Peter Stahel

Home - Protect Mardi Gras Sydney's Mardi Gras is a global symbol of queer pride and unity. But it’s under threat from a group pushing for division and exclusion.

Mardi Gras should be powerful, inclusive and united - not divided by bans and infighting. protectmardigras.org

Hi darl #taspol

Real estate agents accuse Australia's biggest listings website of price gouging It can cost thousands to list a property online for sale. The competition regulator has stepped in after years of complaints that REA Group is using its dominant position to the detriment of home sell...

This is so hilarious. Real estate agents very upset that someone is rorting them.

Six months on and it’s difficult to determine whether it’s Project 2025 or the Handmaid’s Tale that Trump et al are implementing

The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude | Robert Reich From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a sampling

ineptitude
/ɪˈnɛptɪtjuːd/
noun
lack of skill or ability

ACTU statement on the appalling atrocities in Gaza

Turns out I have misunderstood the response to my tweet 😂

I think you have missed the point of my tweet

It is so important that those speaking out be clear that it is not Israelis or Jews that are criminals. It is those who pursue this illegal and genocidal war. Just as it was not Palestinians or Muslims who were to blame for the murder and kidnapping of October 7.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and a genocidal maniac. He will be remembered in history as such.

With the horrors on display in Gaza I hope that we can still be strategic in the way we campaign for peace and justice.

Just think rationally!! 😂😂😂

Nothing suss about Sussan’s extra ‘s’. Many leaders go gaga for woo-woo Sussan Ley was influenced by numerology. But is it less ludicrous than theology?

“Gaga for the woo woo” should be the title for the LNP election review www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... via @garynunn.bsky.social

I didn’t say that lol

In my mind, a civilised democratic process is one where people elect leaders to lead, represent and make decisions - then hold them to account.

Factions deploying brute force to elevate & cut down allies according to tribal allegiance & favour is unedifying & centred in self-interest.

I realise Ministry needs to be sorted out straight away, but don’t feel it’s a great sign that it took less than a week for first internal drama story.

The idea that MPs are entitled to front bench positions on the basis of faction or state is something that should have died out last century.

Anyone who follows knows I am a strong critic of NSW Police.

Karen Webb was the first Commissioner to attend Mardi Gras to support her rainbow colleagues. This was very meaningful & special to me.

I don't doubt it is one of the most challenging jobs in public life & thank her for her service.

I am worried that they will think that slow and steady wins the race, even though there is a crisis of wealth disparity.

It’s been advanced by external factors like Trump, but this election has been the end of the LNP as we know it.

Gen Z are replacing Boomers/Interwar on the roll at roughly the opposite split in progressive-conservative terms.

I’m worried Labor will learn wrong lessons from this amazing victory.

I think the “quiet Australians” must all be dead?

Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on ‘structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in...

lol lol lol

The sunburnt country has its limits and we don’t like blisters.

Seems like a coin flip between minority and majority Labor government to me. Whichever, I believe Australia is set to deliver another very progressive Parliament with a big crossbench. Dutton’s orbit was too close to the Trumpian sun: he’s frightened too many centrist and disengaged Australians.

There’s sympathy for Trump but it’s shallow - seems to be based mostly on rejection of the “system” that perceive to have failed them than for right wing ideology.

There is definitely something a bit odd happening with young men in Australia. We did a deep dive with a double sample in the ER recently and it’s not a left/right divide it’s more nuanced.

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

I agree that coordinated non-violent resistance must occur *across* sectors and civil society. The zone is flooded and we can’t hope to build tiny boats alone, we need an ark. This is a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Is Peter Dutton going 'full Trump' mode? Following Trump’s upgrade to version 2.0, there is increasing energy for the idea that his recipe for electoral success may also work for the Coalition.

In January I wrote that Dutton was trying to dance on a fine line: Trumpian policies to energise base without risking middle. He's tripped up since Trump's Zelensky performance - the middle don't want his politics & chaos in Australia & the line has shifted. www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Joe Hockey goes in to bat for US investors in Trump trade dispute with Australia A group of disgruntled Americans are pushing for millions of dollars in compensation from Australia, as part of US trade negotiations. Now they have a former ambassador on their side.

Joe Hockey helping US coal miner extract half a billion from NSW public purse

Most Australians look with horror at the Trump administration’s whirlwind of destruction, but what about the lads? | Peter Lewis A more muscular form of government sits well with our archetypical male, who embraces a sense of grievance egged on by American podcasters

“On everything from world peace to climate change to the Australian economy these young men are twice as likely to see Trump as a positive influence compared with the broader population.“ @peterlewisemc.bsky.social

Forced weddings and a funeral: Lessons in minority government To achieve anything in a minority parliament, you must engage with other parties, understand their agendas and accept the forced marriage.

In 1996, a clandestine rendezvous between two political adversaries went unnoticed at a Tasmanian funeral. There were no notes or staff, but the secret meeting helped define an informal model for minority government that we may see repeated federally in 2025.