Sen David Pocock asked Estimates about the Australian Parliamentary Sports Club, the on again off again lobbyist body.
Now confirmed the Sports Club is a completely separate entity, and not associated with the Dept of Parl Services. DPS has no role in its operation nor has it provided funding.
Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 · Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
No wonder they announced the Aussie film quotas during the Melbourne Cup. Streaming lobby done good, Aus TV and film sector not so
#auspol
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
From our table to yours ❤️ Seasons Where the River Bends brings together over 60 recipes, family favourites, and stories that celebrate cooking, family and the seasons.
You can grab a copy from all good bookstores, here: linktr.ee/SeasonsWhereTheRiverBends
@jane13barnes.bsky.social
#Abla: Cheese, please
always love having to buy a new mobility aid after travel
[melbourne airport took apart my walking stick, didn't return it, and left me stranded away from bags and stick. random person rescued pieces of stick and bags and sat with me during meltdown to put stick back together enough to get home]
And yet poor people, the disabled, the elderly and those on income support are the problem and should be punished harder.
#auspol #bullshit
What if this was just a coup by psychopathic billionaires using the stupidest people in the nation as puppets?
What else could it possibly be?
Sorry, reality seems to be taking a long time to dawn, it has been near 12 months & still people question why they stepped off the cliff last year
#uspol
Morning - I have had three coffees so far and a cookie - The Point Live is with you:
live.thepoint.com.au
It's Monday. Parliament is back. And @amyremeikis.bsky.social has her live blog going on @thepointau.bsky.social
Get on it!
live.thepoint.com.au
“The #robodebt investigation has been both the highest profile of the #NACC ‘s cases, and the highest profile failure.
It’s been thoroughly mismanaged.” @nickfeik.bsky.social #auspol
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ATO refers hundreds of thousands of taxpayers to a private debt collector – including welfare recipients www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It’s that time of year again. I’m happy to be in the garden picking roses for Jane my again.
@jane13barnes.bsky.social
Circular jigsaw puzzle on a green felt cloth . The outer circle completely the middle no so much
Progress has been made
Australia in short:
The Australian Govt sat watching the titanic approach the impending iceberg and decided to tie its fate to the titanic.
And we are the band that is meant to keep playing.
Stamp duty on housing is one of our worst taxes.
It is contributing to the housing crisis and is long overdue for reform.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...
why would the tax office want to chase corporates and rich folks, when it can torment people on income support?
'ATO refers hundreds of thousands of taxpayers to a private debt collector – including welfare recipients'
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Good morning everyone ☕☕
Have a marvelous Monday, stay safe & have fun
Federal Parliament is sitting today
AEDT
House 10am-8pm
Senate 10am-8:30pm
Fed Ch 4-7:30pm
Question Time 2-3:15ish pm
1 x committee/1 x Lecture (times/topics in pic👇)
Watch live👇
www.youtube.com/@AUSParliame...
🐝
#auspol #qt
'The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago.'
www.innovationaus.com/robodebt-tec...
Right now it's like this
What the front page of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology looks like on my phone. An empty box with a blue border.
Outstanding. No notes
Come on Dichondra seedling, you can do it!
Homemade chilli paste products linked to cluster of rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland | Queensland | The Guardian share.google/SU2hmvWDQYYH.... #News #Health #Queensland #Australia
A rainbow bee-eater briefly sat on the edge of the dam and I managed just a few frames through the shrubs before it took flight.
Such pretty birds.
#whatsthescam with Donald and Albo's announcement of the cool $1 trillion to be invested by Aussie superfunds in the US? Seems to be c$500bil missing ...
@kimwingerei.bsky.social
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