Bridget McKenzie, who resigned in disgrace over Sports Rorts, tells Sunrise that the NDIS will only survive if we “stop the rorting.”
Extraordinary hypocrisy. From the same party that left the NDIS without fraud protections for a decade. #auspol

🎧 PODCAST: The former cabinet minister said Australians have been ‘sold short’ by not taxing gas exports enough.

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"One Nation is on track to win the seat of #Farrer. The race is down to either #One_Nation ’s David Farley, or community independent Michelle #Milthorpe. Before the byelection was called, most Farrer watchers believed Milthorpe would take the seat..." #auspol

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Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go We don’t inflation-proof any other parts of the tax system, so why should we give special treatment to capital gains?

"Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go" theconversation.com/tinkering-wi...

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

I’m shocked. www.texastribune.org/2026/04/21/t...

The Trump family is like a mafia family, and the Trump administration is a crime syndicate.

Just look at how oil futures are bought and sold before every Trump announcement about the Gulf, putting billions in their pockets.

So it's amusing to see the crime boss call the Pope weak on crime.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese laughs and smiles with his good friend and buddy President Isaac Herzog of Israel. Herzog was given a red carpet welcome in Australia.

Not every war criminal was arrested in Australia. #auspol

This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.

One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.

Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

See this @albomp.bsky.social ? #Auspol.

“In Australia we don’t tax [the gas] industry. It’s foreign owned, and other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia’s fossil fuel exports.

“And we’re the ones going ‘Gee, the air conditioning is a bit expensive’”.

✍ Support a 25% gas tax: https://theaus.in/4ty8hNq

"Stephen Heydt’s reference to 'the six-word phrase which I can’t say' epitomises the extraordinary damage that is being inflicted on the public sphere by a political class as it seeks to buttress support for Israel." #qldpol #auspol

What gives, @albomp.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social? Why are we being cheated out of *our* national wealth?

Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports?

Australia Institute research shows Australia exported enough gas in five years to supply the country for over 20 years.

✍ Sign the petition to support a 25% gas export tax: https://theaus.in/4tWQy1H

The US says it’s going to bomb everything, the US says it’s going to extend a ceasefire, the US says it’s going to dance the forbidden cha cha wearing a fez and pearls, what does it matter what the US says at this stage?

Trump’s nuclear chief walked into a bar and told a complete stranger about plans to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader. He also confirmed children have been killed. The stranger was a reporter. She was recording. This guy had access to your nuclear program.

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The Australia Institute suggests a flat 25 per cent export tax would raise $17 billion and bring domestic prices down.

"An export tax solves all those problems," co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss told the inquiry.

Read more: https://theaus.in/4umFBXJ

There's some impetus to this. Not just the usual group of Greens/Teals/Labor left pushing it, apparently.

Think Stage 3 tax cuts. This might get up ... to the howls of the right wing commentariat. That alone is worth it ... 🍿

Better NDIS? Free Uni and TAFE?
Seems worth running the gauntlet of lobbyists, donors and spin doctors, don't you reckon?
#GasExportTax #auspol

Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work? The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuse

Just pass it, they said. The perfect is the enemy of the good, they said.

Why did environmental NGOs get behind the safeguard mechanism, and what are they actually good for?

‘Social cohesion’ defence collapses in NSW court, exposing QLD speech laws A sharp appellate ruling has struck down NSW’s ‘social cohesion’ protest laws as unconstitutional, placing Queensland’s speech crackdown and looming federal legislation squarely in the legal.....

Not enough posted about this yet! #auspol #righttoprotest
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That asshole wants to put ordinary people in a digital surveillance cage while the Zionist Epstein class is exempt and has impunity. If anyone belongs in a cage its those fuckers.

So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece. An early column, because I'm away this Friday.

Do you see John Birmingham's article? Glad this simplistic and negative take is being called out

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The US wanted to bind us into their military framework. But it appears the current US executive isn’t interested in that. Richard Marles doesn’t seem particularly well equipped to deal with this situation, but here we are.

Sometimes I think journalists are really missing certain simple way of expressing large numbers.

Cost of Submarines: $368bn
Population of Australia: 28m

Cost per living Australian?

Roughly $13,000 each.
Per family of 5? $65,000

Seems like a lot now, doesn't it?

There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians | Lucy Hamilton The astroturf group’s strategy event had the theme ‘evolve’ – but its speakers want to take the country back to the past

As @lucyham.bsky.social wrote

"There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians"

Don't think she ever "fell."

She was pushed aside by an inadequate man because she was demonstrating she was better at the Post Office gig than other inadequate men

Mate of mine has worked for "Toll" for a long time. Tells me it has never run better than since Ms Holgate arrived

She Who Delivers: The story behind Christine Holgate's fall and rise Christine Holgate on turning a staggering Toll into a flourishing Team Global Express

#auspol

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After France, Denmark is moving too: its Digitalisation Ministry plans to phase out Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice in the coming months. The goal is clear—reduce dependence on a handful of global tech giants and strengthen digital sovereignty.

ASX director Giuseppe Porcelli criminally convicted in Italy, gets prison pardon - Michael West Vivacious ASX director and entrepreneur extraordinaire Giuseppe Porcelli, was found guilty of "Fraudulent Bankruptcy" in Italy. ASIC

Amazing how you can be convicted of fraud in another country but no probs being an ASX company director. Then again Giuseppe Porcelli is pretty amazing. His story
#auspol #ASIC
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