Sadpinko 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸

So this is interesting: Gough Whitlam was shitty at Hawke and Keating for undoing his policies, so Whitlam was secretly helping the Greens in the senate when they held the balance of power in the early 1990s #auspol

Economics enthusiasts need to accept that their dogma that rent control is terrible is nothing but vibes. Just as they've come to admit that the minimum wage doesn't automatically destroy jobs, some day they'll admit that controlling rent does not automatically destroy housing

"The easiest way to avoid responsibility for the causes of extinction is not to investigate them," writes Bob Brown. "Why do a federal environmental assessment if it will delay converting the forest where swift parrots are nesting into woodchips?" satpa.pe/FOafYwm

A former US fighter pilot accused of training Chinese soldiers is set to be extradited from Australia after his appeal was dismissed following a years-long legal battle. Learn more: bit.ly/4cdevfh

@peter_tulip @simongerman600 “The profits from our natural resources is better off in the bank accounts of corporations and billionaires instead of being used to better the lives of Australians. No l’m not a rich, out of touch, neoliberal shill who has no concept of how those poorer than me have to live.”

Instead of a sovereign wealth fund, Australia has compulsory superannuation, which provides high saving and security in retirement, with less harm to incentives. @simongerman600 also wants to increase sovereign risk, which I wish supporters of high mining taxes would address.

@SenatorWong So you just expect Iran to be bombed by these genocidal maniacs and do nothing to try and stop it?

Iran is deliberately inflicting economic pain on communities worldwide, including the Indo-Pacific, with the costs borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable. Australia joined partners in condemning the Iranian regime’s weaponisation of the Strait of Hormuz.

I joined over 40 countries on a call on the Strait of Hormuz as part of Australia’s support for international efforts to reopen the critical waterway. I thank @YvetteCooperMP for convening the meeting with representatives from every continent, and organisations including @IMOHQ.

@AlboMP Even this far-right pos has more of a backbone than you x.com/GBX_Press/stat…

My Address to the Nation.

8:1, it seems, SCOTUS believes that sticks and stones may break bones, but words do not hurt. Clearly wrong. nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/…

BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.

@TheCradleMedia Good

Iran strikes Israeli chemical complex linked to white phosphorus production ift.tt/7I5kNqL

Israeli soldiers torture a one-year-old child in Gaza, including burning his leg with a cigarette and inserting a nail into his leg, according to a report, to pressure his father to make confessions trtworld.com/article/346872…

"Hate speech laws should protect all communities targeted because of who they are - not just some. We need to intervene earlier and call out hate before it escalates into physical violence." starobserver.com.au/news/lgbtq-org…

Perpetrators of violence against the queer community are being put on notice, with the introduction of laws targeting offenders who boast about their crimes online. bit.ly/4sJ9ws4

The Victorian Greens have successfully passed a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the scale and scope of anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes, focusing on a series of terrifying attacks against mostly gay and bi+ men, using dating apps like Grindr and Scruff. starobserver.com.au/news/inquiry-a…

The United Kingdom has been trialing a new approach to reaching people with undiagnosed HIV, by adding HIV testing to standard blood tests in emergency departments. outinperth.com/uk-projects-sh…

@seanamulcahy *no federal Labor or Liberal politicians, as they’re who want to march whilst stymying progress, but yes that’s the idea.

@Sadpinko It’s a fair point, which would mean no federal politician could attend the parade until that provision has been removed.

@seanamulcahy Any politician that won’t protect LGBT staff and students should be told to piss off from pride

@seanamulcahy It’s completely disingenuous to pretend the board or the government don’t know what reform they’re talking about. Removing section 38 of the SDA has been a top priority for the community at least since the religious freedom bill bullshit in 2022.

@zei_squirrel I forgot this isn't even the first time the US has abducted a Venezuelan president

in 2002 the US regime orchestrated a coup in Venezuela, and Chavez was kidnapped and taken away by helicopter to be executed by CIA-Mossad agents. But the Venezuelan masses came out onto the streets demanding their president, and quickly overthrew the fascist coup regime and forced Chavez' return. This was all captured in the brilliant documentary "The Revolution Will not be Televised".

@NobelPrize Scum

"Freedom is not something we wait for, but something we become. It is a deliberate, personal choice, and the sum of those choices forms the civic ethos that must be renewed every day." The photo depicts 2025 peace prize laureate Maria Corina Machado signing the guest book at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, joining the ranks of other peace prize laureates who have left their mark. Machado missed the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony by a few hours, as her travel to Norway required a secret departure from Venezuela. After a difficult journey, she was able to arrive in Oslo, appear on the balcony of the Grand Hotel – where peace prize laureates traditionally greet the public, and visit the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Read more about her life and her tireless work to restore democracy in Venezuela: nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2…