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Trying to get a home of your own? Quilpie might give you a start but you might have to buy a kit home and build it yourself. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

abc.net.auAlbanese faces stark choice if Trump escalates Iran warEveryone grows up, grows older and learns in Canberra that the politics of passion give way to the business of governing and pragmatism.

Captured PM. Anthony Albanese was among 41 MPs to publicly oppose the Iraq war. Now he's PM, he isn't so keen to break with the US over Iran. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Australia Post CEO reveals 'mind-blowing' bonus Australia Post's chief executive Paul Graham has told an estimates hearing he received a $1.2 million executive bonus on top of his $1.64 million base salary. ABC

abc.net.auFlávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil 'on plane to US' after election lossBrazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has fled the country for the US after his passports were cancelled and he refused to accept his election defeat, local media and sources say.

Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil 'on plane to US' after losing election The senator lost a presidential election earlier this week to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and was later ordered to hand in his passport to authorities in relation to a money laundering probe. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auOne Nation colouring book intended for kids depicts Bluey being robbedBluey and Robert Irwin being robbed, and Chris Bowen as a cyborg, are among the depictions in a book given to children at a regional show.

One Nation Colouring Book for kids, depicts Bluey being robbed. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auLive: No clear winner in Israel election as opposition bloc stares down NetanyahuIsraelis have cast their vote for the nation's next prime minister overnight, but we won't know who the country's next leader will be for weeks. Join our experts for a live explanation of why.

Israel's PM Netanyahu likely to win most seats, exit polls show www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Our government at work. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

theguardian.comGuardian Essential poll: One Nation’s primary vote climbs again as Coalition’s sinks to lowest level yetMore than half of Australians want to see the country’s migrant intake lowered while One Nation’s primary vote climbs to 25%

"More than half of Australians want to see the country’s migrant intake lowered while One Nation’s primary vote climbs to 25%" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It's a worry. Who knows who we're passing in the street these days.

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This.

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Voice of Rabbis If you're Jewish or non-Jewish, please, let the world know: Video from Monroe New York, The message was unmistakable: “We oppose and have no part in Zionism and State of israel” Not fringe. Not small.

Thanks Inko.

themonthly.com.auTech, truth and the decline in democracyIn his Thea Astley Address at the Byron Writers Festival, the celebrated journalist used the occasion to reflect on the perfect storm that is destroying our politics

Totally agree.

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Kerry O’Brien:What’s left of the democracy we thought we had? In the eyes of many Australians, government is a hollowed-out husk of what it once was, with limited will and capacity to plan for, let alone exercise, a measure of sovereign control over technology.. www.themonthly.com.au/october-2026...

theguardian.comGuardian Essential poll: One Nation and Labor’s primary vote on par as discontent with Albanese risesThe prime minister’s disapproval rating increases to 56%, the equal highest in Essential polls since he took the job in 2022

Is that all? The prime minister’s disapproval rating increases to 56%, the equal highest in Essential polls since he took the job in 2022 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theklaxon.com.auRacist One Nation stickers attacking Lidia Thorpe - The KlaxonOne Nation has been selling racist stickers attacking Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe, depicting her as disheveled and on her hands and knees, along with the words “you stole my land”.

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What is it that attracts Australians to this?? One Nation has been selling racist stickers attacking Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe, including depicting her as disheveled on all fours, yelling “you stole my land”. theklaxon.com.au/racist-one-n...

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Hate peddlers.

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theklaxon.com.auHate funder Rinehart silent on violence - cites herself - The KlaxonThe biggest funder of both One Nation and far-right lobby group Advance is refusing to say whether the political entities should tone down their hateful rhetoric.

crikey.com.auRead the f***ing room, data centre companies: you offer nothing but dislocationFor many voters, AI and the data centres it requires look like the ultimate neoliberal reform: disruption and higher costs while the benefits flow to the elite.

Opposition to data centres is surging while investor scepticism is mounting. It’s a rare combination, one reflecting the failure of the data centre industry to demonstrate benefit. Indeed, for many Australians, AI is a classic “economic reform” that offers dislocation while corporations profit.

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nb.australiainstitute.org.au✍️ PETITION: Protect abortion access in Australia

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I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Protect abortion access in Australia! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/abortion

Two men abducted by US servicement from a US military installation in Scotland. Tell me again about why we need the US to take over our military installations in Australia?

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#auspol #australia #vicpol #victoria #antirightwing

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We condemn the political threats made by Opposition Leader Jess Wilson on Sunday and reject her misleading connection between protest of Israel’s genocide and the horrific Bondi attack. Protesting a livestreamed genocide is not antisemitic. Our release: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/10/jewi...

greens.scotGreens call for expulsion of US troops following abductionGreens call for expulsion of US troops following abduction - Scotland must stand against lawless White House.

Who's happy about having Americans running our military bases? greens.scot/news/greens-...

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Taps sign. See?

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Almost 150,000 Australians are being hit with Centrelink repayment debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method. It was a similar method to that used in Robodebt, and tallied up $4.4 billion in debts over two decades.

au.finance.yahoo.comCentrelink 'hounding' Australians to pay back billions in debt calculated by 'unlawful' methodAlmost 150,000 Australians are being hit with Centrelink repayment debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method.

On Albo's post about the Kmart wishing tree - he's getting flattened. We pay our taxes to cover the needs of all Australians. But it's now going to the American war machine, Israeli weapons manufacturers and fossil fuel multinationals.

Clare O'Neill : "These platforms are profiting off people treating each other with disrespect, anger, aggression and abuse, then they play dumb at the devastating social effects that are happening across the country."

From The Greens. Tomorrow, Senator David Shoebridge will deliver a major address to the National Press Club, live on ABC TV and iView from 12:30 pm AEDT, setting out our vision for Australia's future.

Soo much power... Anthropic listing | Anthropic has filed for a public listing on the US stock market with the projected valuation of more than $1.5tn expected to make it one of the largest in market history.

Then compare with Albanese. Social media can work in reverse, as well.

Criticise the Qld Govt, and no matter how useful you are for however many decades, you will lose your funding. YOU WILL OBEY! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comChildren’s legal centre that criticised Queensland government has funding slashedYouth Advocacy Centre loses 19 staff in move Labor and the Greens say is designed to silence government critics

How very Queensland Government. The Queensland government has been accused of using public money in a “vindictive” attack on one of its chief critics after it stripped funding from a 45-year-old community legal centre for children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comAustralians should prepare for online services to go down unexpectedly as threats rise, cyber agency warnsAustralian Signals Directorate chief says advanced AI tools are needed to defend against ‘AI-enabled attackers’

It's all sounding more and more dire. Threats here, there and everywhere, apparently... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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michaelwest.com.auTunnel Vision. Snowy case to blow secrecy lid off $100b in government contracts - Michael WestMinisters get monthly updates on the cost and performance of Snowy Hydro but don't share it with the public. Rex Patrick's FOI court battles

Good luck Rex.

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The Govt enters into $100B worth of contracts each year, all with confidentiality terms that prevent citizens from knowing if the contractor is performing well. If I win in the Full Federal Court next week, that’ll all change. #transparency #Snowy #auspol

We know the Guardian would never admit that the "rising tide of anger" could have anything to do with our government supporting a genocide and changing our laws, stealing our freedoms, in order to suit Israel. Yet another example of avoidance of the truth. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

theguardian.comHaines tribute speeches to open parliament, but Labor mustn’t overlook broader causes of boiling anger | Josh ButlerPoverty, health and dislocation are fuelling political anger. Labor can’t ignore this in response to alleged attack on Indi MP

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the robustness of Australian democracy should not be conflated with a rising tide of rage. Robustness of Australian democracy? 😏🙄 Why is there a rising tide of rage, Albanese? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

michaelwest.com.auBHP v Simon Turner. One Nation knew, what did they do? - Michael WestDid Pauline Hanson's PHON abandon workers in favour of mining company largesse? Michael West checks the politics behind Simon Turner v BHP.

OMG. This is quite a story. michaelwest.com.au/bhp-v-simon-...

michaelwest.com.auTrump unleashes on Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub - Michael WestDonald Trump has ramped up his criticism of Norway while addressing MAGA supporters at a political rally, complaining that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Gawd! He's still going on about the Nobel Prize. Donald Trump has ‌escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a “shit house country”, ‌saying Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel ‌committee, based in the capital Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize.