be deeply troubling.

3rd January 2026

Welcome to the Weekend Hoodies, where we’ve decided to turn down the political commentary and focus on arts, creativity, issues of soul and what the future holds for us in the modern world. We are however going to continue with our wrap up editorials. This is the first weekend Hoodies of the year and hope you can join us this year on our journey of growth. Now let’s get on with the Weekend!

Congratulations to Usman Khawaja on a fantastic international cricket career. Khawaja is the text book success story for immigration and shows how immigrants can make the absolute best of the opportunities they have when they do get to a new country. He’s had a fantastic test career for more than a decade and leaves the game having played 87 tests, scored 6,000 plus runs, had an average of 43 and scored 16 centuries.

Khawaja immigrated with his family from Pakistan and became the first Muslim ever to play cricket for Australia, a career to be proud of and a cricketer we can say thank you to for all he gave us and the game…or maybe not. See at his press conference where he announced his retirement he decided to slot pretty much everyone and people came away from it asking, so did he actually like representing Australia? Yes it was in and out of the test team, but he played for his country wearing the Baggy Green! Not going to a private school Khawaja got to cricket the hard way but while many of us would say it was a triumph over adversity the man himself seems to have painted the whole thing in a very different light.

There’s no doubt there were struggles and major issues to overcome for Khawaja, but this is the end and instead of the too often heard sportsman moan this was a chance to say it was an honour to wear the baggy green, I love this country and can’t wait to see what the next generation of Aussie players, of Aussie Muslims can do when they wear the Baggy Green, which he sort of said, but it wasn’t a great ad for all the things we love about nationalistic pride and wearing the Baggy Green. I’m sure Usman is proud of his Baggy Green but he maybe doesn’t show it the way many before him did.

Over in the land of the AFL, Lachie Neal is just a fuckwit who thought with his dick and his ego instead of his head. The whole sob story of he’s working through some issues reeks of a bloke who didn’t think one bit about the kids or the missus til he got busted. I’m a massive fan of what Brisbane have achieved but this bloke is a flog and if he’s stupid enough to supposedly shag a friend of his wife then he deserves to get hung out to dry. And please, don’t even think about playing the mental health card in this one Lachie, yes you’re going to be hurting now because those kids don’t have their dad at home anymore but it was all on you. So grow up, grow a pair of nuts and move on…

We do look to our sport stars as leaders and as ambassadors for their sports and our country. But these two blokes over the last few days have shown why we should perhaps spread wings when it comes to people to inspire our kids and a new generation of elite athletes.

Enjoy your weekend and see you on Monday.

2nd January 2026

Good morning and welcome to 2026! We’re back and this year we’re going to keep pushing and making as much progress as we can on our way to becoming a global media outlet.

As ever if you or anyone you know would like to become an advertiser with or a supporter of Hoodies Media don’t hesitate to email us at news@hoodiesmedia.org now on with the first Hoodies Daily for 2026!

To kick Albo’s year off he’s got to work out how to talk to the Chinese about their increased tariffs on Australian beef. The increase has come out of the blue and Labor are really going to have to do something quickly to make sure the Australian beef industry doesn’t lose a billion dollars in export revenue in the first few months of 2026.

The list of issues on Albo’s desk when he comes back from the Christmas break isn’t getting any smaller with the Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay along with a number of other high profile business leaders is backing calls for a Royal Commission into the Bondi shootings and the failings around it. It’s hard to see Albo bowing to popular opinion on a Royal commission but he’s going to have to actually show that changes are being made rather than offering more empty rhetoric. Also on Albo’s to do list will be Taiwan with China again presenting issues for the PM with live fire drills around the island. Of course the Chinese didn’t ask anyone for permission to conduct the live fire drills so Marles and Albo will have to work out how to avoid the escalation of tensions with labor’s favourite neighbour.

Speaking of empty rhetoric, what would New Year’s Eve in Victoria have been without a machete attack, youths doing as they pleased and drama at Treasury place! Along lygon street the machetes came out as a fight turned bloody with several people attacked with the weapons that were supposed to be handed into those bins. In St Kilda several little wankers decided to jump the counter at the McDonald’s but were pulled back by other customers and then involved in a fight. And the early fireworks in the Melbourne CBD caused a fire on top of the treasury building not far away from Bendigo Barbies office. But while all of that and more happened on New Year’s Eve Allan was out the next day proclaiming free public transport for under 18’s.

Yes while the state continues to wrestle with little pricks who think they can do what they like, while the machete ban seems to have accomplished zero and while the treasury building catches fire Barbie is suggesting public transport is free…really? I’m sorry who is paying for it? The delusion Barbie is under is just extraordinary and the more time goes on the more you think Bozo the clown could knock Allan off at the next election, no offence to Jess Wilson.

And finally I am no fan of the ABC most of the time and their woke approach to the world but I actually thought their New Year’s Eve coverage from Sydney was pretty good.

A turning point for the ABC? Good god no but let’s get on with the daily!