From Alex Jones to Elon Musk, far-right figures from around the world have locked onto and amplified the grievances of local anti-immigration protesters.
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From Alex Jones to Elon Musk, far-right figures from around the world have locked onto and amplified the grievances of local anti-immigration protesters.
Glad we are prosecuting these RWNJ thugs. In the US they are given guns and masks and recruited into an arm of the government.
The Gov must release the National Climate Risk Assessment without further delay and well in advance of the 2035 target being set. The only responsible response to climate risk is to set the strongest target to protect our future. Anything less fails 🇦🇺 www.afr.com/politics/fed...
#TaxTheRich #ClassWar #EatTheRich
The blooming of the White Narcissists #auspol #racism #neonazis
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Congratulations to Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social for the most genuine (and appropriate) reaction to a question time answer that I’ve seen in a long while. #FOI #auspol
Australia should look at what Denmark for instance is doing and more www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make... #auspol #youth
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." ― Lao Tzu
The opposite is unthinkable. 🫣😱
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The blooming of the White Narcissusts.
Doing business in NSW. My @smh @theage cartoon.
A bit drastic but if applied to their political donations, I'm all for it!
Still better than the duopoly. Zali Steggal and Monique Ryan have introduced several ethical private member's bills addressing the shortcomings of the duop, including transparency and truth. Pocock is my hero and I want to see more of his calibre swelling the crossbench.
Unquestionably so. Labor's win was a 'hell, no' overreaction to Dutton's RWNJ tactics. I think the swing towards a stronger crossbench with Climate 200-backed independents will come, but it might take several elections until #auspol learns its lessons.
If we solve the first problem, and have power-sharing governments, we are less likely to hand power over to tech robber-barons in the first place. When their money puts their buddies in power we have to cut this off at the knees. Power shared among minor parties and Independents would help. #auspol
That's a good start. it would benefit us locally, but they would find other ways to exploit other markets, I dare say. If we want to limit their power there would need to be a coordinated shift amongst many nations.
The cure on a political level in #auspol is the growth of an ethical crossbench and a minority partisan government. The cure on an economic level is less clear and I don't know how you take billions away from billionaires. The cure on a personal level is to decentralise your Self, and serve others.
There seems to be a common cause for almost all of society's ills, and that is the concentration of power into the hands of the few. It results in corrupt politics, the threat of tech oligarchs and selfish actions. The cure is decentralisation on a political, commercial and personal level. #auspol
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New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem. Read ⤵️ #auspol
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The proposed EV road-user charge is unfair & not what the Productivity Commission recommended. Any road-user charge should be part of a national, equitable reform that applies to all vehicles. It should replace the outdated fuel excise & reflect the true cost and emissions impact of transport.
As the govt prepares to set Australia’s 2035 climate target, ambition must be matched by integrity. Real climate action means cutting emissions at the source, ending fossil fuel expansion, and delivering transparent, accountable reduction pathways across every sector. #75by35 #ClimateAction #auspol
If you really want to fight #racism do it the Aussie way: with ridicule. Go to all their rallies and blast out the Benny Hill show theme song. Nobody's message can survive that ridiculousness. If I wasn't stuck at home with mobility problems, I'd organise this as a national strategy. #auspol
Proud to be cohosting Community Legal Centres Australia this morning as they launch their Vision for Justice - a desperately needed plan for law reform and a more caring and just society
Why hasn’t the media asked anyone in government where the fuck our special envoy to tackle Antisemitism is?
Muster love dogs
Aint it like White people to spend centuries invading and colonizing countries they had no business being in, and then have the gall to turn around and tell immigrants they're not welcome on the land they stole.
“But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 #BookSky
Inspired by this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwxC...
🚨 The age assurance trial report makes the case AGAINST a social media age ban. The risks it identifies - mass surveillance, biometric data collection, Big Tech control, and systematic bias against girls and POC - clearly outweigh any potential benefits.
If you really want to fight #racism do it the Aussie way: with ridicule. Go to all their rallies and blast out the Benny Hill show theme song. Nobody's message can survive that ridiculousness. If I wasn't stuck at home with mobility problems, I'd organise this as a national strategy. #auspol
I don't think it is rare, just in Australia its still a minority, and has no power like it does in the US, emboldened by a racist leader. We've shown that we would never elect someone like that by booting Dutton out of his seat. You can't eliminate it, it will always be with us.
"More than 1500 people currently hold orange sponsored passes that grant them 24/7, all areas access to Parliament House.. We don't know who they are, nor which parliamentarian gave them their access...” @davidpocock.bsky.social #auspol
I don't think it is rare, just in Australia its still a minority, and has no power like it does in the US, emboldened by a racist leader. We've shown that we would never elect someone like that by booting Dutton out of his seat. You can't eliminate it, it will always be with us.
And let's not forget their big hit, 'My canary has circles under its eyes.'
From Subjects to Citizens: Why the Fifth Estate Matters Now. Democracy Watch AU: a framework to empower Australians to hold politicians, governments, institutions & media accountable. Democracy only works when citizens demand accountability, not blind trust. suebarrett.substack.com/p/from-subje...
We'll never get rid of #racism in Australia, as it's human nature to default to paranoia and fear of the 'other.' The best we can hope for is they remain a minority. The national turnout for Palestine recently far outnumbered the paltry anti-immigration showing yesterday. That gives me hope #auspol
For decades the world's biggest above-ground tank - located 7km from Darwin- has been leaking huge quantities of LNG- possibly the equivalent of millions of tonnes of C02.
Go awee, Renay
Labor’s shifting views on Gaza leave a trail of mixed messages and abandoned tactics www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/05/l...
Even with all the tech difficulties, its still 100 times better than Backsliders. Sorry, Insiders. 😏
Liberalism is not going to save us: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Hello Tony. Just a reminder that as one of the Twelve Steps for TA [Truthaholics Anonymous], it is David Speers who has to apologize to you. #insiders #SundayShot
Ha ha ha! Brilliant. He can do it at the end as his own top tip. 😆
Inquiry asks Jillian Segal for her "wide base of research" on Antisemitism Plan. Citing "security & privacy", she declines. Emma Thomas reports. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/secret-antis...
Why Materialism is Baloney by Bernardo Kastrup
Hi. My name is Tony and I'm a truthaholic. It's been 9 months since my last #Insiders episode and I feel I'm finally cured of the delusion that it was the best place to get grade-A #auspol analysis. However - and its not really a problem - now I'm addicted to my #SundayShot Join me, won't you?
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BREAKING: yesterday Labor rightly condemned anti-migrant rallies. The same day they signed a $400m plus secret deal with Nauru to allow them to forcibly deport up to 100,000 people without their consent. Labor’s dog whistle politics is so much part of the problem.
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
As someone who is immunocompromised I'm not feeling safe in America today. The good news is that I already didn't feel safe in America.
Politics will never be fair until we remove corporate capture from decision-making. The duopoly will never do that. Our only hope is to populate the crossbench with ethical Independents. It will take some time for a shift like this to happen, but I believe it will come.
Here's how we get nice things - or even just the bare minimum needed to survive: make the rich pay their fair share. #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/actu-pl...
BOOM. The federal appeals court rules Trump's tariffs illegal, because they are. There's no national emergency, and so the power to tariff a country rests with Congress. Trump admin has lost at every stage of the process, but stay tuned for the Supremes to chime in.
We wouldn't know about the dark corners of parliament house and all the dodgy deals that go on in the shadows if it weren't for #Independents like David Pocock. If you want a fairer #auspol then elect more like him. Ditch the duopoly and fire the lobbyists. Vote for integrity and honesty.
Want a fairer Australia where we understand these facts and can do something about them? Elect more Independent equality warriors like the Pococks and Steggals. Representatives who are repping us and not the big end of town. #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When buying an apartment is becoming impossible, we need to start discussing what went wrong.
"If we thought the smoking lobby was strong, they are minnows compared to the carbon lobby. "The integrity of our government & our ability to make sensible decisions which are good for the planet is seriously compromised." - Geoff Crittenden, CEO of Weld Australia 🎧 theaus.in/4fVKGQJ #auspol
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Its possible but only if you get rid of Trump and Vance. A new government might strengthen a few checks and balances to prevent another MAGA takeover but not enough. Politicians are very slow to change, even in the face of disaster. They rarely learn their vital lessons. I live in Bundaberg, Qld.
“Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.” Jeanette Winterson's 10 rules of writing (which apply to much more in life) www.themarginalian.org/2018/09/05/j...
I think only Trump's death in office will offer a chink of hope. Vance does not enjoy the same toadying obeisance that the Orange-utan does. He is more a puppet and that may be worse for the regime: the US will be run by Thiel and other puppet-masters. #USpol
#Trump will simply eject them from the press pool without answering. Everybody knows he lies; its enough that he's called out after the fact. This is how he operates; bulldozing the news cycle with BS so you stop paying attention. America is f#cked and I'm not sure how it turns around.
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AUKUS won't make Australia safer. It makes Australia vulnerable, and compromises our ability to make independent decisions about our security. “Australian money is flushing into the US submarine construction system - a billion USD so far, with another billion by year's end. - Allan Behm #auspol
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
I've written to the Australian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General raising serious concerns about Commissioner Lorraine Finlay joining the Gold Coast ‘Mayors Anti-Semitism summit’. You can't fight hate by standing on a platform with hate.
The government's been sitting on its climate risk report for months; its credibility is at stake. As the saner Nationals (not Barnaby) are saying, every farmer knows that climate risk is "not theoretical, it’s personal, and it’s growing.”
I don’t know about you, but seeing these three together makes me feel a whole lot less safe. Marles handing over our cash with the same rote lines about shared history and values, and the other two grinning like cats about to eat a mouse. Time to end AUKUS and save us from this.
There is zero chance the 2026 elections will be free or fair
Red lines. My @smh cartoon.
A.I. will never gain human sentience. A.I is a simulation of certain human mental functions. A simulation can never become the thing simulated. Consciousness does not arise from matter so it can never arise from computation. Consciousness is fundamental.
This is not a choice any old Australian should have to make. We need to do better than this. Govt must release more home care packages now - there is no good reason to delay until November. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Can someone please ask Minister Marles about those shared values again
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” James Baldwin
We need more champions of truth and transparency in the halls of government. Vote #independent and Greens. They are the conscience and backbone of parliament, and the only way we'll get a true democracy. #auspol
These lies are like their father that begets them, gross as a mountain, open, palpable. Why, thou clay-brain’d guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-catch—
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I've been a Disney subscriber for a few weeks now, and while I've never been big on the whole super-hero thang, I finally get why we need the Mandalorians and Matt Murdochs (Daredevil) to inspire us. It's because we don't see any courage in our leaders. We need more rebels against the empire #auspol
Its an attractive idea but how it is funded is crucial. If it allows corporate funding like the current duopoly then its doomed. I think #auspol has a better future with a power-sharing government with an ethical crossbench full of #Independents. Big money has to disappear from politics.
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Breaking! We have just found out that the Albanese Government plans to pay hundreds of millions for building houses for US troops and foreign arms companies using a secret AUKUS “cost-sharing” deal with Donald Trump.
“Watt’s predecessor, Tanya Plibersek, was on the brink of a deal with the crossbench to establish a federal EPA before Anthony Albanese intervened to avoid a pre-election backlash in Western Australia.”
It's just gone 8am and I have already cried (Israel's latest war crime in Gaza) and choked on a cupcake (Richard Marles will fix Aukus, environmental laws 'fast tracked' so come join live.australiainstitute.org.au
Our national environment laws are failing, allowing destruction to roll on while threatened species slip closer to extinction. Good to see the Govt focussed on reform. Success must be measured on how well reforms protect the places & species we love. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
I've been a Disney subscriber for a few weeks now, and while I've never been big on the whole super-hero thang, I finally get why we need the Mandalorians and Matt Murdochs (Daredevil) to inspire us. It's because we don't see any courage in our leaders. We need more rebels against the empire #auspol
There it is folks: the betrayal (resources sell out) of the Australian people. Lucianne Tonti’s Norway comparisons are instructive. 👇👇
None of these people understand the Trump administration.
Don't rely on our duopoly leaders for straight-talking and clear thinking. This is how you talk the talk on #AUKUS. Will the duop walk the walk? We need more voices like Senator Shoebridge in the halls of power to pressure them. Vote #independent and #Greens. #auspol