Don't forget to raise the rate. That's help Australians need.

An expert in budgie smugglers is surely the answer.

185 million. How many casual staff would that have secured? Utter travesty.

What should a writers’ festival be? There are cultural events that entertain, and there are rare ones that reorganise how a society encounters ideas. The Jaipur Literature Festival is the latter. Founded in 2006 by Namita Gokhale, Willi...

What should a writers’ festival be? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/2026... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Single frame. Angus Taylor at table with generic colleague at whiteboard holding marker. On whiteboard, two headings: “GOOD IMMIGRANTS” and “BAD IMMIGRANTS”. Under first: “# People like us; # Business people; # Wealthy people; # Cheap labour”. Nothing yet under second. Taylor says: “Well, we DON’T want the kinds of people that come from repressive terrorist regimes…” Colleague says: “You mean, the people most likely to need somewhere safe to flee to?”

Bad immigrants.
My @smh cartoon.

The Claim:
Senator David Pocock has produced viral social media content claiming that Australia’s beer tax raises more revenue than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).

Verdict:
True

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rX1tHU

Nice photo. Looks like he's got a flag stuck in his parietal lobe. That would explain a few things.

Asking Angus Taylor to unpack what he means when he talks about 'Australian Values' should be the basic duty of everyone in the media pack & every TV & radio i'viewer when they ask him a question
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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Radio Mix - Official Lyric Video)

Streets of Minneapolis (Radio Mix)

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

When both sides chant 'lower tax', the country pays in division As the Coalition reasserts “lower tax” as political identity and Labor rushes to deny the high-tax label, Australian politics is losing the language needed to fund shared purpose, rebuild trust and sustain public life.

When both major parties compete to look “low tax”, politics loses the language – and permission – to fund the public goods that hold society together, Stewart Sweeney writes.
#auspol #TaxPolicy #PublicGoods #SocialCohesion

Speaking of prosperity, gee up and raise the rate.

They won't find ALL the hollows.
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!

Prove that you're human song

Herzog says demonstrations undermine his and Israel’s rights.
There is no right to commit genocide.
No right to slaughter civilians and children.
No right to starve people.
No right to breach international law.
No right to use apartheid.
No right to silence concerned Australians.

Cruelty as policy only works until the public recoils Trump’s immigration crackdown reveals how governments test public tolerance for cruelty exercised in the name of order – a lesson with clear echoes in Australia’s own recent history.

Trump’s masked immigration raids have tested how much cruelty the public will tolerate in the name of order. The backlash shows there are limits – and the lesson is not just for the US, writes Jack Waterford.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #USpolitics #ruleoflaw

Schools aren’t designed for autistic children – these are the sensory challenges they face Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.

theconversation.com/schools-aren...

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Calls for Unused Opposition Benches To Be Converted Into Public Housing — The Shovel "This land should not be allowed to sit idle during a housing crisis"

"This land should not be allowed to sit idle during a housing crisis."

theshovel.com.au/2026/02/06/c...

Make no mistake, the Liberals are already history – and Labor should be worried Some people just always try to focus on the bright side of life. Jane Hume must be one of them. The Victorian Liberal senator presented a cheery face on Wednesday when speaking of the Coalition’s futu...

thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The #SundayShot returns this weekend! Please join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me on Sunday morning plus our expert panellists @emmashortis.bsky.social and @marquelawyers.com.au and Dave interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna.

It will be good to be back!

Liberal MP complains to ABC managing director about Tony Armstrong’s satire special Melissa McIntosh, who claims Always Was Tonight violated ABC charter, has been dubbed the ‘Liberal party fun police’ by the Greens

Complaining about the comedic depiction of Indigenous kids in jail, but doing nothing about the fact of Indigenous kids being massively over incarcerated? That's the Australian way.

When's she goingto paint her face orange and say we're going to invade New Zealand? Locking up ten year olds and telling First Nations people what their truth is - THAT'S divisive.

Politics is about choices.

This government is choosing to spend more on tax breaks for landlords than on social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined.

While you're getting smashed by unlimited rent increases and massive mortgage repayments.

It’s time for Labor to abandon failed reliance on “the market” to resolve the housing crisis.
Public housing has and could again play a crucial role. Labor should go back to basics, create a national public housing commission and fund it by reducing CGT and -ve gearing rip offs!

Brilliant

Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage The revelation that the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is proposing to log a cloud forest in southern NSW teeming with threatened species is another reminder of the spiralling decline of the nati...

Native forest logging is driving extinction and climate damage
by Bob Debus for @thepointau.bsky.social
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Contemplate dog meanings and understand the error of your ways.

Bats (order Chiroptera) comprise 20% of all mammal species with 1200 known types of bat. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more manoeuvrable than birds. #bat #bats #mammal #mammals #wildlife #nature #chiroptera 🦇

Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens A major report by Oxfam released today has found that the average Australian billionaire increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day over the past year, or more than $10.5 billion altogether.

thepoint.com.au/news/260120-...