Governments who continue to send weapons to Israel,
who refuse to impose sanctions,
and will do no more than 'express concern' about this vicious, racist, dehumanizing and genocidal behaviour,
are complicit.
“Liberals and Nationals to preference One Nation in blow to Michelle Milthorpe in Farrer byelection.”
It is increasingly difficult to tell the Coalition and One Nation apart, so this makes perfect sense.
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What are we doing??!
"Perhaps the most important lesson is that history does not march relentlessly toward autocracy. Even Orbán had to face reality and concede defeat. He mounted no January 6-style effort to cling to power."
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If you hate Santos as much as 🧶👵 do (for their greed and environmemtal abuse) you’ll love reading what economist & former secretary of Australian Department of Treasury Ken Henry (2001-2011) said to the Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources earlier today. Pass it round Nannas.
'The most moral army in the world'?
Hey @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social - maybe "serious concern" won't cut it this time.
Time to expel the Israeli ambassador, and announce comprehensive sanctions that should have been slapped on this genocidal rogue state months ago. #auspol
25% you say, Angus? 😱
There's a 78% tax on gas profits in Norway, and they're doing just fine. But I guess their political leaders aren't captured by oligarchs ... 🙄
#auspol
We can all agree
By Mike Luckovich
The SAVE Act – which would require documents like a passport or birth certificate to #RegisterToVote –has failed in the Senate.
“The ability to vote must be defended every day, and the SPLC will continue to be there.” — Laura Williamson, SPLC Senior Policy Advisor. 🔗: https://bit.ly/3QzWhfr
Dr Richard Denniss dismantles the gas industry’s favorite threat.
If taxes kill investment, why is the gas industry rushing to Norway to pay 78%? 🙄
“They are playing us for fools.” 🔥
Nationals’ Susan McDonald has no rebuttal & scrambles to change the subject. #auspol
2/2 If the first role of government is to keep its citizens safe, the Albanese govt's growing contractual entangling with Palantir will deliver the opposite. #auspol
1/2 "What is being offered is not simply a foreign policy doctrine or a tech strategy, but a political settlement in which democracy survives only to the extent that it consents to be led by this software‑building aristocracy."
Must read from Tim Dunlop.
"By the time Minns reached the premiership, leading pro-Israel organisations were publicly hailing him as a 'strong friend.' Not a sympathiser. Not a useful contact. A reliable asset"
Following Minns ignoring the court's ruling, worth re-upping this. #nswpol
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"Palantir is known to have provided technology that facilitated the #GazaGenocide [and] mass ICE kidnappings in the US. These actions alone should trigger a review of Australian contracts."
Palantir is indeed a creeping cancer in Australian institutions - enabled by the Albanese govt. #auspol
1. We don't have universal childcare.
2. Medicare was a great reform by Labor - over 40 years ago.
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As the govt weighs options to raise revenue, balance the budget & confront the global energy crisis, one solution is staring them in the face: replace the broken PRRT with a fair tax on gas exports. It's long overdue, and has widespread support… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
"Our politicians and dominant media class need to decide if they are with us or content to function as puppets cooperating with our extinction." @lucyham.bsky.social
Right now, it's looking like puppets is the preferred option. #auspol
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Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"
You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?
No you mean the NDIS FFS
Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”
Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
That's a great reason to invite him
It is sad that for too many Australians when they want to look for ambition in the Labor Party, they have to turn to a history book. #auspol
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.
Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.
But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.
Trickle down hoax.
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No surprise that there are "inconsistencies in the party’s immigration policy" when Liberal policy is just vague racist dogwhistling.
Garrett picked it.
Since his article, the Labor Secretary has gone.
No surprise that the three Trump Cabinet departures so far are all women.
Right now at The Hague they are saying:
"We're gonna need a bigger dock." #ICC
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"The culture war against #renewables in Australia in the past 30 years has been knobbled by reality, with energy security as national security clearly understandable by all but the most ideological." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
Tax gas now. #auspol
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