Weekend links and Videos: 10 – 11 January 2026

Robber Fly with catch

Photo courtesy of Geoff McVeigh

Reads (more coming)

• Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice – The Guardian
• Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens – The Guardian
• The Bondi royal commission will be a long-term test of Albanese’s leadership – ABC…..Houses, Energy and Immigration next?…..
• Albo’s search for the middle leaves him exposed on both flanks – Michael West, Andrew Gardiner
• G7 rescheduled so Trump can attend White House cage match – DW
• Germany’s local governments face financial collapse – DW
• Is this time different in Iran? – Vox
• Trump now has his very own oil empire – Nine, Javier Blas
• Would net-zero migration make Britain richer or poorer? – New Statesman
• Blame it on Thucydides – Le Monde
• US job growth stuck at stall speed in December; unemployment rate dips to 4.4% – Reuters
• Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary – AP

Videos

Canada and Zeihan……and think of the implications for Australia