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On 8 December 1941, Australia declared war on Japan. It was one day after Pearl Harbour, and it was our first ever independent declaration of war as a sovereign nation. When we’d gone to war against Germany in 1939, Australia still considered itself a vassal dominion of Great Britain and that it had no say…

For the task at hand – journaling the truth of the world as I perceive it – it is unhelpful just how hyperbolic reality sounds when described accurately. This is the news, not a Paul Verhoeven film, not Wolfenstein, but the distinction grows more meaningless by the day. In just a single month, Donald Trump…

It must have been quite a shock for the latest crop of far-right activists to find themselves suddenly being condemned by the Coalition. After years of their despicable stunts being ignored, deflected, or treated as a reason for preselection, the recent spate of antisemitic vandalism reminded Peter Dutton and his attack pup James Paterson that…

Nobody ever worked out exactly what crime Antoinette Lattouf had committed; but they didn’t miss in ensuring she was punished for it. Watching the seemingly endless parade of ABC apparatchiks through the witness box of the Federal Court, one was struck by two things: the stark whiteness of the power structure of the national broadcaster;…

We have crossed both the Rubicon and the Rhine these last few weeks, and the next liberal who screeches “this is not who we are!” when talking about America needs to leave the room and go read some fucking books.   Just three overwhelming weeks later and it should only be the scared, stupid and pathologically…

A well respected sports journalist has been sacked from his position at SEN for retweeting factual posts about Israel’s assault in Gaza. In a land where sport is a religion, Peter Lalor is regarded as one of the best cricket commentators in the country, standing on his own as one of the old guard, highly…

For those of you not in mining inner circles (and I assume that means anyone outside the Liberal and National parties) some time back in 2013, Peter Dutton’s legally registered owner Gina Rinehart founded – wait for it – National Mining And Related Industries Day. Never heard of it? Don’t worry, I’d never heard of…

Don’t expect Tolstoy from me today, this is a thinly veiled ad for a T-shirt disguised as a column, but I will try.  Over the weekend, Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year and close friend of The Shot, wore our Fuck Murdoch T-shirt, I shit you not, to meet the Prime Minister. I forget…

There is a small but significant difference between being an edgelord dickweed and a Nazi. They are different things. That having been said, it is extremely possible to be both at the same time. And a Bond villain.  This week, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, busted out two casual Sieg Heils on Donald Trump’s…

Rather than publishing five separate articles, which, at this point in the year, I cannot be fucked doing – and you probably can’t be fucked reading – we have collaborated on the one piece. Before sailing off into a turkey and pudding fuelled oblivion, here are The Shot’s writers recounting their personal 2024s.  Jo DyerWhilst…