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...

If paracetamol causes autism, I wonder what causes you to become an orange far quit? Bleach martinis?

Albanese carefully avoids being locked in a room with the orange mad man - again. He does a lot wrong, but the PM has played this beautifully so far.

Imagine a world where a tiny portion of our taxes went towards music, art, festivals, fun, culture and joy ... and a tiny bit less of our taxes went to rich multi-nationals pillaging our natural resources and pumping pollution into our skies .... australiainstitute.org.au/post/investi...

The orange idiot's apparent whims and fancies are not random theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...

This range of 62-70 percent is a way to appease the fossil fuel vested interests - it’s now up to the crossbench to ensure ambition lands at the top end of that band, where the science says it needs to be to keep the places we live safe 👇 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

After his little hissy fit with John Lyons this morning, the tangerine trumpet claimed Australians "want to get along with me". australiainstitute.org.au/post/poll-tr...

The AFL may be able to bully weak politicians, but it can't fool the experts or the people. Tasmania should have had a team years ago. It should still get one. It already has two AFL venues.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The root cause of so many of the world’s problems.

Thank God we've got Sussssan and Teddy to check up on all those pesky scientists.

Climate Risk Assessment released 3 days after govt approves a massive, 45-year carbon bomb - 4 days after the PM embraces Pacific leaders promising action on climate change. By the time the North West Shelf project ends, parts of our "Pacific family" will be underwater, thanks to our actions.

The final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations. It will undermine the nation's energy security, drive up energy prices & is the greatest giveaway of Australian natural resources ever. Media release

Woodside plays the federal government like a guitar again. Dropped out at 3pm on a Friday, of course. Expect the same with the Climate Risk Assessment next week. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Which is worse? A neighbor who hates you and tests weapons over your backyard to threaten you. Or a neighbor that hugs you, calls you family, promises meaningful action on climate change during a visit, then flies home and approves a pollution mega bomb. God, Australia is a shit neighbor.

I'm convinced Dan Andrews only went to China to wind up Murdoch's lackies at the Hun. It's working 🤣

Strange how anti-genocide protests on bridges are the end of the world, yet these small men with their small minds and smaller willies are allowed to spew their hate on the streets this weekend. australiainstitute.org.au/post/whos-go...

Well, not to his face or anything. It's just a ranting column in the Murdoch press and, I suspect, an equally ranty video. Screaming at clouds, and fewer and fewer people can hear him.

Population growth (and immigration) are not to blame for the housing crisis. It's been caused by a system that was redesigned 25 years ago to help investors profit rather than, heaven forbid, put a roof over people's heads. australiainstitute.org.au/post/is-popu...

"I'm entitled to my rage and my fury." What? It's time to stop tiptoeing around the father of the house. He's treated with respect bordering on reverence in Parliament, yet carries on like an unhinged pork chop. Time to put his feet up and reflect on a long career of service to his country.

#SouthAustralia's Energy Minister sucking up to big gas is sickening. Instead of SUCKING UP to them, why not STAND UP to them? Australia has mountains of gas which is not contracted. There's plenty for South Australia. Don't be fooled by scared, scaremongering politicians.