Particularly if you watched SBS Insight tonight and heard the harrowing testimony of how the Catholic Church treated someone who had been abused by a pedophile priest. Absolutely evil!

‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richest The Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation.

Good bit of reporting, this. Advance portrays itself as a grassroots outfit, but it’s actually a front for some singularly unpleasant oligarchs and their nasty mates.

‘Get it done’: Trump threatens to abandon Russia-Ukraine peace efforts Over the past few weeks, US officials have acknowledged privately that the chances of a quick peace deal in Ukraine have grown elusive.

Hang on. The Orange Oaf said he’d end the war within 24 hours of getting back in the White House.

The hatred against trans women probably makes me as sad as anything else happening in this world.

Have never encountered a transphobe who doesn’t also reveal their homophobia and racism with the slightest scratch.

Transphobes devote their lives to hatred. My contempt for them is total.

Pure evil!

Arguably, the worst thing a political leader can do is to beat up a national security threat. Dutton is dangerous.

Trump's order on showerheads seems trivial but it's a subtle power grab It seems only a matter of time before Donald Trump uses a crisis and the National Emergencies Act to bring about a revolution in the United States.

Alan Kohler nails it: America is becoming a gangster state. Australia should rethink its relationship because alliance will turn into obeisance.

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'The rental property sector in Australia is not a net taxpayer'. Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says that needs to change Australia's tax system is stacked so heavily against younger people that it's threatening the social compact, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has warned.

When election time rolls around we don't discuss the big issues such as taxation reform & how it would assist young Australians.

Dr Ken Henry has been talking about it for years. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...

On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.

Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'

Coalition to abolish 'ute tax' fuel efficiency standards Peter Dutton says a scheme to cut the emissions of cars and encourage electric vehicle uptake will be abolished under a Coalition government.

Dumping this policy will make Australia the dumping ground for shitty cheap obsolete cars the manufacturers can't sell anywhere else. Under the Libs Australia will go from car manufacturer to the global reject shop car yard. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?

Successive governments have reviewed the deal to lease the port to a Chinese company and found no cause for concern. Both major parties have made a sudden about-face.

Corporate tax avoidance. Who helps fund Australia, and who doesn't? - Michael West With the election looming, the promises of the major parties can only be kept if enough tax is collected to pay for them.

Australia's future must be funded by those who can most afford to pay

New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax
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It was a terrible cave-in. The cost of it continues to grow as Australia allows its resources to be plundered!

Thuggery!

This is beyond even Putin’s wildest dreams: Trump has destroyed the foundations of US economic exceptionalism. Its ’safe haven’ status is over.

The big lesson from America: Never let a thug near the leadership of your country.

Petition to stop Sky News from hosting economic debates

I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.

Yes, the self-serving war criminal, Netanyahu, is manipulating The Mad King into a war with Iran.

Very suspicious that Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran during Netanyahu’s visit. Could be setting up a pretext to launch strikes on Iran when talks “break down”.

The Liberal Party has gone rogue.

This is policy on the run. An Opposition scrambling not an alternative government ready for office. A coalition victory would be a disaster for Australia.

Malcolm Turnbull was right about Peter Dutton.

Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.

This Lutnick character is a Real Estate spiv from New York, a property developer mate of Trump. Count your fingers after you’ve shaken hands.

Dutton tells ABC to show ‘excellence’ or he won’t ‘support the waste’ The opposition leader told ABC radio that taxpayers would not expect the government to support waste at the national broadcaster.

They hate the ABC. They’ll obey their Murdoch masters and take a chainsaw to the place if they get in.

The coalition is not just chock full of dead wood from the Morrison era. It is a veritable petrified forest. I give you Exhibit A; sports-rorter #BridgetMckenzie. Unfit to to govern. indeed, unfit for public office. Vote wisely. #auspol

But he's not copying Trump

Alas, while Trump is abhorrent, he is not an aberration. His administration is the fulfilment of conservative America’s drift further and further right into populist nationalism and isolationism. It is not coming back.

Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up? The opposition leader’s election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises – but experts say some problems began on Coalition’s watch * Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign * Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian election * See all our Australian election 2025 coverage * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The alternative prime minister boldly declared the 2025 federal election was a “sliding doors moment” for the nation. Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech on Thursday evening was filled with facts and figures to paint Labor as hopeless at managing Australia’s best interests. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.

Worth a read. Hillary on Dumb and Dumber…