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Every now and then I see those lists posted claiming all the great things the govt has done and the NACC always gets listed. And lol. Nah. Not a thing to brag about in its current form.

submitted 165 days ago • 21 comments

If Tanya Plibersek had a private jet, she could fly nonstop for 100,000 years and it would still be considerably less than her carbon footprint from this year's coal mine approvals. Climate & Energy Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social explains. #auspol

submitted 169 days ago • 7 comments

Hey Albo, try these: Proper royalties, tax from multinationals, gas reservation, stop energy price gouging, first degree free, stop just exporting rocks, no Defence waste, ban foreign residential ownership, transparency, protect whistleblowers, cherish veterans, sovereignty, integrity.💪 #auspol

submitted 173 days ago • 43 comments

Labor ending the year as they started it by approving four more coal mines. Climate crisis? What climate crisis? Apparently Gina has told them not to worry, we are in a post truth, post physics, world anyhow. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 170 days ago • 11 comments

Today is David McBride’s birthday🎁 He is 7mths into a 6 year sentence unless we can get him out on appeal in March. We are over halfway to raising enough to cover the legal fees for his appeal! Let’s bring him home - send a birthday donation his way today! Donate here 👉🏼 chuffed.org/project/davi...

submitted 175 days ago • 6 comments

Noam Chomsky on the hypocrisy of the West. Chomsky goes on to distinguish the difference between acts of violence— Chomsky: "It's very simple. If they do it, it's terrorism. If we do it, it's counterterrorism." #StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

submitted 182 days ago • 2 comments

Every news agency and org that fails to present it as “Israel’s prime minister - who is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity - has said it is “extreme” to call for Israel to comply with international law is failing

submitted 182 days ago • 33 comments

Dear RBA, The economy is tanking - it’s time to cut rates. The economy is in a worse state than you predicted & your "narrow path" to avoiding recession is a gossamer thread. If you think the economy is moving slow, cut rates. smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol

submitted 184 days ago • 6 comments

Call me cynical - the polling in their high Muslim population electorates must have come in. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

submitted 185 days ago • 124 comments

The sad and inevitable truth is in another 10 years, when it is all said and done and it is irrefutable Israel committed a genocide in Palestine, there will be many a handwringing think piece from those who defend Israel's actions now, claiming 'we didn't know'. They know. Remember that they knew.

submitted 185 days ago • 77 comments

Every Sunday, Melbourne stands in the streets in solidarity with Palestine. Ordinary people are less enthusiastic about the sadistic slaughter of the most oppressed people on the planet, by Israel and its Western allies, than the soulless ghouls in the Albanese government are

submitted 188 days ago • 14 comments

'at the heart of these policies there is only cruelty. the government has forced them through in the last sitting week of the year because it anticipates a panic on refugees will shape the next election. instead of confronting this panic, labor has decided to join it. they have no shame.'

submitted 189 days ago • 11 comments

“Profit gouging, supply shortages, climate change, all these things [are driving inflation],” he says. “Putting up interest rates won’t deal with that, but it’ll make life worse.” said Bernie Fraser, former governor of the RBA. Read Stephen Long's piece in the Saturday Paper today.

submitted 190 days ago • 9 comments

Regretfully, I can only agree. You’d expect this vengeful, punitive cruelty from the LNP. From a Labor government it’s a disgraceful abomination, an abandonment of decency and humanity.

submitted 190 days ago • 38 comments

At last: a counter to the saccharine drivel sloshing out of the press gallery…

submitted 190 days ago • 30 comments

Plibersek has been served up a diet of shit sandwiches all term, and Albanese decided to give her a side dish of roasted shit just to make sure she understood what her role is. This is very damaging stuff by Albanese. Won't help them in WA but will hurt elsewhere www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 190 days ago • 132 comments

This is just a game, just political theatre for Labor but right now there are tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers living and working in the community- some for more than ten years- who have become really, really fearful for their futures.

submitted 192 days ago • 22 comments

Labor's final sitting week checklist Work w Coalition to rush through: 🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors 🟥Draconian migration bills 🟥<16 social media ban 🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal 🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20% Anything I missed?

submitted 192 days ago • 12 comments

Comment under SMH/Age article... "Once again Albo is scared off from genuine and necessary reform by the threats from reactionaries. We had so much optimism on election night back in 2022. How misplaced that optimism was" #auspol

submitted 192 days ago • 19 comments

Misinformation Laws Not Necessary, Says Meth Addict Peter Dutton

submitted 194 days ago • 26 comments

Clare O'Neil on ABC NewsBreakfast this morning can't do gambling reform as it's not developed well enough but this doesn't seem to be a problem with social media bans - and of course the ABC interviewer didn't hold her to account on this!!!! Why not???? #auspol

submitted 195 days ago • 13 comments

None of which were a ban on gambling ads, a core election promise. The ALP are no longer Labor, they’re Liberal Lite.

submitted 194 days ago • 8 comments

Legal action by Jewish & Muslim group claims Peter Dutton "dehumanising Palestinians, Muslims, and Jews while stigmatising Australians who support Palestinian rights". #AHRC #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/peter-dutton...

submitted 194 days ago • 24 comments

Albanese told parliament that he want to make sure "children have a childhood and parents have peace of mind"... and so he is raising the rate of govt assistance to ensure children will not live in pover...oh wait, sorry I am being handed a note...

submitted 194 days ago • 28 comments

Must be last sitting week of parliament for the year because there's a flood of terrible legislation coming through. This refugee stuff is truly depraved. Yet another race to the depths of cruel depravity for the duopoly.

submitted 194 days ago • 13 comments

Now 4 anti refugee bills Labor Gov is trying to ram thru this wk. Rights of refugees are under attack. And as ASRC do everything to stop these laws we need your help to ensure the basics for families of food, medicines & emergency housing are there.Donate bit.ly/3YRk8Ja

submitted 195 days ago • 1 comment

No mention of the ICC arrest warrants? #insiders

submitted 195 days ago • 2 comments

Robodebt brought fear and misery to tens of thousands of Australians. Some killed themselves. Yet still these four arseholes escape untouched.

submitted 196 days ago • 91 comments

It is utterly absurd to claim anti-Israel bias in the ABC. The polar opposite is true. Our public broadcaster goes out of its way to frame this decades' long colonisation and slaughter as a war of 'defence'. It sacked a journo for daring to approach this truth. Upside-down world.

submitted 196 days ago • 43 comments

Govt openly admitting it wants to entrench the two-party system 🤯 But communities around the country want to see more competition & authentic representation 🇦🇺ns pay the price for duopolies & lack of competition www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

submitted 196 days ago • 27 comments

#labor wants to kill #palmer and slow down the #greens, and the #coalition wants to kill the #independents and slow down #OneNation. it’s like, ‘you help me kill my enemy, and i’ll help you kill yours’.

submitted 198 days ago • 48 comments

The ICC has issued warrants for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant They are doing this because of all the war crimes and genocide we have witnessed with our own eyes If you are silent about Israel's slaughter, or you support it, fuck you www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

submitted 198 days ago • 17 comments

If a Government is trying to rush a bill through Parliament, then odds are something fishy is going on. @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol

submitted 198 days ago • 29 comments

Could this refugee bill by Albanese Government be the worst, most dangerous and draconian anti - refugee bill ever proposed by an Australian Government since mandatory detention was introduced in 1992, the answer is YES. I explain in 1 min. Take action: action.asrc.org.au/calling_part...

submitted 199 days ago • 6 comments

This is DESPICABLE. It will cut people off from the world- their families, friends and legal advice- and will lead to suicides. Absolutely fucking shameful.

submitted 198 days ago • 43 comments

ABC News Australia has lost my trust. Its #auspol news is mostly "Dutton says ..." Its world news reporting is mostly pro-Zionist (there are exceptions). It seems set on removing balanced, impartial presenters (on tv & radio) in favour of openly pro-LNP anti-Labor anti-Greens ones. 😔 📺 📻 #journalism

submitted 198 days ago • 15 comments

The Electoral "reform" Bill is, tbh a crock that will lock in the major parties and squeeze independents and new entrants. Sign @australiainstitute.org.au's petition to block it nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donations_bi...

submitted 198 days ago • 27 comments