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Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.socialI have all my teeth and my brother has none. There’s a reason why … The difference between the two of us is that my brother is disabled, & I am not Defrauded by case managers, emotionally abused by support workers & doctors demanding he undergo medical treatments & tests he did not want. #auspol
Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.socialWhy Canada’s election result is an uncomfortable one for Dutton. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, like Dutton, has been accused of being a poor man’s version of Trump “maple leaf MAGA” For many years, he was a weak political attack dog who ultimately lost his own seat .. 🧵 #auspol #TemuTrump
Van Badham
vanbadham.bsky.socialWe’re getting to that weird time of the #auspol election cycle where Australians start posting “fuck the Liberals!” and a bunch of Trumpist jerks applaud. CHEAT SHEET: USA: the liberals are good and wear blue CANADA: the liberals are good and wear red AUSTRALIA: the liberals are bad and wear blue
![QUESTION:
But isn't blaming the media, Mr Dutton, just a convenient excuse at this point of the campaign? Isn't blaming the media just a convenient excuse at this point of the campaign?
PETER DUTTON:
…And the final point that I'd make is that we'll also feel safer as a country, and I think that's incredibly important because, at the moment, the Prime Minister has had no interest in relation to stopping the gangs, the crime gangs, stopping the illegal tobacco coming across the borders. I want to make sure that we keep our country safe and that's exactly what we'll do.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.socialIt's rare to find anyone in the property sector willing to talk about falling prices, let alone labelling them a good thing. But in a devastatingly honest assessment of Australia's housing market, Cotality's head of research Eliza Owen does just that. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.socialThe national corruption watchdog has warned against claims Labor’s Tu Le is under investigation, over a youth organisation co-founded by her. The #NACC has called out Dutton & Dai Le in one of the dirtiest election fights. Meanwhile, Dai Le’s Liberal ally faces backlash for racist posts. #auspol
Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.socialGovernment ignores AUKUS ‘very high risk’ warning from the Admiral in charge The AUKUS submarine project faces huge risks, and Cabinet knows. But as the Govt ships $2B of taxpayers’ money to the US this year, with much more to follow, the taxpayer is not being told. #auspol #AUKUS
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.au🔴 We're going LIVE on election night! @amyremeikis.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social @richarddenniss.bsky.social 🕠 5:30 AEST, free and live on YouTube and Facebook. We'll explain key issues, unpack intricacies of our voting system & preview the next Parliament. #auspol
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.au"There's a huge opportunity to change the way we operate in the Pacific." "But it is a choice & it would require some political bravery." "It would mean standing up to the...US, which Australia has not had a very successful history of doing." 🎧 theaus.in/44AWUuc @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auPolicy of the Day: Sharpen the teeth of our anti-corruption watchdog Reform is needed if the NACC is to win the confidence of the Australian people. Our research finds that Australians overwhelmingly believe that the NACC should be able to hold public hearings when they are in the public interest.
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auHow will President Trump affect Australia’s foreign policy, trade, climate action & approach to human rights? More importantly, will Australia act in its own interests, or will it simply defer to Trump’s idea of America? Join Richard Cooke & Dr @emmashortis.bsky.social at Gleebooks - 6pm Wed 7 May
MickDundee58
lairdmickd.bsky.socialGood afternoon from Seven Hills, NSW, Australia, where at 1.30 PM, on Tuesday, April 29. (Wedding Anniversary), it is 22°C and sunny. Been shopping, mowed front lawn, washed bed linen and got it back in before predicted storm. Hope you are all having a terrific day. Take care 😀
Eric Bananarama
ericbanana.bsky.social‘I was probably going to die’: Hero police officer in tears over Bondi attack NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, who shot dead Bondi Junction Westfield attacker Joel Cauchi, accepted she was “probably going to die” as she faced down the killer. Amy is a hero. #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Imogen
imogenib.bsky.socialSign this petition to stop #homeless people being treated like garbage by Council who are left with the problem of homelessness and instead of calling on State and Federal governments to do better they take their stuff and move them on. 😡 #auspol chng.it/8MjH42qzT5 An LNP Council #HousingNow 🏡
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auThe white men in the White House are trying to radically reshape modern America. On this After America, Prudence Flowers joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the Trump administration’s attempts to ‘re-masculinise’ the US economy & how culture wars are playing out in #auspol. theaus.in/4jFmAKX
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auThe campaign is narrowing down to seats major parties think they can win, and those they absolutely have to defend. Follow all the day's events, with fact checks, as it happens on Australia Institute Live with @amyremeikis.bsky.social. #auspol live.australiainstitute.org.au
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auAustralia does not need new gas and coal projects for energy. In fact, most of Australia’s gas & coal is exported. Despite the story that the fossil fuel industry is critical to the Australian economy, it actually contributes very little in terms of revenue & employment. @pollyjhemming.bsky.social
Van Badham
vanbadham.bsky.socialYep, I can vouch the “bused-in” Liberal booth tactic is real. Labor seat of Hawke (Bacchus Marsh) has had all these blue-shirt Liberal thugs bused-in from Ballarat swarming around pre-poll, trying to pick fights with people. Something nasty and very on brand from the “not a monster” guy. #auspol
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auClimate and nature crises won’t pause while politics plays out. The environment doesn’t care who’s in government — but Australians should. If we want to avoid catastrophic climate and biodiversity collapse, the next parliament has a clear path forward. From @pollyjhemming.bsky.social ⤵️ #auspol
The Australia Institute
australiainstitute.org.auOver half of Australia’s journalists live in electorates classified by the AEC as inner metropolitan. Inner-metropolitan electorates are home to an average of 111 journalists, followed by provincial (41), rural (35) and outer-metropolitan (31) electorates, our research found. Read:
Denise Shrivell
deniseshrivell.bsky.socialAside from the increased attacks by the LNP this election (they really don't like their power disrupted) - the other stand out for me this election has been that LNP are acting like every single issue we face started on 21 May 2022!! And even worse - they're enabled to get away with it!!! #auspol
