Glenn Connley

Barnaby Joyce just stood up in the House to announce he's ... zzzz zzzz zzzz

Who gives a flying ...?

This will have zero impact on anything.

He and his lazy leader are a match made in Irrelevance Heaven

So the govt has struck a deal to pass its environmental reforms.

The fact that it was willing to deal with the coalition or greens has me wondering what they really stand for (if anything) when it comes to protecting the environment.

Political convenience first, protecting the planet second 🤔????

Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.

Voters have finally cottoned on to the biggest lie in politics, that the coalition manages the economy better than Labor.

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I reckon this "Uncommitted" will be opposition leader by Easter.

I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.

Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.

My hero of the day is Mary Bruce, ABC News correspondent, who made the tangerine clown look like a complete plonker in front of his richest mate, who also became a bumbling fool attempting to answer Mary's excellent questions.

The coalition's decline is bad for Australia. A very ordinary Labor govt surely wins at least one more term, probably more. Voters fooled by climate lies and immigrant bashing are drifting to One Nation. We need a decent opposition almost as much as we need a decent govt. We have neither.

Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.

When the book about the death of the Liberal Party of Australia is written, this photo of these grinning clowns will be on the cover. So proud to be so obviously on the wrong side of history. They deserve what’s coming.

Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?

Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!

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YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada

You'll laugh.

Then cry.

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Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan Australians are being massively ripped off. We are paying higher prices for our gas than many of the countries that import our gas.

Slowly but surely Australians are starting to understand how they've been screwed by the gas industry and our gutless governments. If only we had a government with a bit of ticker. Or an opposition that had anything relevant to say about anything except itself.

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So, we have a supposedly-progressive government with a massive House majority that could easily pass effective laws to protect the environment - yet their first choice is a dirty deal with the coalition.

Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.

It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.

"Like a donut, there is nothing in the centre of Australian politics"

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Both his viewers should tip in to repay the cost of the weekend work at his home.

Not enough free coal for multinationals

What a shock. Taxing the companies which make billions extracting and selling Australia's natural resources raises a lot of money to spend on schools, hospitals, roads and transport.

Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭

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What is China really trying to achieve in the South China Sea and do Australian warships make things better or worse? Ground-breaking new bilingual research by The Australia Institute reveals how tensions in the South China Sea are misunderstood and misrepresented in Australia.

Australia and others use the false narrative that China is aggressively asserting ownership of the entire South China Sea to justify sending warships to piss them off.

Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish.

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I asked the @australiainstitute.org.au if the Government's FOI Bill would make another Robodebt more likely.

They said yes.

That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!

‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.

Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas

And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil

This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.

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Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23

My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland

...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.

Thread below on how they did it.

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There's a coal royalty crisis in Queensland, all right. In fact, across Australia.

It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties.

Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants.

Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.

It cracks me up how the Oz and Hun go after the Allan govt. Day after day, it's the same old beat ups and unflattering photos.

Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭

All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.

Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas.

Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.

Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.

Apart from that, it's all going swimmingly for the federal Liberals ...

In the past hour:

Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”.

Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”.

Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten?

Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago?

They are irrelevant.

AUKUS signed and waved through in 24 hours.

The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it.

Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia.

Our nation's priorities are screwed.

Do you earn the minimum wage?

Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills.

Either way, you pay more tax than Santos.

Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning.

Our tax system is cooked.

The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

The ANU's audited accounts show it made a $90m surplus last year. It says you can't count nearly $250m of its income, so it actually made a huge loss. While it spends lavishly on its executives, it sacks teachers and cuts courses.

This is so dodgy.

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