Paul Murphy

'They promised': government walks back pledge on ACT Senate seats 'They seem to be walking back from that commitment,' David Pocock says.

Fair territory representation is Labor’s own policy, yet the Govt has walked away from its promise of an inquiry.

The Senate should ensure smaller jurisdictions have a democratic voice. But the Territories are underrepresented.

Govt should keep its word.
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In Australia this has to decrease as coal fired power stations close and become less reliable in their dotage. The sooner the better.

"Scott Morrison says [insert bullshit here]" wasn't newsworthy when he was PM.

It's even less newsworthy now.

A quarter of the city's population.
With a bit of luck, the genocide being committed by Israel could spell the end of Zionism.

Exclusive: Anthony Albanese overruled push for public NACC hearings The Saturday Paper can reveal that the prime minister and other ministers from NSW intervened in cabinet to constrain the operations of the country’s leading integrity body.

More than 2 years after the NACC was established, it hasn’t held a single public hearing. Now we learn the PM pushed to make it harder to hold them.

Public hearings are vital to building trust - the Govt should be making them easier, not harder.
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Major data breach as up to 3,000 flood victims' details loaded to ChatGPT The NSW Reconsuction Authority says the breach occurred in March and involved the personal data of applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program.

NSW flood victims' personal details loaded to ChatGPT in major data breach www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Article one section 10 US constitution states 🇺🇸
“No state shall, without the consent of Congress, ……keep troops…with any other state…or engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay”
It is a clear cut violation of the Constitution of the United States💥

How the gambling lobby infiltrated social sports at Parliament House Podcast Episode · 7am · 05/10/2025 · 14m

Wow 😮

There’s something called the Parliamentary Sports Club chaired by the PM with unsavoury members like the gambling lobby, which is now listed as a lobbying group 😱

No wonder Michelle Rowland and now Anika Wells (as Comm’s Min) are dragging their feet on Peta Murphy’s recommendations

🚨 🚨 🚨 #BREAKING | Scottish flotilla participant Yvonne Ridley is MISSING after being IMPRISONED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Yvonne Ridley had been held at Ketziot prison on hunger strike and denied her medication.

She was due to be deported to Istanbul but disappeared 👇‼️

Australia doing what Australia does best

We export fossil fuels and pin the blame for rising emissions on others, we don't do anything about GENOCIDE - we applaud a war criminal and a felon and now, we want to export a problem - plastic because who can be fucked dealing with it here eh!

The National Press Club shoots the messenger The Club shows itself to be just another weak symbol of timidity, a gatekeeper of acceptable speech rather than a defender of free expression.

The National Press Club shoots the messenger and cancels Chris Hedges, and instead of speaking truth to power, becomes a part of the establishment that it’s meant to hold to account. The Monday Essay from New Politics. #AUSPOL #NPC open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...

Trump’s plan for a Murdoch TikTok For Donald Trump and the Murdochs, the plan to secure US control of TikTok is a win-win – a social media mouthpiece ahead of the midterms, and for a bargain price.

“Trump’s deal to sell TikTok won’t just enrich his billionaire pal Larry Ellison. It also gives UAE investment firm MGX – a key business partner of the Trump family’s crypto company – a major ownership stake and board seat at TikTok. Everything is for sale.” satpa.pe/NzheDAj

Andrew Hastie’s play for the leadership

While not yet directly challenging Sussan Ley, Andrew Hastie is attempting to outline what could loosely be described as his vision for the country. However, he is being very divisive, not only within the Coalition, but also across the Australian community. satpa.pe/yX6kknv

How Victoria’s Treaty could change Australia

Marcia Langton on the bill that quietly goes further than what she had hoped the 2023 Voice referendum could achieve.

“This historic document outlines the terms for the first Australian experiment in shared sovereignty and Indigenous self-determination.” satpa.pe/uBqWnO6

Algorithm to be used for NDIS plans The government is using an ‘instrument’ designed by the University of Melbourne to reassess support payments for disabled people.

The NDIA is nearing the final stages of a scheme overhaul that will give it unprecedented power to save tens of billions of dollars by increasingly putting disabled people “back into boxes”. Rick Morton reports. satpa.pe/Flbub7s

The 'good guys' are totally the ones torturing a 22 y/o autistic woman who was illegally abducted in international waters for bringing food and baby formula to the trapped, starving, emaciated victims of a livestreamed genocide

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Oh man! If only they thought of investing in prevention of disease.
Australia invests a minuscule amount in preventive health compared to countries like UK and Canada. In the meantime 2/3s of adult aussies are overweight or obese

Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools”

Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”

Watch The People vs Robodebt Watch The People vs Robodebt for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!

Dear @MRowlandMP

You said #Robodebt was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation

When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved?
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#auspol
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Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

$1.5 million of 🇦🇺 taxpayer💰per head but asylum seekers still going without food.

Huge contract blowouts, added to the cost of the latest secret MOU with Nauru raises serious questions of gross mismanagement.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian singer Lorde joins BDS anti-Israel boycott | The Jerusalem Post Lorde and over 1000 music industry professionals are geo-blocking their music, making it inaccessible for Israeli listeners.

Australian singer and songwriter Lorde has joined over 1000 other musical artists who have geo-blocked their music from Israeli listeners as part of the “No Music for Genocide” boycott campaign.

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From Chris Hedges: "The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israel lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists" chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-national…

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/hedges-report-npc-australia-caves-to-israel-lobby-cancels-talk #Auspol

Amazing this just gets reported as *policy disagreement* but no mention of what exactly they disagree about? Does he want none? White Australia? No temporary migrants like students? Was he even asked?

Owner switches off solar farm powering area twice the size of Tasmania The owner of a huge solar farm in outback Queensland hits the kill switch after almost a decade, saying his contract with Ergon Energy was unfair.

JFC what’s wrong with Australia. Large energy corporations 😡

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Andrew Hastie’s play for the leadership

In attempting to ride the anti-immigration wave evident in marches and protests, Andrew Hastie has fallen into the Peter Dutton policy hole, writes John Hewson. He is tapping fear and emotion rather than offer hard numbers, or specific plans. satpa.pe/I39Moxx

Should Donald Trump receive the Nobel Peace Prize? By Elizabeth Dangerfield    Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments manufacturer, Alfred Nobel, was a remarkable man. Upon his death, he donated his fortune to a foundation to fund the Nobel Pri...

We will find out late next week. Brace yourself for the tsunami of anger and revenge if he misses out - it will be a dummy spit for the ages.

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How does having Sam Maiden and Phil Coorey on Insiders as permanent regular guests align with impartiality

If Niki Savva, @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social @amyremeikis.bsky.social were on as often I wouldn’t have as much an issue with it.

Until then its a NO from me