Gentlefolk,
This post describes our main activities during the month of December 2025.
The contents of this post are in the following sequence:
Photos of our activities during December 2025 (mainly our visit to Indonesia 4 - 22 December 2025).
News items which caught my eye in December 2025.
Some key actions by President Trump during December 2025 (from MSNBC).
Highlight of December 2025
The highlight of the month was the wedding of Vera's nephew Fauzan Adibrata and Aretha (Tata) in Bandung on 12 December 2025.
The time we spent in Bali with Henny and Julius was also special.
Herewith photos of some of our activities in December 2025:
A couple of days with the Roberts in Brisbane, before our departure for Indonesia.
Early Xmas dinner with the Roberts Family in Brisbane, before our departure for Indonesia. From left: Kurt, Freya (Kurt's girlfriend), Tom, Vera, Jen, Sid, Daisy (Sid's girlfriend), and me.
Jen dressed in Xmas theme for school.
Saying goodbye to Jen & Tom in front of their place in The Gap
Their home and garden in The Gap, Brisbane, looking great.
At Brisbane Airport International Terminal, getting ready to board our flight to Bali (Airbus A321 Neo).
Boarding our flight JQ59 ETD Brisbane 4.20pm, ETA Bali 8.10pm. The plane was almost full.
lWe had 5 nights in Bali, then a week in Bandung (in West Java), and then another 7 nights in Bali. We saw a lot more of Bali this time, because Henny & Julius were keen to explore.
The Aussie dollar ranged from Rupiah10,500 to 10,900 during our stay.
We stayed opposite Pantai (Beach) Legian. This statue is interesting because it shows a Balinese man and a Balinese woman both in traditional attire but on surfboards!
We usually went for a walk along Legian Beach before breakfast. Some mornings showed a lot of rubbish, mainly plastic bottles and wrappings, washed over from Java. Govt workers did a clean-up every day. I jumped in the surf every day, but mostly I swam in the hotel swimming pools - cleaner.
Our first breakfast (5 December 2025) at the Jayakarta Hotel. From left: Vera, Henny, Mary (Henny's sister from Semarang), Heru (Mary's husband), Julius, and me.
The Hotel presented Henny with a cake for her birthday.
Pak Komang was our driver in Bali (he was an old contact of Julius and Henny).
Our first stop was this chocolate factory and shop in Kuta. Very popular, expecially with tourists from Java.
We had lunch at Warung Mak Beng in Sanur. Packed.
The set menu of rice, fried fish and fishhead soup, all for about A$5. Delicious.
We checked out the big new ICON shopping mall in Sanur. Very flash. Lots of people around, but not many buying.
That night we all went to the Ramayana Culture Show at the Jayakarta Hotel.
Afterwards Vera joined the performers on the floor. She grew up with Balinese dancing.
The next day we checked out Seminyak Village shops and then had lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant.
After lunch we went to the La Brisa Sunday market at Seminyak.
The La Brisa market was packed, mainly with young, foreign tourists.
Yours truly enjoyed walking through the busy La Brisa market.
Then to Batu Bolong Beach (but the "Hole in the Rock" is no more - it collapsed).
We had afternoon tea / drink in a rstaurant overlooking Batu Bolong beach.
The parking lot at Batu Bolong Beach was full of motor bikes, a very common sight in Bali.
We then visited the huge new NUANU development past the Tanah Lot Temple at Tabanan.
A map of the NUANU development. It has shops, Villas, a school, and a beach Club.
One of the features of NUANU is the light show at dusk every day. Spectacular.
The next day we drove to the eastern part of Bali. Had lunch at the Lotus Restaurant at Candi Desa.
The beach at Candi Desa has been badly eroded, and needs major strengthening.
We visited Tenganan Village where the "original Balinese" (called Bali Aga) settled after the Hindu invasion from Java. Vera and I first visited this village back in 1973 - it was very primitive then, much better now.
The village of Tenganan is still quite rural.
From Tenganan we went to Taman Tirta Gangga a famous spiritual water palace built by the former Raja of Karengasam.
Feeding the fish was popular.
This Indian couple were on their honeymoon. Actually, we saw quite a few Indian tourists on Bali, they feel at home with the Hindu culture.
From Bali we flew to Halim Airport in Jakarta and took the Whoosh high speed train to Bandung. Luckily Vera's brother Albert met us there as it was not easy for foreigners to buy tickets. Economy class tickets cost A$27 each. The train did the 130kms in about 30 minutes - top speed was 348km/hour. Very smooth and comfortable. Vera's brother Andre picked us up at Padalarang Station.
We stayed with Adre and Iis in the suburb of Setrasari Kulon. People kept arriving for the wedding, such as this group who came from Samarinda in Kalimantan. Vera's mother's brother, Joseph Adibrata, moved from Singaraja to Samarinda in 1943 (during the Japanese occupation); he married a local Dayak girl, and these are the offspring. Andre has visited them several times.
When Iis from Samarinda heard that I had a sore left hip, she immediately gave me a massage and applied native herbs - yes!
The wedding day finally arrived, 12 December 2025. Vera's nephew Fauzan married Aretha (everyone calls her Tata) at the Bandung Sheraton Hotel.
Before the wedding: Vera's youngest brother Albert and his wife Elly (from Jakarta) , with Fauzan's sister Ita (she is a senior executive with Panasonic in Jakarta).
The Moslem marriage ceremony was held in the garden at the rear of the Sheraton. On behalf of our side of the family, Sherry's husband Chapung made a nice speech wishing the couple well.
Fauzan and Tata during the Moslem ceremony.
Fauzan & Tata - husband & wife.
Fauzan and Tata with Fauzan's parents Andre & Iis and his sister Ita, all wearing traditional West-Java outfits.
Vera & I with the newly weds.
Yanti came from Bali with her 3 daughters.
The Moslem marriage ceremony was followed at 6pm by a Reception in the Ballroom of the Sheraton. About 400 attended the Reception. There with speeches and food. A band provided music and some dancing. A fun night!
Photo of the extended family with the newly weds.
More of the extended family.
Vera with her eldest brother Frans and his wife Tience. Frans suffered a stroke about 20 years ago and is paralysed on his left side.
On our last night in Bandung we took the family out for dinner.
Saying goodbye to the extended family at Andre's house.
Goodbye and "Thank You" to Andre and Iis for letting us stay at their house in Bandung. We took a car to Halim Airport in Jakarta (2 hours).
We flew on Batik Air from Jakarta back to Bali. It was delayed for an hour. Luckily driver Komang waited for us at Bali Domestic Airport.
Our favourite restaurant on Jalan Double Six (which forms the border between Legian and Seminyak). It has authentic Indonesian food at a reasonable price.
Some of Vera's Balinese relatives came for lunch at the Jayakarta Hotel.
With Tigore a rock & roll singer we met. Great voice.
With Henny and Julius at the Warung Laota on Sunset Road- delicious food.
We stopped at a special coffee plantation. They feed coffee beans to civet cats and then collect the excreted beans, which are cleaned and roasted. Supposed to give a very good flavour. The plantation had many coffees to sample, but not Kopi Luwak - too expensive!
We had lunch at a "floating restaurant" on the shores of Lake Batur at Kintamani. Nice views of teh volcanoes around the lake. But the many flies were annoying.
We visited this Balinese village which has been made into a cultural attraction.
One of the laneways in the cultural village.
Vera & Henny at the cultural village.
Then we visited the city of Klungkung, where Vera grew up. We found her old home (now a flower shop) and the nearby Pura (Raja's residence). These people in the Pura recognised her as "Dr Sim's daughter" and welcomed her warmly (Vera's father was teh first Western-trained doctor in Klungkung and supervised building of the first public hospital - he was widely respected).
The house where Vera grew up in the 1950s and 1960s - now a flower shop.
Inside the flower shop.
The next day we visited Jatiluwih, famous for its rice terraces.
Rice terraces.
Later we visited the impressive Botanical Gardens in Bedugul.
One of the fascinating trees in the Botanical Gardens.
One of the Balinese gates in the Botanical Gardens.
There is a Guest House / hotel inside the Botanical Gardens.
Back in Caloundra
We flew from BAli to Brisbane on Monday 22 December, stayed at Jen & Tom's place that night (they were away in Broulee), and drove back to our home Nirimba on 23/12. Henny and Julius, and their daughter Fina, invited us for Xmas Eve dinner at their place.
Henny and Fina prepared a feast!
Some karaoke after dinner. Thank you Henny, Julius and Fina for a most enjoyable night!
On Xmas Day we participated in the "Orphan's Lunch" in the Clubhouse; about 50 residents who were home alone attended.
......
News items which caught my eye in December 2025.
This is shorter than normal because we were
travelling.
($ are US dollars unless otherwise shown)
Global
Pope Leo 14th
visited Lebanon for 3 days. Warm reception.
Thailand/Cambodia:
fighting flared up again; another ceasefire agreed after 3 weeks of clashes.
Indonesia: Torrential
rain and flooding in parts of Sumatra, 1,000+ dead.
Formula One Motor Racing:
Lando Norris (McLaren) won the Driver’s Championship, beating Max Verstappen
(Red Bull) by 2 points and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) by 13 points. Piastri led
for 15 weeks, but did not do well in the last 9 races. In the 75 years of F1,
35 drivers have won, eleven of whom were British (Lewis Hamilton won 7
times).
FIFA released ticket
prices for the 2026 World Cup to be held in USA/Mexico/Canada from 11 June to
9 July 2026. Cheapest seats 198 pounds (3 times what they cost in Qatar in
2022). Strong criticism led to some cheaper tickets being allocated to
national supporters.
Skiing: American Lindsay
Vonn won the Downhill at St Moritz; oldest winner at 41 (she retired in 2019,
but returned in 2024). It was her 83rd World Cup win.
Tennis: In a “Battle of the
Sexes” Nick Kyrgios (currently ranked 671st) beat Aryna Sabalenka
(Women’s ranked #1) 6-3, 6-3.
France: Iconic actress
and singer Brigitte Bardot died aged 91. She was in about 50 films. Became an
animal rights campaigner.
China: November 2025 estimated
trade exports $330B, imports $219B. Cumulative trade surplus for 11 months $1.08Trillion
($992B trade surplus in 12 months 2024).
USA
Netflix offered $72B to take
over Warner Bros. Other contenders circle.
The USA military attacked ISIS bases
in Nigeria.
The USA Navy detained 3 Venezuelan
oil tankers.; they are continuing to strike “narcoboats”, speed boats allegedly
carrying drugs to the US.
The USA approved a $16.5B arms
sale to Taiwan; China dismayed, held military exercises around Taiwan.
Presidents Trump and Zelensky met
at Mar-a-Lago on 26 December to review the 20-point Peace Plan to settle the
Russia – Ukraine war.
Australia
The FIRB approved South Korean Hanwha’s
increase shareholding in Austral Ship builder from 10 to 20%.
PM Albanese asked the
Parliamentary Expense Authority to review MP perks in response to allegations
of rorting.
On 14 December two gunmen, Sajid
Akram (50) and his son Naveed Akram (24), killed 15 and injured 50 at a
Jewish Festival at Bondi Beach. It was the worst shooting since the Port
Arthur massacre in 1996 (Martin Bryant 35 dead, 23 injured). A local fruit
stall holder, Ahmed al Ahmed (43) heroically wrestled the gun off Sajid who
was later shot dead by police. Naveed was injured and is facing murder
charges. PM Albanese has appointed former ASIO head Dennis Richardson to report on the incident.
President Trump continues to dominate the media.
TRUMP’S
WEEK IN REVIEW
From MS NOW
Project 47
Week
ending 17 December 2025.
Launched a long-promised “gold card” with a pathway to U.S.
citizenship for individuals paying $1 million
Appointed an election fraud conspiracy theorist to a top
post at the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Issued a symbolic pardon for former Colorado elections clerk
Tina Peters, who is in prison for state election crimes
Signed an executive order that seeks to override state laws
regulating artificial intelligence
Blamed actor and director Rob Reiner’s death on “Trump
Derangement Syndrome” driving people “crazy”.
Week
ending 24 December 2025
Rushed to add his name to the exterior of the newly renamed
“Trump-Kennedy Center” in Washington
Claimed, falsely, that $1,776 payments to military service
members would be funded through tariffs
Installed plaques beneath the photos of his predecessors in
the White House, bashing Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Ramped up pressure on Venezuela, announcing a blockade of
“sanctioned oil tankers” leaving the country
Week
ending 31 December
Made plans to begin garnishing wages of Americans who
defaulted on their student loans in January
Bombed Nigeria on Christmas, reportedly targeting ISIS
militants who Trump claims have been targeting Christians, though Muslims also
have been attacked
Argued that “Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed” and that
Vladimir Putin wants to lower energy costs for Ukrainians
His Department of Homeland Security posted on X a Christmas
video saying Americans are “blessed to share a nation and a Savior.”
Was sued by a member of the Kennedy Center board over the
attempt to rename the institution after Trump.
......
Report from Moody's Analytics
According to Moody’s Analytics, the top 10% of American families are responsilbe for nearly half of all spending, and the
top 20% (those making more than $192,000 a year), account for almost 67%. The bottom 60% are trying to keep up with
inflation.
Since the pandemic, Moody’s calculated that health care
prices are up 16%; childcare, 18%; and groceries and rent, 28%. With most people worried about their personal finances, consumer sentiment is near record lows. The affordability crisi didn’t start under the
Trump administration, but he’s in charge now, and increasingly voters disapprove of the job he’s
doing.
......
James (Jim) Scully AO 1928 - 2025
In 1971 Jim Scully was a First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade & Industry when I joined as a Trainee Trade Commissioner. He became a Deputy Secretary in 1972, aged 40.
In 1975 he was appointed Secretary of the new Department of Minerals & energy, which became the Department of National Resources in 1977.
From 1977 - 1983 Jim was Secretary of the Department of Trade & Resources, and 1983 - 84 Secretary of the Department of Trade.
Jim was a remarkable man: he was universally respected; he got on with everyone, whatever their level or background; he had a brilliant mind; and he devoted his working life to the cause of Australia's international trade.
It was an honour to have known, and worked for, Jim Scully. May he Rest in Peace.
......
That's it for this post, the last for 2025.
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| Early Xmas dinner with the Roberts Family in Brisbane, before our departure for Indonesia. From left: Kurt, Freya (Kurt's girlfriend), Tom, Vera, Jen, Sid, Daisy (Sid's girlfriend), and me. |
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| Jen dressed in Xmas theme for school. |
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| Saying goodbye to Jen & Tom in front of their place in The Gap |
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| Their home and garden in The Gap, Brisbane, looking great. |
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| At Brisbane Airport International Terminal, getting ready to board our flight to Bali (Airbus A321 Neo). |
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| Boarding our flight JQ59 ETD Brisbane 4.20pm, ETA Bali 8.10pm. The plane was almost full. |
 l |
| We had 5 nights in Bali, then a week in Bandung (in West Java), and then another 7 nights in Bali. We saw a lot more of Bali this time, because Henny & Julius were keen to explore. |
 |
| The Aussie dollar ranged from Rupiah10,500 to 10,900 during our stay. |
 |
| We stayed opposite Pantai (Beach) Legian. This statue is interesting because it shows a Balinese man and a Balinese woman both in traditional attire but on surfboards! |
 |
| We usually went for a walk along Legian Beach before breakfast. Some mornings showed a lot of rubbish, mainly plastic bottles and wrappings, washed over from Java. Govt workers did a clean-up every day. I jumped in the surf every day, but mostly I swam in the hotel swimming pools - cleaner. |
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| Our first breakfast (5 December 2025) at the Jayakarta Hotel. From left: Vera, Henny, Mary (Henny's sister from Semarang), Heru (Mary's husband), Julius, and me. |
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| The Hotel presented Henny with a cake for her birthday. |
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| Pak Komang was our driver in Bali (he was an old contact of Julius and Henny). |
 |
| Our first stop was this chocolate factory and shop in Kuta. Very popular, expecially with tourists from Java. |
 |
| We had lunch at Warung Mak Beng in Sanur. Packed. |
 |
 |
| The set menu of rice, fried fish and fishhead soup, all for about A$5. Delicious. |
 |
| We checked out the big new ICON shopping mall in Sanur. Very flash. Lots of people around, but not many buying. |
 |
| That night we all went to the Ramayana Culture Show at the Jayakarta Hotel. |
 |
| Afterwards Vera joined the performers on the floor. She grew up with Balinese dancing. |
 |
| The next day we checked out Seminyak Village shops and then had lunch at a nearby Thai restaurant. |
 |
| After lunch we went to the La Brisa Sunday market at Seminyak. |
 |
| The La Brisa market was packed, mainly with young, foreign tourists. |
 |
| Yours truly enjoyed walking through the busy La Brisa market. |
 |
| Then to Batu Bolong Beach (but the "Hole in the Rock" is no more - it collapsed). |
 |
| We had afternoon tea / drink in a rstaurant overlooking Batu Bolong beach. |
 |
| The parking lot at Batu Bolong Beach was full of motor bikes, a very common sight in Bali. |
 |
| We then visited the huge new NUANU development past the Tanah Lot Temple at Tabanan. |
 |
| A map of the NUANU development. It has shops, Villas, a school, and a beach Club. |
 |
| One of the features of NUANU is the light show at dusk every day. Spectacular. |
 |
| The next day we drove to the eastern part of Bali. Had lunch at the Lotus Restaurant at Candi Desa. |
 |
| The beach at Candi Desa has been badly eroded, and needs major strengthening. |
 |
| We visited Tenganan Village where the "original Balinese" (called Bali Aga) settled after the Hindu invasion from Java. Vera and I first visited this village back in 1973 - it was very primitive then, much better now. |
 |
| The village of Tenganan is still quite rural. |
 |
| From Tenganan we went to Taman Tirta Gangga a famous spiritual water palace built by the former Raja of Karengasam. |
 |
 |
| Feeding the fish was popular. |
 |
| This Indian couple were on their honeymoon. Actually, we saw quite a few Indian tourists on Bali, they feel at home with the Hindu culture. |
 |
| From Bali we flew to Halim Airport in Jakarta and took the Whoosh high speed train to Bandung. Luckily Vera's brother Albert met us there as it was not easy for foreigners to buy tickets. Economy class tickets cost A$27 each. The train did the 130kms in about 30 minutes - top speed was 348km/hour. Very smooth and comfortable. Vera's brother Andre picked us up at Padalarang Station. |
 |
| We stayed with Adre and Iis in the suburb of Setrasari Kulon. People kept arriving for the wedding, such as this group who came from Samarinda in Kalimantan. Vera's mother's brother, Joseph Adibrata, moved from Singaraja to Samarinda in 1943 (during the Japanese occupation); he married a local Dayak girl, and these are the offspring. Andre has visited them several times. |
 |
| When Iis from Samarinda heard that I had a sore left hip, she immediately gave me a massage and applied native herbs - yes! |
 |
| The wedding day finally arrived, 12 December 2025. Vera's nephew Fauzan married Aretha (everyone calls her Tata) at the Bandung Sheraton Hotel. |
 |
| Before the wedding: Vera's youngest brother Albert and his wife Elly (from Jakarta) , with Fauzan's sister Ita (she is a senior executive with Panasonic in Jakarta). |
 |
| The Moslem marriage ceremony was held in the garden at the rear of the Sheraton. On behalf of our side of the family, Sherry's husband Chapung made a nice speech wishing the couple well. |
 |
| Fauzan and Tata during the Moslem ceremony. |
 |
| Fauzan & Tata - husband & wife. |
 |
| Fauzan and Tata with Fauzan's parents Andre & Iis and his sister Ita, all wearing traditional West-Java outfits. |
 |
| Vera & I with the newly weds. |
 |
| Yanti came from Bali with her 3 daughters. |
 |
| The Moslem marriage ceremony was followed at 6pm by a Reception in the Ballroom of the Sheraton. About 400 attended the Reception. There with speeches and food. A band provided music and some dancing. A fun night! |
 |
| Photo of the extended family with the newly weds. |
 |
| More of the extended family. |
 |
| Vera with her eldest brother Frans and his wife Tience. Frans suffered a stroke about 20 years ago and is paralysed on his left side. |
 |
| On our last night in Bandung we took the family out for dinner. |
 |
| Saying goodbye to the extended family at Andre's house. |
 |
| Goodbye and "Thank You" to Andre and Iis for letting us stay at their house in Bandung. We took a car to Halim Airport in Jakarta (2 hours). |
 |
| We flew on Batik Air from Jakarta back to Bali. It was delayed for an hour. Luckily driver Komang waited for us at Bali Domestic Airport. |
 |
| Our favourite restaurant on Jalan Double Six (which forms the border between Legian and Seminyak). It has authentic Indonesian food at a reasonable price. |
 |
| Some of Vera's Balinese relatives came for lunch at the Jayakarta Hotel. |
 |
| With Tigore a rock & roll singer we met. Great voice. |
 |
| With Henny and Julius at the Warung Laota on Sunset Road- delicious food. |
 |
| We stopped at a special coffee plantation. They feed coffee beans to civet cats and then collect the excreted beans, which are cleaned and roasted. Supposed to give a very good flavour. The plantation had many coffees to sample, but not Kopi Luwak - too expensive! |
 |
| We had lunch at a "floating restaurant" on the shores of Lake Batur at Kintamani. Nice views of teh volcanoes around the lake. But the many flies were annoying. |
 |
| We visited this Balinese village which has been made into a cultural attraction. |
 |
| One of the laneways in the cultural village. |
 |
| Vera & Henny at the cultural village. |
 |
 |
| Then we visited the city of Klungkung, where Vera grew up. We found her old home (now a flower shop) and the nearby Pura (Raja's residence). These people in the Pura recognised her as "Dr Sim's daughter" and welcomed her warmly (Vera's father was teh first Western-trained doctor in Klungkung and supervised building of the first public hospital - he was widely respected). |
 |
| The house where Vera grew up in the 1950s and 1960s - now a flower shop. |
 |
| Inside the flower shop. |
 |
| The next day we visited Jatiluwih, famous for its rice terraces. |
 |
| Rice terraces. |
 |
| Later we visited the impressive Botanical Gardens in Bedugul. |
 |
| One of the fascinating trees in the Botanical Gardens. |
 |
| One of the Balinese gates in the Botanical Gardens. |
 |
| There is a Guest House / hotel inside the Botanical Gardens. |
 |
| We flew from BAli to Brisbane on Monday 22 December, stayed at Jen & Tom's place that night (they were away in Broulee), and drove back to our home Nirimba on 23/12. Henny and Julius, and their daughter Fina, invited us for Xmas Eve dinner at their place. |
 |
| Henny and Fina prepared a feast! |
Global
Pope Leo 14th
visited Lebanon for 3 days. Warm reception.
Thailand/Cambodia:
fighting flared up again; another ceasefire agreed after 3 weeks of clashes.
Indonesia: Torrential
rain and flooding in parts of Sumatra, 1,000+ dead.
Formula One Motor Racing:
Lando Norris (McLaren) won the Driver’s Championship, beating Max Verstappen
(Red Bull) by 2 points and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) by 13 points. Piastri led
for 15 weeks, but did not do well in the last 9 races. In the 75 years of F1,
35 drivers have won, eleven of whom were British (Lewis Hamilton won 7
times).
FIFA released ticket
prices for the 2026 World Cup to be held in USA/Mexico/Canada from 11 June to
9 July 2026. Cheapest seats 198 pounds (3 times what they cost in Qatar in
2022). Strong criticism led to some cheaper tickets being allocated to
national supporters.
Skiing: American Lindsay
Vonn won the Downhill at St Moritz; oldest winner at 41 (she retired in 2019,
but returned in 2024). It was her 83rd World Cup win.
Tennis: In a “Battle of the
Sexes” Nick Kyrgios (currently ranked 671st) beat Aryna Sabalenka
(Women’s ranked #1) 6-3, 6-3.
France: Iconic actress
and singer Brigitte Bardot died aged 91. She was in about 50 films. Became an
animal rights campaigner.
China: November 2025 estimated
trade exports $330B, imports $219B. Cumulative trade surplus for 11 months $1.08Trillion
($992B trade surplus in 12 months 2024).
USA
Netflix offered $72B to take
over Warner Bros. Other contenders circle.
The USA military attacked ISIS bases
in Nigeria.
The USA Navy detained 3 Venezuelan
oil tankers.; they are continuing to strike “narcoboats”, speed boats allegedly
carrying drugs to the US.
The USA approved a $16.5B arms
sale to Taiwan; China dismayed, held military exercises around Taiwan.
Presidents Trump and Zelensky met
at Mar-a-Lago on 26 December to review the 20-point Peace Plan to settle the
Russia – Ukraine war.
Australia
The FIRB approved South Korean Hanwha’s
increase shareholding in Austral Ship builder from 10 to 20%.
PM Albanese asked the
Parliamentary Expense Authority to review MP perks in response to allegations
of rorting.
On 14 December two gunmen, Sajid
Akram (50) and his son Naveed Akram (24), killed 15 and injured 50 at a
Jewish Festival at Bondi Beach. It was the worst shooting since the Port
Arthur massacre in 1996 (Martin Bryant 35 dead, 23 injured). A local fruit
stall holder, Ahmed al Ahmed (43) heroically wrestled the gun off Sajid who
was later shot dead by police. Naveed was injured and is facing murder
charges. PM Albanese has appointed former ASIO head Dennis Richardson to report on the incident.
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