Why Labor thinks they will snatch the far north from the LNP
By Claudia Long

From Cairns to the Cape, Leichhardt is up for grabs with the departure of long-serving MP Warren Entsch. We go behind the scenes with the two candidates who want to fill his shoes.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-18/cairns-leichhardt-matt-smith-jeremy-neal-federal-election-2025/105163168

#Elections #FederalGovernment #AustralianFederalElections #GovernmentandPolitics #LiberalNationalPartyofQueensland #PoliticalPartiesandMovements #ALP #StateandTerritoryParliament #MinorParties #FederalParliament #Parliament #CostofLiving #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #ClaudiaLong

Endangered greater gliders recorded in proposed great koala national park in NSW as logging continues

Conservation groups call for immediate action to protect wildlife as two-year wait for Labor’s promised creation of park continues

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/17/endangered-greater-gliders-recorded-in-proposed-great-koala-national-park-in-nsw-as-logging-continues

The #ALP talks a lot about how it cares about the #Environment but does nothing.

Labor made plenty of promises at the last election. Did they deliver?

https://theconversation.com/labor-made-plenty-of-promises-at-the-last-election-did-they-deliver-251481

point 5 in Ribert Reich’s list gave me pause:

<Five: Centralize your power by destroying the civil service.>

neo-liberalism has destroyed the public service in many western countries, and i’m particularly disappointed by #ALP failure to fix australian departments like sennalink

public service has an undeservedly bad reputation for many reasons… but are essential to democracy;

government employees, as opposed to contractors, usually have deep and functional knowledge of how our parliaments decisions were meant to work, and a solid public service provides continuity of administration of basic/essential functions, despite election turmoil

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-playbook-is-victor-orbans?publication_id=365422&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=1g2w5q&utm_medium=email

What sets two of Australia's most powerful men apart from each other
By Claudia Long

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are vying for your vote. Here’s what sets them apart.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-federal-election-2025-politics/105088580

#AustralianFederalElections #LiberalPartyofAustralia #FederalGovernment #PoliticalPartiesandMovements #FederalParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #ALP #ClaudiaLong

They’re two of the most powerful men in Australia, but who are they really?
By Claudia Long

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are vying for your vote. Here’s what sets them apart.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-14/anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-federal-election-2025-politics/105088580

#AustralianFederalElections #LiberalPartyofAustralia #FederalGovernment #PoliticalPartiesandMovements #FederalParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #CommunityandSociety #ALP #ClaudiaLong

Labor won Boothby for the first time in 73 years — can it hold it?
By Leah MacLennan

Until the last election, the electorate of Boothby hadn't been in the hands of a Labor candidate since 1949 — but the ALP's Louise Miller-Frost broke that streak by winning the seat, and is now taking another tilt.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-12/louise-miller-frost-secured-boothby-for-labor/105159736

#FederalStateIssues #AustralianFederalElections #ALP #LiberalPartyofAustralia #LeahMacLennan

Dear Tony Lupton and Michael Danby. I see that you'd like Josh Burns anfrom the #ALP to win #Macnamara.
OK. (I'd prefer the #Greens to win it, but ... whatevs).
I see you're really worried that the preferences might edge Josh out, and that you want people to vote "1. ALP ..." rather than "1. Green, 2.ALP"

I see your problem. But really, sidling up to Advance ain't the way to go. I'll give you a hint: how has sidling up to NewsCorp gone? It isn't good, is it? They have no friends for a reason. You are not their friend. They are not yours.

Here is my
Home Remedy for the
Prevention of Greens Votes:
1. Act on #climate.
2. Help #refugees and the poor.
3. Do something to protect #nature.

You don't need to go full on dictatorship-of-the-proletariat. Do those three (actually, for many Greens voters, just the top one would do) and Josh keeps his seat. No wukkas.

So simple. Not a biggie, not difficult, definitely not 3D Chess. Put the sock puppets away you bloody gooses.

From Laura Tingle: this week has been an assessment of basic competence.

In which the #ALP shows it can perform actual governance alongside campaigning for reelection, while the #Libs demonstrate incompetence at both. Independent candidates, please take note.

I wonder for how long the media #DistractionMachine can effectively obscure this?

#AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/potential-economic-consequences-australia-trump-policies-now/105139692?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other