Qld Health Minister Tim Nicholls has done it! He's set an example for all Queenslanders by getting the flu vaccine. No, no don't make that joke, Tim. Dammit. Ok, we can recover here. No, no, no, Tim don't do it. Don't blame patient Colin's hip surgery wait on Labor... #qldpol

Auction after auction, young people are lining up and losing out to property investors with an unfair advantage. We're changing negative gearing and capital gains tax breaks to give first home buyers a fair go.

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Koalas cannot stand in the way of private college, Lord Pocketsquare Jarrod Bleijie decrees. In 2021 Redland City Council denied Ormiston College expansion for an oval & buildings. It appealed to the Crisafulli govt in April 2025. Clearing soon. #qldpol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...

David Crisafulli has created a potential conflict of interest by placing the Games portfolio with Andrew Powell who is existing environment minister. Any decisions/directions involving crocodiles in the Fitzroy River in relation to the rowing event need full disclosure. #qldpol

Barnaby Joyce apologises to The Guardian journalist for the "shut-up" staffer. #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

NEW: Colorado’s League of Women Voters has withdrawn a planned “Leader of Democracy” Award for Gov Jared Polis after he gave clemency to Tina Peters.

What led to the dismissal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's indictment? As I told autocracy scholar @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social, "Todd Blanche shot his mouth off on Fox." His disastrous interview opened the door to Abrego obtaining the evidence to prove vindictive prosecution. buff.ly/BATf3Hb

Starbucks is abruptly scrapping its AI inventory tool for repeatedly miscounting and mislabeling items, just months after rolling it out at stores nationwide. It's the latest warning that the widely-hyped "AI revolution" could be a bubble that's going to burst.

Jeff walked right into that one.

The Crisafulli LNP govt is in disarray. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

No shit Sherlock! So why do you keep writing articles that they are? See below 👇👇👇 🧵 www.smh.com.au/property/new...

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BREAKING: A handful of Senate Republicans are finally starting to join Democrats to pull the emergency brake and end Trump’s war with Iran. Now is the moment to keep pushing. Call your members of Congress.

Bread shortages deepen in Gaza as flour imports dwindle and bakeries struggle to meet rising demand amid fuel scarcity.

It's full-on Joh era return in Qld under Jarrod Bleijie. Tony Fitzgerald's standing army the Qld CCC warned this would happen & recommended property developers be banned from political donations. David Crisafulli removed the ban in March. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

In order to stay ahead of the curve here, I'd like to note that the U.S. has no grounds to invade Cuba, arrest or change its leaders, take control or directly influence its actions or, for that matter, to be blockading it right now forcing its people to suffer. Nor is any of that in our interest.

“Antisemitism - it’s a trick, we always use it.” “..one of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the non-Jewish world is to prove that anti-Zionism is merely the new antisemitism.” The trick is still being used. It has led to this Royal Commission. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05....

Scientists just created a skin patch that destroys melanoma tumors. Melanoma causes 80%+ of skin cancer deaths — but in mice, this stretchable graphene patch shrank tumors by 97% in just 10 days. Activated by mild heat (~108°F), it releases cancer-killing copper ions directly 1/2

Hollie Hughes has joined One Nation. She hasn't done enough damage to Australia, it seems. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06...

For too long the intersection of the housing market and the tax system has shut whole generations of Australians out of the dream of home ownership. That’s why we’re leveling the playing field to help more young people buy a home of their own.

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Commiserations to the great state of NSW, Lyle Shelton has announced he is running for your Legislative Council next year. #nswpol

Politically, he's worse than any Queensland or Australian politician currently serving today. His malignant narcissism has manifested inside the chamber since the Newman government into something truly abhorrent that should have been left in the 20th century.

Developer withdraws plans for Perth datacentre after fierce community opposition

Crowley helping the Coalition out with its uncosted tax plan and still finding that it's too expensive. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

It’s incredibly clear the future of war is a paper airplane with a webcam and a stick of dynamite tapped to it and we’re ordering gigantic battleships that may be done in 15 years

The Lattouf sacking was a classic example of management deciding they're better at HR than HR. Happens everywhere. What is really damaging consumer trust is the really bad journalism that the ABC publishes every day. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Wow. Won’t someone think of the…billionaire babies? 🤣 Labor makes small tweaks to the intergenerational inequity that has enriched the AFR’s readers for years. Another richlisters’ paper having a tantrum? #auspol

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Nah, nah, nah!" Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie mocks Labor MP Grace Grace. Premier David Crisafulli pops his head into camera shot to join in. #qldpol

Dozens of empty Waymos invaded an Atlanta neighborhood and circled a cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Is the ABCNews arguing that taxing trusts will disadvantage rich children? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Angus Taylor can’t tell us how much his new tax policy costs or how he’ll pay for it. The speech didn’t survive an hour. An absolute train wreck.

Rumours spreading that One Nation may endorse an alleged, and according to a court probable, murderer as a federal candidate what a time to be alive.

More bulk billing, 135 Urgent Care Clinics with more to come, record funding for public hospitals. Whether your family needs urgent or ongoing health care, with Labor, every Australian will have access to free healthcare with their Medicare card.

There really is no excuse for an MP to switch parties mid-term. The appropriate course is to resign and face the voters again at the next opportunity with their new colours.

Trump’s China visit is less about breakthroughs than preventing a deeper rupture between the world’s two biggest powers as tensions rise over trade, AI and security, Teresa Elena Frontado and Lucy Quaggin write. #auspol #China #USChina

This is the language of the Jim Crow South of a century ago — restored to power by John Roberts and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. Shameful.

Palestinians are uniquely placed to understand and explain the function and impact of “antisemitism” in the current moment. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

If politics becomes nothing more than enforcing old campaign pledges, we will end up with governments too frightened to tackle the big issues, P&I Editor Catriona Jackson writes. #auspol #Budget2026

Well this just gets better, the whining Boomer Bob Conkey is a Journalist and a member of Democracy First. #TheAustralian journalist Cliona O'Dowd interviewed another Journalist for their views on the budget. #getinthebin

Libs try to gag Chalmers but fail again as the Treasurer rips into Wilson reminding him of his own book on CGT, which said that there’s “no intergenerational justice” in the current system, & that it was “screwing over young Australians” “Well said!” 🔥 Ouch.💥 #auspol

Peter Stefanovic asks PM Albanese why politicians can keep their tax perks but ends up speechless & cuts the show after Albo asks him to explain his own logic. Stefanovic “We’re out of time…appreciate your time this morning.”🤦‍♂️ They are seriously pathetic on Sky. #auspol

What should be a Budget headline is that we are spending $7 billion this financial year and $7.4 billion in the next on Commonwealth Rent Assistance – effectively subsidising landlords for the 1.4 million renters who otherwise couldn’t pay the asking price. michaelwest.com.au/scaremongers...

Labor created Medicare and we'll always strengthen it. This Budget includes: 🏥 Another $25 billion for public hospitals. 💊 $5.9 billion to list more medicines on the PBS. 👩‍⚕️Permanently funding every Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

SCOTUS, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just 3 years ago, has lifted that order a week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question whether there will even be a primary on schedule.

Three women repatriated from Syria face serious charges – but political rhetoric risks undermining their right to a fair trial, Greg Barns writes. #auspol #law #justice

shadow treasurer Tim Wilson today says he would “never, ever, ever” support a coalition government with One Nation, walking back previous comments that left the door open to such an arrangement. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...