Pauline Hanson: for “everyday Australians...” 🎣

How are higher interest rates going to bring down inflation caused by higher fuel costs? #auspol

Australia is a signatory to the World Health Organisation's agreement on tobacco control - which is meant to protect health policy from the tobacco lobby - but the Coalition is happy to give Philip Morris secret hearings at Senate inquiries, and the Nationals still take donations from big tobacco.

Anaïs Nin on the meaning of life and the dangers of the Internet, long before the Internet www.themarginalian.org/2012/09/24/a...

Ordered mine :)

‘Nobody left behind’ How’s that slogan panning out for the Labor Party?

Uncommon courtesy. My @smh @theage.

I’m appalled that people thought it smart to boo Welcome to Country ceremonies at Anzac Day dawn services. I especially acknowledge Bunurong elder Mark Brown who welcomed us cartoonists at our conference in St Kilda a few years ago. He is decent, kind man who deserves respect. I am so sorry.

From ANZAC Day to gas: How culture wars and corporates are reshaping Australia open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...

If the lesson of these wars is that empire, occupation, imperial machinery and industrialised violence against civilians are unconscionable and catastrophic - that lesson applies today just as much as 1915. Lest we forget means nothing if it only looks backwards.

Working on a piece about the NDIS announcement. Taking my time to get my thoughts in order but the one thing I know for sure is that all the realpolitik of 'financial management' now means sweet FA to people who watched existing services disappear in favour of a promise made to them. Now what?

I have a good friend with MS. They look "normal" (whatever that is). Without NDIS they would be housebound and unable to support themselves. Maybe let's go after the profiteering and leave the vulnerable alone.

This fake ‘on special’ pricing yo-yo bullshit by supermarkets needs to be stopped. If the can sell it at the ‘on special’ they can sell at that price all the time Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"reciting or publicly displaying a prohibited expression that is reasonably expected to menace, harass or offend a member of the public" is legal gibberish. Calling "from the river to the sea" hate speech is Orwellian doublespeak that protects no-one - except the Israel lobby. #qldpol

Values. Today’s Age and SMH cartoon

After 12 year in opposition the pathetic Victorian Liberals still can’t muster up polices so resort to what they know - lies and misinformation #napeanvotes 🗳️ #victoriavotes 🗳️

Friday, Brisbane protesters sing & dance to John Farnham’s Two Strong Hearts - ‘River to the Sea’ Saturday, 20 arrested for saying the exact same words in a chant. So if you wear a wig & dance you won’t be arrested. The inconsistency is utterly humiliating for David Crisafulli.

Priorities. My @smh @theage cartoon.

This is a national disgrace

The electors of Hungary turned out to have something in common with the electors of Warringah - a keen understanding that every opinion Tony Abbott has is, by definition, wrong.

Can’t we just send Tony Abbott with a suitcase full of shirtfronts?

The gambling lobby is gambling on no one caring out about this. It needs to be trumpeted at every opportunity. #Auspol #gamblingreform newshub.medianet.com.au/2026/02/alco...

It was David McBride who blew the whistle, triggering the Brereton report & laying the groundwork for Ben Roberts‑Smith’s charges. The thanks he got was jail, while war criminals roamed free. It’s about time Roberts-Smith is put away for good, but McBride must be released.

Great that this case will finally be prosecuted. Our usual reminder that it's now sub judice and everyone should stfu about it and let the process do its thing.

The only explanation for @albomp.bsky.social not dealing properly with the harm gambling advertising does (including, and especially to children) is that he’s hostage to vested interests. He lacks the courage and leadership to stop this trade in misery. #auspol

Anthony Albanese won’t even properly stand up to the gambling lobby, there is no chance he will stand up to the US President, Lachlan Murdoch or Netanyahu. It gets worse from here unless the ALP wake up.

Yep. I have actually seen this first hand. Get a weekly foodstuffs basket, pay a minimal price with use by date for perishables one or two days after the pickup day.

Because they know it would be the absolute end of them if they bent on this. If only they carried that attitude to everything else and used this latest batshit fuckery of harm from Trump to say no to everything. The US alliance is actively against our interests and the AUKUS Iran attack proves it

Peta Murphy was serious about protecting young Australians from gambling industry harm. The government’s proposed reforms fail the Murphy test. theconversation.com/small-and-un...

"What we are seeing is not a bold public health response but a cautious, politically palatable compromise." Albanese has put the interests of the gambling industry, sports lobbies, and media above the interests of children. The pre-Easter 'taking out the trash' timing shows the govt knows it.

Unimpressive, insignificant. We waited more than 1000 days for this…

By leaving online advertising largely untouched, the government is putting big business ahead of the wellbeing of Australians. The government’s message is clear: industry profits take precedence over public safety.

One day, the wars overseas will be over; the generals will have collected another row of medals. When the dust has settled, where will the monument be built for the thousands of children killed and maimed? Barry Revill, Moorabbin The Age, letters

Though economists debate whether the $20 per rabbit pricetag comes from supply chain shortages or Lindt price gouging, there is consensus that it’s infinitely better than eating the cheap shit. theshovel.com.au/2026/03/30/g...

Solidarity with Nordacious. Ludicrous - and very troubling - that an artist has to seek legal counsel about their art.

Why are Australian news presenters referring to trump announcements made via his Truth social account? It’s not an official WH account, it’s his private account on his own SM platform. Ignore him until he starts being ‘presidential and lawful’. #USpol #auspol

Always worth a read.

Today marks 1,000 days since the Murphy Report was handed to the government. 31 recommendations, including a ban on gambling ads, and still no response. We know gambling harm fuels family violence. The government must act on the Murphy Report now. #AusPol #BanGamblingAds

Just a reminder - while NDIS subsidies are allegedly 'unsustainable' fossil fuel subsidies grew by 9.6% in the last year to $16.3bn. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Victim-survivors of family, domestic and sexual violence must feel safe to seek support. Having their private conversations with 1800 RESPECT handed over to their perpetrators, does not provide that safety. It just adds to the trauma they’ve already experienced.

Can you bear it, Amy?

The Albanese govt refuses again & again to take responsibility for the harm caused by the predatory gambling industry to vulnerable individuals. It shifts blame & makes gambling harm out to be a matter of personal choice, rather than a social/health issue influenced by massive commercial interests.

Can o’ worms

Ah yes, cutting funding to Muslim groups because of a social media post by the far-right Australian Jewish Association. The textbook definition of social cohesion

In today’s episode of no shit Sherlock.

Imagine how bummed everyone will be when they find out there WERE no WMDs and we invaded Iran FOR NOTHING!

Please please please get on this

This is the very question I put to the Aged Care Minister in Question Time two weeks ago. Isn’t a computerised assessment system which cuts support for vulnerable Australians, causing distress and suffering, just another form of Robodebt?