Maybe also check the results in Indi since, checks note, 2013.

Thank heavens he didn't mention the river or the sea

Gawenda is every blog guy who ever got into an argument in a comments thread and tried to pretend he didn’t say what everyone can see he said. Big 2003 vibes.

The recipe says to keep the water at a low simmer, but the hotplate is on full blast. Perhaps if I vacuum the loungeroom the water temperature will come down. #RBAcookingtips

This is a really good response.

Incentivising the status quo... thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

"I saw Goody Proctor with the devil."

The Parliamentary Library is amongst our most underappreciated democratic institutions and their staff are unsung heroes. Good luck with the new job.

Two studies in metaphorical decapitation. "It wasn’t just Charles. The whole spectacle was a horrible charade of two former cornerstones of what we grandly call Western civilisation publicly displaying their mutual bankruptcy." Shame on us all for indulging him. open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

We are being played for fools, as usual....

Nick's NACC paddywhack

Absolute capture by industry.

"Under the pressure of decades of right‑wing culture wars—which have run parallel to cross‑party support for neoliberalism—the traditional vocabulary of welfare, redistribution, egalitarianism, and class has not just fallen out of fashion; it has been demonised." thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Selective incrementalism

Good report on an obscene act by absolutely cowed administrators

On Palantir’s manifesto, their AI fantasies, and how Silicon Valley billionaires think they are the new Guardians of the Universe. tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-softwa...

Really, ABC? This clown driving an unnecessary 130km to a charging station he didn't bother downloading the app for first is like a petrol owner vehicle whinging because they didn't learn how to pump petrol or how to open the fuel cap. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

What John Howard calls the Anzac spirit

Good piece by John Quiggin on the ousting of Orban, including this observation: open.substack.com/pub/johnquig...

Viktor Orbán now to be known as Lozer Orbán 😉

Another welcome addition to Tony Abbott's growing list of failures.

Really curious to hear who else Melania Trump isn't friends with. Good of her to keep us updated.

Just in case you were in any doubt that JWH is amongst the most disgusting individuals to ever occupy public office in this country www.9news.com.au/national/ben...

"Did you say Lebanon? Oh, gosh. We thought you said Edmonton. So we haven't bombed Edmonton."

Also has trouble with fair pay and poetry

Ha.

Shared values

Even if this turns out to be another TACO moment--tick, tick--just saying this shit damages our societies, helps destroy fundamental aspects of how politics is conducted & helps create a more violent and unstable world. There is no "sensible centrist" long game to play against this sort of insanity.

It's almost like the plan by "the journalists at the White House Correspondents dinner to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire", isn't working. www.status.news/p/whcd-first...

Took 15-odd years for BRS to be charged, but at least Qld police got right onto that dude wearing a t-shirt

Now you tell me

Heroic

detailed account of racist NSW police violence against people who comprehend that it is wrong to be feting the Israeli president as Israelis incinerate people across the region they occupy - and what you can do >> www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-pol...

When your schtick is incrementalism, there's always another shoe to drop

Ahab spots Trump

This is a message from a mate. Would make an excellent address to the nation in these troubled times. "Big day's gardening. Had to use petrol to go shopping so bought a lot. Walked dog. Am on piss."

Nazism IS racial hatred

"In his address to the nation tonight, the prime minister is expected to outlaw jokes about the Straits of Hummus."

"Sorry, Mr Picasso, we won't be hanging that anywhere. It's not cohesion-y enough."

Just letting you know I've been in talks with Iran and they agree I won the war. The Milky Bars are on me.

Good piece by @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy about the strike at the ABC. www.lamestream.com.au/express-your... Stuff like this is almost breathtaking, if unsurprising:

That's not how you spell vindictive

Here is my analysis this morning after last night's election result. It includes some statistics on how the parties performed, and analysis of the close races. #sapol

Ronnie O'Sullivan scores a 153 from a possible 147. 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM3Q...

Have you read the new post by @auspoldaily.bsky.social (Alex Fein)? Definitely worth your time. redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/polarisati...

Be pretty cool if you could get cars you just plugged in.

"There is no technically correct way to design a tax system. Like all public policy, getting it “right” depends on our collective values." – @warwicksmith.bsky.social

Hey David Speers if you’re going to start calling progressive green electoral candidates “climate 200 candidates “ then you’re obliged to call Nats and One Nation participants “IPA/Rinehart candidates. It’s only fair. #insiders

Congrats to Denise for this tireless effort in collating and making available all the progressives news and views fit to print each weekday. Looking forward to the next 500.