Mr Denmore

Reading Naomi Klein’s new book on ‘End Times Fascism’ while hearing about Australia’s own descent into madness with the Hansonistas. Where are the grown ups in the room. Are there any left?? This quote sums it up for me:

AUKUS was sold as a way to strengthen Australia’s defence. Its deeper purpose is to bind Australia into US military strategy against China and make American security dependent on Australian participation, Mike Gilligan writes. #auspol #AUKUS #Defence

Having met Shoebridge, I think Albanese should be worried. Shoebridge is tough, smart and instinctive. a killer combo in politics. Australia needs a real opposition given hollowman Albanese's effective coaltion with the right. I'm not sure how the ALP rusted-ons live with themselves.

Netanyahu denies receiving warnings before Hamas’s 7 October attack. But reports now point to alerts from both the UAE and Egypt, while a source says he privately sought a denial from the Emirati president, Jack Khoury and The Associated Press report. #Israel #October7

The RBA raising interest rates for the 4th time this year due to rising oil prices arising from a foreign war. Those prices are a tax on consumers and hit young workers the hardest. Cashed-up and debt-free boomers like me benefit from higher rates. Criminal madness by the RBA.

Greens looking good in NZ election campaign. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

The New Testament according to Trump.

The Middle East is on fire but the tabloid blow-ins at ABC News are leading their morning news bulletin with car crashes and domestics. Why I prefer SBS.

In what universe do the imbeciles in the ALP think that continuing to kowtow to Trump’s insane regime and the Murdoch crime family is good politics? Someone needs to roll that spineless lisping prick

How predictable. The supremely cynical Albo stitching up a deal with the Coalition on gambling ‘reform’. Another victory for ‘sensible centrism’

80% of Australians support a complete ban on gambling advertising. It’s time the government got on board. Join the campaign today to call on the federal government to protect young Australians from the predatory gambling industry and free our feeds from gambling ads.

With the two major parties clearly owned by the US security establishment, the defence lobby and the Sinophobes, Australia needs a referendum on AUKUS or give up on the pretence that we are a working democracy.

Demarcation dispute in legacy media land. “We will decide how bullying is defined and who is bullied,” writes septugenarian shockjock Neil Michell from his own bully pulpit. www.smh.com.au/national/the...

Today’s podcast: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t... At Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/58CY...

Where are all the 'freedom' warriors when an artist loses his job for dedicating a piece of music to journalists killed in Gaza? MSO clearly is putting the sponsorship dollars from the vile Zionist lobby ahead of artistic integrity. theconversation.com/the-mso-and-...

What is it with the gerontocracy in the USA? People just hanging on forever in Congress and the Supreme Court well into their dotage, blocking younger people with new ideas and when they should be out in the garden with their grandkids enjoying retirement.

‘The significance of Harry’s reunion meeting with his father, King Charles, cannot be overstated,’ gravely intones the ABC News reporter. Actually, it can and you just did.

What is wrong with the ALP in its refusal to tackle the gambling industry?? Is there anyone with a conscience in that party ready to speak out? It just defies reason

I’m another baby boomer who has done well out of the house price lottery. But I also want to see prices become more affordable so my adult children are not shut out of the market. I really don’t understand why Angus Taylor and the looney Libs find that so hard to understand. Anyone??

Reminder to the press gallery as they roll out the boilerplate language on tax reform changes. This is what a ‘backflip’ looks like:

Essential reading for Australians👇👇👇👇👇 Foreign interference in Aus politics Thanks @auspoldaily.bsky.social for such clear articulation

A new book focusing on media coverage of Gaza - like the recent ABC 7.30 report interview with a flotilla victim - shows how judgements regularly made in other contexts become controversial only when applied to the state of Israel.

Israeli police force Gaza flotilla activists to kneel with hands bound, video shows - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

@rob-rogers.bsky.social

Amid the media's hysterical pearl clutching over the Budget, ask yourself: If by some miracle the Libs regained power, would they restore the Howard era CGT discount and NG regime? The answer is NO. Both fiscal reality & demographics are against them. It's all noise and confected outrage, folks.

Journo to Albo: ‘Will you apologise to the people who voted for you after you said you wouldn’t change CGT or negative gearing?” Umm, I don’t think the geared up spivs concerned about losing their tax perks ever voted for the ALP.

If the Libs’ identity crisis explains One Nation and the inevitability of a coalition between the two, surely the ALP will finally twig that its own demise will only be prevented by enfranchising its left flank and forming a coalition with the Greens?

The electorate in Farrer

I see the Bondi Royal Commission has devolved into ‘someone once said something nasty to me because I am Jewish’. We all despise prejudice against ANYONE based on race or religion but why is legitimate criticism of the state of Israel over genocide of Palestinians always recast as anti-semitism?

The recommendations from the interim report of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion are tentative, lightweight and backed by scarcely any supporting analysis. Paddy Gourley urges Commissioner Bell to take into account in her final recommendations the Netanyahu government' s resp…

Schoolboy stuff, except the kids are better behaved. The lower the stakes with these clowns the lower the behaviour. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

To join the latest US initiative to open the Strait of Hormuz, the Maritime Freedom Construct, while hostilities continue would make Australia an accessory to the international crime of waging an aggressive war, says Crispin Hull. #Iranwar #auspol

Someone is going to have to explain to me how raising interest rates domestically lowers global oil prices. ‘When the only tool you have is a hammer…’ #RBAclueless

Read more: mnth.ly/P0s7PKu

Australia Institute research shows Australia’s gas tax system is failing – billions in exports, but falling returns to the public. These are Australia’s resources. It’s time we get a fair return. ✍️ Add your name to the petition calling for a 25% tax on gas exports: https://theaus.in/3OIgCP4

Great interview w @punterspolitics.bsky.social on 7am podcast this arvo. It’s worth understanding why the system doesn’t think Aussies own our mined resources. It’s a century of hard work to fight decolonized countries thinking we had a say in our wealth. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...