Mastodawn

A thoughtful piece from #AmyRemeikis in The Point.

I would only argue that #fuel prices were not the main reason for the #RBA disastrous decision to raise the #CashRate to 4.1%. Bullock herself started her press conference with “the labour market’ is too tight. IOW, the RBA is considering low empoyment figures (seemingly arbritrarily so, the same as their arbitrary acceptable inflation window percentage) to be the cause for the underlying inflation (which is nowhere to be seen in the latest data, see Greg Jericho’s many articles on the matter).

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260324-soaring-petrol-prices-have-exposed-a-rotten-core-in-australia

Soaring petrol prices have exposed a ‘rotten core’ in Australia

So much of what passes for Australian political discourse relies on existential threats. It’s easy to make grandiose statements and take positions when the threat is some amorphous vague maybe that could possibly happen.

Droppie [opensoc]Mar 1

thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi…

quite below her usual standard, IMO.

#AmyRemeikis #AusPol

Howard's disturbing legacy: Fear and misdirected compassion

Howard’s legacy is the constant fear of asking people to think beyond themselves to what we could be, rather than enforcing what we were.

RaymondPierreL3 Feb 18

#AmyRemeikis is a political analyst not a forcaster of political fortunes, but even Amy is safe to call it these days...

"The conservatives have destroyed themselves [...] , but they have been victorious in creating a Labor Party that governs in their memory. One of the reasons the Liberals have crashed over the past two elections is because Labor has filled the space they would usually claim, while the Liberals have run so far to the right that their main opponent is One Nation."

So in a few words: we now have a labor govt in 'liberal' clothing which is likley to remain so until it is ousted by... yes, by what exactly? Is the electorate ready for the Greens to assume a pivotal role in govt? I don't know. Nor do I know whether the electorate is mad enough, angry enough to go the #Populist route - gosh, I hope not. But all of the above is hypothetical of course, until it comes about that is.
#AusPol #Labor #LiberalLight #ON #Greens

John

Feb 12

#auspol #Herzog #Albanese #Genocide #SocialCohesion #AmyRemeikis

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/02/11/social-cohesion-protest-herzog

This is not 'social cohesion' – it's just a tighter net to trap us all

Australians have been lectured a lot on social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch after protests against the visit by Israel’s president.

RaymondPierreL3 Jan 26

Everything you wanted to know about #NeoLiberalism the #AtlasNetwork and much, much more.

This is a great resource (sourced by #amyremeikis). Bookmark it because I guarantee, if you’re into politics and/or economics (aka representation, equity and wealth) you’ll want to come back to it again and again.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how

A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.

Greg Newton Jan 17

"So strap in. We are about to see the worst of Australian politics, normalised. And that makes us all losers."

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/01/17/coalition-one-nation-sussan-ley

#auspol #amyremeikis

No signs of heat going out of Coalition's summer of discontent

The Liberals may have found brief unity in a feverish lust of blaming the government –but that unity was never going to hold.

Queen 1066 Dec 3

Another excellent article by Amy. Pointing out the #gaslighting our federal government continues to do to us.
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When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job
#amyremeikis #ndis #capitalgains #aukus #fossilfuel #labor

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025/12/03/ndis-cuts-albanese-govt

When 'common sense' cuts are code for a cruel con job

"NDIS costs soar as children flock to scheme" is a headline people accept – but other soaring bills are accepted as a cost of doing business.

Queen 1066 Nov 23

‘We have reached the end of the political year with Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms but banning teenagers from social media, sacking scientists, cosying up to authoritarian babymen, actively harming the unemployed, tightening spending on public health while throwing money at uncertain defence contracts, criticising and condemning…’ #labor #amyremeikis

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/11/22/labor-power-courage-government