Pass the popcorn. Watching two of the most appalling people duke it out for one seat, would be like a WWE Steel
Cage match: Doink the Clown versus the Gobbledy Gooker.*
* I kid you not.
Hanson would have a strong chance of winning Capricornia, but it would still be a leap of faith to leave her safe Senate spot for a fiercely contested race against Canavan.
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"Carpet bomb them all".
Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israel’s elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.
I have zero sympathy for anyone involved in this grotesque farce.
When you travel all the way to DC to go to the home of the most infamous fascist in US history and get ushered into his office alongside a videographer and photographer, you know *exactly* what vile game you're playing.
Disgraceful.
“Large AI firms are shopping around the world trying to sell their snake oil and the price is copyright reform. International creative businesses are looking at Australia and cannot believe the government has been duped.”
The Albanese govt isn’t just risking Australian IP. It is exposing the world.
Labor has introduced a ‘robo assessment’ algorithm to assess aged people for home care packages.
CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE DECIDED BY AN ALGORITHM!
8 out of 10 QLD health professionals said it underestimated levels of need.
It is unacceptable to remove HUMANS from this decision.
The Tech Bros want to strip-mine Australia for their AI. Govt is letting them. Monte Dwyer reckons some serious oversight is in order.
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"It is blatantly irresponsible for politicians like Jess Wilson to be linking legitimate and peaceful protest of Israel’s genocide in Gaza to the Bondi terror attack. We unequivocally condemn her mislabelling of peaceful protest as antisemitic."
@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social statement. #springst
Recently, there was quite a furore in Australia's parliament about invasive species management. It seemed to me there was some misunderstanding about terminology & the very important reasons for controlling some introduced & invasive species. So, I wrote this 👉 theconversation.com/calling-spec...
Angus Taylor lost his job today.Andrew Hastie has taken the leadership position in the Liberal Party.Taylors failure to read the room on the “words matter”/ Helen Haines debate and role play One Nations view on the role of political speech will mean the end of his leadership. Only unknown is When?
Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro.
It's a loss for Trump.
For Musk.
For Milei.
For Netanyahu.
For Farage.
For Meta and Zuckerberg.
For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters.
And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.
So how did Lula come from behind to defeat Bolsonaro?
In short, turnout.
Bolsonaro's vote share barely moved. But Lula banked millions of votes from those who didn't vote in the first round & won eliminated candidates' votes.
A remarkable mobilisation. Second round turnout is usually below first.
Peculiar man behind Hanson's repulsive & rudimentary AI cartoons is a One Nation candidate for Victorian Senate: he says he employs 25 people to make them (ba ha ha). Quite unfathomably, he claims he's a satirist.
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"If Wilson is genuinely concerned with fighting antisemitism, she should explain why her party has not ruled out doing preference deals with One Nation, which has run holocaust deniers for Parliament and has extensive links to neo-nazis and white supremacists.” 💥🎯👏👏👏 #springst#auspol
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...
Hey @albomp.bsky.social have you found time to congratulate Lula in Brazil and the Student List in Serbia for their historic anti-fascist victories today?
If not, pull your finger out and do so on behalf of freedom-loving Australians.
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...
Nobody's shocked that Jason Miller is the one posting Bolsonaro's refusal to concede. Trumpworld isn't just watching Brazil, they're coordinating.
Same playbook, same people, different country. The authoritarian network is global, and it's poison.
Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day.
Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.
Just saw John Howard on the news rallying against the sale of defense public assets - SAVE VICTORIA BARRACKS. Whilst I agree they certainly should not be sold to be knocked down for some grotesque development, it's a bit rich for Howard to be used when under his watch billions of assets were sold
NEW: Trump says Venezuela isn't ready for elections and focuses on its oil, but Rubio has pushed talks between combatant politicians. We went to Caracas to get a look — and to gauge whether the US is prodding the authoritarian rulers toward democracy. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
Noticing increasingly erratic behaviour amongst the COVID-19 antivaxxer cookers?
There's a reason for that. COVID-19 can cause brain damage.
#auspol#health#cookers