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Entire National Party quits what used to be the Coalition frontbench, it will now be the Liberal frontbench (which was also briefly a prospect post election)

Well, that means its time to bring out the meme... #auspol

According to 7News, Chris McDermott, ex-Crows Captain and founder of the Little Heroes Foundation, is running for Fair Go for Australia in the seat of Dunstan. Beyond the fact that I don't think anyone knows whose leading that party still, it feels like a weird match. #saparli #auspol

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In an even funnier twist (I'm not making this up) Matilda's daughter Grace, the Salisbury councilor, was removed from the council by none other than Mark Aldridge's mother Gillian. I can't imagine the four meet up for family dinners... www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06... #saparli

I'm in the midst of writing my massive blog update, but this is too good not to share. The United Voice Australia Party (led by Mark Aldridge) seemingly has their first candidate, Matilda Bawden. Alongside being an ex-ToP and Australian Federation Party candidate, she was... #saparli #auspol

@anthonyzougras.bsky.social @leopuglisi6.bsky.social SA-BEST announces first candidate in the 2026 state election!

Now, I'm not an expert on politics in South Australia or anything, but it seems to me being in the midst of a defamation suit during an election campaign can only be described as bad politics. Deserved though, considering all of Mali's comments. #saparli #auspol

Some good news for once, though Sewell and his ilk won't just disappear overnight even if they can't brand themselves together. Them going underground can be just as worrying, so it'll be worth keeping an eye on them. #auspol

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Another unusual poll reading #Morgan ALP 30 L-NP 30.5 Grn 13.5 ON 15 Ind/0ther 11, Jan 5-11 2PP (respondent) 52-48 to ALP (-2.5) last election also 52 (-3) changes from combined Nov-Dec sample, last week of that one was weaker than rest. www.roymorgan.com/findings/alp...

after “thinking through the chronology”, it would seem from this account the SA Premier has not ruled out the possibility that it was he who approached “the Jewish community” and not the other way around. Link in alt text.

Meanwhile, Malinauskas is doing his best to throw the board under the bus despite fervently defending them. In InDaily's most recent article, he said “I think the board has gotten this into a pretty awful situation”. No shame on his part. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in... #saparli #auspol

Welp, the Chaser's article on the Adelaide Writer's Week, calling it the Adelaide Writer's Afternoon, has infiltrated the Edge AI summary. 'Hilariously', the AI summary combines the parody article with real news, so it could very easily trick people not in the know. #saparli

According to the Advertiser, Sarah Game has been evicted from her own party, Sarah Game's Fair Go For Australia party, by exiled candidate Henry Davis. Genuinely the funniest thing I've heard this year. #saparli #auspol www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-a...

Not much the Australian populace likes more than calling for yet another royal commission

Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era

If anyone's looking at FlightRadar and wondering about this Bombardier Global 6000 flying off the coast of Venezuela like I was, with the callsign T7102X, its actually Maduro's personal jet. Presumably family or some governmental figure is on it. politicaheroica.co/el-regimen-d... #venezuela

ABC reporting a “period of rising tension between the United States and Venezuela” Venezuela hasn’t done anything. There is no rising tension, it’s just Trump.

So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation. This is madness.

Trump's just claimed that the US has captured Maduro and his wife on Truth Social. Seems like the evidence of US Special Forces flying into Venezuela was true, and that their mission was to capture Maduro. Apparently there's a press conference coming soon.

Our AUKUS partner showing off the shared values Richard Marles loves to talk about

Even weirder now, is that the same Hercules is flying out off the coast, being followed by a Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter. Based on this and the other aircraft nearby, it's likely that a US naval force is currently setting up (for Venezuela?) in that area off the coast of Florida.

Been watching Flightradar due to the current provocations against Venezuela, and I've noticed some interesting things. Firstly, as you see below, there's an E-3C Sentry. Since last night, I've also seen a high altitude balloon, an MQ-4C Triton UAV, and a Poseidon P-8 plane all around Venezuela.

The really funny thing about this is that the DLP had previously been told explicitly about the need to follow the methodology as set out in the AEC's guide to registering a party, and they still submitted a non-compliant list

It's gone under the radar, but the DLP got its federal party registration application rejected by the AEC due to submitting a membership list with too many members on it. The AEC only allows parties to submit a list of up to 1,650 members; the DLPs had 2,521. #auspol www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_...

#Morgan Nov 17-Dec 14 ALP 32 L-NP 26.5 ON 15.5 Green 13.5 IND/other 12.5 2PP (respondent prefs) 55.5 to ALP (-1) (last election) 55 to ALP (=) www.roymorgan.com/findings/995...

I have found something extremely interesting. A Syrian immigrant named Shewan Aueb was a member of the fascist New Guard in 1930s Australia, with his membership only being revealed after his house was set on fire by people attacking him for being a Guardsmen. #history 🗃️

Unlucky (or lucky for the government perhaps) that a lot of polls are now out of field for the summer so we may not get much idea of impact (if any) of current travel rorts scandal. But I think we'll still get some more polls.

Horrible to see the devastation in Bondi this evening. Violent hate is despicable anywhere, targeting families celebrating a religious festival at the beach is unspeakable. It’s a dark day 😞

#Resolve ALP 35 L-NP 26 Grn 11 ON 14 IND 8 other 6 2PP 55-45 (+2) to ALP by respondent prefs My last election estimate 56.3 to ALP (+1.7)

A new poll means a new update! As I discuss in the updated tracker, the Liberals are in a bad spot right now, and the polls make it clear things aren't going to get better (spoiler: 49% of people have never heard of Ashton Hurn). #saparli #auspol anthonyhistoryrant.blogspot.com/2025/10/sout...

#Fox&Hedgehog SA (state) ALP 41 L-NP 21 Grn 12 ON 13 IND/others 13. 2PP 61-39 to ALP. This is a new polling outfit by former Peter Dutton adviser Michael Horner. It also has this very cute logo.

Not only does NT have the longest-serving LOTO, it also has the longest-serving leader of a parliamentary party affiliated with the federal L/N Coalition: Lia Finocchiaro became CLP leader in Feb 2020 In Qld, David Crisafulli became LNP leader in Nov 2020. All others have changed leaders since 2022

Another small update tonight, as I have noticed that Labor announced their Mount Gambier candidate. I talk about that in the updated tracker, and have added all of tonight's news clips to the Tarzia news. #saparli #auspol anthonyhistoryrant.blogspot.com/2025/10/sout...

I keep finding New Guardsmen who are connected to the Labor party. The Guard's area commander for Katoomba in 1934 eventually became the local Labor party branch's secretary in 1944! What is with this Guard-Labor connection?? #history 🗃️

Vincent Tarzia has stepped down as Liberal Leader in SA only 3 months from the election! That means its time for a new SA politics tracker update! There's also 3 new Greens candidates to discuss on there as well. #saparli #auspol anthonyhistoryrant.blogspot.com/2025/10/sout...

It only gets stranger from here. The ex-Police Sergeant turned New Guardsmen was actually the brother of leader of the federal Labor Party (for 6 years), Matthew Charlton. I'm unsure if this speaks to some insane level of sibling rivalry or what. #history 🗃️

Just found out that a somewhat notable and decorated ex-Police Sergeant was actually a part of the New Guard. One newspaper described him as "the toughest man in the force", seeing as he had apparently been shot at least twice. Interestingly, no obituary mentions his time with the Guard. #history 🗃️

Stopped by a second-hand bookstore today in Melbourne, found this 'gem' (and by that I mean absolute trash). #auspol

This is a serious contender for worst party name in Australian history, as bad as the various slogans Sustainable Aus has inserted into their official name or Online Direct Democracy (a party deliberately without policies) renaming itself Climate Action! Immigration Action! Accountable Politicians!

I can't see this going badly at all, especially when accounts of adults are banned/warned and are forced to give their face/ID to a company which 'claims' to not keep data. Going to be a complete mess. #auspol

'Australia’s major research universities have warned that declining support for the humanities could threaten the country’s ability to operate in its region.' 1/3

With the SA Socialists announcing their new candidates (see them on the candidate list below) and the Greens announcing a load of new environmental policies, it is time for another update of the tracker! #saparli #auspol anthonyhistoryrant.blogspot.com/2025/10/sout...

If this one doesn't break Reddit we don't know what will.

Our book comes out this week!!!

Can I finally pull this out? #auspol

As a quick update, I believe that we'll soon have a deluge of candidates for the South Australian election. The Greens and AJP have their campaign launches next week, One Nation and Legalise Cannabis have begun looking for candidates, and the SA Socialists have their conference soon. #saparli