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Advice needed 🙏 I get bad TMJ jaw joint pain - which then creates painful migranes and radial head pain around the temples area. I've seen conflicting info online about whether a cold pack vs a heat pack should be used. What do you find works?

Such wonderful hospitality from the Eritrean community at their national day flag raising celebrations at Fed Square, Melbourne, this afternoon. Offering injera to community and dancing to music

I don't think it's fair for the government to change the tax rules for Australians and Australian small businesses but rule out changing the tax settings for major multinational companies from data centres to the gas industry. Australians deserve a fair return. Go to ourgas.com.au and join the call for a 25% tax on gas exports.

@hpglassford In a good way but

Why am I not surprised that he's playing the system?

@mythoi22 Was this even mentioned in the abc article? No.

@anth0888 Huge difference between a party for above-the-line advantages and a party for policy and platform unity to counter another party

so Pocock is going to become the very thing he swore to destroy? abc.net.au/news/2026-05-2…

If ABC political journos did their homework, they would well know that Senator David Pocock already has a registered political party - to be able to have an "above the line" ACT ballot presence. Pretty big omission, not even mentioned in this ABC article. #auspol

Melbourne Japanese festival, Box Hill

Every western suburbs metro train line in Melbourne today is bus replacement 🆘️🙄

Our MRP today has One Nation surging nationally. The lazy read is that Australia is lurching far right. It isn’t. In our latest piece, RedBridge’s Alex Fein lays out what’s actually happening: a sophisticated, transnationally-networked information operation has spent years cementing Pauline Hanson as “one of us”, and it’s pushing on a door the major parties left wide open, especially the Coalition. Collapsed living standards. Failing services. A political class that stopped listening. That’s the door. In focus groups, voters now call her “Pauline,” like a friend. Gina Rinehart’s plane didn’t hurt her, it thrilled them. One of theirs finally got a taste of what the elites have always had. And then there are the Please Explain cartoons. They’ve quietly done something no traditional political communication can. They’ve moved Hanson inside the tribe. These are easily the best political creatives in this country’s history. Cartoons don’t get scrutinised the way normal political adds do. They get shared. Laughed at. Quoted at the pub. They become the in-joke and once you’re in on the joke, you’re in the tribe. That’s the trick. Please Explain has turned Hanson from a politician you vote for into a character you know and these cartoons have positioned her as the sensible ‘teacher’ in the class room of misbehaving politicians. The One Nation vote isn’t really about immigration. Few participants even raise it. It’s a kick up the bum, delivered to a class of politicians voters no longer trust to deliver anything else. The longer the established centre-right misread this, the harder the door is to close. The link to her piece is below.

@ivanlendl13 But he's a good Christian man haha. He would never dabble in adult content 😏😅

@anth0888 Morrisons dog?

It's giving "dog ate my homework". 😂 These guys should just admit to dabbling in content, instead of trying to awkwardly create stories to cover up

@NormanHermant Picturing someone picking up the sign pole and hailing the bus 😂

Well this is not ideal. Footscray, Melbourne

@aaronsmith You didn't say hi?

Time’s up. The Albanese Government must do better, to stop Australians being the world’s biggest losers, with gambling losses of $87 million every day. We must ban gambling ads and establish a national regulator. After waiting 1000 days, the Government’s response on gambling reform is underwhelming, but the public support for stronger action is overwhelming. The crossbench is united in asking the Government to listen to Australians.

We need to keep up the pressure because pressure works. It's time for a 25% gas export tax. afr.com/companies/ener…