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Retired lefty. Advice to young self: Study hard and save 10% of your salary (what I didn't do); be courageous; be kind and don't worry needlessly. Juan Carl was my birth father's name but he died before I caught up with him. Living on Yuggera land
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As I said ... guilty as Hell. #auspol #GazaGenocide www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

This is the IDF in action. They forced elderly man to scout buildings with an explosive cord tied around his neck, before he was later shot dead along with his wife. This is just another war crime committed by the IDF in the name of defending itself. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

US Debt has passed $36 trillion and is accelerating due to increasing borrowing costs which now stand at $1 trillion/yr. Billionaire investor Ray Dalio predicted the US is headed for an imminent debt crisis which is obvious to everybody except US stock market investors. fortune.com/2025/03/22/u...

Why on God's Earth does Australia seem to think that Israel, led by an accused war criminal (by the ICC), can possess nuclear weapons but Iran cannot. It is so totally irrational. Neither should have nuclear weapons. Neither! Get a grip Penny Wong. apnews.com/article/icc-...

Israel's attack on Iran is a crime under international law. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu. We should not be supporting Israel in carrying out these war crimes. Without US and our support, Israel would not be capable of any of this behaviour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel is only able to conduct this war of aggression because of US support. The US is central to Israel's military capability. The US supplies the funding, the hardware, the intelligence and the technology. Without the US, there would be no war in the Middle East. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

What next? Pauline Hanson for services to Multiculturalism? Don't forget this was the guy who was sacked from Tourism Australia and maybe also Tourism NZ, botched the vaccine rollout, left Aussies stranded overseas, and oversaw illegal Robodebt. It's a joke, right? www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/06/s...

Liberal-NP influenced by right-wing nut jobs like Peta Credlin and Rowan Dean no longer appeals to true liberals. Bradfield has voted Liberal every election since 1949!! and now says 'no way'. The modern Liberal Party is nothing like the party founded by Bob Menzies. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Tim Wilson springs to the defence of all those poor unfortunate Australians with only $3 MILLION(!!!) in their super fund. These poor unfortunates are being asked to pay an extra 15pc tax on any unrealized gains in their super fund. Oh dear, what next? Onya Timmy. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...

E-scooters are a bloody menace. Teenagers, often with two on board, zipping in and around pedestrians at 40km/hour are really dangerous. They either need to be speed limited or made to use bicycle lanes on the road. If there are no lanes, then no scooters. Simple. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Trump can't really complain after he doubled steel tariffs to 50pc. Furthermore, the US has imposed new export controls on AI chips & chip design software and revoked Chinese student visas. China won't take any crap from Trump. This trade war is about to escalate. www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-...

How is this different from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia? The ICJ has ruled that Israel is in breach of international law. The only difference is that the Palestinians have not taken up arms against the invaders. They've sought a peaceful solution through the ICJ. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Did you know that the pelvis is the only bone in the body that's gender specific? This 4-year-old does. www.youtube.com/shorts/8mtbj...

Congratulations Lachlan Kennedy!! Kennedy is fast but there's another Aussie who's getting older and stronger by the minute, and that's fellow Aussie sprint sensation Gout Gout. They are due to meet in the Czech Republic on June 24. Come on Aussie(s), come on!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Bad call, Goldstein. Bad call!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

TACO MAN!!! TACO stands for "Trump always chickens out". www.youtube.com/shorts/2s7-n...

If Patterson did plan to murder her estranged husband & rellies, it was a totally inept attempt. Totally inept!! Her former husband says she's a university graduate, a qualified air traffic controller & 'very intelligent' & so none of this makes any sense at all. None. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Don't know what to think about this. Normally I'd agree with such a minimal sentence and being released on parole, as prisons can definitely be counterproductive. But 4x the legal limit(!!) and a loss of licence back in 2017. Dunno. This girl clearly has a big problem. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

So bloody typical!! Periodic repainting of the Story Bridge was effectively discontinued about 10-12 years ago in order to save money. Now there's serious rust and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk wants the Feds to chip in and help out. Good luck with that. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

What a farce!! Just when you thought things couldn't get any more ridiculous in a land where a buffoon is president, we have the TACO trade. TACO stands for "Trump always chickens out". Investors profit by buying the dip that has followed Trump's tariff threats. www.morningstar.com/news/marketw...

If Sussan Ley is the future of the Liberal Party, then its future is very, very bleak. www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...

Australia has not been totally silent. That's true. But as Palestinians die by the tens of thousands, its timidity in denouncing what's happening in Gaza makes it morally culpable. This makes me very ashamed to be an Australian right now. www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/20/g...

Alan Kohler writes that the Australian economy is a basket case. While that may be something of an exaggeration, it is an economy badly in need of reform, something along the lines of what Hawke and Keating did in the 1980s. We all hope Chalmers and Albo are up for it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Seems that Donald is not a big fan of The Boss....

Very straight forward, indeed.

What are the homeless supposed to do, Tom Tate? Why doesn't the Gold Coast Council build a huge camping ground back behind the Coast with showers and toilets and free public transport into the CBD for those who want/need it. You could even provide a manager. We all know the Council can afford it.

BULL OR BULLSHIT???? Is this market manipulation or what? Tariffs on, market tanks; tariffs off, market booms. Trump and his mates must be making a motza, and at the same time making the guys over at the SEC scratch their collective heads.

Nationals refused to release numbers in the leadership ballot. That means only one thing. It was close, bloody close!! That also means that Littleproud's days are numbered, and with Matt Canavan as leader dumping support for net zero by 2050 ...Liberals will love that. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

It's a fantastic book - download it - buy it - or just borrow it and read it. The Dust Bowl Triolgy are worth the effort.

David Morgan, Treasury official at the time and later Westpac CEO described Keating’s performance driving the 1985 tax reforms through cabinet: "He used rationality, he used his intellect, he used humour ...and it was the most remarkable performance I've ever seen in my years inside a cabinet room."

NACC will now investigate 6 referrals made to it by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, re-opening the door to potential corruption findings against and prosecution of 6 former public servants involved. Morrison and his lot should also face charges. www.themandarin.com.au/286781-robod...

Alan Kohler writes: Productivity is declining and housing is unaffordable. Growth depends entirely on govt spending and immigration. (Reform is desperately needed.) Is Albanese up for it? To meekly allow the factions to push Dreyfus and Husic out would suggest not. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

"The difficult issue here is that we’ve had bare faced ambition and a deputy prime minister wield a factional club to reshape the ministry. I think people, when they look at a deputy prime minister, they expect to see a statesman, not a factional assassin." - Ed Husic, Insiders 11.5.2025

It is clear now that Ed Husic challenged Penny Wong regarding Australia’s position on the Middle East conflict and that's the reason, if not the main reason, he was dropped from Cabinet. Look out Penny Wong! Those heated debates will now take place in public and the ALP will be the loser. #Insiders

At least 13 people, including 3 children, killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza. Attacks came amid Israel’s continued refusal to allow vital supplies into Gaza, leaving its 2.3m residents dependent on a dwindling number of charity kitchens. Appalling Israeli behaviour! www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...