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Every now and then I see those lists posted claiming all the great things the govt has done and the NACC always gets listed.

And lol. Nah. Not a thing to brag about in its current form.

If Tanya Plibersek had a private jet, she could fly nonstop for 100,000 years and it would still be considerably less than her carbon footprint from this year's coal mine approvals.

Climate & Energy Principal Advisor @markogge.bsky.social explains.
#auspol

Guardian Essential poll: Albanese disapproval at 50% as majority say Australia on the wrong track In final poll of the year, nearly half say 2024 ended up being worse than they expected at the beginning of the year

Hey Albo, try these: Proper royalties, tax from multinationals, gas reservation, stop energy price gouging, first degree free, stop just exporting rocks, no Defence waste, ban foreign residential ownership, transparency, protect whistleblowers, cherish veterans, sovereignty, integrity.💪 #auspol

Tom Uren would be turning in his grave seeing the fucking twisted shit your sellout arse comes up with. Shame on you Tanya. You're just as bad as the Tories.

Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable’ move Tanya Plibersek says projects in NSW and Queensland produce coal for making essential steel as critics say move ‘opposite of climate action’

Labor ending the year as they started it by approving four more coal mines. Climate crisis? What climate crisis?

Apparently Gina has told them not to worry, we are in a post truth, post physics, world anyhow. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Help fund David McBride's court appeal! On 14 May 2024, whistleblower David McBride was sentenced to years in jail.

Today is David McBride’s birthday🎁 He is 7mths into a 6 year sentence unless we can get him out on appeal in March. We are over halfway to raising enough to cover the legal fees for his appeal! Let’s bring him home - send a birthday donation his way today! Donate here 👉🏼
chuffed.org/project/davi...

Lots of grey skies around us. Not sure we'll get a full day. Some ominous looking clouds.

Noam Chomsky on the hypocrisy of the West. Chomsky goes on to distinguish the difference between acts of violence—

Chomsky: "It's very simple. If they do it, it's terrorism. If we do it, it's counterterrorism."

#StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

Every news agency and org that fails to present it as “Israel’s prime minister - who is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity - has said it is “extreme” to call for Israel to comply with international law is failing

A lot more people are dying in Gaza everyday at the hands of the barbaric, mass murdering cowards of Netanyahu’s Israel.

Israel conducts atrocities on a daily basis.

The Australian ALP government must expel the Israeli ambassador, sanction & boycott Israel.

Reserve Bank accused of getting it wrong on rates – again Unemployment has been steady for months as inflation has fallen, but the Reserve believes the job market is still too strong. The bank may be wrong.

Dear RBA,

The economy is tanking - it’s time to cut rates.

The economy is in a worse state than you predicted & your "narrow path" to avoiding recession is a gossamer thread.

If you think the economy is moving slow, cut rates.

smh.com.au/politics/fed... #auspol

Australia backs UN resolution calling for end to Israel's presence in Occupied Palestinian Territory Australia changes its position to support a UN resolution demanding "Israel bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible".

Call me cynical - the polling in their high Muslim population electorates must have come in.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

The sad and inevitable truth is in another 10 years, when it is all said and done and it is irrefutable Israel committed a genocide in Palestine, there will be many a handwringing think piece from those who defend Israel's actions now, claiming 'we didn't know'. They know. Remember that they knew.

Yes and yes. Everyone knew but one of culprits was Mathias Cormann. He commissioned Fisher to do modelling to discredit Gillard/Green ETS. Cormann now at OECD no doubt telling them how committed he is to climate action. Despicable. reneweconomy.com.au/wp-content/u...

Every Sunday, Melbourne stands in the streets in solidarity with Palestine.

Ordinary people are less enthusiastic about the sadistic slaughter of the most oppressed people on the planet, by Israel and its Western allies, than the soulless ghouls in the Albanese government are

'at the heart of these policies there is only cruelty. the government has forced them through in the last sitting week of the year because it anticipates a panic on refugees will shape the next election. instead of confronting this panic, labor has decided to join it. they have no shame.'

“Profit gouging, supply shortages, climate change, all these things [are driving inflation],” he says. “Putting up interest rates won’t deal with that, but it’ll make life worse.”

said Bernie Fraser, former governor of the RBA.
Read Stephen Long's piece in the Saturday Paper today.

Regretfully, I can only agree. You’d expect this vengeful, punitive cruelty from the LNP. From a Labor government it’s a disgraceful abomination, an abandonment of decency and humanity.

Birmingham was a failed moderate who leaves a legacy of rolling over and letting the right win Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was a leading moderate, or so we were repeatedly told. But what does he have to show for it?

At last: a counter to the saccharine drivel sloshing out of the press gallery…

You absolute spud. Kids are smarter than you dumb old fuckers. So easy to get around.

Plibersek had nature positive deal in writing before Albanese vetoed without her knowledge Exclusive: Environment minister agreed detail with Greens but the PM intervened after lobbying from WA premier and miners

Plibersek has been served up a diet of shit sandwiches all term, and Albanese decided to give her a side dish of roasted shit just to make sure she understood what her role is.

This is very damaging stuff by Albanese. Won't help them in WA but will hurt elsewhere
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Those days are long gone. He's just a Tory in a red shirt.

This is just a game, just political theatre for Labor but right now there are tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers living and working in the community- some for more than ten years- who have become really, really fearful for their futures.

Labor's final sitting week checklist

Work w Coalition to rush through:
🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors
🟥Draconian migration bills
🟥<16 social media ban

🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal

🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20%

Anything I missed?

Comment under SMH/Age article...

"Once again Albo is scared off from genuine and necessary reform by the threats from reactionaries. We had so much optimism on election night back in 2022. How misplaced that optimism was" #auspol

Misinformation Laws Not Necessary, Says Meth Addict Peter Dutton — The Shovel Speaking from a prison cell in Brisbane, Mr Dutton – a former sex worker and director of adult films – said the laws were not necessary and that regulators should not be the arbiters of truth.

Misinformation Laws Not Necessary, Says Meth Addict Peter Dutton

Clare O'Neil on ABC NewsBreakfast this morning can't do gambling reform as it's not developed well enough but this doesn't seem to be a problem with social media bans - and of course the ABC interviewer didn't hold her to account on this!!!! Why not???? #auspol

None of which were a ban on gambling ads, a core election promise. The ALP are no longer Labor, they’re Liberal Lite.

Peter Dutton to face legal action for racial discrimination - Michael West The Australian Human Rights Commission, representing Jewish, Palestinian and Muslim communities, is taking legal action against Peter Dutton.

Legal action by Jewish & Muslim group claims Peter Dutton "dehumanising Palestinians, Muslims, and Jews while stigmatising Australians who support Palestinian rights".
#AHRC #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/peter-dutton...

Albanese told parliament that he want to make sure "children have a childhood and parents have peace of mind"... and so he is raising the rate of govt assistance to ensure children will not live in pover...oh wait, sorry I am being handed a note...