Michael Mitchell

Labor’s tax budget is a fiasco. And it is so typical of how they do everything. Make the announcement, try to work out how to make it work and when it blows up blame everyone accept themselves. Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has fumbled a key detail of Labor’s contentious negative gearing clampdown, struggling to explain whether a granny flat will qualify for the tax concession under the overhaul. The Coalition pushed O’Neil in QT on whether building a second dwelling on an existing title would mean that title was now considered a new build, and able to be negatively geared. O’Neil responded: “A new dwelling is one that genuinely adds new to housing supply.” Angus Taylor seized on the answer, declaring after question time: “Labor cannot answer basic questions about its own toxic taxes. The Housing Minister was asked a simple question in the parliament about what counts as a new build. She dodged it, ­because the government does not understand the real-world ­damage its taxes will do to ­housing supply, renters and first home buyers.” theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic… via @australian

@MisinfoFact Hilarious rubbish by Sally MacManus…..she claimed businesses have the option of raising their prices to cover the wage increase! Labor and unions have no idea how to tackle inflation cause they don’t wish to! The more reliant upon government people are, the better Labor likes it

Sally McManus welcomes the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase the minimum wage by 4.75%, lifting it to $26.44 per hour f. She said modest pay rises for essential workers help families keep up with the cost of living while having little impact on inflation. #auspol

@JasonClareMP I’m $18,000 worse off P.A since the 2022 election after 4 decades of full time work,paying taxes the whole way and simply trying my best in my job.Don’t for one second pretend that the Australian Labor Party actually cares about Australian workers.We’re simply a cash cow to them!

Minimum wage workers are now earning $12,000 more a year since Labor came to Government. Every year the Fair Work Commission reviews the minimum wage. Our Government has backed a pay increase for minimum wage workers every single year - five years in a row.

@TonyShepherd4 So funny…prepare yourself for the future Royal Commission into the current Labor governments robotic system for Aged Care assessments. They’ve removed all human interaction for determining aged care packages. The hypocrisy is gold standard!

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@ALeighMP When did the Coalition oppose Medicare?

The Coalition opposed Medicare. They opposed universal super. They opposed capital gains tax. Now they're opposing reforms to make housing more affordable & the tax system fairer. Labor's job is to govern. The Opposition's job seems to be saying no andrewleigh.com/transcript_abc… #auspol

Remember the European Hospital in Khan Younis last May? Israel struck a targeted site there, and the world lost its mind. Palestinians denied any tunnel existed underneath. The UN and European governments rushed to condemn Israel for attacking a “hospital.” Outrage, headlines, accusations of war crimes… the usual script. Then June came. The IDF took international media into the very same location and showed them the tunnel… a full Hamas command center, right under the emergency room. Weapons, rooms, infrastructure. And yes, that’s where they found and confirmed the body of Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’s top military commander and brother of Yahya Sinwar. The strike that killed one of the architects of October 7 was surgically precise, and entirely justified. Under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, hospitals and other medical facilities lose their protected status when they are used for military purposes, such as command centers, weapon storage, or troop movements. By deliberately turning the European Hospital into a Hamas base, the terrorists themselves stripped it of any legal protection. Not a single apology from the UN or the European governments that rushed to condemn Israel. Not one admission they were wrong. They simply moved on to the next round of accusations. This is the pattern. Hamas hides its terror infrastructure under civilian sites, uses hospitals as shields, and the international community reliably attacks the defender for responding, only to be proven wrong again and again and again when the evidence emerges. How many times does this have to happen before the world stops falling for it?

@LGrigorovitchmp @JacintaAllanMP How much more of a train wreck can @VictorianLabor become?

@PalestinaVence Another useful western idiot?

🇺🇸🇵🇸 La cantante country de Nashville, ganadora de un Grammy, detuvo su concierto y gritó con fuerza. “Free Palestine!”En pleno corazón de Estados Unidos, una artista con gran talento y reconocimiento se atrevió a decir lo que muchos famosos callan por miedo. Mientras Gaza y Líbano son destruidos, voces como la de Sierra Ferrell demuestran que la solidaridad con Palestina está llegando incluso a los escenarios más inesperados.

@RoadknightThe But the government calmly told us that the cost of the plaques was covered within the Big Build budget . So,obviously, the government expects us taxpayers to believe that the budget was set to expect the plaques to be made twice! Very consistent with Victorian Labor methodology!

This sums up the symptoms of the Allan Government's sickness. Ask a reasonable person how much to replace a plaque and they'd say maybe hundreds or a couple of thousand dollars, not $70,000. But then it's not been through several sub-contractors, each with their own profit margin. Remember Julia Gillard's 'Build the Education Revolution' COLAs (Covered Outdoor Learning Areas we used to call 'shelter sheds')? They were $50,000 Sheds'R'Us, concrete slabs and bench seats that, when passed through numerous sub-contractors, ended up costing the tax-payer $950,000.

Who in their right mind would vote for a government that just devalued your home by 10% and increased all your other taxes by 30% plus?? I don't know who they are that still vote Labor, but clearly they love pain and hate Australia #auspol

@PeterCronau Good!

This Australian airbase at Katherine in the Northern Territory is being extended and expanded for $2.8 billion — as a base for six of America’s nuclear-capable long-range bombers. Farewell sovereignty. declassifiedaus.org/2026/06/01/aus…

@EllaCoo55777104 Chalmers’ as sharp as a bowling ball.

Bravo Jim Chalmers a well spoken, steady man who just put Tim Wilson in his place and he said Tim Wilson is “ not the sharpest tool in the shed “ 🤣 most would agree with him ! #QT

@strangerous10 Is this the higher level of parliamentary conduct Albanese promised? Useless hypocrite!

Albanese slams the Liberals for making failed, half-term PM Tony Abbott their President after he “couldn’t make it to 2 years as Prime Minister”🔥 “That is their vision of looking towards the future.” #auspol

@AlboMP But you won’t build refineries will you? Useless!

We’re working to keep costs down and fuel flowing. Today I met with the CEOs of Australia's major fuel companies. We're helping industry buy more fuel now, and working with our international partners to keep more coming into the country. And we've cut fuel taxes to save you money when you fill up. Things are still uncertain around the world, but we're doing everything we can to shield Australians from the worst of it.

@ClareONeilMP And 1000 immigrants per day makes your efforts meaningless

New ABS data shows building approvals up 10.2% in April compared to a year ago. 16,700 homes were approved in April 2026, up from 15,200 in April 2025 and 13,600 in April 2024. This is particularly encouraging, as it provides our first look at housing activity since the start of the Middle East conflict. We’ve made significant progress in homebuilding – with approvals, commencements, and completions all higher than when the Albanese Government was elected. The Middle East conflict will continue to put pressure on construction costs, but we’re maintaining momentum, despite the challenging conditions.

@Palestine001_ Things that never happened

This is extremely shameful when the whole world is silent and toothless on this. 🇦🇺 filmmaker Juliet said: I was raped by an Israeli soldier inside a darkened shipping container while handcuffed and shackled on a Gaza aid flotilla. They also used water torture and beatings.

@PatrickGormanMP Yep, just heard Sally MacManus say that small business has the opportunity to raise their prices to cover the increased business costs! Does the Labor party or unions (same thing) have a single clue about the causes of inflation? You people are incompetent clowns 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Good news for working families. Bad news for the Liberals and One Nation. Labor backed an increase the minimum wage while the Liberals and One Nation opposed it. ONLY Labor has a plan to help working Australians earn more.

@strangerous10 Comedy Gold from Jim Chalmers MP

Jim Chalmers calls out the “big con” by the “three ring circus on the Right” between Libs, Nats and One Nation “They want to benefit from people’s legitimate concerns without doing anything about them”💥 “We are the last ones standing in the sensible centre”💥 #auspol

@ultras_antifaa Useful western idiots the lot of them!

Billie Eilish, Finneas, Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, Annie Mac, Peter Gabriel, and more come together for Palestine.

Surely any Australian who believes Australia should continue any association with the UN is a naive fool! What reasonably minded educated Australian could not see the complete scam the UN has become!