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Australia has a media where a Nazi protest leads to multiple articles wondering if they are making a good point. FFS.

Indigenous diggers, WW1. Good enough to fight for our country. But not to be acknowledged by The Thug Dutton.

I expect ABC News will also publish a similar item reporting how much money Gina Rinehart has donated to the Liberals & Nationals election campaigns. yknow, for fair & balanced news coverage. 😏 #auspol #AusVotes25

Oh Canada! My @smh cartoon. #canada

Here's one for JK and all those whose brains have been broken by TERFdom.

🔴 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

Yep, 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

Looks like the anti-Trump candidate has smashed it in Canada. More bad news for Dutton, who’d go full-Trump here, starting with sacking 40,000 public servants in Canberra.

Who knew I’d be so interested in Canadian election results? #Auspol.

Next parliament must take on big tech & their algorithms No other industry can create products we consume with ZERO transparency over what’s in them We now know it’s hurting the mental health of young men as well as young women & we must do more. thenightly.com.au/politics/fed...

'Have you noticed that things are getting a little Trumpian in Australia?' Damon Gameau looks at Atlas and Advance #auspol > youtu.be/ecqDvx9HMhs?... Let's share this - a lot!!! 🙌 🙌

Gina Rinehart has scolded employee Peter Dutton after he was unable to name the price of eggs during a leader’s debate, reminding him that an everyday Faberge Egg was $US15 million, or $180 million for a carton of twelve.

Hands up who here in Oz has ever given a flying F about elections in Canada ... and now riveted!

In which NewsCorpse links up with the Nazis in Melbourne…a new, sewer low.

every week I try and be a better person and respond to emails but every week there are new emails

Here's @marquelawyers.com.au. "Sorry Not Sorry, Welcome Not Welcome"

Takes a special kind of stable genius to lose elections in OTHER countries. Person, Man, Woman, Camera, TV!

No need to be sorry.

Aside 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

Along with truth in political advertising, making unsolicited political text messages illegal would be worthwhile. #Auspol.

Policy 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.

Australia 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

In case you needed it, another reason Australia should not go nuclear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sorry Spud. I forgot to buy a house at 19. Silly me. #Auspol.

The religious cranks and fascists are on the up-and-up. They don’t vote, but they want to tell you how to vote. Are they fined for not voting? They should be.

“Nuclear power is my solution to a problem I don’t acknowledge exists.”

ABC country radio stations are not required to publicise every 3rd rate, washed-up, deeply unfunny ‘comedian’ hauling his tired arse around bush RSLs and Bowlos…

How the goddamn fuck do we live in a place where you’d be censured, sacked or even charged with an offence if you flaunted important regulations at your workplace but nothing at all will happen to Peter Dutton after he flaunted the important regulations at his? #NewsCorpse

How splendid if The Thug were to lose Dickson. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Albanese just asked what the ‘quid pro quo’ is for their support. Good question! Considering this Church’s position on women, LGBTQI & more - I’d like to know too! #auspol

If any Australian journos are following up the Brethren Blueshirts #auspol story, my Facebook page is going gangbusters with people who’ve had encounters with them on polling stations: www.facebook.com/share/p/194y...

Wow, so the Liberals are not just using thugs - they are using *cult members* as thugs. Cool cool cool cool cool. archive.is/pDba0

Such much winning, eh Donald?

The sale of Ginninderra Falls is a once-in-a-generation chance to create a national park & protect this iconic place forever. This is a long-standing local ambition, with deep community support. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8952699/

Climate 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

"A young person I spoke to today said she couldn’t imagine ever owning her own home. Scrapping a few words at the start of Anzac services could be just the help she needs” Read the full story 👉 theshovel.com.au/2025/04/29/dutton-to-scrap-welcome-to-country/

When stupid votes for stupid what you get is not just stupid, its terrifying. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

You know, the more I see this, the more I fear for Australia under Dutton. The pattern is there, he has normalised his hate for all. Dutton always has a new target, … immigrants, political party’s, individuals. Who is next … that’s the only question you need to ask of Dutton. #auspol #TemuTrump

Canadian election result shows voters giving Trump the elbow. Or finger, depending on how you like to look at it live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...

How interesting. Anyone else seeing similar? #auspol

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This guy Carney looks like the real deal. And his Conservative opponent looks likely to lose his seat !

ICYMI, the full True Colours, last night’s #4corners on #auspol #australiavotes election is here. You can also catch up our website and on ABC iview. m.youtube.com/watch?v=C28O...

Awwww, the media asked him some sticky questions. He stormed off. Does he have the ticker to be PM? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Centrists don't appear to have pattern recognition skills, object permanence, or a memory longer than the last 15 minutes. They can't see that constantly letting Nazis set the agenda, and constantly compromising with them, just gets you more fucking Nazis.

Government 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

There's no such thing as a safe seat anymore. And that's a good thing! As more and more Australians vote for candidates outside the major parties, the idea of a 'safe' seat is increasingly a thing of the past. @joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol

The Death Star is a weapon of defence and we had to blow up Alderaan. Do you know what was on Alderaan? Human shields. Children! Mothers. And do you know who uses human shields!? Terrorists. So we had to blow up Alderaan. It's complicated.

Does anyone have Clive Palmer's mobile number? I'd like to text that nice man just as he's been texting me. 😏 #auspol #AusVotes25 #TrumpetOfPatriots

The Chaser Report podcast is back and as the election draws near, Dom and Charles have some ideas on how to build on Dutton's current platform in the hopes of making the election more interesting... like adding a nuclear reactor to every public school.

And they ain’t seen nothing yet…

When fear rules, cruelty thrives. Resurrecting Columbus and booing Welcome to Country aren’t acts of pride, they’re desperate clutches at a shrinking world. Small men, scared of a bigger, kinder one. #auspol #TruthTelling #TemuTrump

Seats to watch! And also - is One Nation about to take Coalition senate seats? (short answer - maybe) live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...

Sign 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 🏡

cc: PeterDutton_MP PS. well done Canada 🍁💪 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...

The myth of the self-funded retiree: Why we need urgent tax reform “We now spend more on superannuation tax breaks than on pensions ..” Thread .. 🧵 #auspol

The SBS show plans to have a diverse set of voices debating the real issue this election. Read more: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

Man on the run

Dutton and Trump in sync #auspol #DontRiskDutton #TemuTrump

Stuck on this bus in rainy weather. Not great.

"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 LNP way … #auspol #TemuTrump youtu.be/9cJ1IZsp750

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Hey, #auspol; what’s blue, has twenty legs and can’t get laid?

Freelancers deserve to be paid properly and fairly - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fr...

This story certainly shatters reputations… The ABC Exec Management & Board are borked. It’s like the want to live the IPA dream. It’s like the woeful appointments are done on purpose. #auspol #WTFAlbo

Happy days www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It'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...

For Pete's Sake- my #Ausvotes cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over 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:

The 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

We have shit politicians because we have shit Australian mainstream media. #auspol #TemuTrump #WTFAlbo

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"Can I phone a friend? Oh no, I don't have any." — Melanie Bracewell on Peter Dutton on the #CheapSeatsAU 😂 #auspol #AusVotes25

There is much more but these are the bullet points except 🌟Robodebt 🌟Indue cashless card ⭐️Offshore detention Rorts ⭐️secrecy around 5 miniterial PM portfolio’s

"They say some people cause happiness wherever they go . . . and some people cause it whenever they go."

Good 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 😀

"Our silence on it throughout the campaign is about representing how we approach the issue the rest of the time." Read more: chaser.com.au/national/lea...

How 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

‘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...

Covering elections is much worse than covering E3

The Department of Home Affairs has apparently reversed its earlier decision to deny visas to 14 African student performers set to participate in a major cultural exchange program. Good .. this hold up was a stupid idea. #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

This museum is one of the best I've ever been to. Just so well constructed, educational and thought provoking. This is shameful.

“It’s 100% not my fault,” says One Nation but Two Candidacy pollie. A perfect politician in the making! #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The 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

The 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

Has anyone properly expressed the corollary of #MurphysLaw whereby, if two packages are dispatched from the other side of the world by the same company on the same day, one containing Vol 1 of a series, the other Vol 2, the latter will invariably arrive two weeks before the former? #Booksky

The SBS show plans to have a diverse set of voices debating the real issue this election. Rea more: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

LNP - One Nation Coalition 2025. “The friend of my enemy is my enemy.” #auspol #TemuTrump

We’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

The Liberal Candidates are faster than their campaign buses … #auspol #TemuTrump

"How do you make a candle happy?" "Blow it out, it will be de-lighted."

"Where is happiness made?" "At the satisfactory."

In a sane world the duopoly politicians of the ALP/LNP would be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. But alas, some MF is making a fuck tonne of money and the duopoly need the donations and jobs after parliament. #auspol #WFTAlbo #TemuTrump

Turns out the previous post on the removal of artifacts from the African American museum is incorrect so I've deleted it.

"What do you call a meme that makes you happy?" "Dope-a-meme."

"Why is happiness like peeing yourself?" "Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth."

Someone has to have them … Dutton has NFI … #auspol #TemuTrump