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No Nation confirms that Australian politics is still The Labour Movement vs The Rest The anti worker, anti wage increase, anti taxing multinational corporations, anti equality, anti Australia parties are finally admitting that their work together against the government, workers & the people

There’s been a hugely positive and supportive response to us getting The Week on Wednesday #podcast back on the air. Except for that last comment which seems a little..unhinged.

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The “fuel crisis” is nonsense Oil has been up to 86% MORE expensive on at least THREE occasions in my lifetime There is no shortage of fuel, just of scruples The Coalition & the grievance grifters are making people scared for no good reason, just for their own politics & cash

Did you know that me and @vanbadham.bsky.social have a #podcast? This episode we are talking about the SA election, why the “orange wave” is media spin and what the EU-Australia trade deal means for democracy podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

The Age Pension is a government payment for people aged 67+, paying about $1,200 per fortnight for singles & about $1,800 per fortnight for couples, depending on other incomes It is more generous than New Zealand, UK & not employment linked like the USA Proud to be Australian

It's funny that this isn't reported as "racism". Because that's what it is: racism.

The media has so much to answer for:

We need to stop thinking that all our experiences are the “average” experience Sometimes it will be more & sometimes less 2025 saw a RECORD number of new cars sold 2026 has already surpassed 200,000 sales Australia is thriving, while some are struggling Which is why we need Labor’s tax reforms

Can never have too many of these:

No Nation grifters are unhappy with SA results! Australia has the MOST democratic elections in the world Peaceful, universal, preferential, independent and transparent No gerrymandering, no “electoral colleges”, no suspensions, no voter suppression If you don’t like democracy you should leave

I call them “No Nation” because they are trawling the world for far right support, far right narratives and far right conspiracy campaigns. It’s a hodge podge of MAGA madness, Orbanian awfulness & Brexit bullshit that makes grievance grifters wealthy & fail sons feel justified. Nothing Australian.

As we enter the age of the AI-rranged marriage, here’s why I hate Fate | Van Badham https://www.europesays.com/uk/784812/ The Guardian reported on the arrival of “Fate” and, friends, I laughed. Or maybe I cried. It’s apparently…

Find myself saying this every election these days, but boy, mainstream media isn't the influence it used to be, is it? News Corp (& others) spend enormous amounts of time and energy virtually campaigning for the Liberal Party & now One Nation. Hmm, pretty effective.🙄😂

“That is a long list of seats where the Liberal Party vote is in single digits.” @caseybriggs.com highlighting the collapse of the Liberal Party in South Australia

Only 1 in 7 people voting for No Nation and the six other people are placing them lower than in their preferences than Labor, Liberal and its looking likely they won’t get many from any other party’s voters either How much of Gina’s cash will they be allowed to burn & for how long?

Labor has been re-elected in South Australia The Liberal Party will be the opposition & able to car pool to work in a minivan One Nation will get between 0-1 seats yet Corey Bernardi will get more media coverage than any other SA politician because lunacy is promoted as “news” “News” must improve

The ABC is trying to say that the people of SA voting to re-elect Labor with a bigger majority could be “bad for democracy” The polls closed TWO HOURS ago Zero violence Zero state intimidation Universal voting Preferential voting More candidates than ever Democracy is fine here. The media though…?

There are only two political parties in Australia The Labor Party & the Not Labor Party Changing the t-shirt colour doesn’t change the fact they are still bankrolled by billionaires & foreign far right fanatics They’ll dump No Nation quicker than an assistant who gets their coffee order wrong

Now Labor has been re-elected in South Australia it’s time for the Matildas! No need to indulge in the fear-mongering grift of “The rise of One Nation” (who are on track to win ZERO seats in a 47 seat parliament)

There is no “rise of One Nation” there is just a “Splintering of the Menzies Liberals” A party that remains unlikely to win ANY seats in a 47 seat parliament is not a political force, no matter how hard billionaires & media chicken littles might be trying to convince us otherwise Our system works

IF One Nation wins ANY seats in South Australia it’ll be because they get Liberal voter preference flows But they’ll still demand changes to the best system in the world just so they don’t have to appeal to a broader range of Australians and just keep being unaustralian scumbags

The truth in South Australia is the same truth that has been true across Australia since 1901 There are only two political parties in Australia, Labor and not Labor Whether it’s in Blue, Green or Orange the pro-billionaire parties are just old money, tech money or fascist money

5% swing to ALP so far - early days

If One Nation is banning the ABC from their “HQ” in SA because they don’t like the coverage then maybe the ABC should stop giving them so much FREE coverage? I expect commercial media to chase ratings(ad sales) but the ABC could act according to the national interest & block ‘em One Nation is bad

The first major media outlet to take as clear a pro-labour ideological position as the pro-capitalist ideological position that the Murdoch/Stokes/Laundy media takes will have a HUGE audience Traditional media’s decline aligns to their homogenous shift to the right just as Labor keeps on winning…

With Labor poised to achieve a record number of seats in South Australia the media is obsessing over…Liberal vs One Nation. The party with the largest primary support across the country still doesn’t have a “friendly” media outlet. It’s like the purpose of “news” media isn’t information at all…

If you think Australia is “failing” talk to a working person in any other country, not a Balinese waiter or cleaner who lives on your tips You’ll struggle to find another country where workers drive new cars, own houses & retire before 70 Still more to do but this is a great nation

Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.

We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.

If you want the help of your allies in a war and they are all committed to not starting wars maybe talk with them about you war BEFORE it starts? Maybe share what the aims are and how it might take? But of course Trump approaches war like he does everything else…like a child

How could anyone foresee that a war in the desert could lead to combatants using water denial as a weapon? If only there had been someway for the USA to know this could happen! (Glares in medieval crusader)

The guy in the background seems pretty pleased at the idea The one with the cap seems like he has some doubts (Context matters. It always matters.)

Australia is 90% “white” & most of “us” are UK “Anglo” That leaves 10% for everyone else who isn’t “white” Yet the grievance grifters, with Hanson at the top of the Ponzi pyramid, make out like it’s the other way around! Funny enough in Dubai it is! 10% “white” 90% Asian but that’s ok apparently?

Too many Australians have given up on the idea of us being the “laid back, easy going worker’s paradise down under” Ironically it seems to be the ones who have the most rose coloured view of the past who are first to lick the bosses boots, horde toilet paper & panic buy petrol…

People ask why we don’t build a new oil refinery They cost $6,500,000,000 to build, $150,000,000/yr to operate, 15 years to build, when prices drop our market can’t sustain it & over time prices will to drop back towards long term average prices The Coalition shouldn’t have closed what we had

Men like Joyce are always quick to send other people’s children into harms way and slow to make any sacrifices of their own Albo is right, Australia shouldn’t be sending forces to the Gulf This “war” has less strategic planning than a street gang robbing a bottle shop

Angus Taylor let FOUR refineries close and sent our oil reserves to TEXAS I talked about this with @vanbadham.bsky.social on our podcast The Week on Wednesday back in 2022 The Coalition trashed our energy security & One Nation would have us use dung fired camp stoves

The global far right, funded by nepo baby & elitist tech billionaires, are trying to undermine Australian democracy One Nation are not helping anyone They are fear mongers in the pocket of Australia’s richest nepo baby, funded by fascists Why? We are a successful multicultural, social democracy

The wealth & power of the richest 3,000 households has increased by more than 500% They are squeezing the rest of us through higher prices, manipulating supply, influencing political & regulatory processes This is the source of our economic crisis in the West Don’t be fooled by grifters & haters

As the grievance grifters keep trying to make Australians feel bad about our country to sell us more stuff or help them get right wing loons elected it’s worth remembering that, for most people in the world, the Commonwealth of Australia is a far better place to live than wherever they may live now.

Australian’s need to realise that we are actually “winning” in building mass prosperity. It’s not to say everything is perfect. It’s saying that we are on the right track with an economic plan that puts people first. Trickle down, Friedman economics is dying. And that’s a wonderful thing.

Australian unemployment is now LOWER than American unemployment! Australian growth is running ABOVE almost every forecast Australian’s are the SECOND wealthiest in the world, ABOVE the USA & the SWISS The material reality is that Australia is THE place to live Don’t let haters tell you otherwise

195 countries in the world Australia is one of only nine to have triple A ratings from all three credit agencies Putting Australia in the Top 5% of countries on Earth for managing national debt Fundamentally, Labor manages our economy better. Despite what some media & grievance grifters might say

Growth UP 2.6% 👆Faster than USA! Productivity UP 1% 👆(best in years) Employment UP 👆 Wages UP👆 Super contributions UP👆 Unemployment DOWN👇 Union membership UP 👆 Worker led workplace laws are delivering for Australia Despite the AFR/Australian narrative, Labor is improving opportunities for Aussies

Australia is the 4th most liked country on Earth Might be time for all the whining Pourline grifters to “love it or leave” 1. 🇨🇦 Canada - 74% positive global view 2. 🇯🇵 Japan - 72% 3. 🇩🇪 Germany - 70% 4. 🇦🇺 Australia - 69% 5. 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 68% 6. 🇳🇿 New Zealand - 67%

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