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
#society #politics
Main difference between Trump and previous Presidents is the amount of noise. It might be different for US citizens, but for the rest of the world it is more of the same.
#auspol #democracy #freespeech
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"America’s equivalent of the Suez Crisis"
As ceasefire deadline looms, Trump's 'off-ramp' in Iran War may be Iran tolling the Strait of Hormuz. There's precedent.
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@michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
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A new Chinese gravity-based detector could make stealth submarines obsolete.
That raises serious questions about the long-term viability of AUKUS, John Queripel writes.
#auspol #AUKUS #Defence #China #Geopolitics
You're hearing it more and more... it's time to tax gas exports!
More than 50 community organisations, including ACOSS and Oxfam, are calling for a 25% export tax.
Australians are fed up with the gas industry not paying its fair share.
✍ Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/41IwWTa
Cartoon: David Rowe
#auspol
Today the Senate committee on taxing gas is on. @amyremeikis.bsky.social and the rest of the crew will be liveblogging it on thepoint.com.au
But you can tune in at 9am and see @richarddenniss.bsky.social at 9am here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilVp...
Submarine agency external spending hit record high amid 'secretive' culture review Ray Athwal Ray Athwal Data Journalist. Published 08 April 2026 Australia’s submarine agency is committing record funding to external firms for management and support services while maintaining a “secretive” stance on internal assessments of its own workplace culture. While AUKUS was framed as a means to establish sovereign industrial capability, an analysis of procurement contracts showed the agency has relied on a small group of private providers.
Wtf???
So, no money for NDIS but all the money for AUKUS - and they're outsourcing $$$ to external private firms?!
#AusPol
#Auspol @albomp.bsky.social Ditch AUKUS. Kick Israel's Ambassador out of Australia
AUKUS and the sunk cost trap beneath the surface johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04/aukus-and-t... #Auspol
While Ben Roberts-Smith with 5 counts of war crime murder allegations, a man bankrolled by billionaires, gets bail to head home, another Aussie Dan Duggan remains in a high-security prison with zero charges.
Dan should be released & let home to his family.
#auspol #FreeDanDuggan
A neutron bomb is designed to kill large numbers of civilians in urban areas with minimal infrastructure damage. People die slowly because the radiation is more intense. In concentrated areas they could kill +0000’s. This is unhinged. What the fuck are we doing here @albomp.bsky.social? #auspol
Monsters of war. "Two men .. responsible for the Iran War" a criminal defendant & and a blackmailed felon .. then those like our PM who acquiesce
Andrew Brown on #Trump #netanyahu
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#NoPunchesPulled #Exclusive. Coming to Michael West Media - the explosive report into Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo’s serious breaches of the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct that led to his sacking and subsequent stripping of his Order of Australia. #FOI #auspol
Trumps approval rating is now lower than the lowest George W numbers. And still, 20 years later, GOP doesn’t discuss bush.
Trump will be a pariah for all of America soon
Al Gore: The Trump administration is the most corrupt in history.
On @revealnews.org's More To The Story, the former vice president rebukes Trump’s attack on Iran and condemns the administration’s dismantling of climate regulations.
A fascinating read.
I don't know if the illegal 🇺🇸🇮🇱 war against Iran has derailed the RFS's #SudanGenocide but I DO know the UAE is the main financial, military and logistical backer of the RSF—probably the most brutal, rapey, genocidal paramilitary force in existence AND ON TOP OF THAT FACT ...
reshiterate
/riˈʃɪt.ɚ.eɪt/
𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣
to say something false or misleading again, once or several times.
"Trump reshiterated his contradictory position 8 times within the same press conference."
How much reshiterating will be in Donald's speech tonight? 🤔
Australian Taxation Office powerful new app stops scam calls in their tracks.
The new ‘verify call’ feature in the ATO app allows users to confirm, in real time, that they are speaking with the real ATO, not a fraudster.
#auspol
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If they were seeing clearly, I believe they would have realised that the threat to democracy and free expression posed by a victorious, second-term Trump bent on vengeance would be so much worse for the country than DEI overreach or “wokeism” on the left. mnth.ly/2wwS8aa
Albo about to address the nation
A viral social media post claims oil from the Strait of Hormuz doesn't come to Australia, but that's false.
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