'Donald Trump left the meeting on a high..." I suspect he leaves most places on one.

'Dan Tehan... thinks there is a pathway (on Net Zero) to bring the party room together in a way that unifies everyone.' In a nutshell: not in Australia's best interests, not based on expert knowledge, not what appeals to the electorate, just the one the party room can agree on. #auspol

BBC: "Andrew stripped of title..." ABC: "Prince Andrew to lose title.." Why is the @abcnews being more monarchist than the country the monarch lives in? #auspol

The issue here is enforcement. The kinds of roads referred to see very little traffic - which means that it's simply a waste of time/resources to patrol them. Which means that drivers will continue to travel at the speed they're accustomed to. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Absolutely genuine question - anyone know why Larissa Waters always talks about 'nature' instead of 'the environment'? #auspol

'Matt Canavan is due to present his and fellow senator Ross Cadell's review on the target to the party room today...' Oh, the suspense!! I wonder what they'll be recommending?? #auspol

' Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has accused the government of talking "out of both sides of their mouth" on environment reforms.' As I used to say as a councillor, if you walk out of the room and people on both sides are p*ssed with you, you've probably made the right decision... #auspol

We're planning to build a small house (granny flat) on our property. It will have a septic tank. It will be plumbed in. It won't have wheels. It will have council approval. It will also be cheap to build. But because we're doing the right thing, it won't get the ABC's attention.

'"They're facing the same uncertainty with councils. This is the big thing … there's no clarity, there's no certainty." There would have been, if you'd got council permission. -- Why is the ABC obsessed with tiny homes? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

"Australia is also the first nation to surpass 1 GWh of utility battery capacity per million people, launching it into a league of its own, far ahead of China and the United States, each with less than 400 MWh per 1 million people."

This is one of the funniest 'Insiders' interviews I've ever watched.... #auspol

Turned on to 'Insiders', saying to my son "I wonder which Coalition member they're interviewing today?" Oh, look, Matt Canavan.. #auspol

Erica Chenoweth, in conversation with Paul Krugman: '2024 was the year of elections... For the first time in world history, in every election and in every established democracy in the world, the incumbent lost vote share...' Australia in 2025 bucked that trend... #auspol

Having looked at Sussan Ley's recent forays into the media, my take is that she's out of step with the election cycle. #auspol

'Sussan Ley says Liberals are 'in touch' with their communities on net zero...' Maybe so (doubt it). But if all the Libs do is hold on to 'their communities', they stay in Opposition. #auspol

'It is easy to panic about this, so it is important to remember that the solid evidence for human harm is light on. But if we wait until there is proof, it might be too late.' ???? Don't panic but hey, panic.... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'Nationals MPs compared Mr Joyce's possible defection to that of Mark Latham — the once-federal Labor leader who fell out with his party and eventually joined One Nation.' The media keeps talking as if these two events are the same. In Latham's case, there was a 12 year gap.

Look, nobody has caused more people to come out in protest than Donald Trump. He causes the biggest, bestest protests ever in the history of America. Democrats can only dream of upsetting this many people so much. FACT.

Conservative women seem to think that a core tenet of feminism is that you should never criticise another woman...

'Jane Hume says the Coalition would not support the Australian Defence Force going into a place of "great danger"....' Of course. We should never put the ADF in a position where someone might get hurt.... #auspol

'Hume....added the Liberals should "focus on not the seats that we hold but the 33 seats we need to win".' Hume advocating that MPs should neglect their seats? Great strategy... #auspol

'"What we have seen is the demise of the dominance of the duopoly. That's absolutely certain, that's gone." True to a point. What we've seen is one half of the duopoly collapsing, which has left the other half without true Opposition. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'"There is nothing fundamentally defective with our values." Except they're out of alignment with those of modern Australia... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auspol

'...some conservatives.. could reclaim votes lost to right-wing parties such as One Nation and United Australia Party, and succeed in regional Australia.' Regional Australia is not where the Liberals need to succeed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auspol

'"Marginal" voices agitating to break up the Liberal Party would cause disaster for the nation's oldest political alliance..' Um, the nation's oldest political alliance isn't the Liberal Party... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auspol

I find a certain amount of irony that Tony Abbott, who was born in the UK, educated at Oxford, and sits on several overseas boards, criticises 'recent migrants' as belonging to 'Hotel Australia' because they maintain connections overseas.... #auspol

I can find multiple articles about the Israeli hostages - 48 of them - being returned, and the traumas they will have undergone. I can't find any about the Palestinian prisoners - 2000 plus...

Today's challenge: find coverage of the Nobel Peace Prize winner on the ABC website. Listened to several ABC news spots on the radio yesterday, not a mention. But imagine if Trump had won.. #auspol

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

A Liberal MP has sent me an email apologising for an email I may have received in error. As I didn't receive the original email, the apology email has been received...in error. #vicpol

What I find weird is that, for America, you can find stats on whether criminals were left or right wing.

I've asked a few times over the past month or so why we haven't been hearing from the Greens. Larissa Waters Insiders interview showed why. Seriously, she needs media training. She failed to answer questions, wasn't across information, rambled. I'm not sure why the others are silent, though. #auspol

Never seen the banks role in this talked about. Know of people who've been knocked back for a mortgage because they wanted to build a single bedroom house. Because banks need to know they can resell easily if needed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auspol

Dear Greens Any potential damage to biodiversity from a windfarm is far far outweighed by the potential damage caused by climate change.

So why wasn't Larissa on one of the boats? #auspol

Oooh, Larissa Waters exists!!

Love all this stuff about the Liberals disagreeing on policy grounds when they don't have any policies yet.... #auspol

Hastie hinting that walking away from Net Zero isn't enough and that action on climate change should be wound back. Then talks of appealing to younger voters. Good luck with that. #auspol

Headline: Why the Victorian Liberal party has taken an unusual step in the search for future MPs..' The unusual strategy... '...though nominations weren’t due to close...the executive took the unusual step of leaving them open indefinitely...' That'll do it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The only way we're going to get a serious Federal Opposition is if the ALP splits. #auspol

Sussan Ley impersonating John Howard.

Reading articles/posts etc from America, the worrying meme is that everyone seems to be waiting for someone to save the country. Guys, when you say 'somebody should be doing something about this' the somebody in question is always YOU.

Nearly every law we have can be and is broken. It's not a reason not to have a law. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #auspol

I know a woman who serves in the ADF. She's a physio. Her brother flies drones. Another friend who is now ex-service played the flute in the army band. Not sure of the degree of physical fitness required in these roles.

'... the US military will require combatants to meet the "highest male standard" in physical fitness tests. Hegseth acknowledged that the move may exclude some women from serving.' It will also exclude some men.

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

It's weird looking at masked ICE agents, knowing that probably 90% of them railed against wearing masks during COVID.

This article is filled with references to 'law makers' making claims about ICE - even the stats provided are provided by 'lawmakers'. Again, be a f**king journalist. Be a paper of record. Report the truth as the truth. www.bbc.com/news/article...