My wise colleague @browne90.bsky.social puts One Nation's poll numbers into perspective: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

George Conway: “Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all”

Why in god's name is the government even negotiating with the opposition on hate/gun laws? Labor has the numbers in the House. In the Senate, surely they'd start with ten progressive Greens rather than 27 Coalition dinosaurs. The Libs and Nats are irrelevant. IGNORE THEM.

"For decades, fossil fuel companies have dug up coal and gas knowing full well that the carbon emissions that they profit from were heating up the planet ... These fires are not natural – their ferocity is man-made." Alex Kelly thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Well, that may have just added a zero to what Malinauskas will have to cough up in defo damages.

SA taxpayers are going to pay big time for their Premier's shameful sprays against Randa Abdel-Fattah. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Oh the irony. The Murdoch media lecturing readers on the dangers of political bias. From the mob whose only currencies are hate, division and misinformation.

As my dear late mum would say ... "acting" is right ... acting the fool .. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Instead of trying to greenwash its filthy reputation by sponsoring sport, maybe Santos could use the money to start paying some f$#%ing tax. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

No notes All the power and love to @cathywilcox.bsky.social

At this point the Adelaide Writers' Week will just be Madeleine King reading out the Woodside Annual Report to Bob Carr and Greg Sheridan with David Speers running around the stage reading his beat poem about the glory of centrism. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Andrew Hastie politicising deadly bushfires. Fresh from Libs politicising Bondi massacre. Gutter politics at its most gross. Little wonder voters are abandoning them in droves.

I'm sure all the stories in the Herald Sun are really helpful, too. The Hun's pathological obsession with Dan Andrews is pathetic.

The Australia Institute's Research Director @rodcampbell.bsky.social sharing facts about Australia's gun laws with the world on CNN. video.snapstream.net/Play/32Thh4g...

The federal opposition may be desperate and irrelevant, but the way it has politicised the Bondi Beach shootings is a shameful low, even by Liberal/National subterranean moral standards. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

He didn't have the ticker or the talent last time. Even shamelessly cashing in on a tragedy, who's to say anyone would elect this lightweight back to Parliament?

Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

I know they're damned if they do and damned if they don't but the political posturing at Bondi is making me nauseous. Hanson, who's done more to stoke the hatred and division which has led us here than anyone, knows nothing more than slogans, stunts and stupidity. What an awful, awful person.

Apart from the whole pots and kettles argument, why would anyone care what the temporary leader of a dying minor party thinks about this?

Apart from ripping us off to post obscene profits, big corporations have Australia's politicians "in their pockets". Two pretty smart economists reveal the tricks and explain them in plain English. thepoint.com.au/news/251210-... australiainstitute.org.au/event/grace-...

South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏 But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱 Research Director Rod Campbell explains @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

Barnaby Joyce just stood up in the House to announce he's ... zzzz zzzz zzzz Who gives a flying ...? This will have zero impact on anything. He and his lazy leader are a match made in Irrelevance Heaven

So the govt has struck a deal to pass its environmental reforms. The fact that it was willing to deal with the coalition or greens has me wondering what they really stand for (if anything) when it comes to protecting the environment. Political convenience first, protecting the planet second 🤔????

Voters have finally cottoned on to the biggest lie in politics, that the coalition manages the economy better than Labor. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

I reckon this "Uncommitted" will be opposition leader by Easter.

I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.

My hero of the day is Mary Bruce, ABC News correspondent, who made the tangerine clown look like a complete plonker in front of his richest mate, who also became a bumbling fool attempting to answer Mary's excellent questions.

The coalition's decline is bad for Australia. A very ordinary Labor govt surely wins at least one more term, probably more. Voters fooled by climate lies and immigrant bashing are drifting to One Nation. We need a decent opposition almost as much as we need a decent govt. We have neither.

Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.

When the book about the death of the Liberal Party of Australia is written, this photo of these grinning clowns will be on the cover. So proud to be so obviously on the wrong side of history. They deserve what’s coming.

Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own? Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today! My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

You'll laugh. Then cry. youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...

Slowly but surely Australians are starting to understand how they've been screwed by the gas industry and our gutless governments. If only we had a government with a bit of ticker. Or an opposition that had anything relevant to say about anything except itself. thepoint.com.au/news/251112-...

So, we have a supposedly-progressive government with a massive House majority that could easily pass effective laws to protect the environment - yet their first choice is a dirty deal with the coalition. Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.

"Like a donut, there is nothing in the centre of Australian politics" thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

What a shock. Taxing the companies which make billions extracting and selling Australia's natural resources raises a lot of money to spend on schools, hospitals, roads and transport. Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭

My guest post on @amyremeikis.bsky.social 's live blog. Follow along here: live.thepoint.com.au

Australia and others use the false narrative that China is aggressively asserting ownership of the entire South China Sea to justify sending warships to piss them off. Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish. australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-is...

I asked the @australiainstitute.org.au if the Government's FOI Bill would make another Robodebt more likely. They said yes. That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!

So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas. Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland ...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care. Thread below on how they did it. Write up in @australia.theguardian.com @australiainstitute.org.au www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There's a coal royalty crisis in Queensland, all right. In fact, across Australia. It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties. Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants. Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.

It cracks me up how the Oz and Hun go after the Allan govt. Day after day, it's the same old beat ups and unflattering photos. Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭 All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.

Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas. Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market. Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.

Apart from that, it's all going swimmingly for the federal Liberals ...

In the past hour: Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”. Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”. Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten? Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago? They are irrelevant.

AUKUS signed and waved through in 24 hours. The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it. Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia. Our nation's priorities are screwed.

Do you earn the minimum wage? Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills. Either way, you pay more tax than Santos. Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning. Our tax system is cooked.

The ANU's audited accounts show it made a $90m surplus last year. It says you can't count nearly $250m of its income, so it actually made a huge loss. While it spends lavishly on its executives, it sacks teachers and cuts courses. This is so dodgy. australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anu...