Martin Tucker

The reality is the Canberra bubble was never going to allow their own to face consequences for Robodebt

The Australian government’s obligations

Won't be missed by many.

Photoshopped image of Anthony Albanese talking to a doctor with a spine in front of him next to an image of Grace Tame wearing her 'Fuck Murdoch' t-shirt. Headline: Spineless man frustrated that woman dares to have one

“She just doesn’t have the spinlessness needed for politics,” said Albanese chaser.com.au/national/spi...

“Be they centre-right or centre-left . . . they either do something about this or they die.” - Gary Stevenson

“This is terminal.”

Read more: https://theaus.in/4ccZkTK

See Gary Stevenson live Sunday 1 March. Tickets: thinkable.events.

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“The quarterly emissions data never gets much attention, and as a result the Government can mostly avoid the type of tough questions it gets if GDP fails to meet expectations,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.

Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OOodvb

“Political parties have inserted themselves into the postal voting process, circulating materials that appear official but actually harvest the person’s information for the party.” - Bill Browne

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4aEqNfZ

Honest Government Ad | Woodside YouTube video by thejuicemedia

Woodside is looking for a new CEO, so we thought we'd lend them a hand 🙌

Australian gas not keeping the lights on in Japan. What's the scam? - Michael West In 2024, Japan exported 40% of the gas it imported from Australia, keeping prices high here. What's the scam?

Australia, you are being scammed! #IEEFA shows Japanese export 40% of Aussie gas exports. Yep, they on-sell our gas for a profit while the corporations cry poor about tax and royalties and gas shortages @kimwingerei.bsky.social

#auspol #whatsthescam
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Why are Australia's bureaucrats paid highest in world? @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social gets FOIs back from the Rem Tribunal fat cats.
#auspol #mindboggling
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The Big Four and the Death of Reform | The West Report YouTube video by The West Report

Did you ever get that sneaking suspicion - that tiny seed of doubt - that the politicians were not always acting in your interests?

Introducing "The System"
#auspol #CGT #ISISbrides
youtu.be/BYpf-GH6QUo?...

Last days of the Liberal Party

"Angus Taylor has already baulked at addressing negative gearing and the associated capital gains tax discount. How can he defend massive tax breaks to the privileged few who own more than three homes to the thousands of people who can’t afford one?" satpa.pe/GP8oUla

Or maybe, making sure people can afford housing, health care and basic necessities, are able to form community by not having to constantly move and are ensured financial security in one of the richest countries on earth might do it? How’s leaning right going for UK Labour? 🫠🫠🫠

“We’re in this ridiculous situation where as one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, we have the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax collecting less revenue than beer tax,” Senator David Pocock said.

“This needs to change."

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qTWA14

Why Australia taxes beer more effectively than its gas exports Far from fixing the problem of low PRRT revenues, PRRT revenue is expected to fall further over coming years, while beer

Independent Senator David Pocock has added his voice to calls for a 25% tax on gas exports.

@markogge.bsky.social explains why Australia taxes beer more effectively than its gas exports.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qOyo05

Jewish groups call on Tony Burke to cancel Israeli journalist visa - Michael West Jewish orgs request Tony Burke reject Australian visa for Israeli journalist as his funders' links to IDF emerge. Stephanie Tran reports.

Jewish orgs call Tony Burke to cancel Israeli hate journo visa #auspol

The trip is funded by same charity exposed by @sstephanietrann.bsky.social for funding IDF
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Spurning the Black Rod. Labor's transparency dummy spit - Michael West Rex Patrick reports on a transparency dummy spit by Labor on the floor of the Senate as the government pushes secrecy agenda

The govt is gaming Parliament for the sake of secrecy. One for politics nerds by @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social #auspol #Senate
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Reform Australia they cry! But will the Big 4 let them? - Michael West It's time to rebuild Australia they cry. But has the plutocracy already won? Michael West reports on reform stagnation and the Big 4

“We’ve wasted 20 years. It’s time to rebuild our great nation” proclaims Peter Costello today.
"To recover ... we need first to understand what happened.”

What happened Peter is you blew it

#CGT #auspol #housing #AFR
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Shadow minister for immigration.

The Jewish Council of Australia condemns Benjamin Harnwell's appalling comment at the Advance conference and call on our leaders and the Antisemitism Envoy to speak out in condemnation.

Supporting removing Prince Andrew from the line of succession is good but what would be better is removing Australia from an inherited dynasty of wealth and privilege that protected him and his class for far too long

Good enough for Gina Rinehart should be good enough for Palantir - Michael West Palantir is under pressure around the world but in Australia, despite clear legal breaches, it is being mollycoddled by ASIC

Mollycoddling of surveillance monster Palantir exposes double standards in Australia's corporate regulation #asic #auspol
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Prince Andrew Arrested, Illegal Land Sales, And The ISIS Brides | Scam of the week - Michael West Prince Andrew finally gets arrested, or at least the story is being sold that way, and the media instantly does what it always does, turns a system story into a celebrity spectacle. Meanwhile, back in...

Debunking the ISIS Brides & Prince Andrew beat-ups - #scamoftheweek
hate speech
#EpsteinFiles
#BHP
Caymans #AngusTaylor
#AJA stolen land sale rort
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We will all pay for this

Kiraa Welcome to the Kiraa channel. After 30 years building analytics systems at Nestlé, Amcor, and across global manufacturing, I've seen every ERP disaster, every failed BI project, every promise the tech...

Though this guy youtube.com/@kiraa_ai?si... is pushing his own AI product, he seems to speak quite a bit of sense. Thought you might be interested @edzitron.com
Love the podcast.
(Sorry for the @, but I refuse to submit to any age verification process)

Centrelink recipients who had Robodebts have just weeks to sign up to receive part of a massive payout. The federal government last year agreed to pay $475 million in additional compensation to about 450,000 victims of the calamitous robodebt scandal au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

When the Liberals finally settle upon a new leader, they can get back to doing what they do best. Selecting the next one.
Jennifer Quigley, Balwyn
The Age, letters

Kid at protest bashed 20 times by NSW Police is dragged off
#herzog #auspol

Herzog itinerary: lunch at Government House, dinner at Kirribilli with Albo - Michael West Herzog to dine with Anthony Albanese tonight, tomorrow he's off for a whistlestop tour of Canberra, courtesy of the RAAF.

Herzog Itinerary leaked - dinner at Kirribilli with Albo tonight. Canberra in morning, evening with the Lowys
w @sstephanietrann.bsky.social #auspol
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Peter Lalor, pepper-sprayed, debunks the Herzog propaganda - Michael West Sports journalist Peter Lalor was pepper-sprayed by NSW Police at the Herzog protest in Sydney. He debunks the propaganda.

"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account
#auspol
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