DuchessFrida aka Deb

welcome to the 51st state of USA. aUStralia. When the government doesnt stand up to USA corporate lobbyists and support Aussie musos or movie productions, all we do is import culture from the USA... Is this what we want?

1984, Idiocracy version Trump is like Big Brother if Big Brother were an incompetent buffoon.

New in PN: 1984, Idiocracy version

"Despite Trump’s desperate efforts to hypnotize people into believing his tariff bowel movements smell like sunshine and roses, a large majority of Americans are not enjoying the bouquet of rising prices when they go to the grocery store."

A “let them eat cake” moment.

Lying, while ignoring the fact that many in the US will go hungry, is evil & cruel!
The world is watching you lie Speaker Johnson. Failing to help/protect your people makes you faux Christian 🤬 & a piss weak politician.
#GOP lie for Trump…so pathetic!

"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"

- Ronald Reagan

I’m watching the Treaty vote.

Ayes 21 Noes 16.

Victoria has a Treaty with its First Nations People.

#springst

The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]

“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”

theaimn.net/the-governme...

Government threatens reprisals after losing key Senate vote The Coalition and crossbench united to extend question time until the government releases a report on jobs for mates.

The Albanese government is upset because the Senate has asked it to release a report into jobs given to mates. It is quite specifically grumpy about answering more questions in question time www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

@duchessfrida.bsky.social
Due to Starbucks support for Israel
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Wind hits record share of 150 pct of state demand, as fossil energy shrinks to just 1.5 pct of total generation

reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...

That's right, ~80% of Australia's contribution to global carbon emissions is embodied in 🇦🇺's fossil fuel exports

The @albomp.bsky.social govt's ceaseless enabling of NEW/EXTENSIONS of Coal & Gas projects (31🤯 so far) is fuelling climate disaster cos no matter where ff burns, physics is physics

Treating billionaires as experts on everything remains one of the media's dumbest reflexes

Well why not? Under the right wing @australianlabor.bsky.social & even more right wing @liberalaus.bsky.social parties, State & Federal govts have been effectively privatised. Neither prioritises public over wealthy private interests & 'donations'. nswliberal.org.au/news/chris-m... #auspol #nswpol

“Shameful”: Study shows only a third of Australia’s mature forests remain Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release New analysis from the Australian Conservation Foundation has highlighted the enormous scale of deforestation in Australia, exacerbated by ‘deforestatio...

@albomp.bsky.social
Get off your arse and DO SOMETHING instead of approving more coal gas mines or sending billions to the US .
We need a government that has the guts to say no more bulldozing our fking environment .
theaimn.net/shameful-stu...

Tollroad giant Transurban paid tax! Why? What's the scam? - Michael West Is it a typo? Australia's monopoly of tollroad monopolies, Transurban has broken hard with tradition and actually paid some tax. At least that's what it's interim profit release to the ASX shows.

I towed a caravan north to south across Sydney’s toll roads as a favour to a friend 2 weeks ago. He said let me know what the tolls were & he would reimburse

4 roads x $20 = $80

$80

To travel at less than the speed limit

The roads are almost entirely owned by Transurban, which rarely pays tax

@duchessfrida.bsky.social

Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?

Reason #3 why Australia shall never, ever have nice frickin' things. #auspol #TheNats

Robodole rapidly morphs from narrative to saga From compassion to chaos, robodole’s fallout keeps spreading. The ombud is digging deeper, and Deloitte’s defence comes apart at the seams.

A Senatorial 🐀 up a drainpipe. More to come it seems….
www.themandarin.com.au/301467-robod...

Independent media at its finest!

Thanks #SundayShot for being an important weekly contribution to our political conversation.
#auspol @theshot.net.au

I'm at the stage where I no longer get my news from the Australian mainstream news media. Not even "our ABC". Rather, I'm enjoying the informed, nuanced commentary from some outstanding independent news sources. Please reply with your suggestions who I should be reading. 👇 #auspol #JournalismMatters

@theshot.net.au, the Sunday Shot @ronnisalt.bsky.social,
@thesaturdaypaper.com.au , @amyremeikis.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social @lucyham.bsky.social @timdunlop.bsky.social @deepcutnews.bsky.social @boganintel.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social @adammorton.bsky.social @theconversation.com 🤔

THREAD: A veil of secrecy and forgetfulness hangs over a taxpayer-funded mission to the United States earlier this year, involving Special Envoy Jillian Segal and one staffer.

The purpose of the trip, which covered less than ten days, have never been made public.

Linda Reynolds’ defamation war Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office. The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time.

Linda Reynolds is demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the events that followed Brittany Higgins’s rape in her office.
The following is a precis of the former minister’s actions over that time - Chris Wallace.
Linda Reynolds’ defamation war
Free to read
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21915/...

‘Absurdist leaps of logic’: Robodebt misused in FOI reforms I am furious. Angry, certainly, about the federal government’s proposed freedom of information laws, which mock the very idea of transparency, but seething especially about the justification for them,...

The dishonesty around the use of Robodebt in prosecuting the government’s Freedom of Information secrecy drive is galling in the extreme. I set out some facts that deflate the specious claims being used as cover. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says

Seems our current governments -state & federal - are not keen to listen to experts about anything much:
Climate science, (fossil fuel increases)
Defence (stupidity of Aukus)
Tax reform (not taxing mega corps)
Corruption (Nacc fail)

Feel free to add …
#ausPol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Yes, What?" was an extremely popular Australian radio comedy serial that aired from 1936 to 1940, following the antics of students and a headmaster at an all-boys school called St Percy's. Written and starred by Rex 'Waca' Dawe as the headmaster. I listened to it with Dad in the 60’s

It's explainers, op-eds, fact checks, pre-bunking, research and the blog, with plans for news features and investigative journalism as it grows. So it's not news, news, but what's going on behind and around the news, issues based, and what matters. And it's free. Hope to see you there x

A little perspective on Albo's triumphant meeting with Trump.

“People aren't buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen - The Shot Like colours, neurodivergence and political ideology, being a dickhead operates on a spectrum. From narcissistic middle managers, to people that...

Here's me. '“People aren’t buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen'