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In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan If you want to govern effectively, you have to be prepared to stand up to powerful interest groups. It’s now clear Albanese isn’t prepared to do that.

The ‘state’ in the form of major political parties and the governments they form from time to time are fully CAPTURED by multinational mining and resources conglomerates and the foreign governments that support their interests (also likely captured to more or less extent).
Plus unions - for 330 jobs

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Who can stand in the way
When there’s a dollar to be made
On the wings of a six-pack
Will we ever learn
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Powerful unions back Woodside project extension Australia’s biggest union has intervened in the Albanese government’s considerations over the future of Woodside’s North West Shelf project.

Text book example of why ALP will not lead Oz to do what’s needed on climate change. Unions control party & govt decision making. 75,000 members, a small fraction of which would be affected by this one project, are the tail that wags the dog on a huge decision covering 4 decades of CO2 emissions.
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Something to keep in mind while the LNP persist with their nuclear nonsense.
#auspol

What the gas giants knew all along The risks to the climate of rising carbon dioxide emissions, and the role of fossil fuels, were recognised by the founding chair of Australia’s leading industry group more than 50 years ago.

Also worth reading in conjunction with another story I published last year where the founding chair of the organisation today known as Australian Energy Producers was aware that burning oil, gas and coal had the potential to alter the climate in 1969.

APAN President Nasser Mashni says he welcomes today’s strong language by the PM on Israel but says it’s come too late, says Israel is “not a democracy, it’s a rogue apartheid genocidal state, headed up by a war criminal. It’s time for Australia to do more than just talk…” #Abc

I’ve no idea but while reading this my thoughts were solely focused on why it’s so important to keep voting Independents into our Parliament! Indies are backed by their communities…but god only knows what ‘questionable’ factional deals lurk behind ALP preselections!

If Senator Murray Watt approves the North West Shelf extension, his legacy will forever be as the man who destroyed the oldest rock art on the planet.

It will be an act of vandalism so gross that nothing he can do in politics thereafter could counter the damage.

The coalition failed the teals not only because they failed to pre-select women in winnable seats but they also had the wrong policies for them.

I am sick of people thinking Independents would be Liberals. You can tell the fundamental difference by the tables they meet around.

Indies meet at kitchen & cafe tables to discuss how to help constituents.

Liberals meet at board room tables to be told how to benefit corporates.

We can count a litany of male centered films. I’m really not trying to be argumentative. I want people to understand how hard this world, despite all our progress, is on women.

David Littleproud says the Nats want an energy system that doesn't 'tear up the landscape' ie renewables.

David, David, David ...

#auspol #ClimateCrisis #LeaveFossilFuelsInTheGround

The reason that UK wholesale power prices are linked at the hip to wholesale gas prices is that gas sets the wholesale price of power 98% time – vs just 7% of time in FR

(This due to "marginal pricing", used in most power and commodity markets)
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Antony Green - elections on X: "With no votes left to count, Liberal Tim Wilson has defeated Independent Zoe Daniel to win Goldstein by 128 votes." / X With no votes left to count, Liberal Tim Wilson has defeated Independent Zoe Daniel to win Goldstein by 128 votes.

Damn, what a shame. Sad to lose Daniel from Parliament.
#Goldstein

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Absolutely right Helen. The LNP moan about loosing farm land to renewables. What a load of shit!
You can have both. You can’t if you’ve got a huge pit in the ground.

Nats farmers don’t want any pesky govt biz on “their country”

Nats & Libs split as a coalition. Littleproud says the Libs are on a journey of “rediscovery”

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I doubt the downward trajectory the Libs are on will lead to a rediscovery of common sense.

Meanwhile, they are sure to reunite again as an election nears & numbers are more important than animosities

The number of Labor women in the HoR is actually monumental. Like, listing the names of women in each party and... just, wow.

#AusPol #AusVotes

NO MORE COALITION!
This is Yuge!
#Auspol

AEC ✏️ on X: "@chick_mum @AntonyGreenElec Goldstein was waiting on a very small number of additional votes from final postal sorting & dispatch back to home electorates after Friday's receipt deadline. Scrutineers are due at Goldstein's counting centre at midday for the final small 1st preference & TCP counts to start." / X @chick_mum @AntonyGreenElec Goldstein was waiting on a very small number of additional votes from final postal sorting & dispatch back to home electorates after Friday's receipt deadline. Scrutineers are due at Goldstein's counting centre at midday for the final small 1st preference & TCP counts to start.

Appears #Goldstein final counting might be happening Tue afternoon, finally!
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Boele, she wrote: The Bradfield independent appears to have claimed blue-ribbon Liberal seat 'Voices of Bradfield' candidate Nicolette Boele has become the community movement’s only win in 2025, defeating her Liberal opponent by a hair.

When I spoke to provisional Bradfield MP Nicolette Boele last year, I found perhaps the most teal teal to ever teal.

The self-described policy wonk was one of the most enthusiastic candidates, enthusiasm that got her into trouble at a hairdresser mid-campaign...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/20/n...

Husic is right – Albanese is too timid about the challenges ahead Deposed Labor cabinet minister Ed Husic threw down the gauntlet to the Albanese Government last week when he challenged it to “burn through the timidity that has shackled us in the first term”.

Albanese has spent more time since the election warning of overreach and hubris, than developing a narrative or platform for what may ultimately turn into a nine-year Labor period in office. #auspol #alboMP

One of the definitions of the word mandate is ‘the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party or candidate that wins an election’ so, no Dave, you don’t have a mandate.

So according to Dave Sharma, getting “smashed” in a record landslide after going to the election opposing Labor’s Tax on ppl with 3mill+ Super, means they now have a “mandate” to keep opposing this tax?

How does that work?🤦‍♂️🤣 no wonder they never learn. Ever. #QandA

Speak Truth to Power....

Can slow votes from Nairobi save Zoe Daniel? (Probably not) Liberals Tim Wilson and Gisele Kapterian maintain leads over teal independents Daniel and Nicolette Boele, but formal results await postal votes.

Source is AFR:
www.afr.com/politics/fed...

“Liberal Gisele Kapterian still holds a 43-vote lead over independent Nicolette Boele.
Despite having 340 votes on hand, AEC did not conduct any counting on Friday, judging there were too few to bother to call staff and scrutineers in – especially with more postal votes to add and a recount likely.”

Why? What happened that led to the change of plan? Extraordinary no update whatsoever today.

Chris Kenny has lost the plot -accusing Hannah Ferguson of being a ‘far-left activist sprouting partisan rubbish’🙄

Hypocrisy from a far-right sprouter of partisan RW rubbish

Ferguson is a strong voice for LW politics, calls out media bias & will run in 2028 Senate

& Kenny is trying to silence her