“We also have a situation where ministers are able to evade responsibility for these policy choices. This is because they have plausible deniability. They can simply use the phrase: “I was not advised””
Malcolm Roberts in the climate misinfo hearing labels the ABC "notorious propaganda" and questioned this (very good) ABC story for claiming the support for One Nation on FB was "Vietnamese bots" when it is "quite natural and truthful" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
OP-ED: in the National Indigenous Times
by Blake Alan Cansdale National Director at ANTAR: Time for an inquiry into a #HumanRightsAct4NSW. Evidence from other jurisdictions shows this would be a meaningful change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
nit.com.au/10-03-2026/2...
Building sign being replaced with “NACC: No Actual Consequences Commission” Person commenting: “it used to be to be called the National Anti-Corruption Commission, but I guess they wanted to lower our expectations”
The ‘No Actual Consequences Commission’, by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
I guess it happens in some rare instances here.
Buying clean piss is an idea completely new to me. Mutual nation-based cultural incomprehension.
It depends on your view of alcohol I suppose.
WHALE RIDER
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In the last 2 weeks the Western Australian Labor Party have signed contract after contract with USA and Israeli ogliarchs.
Massive multi billion dollar contracts and are courting Texan super frackers that decimated water in USAs midwest. ( see Flint)
oh gawd
just drop the "the" and it scans a lot better. Chant chant chant away.
oh if I can get in my neck of the woods … southern hemisphere – I will try
Depends. Maybe Stil wants a new pet. Seeing as he's leaving all the delightful quolls behind.
I believe "tranche"is etymologically related to "trencher" which (I'm guessing) is related to "trough". Any pigs in the story?
he has to do religious Ed? At his age?
Oh I'm getting the picture… It's a Catholic school.
Clammy hands make keyboarding difficult.
oh this is all too foreign and far north for me. I'm sure you are right.
"To change your AirTag battery,..." first change your arthritic hands. Into something non-arthritic.
$20 is not a fortune
looks more like the arrival of a divine being
Trying to get my head around the Anti-Corruption Commission's argument that a corruption hearing of a former prime minister is somehow not in the public interest
Australian fashion designer Katie Perry has won her High Court battle with international pop star Katy Perry in a long-running (since 2009!) trademark case.
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🔎 Excellent investigation by Michael Workman from ABC Verify on one of the weirder AI/politics/scam campaigns I've seen in recent times. But, as my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague Timothy Graham says, probably just the tip of the iceberg. 🫤
oh so these clowns are all Musk analogues.
and then there is access to bomb shelters…
Anthony 'All the way with Donald J' Albanese is already the current governor of Trump's 51st state. #auspol
Only one Green in the House of Representatives – Elisabeth Watson-Brown. I tried looking up how she voted theyvoteforyou.org.au but I couldn't find it. Maybe it's not updated? Certainly senator David Shoebridge has been vocal on this issue.
The Albanese Labor Government's new law is designed to stop people seeking asylum who come from places like Iran.
In fact, this new power seeks to prevent people like the Iranian women's football players from seeking asylum in the future.
