PA to a Kelpie

Surely “targeting” welfare in order to give tax cuts to the rich is a zero-sum game.

Except for the bureaucratic overhead of doing the means testing of course.

Australia time zones - Tourism Australia Follow our handy guide to Australia's time zones to understand the time in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory

Tourism Australia - your website is here, in case you’ve lost it…

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From @tourismaustralia.bsky.social - Crickets. Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

Surely they interact with social media? Or is communicating with people outside of their scope?

@australianlabor.bsky.social

Party Abandoned By People Under 50 Set To Abandon Their Only Policy Popular With People Under 50 More to come.

So true.

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Why do you not recognise Adelaide or South Australia?

Already struggling to find any ranking, anywhere, where the US is rated in the top 10 healthiest countries. RFK isn’t helping.

Maple Scan Scan any product and find out if it truly supports Canadian businesses. Maple Scan makes it easy.

Is there an Australian version of Maple Scan?

maplescan.ca

Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

Hands up all those who think one of the reasons Labor aren’t interested in changes to taxes as they apply to housing is that many of their MPs will be personally disadvantaged.

@australianlabor.bsky.social

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Just wow. I knew the coalition were in trouble electorally but this report, commissioned for a Liberal think tank, lays it out in stark detail.

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Migrant community marches in favour of making themselves leave Australia – The Chaser A group of white people from immigrant backgrounds have demanded that people like them should "go back to where they came from"

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AI strikes again. At this rate technology could see a backlash not seen since the 19th-century Luddites.

Gotta love South Australia. Pouring with rain, severe weather warning in place and with almost no solar at the moment, still manages 98.9% renewables over the past three days.

Wasn’t listed separately.

Interestingly, this drop very patchy across the country.

Total Automotive Gasoline sales, Jan-Jun 2024-2025:
NSW - Up 0.4%
NT - Down 1.8%
QLD - Down 6.5%
SA - Down 7.8%
TAS - Down 0.2%
VIC - Down 1.0%
WA - Down 9.3%

Queensland led the drop in ethanol blends with a whopping 18% drop.

Note Easter was in April this year but March in 2024 which explains the April figures.

Ping @crikey.com.au @australia.theguardian.com

The Govt has published the sales of petrol for the first half of the year and there are some startling results…
. Overall, petrol sales down over 3%
. Distinct shift to higher quality fuel (to 98+ octane)
. Sales of ethanol blends dropped dramatically - over 11%

Why isn’t this a story?

Of course it’s raining in Adelaide - the Royal Adelaide Show starts on Saturday. Given that it’s such a rain magnet, why don’t they move it to the summer when we need the rain?

David Littleproud vows to take nuclear energy to next election and claims ‘no malice’ behind brief Coalition split Nationals leader rails against regional Australia becoming littered with transmission lines, solar panels and wind turbines at LNP conference

Oh good. Labor are going to win the next election too.

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Shorter Jarrod Bleijie - some of you may die but that's the sacrifice I'm willing to make 😡

Browsing Google Maps reviews can be quite amusing. This is one of the recent best for Burnside Village in Adelaide.

Liberals Criticise Australian Diplomats For Not Licking The Boots Of Foreign Governments That Talk Shit About Us CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian diplomats are facing fierce criticism from within Parliament house for not rolling over and letting more important governments talk shit about us. The Fede...

This ⬇️

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I don’t think many attended the 1936 games either.

Morning. ☕️

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The rest of the world seems to be entering a new phase of engagement with the US.

To start with the world was concerned about Trump’s actions. We worried about Americans and America’s place in world affairs.

Now, to be frank, we don’t care. We are working around the US. It’s becoming irrelevant.

Talking about road user reforms: how about removing the diesel fuel rebate, which gives nothing to roads while subsidising miners?

#Auspol

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EV drivers set to pay road user charges as record number of electric cars selling in Australia PM says sustainable revenue for roads is needed as report shows nearly one in 10 new car sales are electric vehicles

I have no problem paying a road user charge as long as it’s fair. And it’s not fair if it doesn’t:
1. Take account of how far people drive, and
2. Apply to all road users, including EVs, PHEVs, HEVs and ICEs. And mining and farm vehicles driven on roads.
#auspol

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This paints the stark picture that America really is a fading power. I've lived here long enough to know that Americans are beginning to reject new ideas, new technology, and efficiencies. It's a socioeconomic, cultural and political problem that's become deep rooted.

Two points:
1. Try 25-30 years. I’ve had mine for a devade with no drop in output yet. Manufacturers offer a 25-year warranty and they wouldn’t do that if they didn’t last that long.
2. Most parts of a solar panel can be recycled, and are being. Recyclers are available in every state.