Anthony McC

The hypocrisy should be gob-smacking and yet here we are…

Overheard.
#JillianSegal
#Envoy
#auspol

Her Excuse is Hollow & Unacceptable

“You cannot be the face of a national strategy against hate while your own family trust donates $50,000 to Advance Australia -a far-right lobby group notorious for spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric, vilifying pro-Palestine voices as terrorist sympathisers,” #Auspol

Ask Dutton, Abbott and ScoMo (the Three Stooges) about that… wankers!

Friday night. Pizza gone, might be a little red wine left…

Really? We’re Fucking Doing This Again? — The Shovel The US entered yet another war in the Middle East without any clear motive, strategy, objectives, popular support, succession plan or exit arrangement, leading to claims it has no fucking idea what it...

The US entered yet another war in the Middle East without any clear motive, strategy, objectives, popular support, succession plan or exit arrangement, leading to suspicions it has no fucking idea what it is doing.

The NSW property developer who bankrolled Moira Deeming’s defamation case against John Pesutto offered the former Liberal leader a $1 million lifeline on the condition he did not attempt to win back the party leadership within the next three years.

These VIC Liberals are just corrupt.

#auspol

ABC pulls interview with Palestine advocate from website and iview During the interview, Nasser Mashni made a pointed remark that it was time 'for Palestine to be free, from the river to the sea'.

Exclusive | Palestine advocate Nasser Mashni called for sanctions on Israel in an interview on the ABC. Now, the interview appears to have been taken down. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.

Keep reposting this until @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social restores this article.

Researchers find NZ is the most likely country to survive war, famine or Trump - but forget to put us on the map Aotearoa is one of the most likely countries in the world to survive war, natural disaster, famine or Trump say scientists, but wannabe Kiwis might struggle to get here: we’ve been kicked off the plan...

I’d say this was deliberate

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Potentially very good news--and a reminder that botanical collections remain key resources even in our time of genomics and ever-advancing genetic tools.

'We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can't go on five holidays' Labour's VAT raid forces six-figure families to make lifestyle sacrifices

An actual tragedy is playing out in real time on the pages of the Telegraph.

If you are the praying kind then please pray for them.

National Sorry Day: Remember the Past, Bring the Babies Home Every May 26, Australia pauses to reflect on a deep national wound. National Sorry Day remembers the grief trauma and loss experienced by the Stolen Generations

Today is National Sorry Day.
Every May 26, Australia reflects on a deep national wound & commemorate the grief, trauma & loss experienced by the Stolen Generations—thousands of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families by the government.

#auspol #SorryDay

What policies? That was the problem

Man charged with 53 hate crimes in Sydney's inner west The 21-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning, with NSW Police alleging his offending started in late April.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with 53 hate-related crimes in Sydney's west, including the alleged spray painting of a Nazi symbol.
NSW Police say the offending started in late April.

The man is scheduled to appear at Newtown Local Court on Monday.

#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

First preferences by party First preferences by party

#StephenKoukoulas ( @thekouk.bsky.social )
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Interesting data from #AEC
First pref votes: 83.4% counted.

#Labor 4.95 million
#Liberal 2.98 million
#LNP Qld 1.02 million
#Nats 0.56 million
#CLP NT 0.03 million
#Greens 1.68 million

tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseStateFi... #AUSPOL #AusVotes25 #Election25

Twiddledum and Twiddle-even-fucking-dumber

Twiddledum and Twiddledummer

Korean Kangaroo & Kimchi

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray! A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste, says Michael Le Page

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray! A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste www.newscientist.com/article/2479...

They would feel right at home. No women nagging at them. Lots of white men (like they think their sky fairy was) with lots of power over poor, disenfranchised, brain-washed masses

After steep premium hikes, Australia's insurance companies post $6.1 billion profit Premium hikes, benign weather and surging investment markets have lifted profits for insurers, but the business boom could be short-lived.

After steep premium hikes, Australia's insurance companies post $6.1 billion profit, that’s 3 times higher than the 5yr avg profit levels. #agsky
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Angus Taylor and the doctored document mystery: ‘It took us about 30 seconds to realise it was a fake’ | Ten years of Guardian Australia When the minister tried to ‘pour a bucket of dirt’ over Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore, he ended up with mud all over himself. Investigative reporter Anne Davies spills all

Quick refresher on the Angus Taylor forged document scandal.

“They then sent it to the senior staff member who wrote – in what must have sent a chill down Angus Taylor’s back of his neck – ‘It looks a little messier than we hoped.’

“I don’t know what was going through Angus Taylor’s head.”

FFS more religious favouritism?

Here are today's featured electorates.

You can find out how to get the full downloadable guide here: theshovel.com.au/2025/04/03/the-shovels-2025-armchair-election-guide/

‘A 100 per cent turnout’: Leaks reveal Brethren secrecy push, bid to ramp up poll presence A secret recording reveals members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church being told how to obscure who they are.

A 100% turnout Brethren secrecy push, bid to ramp up poll presence.

Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has ⬆️ efforts to disguise from the public that its members are volunteering in the Liberal Party’s election campaign, & has urged its followers to turn up en masse on election day.

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#auspol

The 5 Biggest Corporate Lies About Unions | Robert Reich Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich debunks the biggest myths about unions spread by corporations. Watch More: Why Un

Since the very first unions were founded hundreds of years ago, greedy corporations and their bosses have spun lies about them.

Don't fall for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwwymqpS45c

Sure, Pam.

If you don’t pay taxes and don’t vote you don’t get to tell others how to vote. Fuck off religion