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Spudnik reckons there is a bulk-billing crisis in Australia 🤨 I’m not surprised, considering it was the Spud who tried to abolish bulk billing & froze Medicare rebates for 6 years. The coalition hve always sabotaged Medicare. Howard called Medicare “a rort” 🙄 Ironic considering his history.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

There is a growing disparity between public and private school funding, with new analysis revealing that taxpayers are helping fund lavish private school facilities and the high salaries of private school principals. @mhharrington.bsky.social #auspol

submitted 32 days ago • 19 comments

Across the country (at a state & federal level) the LNP have only one goal: protect the profits of their fossil fuels industry billionaire mates. To gain votes they offer nothing but racism, hatred, bigotry & fear-mongering division. And a complicit media rarely calls them out on it. #auspol #WApol

submitted 45 days ago • 9 comments

The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010. It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.

submitted 45 days ago • 582 comments

"NSW produces a lot of coal but the public, who own the coal, get hardly anything from it. All while coal companies reap enormous profits." @adamchalksitup.bsky.social, Anne Kantor Fellow, explains that coal royalties are a tiny part of NSW Govt revenue ⤵️

submitted 48 days ago • 10 comments

sizewell c, the #nuclear power plant that’s doubled in cost since 2020, yet hasn’t officially started construction! ~A$79,000,000,000! hot on the heels of an existing construction project, this is $24,700/kW. dutton reckons he can build it for $10,000/kW. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 48 days ago • 50 comments

"The RBA is running out of excuses not to cut rates. It's time to ease the cost of living for households." The latest analysis from @grogsgamut.bsky.social on @theprojecttv.bsky.social about the chances of a rate cut when the RBA next meets in February #auspol

submitted 53 days ago • 9 comments

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made housing the centrepiece of his latest election pitch to Western Australia, pledging to "unlock" more than 1,000 homes across the state's regional communities. #WANews #PerthNews #AusPol

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Everything is Labors fault!!!! Why doesn’t the Australian just make Scott Morrison editor and be done with it!!!!

submitted 56 days ago • 8 comments

Sydney Morning Herald ‘The Liberals (LNP)have never liked Medicare. Billy Snedden said in 1974, “we will fight this scheme continuously and in the end we will defeat it”. In 1984, Howard said he would “stab it (Medicare) in the guts”. The aim is to erode Medicare incrementally’ Don’t trust them!

submitted 59 days ago • 8 comments

The RBA has got it wrong, punishing workers with persistently high rates as the economy flails. "Profits have been driving inflation. Companies have fattened their margins, and if your only response is to target workers, you're punishing the victims," explains Stephen Long.

submitted 58 days ago • 13 comments

UNION FOREVER!!!!! ♥️💯 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Unemployment below 4% should not mean interest rates cannot be cut. As @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes - we should celebrate the new normal of unemployment below 4%, and the RBA needs to stop trying to make it rise to 4.5% even while inflation is falling. australiainstitute.org.au/post/lets-ce...

submitted 81 days ago • 18 comments

This offshore wind farm could replace virtually all of Australia’s coal power stations. It is evidence a minority state government can get on with the move away from coal, and that Labor and Liberal governments can work together to achieve real zero. #auspol

submitted 81 days ago • 16 comments

Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do; Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too. Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one. John Lennon, 10/9/40-12/8/80

submitted 85 days ago • 858 comments

Duh! It was like this when I was juggling paid work & kids decades ago. It’s deliberate & part of the endless global war on women. It’s another reason why so many women end up poor & even homeless in old age despite working their guts out.

submitted 84 days ago • 15 comments

"Whatever political problems the GDP data will cause for the government, they leave the Reserve Bank badly exposed. The evidence is clear now: there is no reason why it should not cut interest rates next week." 📢 RBA, if you think the economy is moving slow, cut rates. 📢 #auspol

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments

How long are we going to keep subsidising these palaces of privilege?

submitted 85 days ago • 43 comments

submitted 86 days ago • 70 comments

So past time to legalise cannabis. Even when you give police the option to not charge for possessing cannabis they charge 90% of people anyhow. Did I mention we should just legalise it? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 89 days ago • 30 comments

As you read this appalling data, please remember that every public school in Australia, bar a handful in ACT, is underfunded. Also remember that public schools educate the vast majority of our poorest & neediest kids, who are the most expensive to teach. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 89 days ago • 53 comments

I am so lucky that we have a still functioning health system in Australia. I am about to be transferred by Ambulance to a plane, and flown to the capital city. No cost. I appreciate the foresight and goodness of the Australians who came before me, who saw the justice in socialised healthcare.

submitted 90 days ago • 45 comments

A shitload of people think it’s strange @Channel7 employs a judge on their stupid TV show with no musical talent and who uses misogyny & punch-down hate on radio for attention & ratings but why the fuck would anyone expect anything else from the Chief Misogynist himself, Mr. Kerry Stokes? #VileKyle

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submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

With #Dementia Action Week just past, I commended the government on its actions to tackle this horrid disease, though I'm frustrated by it’s “not our business” approach to new treatments, not least medicinal cannabis. Seriously, #AITA here for taking them to task? 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xkq...

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

Superannuation is not for inheritance, and the benefits should not go to those who are using them only to avoid paying tax. #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/superan...

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

Australia wants to co-host COP31 with Pacific nations, but by 2026 will Australia be a climate champion or will we see another episode of petrostate greenwash? As @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains, ending fossil fuel subsidies is a good first step. #auspol

submitted 98 days ago • 12 comments

The Liberals have a policy to allow people to break into their for super for housing. They love this policy as it will massively drive up housing prices as it did in NZ & make those who already own (multiple) houses even wealthier. #auspol

submitted 104 days ago • 15 comments

When asked why she voted against a ceasefire in Gaza, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said "It's not good...if we don't have a positive relationship with the US" Do we want our elected MPs to make decisions for us based on appeasing the US, instead of acting in Australia's interests? #auspol

submitted 102 days ago • 57 comments

We have made strong progress recently, with the gender pay gap now at its lowest point ever at 11.5%. This progress has not happened by accident – it is a direct result of new work rights and wage reforms won by union members and introduced by the Albanese government.

submitted 104 days ago • 5 comments

The NACC has still produced no significant corruption findings. But instead of talking about Paladin, Eastern Australian Agriculture water deals, Robodebt execs, Stuart Robert, etc etc etc, we’re talking about Paul Brereton. Read the room, mate. www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/18/p...

submitted 105 days ago • 6 comments

FINALLY, Alan Jones has been arrested for the sexual abuse of young men. About fucking time. www.smh.com.au/national/ala...

submitted 105 days ago • 26 comments

The internet is forever #auspol

submitted 109 days ago • 4 comments

How in the fuck do we live in a country where the media goes fucking apeshit for weeks if Albo forgets the cash rate, Lidia Thorpe asks for a treaty or Julia Gillard loses a shoe but a sitting Aussie Senator can openly call others nggers, rtards and f*ggots and … crickets? #NewsCorpse

submitted 111 days ago • 21 comments

Rick Morton on the money here, but it goes further. Justin Gleeson was due to be announced as the eminent legal person last Mon 4 Nov. But Brereton pulled the rug on it all terrified of Scott Morrison's reaction. Scott Morrison is the unnamed minister, the 6th person in the Robodebt 6. #NACC

submitted 107 days ago • 112 comments