Former Liberal MP Jason Falinski reckons "Community Strong" throws into doubt the entire independents movement, arguing it has a "marketing snow job" ahead. Falinski's jibes ignore one crucial fact: only two of the indies have so far joined it, proving the "teals" were never a homogenous unit.

Maybe we should make candidates declare these things BEFORE we vote for them www.afr.com/politics/fed...

The gun-toting senator might be able to mimic the language of the far-right, jumping on podcasts to defend “masculinity”... But McKenzie is one of the very elites she is trying to rail against, a politician best known for her role in one of Australia's most memorable pork-barrelling exercises.

To belabour the military metaphors, it is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. Better also for a Liberal leader to stand for something than to let the party die in their arms, while on their knees, clinging to a tightrope, while insisting that they don’t understand the question.

Kyle gushing about spending time with One Nation 'working on getting their messaging across' is just the latest in a line of white men over 50 in the media playing footsies with the far-right in recent months. From Karl Stefanovic’s podcast guests to Dave Hughes’ rants, who's next?

Tim Wilson's outburst on breakfast TV this week is far from the first time he's said something odd. It inspired Rachel Withers to ask: "You good, babe?" www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/19/t...

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We're going to be talking all about this, plus Wilson, AI at Seven and Anthony Green popping off from 7pm. Join @rachelwithers.bsky.social and I on @3rrrfm.bsky.social ! www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/18/p...

Opinion | At the end of the day, this is simply about paying less tax — I know it, you know it, even they know it. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/17/t...

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Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Jeff Sparrow about his essay on @ahjohnson.bsky.social's, How to Sell a Genocide: the Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza. And boy do we have some local examples. 7pm with @rachelwithers.bsky.social.

Fantastic. Great Move. etc etc

honourable exceptions being journos like Rachel *property market downturn is my passion* Withers 🙌

Does Andrew Bragg, who has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s of Business from ANU, actually know what communism is? What is he referring to, and does he actually believe we are getting closer and closer to it under the People’s Glorious Albanese Government? www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/05/a...

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Do something. My @smh cartoon.

Absolutely. If you only have one house it doesn't matter what 'value' is put on it from markets. Unless of course you plan to borrow against the inflated price. Banks used to push borrowers to draw down and spend the inflated equity. Short sighted. I welcome the down turn for the next gen.

I own property and I want house prices to fall

The next person who labels the budget “communist” should have their house seized and turned into public property, so that they can learn what communism actually is.

"It’s unclear how any party claiming to care about 'affordability' or 'supply' can be against a price decrease. And yet somehow those blaming migrants instead of investors continue to get away with it." #HousingCrisis #auspol

Property market downturn is my passion 🫠 In all seriousness, what is the intent of any policy to cut migration or increase “supply” if not to deflate the market? What on earth is the point if prices keep rising beyond what people can afford? Weirdly, these questions aren't put to Hanson or Taylor.

If Liberals are trying to attract the younger, female, 'ethnically diverse' voters it needs, says @rachelwithers.bsky.social, then "It’s difficult to imagine a worse choice for Liberal Party president than Tony Abbott." #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/02/t...

President Abbott is emblematic of the dwindling Liberal base: a 68-year-old white man in thrall to whatever Sky News say, already flirting with the idea of One Nation. Sure, the Libs may now hold onto a few more of the Abbotts of the world. But they'd be better off putting them all out to pasture.

Your reminder that the new president of Australia’s long-term main “conservative” political party is still, as of midday an active member of a fascistic Hungarian influence-operation. Tony Abbott is a component of a transnational influence operation fighting to break democracy. #auspol

‘…most founders I know are not complaining about their hypothetical tax bill. They know Australia is a great place to start a business, and a great place to live.’ Technology lawyer David Turner, Empirical Legal. www.afr.com/technology/a...

Never mind that this is the continuation of a polling trend, or that the LNP didn't see a lift, or the Farrer by-election win, or people's ongoing pain... It must be that the CGT changes are upsetting the “aspirational,” who simply cannot wait to sell their fish and chip startup for a massive gain.

"It’s just as easy to claim this latest spike [in One Nation's vote] was because the budget didn’t go far enough for a polity crying out for radical change as it is to blame Labor’s mild changes to CGT, which will make little meaningful difference in the short term." - @rachelwithers.bsky.social 🎯

It’s terribly convenient for the media to suggest that One Nation’s latest bump in the polls is due to tax changes that these same media outlets happens to despise, writes Rachel Withers. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/01/p...

Opinion | "There are voters nationwide seeking a less selfish, less red-pilled, less nasty centre-right option, one that stands for individual enterprise without seeking to punish the poor and cook the planet," @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/26/t...

Whatever “moderate” Liberals still remain in the party of Menzies are not going to be the ones to start something new, no matter how urgent. Perhaps in 80 years we'll be talking about the “party of Speggull”, a centre-right party born from the ashes of defeat, amid a declining conservative wreck.

Won't somebody please think of the children, and the 50% discount they need on their taxable gains when they sell their lemonade stands at a large profit!!!!!!!

“An assault on aspiration” = Rich people should aspire to a tax-subsidised investment portfolio. "Broken promise" = How dare you try to alter the status quo! "Death tax" = Labor better not even THINK about implementing actual inheritance taxes...

"one of the main proponents of the social media campaign, startup founder Frank Greeff, admitted that it favoured attention over accuracy." Always incredible how the rich/business/conservatives are allowed to lie and the media writes it up as a minor point www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

This has all been pretty stupid hey. I broke down some of the more hysterical language being thrown at Labor’s tax changes, and what the right really means when they treat the reforms as an "assault". Because when you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression...

The Coalition would have young people believe it is sticking up for *them* in opposing Labor's tax reforms — rather than, say, the richest 10% of Australians, who receive the vast majority of the tax deduction benefits 🙃 www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/2...

The Coalition reckons young people are just temporarily embarrassed landlords. But you do have to wonder whether most young adults — who’ve experienced the pain of a market that treats housing as a wealth creation tool — will want to turn around and do the same to the next generation.

Opinion | At the end of the day, these tax changes aren’t about generational warfare. They’re about class warfare, @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/2...

Former Lambie Network senator Tammy Tyrrell has updated her instagram bio after joining Labor, but looks like Google hasn't got the memo yet 😏

Unemployment is *built into this system*, so the idea that everyone’ll be employed is insulting nonsense. Aspirational propaganda. Raise the rate. Do some good.

Every millennial I know seeing that Jim Chalmers' Daily Telegraph hammer and sickle frontpage:

Opinion | Tim Wilson continues to be utterly baffled by how to fix the problems facing the Liberal Party. And, as shadow treasurer, he remains blithely ignorant of the economic woes fuelling disaffection in the electorate, @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/12/t...

No one in govt is talking about before the budget, but just FYI, the level of Jobseeker is now 42% below the poverty line - worse than it was during the Howard years... live.thepoint.com.au

Everything you need to know about Anthony Albanese's attitude towards the Greens. The Greens, despite their apparently major role in getting Labor to act on CGT and negative gearing, are not mentioned again. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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Just looking at the week's frontpages for a "headline of the week" choice, and um, what the fuck is this?

Tonight on Spin Cycle we're delighted to welcome Walkley award-winning journalist, social commentator and co-host of We Used to be Journos @janfran.bsky.social. Plus, the first ABC strikes in two decades and much more. On @3rrrfm.bsky.social from 7 with me and @rachelwithers.bsky.social

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Ed Husic was unceremoniously dumped from Labor’s frontbench last year — and he did not go quietly. His anger has faded, but he still won’t be shutting up any time soon, @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/25/e...

Everytime I read this headline (which I did propose) I hear “Not Ready to Make Nice” by The Chicks. Anywhere here's my chat with Ed Husic.