John Pilger said that over the 1972-1975 reign of Whitlam, the nation “briefly achieved independence” from US tutelage, and due to its socially progressive reformist drive, the government “became intolerably progressive” for Washington. #auspol

THIS is the Amerika that Albanese wants to follow Albanese - the man complaining about the threat from the extreme right! Only Australia's duopoly refuses to acknowledge that without Amerika, Australia has no foreign or defence policies of our own Without Amerika, WHO IS THE DUOPOLY?

This captures much of the frustration of today.

Are these the shared values Albanese keeps talking about? @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol

Albo to hand out Trump Golden Bust lapel pins to his cabinet because it reminds him “every single day whose side I'm on…that's what I'm saying to myself, that's who I think about first."

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Breaking: Trump announces he negotiated peace between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

Australian Labor recognises the State of Palestine but won’t sanction Israel or stop supply of weapons parts Australian Labor recognises the devastating effects of climate change but keeps approving massive fossil fuel projects and won’t tax the industry sufficiently Sensing a pattern here..

I find it most frustrating about the Neoliberal ideology universally adopted in the past half a century is its patently utter economic nonsense, as one Australian academic economist said "it's as if chemists had forgotten the Periodic Table & gone back to Alchemy" Yet we accept their abuse using it

The recognition of Palestine is a victory for the many Australians who have been calling for this, but will not end the genocide in Gaza. The Albanese Government must now sanction Israel for its criminal actions the way it has sanctioned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

It’s time we held that Murdoch/Media Royal Commission that more than 500,000 people petitioned for. #auspol

I demand that @albomp.bsky.social address the nation and articulate clearly why he believes we share values with the US. If he is unable to do this he should cancel Aukus immediately and end the US alliance. $380 billion to a fascist regime is both unaustralian and unconscionable

I am #ANTIFA

I AM ANTIFA !

Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascism, not a terrorist organisation.

Any Australian fired for expressing an opinion on US politics MUST sue their employer for wrongful dismissal.

If my posts, 💚Supporting Palestinian civilians 🖤Condemning Netanyahu/IDF ❤️Reviling zero action by many countries (incl. Australia) to protect bombed, shot & starved civilians, or 🤍 Just acknowledging the genocide, ever cause me to be shadow-banned in feed here or anywhere... Fucks given zero🍉👊💜..1/

Canada’s new government is creating an entirely new housing industry. Build Canada Homes will use the latest technology — factory-built homes, modular housing, and mass timber — to build affordable homes at a scale and speed not seen in generations.

Tasmanian households are expected to pay extra tax of $5900 a year for the next 30 years to build a vanity project for the AFL. How any politician can justify this project is beyond me. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Dear AUS PM @albomp.bsky.social cc @senatorwong.bsky.social The UN commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Will you expel the Israeli Ambassador now? Will you sanction Israel now? Or will we just hear more empty words? #auspol #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

UN Commission of Inquiry finds Israel is committing genocide in Palestine We all see and know but its significant institutions recognise this. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Our so-called two-party system delivers these grim choices: - a LNP opposition with no climate policy, who is probably dominated by climate deniers, or - a fossil-fueled Labor government who says they are taking real climate action, but ignores the science. Australians deserve better. #auspol

As the Spanish Prime Minister praises Spanish protestors against GENOCIDE in Gaza .. The Australian prime minister gets his orders from Jillian Segal and condemns Australian protestors against GENOCIDE in Gaza See the difference? See the indifference?

This ALP government has to be the most cowardly in Australia's history. Murray Watt is no more than a lap dog to the fossil fuel lobby.

Hey- what happend, @albomp.bsky.social to the superannuation changes on balances over $3m? Election stunt? Never intended to do them? Traded for something else?

Getting pretty tired of the relentless and overpowering reporting of everything U-S-A and MAGA in our news media. It's like there's nothing going on here on our own shores that's newsworthy. Can we please put the overseas news under the 'world news' tab and report on what matters to Aussies.

Israel’s attack on Qatar violated international law and targeted peace negotiators, proving they’re not serious about returning hostages or a negotiated resolution to the genocide they’re committing.

If you need a laugh check out this video DC resident blasts Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ while following the National Guard. Pretty clever. 😂😂😂 So fitting

People will cling desparately to old ideas & beliefs & most of all, myths. Left wing parties are myths Left wing parties have not existed in the English speaking world for at least 50 years, but still people cling to the myths of their empty dead shells. #politics #auspol #ukpol #uspol

When politicians become so chronically institutionalised, like @albomp.bsky.social, and stubbornly believe their own BS, it’s time for their party to replace them. Incumbent @australianlabor.bsky.social Govt is on track to squander its massive electorate mandate with visionless mediocrity #auspol

They banned plastic straws to save the turtles, and then quietly approved seven major coal mine expansions in just 90 days, locking in enough carbon to double Australia’s annual emissions. That’s like quitting heroin… and replacing it with a full-blown meth habit. #auspol #ClimateCrisis

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

The fact that the Albanese Government is seeking to remove the right of natural justice shows how toxic and far-right Labor’s immigration policy has become.

Albo is to the right of Jon Howard whose conservatism held him back from at least SOME things. There is literally nothing Albo wouldn’t do, no belief he wouldn’t abandon for the chance of another few years bag holding for imperial & corporate power. “Labor” & Albo are contemptible #Auspol

Sounds fair

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

They've got you fighting culture wars when you should be fighting a class war.

Australia mining contributes only around 3% of all revenue. It's not like the nation would fall over without it. Households pay a lot more tax than do the mining companies; it’s just that personal income tax does not get the big headlines like Gina and BHP do.

This is so well done! Love it.

This is how broken our lobbying laws are. Every resources minister since 2001 went on to work for fossil fuel companies & 8 ex-ministers & senior advisers now lobby for gambling💰 It's time for complete reform of lobbying rules + independent watchdog. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

People in Australia are now hoping that Labor will save them from the Neoliberal insanity that Labor introduced in 1983 with the Accords & privatisations, that opened the door to Howard & everything since, including Albanese Same as American Dems & Carter Same as UK Labour & Callaghan #auspol

Who did this

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