RT @bigjimsta@twitter.com

Great interview by Laura Tingle with AG Mark Dreyfus, totally dispelling all the LNP talking points regarding the #voice . Welcome back Laura #abc730 #AusPol2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/bigjimsta/status/1614908694130733058

@sister_ratched Very true. I am particularly careful, if I am talking Oz to make sure that I am in context. At least we have a Mastodon #auspol and #AusPol2022. I have chosen to be on a US server because I have a strong interest in the tech discussions and #photography so it makes it harder for local stuff. Oh well, you win some and lose some! You may consider moving to a more Oz-centric server. Suggestions at https://peak.nz/2022/11/11/australian-mastodon-server-instances/

Irony reached hitherto unseen levels today when Keneally called out Rudd from being a narcissist.

#AusPol2022

RT @thjr19@twitter.com

First reactor vessel for Hinkley Point C completed
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-reactor-vessel-for-Hinkley-Point-C-completed
#nuclear #uranium #thorium #repeal140A #auspol #AusPol2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/thjr19/status/1604049009202663426

How are the reactor vessels for Hinkey Point C so small? It's 1,600MW per reactor 🤯

RT @thjr19@twitter.com

First reactor vessel for Hinkley Point C completed
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-reactor-vessel-for-Hinkley-Point-C-completed
#nuclear #uranium #thorium #repeal140A #auspol #AusPol2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/thjr19/status/1604049009202663426

Energy security matters!

RT @thjr19@twitter.com

First contracts awarded for US strategic uranium reserve
https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-contracts-awarded-for-US-strategic-uranium-r
#nuclear #uranium #thorium #repeal140A #auspol #AusPol2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/thjr19/status/1604037936143540224

RT @fehowarth@twitter.com

Same as when they or their associations (unions) spent 20 million in the Rudd/Gillard years. #auspol #AlboPM #nswpol #AusPol2022 #NACC #auspoll https://twitter.com/blakandblack/status/1603499871834894336

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fehowarth/status/1603522459147177985

RT @awhitedingo@twitter.com

@Qldaah@twitter.com @ElaineM11584892@twitter.com Scott Morrison:
"I am a Liar.. I will never tell a lie.. sucker!"
#auspol #AusPol2022 #ScottyThePathologicalLiar #ScottyTheCompletePsycho #Elections2022 #AlboForPM  #LNPCorruptionParty.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/awhitedingo/status/1520933912045793281

Did you know: there are protesters in Australia who allegedly committed acts that just a few months ago would have been legally considered minor traffic offences, yet who are now facing months or years locked up, and are currently under bail conditions that effectively prevent them from going online at all, from being able to contact many/most of their friends, and who are subject to the complete loss of any right to privacy (being able to have all their devices searched by police at any point, and they must share any passwords)? And all this without yet having been convicted of any crime, while awaiting trial for alleged offences that just nine months ago would have most likely been resolved with a fine of a few hundred dollars.

#CriminalisationOfDissent #auspol #FreeVioletCoco #AusPol2022 #NSWpol

The inestimable Richard Ackland has an irregular newsletter for which I'm only too willing to shell out $120/pa despite my miniscule stipend. This week's was the usual doozy. Samples ~

"Meanwhile, [in the SMH] Bookshelves Brandis was offering his insights into Gough Whitlam. 

"Former barrister Geoffrey Gibson passed on the observation that Brandis writing about Gough is like asking a child to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

"The former AG and high commissioner referred to Whitlam’s deputy, Lance Barnard, as “a self-effacing Tasmanian trade unionist who began life as a logger”, which rather ignores the fact that he fought at El Alamein and was a teacher of mathematics. "

...and...

"That was a swell Christmas gathering on the lawns at Le Manoir, Uday Murdoch’s pile in Bellevue Hill.

"Adornments like porcelain sink urinator Col Allan, the Blot, Rita Piranha, and Meathead Murray from After Dark, mingled with the adorable Taylors, Angus and Louise; captains of industry; bankers; Grouper Greg Sheridan sporting a fresh rinse of Grecian 2000; the Mad Monk; Alan Joyce; Celebrity Sue Chrysanthou; and Senator Sarah Henderson, seen gnawing on the leg of a table." 

...and...

"Gone are the days when it was possible to turn up to The Australian Club in Sydney’s Macquarie Street for a quiet snifter after work. 

"Now you’re likely to discover that new member Brother Scott has plonked himself in your favourite Chesterfield. 

"Retreating to the the library, you find Benito Dutton moving his lips as he slowly reads the law and order stories in the Daily Smellograph. Like Schmo, he’s another new member nominated by Little Winston Howard. 

"It’s impossible to avoid Winston himself as he virtually lives at the crusty establishment.

"With the place being stacked with rusticated dross from the Nasty Party, traditional members are staying away – taking cheese sandwiches at the office instead."

If you want more, cough up😀

https://richardackland.com.au/

#AusPol #AusPol2022

RT @fehowarth@twitter.com

What we need to know is where the research journal came from. Did the juror have connections to the police or defence? Was it left of purpose? Did the juror use it to influence other jurors? #auspol #AlboPM #AusPol2022 #nswpol #auspoll https://twitter.com/blakandblack/status/1601304701160816640

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fehowarth/status/1601376288907747328

Today's political prisoner by @firstdogonthemoon.

"You are welcome to argue that Australia's state and federal governments (along with the police) are not simply the armed wing of the #FossilFuelIndustry... Write your explanation on a postcard and mail it to your grandchildren"

#ClimateProtest #auspol #AusPol2022 #FreeVioletCoco #ClimateCriminals #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #DirtyEnergy #CriminalisationOfDissent

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/07/violet-coco-is-in-prison-meanwhile-the-fossil-fuel-people-are-really-getting-value-for-money

@oliverromain Making interest paid by #landlords on their extra houses tax deductible was done in Australia in the 1990s and it significantly accelerated inequality (esp generational inequality) by pushing up property prices. This might sound great in the short term if you're hoarding houses, but comes back to bite everyone in a thousand different ways. It's a dangerous trap. Rates of home ownership have plummeted as more houses end up in fewer hands.
Adam Smith and Karl Marx agree on this one: landlords are hoarding a necessity and are not a legit business.
Want to save rural towns? Campaign to abolish tax breaks on interest for those selling holiday accommodation. And for the principle that #HousingIsAHumanRight that comes before anyone's right to maximise personal or corporate profit.
#UKpol #Auspol #housing #LandlordsAreCausingInflation #AusPol2022 #LandlordsAreParasites #HousingCrisis

RT @thjr19
Busting The Big Lie: Vesta’s CEO Admits Wind Power Ain’t Cheap & Never Will Be
https://stopthesethings.com/2022/12/01/busting-the-big-lie-vestas-ceo-admits-wind-power-aint-cheap-never-will-be/?fbclid=IwAR23mMeMs3eumeYBtgjmsj2EJx0Ig_Tx1XoeEdsG7KCeosfw6AX3hIA3JME
#nuclear #uranium #thorium #repeal140A #auspol #AusPol2022

#AusPol #AusPol2022 #RobodebtRC
CrossPost

RT @DarrenODonovan@twitter.com

Section 8 of the Social Security Administration Act states as follows. We have a duty to support people. It is fundamental. How low we have sunk. #RobodebtRC

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DarrenODonovan/status/1599641592247517186

Aphasia and arse-covering continues in Hearing Block 2 at the #RoboDebtRC
Gripping forensic ringfencing of witnesses by Angus Scott KC - and the usual depressed sighs of exasperation by all half-million victims.
https://robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au/
#AusPol #AusPol2022 #RoboDebt
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Your friendly reminder that excavations have resumed on the shitshow that was #Robodebt over at the #RoboDebtRC.
Rick Morton @SquigglyRick@twitter.com and Darren O'Donovan @DarrenODonovan@twitter.com are gallantly tweeting blow by blows (Mastodonners, they're on the birdsite).

#AusPol #AusPol2022
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Help! At the end of #Insiders the yearly wrap included a snip of the parliamentarian who gives an annual rhyming speech. Haven’t seen it in full - anyone have a link? Usually really good.

#auspol #AusPol2022

RT @jmil400@twitter.com

#DaiLea voted against censuring #ScottMorrison. I hope the electors of #Fowler feel vindicated by the choice they made in the Federal Election.
Dai Lea is a Liberal…and a right-wing Liberal at that.
#AusPol2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jmil400/status/1598832378277138432

Hmm, is Nine's SMH starting to polish up Benito for the next term? Guess there'll be a lot more of this PR stuff coming.

#AusPol #AusPol2022 xp
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/clear-differences-between-scott-and-myself-dutton-s-plan-for-a-one-term-comeback-20221202-p5c36o.html?/