Government ignores AUKUS 'very high risk' warning from the Admiral in charge - Michael West AUKUS faces huge risks, and the Cabinet knows. But as the Government ships money to the US, with more to follow, the taxpayer isn’t told.

Admiral Meade in charge of #AUKUS says submarine project "very high risk" & govt has informed the public

@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social "No it hasn't ... the public has been misled"
#auspol #FOI
michaelwest.com.au/government-i...

As a courier driver you have front row seats to how the economy is doing, works slows = economy slows, work gets busy = economy booming.

UPS in the USA just laid off 20,000 drivers and closing 164 delivery depots.

I see that Australia has a criminality score of 4.00 - which places us 152nd out of 193 countries.

But it doesn't include white-collar 'crimes' - and schemes like the Morrison government's unlawful Robodebt - which can have more victims and longer-lasting consequences. #auspol

Why doesn't Dutton ever say "I'm a property developer"?

He's been a property developer longer than he has been a politician or a police officer

Police officer was his shortest career of his 3 jobs but he makes it his primary career, it's not
🐝
#auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes2025

Former Premier of WA commenting on Peter Dutton in 2022. Prescient then and now.

#auspol #ausvotes #ausvotes25

If Dutton’s path to victory cuts through Sydney, he has problems In conversations with voters from Gordon to Liverpool, cost of living and housing featured again and again – but few blamed Labor and Albanese for the price rises.

My takeaways from 100+ voter conversations in Sydney and Central Coast in past months:
* Cost of living no1 issue but nobody really blames Albo
* Hardly anybody has heard of any of the solutions on offer
* People think Dutton = Trump

Coalition seem cooked.
www.afr.com//politics/fe...

At Australian unis, do you get what you pay for? - The Australia Institute 35 years after the HECS/HELP system began, university students now pay much more for much less.

Academic staff per student down by 42%

#AusPol #HigherEd #University @australiainstitute.org.au

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Article from "The Saturday Paper", April 26-May 2, 2025, extract detailing Liberal Leader Peter Dutton's wealth. Front page included a statement that he & Angus Taylor, Shadow Treasurer, are "among the richest people ever to sit in Parliament".

#MillionairePeterDutton indeed.💥 Extract from "The Saturday Paper" shows asset sales of nearly $12,000,000 between 2020 & 2023. Yet he brings his son out to say he can't afford to buy a home. Where is the almost $12M now? Hidden? Such deceitful tactics. Don't trust Dutton!
#AusVotes2025 #Auspol 👇

Won't someone think of those with a Superannuation Account with over $3Mil.

Are the media going to report this like it's going to effect everyone, like people thinking that they will all get Franking Credits.

#AusVotes2025 #AusPol

Libs and NewsCorpse taking a leaf out of Trumps book just denying reality #TemuTrump #auspol

Hearing back from people who were at the voter forum in Box Hill RSL last night in Melbourne.
Katie Allen, Liberal candidate for Chisholm, apparently told voters the reason she's running for Chisholm is "Labor abolished Higgins".
Who else heard this?
#Auspol
Uh, Dr Allen, it was the AEC.

#auspol #Australia #politics

Them's some highly potent substances Mr Bridget McKenzie is smoking. 🚬 #FfsSimon #auspol #AusVotes2025 #PutLNPLast

He does look worried!

The guy who sent his blackshirt goons to abduct & imprison a Dad, a Mum, & their two little girls FOR YEARS for the crime of needing assistance with extending their visa application wants you to believe he's a person of compassion & empathy. #auspol #DoNotBeFooled #PutLNPLast

But Dutton thinks Trumps a big thinker #auspol

Advocate 'disappointed' politician's car used a disability parking spot Queensland Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber has conceded a car she travelled in to a press conference should not have stopped in a disability parking bay, with a retired Paralympian saying the elec...

Not cool - people who park in disability parking without being disabled are dickheads
#disability #DisabilityRights

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Pre-election budget deficit the order of the day At a convivial lunch in a Canberra restaurant three weeks ago, one of John Howard’s most trusted advisers shared his wisdom on the best election timing for Anthony Albanese. “I know what John Howard a...

So why do journalists keep banging on about deficits?

Economics editor Ross Gittins, says voters have never been shocked by budget deficits and this will be “particularly so at a time when all they care about is the cost of living”.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

Ninth Circuit Upholds Voting Rights Victory in Arizona

“This is a monumental victory for Arizona voters, and for our democracy more broadly," said Elisabeth Frost of @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social. "We are thrilled that the Ninth Circuit correctly recognized that these laws created unfair and illegal barriers to voting."
elias.law/newsroom/pre...

And this tbh is the best outcome - using Trusts, companies and superannuation can *really* muddy the waters on how much tax he might have paid.

Cassius Turvey told friends he’d be OK after bashing​on February 25, 2025 at 10:25 am A bloodied and crying Indigenous teenager told his mates he wasn't badly injured after he was allegedly attacked by a man with a metal pole, a murder trial has been told. ​A bloodied and crying Indigenous teenager told his mates he wasn't badly injured after he was allegedly attacked by a man with a metal pole, a murder trial has been told.   

Cassius Turvey told friends he’d be OK after bashing​on February 25, 2025 at 10:25 am

A bloodied and crying Indigenous teenager told his mates he wasn't badly injured after he was allegedly attacked by a man with a metal pole, a murder trial has been told. ​A bloodied and crying Indigenous…

To the mother on QA distraught her children are fearful of identifying as Jewish
Does she know the real Australian History ? Aboriginal ppl deny their heritage in fear
(Black Irish)
Australia is full of all peoples from all lands
Israel war should not dictate who is more worthy
#auspol

We’re focused on feeding our kids.

Investing in our schools.

Making sure child care is affordable.

Regardless of the chaos unfolding in Washington, we’re making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.

How on earth is it that the managing director of this organisation tends to be trawling the social media accounts of a five-day casual?" Mr Fagir asked.

"Well I was concerned," Mr Anderson replied. #lattouf

Galahs playing in the misty rain.... 🪶 #birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots

Galahs playing in the misty rain.... 🪶
#birds #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #australianbirds #parrots

If Peter Dutton could keep his mouth shut for a bit, security agencies could get on with tracing source of caravan loaded with explosives.

I don't care when or if PM Albanese was informed abt the caravan.

But Dutton, always the small-minded ex-copper, has to make it THE issue.

1781 #cassowary #birdphotography #birding
#NaturePhotography #nature #bird

Massive story today: "One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns"

This is good news. 🧵 #auspol

Addressing Australia’s biodiversity crisis

Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better.

My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...