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

Andrew Hastie wants to win government then force a double dissolution election to repeal the Climate Change Act. But how can they ever win government if they abandon net zero, which is the bare minimum for winning back metro seats? www.smh.com.au/national/aus...

We are governed by the biggest rubes

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... “He (Trump) said last month that “it depends who we’re talking about,” when asked whether he supported back pay for federal employees, and that there “are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

Giving police more powers to curb the violence mostly caused by police seems a less than satisfactory policy. Just as well we have a viable opposition to vote for in Victoria . . . oh, no we don’t. We’re going to need some state independents. #VicPol #AusPol

The Libs are counting on the idea that they just need to bombard Australians with enough propaganda suggesting renewables cause high power prices, then they can retake power. Things are going to get pretty nasty I suspect.

Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could. Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

This is like when Michael Scott thought the fanciest thing in existence was the opening of car dealership that sold limos

Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent "‘Want to stay on here? I had a word with your Dean. He gave you a bloody good reference.’ ‘Did he? What did he say?’ ‘He said if I could get you to do any work for me I’d be lucky’, said Bill."

I suspected there might be problem with that "right to disconnect from Nazism" legislation.

"You"?

He says “they” and “you” like he’s not a part of the U.S.

Yes, Donald Trump, noted non-complainer.

Too bad he can't find any NAZIs

"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%... "The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Repost with an iconic fictional band

This is not good news ... www.afr.com/policy/forei...

Ah the irony, “Lord give me a sign, any sign.” #auspol

They should get one of those old timey hooks they used to haul people off stage. Or maybe the Gong Show gong

Only on Planet Murdoch would the Liberals who were booted out in an unprecedented wave of anger and disgust by their own electorates be deemed “heavyweights”, FFS! 🤦‍♀️

"Ladies and gentlemen, mesdames et messieurs, damen und herren, from what was once an inarticulate mass of lifeless tissues, may I now present a cultured, sophisticated, man about town."

More BBC anti-trans BS. KJK is an anti-trans campaigner. She is not recognised by any women's rights organisation as a campaigner for women's rights.

No-one could possibly have predicted this

At least they should be familiar with the concept of sowing and reaping one would think...

Right wing politics is always a grift

the centrism will continue until morale decreases

The only way to win is to do what keeps losing, because what just won can't win. At a certain point it stops being gaslight and starts being deadlight.

I wonder how they've managed to make it incompatible with other devices

sounds familiar 🤔

That shading and use of % including 'undecideds' is just weird.

Let's be honest here. This is not a real fix. Like in Qld, this is a political fix. What works ? Enhanced early intervention from specialists. But it's long term, expensive and less satisfying to narrow minds. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Melbourne media: everything is bad, Melbourne is scary. Also Melbourne media: and who has got tickets to AC/DC tonight, going to be an amazing evening in the city, we’ll be there!! Rah rah…

If you under invest in education you will have to over invest in justice and law enforcement.

Clean up. My. @smh @theage cartoon.

Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/

Keir Starmer was a central player in the coup to topple Jeremy Corbyn and now Starmer is going to be toppled in a coup. You would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh. #Starmer #Corbyn #UKPolitics

Keen for him to have a very long conversation with John Laws

They didn't waste it, they deliberately sabotaged it

“Rooftop solar is a proven Australian success story. It’s fast, fair, and delivers clean, cheap energy for households and businesses. Over one-third of Australian homes are now generating their own power from the sun, and sharing it with their neighbours. Now it’s time to double down on what works👇

It’s important to achieve bipartisanship with Republicans so they can arrest Barack Obama for something they read on the Epoch Times’ Facebook page written by a Chinese cult member in 2019.

Minns knows this is untrue. NSW Police do not need more powers, they need to stop providing police protection to Nazis. Same applies to Victoria Police.

my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time

Same fucker that does every deal to profit for himself not to actually do his elected job. Biggest bludgers are ALWAYS the greatest abusers of power and demeanours of ordinary voters lives and support needs.

Taxing the rich has got absolutely nothing with getting more tax for the government to spend, it doesn't, they don't spend tax It has everything to do with stopping the obscene inequity that lets the psychopathic wealthy ride roughshod over everybody

I'll entertain technical arguments about the Summary Offences Act (NSW) when someone can explain how Police can kettle and move on small groups protesting climate issues but somehow this out front of state parliament renders them powerless. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...