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James Paterson accuses a One Nation campaigner of assaulting him in Farrer, and records it. The Libs are preferencing One Nation. A beautiful little snapshot of Lib-One-Nation politics: toxic, transactional, and somehow still on the how-to-vote card.

Make this tweet blow up my muchachos 👇

NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? [link below]

@sciencefirst7 Libs dominated Australian politics, federal and state post WWII under Menzies’ communitarian leadership: housing affordability, Commonwealth scholarships, trade training, well funded ABC. It was a ‘broad church’ now desiccated by ‘dries’ like Howard, Abbott + Murdoch malignity.

Imagine the public outcry if a Jewish mother lost her newborn in a tent But hey lets not Tax the gas after $billion windfall profits in just one month @DavidPocock

Who writes this shit? They're bloody well PREFERENCING One Nation, but somehow that's taking a firm line????

Smart Energy Council chief uses one of his last speeches in the role to celebrate Australia’s bottom-up #energy revolution, in which home #solar and #batteries have “changed the dial in a very significant way.” reneweconomy.com.au/how-rooftop-so…

I've written to their Ombudsman but unsurprisingly News are also in on this brainrot. I've also contacted @ABCmediawatch and @aapfactcheck. The only income support 'crisis' in this country is the criminally-low rates of our welfare payments. news.com.au/finance/austra…

Tony Abbott sold Port of Darwin lease to the Chinese, struck FTA deal under which they are now suing Australia - as Albo tries to force a sale. Shaping up as a billion dollar mess #auspol #ISDS #FTA youtu.be/TmJXsKROCs8?si…

In times of war, an important moral distinction that has been lost on our great and powerful friend across the Pacific: There is no parity between our doing something with the absolute dead certainty of killing and maiming thousands, and not doing it with only some probability, some chance, that some people will suffer as an indirect result. Ted Honderich

Oops. Maybe they aren’t the party of free speech and a party for all Australians.

The Victorian opposition includes James Newbury, Shadow Minister for Equality, who advocates baseball bats against the Premier, and David Southwick, who was Shadow Minister for Cost of Living when he owned 17 investment properties. Even #NewsCorpse can't make them look normal.

Elon’s mom caught posting from the perspective of Elon’s dad. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to assume Elon is posting on Twitter as both his parents & was on the wrong alt. The cringe deepens daily with this one.

Truth, Lies and Media - Podcast - Apple Podcasts An Indigenous child is killed and the Australian media renowned for ignoring First Nations suffering cannot look away. “Truth Lies & Media” is hot off the press!⚡️ Apple & Spotify 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tru…

“These numbers are obscene. Rising interest rates and rising prices are hurting Australians. But you know who’s not hurting and who never hurts? The banks,” said Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute. Read more: theaus.in/4nabzUA

🤦‍♀️The irony of ABC having Angus Taylor to talk about the budget when the LNP pillaged, plundered & stacked most gov depts all while running up a trillion $ debt, stalling wages & let cronies price gouge us into 6.1% inflation! that lead directly to 12 interest rates hikes!

Banning Jewish people from protesting against a holocaust... feels like antisemitism to me. 🤷🏿‍♂️

When the establishment/Blairite wing of the UK Labour Party couldn't stop Jeremy Corbyn's rise, their media operatives at the Guardian and similar outlets fabricated anti-Semitism accusations against Corbyn and his supporters, eventually handing party control to the unprecedentedly hated Sir Keir Starmer. As Starmer's historic unpopularity is now fueling the rise of the Green Party, Labour's media apparatchiks -- led by the Guardian's supreme Starmer loyalist @PippaCrerar -- are now replicating that tired smear campaign against the Greens. That the Green Party leader, @ZackPolanski, is Jewish is, of course, no impediment. Every influential Israel critic (Jewish or not) will inevitably stand accused of anti-Semitism. The more cynically they exploit these accusations, however, the less potent they become.

There is a very formative moment for many young people where, once you start to get into more serious rooms, you quickly realize just how human everyone is. Many of the “accomplished elders” who seem put together and like they have it all figured out, are in reality, also still trying to figure it out. They know a lot, they have reps and experience, but things like insecurity and imposter syndrome tend to stick around. Many older men aren’t used to being challenged in any way and as a result, can react poorly to it. Many people put on a facade of having it figured out when they are just as unsure of the future as I am. Many people struggle to show vulnerability or admit when they don’t know or feel backed into a corner. These are human characteristics, and regardless of power, access, or experience, they seem to stick around.

#RBA's SMP:"The share of firms now reporting plans to keep headcount stable in the year ahead is well above its long-run average, and the share of firms expecting lower headcount has lifted" I'd bet RBA is too optimistic about unemployment michaelwest.com.au/rba-raises-rat…