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I want Australian citizens home from Syria. Can you honestly say that those women were not under coercive control when they left? Surely some? Despite leaving, they must be able to bring their children home. They said they are happy to do whatever it takes. Let them come home.

Why are we spending $130 million on a Royal Commission into antisemitism, but nothing to tackle Islamophobia or any other form of racism? Do some lives matter more than others? #auspol

Cruelty. And child abuse. Unforgiveable

Screen shot: Little surprise then that the Parliamentary Budget Office has found that 59% of the benefit of the CGT discount goes to the richest 1% (or those earning more than $362,900): with chart showing the richest 10% get $17.7bn from the CGT discount while the rest get $4bn.

The CGT 50% discount not only distorts the housing market it is also the most inequitable policy you could dream up. (Which is probably why John Howard and Peter Costello did it)
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Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

The PM calling Grace Tame, a woman fighting for the safety of children, “difficult” is completely unwarranted. 

Labelling women as difficult won’t silence us. It won’t stop us speaking truth to power. 

Next time try “unbreakable” or “warrior” or “fierce”, Prime Minister.

Finally fixing capital gains tax is good – but linking it to another tax cut for Australia’s rich is bollocks | Greg Jericho Undoing bad policy does not require rewarding those who have benefited from it

My column: sorry Timmy Wilson, but no, the richest don’t need a tax cut to encourage them to work more

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Contrary to Albanese’s word association games with the Murdoch press, I don't think Grace Tame is "difficult". She just doesn’t like dickheads and pedophiles, it's really quite simple.

Unfortunately that's all you can do - imagine. Our politicians are too cowardly to actually do something about #DomesticViolence.

The real “Legacy” of John Winston Howard

30 years on …we, as a Nation , are still “paying the cost of our own demise as an inclusive, fair and just society”

I know where I’ll send my pet possum to piss when he passes

( thank you Mr Hull )

Labor seems to think it is politically smart to go along with the cruelty, stupidity and racism of the Coalition on children and their mothers stuck in Syria.

But why scrape the barrel, when the latest polls suggest the hard right of politics is getting so crowded?
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Political leaders must stop bending the knee to Trump, a delusional, dangerous autocrat.
Have we lost self respect, and our capacity to act in the national interest?
Capitulating to a bully, a felon, a misogynistic megalomaniac is not “ pragmatic patriotism”.
It’s cowardice.

Time to end the lobbying protection racket The number of lobbyists seeking to influence the federal government has soared, yet they’re bound by secrecy that stifles honest business.

Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies.

My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities.

Good, and?

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Australian One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson

Imagine the outrage if a Federal MP asked "Show me a good Jew!" Yet Pauline Hanson can rptedly vilify the Australian Muslim community by asking "Show me a good Muslim!" Shouldn't she be charged under the new hatespeech laws?! #auspol #Islamophobia

The word "interesting" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here 🔥 😂 in respect of Senator Canavan saying he had "never heard of the #AtlasNetwork". His brother an exec at 🇺🇸 coal giant Peabody, which is a major funder of Atlas climate denial propganda and thinktanks in Australia & in the USA.👀👇 #Auspol

Exclusive: Robodebt architect remains employed in a senior governance role in the public service Scott Britton was a national manager of the customer compliance branch in the Department of Human Services and signed a June 2014 minute that first detailed how robodebt would work.

From me: The architect of the Robodebt scheme, who was told it was unlawful even as he delivered it for the government, is still employed in the public service, now at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. And in a senior governance and risk role. www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/20/r...

From the Guiffre family

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Labor MP warns Liberals against chasing One Nation down ‘racist rabbit hole’ Anthony Albanese links Pauline Hanson’s comments on Muslims to heightened risk of violence as the holy month of Ramadan begins

"a heightened risk of violence", @albomp.bsky.social ?

So doesn't Hanson's Islamophobic tirade meet the criteria for, um....hate speech?

Or are you only concerned with slogans at anti-genocide protests? #racism #auspol
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Tim Wilson walks back suggestion Liberals would rethink RBA full employment mandate New shadow treasurer accused of ‘extreme ideology’ that would result in higher interest rates and unemployment after suggesting RBA’s ‘core purpose’ should be to lower inflation

Rookie shadow treasurer and all round sleazy dipshit Tim Wilson wants higher interest rates and unemployment.
He has a good track record in fvcking up any form of fiscal policy (not that you can actually say the Libs have a policy) 😒

Climate disinformation, the Atlas Network and Dr Karl The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on t...

"Nationals senator Matt Canavan said that until this inquiry he had never heard of the Atlas Network.

That was interesting, because Senator Canavan has been a regular speaker at events held by CPAC Australia, which is part of the Atlas Network ecosystem"
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Scapegoating migrants is as old as history itself Scapegoating migrants is designed to distract our attention from the truth and real issues – the abuse of corporate and media power and failure to tackle housing shortages for younger generations.

“Power does reveal what people are really like. “I will punish these very vulnerable Australian women and children to show you how tough I am.” [Albanese] doesn’t show the same toughness to those who commit genocide. Or the Australian citizens fighting for the IDF.”
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What does Albo stand for? With a commanding parliamentary position and no credible opposition, Labor has unprecedented room to lead. Instead, caution, foreign policy timidity and deference to powerful lobbies are defining its ...

"Under Albanese, Labor is open to...groups like the well-funded Israel lobby, Advance Australia, Australian Christian Lobby, Murdoch press, gambling lobby, mining lobby and the big four banks.

All of them wield undue influence over policy and politics in Canberra."
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This is the kind of putrid racist hate that Jillian Segal's "private foundation" funds.

It is unconscionable and indefensible that you are keeping Segal on our payroll, @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social.

Terminate that employment contract.

#auspol #SackJillianSegal

Nuke the entire site from orbit At some point you have to wonder just how we as a species have survived for as long as we have.

Me on the idiocy of suggesting Australia needs nuclear weapons

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Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."

“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."

#Fascism and #Genocide supported by @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social

A bee would struggle to drown in the talent pool that the Liberal/National shadow cabinet was selected from

A government without an effective opposition is a danger to democracy The Coalition’s internal decay has left Australia without an effective opposition at a time when scrutiny, debate and accountability are more necessary than ever. The result is not just a party in tro...

A government without an effective opposition is a danger to democracy johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

Er .., Jack , maybe

But a Democracy without an effective 5th Estate ,increasingly like Australia ,already like the USA ,is in a far more parlous state …

The Liberals lied, covered up for 10 yrs