The Light on the Hill (terms and conditions apply) A quick look at the Grattan Institute's new report on Australian democracy. The report is smart, careful and almost certainly not enough

The erosion of democracy is gradual, polarisation, inequality, corruption create conditions for anti‑democratic actors. Economic pessimism, generational inequality, sense of national belonging corrodes social compact long before people stop turning up to vote. tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-light-...

The US blockade is a hostile act, not just towards Iran but towards the entire world, including Australia. Energy supplies, food supplies, jobs, all hostage to the whims of US military power … and Labor wants to keep us tied to them. Unbelievable really.

Murray fucking Watt is a useless cunt,he should be keeping a very close eye on the criminal enterprise that is NSW Labor
#YouGuysAreAllGettingTheFuckingSack
#auspol

Meantime public schools are underfunded and Centrelink recipients live in poverty
Good Job Labor
Well done

Trump repeats he is 'not happy with Australia' as Hormuz crisis continues Donald Trump again accuses Australia of refusing to help the US in the Strait of Hormuz, but the Australian government maintains there has been no formal request from the US.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

We are far from happy with trump

It would be good if you credited the author...
Cathy Wilcox I believe.

Strip searches used to control our most vulnerable #AnimalJusticeParty YouTube video by Animal Justice Party

TRUTH ABOUT STRIP SEARCHES

Georgie Purcell MP: "If less than 1% of strip searches actually find contraband, let’s be honest about what this really is."

#VicPol #SpringSt #AusPol #AnimalJusticeParty #VicVotes #VicElection #AusPol2026 #AusPol26 #Law #PrisonSystem #AJP

youtube.com/shorts/IX7f9...

#DonaldTrump's regime is the most untrustworthy government America has ever had, take Australia out of the #AUKUS agreement.
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
#auspol

#Auspol Pedo45 bitches about Australias Defence spending and only wants us to increase it to 3.5% of GDP in expectation that we spend it with the US Defence Industry where they can add kill switches, steal payments and divert to their wars.

@alt-text.bsky.social

Pauline Hanson is copying Trump.
And we know that Trump lies *constantly*.
So...
#AusPol

AUSTRALIAN MAJOR LANDOWNERS WHO OWN MORE LAND THAN BILL GATES. 🧵
How much land does Bill have? Around 275,000 acres, according to: landreport.com/land-report-...
Why is this important? Because cattle owners automagically fund lobbyists through cattle sales. #cop30 #cop31
@ipes-food.org
#1 = 🧵⬇️

Zero mention re: agriculture.
Australia exports 80% of its red meat production, including McDonalds in 190 nations.
Media can't imagine a fossil free world when they can't name the culprits.
@simonahac.bsky.social's family = one of the worst.
#agriculture #foodsystems #AusPol #Diesel

The US is continuing to murder people on boats in the Caribbean.

Media isn't covering it widely.
#auspol

#auspol #USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MeidasMighty #america #communityovercapitalizm #history #Ethics #SocialJustice #LongerTables #DemocraticSocialist #Ecosocialism #Socialist #socialism #LeftIsBest #ClassConsciousness #FalseConsciousness #abolishcapitalism #HumanRights

For the majority of those in government, I believe it's to ensure their future job prospects

Might get a few PHON supporters interested in the libs again I guess...

@alt-text.bsky.social

I agree.
Best thing I've done so far was to move away from the cities.

Marvelous 👍🙂

Voters no longer want managers – they want fighters Across Western democracies, voters are abandoning consensus politics in favour of leaders willing to fight, name enemies and prosecute a cause – a shift now reshaping both left and right.

Voters are no longer looking for political managers – they want combatants.
Across democracies, leaders who name enemies and fight for a cause are reshaping both left and right, Kos Samaras writes.
#auspol #Politics #Elections #Democracy #GenZ

Reminder that the ombudsman was also responsible for assessing #robodebt and its automation. How did that work out for those caught in the system?
#AusPol #AgedCare
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

Albanese presumably uses social media to "talk" to voters. The problem?

He doesn't talk TO us, but AT us.

It's not two-way. His tone is patronising, frequently scolding & sanctimonious. He always gets ratioed up the wazoo but keeps on doing the same thing. He doesn't listen to critics. #auspol

If tRumpf decides to pull the US out of NATO, and formally cuts defence ties with the UK, am I right to think that would ALSO be the end of AUKUS?

#AUKUS #AUSPOL #ADF

Naah, there's still plenty of flesh on this pig.
He won't finish with us until the bones have been picked clean.

ANU spent $6k on a 'non-significant' meeting. Then why do they pay tutors even less for a semester? Last year the Australian National University (ANU) was getting some bad press, so they engaged a company called Bastion Reputation to help with the media fallout from restructures and the heavily crit...

How it is now: the consultant class stripping salary growth, job security and core service provision from institutions and organisations.

Greed and inequality destroying pillars of society.

#Auspol
#ethicsfail

thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

He's the new Israeli Ambassador to Australia. Let that sink in.

But:
- why was he even given a platform to speak at all
- why wasn't he arrested after for making statements that amount to hate speech?

Iranians & Palestinians are 'barbarians'. fmd, isn't that's the pot calling the kettle black?

Why no alt-text SSS™?
Is it because you don't care, or are you just lazy?
@alt-text.bsky.social

Somebody's got to do the LNP's job now that they have been voted into oblivion I guess.

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Geoff.