Taxing our gas.Today’s Age cartoon.

Al Pacino as Tony Montana says, "Say hello to my little friend!"

Without stating your age, post a movie that was released when you turned 18.

Thanks. Looking forward to it now. Maybe the only thing I will miss is people at work regularly marveling at maths stuff I learned in high school.

I only lent you my piss. You lent me your dream.

Brian Redhead aka John Orangepeel.

Time for the ALP backbench to put their electorates before subservience to the Cabinet. Failure to call out neoliberal economic policies, militarism and the plight of working the working class will see the loss of many seats at the next election.
Fix CGT,-ve gearing and housing!

Councillor blames hackers for comment promoting violence against women A Kempsey Shire councillor is being investigated for misconduct after allegedly claiming a woman should have been "bashed" online.

Councillor blames hackers for comment promoting violence against women: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/kempsey-...

Good thing houses can’t flee (more landlords should tho) 🤩

States and territories left in the dark on NDIS savings State treasurers say a meeting on NDIS reforms to be announced tomorrow was light on details, leaving states and territories waiting with everyone else to find out how a new round of savings measures will affect the disability scheme — and their budgets.

States and territories left in the dark on NDIS savings: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/ndis-tre...

New detection tech could make AUKUS submarines obsolete Chinese researchers have developed a new gravity-based detector that could be used to find submarines and render the proposed AUKUS submarine redundant.

O wot a lucky country we are... johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...

A brave new direction for Kitchen Cabinet.

The hidden public cost of private schools blowing a hole in our budget Yes, debt has blown out. Here's where you can start cutting back.

THIS

‘If you want to talk about wasteful government spending, the $12 billion a year going to well-off people sending their kids to private schools would be a good start.’ www.canberratimes.com.au/story/922838...

stairs

Reminds me of a while back when I was looking at workers' comp scheme fraud estimates. Widely quoted figure was ~10%. Turns out it was just a number made up by some US insurance execs. Any objective analysis gives a much lower figure.

Imagine you're a primary teacher or a truck driver in Hungary and you were paying for this pelican to write hot takes and Tony A et al to get a Euro summer vacation.

The tech giant boasted its sleek new model for CEO will be a major upgrade to the previous version in several completely unnoticeable ways.

Read the full story:
theshovel.com.au/2026/04/21/n...

How many fucking “godfathers of AI” are there, and why do none of them talk about the actual realities of LLMs? Grifters galore

More than $1m worth of fines from AI seatbelt cameras withdrawn in WA About 2,000 fines valued at $1.1 million issued as a result of AI-assisted road safety cameras in WA have been withdrawn, six months after the devices were introduced.

More than $1m worth of fines from AI seatbelt cameras withdrawn in WA: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-21/fines-wi...

NDIS changes put lives at risk

“Medicare loses between $1.5 billion and $3 billion a year to fraud and billing errors, a much larger share of its budget than what gets attributed to the NDIS, and yet somehow it is the NDIS that gets treated like a national embarrassment.” satpa.pe/nRjl4QZ

Because that answer doesn't stand up under scrutiny - so the question remains.
Who exactly are we defending ourselves from? - and spending billions in doing so - at the expense of essential services for all Australians #auspol

Every time I read a piece about somebody with an “ai-assisted editing process” I feel like I’m watching someone trying to intellectualize a deliberate choice not to think or concentrate

The Point Live: Gas, politics and the coming budget. All the day's events, live Welcome to a special edition of The Point Live, as we cover off the first day of the Senate’s Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, as well as take a look at what is shaping up in the bud...

Susan McDonald telling Ken Henry that the gas industry has enabled parents "to send their kids to boarding school"

The Senator for the Gas Industry really has worked hard today

live.thepoint.com.au

Reminds me of a while back when I was looking at workers' comp scheme fraud estimates. Widely quoted figure was ~10%. Turns out it was just a number made up by some US insurance execs. Any objective analysis gives a much lower figure.

NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government

Australian politicians love to claim welfare programs are beset with fraud, even if there's very little evidence, because it justifies cutting welfare spending www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The gas ripoff. Japan collects more on our gas than we do - Michael West The Japanese Government makes more revenue taxing its imports of Australian gas than the Australian Government does from exporters.

So cowed by the foreign gas lobby .. the failure of successive govts is so epic that the Japanese tax *our* Australian gas more than we tax the foreign multinationals which export the stuff
#auspol #TAI @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/the-gas-tax-...

The Point Live: Gas, politics and the coming budget. All the day's events, live Welcome to a special edition of The Point Live, as we cover off the first day of the Senate’s Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, as well as take a look at what is shaping up in the bud...

Susan McDonald had a bit of a cry for the gas companies saying that they really do pay a lot of tax. I decided to have a bit of a fact check on that
live.thepoint.com.au

Tim Tam Flim Flam!

“Japan, a country with no gas, oil or coal reserves of its own collected almost $40 billion over the last five years while the Australian PRRT provided only $7 billion to Australians.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute

🎧 Listen to the full interview: https://theaus.in/4sM88EC

If you see someone wearing these, remember that international humanitarian / war crimes law does not apply to them. "Who'd blame anybody?" said the judges at The Hague.