Surely Australiaβs not going to enter this monumental clusterfuck of a war, dictated entirely by the incoherent whims of this dementing, delusional lunatic, right?
Surely Australiaβs not going to enter this monumental clusterfuck of a war, dictated entirely by the incoherent whims of this dementing, delusional lunatic, right?
Weapons that wait. Australia couldn't assist with mine clearance in the Strait because our Mine Counter Measure (MCM) capability is moribund.
MCM, anti-drone capability, fuel security - all neglected to pay for #AUKUS subs that will never arrive. #auspol
"Power unused in the face of injustice is not restraint. It is a choice"
The Labor Party has drifted from its historic purpose, retreated from reform. Andrew Brown with the 1st in a series - what it means for Australia.
#auspol
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I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Tax the gas industry its fair share! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...
The AUKUS agreement has now been in place for 4 years. During that time both the US & UK have undertaken reviews of its progress. With the Albanese govt now admitting its South Australian submarine base will cost at least $30bn, it's well past time Australia undertook its own AUKUS review.
I'm re-upping this from a month ago.
After the Herzog visit, it is even more relevant. #auspol
Every whistleblower I've ever spoken to believed (correctly) they were doing their public duty, bc others failed.
None wanted to become a "whistleblower".
Yet they're punished by systems designed to destroy them.
Labor promised to protect them but have only tormented them with inaction & gaslighting
@albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social really misunderstanding the mood on AUKUS during a cost of living crisis.
Spending everything on an unreliable , bullying βallyβ to protect against our largest trading partner makes no sense to anyone with half a brain.
AUKUS is sinking and Labor responds by making up a $30 billion un-budgeted AUKUS announceable for the SA State election. This stuff is straying so far from reality.
So basically what Tony Abbott said on ABC 730 last night was that you should only be welcome in Australia if you are white and Judeo-Christian, or willing to act like you are.
Seriously fuck off
Pleased to note that NSW #Police will be investigated for brutal behavior during #Herzog visit. Some of them looked and acted like the ICE thugs whom #Trump orders to assault American people. Minn's legislation should be challenged in courts also. It is over the top.
Does anyone know the condition of this man?
Antisemitism Envoy admits she 'wasn't focused on' unequal protections in 'hate laws' seeking to protect only one religion. The bias isn't a bug it's a feature.
Very sad. Thanks for letting us know
x.com/baumann_mac/... the reality on the ground suggests that the visit is instead acting as a catalyst for unprecedented domestic friction, legal challenges, and deep-seated communal anxiety. Albo really fucked it this time.
Albo and Cris Minns need to pull their heads in. Theyβre setting this up to be a complete shitfight for the sake of promoting a genocidal head of state who has fuckall to do with what happened in Bondi to Australian citizen. Herzog should be arrested on sight, not the people expressing their disgust
Illustration of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kneeling and rolling out a red carpet soaked in blood. The carpet unfurls toward the viewer with text reading βBlamed an entire civilian population,β βSigned bombs fired into Gaza,β and βPresident of a genocidal apartheid state.β At the bottom of the image, a polished shoe steps toward the carpet, its sole smeared with blood. The headline reads βHey Albo β Donβt roll out the red carpet for a man who:β followed by β#CancelHerzog.β
RESCIND THE INVITATION.
END COMPLICITY.
NO RED CARPET FOR WAR CRIMES.
#CANCELHERZOG
He can "call" all he likes.
He won't get it.
Australians don't like genocidal war criminals.
#Auspol #Australia
Albo, arrest Herzog! Flash Youtube livestream 3pm today with former UN Commissioner and human rights lawyer Chris Sidoti. Link to come in comments
#auspol
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Double standards much @senatorwong.bsky.social ?
No sanctions for genocide though.
#AusPol
#Gaza
#Iran
Wong condemns 'horrific use of violence' as Australia imposes fresh sanctions on Iran
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In some ways Labor are worse than the Coalition on climate change. They arenβt ignorant buffoons like their opponents: they know the damage theyβre doing, and they do it anyway. And then they lie shamelessly about how they are addressing climate change, and ppl lap it up. The hypocrisy is sickening.
The CGT discount is the most unfair tax handout there is.
It is exacerbating inequality and locking a generation out of home ownership.
Enough is enough.
No more tinkering around the edges of the housing crisis. Labor must scrap the CGT discount in the next budget.
The richest 10% of Australians will receive $18bn worth of tax breaks from the capital gains tax discount.
Just another way the duopoly @australianlabor.bsky.social align themselves with the ultra-rich against the rest of us.
#Auspol
We need Change
How in the fuck do we live in a country where in parts of Australia youβre allowed to meet up to mourn the deaths of 15 people killed at #Bondi but youβre NOT allowed to meet up to mourn the deaths of tens of thousands of slaughtered Palestinians?
#NewsCorpse
Will there be a ceremonial bomb signing with @albomp.bsky.social and Herzog? #auspol #genocide
Same same but different. Albo has a stonking majority. Biggest in years. Could do anything. Opposition in a total shambles. Chooses to do nothing. Except invite the Israel president to town. #auspol.
What is being βnormalisedβ through politics and media is abhorrent and dangerous.
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The Betoota Advocate "If It Looks Like A Terrorist Attack, Walks Like A Terrorist Attack, But Talks Like A One Nation Senator, Then It Isn't A Terrorist Attack" Says Australian Media
chaserwar The Chaser | John Delmenico Local man unsure if media is describing someone throwing a bomb at a First Nations protest, or just a kid doing some prank calls
chaserwar Following The Chaser | John Delmenico Nation confident in ability to guess the alleged bomber's race based on lack of 'terrorist label
The Chaser @chaser News rooms urge caution around using the word 'terrorism' when talking about throwing a bomb at an Invasion Day protest, "it's not like something extreme happened like a uni student eating a slice of watermelon."
Only the satirical news sites are covering the White Nationalist Perth shrapnel bomb attempt like it should be covered. #Auspol
Australian politics is in crisis.
We have a stubborn visionless, unambitious, deeply institutionalised career party apparatchik installed as PM, a disintegrating rabble in opposition, and an illiterate, rabid race-baiting bigot, backed by the nationβs richest person, exploiting the masses
#auspol