This sums it up...
The embassy described Trump as a one-man WhatsApp chat group.

Honest Government Ad | The Ensh*ttenment YouTube video by thejuicemedia

The Government™ has made an ad about the era we're living through, and it's surpsingly honest and informative.

Photo A conman

No one left behind @australianlabor.bsky.social gives

$12b to private schools
$30,000 a minute for planet killing #FossilFuels
$205b to wealthy property owners
$55.7b on weapons

But cannot afford to safely fund people with a disability on the #NDIS
And won’t raise people out of poverty

#Auspol

Anyone else agree...
Later ...

Palantir wants a remilitarised West locked into a civilisational contest against its enemies. Sound familiar? This is exactly the logic driving AUKUS. We're not just buying nuclear submarines, we're buying into someone else's war with our neighbours.

"This is an important thing to think about."

NDIS changes put lives at risk

"All the passionate talk about choice and control and fairness, can fool even the most politically informed of us," writes Georgia Cranko. "Honestly, if I wasn’t quite so disabled and didn’t rely on the scheme to function well, I would probably be fooled too." satpa.pe/YeIHnkP

This...
The people with the least power are always the easiest to question, the easiest to blame, and that is what ableism looks like when it is embedded into systems

'Not how it works': Are Australia's days as an astronomy powerhouse numbered? While the world's eyes were on the moon, Australia quietly axed a key space deal.

'Not how it works': Are Australia's days as an astronomy powerhouse numbered?
While the world's eyes were on the moon, Australia quietly axed a key space deal.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

This..
When giving reasons for ending the ESO deal, the government earlier this month said it would prioritise investments in science and research that would generate tangible commercial outcomes.

Stripping America down and selling it for parts. The oligarchs will have their billions and we’ll have astronomical debt and a wasteland.

The US talks about stopping nukes in Iran, but the biggest risk is not Iran.

Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson has revealed that Donald Trump wanted to use nuclear codes during a White House meeting on Saturday night. General Dan Cain, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stood up and said NO

This is the level of instability in the White House.

It's time to scrap tax discounts for the wealthy and stop turbocharging inequality As we approach the Federal Budget, speculation is swirling about changes to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing. And just yesterday a senate committee handed down its report on t...

I’m calling on Jim chalmers to be bold and be brave thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The 'no one left behind' talk never turned into action....
In 2024, when the Albanese Government sold the lie of “tax cuts for all” shortly before ruling out an increase to Centrelink payments.

Yes! They take up 2 or 3 parking spots and the drivers have no idea how big their truck is!

20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo

Politicians and media can’t imagine a fossil-fuel free world - and it’s holding Australians back from huge EV savings | Adam Morton Australia is well behind other countries in embracing clean cars – it’s past time we kicked into gear on going electric

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Govts on both sides don't see the environment as a priority, sadly.

What is the difference between God and Donald Trump? God knows he is not the president.
Michael Brinkman, Ventnor
The Age, letters

I never thought I'd be around in a country that is now arresting people over a song.

Not only trump friends! Every republican seating in the house of representatives and the senate are guilty! They are filling their pockets just as much as trump! This November we can stop it! To do this, we need to vote democrats up and down your ballot. We need to elect a major majority.

Fuel is an essential service as is electricity and gas.
They should have never been privatised.

If old people need to do a second driving test to continue driving in old age there definitely needs to be some better controls on having someone completely senile continue to be allowed to run a country.

The scourge of short-term thinking

"We pride ourselves on being a clever country," writes John Hewson. "So why don’t we think for ourselves about how to better utilise these capacities in our national interest? That’s surely better than mindlessly following the United States.” satpa.pe/7HjfqqQ

Habits over decades are hard to break,
plus the illusion that the US will help us when needed doesn't help.