"A young person I spoke to today said she couldn’t imagine ever owning her own home. Scrapping a few words at the start of Anzac services could be just the help she needs”
Read the full story 👉 theshovel.com.au/2025/04/29/dutton-to-scrap-welcome-to-country/
News Corp team confronted after alleged attempt to provoke staff at Middle Eastern restaurant
something to keep in mind, given the situation we’re in.
We've got a receipt for the billion + in deposits we've already paid for those submarines, I'm sure this will be fine and the deal will get honoured in full, on time, as agreed. Wait ........ I'm just getting a message........
The lobby wins another scalp Peter Lalor is a first-class journalist and brilliant human being
In Opposition the LNP blows hard about cutting govt ‘waste’. But in govt they blew billions on fat cat consultancy firms, subsidies for big business and failed defence projects while they persecuted welfare recipients & veterans. A shameful legacy. #auspol
If you care about a cause and want to draw attention to it, be prepared to take flak. That is the lesson courageous young women like #GraceTame continue to teach us
@janecaro.bsky.social #auspol
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Trump promises a second term focused on immigration and nationalism – as well as revenge and retribution
theconversation.com/trump-promis...
“dramatic decline in Little Penguins on Tasmania’s east coast, near Bicheno, is part of an alarming trend in Tasmania’s marine environment. With the decline linked to a rise in ocean temperatures & depletion of food supply, Bob Brown Foundation is demanding urgent action to protect Tas’s waters.”
"The Australian mainstream media have failed abysmally to heed the call to arms that the persecution of Mary Kostakidis represents, exactly as they did in the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange."
Speaking truth to power?
Too often, they are power's megaphone.
johnmenadue.com/how-the-isra...
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
A graph that tells a story. Blue is the $billions revenue made by the Oil & Gas sector. Orange is the $billions revenue made by the government. Both Labor and Liberal governments have supported this loss of $billions revenue for the Australian people to fund the infrastructure and services we need.
I fear there is deep truth here.
What is the community independents movement?
@cathyindigovalley.bsky.social
‘The movement is motivated by a shared sense that our democracy is not delivering the benefits it could or should. The offer is for each and every one to be the change, to turn up, speak up and step up.’
The prospect of the USA and China going to the brink seems only likely to end in a degraded world , the US vacating Asia and Australia left to find its place in a region dominated by China - it’s time Australia found the fortitude to stand on its own two feet.
The Australian Government gives most of the gas exported from Australia by foreign-owned gas corporations for free.
They pay no royalties.
The gas industry is ripping Australians off, and our governments are letting them.
🖊️ Tax the gas industry
buff.ly/49NP7tJ #auspol
This Australian Government is consistently making the task to reduce emissions harder - approving coal mine expansions shows where their priorities lie, with fossil fuel companies not the Australian people
It’s a massive wake up call to average Australians - budget deficits combined with infrastructure, schools and hospitals unable to be funded adequately - and Australia giving away its natural wealth - how can politicians stand by and let it happen ?
All I want for Christmas is for gas companies to pay tax. To date, not a single gas project has paid a cent in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/ministe...
The Independent movement has risen because of
:the things NOT done by the duopoly such as addressing climate change and habitat destruction
:the lack of integrity
: power of lobbyists and big business
:lack of voice for the ordinary person
This has empowered the Independents
Comment under SMH/Age article...
"There are really no good reasons left to vote for either of the major parties any more: Both of them beholden to narrow business interests and not working in the best interest of the Australian population overall" #auspol
🚨Parliament descending into a farce, the Govt gagging debate, desperate to pass their misguided social media ban that misleads parents into thinking the Govt & Coalition are protecting kids when this bill does nothing to make social media safer.This bill is a headline, nothing more. #auspol
Ok here we go.
Get angry, get scared - but most of all get active.
Here's a list (& website links) of the 17 community independent candidates who have been announced (so far) for the upcoming federal election.
Please support them by subscribing, volunteering, donating.
linktr.ee/CommunityInd...
"By sacking her last week, the ABC has inadvertently sent the message to women everywhere that we are not the workers they want, or the audience they care about."
womensagenda.com.au/latest/what-...
Paul Barry #MediaWatch on the rushed social media age ban outlines what Labor, LNP and mainstream media fail to:
- it won't work, and may be worse than useless
- there are better ways to 'protect kids'
- NewsCorp is pushing hard, and the govt is too gutless to resist.
www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
