Some proposals: 1. Rifles/pistols used for target shooting - are only accessible on the range. 2. Must belong to a hunting club to own a hunting rifle. Rifles must be stored at the club. 3. Hunts become registered activities (I know hunters; it's not an impulse to go hunting, it's planned).

Sussan Ley: implement the Segal report in full. Also Sussan Ley: not sure yet whether she'll support changes to the gun laws. #auspol

The problem with gun licenses: My father had one. He was totally responsible, sane, reliable, every day of his life. Followed all the proper procedures. Got drunk one night and threatened to shoot me because I took the keys out of his car ignition. You can't screen for that.

Goslings!

Bragg on Albanese: "He's very powerful, and I think people are starting to see him for who he is. He's very weak..' I think the messaging needs to be more on target... #auspol

Over a year ago now, they banned mobile phones in schools. Of course, it hasn't been 100% successful - few bans are. But wandering around the playground now, you see kids talking, playing ball, rather than texting. They adjusted. It's made the school environment better for everybody. #auspol

I don't mind stupid arguments in posts. I very much mind it when people who I respect like or retweet them.

The social media stuff is one of those areas where I genuinely don't give a damn and don't have any reason to give one, but the arguments against it are so puerile I end up looking like I do. Damn.

Australia effectively has parental consent - there is nothing stopping parents opening an account for their kids. Very few of these 'explainers' make it clear that the onus is on the provider to keep kids out Which also makes a government data base unnecessary. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #auspol

Loving a current ad which says their antique jugs are out of stock so they need to make some more....

'How does a treasurer tell households the government will no longer continue a $300 energy rebate when it's happy to blow $100,000 on three flights?' An extra 10 cents per household over the year will make all the difference, I'm sure... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #auspol

More Wilson: "We need to mobilise a nation of employers sufficient that they see we are fighting for them enough that they want to fight for what we are espousing." Totally the wrong way around, surely. You don't win them over by imposing ideas upon them; you fight for what they want. #auspol

Tim Wilson: If the future of Australia's economy can be fuelled by nuclear power, we should be looking for equally innovative solutions in industrial relations that are about how we build a focus on simplification, empowerment and alignment to promote harmony. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... #auspol

As I have repeatedly pointed out, DV rates in Australia, including femicide, are actually quite low. (Of course, as always, zero would be better...but we're NOT in some kind of 'crisis') www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Barnaby Joyce believes that in the Senate, the government would “have to come to me on each piece of legislation and say ‘what are your views?‘ They're not having to do that with independents in the Senate atm and it's quite likely that a future Senate would be even easier for Labor. #auspol

'Hanson says being censured and banned from the Senate for seven days doesn't really worry her. She says she'll be standing for re-election in Queensland.' Well, that's a disappointment for Barnaby. #auspol

ABC news headline: "As Porepunkah tries to move on, one name remains too painful to hear." The article is about Moyhu, nearly an hour's drive away. Be better, ABC.

No one in the media seems to be connecting Labor's determination to have a vote on the Environment legislation before Christmas with setting up a double dissolution trigger. If the Bill is rejected by the Senate this week, Labor could have a DD trigger by early next year. #auspol

ABC news: 'What happens to gender equality when the childcare system meant to support working parents becomes a source of fear? Er, the father takes equal responsibility? #auspol

"There's too much focus on what the Liberals are doing. I will now write an article about what the Liberals are doing." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

Dear media There is no obligation whatsoever on you to report about anything the LNP is doing. They're not distracting you from bigger issues. You are failing to do the work you're supposed to be doing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol

ABC news headline "Neo Nazi figure could miss child's birth after bail denied over death threat." Seriously?? Be better, ABC.

I don't want politicians fighting to win the next election. I want politicians fighting to achieve the best they can for Australia - even if that means they lose the next election. #auspol

Again, the decline in the Green vote is remarkable. They polled 12% at the last election. They're now about where they were in 2013. #auspol

Seriously, if I'd spent months (at least) planning to take over the leadership of my party, I'd spend my first press conference outlining my vision for the future. Unless, of course, I didn't have one. #vicpol

Sorry, but the premise of this article is flawed. The Liberals have had moderate leaders - at both State and Federal level - in the past. It has never resulted in them moving to the centre. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #vicpol #auspol

'At the federal level, the party just dumped its net zero by 2050 promise. At the Kew climate change election forum, Wilson made the same promise....' And that means she might dump it, just like her Fed counterparts did. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

'Emerging from the party room...Wilson promptly demoted crime to a second priority for the party, after restoring the state’s budget.' Seriously? Moving crime from number one to number two is 'a strategic shift that should worry Labor.'? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

So, according to Sussan, wind and solar don't need subsidies because they're cheap and people want them, so the money should be used to subsidise nuclear and coal instead, because they're not. That's NOT being agnostic about energy... #auspol

Sussan Ley, questioned about her leadership ""I remember when a lot of blokes told me I couldn't fly an aeroplane..." Because apparently she hasn't achieved anything in politics she can point to... #auspol

At the end of an email from Sussan: 'Ps. We need your help....Can you make a donation today to help us let Australians know about our policies?' It's actually quite tempting... Labor should consider funding this. #auspol

Ley: "In 25 years' time, there will be technologies that we're not talking about today," Those technologies will be developed because of the drive to achieve Net Zero, not by abandoning it. #auspol

It seems some people still haven't got it: Republicans don't like children.

I want a movie where, instead of having hot sex, the couple do the dishes together to show how strong their bond is....

A few years ago, the LNP was telling us they could meet the Net Zero targets 'in a canter'. Now they're admitting that they don't have the ability to do so at all. I suppose they have lost a lot of talent since then.... #auspol

Why we can't have nice things (that's couch stuffing between her front legs...)

'Nor is the affable energy spokesman Dan Tehan likely to convince many people. He looks out of his depth.' Dan Tehan looks out of his depth when someone asks him his name. #auspol

What's the Liberals aim on energy prices? How much are they going to lower prices, and how? Oh, sorry - forgot. They don't do targets. #auspol

So the process Tehan outlines in coming up with their policy consists of consulting all LNP MPs. Not economists, not scientists, not even focus groups -- just internal discussions. #auspol

So a double dissolution election on the Environment by mid next year? Bring it on. #auspol

Melissa McIntosh on the possibility of opening new coal fired power stations --- '"I think we should be looking at all of the options and have a technology-agnostic approach." I have no words. #auspol

'...McIntosh will also call for the party to abide by the Paris Agreement in an attempt to show people the Liberals care about the environment.' It's not that they do care. They want to attempt to show people that they care. #auspol

'"A nuanced, slightly pro-net-zero position is not durable. Our members are completely against it..." Mate, your members consist of about 0.03% of the population. If they're the only people left voting for you, you're cactus. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

It's true, Net Zero might not be achievable by 2050. But that's not a reason to drop that as a target. A target is meant to make you try harder. You won't hit it every time, but a lower one means you won't try. The bullseye isn't the only thing on the board #auspol

"If the party room were to roll Sussan Ley so soon after the election it would be an act of total madness and stupidity, which is why we can't rule it out." "The Liberal Party had to work really hard to lose 34 seats in three years." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... #auspol

Sort of ignores the fact that a lot of Gough's reforms WERE reversed and - instead of learning the 'lesson', Labor stuck by them and reinstated them. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

'The legislation is doomed to fail, since the Coalition, Greens and crossbenchers all oppose it, leaving Labor without the numbers to see it through the Senate.' It's like no one in the media has ever heard the term 'double dissolution trigger'. #auspol

According to this article, 10,000 Australians (out of 27 million) live in tiny homes. So why is the ABC continually pushing this type of accommodation? How is it 'balanced' to have so many articles on such a niche issue? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

'Asked if dumping net zero by 2050 was the only way to save her leadership, Ley said she'd always said she didn't want the target "at any cost".' Oh, so if the cost is her leadership.... #auspol

A double dissolution sparked by a bill on the environment, which has both the Greens and the Liberals opposed, is sort of dream territory for Labor. Just saying. #auspol