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The guy from The Week on Wednesday podcast who works with unions, boards and other folk to try and make the world a better place.

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As the grievance grifters keep trying to make Australians feel bad about our country to sell us more stuff or help them get right wing loons elected itโ€™s worth remembering that, for most people in the world, the Commonwealth of Australia is a far better place to live than wherever they may live now.

07.03.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly? Youโ€™d probably drown, unless youโ€™re a trained marathon swimmer and coming from the southern most tip of Papua New Guinea.
We do have airports in all our major cities thoughโ€ฆ

07.03.2026 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The snakes and spiders will generally leave you alone if you leave them alone.
I hope you do get to come to Australia and it is all you hope it to be.

07.03.2026 17:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Australianโ€™s need to realise that we are actually โ€œwinningโ€ in building mass prosperity.

Itโ€™s not to say everything is perfect.

Itโ€™s saying that we are on the right track with an economic plan that puts people first.

Trickle down, Friedman economics is dying. And thatโ€™s a wonderful thing.

07.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Australian unemployment is now LOWER than American unemployment!

Australian growth is running ABOVE almost every forecast

Australianโ€™s are the SECOND wealthiest in the world, ABOVE the USA & the SWISS

The material reality is that Australia is THE place to live

Donโ€™t let haters tell you otherwise

07.03.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 76 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

195 countries in the world

Australia is one of only nine to have triple A ratings from all three credit agencies

Putting Australia in the Top 5% of countries on Earth for managing national debt

Fundamentally, Labor manages our economy better. Despite what some media & grievance grifters might say

05.03.2026 22:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Growth UP 2.6% ๐Ÿ‘†Faster than USA!
Productivity UP 1% ๐Ÿ‘†(best in years)
Employment UP ๐Ÿ‘†
Wages UP๐Ÿ‘†
Super contributions UP๐Ÿ‘†
Unemployment DOWN๐Ÿ‘‡
Union membership UP ๐Ÿ‘†

Worker led workplace laws are delivering for Australia

Despite the AFR/Australian narrative, Labor is improving opportunities for Aussies

04.03.2026 04:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Australia is the 4th most liked country on Earth

Might be time for all the whining Pourline grifters to โ€œlove it or leaveโ€

1. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada - 74% positive global view
2. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan - 72%
3. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany - 70%
4. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia - 69%
5. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland - 68%
6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand - 67%

22.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

BOOYEAH, my kids are smashing it, check out the latest review:

21.02.2026 11:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The reality of the Coalition is that theyโ€™d rather destroy 200,000 Australian jobs than scrap tax loopholes on unproductive capital

During a decade in office the Coaition left hundreds of thousands of people unemployed then Robodebted them into misery

Wilson has form & heโ€™s now closer to power

19.02.2026 10:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are some in the media calling Tim Wilson โ€œa moderate?โ€ Policy advisor at IPA, against Kyoto, against carbon tax, defender Margaret Court, supporter of cigarette companies! Moderate my arse. #auspol

19.02.2026 05:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 107 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Do you know how Herbert Hoover made the Great Depression worse?

Because he didnโ€™t understand, most didnโ€™t, that taking government money out of the economy & increasing taxes was disinflationary, which on top of the market melt down, meant no money being spent

So if we increase taxes we canโ€ฆ?

19.02.2026 04:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every 0.5% increase in unemployment is AT LEAST 80,000 people who have their jobs destroyed

Estimated cost difference between CPI at 3.4% (current) & 2.5% (target) is $857 a year/house

RBA wants $9.3B taken out of the economy

Reducing CGT discount to 25% raises $6.5b & 10% gas export levy $4-$6B

19.02.2026 04:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Coalition voted against tax cuts for workers

Their leader promised to repeal tax cuts for workers

Their shadow treasurer has done everything he can to protect โ€˜advisorsโ€™, capital hoarders & unearned tax loopholes

Their social policy is 40yrs out of date & soโ€™s their tax policy

19.02.2026 03:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Real measures that show Australia is doing well
-Unemployment 4.1%
-Non-performing mortgages 1.04%
-Inflation 3.4%
-Wage growth 3.4%
-Avg super balance growth 9.3%
-Homelessness down from 117.4 per 10,000 to 106.3 per 10,000
-Household savings 6.4% vs 3.5% in 2018

Donโ€™t let the grifters depress you

19.02.2026 03:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Liberal Party happy snap is giving real vibes of:

โ€œWeโ€™ve decided to all be a happy family, itโ€™s just that your dad here is going to live in the city apartment while we live in the house with all of our things.โ€

Worst. Leadership. โ€œTeamโ€. Ever.

13.02.2026 03:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are living in the age of the pedopetrotechbroligarch

07.02.2026 05:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 611 ๐Ÿ” 171 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Remember when the United States flooded war materials into the UK & Soviet Union to fight fascism?

And remember when the fascists decided to team up against the USA so this guy was sent to end them?

Thatโ€™s the USA the world respected.

06.02.2026 08:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWeโ€™re drowning in these unskilled peopleโ€ says unqualified high school dropout who uses the inherited wealth of a uni dropout to maintain her own seat in the senate.

Hanson makes a point, just not the one she thinks sheโ€™s makingโ€ฆ

06.02.2026 08:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Let's get this straight.

Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.

After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.

Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

05.02.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 339 ๐Ÿ” 189 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

And here is me writing about Clive Palmerโ€™s data-harvesting โ€œgameโ€ back in 2019, after the โ€œdeath taxโ€ hoax and do you know who else pioneered backdoor data harvesting as an electoral tactic? Why, Steve Bannon! What an AMAZING coincidence, #auspol!

www.facebook.com/share/188VR3...

03.02.2026 01:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 52 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bill Shorten questions โ€˜forces at playโ€™ after Steve Bannonโ€™s claim he helped Clive Palmer, damaging Laborโ€™s 2019 election chances Former opposition leader says Bannonโ€™s purported claim, which Palmer has denied, would be a โ€˜badge of honourโ€™ for him

The United States far right interfered in the 2019 election

Just as @vanbadham.bsky.social & I suggested during our podcasts

There were ads about โ€œdeath taxesโ€ taken from Bannon run Florida campaigns that only had the party or candidate names changed

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

03.02.2026 00:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 49 ๐Ÿ” 29 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Can we please not unleash a deadly ancient plague by digging up Millenia old mass graves?

31.01.2026 11:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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David Pope in Canberra Times

23.01.2026 04:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 343 ๐Ÿ” 164 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Elon Muskโ€™s Grok made the world less safe โ€“ his humiliating backdown gives me hopium | Van Badham The AI chatbotโ€™s torrent of nonconsensual deepfakes isnโ€™t its first scandal and wonโ€™t be its last. Responsible governments should simply ban it

โ€œMuskโ€™s chatbot appeared this week to make the world less safe, less fair & perhaps even as unpleasant as a fascist-styled, ketamine-addled rich-kid dipshit in cheese hat dancing while the world burns, if one could imagine such an awful thingโ€ @vanbadham.bsky.social

15.01.2026 05:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seeing โ€œthe leftโ€ snatch defeat from the jaws of victory was something Iโ€™d really hoped I wouldnโ€™t have to watch anymore but I guess none of us are without naivetyโ€ฆ

11.01.2026 07:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is what happens in a police state.

08.01.2026 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whoโ€™s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter A look inside Elon Muskโ€™s big tent

This is a genuine @financialtimes.com article.

Itโ€™d be great to see the Bosses Pamphlet in Australia have this level of journalistic integrity

www.ft.com/content/ad94... Whoโ€™s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter

06.01.2026 20:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exxon & Chevron must be so relieved to not have to worry about all the trouble and expense that the East India Company used to have maintaining their own military.

Having taxpayer funded โ€œPresidentsโ€ take care of it all for them, even doing the PR bit, makes their margins so much better.

03.01.2026 22:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People whoโ€™ve opposed every Labor policy since they were old enough to talk donโ€™t get to tell Labor governments how to govern.

I shouldnโ€™t really need to say that but apparently the bosses pamphlet needed it said.

02.01.2026 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0