So apparently the Angus Taylor masterplan is to copy-paste Donald Trump and hope Australians don’t notice.
ICE-style deportations, values tests, culture war nonsense… all imported straight from the US bargain bin.
Even Paul Keating is calling it out as the Liberals defaulting to racism and ditching their own history.
Imagine running a 2026 campaign based on recycled 2016 slogans… from another country.
No ideas, no policy, just fear with an American accent.

#FMD #australia #auspol #immigration #libleadership #politics #LNPfail

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/paul-keating-angus-taylor-liberal-party-immigration-statement-in-full-ntwnfb

Paul Keating’s statement on Angus Taylor, his immigration policy and the Liberal party – full text

The Coalition leader ‘has elected to walk away from the best instincts’ of the Liberals, the former Australian prime minister says

The Guardian

Oh wow, Angus Taylor has cracked the case. Labor’s evil ‘emissions obsession’ is why Aussie refineries are shipping fuel overseas while we pay through the nose at the pump.
Top detective work, mate. Almost like those tighter sulphur rules were brought in by the Coalition… when you were Energy Minister. With grants to upgrade the refineries themselves.
But nah, blame Bowen. Classic opposition energy move: rewrite the history, then get mad at the twist you wrote.

#auspol #lnpfail #angus

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2026/04/15/angus-taylor-fuel-claim#google_vignette

Angus Taylor's fuel standards claim lacks vital context

Angus Taylor blames Labor for fuel standards that forced an oil refinery to export petrol, but the standards were created by the coalition.

@Old_IT_geek Looks like Australia is heading down the same path as the US. The Coalition's 'Trumpian' plan for social media vetting of visitors (even tourists) is straight out of that playbook. Already hearing talk of ramping up deportations and our own version of ICE-style enforcement through Home Affairs/Border Force. #auspol #fascism #LNPfail

The greedy suits at SPC made one fatal choice that destroyed Victoria’s iconic fruit cannery and thousands of jobs.
But the LNP government under Prime Minister Tony Abbott rejected SPC’s $25 million request to modernise and save local jobs — calling it “corporate welfare.”
Yet they happily handed $16 million to Cadbury, a foreign-owned multinational.
Classic LNP hypocrisy: no support for Australian workers and food sovereignty, but plenty of taxpayer cash for overseas bosses when it suits them.
We need public ownership of strategic industries, not this selective corporate welfare that guts manufacturing while workers pay the price.

#ClassWar #WorkersRights #AussieManufacturing #LNPFail #Auspol #madMonk #SPC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDwVXfnnkY

The Fatal SPC Factory: The Decision That Destroyed Australia’s Biggest Food Empire

YouTube

Australia's Watergate: 7 yrs on, Barnaby Joyce & Angus Taylor's $80M Cayman Islands water scam still unpunished! Taxpayers fleeced for dodgy rights via secrecy & uni-party protection. Labor won't touch it. Smash the corruption!

#AusPol #Watergate #CaymanScam #LNPFail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJY3BRDH9jo

They Got away with Australia's own Watergate | The West Report

YouTube

The Liberals are burying their 2025 election review like it's state secrets. Dutton's bloodbath loss promised transparency—Ley swore it'd be public—but Angus crew now says nah, moving on.
Authors slam it as betrayal and cover-up. Classic Libs: lose big, hide the lessons, then wonder why voters ghost them. More of the same coming...
If they can't own the wipeout, how do they fix it? Transparency for voters, not themselves eh? 😂
#AusPol #LNPFail #Election2025 #LiberalCoverUp #DuttonDisaster

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/liberals-slam-decision-not-to-release-2025-election-review-evening-news-bulletin-28-february-2026/ll5azcl8k

Liberals slam decision not to release 2025 election review | Evening News Bulletin 28 February 2026

The Liberals decline to release the report into their disastrous 2025 federal election campaign; At least 15 people killed in a Bolivia military plane crash; Both New Zealand and France out of the Sydney leg of Sail GP this weekend.

SBS News

Angus Taylor's latest: crank up security vetting & crack down on immigration because some migrants supposedly don't 'share our values'. Cites Bondi terror attack & IS brides repatriation as scare examples. Classic right-wing playbook—Number 1: whip up fear to unsettle the masses & justify hardline controls. Same tactics we're seeing from every populist conservative gov around the world. Australia deserves better than this fearmongering.

#AusPol #Immigration #lnpfail

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/angus-taylor-flags-stronger-security-vetting-in-immigration-crackdown-midday-news-bulletin-15-february-2026/cqqbeo5fv

Angus Taylor flags stronger security vetting in immigration crackdown | Midday News Bulletin 15 February 2026

Angus Taylor flags stronger security vetting in immigration crackdown; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says US demands much more from Ukraine than Russia; and in cricket, India braced for high-pressure World Cup clash with Pakistan.

SBS News

Once again, we see the same playbook: when "fiscal responsibility" is needed, it's always education, healthcare, and social services on the chopping block. Never corporate subsidies. Never tax loopholes for the wealthy. Never the billions in concessions to mining companies.
Liberals talk about "tough choices" while protecting the comfortable and squeezing the vulnerable. The pattern is crystal clear—austerity for the many, prosperity for the few.

#Auspol #Austerity #ClassWarfare #EatTheRich #LnpFail

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/pressure-chalmers-over-inflation-193631907.html

Key rates question Libs can’t answer

The Liberals have launched fiery attacks on Labor’s public spending following the RBA’s rate hike but have failed to answer one big question.

Yahoo

The Coalition has collapsed for the second time in eight months and Sussan Ley’s leadership could follow at any moment. So who should lead the opposition through this tumultuous time? While former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has been there, he himself is not sure who is best placed to take on the challenge, adding ‘the pool of talent is not enormous at the moment’. Turnbull talks about what went wrong between the Liberals and Nationals and what he thinks it will take to resuscitate his party.

#auspol #rightwing #lnpfail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q7gARReVWA

‘The opposition is in La-La land’: Malcolm Turnbull on the Coalition split – Full Story podcast

YouTube

@NickSchwanck @luciedigitalni @Old_IT_geek

It is worth remembering how fiercely the Murdoch press lined up against Whitlam in the lead up to the dismissal and how reliably it has backed the fossil fuel aligned lnp ever since. The coverage was never neutral and it has shaped decades of public opinion.
The small consolation is that Murdochs outlets now speak mainly to the older crowd. Younger Australians are tuning out entirely, choosing independent and digital sources instead. They are the one bright sign that a better future is still possible here.

#australianpolitics #whitlam #australia #media #lnp #lnpfail #msm #auspol