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Older people have been saying this for months. Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, under-assessing need and priority, denying care and driving up waitlists. It's past time to bin the whole thing and put humans back in charge of decision-making.

David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood” Who is she partnering with? 🚩

Seriously? You're the goddam prime minister, presiding over a deliberately destroyed welfare system.

'Shared values.'

The Brethren should have lost their tax-free status back in 2007. The evidence it was a political operation was overwhelming. Is it going to be let off the hook again? Or are we finally going to put a stop to this political interference? #auspol

Idiot.

There are concentration camps in the USA. These monsters must be defeated and prosecuted.

Nearly 20 times as many Australians have Chinese heritage as Jewish. Ever hear them speak?

Is Rubio talking about Cuba or the United States in that description?

Since when have the CIA been 'discrete'?

“Discrete”

fascinating. In lower courts, the wheels of “justice” criminalise people born in poverty at around two minutes per matter, with collateral consequences for a lifetime, screened out of tenancy applications, jobs, the legal economy. But this guy. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

I have a lot of respect for a lot of journalists trying to make sense of this week’s events. But what I’ve mainly taken away from the bulk of the analysis is how out of touch most of our media and political class are with the lives of ordinary people

Methane...

The violence we still refuse to name - Ronni Salt "What Albanese signals to Australian men with his endless happy snaps with Trump, is that treating women like dirt is just fine, that hanging around with rapists is a good thing because, well, because." theshot.net.au/news/opinion...

I can’t express just how absolutely grotesque it is to take a very recent and horrific crime which, if anything, can be tied to our culture’s ongoing indifference to male violence against women, and try through anguished mental gymnastics to blame it instead on people who want to stop a genocide

Part of the problem #auspol

Judge Scott Nash has ordered that NSW police provide internal documents the defence team had subpoenaed, which "would include communications between police, the premier, other NSW cabinet ministers and their staff. The papers would also cover directions by senior police to officers."

💯 “The attack on Helen Haines has been presented as a singular tragedy, a shocking departure from the ordinary, rather than as a manifestation of a problem that Australian women have been describing for generations.” Thanks for naming what I’ve been thinking this week @ronnisalt.bsky.social #auspol

A reminder, Russia was responsible for the shooting down on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which killed 27 Australians. And this is our AUKUS partner with whom according to Richard Marles we have "shared values"

Excellent news

"[Chevron's] taxable income was over $9.8B, resulting in an estimated profit margin of a whopping 57%. It’s easy to make incredible profits when the raw material is given to you for virtually free." michaelwest.com.au/passing-the-... no wonder coles and woolies cry poor over profit margins ~3%!!

If read nothing else about all this, then read this thread — written before the attack, by a local with a direct professional interest.

Why? Just the angry stuff on social media? How convenient. This country no longer has social housing, a welfare system, or a functioning mental health system. We pretend we do, but we don't. Those have been degraded and now destroyed, by successive governments since Howard's.

michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-... Palantir has been lobbying the Government to control the National Disability Insurance Scheme”s (NDIS) data, potentially exposing Australia’s most vulnerable. Claudia Weisenberger reports.

This is an incredibly dangerous precedent and confirms all the dangers of AUKUS - wargaming Australia as the base for a US war with China - and us even paying for it. We need to end AUKUS before this becomes real.

Having a presenter on the ABC, who maintained a list of left-leaning people and called it “Lobotomised Shitheads”, talking about what has happened to Helen Haines, and wringing her hands about how people can lower the political temperature, is more than I can stomach. #AusPol

Morning. ☕️

Helen Haines is the very best of people. She's respected and loved by every person in our Parliament. Those of us lucky enough to know her are praying for Helen and her family, team and community tonight.

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Pelvic organ prolapse - bladder or vaginal - affects about 1 in 12 Australian women. It's often linked to physical strain, heavy lifting or past childbirth. It’s uncomfortable and debilitating.

Jacqui Lambie has shown courage and honesty in speaking of her experience of vaginal prolapse. She’s talked about an awkward subject to make it easier for other affected women. Pauline Hanson thinks that's worth making fun of. One Jacqui Lambie is worth 1,000 Pauline Hansons.

I’ve always admired the French name for such - la manifestation. Reminds me that it has arisen for … reasons. (Swimming goggles, mask and yogurt always in my bag - yogurt for pepper spray though, not tear gas - fyi. Stay safe.)

Still shaking my head in disgust that #Pauline #Hanson #OneNation did this to Jacqui #Lambie.

Howard’s maaates. This is what you get if you vote Liberal. #AusPol

When someone tells you who they are, believe them! Pauline Hanson's cartoon making fun of Jacquie Lambie for suffering from a debilitating medical condition is as low as I've seen her go...so far! Remember this moment when you go to vote, then choose someone else, in fact choose ANYONE else. 🤬🤬🤬

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk personally proposed slowing down Ukraine’s Starlink access, and Trump agreed, The Telegraph reports, citing four sources. Musk reportedly later feared backlash from European customers and publicly denied responsibility, blaming the White House instead.

Little more personal today x www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...

“Israeli terrorists attack European diplomats”

I requested a Govt Dept’s #FOI Procedure Manual. The Dept released it to me, EXCEPT for the part that describes what happens AFTER the Minister is sent a copy of the decision but BEFORE the applicant is sent a copy of the decision. 🤷‍♂️ #skullduggery #auspol

The IDF is addicted to murdering children, aid workers, and journalists. Anyone with any links to the IDF or Israeli govt should be regarded as a war criminal.

You can say that the leadership of this one is worse than that one, or that the hazards of one militarisation exceed those of another (often dubious), but the recent actions are unchanged by that. The significant aggressors here are not reasonably in dispute.

And the United States either is the aggressor or is a supporter of the aggressor in each case. We ought to reassess our position regards supposed 'shared values'.

Andrew Gee fires up slamming Ben Small for “providing a protection racket” for Plymouth Brethren Gareth Hales after the church leader can’t even answer on if he has any concern about two of his members engaging Linda Reynolds to access a secure AEC database. 🔥 Just disgraceful.

It's easy to lose perspective. Note again: 1. Russia invaded Ukraine, twice in 10 years. Ukraine did not invade Russia. 2. The US attacked Iran. Iran did not attack the US. 3. Israel is invading Palestine, near continuously. Palestinians only briefly invaded a small area of southern Israel.