It’s actually sick that a tiny group of foul white supremacists have managed to propel Welcome to Country onto the election agenda because so much of the media immediately legitimised their grievance. They’ll be rubbing their hands in absolute GLEE at the way media took the bait.
Aaaand he’s dropped it with a grovelling apology
Which is to say, based on vibes
This is obvs not what the polls say and is based mostly on the fact I think it’s really underestimated how even the most disengaged voters have been hearing about Dutton being the Ultimate Villain for like 10 years now and once he’s more prominent in the campaign soft support for LNP will fall
Here’s my bold #auspol election prediction:
Coalition primary vote will surge but the swing will be localised, Labor wins majority gov by one seat but loses the majority during the term, falling to minority gov.
A police officer getting off lightly for killing someone?
Colour me shocked!
So… do we think that the Minister for Defence Richard Marles himself knows what this meme on his page is referencing or
Missing from #budget2025 is much-needed funding for Australia's integrity organisations: auditors, information commissioners, ombudsmen, etc.
Staff numbers at the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner are going *down* next year, while its freedom of information reviews take years.
Jim Chalmers has clearly been working with a vocal coach for this speech, and it shows (in a good way, aside for the occasional face for optimising vowel sounds for audio).
PM doesn’t appear to have worked with an acting coach:
This rules
The federal public service is smaller than it was in 2006-07 w/ more responsibilities yet the Coalition wants to slash its workforce by at least 36,000
It’s an outdated idea from a party w/ no real plan that will gut our public services & save little money
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
#auspol
Very rarely
(No shade on Jordan, who’s doing excellent reporting on this story and didn’t choose the headline)
It’s 2025 and we’re still seeing apologist headlines for men who kill women.
This is a man who chose to coercively control.
This is a man who chose to intimidate, threaten and stalk.
This is a man who planned a complex, brutal attack.
This is a man who chose to violently murder a young woman.
Oh wow… I feel like barely know you
Pretend this is the screenshot I posted lol
Ppl under 35 have organised their school work, study, social lives and often careers around remote-working tools for a very long time. Dutton’s policy landing with young ppl like a proposal to abolish email in favour of a return to the fax machine. Embarrassing, out of touch, stressful to consider…
Wrong screenshot but same raft of proposals!
Dutton has seriously misread the room with this crackdown on work from home.
People who think public servants are slack
(incorrect!) prob already vote coalition.
The only swing voters whose vote will be influenced by this policy are ppl who work from home, or ppl whose partners/loved ones wfh.
And if we’re to believe what Tony Burke is out saying this morn - that the Gov knew from Day 2 that the caravan was never destined for terrorism and was instead a con job by criminals - it begs the question: why rush through ineffective, overreaching laws Labor’s platform opposes, other than optics?
To be 100% clear, this is not at all of criticism of writers fest boomers. They are my people. Just an affectionate jest (and I do truly love their ownership of space!)
It’s the name for the generation of people born between 1946 - 1964
Unironically love the way boomers at writers festivals are just completely unafraid to take up space. Push into that queue, babe. Stand in front of a bunch of seated people. Loudly answer your phone in the audience. Rule the world, my friends, bc today it is yours.
I used sushi rice 🫡
Like I am aware this is not a remotely interesting story for social media but am just so happy I don’t care 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
Good news, friends. I splurged on a new pair of AirPods a couple of weeks ago and then, true to style, immediately put them through the washing machine.
I put them in rice, then air-dried them and left them for ages just in case… just tried them and they STILL WORK. Am honestly so thrilled by this
My theory on this is that while Labor’s delay supporting a Gaza ceasefire (+ UNRWA funding suspension, munitions opacity etc) won’t swing the vote of enough ppl to impact the election, it HAS completely disillusioned the base of people who would have otherwise popularised these reforms peer-to-peer:
I went to the same high school as Sam Kerr. So did two of the girls who were murdered by the Claremont serial killer.
For decades, a taxi driver was the suspect.
I cannot over emphasise the impact these murders had for girls who went to my school. The fear was drillled into us from 12 years old.
What he's announcing is a concentration camp. A deeply illegal, unconstitutional, anti-human rights atrocity. Anyone who supports this is complicit. Anyone in any federal service, military or otherwise, is morally obligated to refuse to carry out any orders related to this deeply criminal act.
Also based on the material reality in US that if you leave a job you’re usually out of pocket for health insurance + other expenses covered by company. So the cash bonus to leave was essentially like ‘we’ll cover your job hunt period if you want to leave’.
Fascinating to see it in public service
