Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol
Konrad Benjamin on fire in today’s gas tax inquiry, says those claiming “we can’t afford anything” are full of it, we have plenty of resources to benefit from
“This gas issue is the perfect eg of how it’s a lie”
“We’ve been sold out”🔥 #auspol @punterspolitics.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
The Australian Greens are calling on the government to audit every Palantir contract across Government and particularly in Defence, Home Affairs and intelligence agencies and table the findings in Parliament. The public has a right to know the full scale of the risks and the sell out.
Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.
It probably does also need further discussion of the fact that, when the government forces a private institution, such as a university, to platform a specific speaker voicing specific ideologies, through threat of a fine, that no longer constitutes free speech. That is compelled speech.
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Her office said the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, had received reports of speakers and lecturers being harassed and blocked for holding gender-critical or religious views, of foreign interference suppressing academic freedoms, and of ideological belief requirements featuring in job advertisements.
The OfS will be able to use the new complaints scheme from September. From April, it will be able to fine universities the greater of ÂŁ500,000 or 2 per cent of their income, which would amount to millions of pounds for large institutions, for breaches under the Freedom of Speech Act. Ultimately, universities could be deregistered for egregious cases.
Bridget Phillipson will introduce new laws to make it possible for Universities to be fined millions of pounds if they don't silence students who protest bigots invited onto their campuses. It's like the Tories never left office.
21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.
Palantir manifesto or Mein Kampf?
At this rate, Australia will get to dump US & UK nuclear waste here under the AUKUS deal, get no submarines for $368B, and still not be told where they're dumping the waste or how much it will cost
@mrrexpatrick.bsky.social reports
#auspol
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This is a real low point for Australian govt hysteria rn. The butt-kissing gutlessness is sickening. 🤮
We need some more along the lines of "Democracy is not for passive consumption" or "Don't be a consumer of democracy. Be a participant!" I'm not that great with words though..
Yes, yes, yes - they definitely do!!
They need to start waking up up NOW
Look at their website - DEAD!
Start looking like you deserve to be an alternative government!!!
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...
Pink and cream image that says Happy Non-Binary Patents Day, surrounded by hearts and stars
Today we’re celebrating non-binary parents day.
Not every family fits into a model of “mum” or “dad”, and it doesn’t need to.
These moments often bite really hard for the neurodiverse community. I have no idea if you are a part of that community especially given it's so poorly acknowledged amongst Gen X & Boomers, but I hope you're doing OK.
Joanne closed her helpline for single parents right around when she announced she'd be donating heavily to anti-trans causes. They closed because of lack of funding.
She's a billionaire.
She doesn't care about "single mums".
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I did not consent to this.
More upbeat chat than usual this week,
on account of a few good things happening! Great guests with
@paulbongiorno.bsky.social and @auspoldaily.bsky.social. It's a low bar, but it'll make you less angry/dumb than Insiders.
Hezbollah exists as a DIRECT result of Israeli violence in Lebanon. Literally.
They formed in 1982 following Israel's invasion and occupation. They drove the IDF out of southern Lebanon in 2000.
Western news media defiantly fails to report these facts. #IsraeliTerrorism #LebanonUnderAttack
New post:
By now, it’s obvious how stupid, unpopular and costly the Iranian misadventure has become, and Australia’s leaders are backsliding, but have still not put any significant conditions or limits on our alliance with the US or Israel.
One thing that a lot of trans people have been doing (esp trans women) is silently dropping out of public life. The MSG is obviously extreme but the panopticon of pressure trans ppl experience in a heavily surveilled America is a lot. Safer to just stay home, forfeit public life
We have an apparent cure for most people with pancreatic cancer—a profoundly swift, deadly cancer—and the position of the U.S. government is that it should be banned. This is real fall-of-empire stuff.
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Back in school my Mum would cover my books with a clear film called "Contact". Might have to give that a try for my next laptop, BEFORE I put any stickers on it. Then I could just transfer them to the next one 🤓
Statement: UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
An anti Zionist Jewish man just got arrested in Brisbane at the pro Palestinian rally
