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#VicPol / #LNP / #liberal / #MickTsikas/AAP <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/29/election-2025-live-updates-australia-federal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Mar 31

Day three:

Dutton is following a long line of #LNP leaders (Howard, Abbott, Morrison) who ditched Canberra to live in Sydney.

“A woman managed to get close to Dutton and unfurl a #banner calling for no new #gas or #nuclear. There’s now been about half a dozen events - mostly hosted by the Coalition - “bird-dogged” by #RisingTide.”

Duttons camp has a leak. ☢️🏭

Protesters turn up at Dutton’s events despite secret travel plans – as it happened

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the Guardian

#Labor / #Inflation vs #Corporate #monopoly <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/30/australia-election-2025-live-updates-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-supermarkets-energy?page=with%3Ablock-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c#block-67e86f248f08bb7e41c3550c>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 1

Day three: cont 🛒🥛🍞🥖

“The #supermarket giants have pushed back against #Labor’s pledge on price gouging, saying the #ACCC’s inquiry had not concluded they were engaging in the practice.” (says supermarkets)

“We will fine them. We will fine them with heavy fines.”

David (DJ) Speers: “Heavy fines?”

Albanese: “Heavy fines to make sure that they know that if they’re ripping people off, then they are in the gun to pay a heavy penalty for it.” — #AnthonyAlbanese

Bandt says Greens policy ‘adopted’ by Albanese – as it happened

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the Guardian

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 1

Day four: 🍻🍺 vs 🎓💰

While some issues are being discussed, one isnt HECS DEBT. We can talk about having a beer with the Prime ministerial candidates but not EDUCATION costs and spiralling debt.

While we’re at it. UNEMPLOYED? Has the living allowance been raised? At all, does it match inflation? Is it below the poverty line?

#PubTest / #PrimeMinister / #HexDebt / #HECSDebt / #HECS / #University / #Unemployed / #PovertyLine / #LivingWage / #LukasCoch / AAP <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/from-babysitting-to-keeping-a-secret-the-pm-is-preferred-but-it-is-the-literal-pub-test-where-albo-stands-out>

From babysitting to keeping a secret, the PM is preferred. But it is the literal pub test where Albo stands out

Being a preferred drinking buddy does not win you an election, but it does signal who the electorate is willing to spend more time with

The Guardian

#Spruiking / #campaigning <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/candidates-using-influencers-to-bypass-shadow-ban-on-campaigning-by-chinese-social-media-app-rednote> / <https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻

Day five: Multi-cultural bullshit

“Chinese language #influencers who mostly post lifestyle content are interviewing election candidates on the social media app #Rednote, allowing politicians to bypass an apparent “shadow ban” on #campaigning by the app and reach a disengaged but vital audience.

The interviews with influencers who usually post about food, real estate and shopping have been published on a platform that is not actively monitored by the Australian Electoral Commission due to Rednote’s scale and the commission’s resources.

#ScottYung, the #Liberal candidate for the ultra-marginal Sydney seat of #Bennelong, where almost one-third of residents have #Chinese ancestry, has featured in multiple interviews shared by #Mandarin speaking influencers on Rednote in recent weeks.”

I note Scotty (another Scotty) highlighted himself due to State campaigning irregularities in 2019. Johhny (War crimes) Howard is all over the #Bennelong campaign. Howard, one step away from #CCP influence campaign. Handy Andy Hastings will be in fits.

This isn’t a “Chinese thing”, this is a “Politics thing” where a multicultural background is weaponised for candidates against the rest of Australian #voters.

Candidates using influencers to bypass ‘shadow ban’ on campaigning by Chinese social media app Rednote

Exclusive: Interviews with influencers who usually post about food or real estate published on platform, which officially discourages political content

The Guardian

#AusPol / #Straya / #ClimateEmergency / #climate <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/australia-records-hottest-12-months-and-warmest-march-weather-on-record>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 3

Day Six

“Dr #SimonGrainger, a senior #climatologist at the bureau (#BOM) , said #Australia also had its joint warmest start to any year at 2.08C above average, tied with the January to March period of 2019.”

and the PM (#Labor) and opposition (#Liberal / #LNP) are having a pissing match over who can whisper into the ear a deaf, blind foreigner 🤪

‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record

ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’

The Guardian

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 5

Day eight

same vibe …

#AusPol ABCNews / #MattRoberts / #MickTsikas / AAP

#Energy / #SolarPower / #WindPower / #Gas / #coal <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a>

Day nine

Not the Opposition leader making apologies for asking Canberra to go back to the Office to work, Not the, “I’m going to “sack the Public servants who do the Education👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 and Health things ⚕️🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️” (cite), but this from the Opposition Treasurer. ☢️🛢️

“Well done Angus”.

In an interview with ABC News Breakfast host James Glenday:

TAYLOR “We absolutely not backing down on that, I can assure you, James and we’re not backing down to making sure we drive down prices of electricity.”

GLENDAY asks how exactly the Coalition will pay for it?

TAYLOR “#NuclearPower ☢️ is through to 2050, and it’s substantially lower than the cost of Labor’s policies.”

GLENDAY “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars no matter which way you twist it.”

TAYLOR “Well that’s the #EnergySystem. The energy system much of which is paid for by a combination of the #PrivateSector and #StateGovernments. The piece we will #finance, of course, is the #NuclearGenerators which will deliver a return and that’s how we have modelled it, James.”

Well done Angus, now show me the costings?

With no plan, #Liberal / #LNP make themselves open to critical analysis and thus reverse their decisions when deficiencies are pointed out.

#Leadership VS #Chaos

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#Kooyong / #Liberal / #rent / #housing <https://archive.md/zspBW> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/amelia-hamer-pitched-herself-as-a-renter-she-owns-two-investment-properties-20250404-p5lp8f.html>

Day nine cont: The Opposition has a #candidate problem.

Not enough diversity. Amelia is a good candidate, The #AFR describes Amelia as bringing, a “#Millennial edge”. Right pedigree (Dicks Grand niece), #OxfordUniversity educated, lives locally. The problem, I’m a renter …and I’m also a home owner that I failed to disclose.

Day nine cont

AFR, MAR27th, “Oxford-educated renter brings #Millennial edge to Kooyong battle”

#Kooyong / #Liberal / #rent / #property / #housing <https://archive.md/VNpTL> / <https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oxford-educated-renter-brings-millennial-edge-to-kooyong-battle-20240326-p5ff8y> (paywall)

#Liberal / #LNP / #Work / #Sack / #AboutFace <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6#block-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6>

Day nine cont

“We’ve listened to feedback from right around the country, not just #Canberra based #PublicServants … who are telling us that flexible work is something that they would like to see #enshrined.

Now, *let’s face it, it always was going to be enshrined*. Flexible work was always here to stay. But what our concern now is that part of that #flexible work should also be an ability to work from home where it’s appropriate to do so” Opposition #Finance minister.

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#Melton / #MentalHealth / #Victoria <https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/dutton-faces-claims-pride-decorations-were-removed-before-his-mental-health-org-visit/236139>

Day nine:

“In a statement to #StarObserver, a spokesperson for headspace confirmed that several items were removed from the table by the #OppositionLeader’s team ahead of the media announcement, including a tall water jug and some #flags.

They also confirmed that no posters, artworks or floor-standing flags were removed, nor was there any request to do so.”

Dutton met #ProfMcGorry (leading #Psychiatrist former Australian of the Year, and inaugural Patron of #Headspace.)

However I didn’t see this reported.

Dutton Faces Claims Pride Decorations Were Removed Before His Mental Health Org Visit - Star Observer

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of removing pride decorations prior to visiting a headspace in Western Melbourne on Wednesday.

Star Observer

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #HousingCrisis <https://www.michaelsukkar.com.au/ministerial-media-releases/interview-with-andrew-clennell-sky-news-australia-3/>

Day nine cont:

“Andrew CLENNEL: Alright, joining me live is Shadow #HousingMinister #MichaelSukkar. He is in the marginal Labor seat of #McEwen, just taken part in a press conference with #PeterDutton with this new announcement. Michael Sukkar, thanks for your time. You’re proposing to cut the #InternationalStudent intake from 320,000 to 240,000 – isn’t that along the lines of what the government has been trying to achieve anyway? And you blocked their #StudentCap #legislation.”

“Michael SUKKAR: No, Andrew, what we’ve seen under this government is increased #StudentNumbers. They completely botched their attempt at trying to address this issue because they tried to placate all of the #VestedInterests involved. And that means that we’ve seen more than a million #migrants over two years. Our announcement today, Andrew is part of a suite of measures to help Australians battle this #HousingCrisis.”

🤦‍♂️

#AusPol / #Labor / #CaireONeil #HousingCrisis <https://neoskosmos.com/en/2025/03/14/news/australia/build-build-build-clare-oneils-bold-plan-to-tackle-australias-housing-crisis/>

Day nine cont

“Claire ONEIL: 1.2 million homes in five years

The Minister is focused on building more and wants 1.2 million new homes in five years.

“We need to build more #homes at the affordable end of the market – that’s why we want 1.2 million homes built over #FiveYears and assist #FirstHomeBuyers.

Construction capability is very important – we’ve got to build more homes; we need to build our construction sector’s capacity, and one of the most important aspects of that is that we’re training more #tradies.

Fee-free #TAFE is now permanent. Tens of thousands of those have been people #training in #construction.”

There is no mention that I can find on housing from #Labor. The Government Minister for Housing made the above comment on 14th March in the #Melbourne #NeosKosmos.

“Build, Build, Build”: Clare O’Neil’s bold plan to tackle Australia’s housing crisis

At a multicultural press conference on Thursday, the Commonwealth’s Housing and Homelessness Minister , Clare O’Neil said it was an “incredible privilege to be put in charge of something so …

Neos Kosmos

#AusPol / #Labor / #health <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f440228f08d7b767193aff#block-67f440228f08d7b767193aff>

Day ten⚕️🏥

“#AnthonyAlbanese will on Tuesday pledge $500m for 20 youth specialist care centres, as well as $225m for 31 new and upgrades to #Medicare mental health centres, and $200m to expanding or starting 58 #Headspace centres.

The #YouthCentres will be focused on addressing what is called “the missing middle”, or complex needs that can be addressed outside #hospitals”

Why does it take an election for this kind of funding to mental health when Prof. McGorry has been calling out for a decade?

Australia election 2025 live: Labor pledges $1bn for mental health; Dutton and Albanese prepare for first debate

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#AusPol / #Liberal / #tariffs / #trade / #finance <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f444f08f08e0f1eb032389#block-67f444f08f08e0f1eb032389>

Day 10 cont 💸💰🪙

Opposition Leader “We [the #LNP government] had identified #JoeHockey’s work as #ambassador was crucial in doing this – identifying people who could have an #influence in the decision in and around the administration. That’s exactly what we did. This #PrimeMinister just hasn’t got any of that connection. There’s been no work done in the run-up to what was obviously being announced”

Connections, deals and nods to the 🎃 wont help the country in crisis 🥔.

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Day 10 ⚕️🏥

“This morning #Labor has promised $1bn for mental #health services, including investing in more mental health workers and improving #facilities.

It follows a $400m commitment for #youth #MentalHealth and a promise to reinstate 20 subsidised mental health sessions. The Coalition (#LNP) promised those a fortnight ago during #PeterDutton’s budget reply”

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#LNP / #Liberal / #Littleproud / #rights / #Youth / #Justice <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5#block-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5>

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 8

Day ten cont 🚨👮‍♂️🧑‍⚖️

“We have hit a tipping point where the civil rights of an #individual need to be put aside for the #CivilRights of a #community. When a community doesn’t feel #safe, you have to act and you have to make sure there’s a #deterrent and a #consequence.

In my home state again [#Queensland], I would encourage every state to do this, we’re going back to #outback camps where we are rebuilding these young people with a life #skill. Not putting them behind barbed wire but sending them to remote places, giving them a skill and #purpose in life.” — David Littleproud

The National leadership is roaring to the press.

A reminder, my daddy was a State National MP and Minister. I’m from Queensland and our ideas need to be heard across the nation.

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#Liberal / #NuclearPower / #ClimateEmergency / #gas / #coal <https://theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/not-enough-water-available-for-coalitions-nuclear-proposal-to-run-safely-report-finds>

Day eleven: ☢️💧

“About 90% of the #nuclear generation capacity the #Coalition proposes to build would not have access to enough water to run safely, according to a report commissioned by #LiberalsAgainstNuclear.

The report authored by Prof. #AndrewCampbell, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (#ANU) , assessed nuclear energy’s #water needs and the available #supply across the seven sites where the Coalition has proposed new reactors.”

“Well done Angus”

If you remember the member for #Hume is insisting the Federal Government if the #LNP wins election will purchase, run and make a profit using nuclear power.

No mention of locations of power generation sites (I assume existing sites) nor is there any mention of #geological, #enviromental or #NuclearWaste disposal studies.

Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds

Analyst says nuclear is the ‘thirstiest’ energy source, as report commissioned by Liberal supporters throws doubt on plan’s feasibility

The Guardian

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #hubris / #entitlement <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/election-leaders-debate-winner-albanese-social-media-posts-congratulate-peter-dutton>

Day eleven cont: 🥇🏆🏅

In the #LNP world, everyone expects and gets a gold medal for turning up.

‘Congratulations Peter Dutton’: LNP incorrectly declares leader election debate winner before audience votes for Anthony Albanese

Albanese won 44 votes out of 100 at the Wentworthville leagues club in western Sydney, Dutton won 35 and 21 people remained undecided

The Guardian

#AusPol / #Greens / #economics / #Defence / #RAN / #Dolphin / #Submarine / f #AUKUS / #straya / #merica <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2>

Day eleven cont: 🌊 🐬⚓️

“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such #losers”.

There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want #Australia to go down the #USA route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump 🎃 and to look after us in this country” — #AdamBandt

Australia election 2025 live: ‘everyone will lose’ from Trump’s tariffs, Husic says; Chalmers v Taylor debate tonight

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#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/lnp-candidate-jeremy-neal-leichardt-queensland-china-covid-lockdown-social-media-posts-ntwnfb>

Day eleven cont: 🗣️🎙️🙊

The #LNP have a candidate problem cont…

“A #Liberal #National candidate (#JeremyNeal) in a must-win #Queensland seat has apologised after #SocialMedia posts airing controversial views about #China, #Covid19 restrictions and “#feminists” who helped “kick out” Donald Trump 🎃in 2020 resurfaced.”

So you chastise Political candidates who have an opinion and tell their truth OR chastise them because they are not tactful? (ie: don’t disclose what they think, lie etc.)

LNP candidate in critical Queensland seat apologises after controversial posts on China and ‘feminists’ resurface

Leichhardt candidate Jeremy Neal says views – including on Covid measures – were shared on social media during ‘traumatic’ pandemic frontline work

The Guardian

#AusPol / #Politics / #tact / #Machiavellian / #Liberal <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/palau-president-australia-cop-31-climate-summit>

Day eleven cont: 🌊💨🌀🌡️

The #LNP have a candidate problem continued…

“Speaking at a #RenewableEnergy conference in #Sydney on Wednesday, #SurangelWhipps Jr described seeing two-thirds of an island in his archipelago country disappear under water in his lifetime. “For those of us in the #Pacific who have lived through storm surges, #rising #ocean levels and increasingly high tides, the phrase ‘water lapping at our door’ is not a metaphor or a punchline. It’s our fear and reality,” he said.

The comment was an apparent reference to a 2015 incident in which #PeterDutton, while #ImmigrationMinister, was overheard on a hot mic joking with then-prime minister #TonyAbbott (#dickhead) about delays during a visit to Papua New Guinea (#PNG) , saying “time doesn’t mean anything when you’re about to have water lapping at your door”.

Rules are applied only when needed.

Palau president delivers barb at Peter Dutton over ‘water lapping your door’ hot mic joke

Surangel Whipps Jr also strongly backs Australia’s bid to host a UN climate conference

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Day twelve 🎃🪨

“Donald Trump says he has ambitions to compete with #Australia on coal production after signing executive orders designating the #FossilFuel as a #mineral and vowing to reinvigorate an industry that is in steep decline. …

During a rambling one-hour speech that spanned illegal immigration from Africa, Germany’s wind industry and energy challenges in California, Trump also specifically referenced Australia’s #CoalTrade with #China.

‘We have more coal than any other country. You go to Australia, they have fantastic amounts of coal. You know who they sell it to?’ he asked several dozen hard hat-wearing coal miners in the #WhiteHouse.

‘China. They sell it to China. They’re nearby. They sell a lot of it to China. But we have more than anywhere else on earth. We also have more liquid gold than anywhere on earth. So we’re really an #energy behemoth, but we’re unleashing that also.’”

Energy Resources. We should see some response by either party as to their Environmental and Climate policies by what is and isn’t said.

#AusPol / #ClimateEmergency / #tariffs / #minerals / #Liberal #LNP / #Labor <https://archive.md/lzK4E> / <https://afr.com/companies/mining/trump-cites-australia-in-his-beautiful-clean-coal-energy-overhaul-20250409-p5lqjl> (paywall)

Day twelve cont ☢️🏭

“Coalition sources on Wednesday told The AFR that while the party would honour the NRF’s existing commitments if elected on May 3, the remaining funds would be put to other uses, including possibly the Coalition’s plans to build seven #NuclearPower plants across the country.

The Coalition will not scrap or exit existing #NRF (National Reconstruction Fund) agreements over fears that would create sovereign risk, whereby investors avoid making investments in Australia due to uncertainty about government decision-making.”

…

“While the Coalition has opposed Labor’s off-budget funds, Dutton has said a future Coalition government would finance its taxpayer-funded nuclear power plants through a similar #investment vehicle.

Modelling by #FrontierEconomics commissioned by the Coalition estimates the opposition’s energy plan would cost $331 billion to 2050, of which the taxpayer-funded construction of #NuclearPlants would be a large component..”

There you go, $331B tax payer funded ‘never never’ nuclear technology ☢️ for power generation. 🤪

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Labor / #energy / #manufacturing <https://archive.md/FLmBy> / <https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/coalition-to-reprioritise-14-5b-from-labor-s-manufacturing-fund-20250409-p5lqck> (paywall)

Alfredo Apr 9

@peterrenshaw So he wants to sell coal to China?

RaymondPierreL3 Apr 8

@peterrenshaw
How much bullshit does #Dutton think the Australian electorate can handle without throwing up? From his performance on the hustings to date a lot more than what we’ve seen/heard so far. Hence #PotatoHead is either a complete moron or he is take the piss and makes the electorate look like a bunch of f**wits. Neither position is tolerable for an aspiring PM. Australia… do your constitutional job!

Here’s hoping every Australian wakes up in time for #AusElection25

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 8

@RaymondPierreL3 I can’t wait for the young voters who have education debts, no chance of a home, difficult work conditions strategically gang up on the “Political class” of both sides.

David P Apr 7

@peterrenshaw

And yet nothing to address some of the causal factors, such as childhood poverty and housing insecurity.

Raising #Jobseeker to at least $82 per day to the Henderson poverty line, massive increases to public and social housing builds and maintenance (to at least eliminate the current public housing waitlists) would go some way to addressing childhood mental health issues AND education statistics declines.

#AusPol #LaborFailure

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Apr 4

“Wilson said he was a founding patron of #Liberal Friends of Israel and had also helped list Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organisations.

He said the #Coalition wanted a judicial inquir into #antisemitism on Australian university campuses and would make it clear that Australia was #IsraelAlly.”

A reminder #Politicians show flexible and ambiguous loyalty to their own country.

#AusPol <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-the-electorates-that-will-gauge-the-nation-s-mood-on-big-issues-during-the-2025-federal-election-20250330-p5lno1.html>

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