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👇Flashback to December👇. Electricity prices (which are set by the gas price) are about to rise because our Govt places Aussies at third place behind the gas cartel and Japanese/South Korean gas consumers. #auspol

“But Anthony Albanese insisted they sat out the operation to sink the IRIS Dena, saying Australian military personnel did not "participate in any offensive action" against Iran.”

Via ABC News

Absolute bollocks.

Howard level lying.

#AusPol

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Another war, another reminder that rather than spending $380Bn on AUKUS on we should use it to upgrade our grid, electrify the entire country, subsidise chargers in every home and never be oil dependent again.

We could choose to use the funds committed to submarines that are pretend,
to build social housing that is real.

Regime change in Australia required. #auspol

Palantir embedding staff in Defence and mining Australian data under contract with Trump-aligned company A Department of Defence contract for 'Industrial Intelligence Capability' obtained by Crikey is the first time that the nature and conditions of the controversial company's work with Australia has bee...

"When Palantir signed a $7.1 million contract with Australia’s Department of Defence in 2024, the price tag wasn’t the only part of the deal ... "

"Defence has signed multiple deals — worth a total of $26 million since 2013 — with the controversial, Trump-aligned tech company. "

ANALYSIS | SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites. Here's how that could impact us here on Earth | CBC News Scientists are deeply concerned about SpaceX's recent proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit around Earth. Their concerns range from a loss of the natural night sky and our access to spa...

“Recent studies have shown that when satellites reach the end of their lives and burn up upon reentry, they leave behind metals like aluminum and lithium.

The consequences of this are not yet known. But that's [only one thing that] concerns scientists…”

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

I fear Michael is correct in this summary of Trump’s popularity 😢

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Also throwing crumbs at public schools but hey, must keep subsidising mining and paying for AUKUS

Not one more fucking cent towards this #AUKUS debacle. Don’t you dare Albo 🙅‍♀️. Use all outstanding $$ towards improving our own country and the lives of its people.
#AUSPOL #AUKUSWILLFUKUS

Way past time Australians and #auspol woke up to this dangerous, grifting #aukus rort. If Albo continues to write blank cheques to the fascist regime he has to be forced into minority.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian gas producers reap windfalls as Iran war chokes global supply Angela Macdonald-Smith Angela Macdonald-Smith Senior resources writer Mar 6, 2026 – 1.38pm Save Share Gift this article Listen to this article 7 min Australia’s biggest gas producers are cashing in on the conflict in the Middle East and the suspension of Qatari LNG production, which has disrupted global supply, with deals struck at more than double recent market rates. Santos, the country’s second-biggest listed oil and gas producer, finalised a deal with a commodities trader on Wednesday for the sale of an LNG cargo at about $US25 ($35) per million British thermal units (MMBtu), according to market sources, who were not authorised to speak publicly.

Not a single soul on the planet happier about bloodshed, conflict, uncertainty, rising energy bills, fuel shortages and cost of living collapse than the CEO of a fossil fuel company

The worse the death and destruction, the happier they (and the shareholders) get

www.afr.com/companies/en...

Penny Wong says the reason the war on Iran is worth supporting is it will
“keep Australians safe”

Supporting an illegal war for regime change with no evidence of a threat will not keep us safe. It will create a new wave of terrorist groups & who hate us like after Iraq. #auspol

No matter how Albanese tries to spin his way around this he will still have to face up to his extremely poor decisions to proceed with AUKUS and to maintain and expand his aquiescense to a failed state.

Defence refusing to say if WA base helped killer US sub Defence is refusing to say whether a naval communications facility in the remote northwest helped support a US submarine carrying ADF personnel launch a deadly strike against an Iranian warship.

Labor now refusing to say whether Harold E Holt naval communication station in WA helped support US killer submarine - they keep running and hiding from the reality of AUKUS
thenightly.com.au/politics/def...

Sharpton: "We're still here! We've come this far by faith. It was against the law to read and write! It was against the law to marry, but we've come this far by faith. I don't care what they do in Washington, I care what we do in the community. We've beat people bigger than Trump!"

This Obama eulogy of Jesse Jackson is genuinely great

As the mom of a trans youth I appreciate this so very much. I’m not a Christian but appreciate the ones who interpret their infinite, loving god to be gender less & also all genders. Bc based on that belief, it makes it a sin to bully, harass or otherwise do harm to trans youth. #ThisIsAllyship 🥲

Me, dumb and politically correct: Firing on unarmed ships or double-tap military strikes on schools are bad things.

Defence sources say Australian crew onboard US submarine that sank Iranian warship Albanese government won’t confirm if Defence personnel involved, but more than 50 Australian sailors and officers serving across US attack submarine fleet

Under the Geneva Convention you are required to rescue the crew of a ship that you sink during war. To leave them to drown is both illegal and abhorrent. I guess depravity is the 'shared value' we have with the US and Israel @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

He clearly has no grasp of the grievous disappointment, the sense of complete betrayal in how detail and clarity of AUSKUS terms is entirely without transparency in the public forum. It is wilful deceit & a choice to exercise power against collective constituent voice.
It will be ALP undoing.

'Rude, arrogant and entitled’: ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest is the inevitable conclusion to a sordid royal tale of privilege and protection The arrest of ex-Prince Andrew over alleged misconduct is not an isolated scandal but the product of a system that shields the royal family from scrutiny. Without transparency and accountability, priv...

'Rude, arrogant and entitled’: ex-Prince Andrew’s arrest is the inevitable conclusion to a sordid royal tale of privilege and protection johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...

#NorthCarolina voters, there’s only one party that supports democracy and serves its constituents and that’s the Democrats!

Vote the republican enabling regime out!

Every Epstein abuser should be held accountable & obviously that hasn’t happened!

#Voices4Victory

YouTube video by CNN Fareed Zakaria’s takes on Trump and the collapse of nuclear stability

📌🚨🔅Fareed Zakaria’s takes on Trump and the collapse of nuclear stability

Breakdown how the second #Trump administration is threatening the Western order.
The danger of a new three-sided nuclear arms race.

CNN 3/4/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZv...

#TrumpFAIL
#GlobalStability
#NuclearStability

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran--

RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday?

REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...