Takeaways from #Farrer: 1. Indies have done their dash. Form a party or die. 2. Nats are dead. 3. Coalition are dead. 4. Greens are dead. 5. New major party needed. #auspol

#farrer isn't a vote against major parties. It's a desire to create a new major party. The independents need to learn from this; people looked across the border, saw that an indi can't deliver, and voted accordingly. #auspol

'"For too long we have been a party of convenience, not conviction and that must change," Taylor said following the result.' Cue for: let's adopt a raft of populist policies whether we agree with them or not. #auspol

'The absence of a Labor candidate on the ballot paper to punish the Albanese government by proxy mattered little.' Dear ABC , there is very little evidence that voters want to do this. Punishing the Coalition, however, makes perfect sense. #auspol

'Anti-major party sentiment is essentially the most bankable phenomenon in Australian politics right now.' Dear media - and particularly the @abcnews - anti-Coalition party sentiment is what you're talking about. #auspol

My take on Farrer: a very uninspiring group of candidates. The Lib was probably the best on paper, but everyone was out to get her. Milthorpe was disappointing. Of course I didn't want ON to get up, but can see why it happened. #farrer #auspol

Well, whatever the question is, the answer isn't Angus. #auspol

'Speaking at the One Nation party in Farrer, Farley says he doesn't want Australia to be dependent on other countries for food or energy.' Good, so he's pro renewables... #auspol

If the indies were delivering for their seats, no voter would give a toss who was backing them. #auspol

I hate to be a party popper, but whoever gets up in Farrer will tell us basically nothing and achieve about the same. #auspol

Dear Jeff, to solve your 'what does our nation stand for anymore?" question, I suggest 'rule of law' still covers it. #auspol

@abcnews news headline: "Labor absence opens door for One Nation and independent in Farrer". This implies that if Labor had run a candidate, the outcome would be different. This is bollocks. #auspol

BBC headline: "Trump reveals he is 'not happy' with Iran..." I think we could work that one out for ourselves, there were definitely hints...

Doing yard duty, I fell down in the playground and grazed my knee. Went to sick bay and the school nurse put a bandage on it. Can't describe how chuffed I felt.

My fav along these lines was the guy who said, "I'm six foot tall. Me walking behind a woman late at night is the equivalent of a eight foot giant walking behind me. Of course it would freak me out."

I tend to think it's more the sham of the American Dream. If you haven't achieved your dream and realise you never can, then that means (according to the AD) you're a cosmic failure. Oh, and lack of a real education (which would help you cope with this...)

'But Labor, which is not running, is also at risk...' No, it is not. We have the SA election outcome to guide us on this: ON destroys the Liberal vote without laying a glove on Labor. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... #auspol

Had a look at polling leading up to the SA election. Labor's primaries over estimated; Liberals underestimated - and ON's waaayy overestimated. The lowest poll for ON had it at 20% - most were around 25%+ - result: 19%. #auspol

What look is Canavan going for here? #auspol

Polls going up for One Nation: "Pauline's going to be our next PM!" Polls going down for One Nation: "You can't trust polls." #auspol

Bloody Coalition. Bringing migrants into the country... 'The Victorian opposition has pledged to hire 3,000 additional police officers if elected, half of whom would be recruited from overseas.' #vicpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

This is a really, really crap article.. After basically beating up the fuel crisis, even suggesting that Australia might come out of it worse than anyone else in the world (which appears to be rhetorical flourishing) it ends with 'People are shit scared.' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04... #auspol

From Bridget McKenzie's newsletter... 'It is probably for the best that [Albanese} is in Singapore this week, making sure we have diesel. But it would be much better if Chris Bowen.. could let rural and regional Australians know where the shortages in their fuel supply is.' #auspol

"For a nation to hold a member of their armed forces to account - someone who has been held up as one of our greatest living heroes – shows a commitment to ethics, decency and the rule of law that is unfortunately very rare among nations." www.bbc.com/news/article...

OK, America, you've got two weeks to get rid of him.

Deadline extended by two weeks.

Why does the ABC always start with the 'against' option rather than the 'for'? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

'Ms Milthorpe said the regions were "fed up" with water prices tripling in the past year and fuel doubling in the last month, making it "do or die" for her community.' Well, she can't do anything about either issue. One's State and the other's due to Trump. #auspol

'To mark the distance record, the crew named a "bright spot" on the Moon after commander Reid Wiseman's late wife Carroll.' All very sweet, but they shouldn't be allowed to do that.

Trump on Iran: "Japan didn't help us. Australia didn't help us. South Korea didn't help us. And then we get to NATO," he says. Please remember this before putting junk 'war we supporting' statements in my newsfeed. #auspol

Really, everyone should study Ancient History. Then they'd know that it's never a good idea to attack Parthia.

'Nasa is set to send humans deeper into space than ever before, but there's one piece of technology that still has some kinks - the Orion space capsule's toilet.' Howard!! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Totally irresponsible article from the ABC. No one interviewed here is an expert in the field. This was written to deliberately feed panic, not to give the public the facts. This is why Albanese had to do a public address because the media can't be trusted. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

ABC media panel rabbiting on about 'avoiding a Victorian situation' (trying to equate fuel shortage with COVID). No government would be afraid of measures which resulted in the party implementing them winning more seats. Victoria shouldn't be used as a scare campaign but as an example. #auspol

A tour show featuring the statues of great men and women would be called a monumentary.

Dear Andrew Hastie You want Australia to reindustrialise. You also don't want Australia to be dependant on China for EVs. Why not go for Australian built EVs? #auspol

Given his multiple changes of names, would J.D. Vance get a vote under SAVE?

I notice that Angus Taylor's solution to the fuel crisis is the same as every other solution he offers - cutting spending on action to tackle climate change... #auspol

I have persevered with twitter, cheerfully blocking trolls, but over the past few days, photos of half naked women keep popping up in my feed. Tried to contact twitter to explain that this makes it illegal for me to access their site from my work computer. There's no way to tell them that, so...

***Fixing this "Labor won the South Australian election in a landslide,but in desperation for a renewal in fascist right wing popularism, the 'media' led by Murdoch gutter press has put all the attention and advertising dollars on the undercard fight and still only managed one fucking seat" #auspol

If the LNP had had a thumping victory on Saturday, the news would be filled with gushing stories about their success. But when it's Labor.... #auspol

More stupidity from Karvelas: 'Hanson was not allowed in the South Australian leaders' debate..' Well, duh, neither was Albo... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Just picked up a couple of boxes of old books - Georgette Heyer, Ngaio Marsh, Agatha Christie, Arthur Upfield. I'm in heaven.

South Australian election confirms that ON struggles because it can't attract preferences. How many Liberal voters follow their HtVs will tell us how much of a problem that will be for ON in future elections. My prediction is that a lot of them won't have. #auspol

I have to object to part Ian Dunt's analysis on Australian politics here. I would characterise Peter Dutton as 'slavering' rather than salivating, in this instance.

So Trump has looked at the Strait of Hormuz and gone 'but that's not straight' so he's written 'straight' because he thinks it's a mistake.

One Nation needs a strong preference flow to win seats. If you're voting ON, you've gone as extreme right as you can go. If you're not, you've decided not to go extreme right, so you're preferences won't go to ON. #auspol

Just found a post I made 9 years ago where I was talking about the rise of PHON being a media beat up.... I was right. #auspol

Just a reminder about who took credit for the NACC.. #auspol

Remember: it's only a war if it involves Europe. Otherwise it's just a sparkling display of ordinances.