One Nation was deliberately created out of Tony Abbott's office, trying to exploit Hanson to create a Greens of the non-Liberal right with similar high preference flows, but control was lost almost before it started, because everyone involved was a gigantic dickhead operating beyond their station.
“The Japanese government is getting more revenue from taxing Australian gas than the Australian government is.”
"I got smacked as a kid and it didn't do me any harm!"
Yes, it did, my friend - you think it's okay to physically assault tiny people who are weaker than you with no power and actually look to you for protection. You are, in fact, really quite harmed.
Sexual assault, forcing citizens to strip naked, Israeli men exposing themselves to children.
The latest human report on Israel's actions against people in the West Bank is shocking.
When will western leaders stand up for international law and denounce the terror state?
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True colours, shining through
For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:
When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?
My favourite line so far from the Gas Tax committee is Susan McDonald "I probably know more than 20,000 people who work directly and fairly closely directly with the gas industry."
C'mon Susan, the Santos corporate box for the Wallabies vs Argentina Rugby Test Match wasn't that big
I read something recently about how young kids (like 5/6yrs old) that have been used to using Siri and Alexa at home, are using the same sort of abrupt demanding language with women outside of the home, because those tools are predominantly 'woman-coded' and instruction driven.
I've just realised something sinister: all of the AI assistants that are answering the phone have been given the voices of young women. Let's have a think about the social and cultural messaging here.
Sounds like it’s a good time to get that gas tax going….
#auspol
Sarah Ferguson asks if we should ‘give something back’ to gas giants in exchange for a tax.
David Pocock “why we bargain with them?”
“I don’t think we need to give anything back. We just want a return for our gas!” 🔥 #auspol
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
“The President of the United States is not the only one abandoning his duties, the almost 90 million citizens who sat out the last election failed in their responsibilities as citizens…36% of the country’s eligible voting population simply chose not to show up.”
@noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
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An inquest has heard harrowing details of the final moments of a 33-year-old mother who bled to death after harming herself inside a Darwin domestic violence shelter.
If only they knew how angry we truly are
It kills me how actually decent and incredibly talented people who contribute so much to society and their communities struggle to find work, while the worst people to ever breathe who demonstrate incompetence several times daily, remain gainfully employed. some at the highest levels of government
AUKUS. As warfare shifts decisively toward autonomous and distributed systems, Australia’s massive investment in nuclear submarines risks locking in a costly and inflexible strategy.
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Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
Friday, Brisbane protesters sing & dance to John Farnham’s Two Strong Hearts - ‘River to the Sea’
Saturday, 20 arrested for saying the exact same words in a chant.
So if you wear a wig & dance you won’t be arrested. The inconsistency is utterly humiliating for David Crisafulli.
Keep the pressure up. Victim-Survivors of sexual assault & abuse should have safe access to counselling & support, without it being exposed to the abusers that caused the harm in the first place. #auspol #politas
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/do...
When are we going to start means-testing Parliamentary Pensions?
I'd be all for it. Think of the money we'd save.
#auspol
A Tasmanian judge has awarded a woman who is now terminally ill $1.6 million in damages, after she sued her former school teacher over allegations of repeated sexual abuse in the 1980s.
I've already sent a complaint letter to the ABC about this story.
My fingers will be hovering over the keys to get in touch with #mediawatch as well.
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray. Photo credit: Keystone Pictures / Archive Photos / Getty Images.
#ResistanceRoots
“True community is based on equality, mutuality and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together.”
— Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
