After two years of genocide in Gaza, western media still privileges Israeli lives Mainstream coverage of the Israel-Hamas captives exchange exposes western media's enduring pro-Israel bias, as Israelis are humanised while Palestinians are erased from view

After two years of genocide in Gaza, western media still privileges Israeli lives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/even-after-two-years-genocide-gaza-western-media-still-privilege-israeli-lives

No. 3?

None of this passes the pub test - The Shot Jillian Segal’s report, the entire double-spaced, decorative and glossy 16 pages of it, is largely insulting dross.

None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social
I am deeply disturbed by the Zionist agenda being pushed by your Govt's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal. The Australian Federal Court has ruled that opposing Zionism and criticising Israel's genocide in Gaza is NOT anti-Semitic. I agree with Dr Max Kaiser. 👇 #auspol

I'm in the occupied West Bank for the Irish Times, as Ireland deliberates whether to become the first European country to ban trade from Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law.
Here is my first report: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

Blame John Howard for enabling super to be used as an inheritance fund instead of just being for funding people’s retirement as Hawke and Keating set it up to be

Super changes will hit those with millions but they say the impact could be devastating This farming family has millions in super but proposed reforms have left them in a position where they may have to sell the farm.

Seriously ABC?!!

World War 3!? Whose idea was that? | First Dog on the Moon The world is up in arms and maybe even ending! What is going on. I’m frightened!

Yes.
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Stop encouraging investors buying property What else is a bad productivity investment? Residential land. It adds bugger all. But Australians devote far too much capital to property – almost 2.5 times that of the US: GRAPH SHOWING THAT THE VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STOCK IN AUSTRALIA IS 4 TIMES OUR ANNUAL GDP WHILE IN THE USA IT IS JUST 1.5 TIMES Our tax system encourages this with the 50% capital gains tax discount and negative gearing, while also reducing housing affordability.

Want to improve productivity? Stop incentivising buying investment properties - they generate basically no productivity growth.

The amount of money we have in housing is absurd, even compared to the USA
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Two frames. Frame 1: mum and child walking on street with Aboriginal flag on wall behind. Child says “what is Reconciliation Week mum?” Mum replies “That’s when we try to reconcile the entrenched systemic disadvantage of First Nation people…Frame 2: view from behind, mum continues “…with the refusal to recognise their Voice in the Constitution ‘because it might give them an unfair advantage…’ “

Reconciliation.
My @smh cartoon.

Chart showing that even if someone starts work today aged 18 on $106,000 and gets a 3.7% pay rise every ever, they will still only have $2.1m in super when they retire

Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break?

First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??

Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...

There's a lot of fearmongering about a potential modest change to super tax concessions.

As Greg explains, the changes would only marginally affect the very wealthiest; those with over $3m in super, less than 1% of all Australians.

It's a good idea. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

Chart showing that there are 5.5m people aged 15-29, 4.25m people aged 15-29 in the labour force and that the Financial Services Council expects only 204,000 people under 30 currently paying tax to be one day affected by the changes to the super tax concession applying to super balances above $3m

Critics of the changes to super tax want to scare you by saying many people will one day be affected.

But their *own* numbers show that very few people under 30 currently working will have more than $3m in super #OffTheCharts @grogsgamut.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-cha...

What happened to “graceful”?

Trying to watch everything all at once 😬

Is it over yet? - The Shot By the time you read this, the 2025 federal election campaign will mercifully have less than 24 hours left on...

Is it over yet? theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Australia has a media where a Nazi protest leads to multiple articles wondering if they are making a good point.

FFS.

Helen Haines MP I work for the people of Indi, not corporate donors.

Keep Indi independent!

donate.helenhaines.org

three panel cartoon by @emilyscartoons.bsky.social … in the first panel one person says "let's not talk about politics any more, I can't bear it" and the other person replies "same." in the second panel, they say nothing. in the third panel, the first person yells "THE THING IS THOUGH" and the second person yells back "THOSE FUCKING IDIOTS"

literally every time I talk to friends

Dutton today on Jews in Australia: "I’ve never seen an element of society ostracised in such a way"

Yeah, that's why they have a much lower life expectancy, earn 25% less than everyone else, and are 17 times more likely to be incarcerated...

Oh wait, no that's another group.. can't think who.

The two biggest selling cars in Australia are utes.

And if you think they’re all being used for work then you probably believe in a few weeks Santa Claus is going to deliver some presents your way.

Watching the clouds roll through the King Valley