Day 18 cont

The #LNP has a candidate problem cont

“On March 5, #Yung admitted to falsely claiming he had raised $60,000 during an intimate dinner with #JohnHoward ahead of the 2019 state election. He did not specify how much was actually raised. Then revelations came out that the then-#Kogarah candidate engaged a *digital strategy firm* to undertake work potentially worth tens of thousands of dollars.

One month later, a leaked video of a speech Yung gave during a Lunar New Year celebration discredited previous efforts to distance himself from #XieXiongming, a #casino high roller linked to the #ChineseCommunistParty.”

#AusPol / #Liberal / #Nationals / #CPP / #SecurityRisk <https://archive.md/savad> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frantic-calls-party-concern-as-lib-candidate-under-spotlight-20250409-p5lqkx.html> (paywall)

Day 19 💲

“Everyone should be paid a #FairWage for the #work they complete and it is time for the major parties to commit to this meaningful change for people with disability.

#People with #disability are being overlooked and left behind in the major party policy promises this election campaign.

… The answer to getting more people with disability into work is not to allow #CheapLabour, it’s to ensure we are funding #employment services that actually work, which allow people with disability to connect with work they find #meaningful and also gives them the opportunity to build their capacity to perform those roles.” — #DavidPocock

$3 an hour.

#AusPol / #Independent / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68001d5c8f08bcf9ff48311e#block-68001d5c8f08bcf9ff48311e>

Day 19 cont 💲💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

“Documents have revealed #Liberal candidate for the seat of #Kooyong, who has campaigned on the rising cost of living, is a #beneficiary of a $20 million #FamilyTrust.

The documents were posted to social media by a volunteer for Ms #AmeliaHamer's main rival in the seat, incumbent teal MP Monique Ryan.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #wages <https://abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/amelia-hamer-trust-fund-monique-ryan-kooyong/105185290>

Day 19 cont 🌀☀️🌧️🗺️🔥

“I don’t know because I’m not a #scientist and I can’t tell you whether the #temperature has risen in Thargomindah because of #ClimateChange or the #WaterLevels are up.” — #PeterDutton

Obfusticate, deny, lie. It’s not a belief, the #ClimateEmergency can be observed, measured and modelled using … #Science.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374#block-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374>

Day 19 cont 🙏⛪️🕍🕌⛩️🛕 💽🧑‍💻

“The #LiberalParty has accidentally left part of its email provider’s #subscriber details exposed, revealing the types of #data harvested by the party during the #election campaign.

This gives rare #insight into some of the specific kinds of data the party is keeping on voters, including whether they are “predicted Chinese”, “predicted Jewish”, a “strong Liberal” and other #PersonalInformation.”

#AusPol / #DataScience / #inference / #voters / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals <https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/victorian-liberals-data-exposed-email-mailchimp-federal-election-crikey/>

Day 19 cont ☢️🛢️🏭🏦🏢🏢🏢💰💰

“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:

The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”

#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>

Day 19 cont 🇮🇩⚔️

“No foreign power has a military base in Indonesia, or permanent access to any of its domestic bases. #Indonesia has enshrined in its constitution a commitment to a “free and independent” foreign policy, which is premised on non-alignment.”

Ever been to Jakarta?

Down the main drag is a gigantic statue visible for kilometers as a reminder of Dutch liberation. I bet 🥔🤓 has never been to Indonesia.

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Jakarta <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/17/russia-indonesia-airbase-putin-wider-ambitions-analysis>

Day 20 💰💰🏭🏦🛢️☢️🕍⛪️🙏🔥

“spin-off of the US-based #CPAC – short for Conservative Political Action Conference – the #Sydney-based outfit described itself as a “values-based” organisation that “espouses the best of #Howard, #Reagan and #Thatcher while exploring new ideas and themes for the coming generations”.

Guests at the August event included #OneNation senator Pauline Hanson, Michelle Pearse, the CEO of the #AustralianChristianLobby, and broadcaster and soon-to-be alleged sex offender, #AlanJones.

Overseas talent included Jay Aeba, chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union and Heather Wilson, mother of six and co-founder of #GiveSendGo, a #Christian #crowdfunding network which has helped raise money for #NeoNazis and #AntiVaxxers”

“Then, in 2018, investment banker and long-time #ClimateConspiracist Maurice Newman, billionaire storage king Sam Kennard, and David Adler, of the #FarRight Australian Jewish Association (AJA), got together to form #AdvanceAustralia. Money was no problem: #HedgeFund manager and #Liberal Party donor Simon Fenwick tipped in $190,000; a further $400,000 came from Sydney #Establishment couple Rodney and Judith O’Neil, and the Taylor #winemaking family.

Advance pitched itself as a champion of the #SilentMajority – #HowardsBattlers 2.0. But its real concerns were better expressed by another early backer, #hotelier James Power, who was then engaged in a battle to prevent women from becoming members of #Brisbane’s #Tattersall’s Club.”

If you noticed a darker turn to the election this week, here’s a good explanation of the WHY and HOW. Also I see Tony 🧅 got a new job.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Nationals / #Australia <https://archive.md/wY3Cn> / <https://theage.com.au/national/copied-the-maga-model-the-grassroots-lobby-group-funded-by-some-of-australia-s-richest-20250408-p5lq6k.html> (paywall)

Day 20 cont 💰💰💰💰☢️🏭🏠🏘️⛪️🕍📈📉👔👨🏻‍💼👩🏻‍💼

“A video shared thousands of times on a Chinese (#CCP) #SocialMedia platform claiming a re-elected #Albanese government would adopt “the far-left agenda” of the #Greens and potentially seize vacant homes was created by a member of a #WeChat group campaigning for the Liberal party in a marginal Melbourne seat.

The six-minute video, narrated by a woman who refers to herself as #AuntieGuoer, also claims any minority Albanese government that might rely on the Greens would “crackdown on the #MiddleClass” and lead to the #decline of “traditional #SocialStructures”.”

I see this is happening in the seat of #Aston and past Liberal seat of a political favourite of mine, #TudgyFudge 🤪🤣☺️ Given the subject matter I’d lay a bet this is the work of ex AFP Officer, #SandraBourke and #MatthewSheahan who now has removed all biographic links. Why?

#AusPol / #Advance / #propaganda / #extremism / #ForeignInterference / #CounterDemocratic / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb> / <https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/time-to-put-the-greens-last>

Day 20 cont 🇮🇩✈️👻

“Opposition defence spokesman #AndrewHastie and opposition foreign affairs spokesman #DavidColeman have accused the government of failing a “transparency test” and adopting “shifty and sneaky” language on whether it was aware of any request by #Moscow about basing aircraft in #Indonesia.”

👋Andy and James “art lover” Patterson rabbiting on about silly stories that have nothing to do with Intelligence.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #propaganda / #slogans <https://archive.md/2mERC> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/sneaky-shifty-coalition-claims-it-is-kept-in-the-dark-on-russia-and-indonesia-20250418-p5lspd.html>

Day 20 cont 🏠🏡🏡🏡🏠🏘️🏚️🏘️🏘️

April 17: From twitter, former Aus law enforcement @strangerous10:

“Michael Sukkar (#Liberal, Opposition Housing) turns down (ABC730) Sarah Ferguson’s final offer to let public know how many houses he plans to build & can’t stop Clare O’Neil (#Labor Housing Minister) from correcting the record. Calls out the “absolute garbage” from Sukkar that #LNP built 13,000 homes, reveals it’s in fact about “350”🤦‍♂️#abc730🔥”

#AusPol / #MichaelSukkar / #ClareONeil / #housing / #houses / #HousingEmergency 🎥🎞️ <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/clare-oneil-and-michael-sukkar-go-head-to-head-in/105190548> source <https://x.com/strangerous10/status/1912823076439703715>

Day 21 👩‍⚕️ 👩🥊👨‍⚕️

“A #Melbourne #surgeon has admitted tearing down a Dr Monique Ryan election sign before tutoring men in how to “bury the #body” in a video that has outraged #AntiViolence campaigners and politicians.

A video circulating on #SocialMedia shows #Professor #GregMalham praising US President Donald Trump after tearing down the teal #Kooyong MP’s #corflute before bundling it into the boot of a car and addressing “the boys”.”

How many women have been killed in Aus this year. This will be a Police matter and Professional Standards hearing.

#AusPol / #DV / #violence / #PoliceMatter <https://archive.md/55hjq> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/victoria/chilling-video-captures-surgeon-tearing-down-monique-ryan-corflute-before-stomping-on-it-and-burying-it-20250418-p5lst4.html> (paywall)

Day 21 cont 🌊🚣‍♂️

“Peter (Dutton) is not agile. He doesn’t like surprises,” one of his former frontbenchers tells me. “His public persona has been carefully curated. He will be doing all he can to remain calm, not to look flustered.”

#AusPol / #Leadership / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #capability / #flexibility / #SemperGumby <https://archive.md/3fJhu> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-has-spent-years-cultivating-his-image-now-he-faces-a-dilemma-20250416-p5ls5g.html> (paywall)

Day 21 cont

2025 April 19
“Surgeon under investigation over ‘chilling’ video of him tearing down teal’s corflute: This video is a stark reminder of the breadth of harmful misogynistic attitudes across the community.

“What we saw in that video was not just vandalism – it was a chilling display of misogyny and intimidation.”

A spokesperson for Ryan’s campaign confirmed on Friday that a donation made by (Prof.) #GregMalham had been rejected and his money refunded.

Ryan – a #paediatric #neurologist, #researcher and #professor prior to her political career – said the video was deeply concerning, but not an isolated incident.”

The fact that Ryan worked in the same medical field at the same level (ie: Colleagues) makes this a *targeted* action.

#AusPol / #EpworthHealthCare / #Epworth / #Melbourne / #surgery / #AHPRA / #ProfessorAndrewStripp / #RespectVictoria / #ProfessorKateFitzGibbon / #hostility <https://archive.md/VzPil> / <https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/surgeon-under-investigation-over-chilling-video-of-him-tearing-down-teal-s-corflute-20250419-p5lswn.html> (paywall)

Day 22 ⚖️⚔️🇦🇺

“I’m in jail because I stood up to Government who has lost respect for #truth and #law, and the nation of Australia, and sacrifices our nation for their own selfish re-election campaigns”

“Probably only one thing is guaranteed about this election: that in three years time #Australia will be in worse shape that it is now.

That is because our system promotes ‘window-dressing’: pretending to do good things with expensive #PR and #media campaigns, while actually doing the opposite. The party which tells the biggest boldest lies, and makes promises that it has no intention of keeping, will win. Australia will lose. A hung parliament is our only hope for progress.

If you want to understand the concept of #WindowDressing, all you have to do is consider how #Labor came in on a promise of more transparent government, a better deal for #women and #ClimateAction. Its hard not to smile in a black-humoured way when those three things are now considered in light of the last three years.” — #DavidMcBride

#AusPol / #OpEd / #whistleblowers / #OSI / #NACC / #AUKUS / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #WarCrimes / #BenRobertsSmith <https://michaelwest.com.au/the-system-needs-to-change-war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride/>

Day 22 cont 🚜🌾 🤼 🏡🏘️🏠🏠🏠

“Traditionally, #Queensland candidates, whether federal or state, promise to take the fight to #Canberra. They project themselves as defiantly parochial, unashamedly maroon, with a vested interest in the north. More recently, however, #power has shifted from the #regions to the #urban south-east, which is more likely to welcome new #arrivals from other states than Queensland country towns. Amid all this growth, the lines of #responsibility have blurred between federal, state and even local government. Rather than fighting Canberra, the parties – including the Greens, who thrive on street-level combat – have taken to #fighting each other.

At the last election, the #Greens picked up three seats in Greater #Brisbane, riding the winds of change. The #TealMovement was unsuccessful in its first federal foray into Queensland, in the seat of Groom, although Suzie Holt enjoyed a healthy flow of preferences and is running again.

For now, the closest thing Queensland has to #independents are Bob Katter and Gerard Rennick, but the south-east is becoming used to newcomers.”

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #planning / #GrowthCorridor / #facilities / #transport / #basics <https://archive.md/7GbkF> / <https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/nowhere-is-growing-like-this-corner-of-queensland-it-s-changing-the-political-game-20250415-p5lrzn.html> (paywall)

Day 22 cont ⚫️🟡🔴 👣

“‘Nobody’s going to walk with her’: can #JacintaNampijinpaPrice work with #Indigenous organisations if she becomes minister?”

Read the article yourself to grasp the support / lack of support for Price by Australian Indigenous leaders. Also read about the lack of reporting of protests at the Price press conference last Sunday.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #IndigenousAustralia / #senator <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/nobodys-going-to-walk-with-her-can-jacinta-nampijinpa-price-work-with-indigenous-organisations-if-she-becomes-minister>

Day 22 cont 💰💰💰💰💰🏘️🏠🏡🏠🏠🏡🏡🏡

“Advocates wonder why the new commitments have targeted a small number of first home buyers over the larger number of lower-income people living in #RentalStress. And industry experts warn the situation has become so dire, they are only seeing #DINKS (dual income, no kids) or people with #inheritance make it on to the #PropertyLadder.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Labor / #Liberal / #Nationals / #HousingEmergency / #Housing / #renting <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/19/housing-affordability-income-stress-saving-deposit-labor-coalition-policy-federal-election>

Day 22 cont 🗳️🖕🐧

“Traditionally safe seats are #flipping around the country, as voters put their hopes and dreams in independent and non-major party candidates.

But it takes more than just hopes and dreams to create a seismic political #shift that flies in the face of decades of voting history.

So what does it take for a #challenger to pose a real threat to a #SafeSeat?”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Labor / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Teals / #Greens <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/safe-seat-disruptors-changing-political-landscape/105191762>

Day 22 cont 🏠🥦🥖🥛🥩💰

“#CostOfLiving is the most important issue for Vote Compass respondents regardless of age, education, birth, sex, and voting intention, but particularly among those under 40”

“Keeping day-to-day living #costs down was the most important issue for electors identified by respondents of a Roy Morgan survey of 14,713 voters in the September quarter of 2024 who were asked to identify their top three issues”

“The second-most important issue for respondents differs by voting intention, with Liberal-Coalition voters concerned with #immigration and the #economy and Labor voters concerned with #ClimateChange.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Greens / #Labor / #independents <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/federal-election-2025-most-important-issue-vote-compass/105178788>

Day 22 cont 📻💰💰💰🏡⚠️

This radio interview was in 2002, 23 years ago!

“As the interviewer, you see the switchboard at your radio station lighting up. Lots of your listeners want to talk to the prime minister. You take some callers, and one of them is named Phyllis.”

“Phyllis: I won't be as aggressive as to shake my fist at you, but I'll certainly shake my finger at you when you say that someone who owns their home has no problem, they're sitting on a nice little nest egg.

We're on a #pension and we would like to #sell our home, go into a #unit or a #townhouse or something.

But we can't do that because if we do, we're going to spend the whole amount just on a townhouse or a unit and we'll have nothing left over if we need to do anything to it. So we're stuck.

PM: Look Phyllis, what I said was that not everybody was sitting on a #NestEgg. I said people had not complained about the #value of their house going up.

Cont …

Day 22 cont 📻💰💰💰🏡⚠️

Cont:

You: Phyllis is the first one, I guess.

Phyllis: I've broken the mould.
PM: Well, you're not ... you're not actually #complaining. What you're really saying is the value of [your] house hasn't gone up enough.

Phyllis: No, no, no. I disagree. I think it is ridiculous that the #inflation of house prices ... what about our #grandchildren?
PM: Well look, that is a valid point and I've acknowledged that.

I'm not saying there aren't problems for people buying for the first time, but you have to look at it in terms of both #existing #HomeOwners and #future home owners and what we have to try and do, and you quite rightly identify in relation to your grandchildren, is to find ways of mitigating the #cost of getting into your first home.

But we can't, and shouldn't do that at the cost of reducing the wealth effect and the wealth value of people who have existing properties, there's nothing to be gained by that. We have to find some other ways of #ameliorating the cost of buying your first home.

Phyllis: I think some commonsense has to be thrown into the arena just the same. You know, it's ridiculous. I mean, *you're not seeing value in the $500,000 you're spending on some broken down old dump* and…

PM: No, well...
Phyllis: That's where we are at the moment.”

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor / #HousingCrisis <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458> / Original transcript <https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920>

Day 22 💰💰💰🏡⚠️

“At the time, the International #Monetary #Fund (#IMF) had just released a staff report on Australia's economy which contained this graph of Australian house prices. It shows how #PropertyPrice #inflation had really accelerated in the early 2000s (in real terms, once inflation had been taken into account), which explains why people were so worried.

The index of real property prices in major #Australian #cities jumped by 46 per cent between 2000 and 2003. (Source: International Monetary Fund, Australia, Staff Report for the 2003 Article IV Consultation, September 3, 2003.) In its report, the IMF noted that investor demand was contributing to the property price increases. It said that was understandable, because the expected returns on housing were far outstripping returns on other assets in Australia in the early 2000s.”

"Consequently, by the end of 2002, investor housing accounted for 30 per cent of the stock of housing loans, compared to 18 per cent a decade ago,"

Australians are being played for mugs by the *Investor Class.*

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor / #HousingCrisis <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458> / Original transcript <https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920>

Day 22 cont 💰💰💰🏡

“Nearly half of all #renters sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.

“If you’re in the bottom two #quintiles of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough #income to be servicing a #mortgage, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.

“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election #campaign to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are #struggling.”

That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million #Australians, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new #policies arrive.”

If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Labor / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies>

Day 22 cont 🌀🌊🔥💨

“The #Coalition (#LNP, #Liberal, #Nationals) is refusing to say if it will introduce any #policies to cut #Australia’s #greenhouse #gas #emissions in the next decade as it pledges to #unwind most #ClimateMeasures introduced under #Labor.

#PeterDutton’s position on the #ClimateCrisis came under scrutiny last week after he gave contradictory answers on whether he accepted mainstream climate science. Asked during a leaders’ debate on the #ABCAustralia whether #ExtremeWeather events were worsening, the opposition leader said: “I don’t know because I’m not a #scientist”.”

Say IT AS IT IS.

The #LNP under the leadership of the #PeterDutton has no policies. Policy changes are random.

#AusPol / #ClimateEmergency <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/bordering-on-incredible-coalition-under-fire-for-planning-to-scrap-labor-climate-policies-and-offering-none-of-its-own>

Day 22 cont 🤡

“Opposition #Leader #PeterDutton says former #HomeAffairs Department secretary #MikePezzullo 🤡, who was sensationally sacked from the public service in 2023 for #misconduct and later stripped of his Order of Australia honour, “should have a role to play in the future of this country” if the #Coalition wins the election.”

They say this is Leadership.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Coalition <https://archive.md/5k7Qm> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-says-sacked-home-affairs-boss-pezzullo-should-have-a-role-to-play-in-nation-s-future-20250420-p5lsz7.html> (paywall)

Day 23 🚫🙈🙉🙊

“Blocking the #GamblingAdReforms is the fourth known example of Albanese’s willingness to #overrule senior ministers such as #EnvironmentMinister Tanya Plibersek, #AttorneyGeneral Mark Dreyfus and assistant minister Andrew Leigh when they were tackling #controversial and #sensitive #policies.

The #PrimeMinister can always use the authority of his position to make the final call on all matters of policy. This masthead has already revealed that #Albanese has come over the top of Plibersek on #EnvironmentalProtection laws, Dreyfus on mandatory jail terms for hate crimes and antisemitism, and Leigh on sex and gender census questions.”

I’m going to be re-elected. 🙈🙉🙊

#AusPol / #Labor / #PM / #Leadership <https://archive.md/PfMXe> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-used-captain-s-call-to-avoid-messy-brawl-over-gambling-ads-20250420-p5lsyi.html>

Day 23 cont 👮‍♂️👮💉💊🥷

“The #shadow attorney general, Michaelia Cash, has been tasked with explaining more detail on what the #Coalition is announcing on #crime this morning.

Speaking to ABC RN Breakfast, she’s boiled the announcement to establish a national sex offenders disclosure scheme, and a commitment to bolster border resources as a crackdown on “drugs and thugs”.”

#AusPol / #immigration / #borders / #Australia / #slogans / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68056d898f08195611b6bc07#block-68056d898f08195611b6bc07>

Day 23 cont 🥫🤺🧢🇷🇺

“I have no wish to help #promote Russia’s #propaganda messages and I would suggest that that is not in #Australia’s national interest either.” — PM

#Labor responding to #LNP, #Liberal & #Nationals on Indonesia.

#AusPol / #slogans / #policies <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62#block-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62>

Day 23 cont 💰💰💰🏇🏈⚽️🏟️

“#Gambling ads are everywhere – even during the #footy. It’s not normal, and it’s not OK. I’ve written the bill to ban them. It’s ready. The major parties stalled. In a #balanced #parliament, we can make it law. #Independence works.” — MP/Candidate #Goldstein, Daniels.

#AusPol / #Advertising / #AnthonyAlbanese / #Labor / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc#block-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc>

Day 23 cont 🕵🏻‍♂️🕵️🇷🇺 👻

“#Russian warnings to #Australia that “you have no cards” to stop Russian #military activity in the #IndoPacific have been mocked by #AnthonyAlbanese, who has dismissed an incendiary letter from an #ambassador as #authoritarian “#propaganda”.

The fact 🥔🤓 and his merry mob entertain the charade over Indonesia makes you wonder are they putting Country before job?

#AusPol / #Labor / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Coalition / #slogans <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/21/propaganda-albanese-mocks-russias-you-have-no-cards-warning-to-australia>

Day 23 cont 🏭🏭🏭🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️

“Australia’s biggest industrial #climate polluter – #Chevron’s #Gorgon gas export plant in #WesternAustralia – received the equivalent of millions of dollars in #CarbonCredits from the federal #government last year, despite increasing its emissions.”

#AusPol / #Labor / #ClimateEmergency / #AnthonyAlbanese <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/21/australias-biggest-industrial-polluter-receives-millions-in-carbon-credits-despite-rising-emissions>

Day 23 🗳️ cont

“#Australia’s next #FederalElection will take place on Saturday 3 May.

Parliament was dissolved on Friday 28 March, leaving the government in caretaker mode.

#Voting is #compulsory.”

#AusPol <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/21/when-australia-election-date-2025-aec-early-voting-centres-postal-vote-overseas>

Day 24 🎩 🏠🏘️🏚️🏡🏠🏠🏠

“Australia’s 226 federal #MPs own 459 #properties across the #country – an average of two per person – and more than half are property investors as the country prepares to go to the poll in a campaign that will focus on the growing #inequity in the #PropertyMarket.”

The point of the system is to punish those who don’t exploit it.

#AusPol / #Labor / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #HousingCrisis <https://archive.md/RK0SE> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/interactive-see-how-many-properties-your-mp-owns-and-their-other-financial-interests-20241226-p5l0q4.html> (paywall)

Day 24 cont 🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️⚕️🏥

“Just $16.5m of #Labor’s promised $1bn mental health package – or 1.65% – is due to be spent in the next financial year, according to official policy costings that reveal some new care centres might not open until 2029.

Anthony Albanese this month unveiled a major suite of policies to make it easier for the public – in particular young Australians – to access free mental health treatment.
…
The bulk of the #funding – roughly $878m – is #NotAllocated until the 2027-28 and 2028-29 financial years, as the services are progressively built and upgraded.”

The fine print.

#AusPol / #MentalHealth / #LaborParty / #Medicare / #access / #PatrickMcGorry <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/22/just-16-million-labor-mental-health-package-spent-next-financial-year>

Day 24 cont 💰🥷🕵🏻‍♂️👻 🖨️

“Allegra Spender has denounced as “false, misleading, and offensive” a pamphlet targeting her that is being distributed anonymously in the #Sydney seat of Wentworth and which the Australian #Electoral #Commission is investigating.

On Monday the #AEC said it had received complaints about “the #distribution of an unauthorised #pamphlet opposing the member for Wentworth which is in breach” of electoral laws which require material to be authorised with the name and address of its source.”

A pretty clumsy move, highlighting motive and at considerable cost. Motive, means, opportunity.

Keep in mind foreign interference briefing by ASIO head earlier in the year.

#AusPol / #Wentworth / #LNP / #Liberal / #Coalition / #Independent / #Labor / #AllegraSpender (Ind) / #NickWard (Grn) / #JamesSternhell (1Nat) / #SavannaPeake (Lab) / #RoanneKnox (Lib) <https://archive.md/pmJKW> / <https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/aec-launches-probe-after-wentworth-flooded-with-anti-spender-pamphlets-20250421-p5lt7w> / <https://www.abc.net.au/dat/news/elections/federal/2025/guide/went.htm>

Day 24 cont ⚕️💉💊

“But speaking of gambling, #gambling is a behaviour where #people don’t think of the #consequences. And what this (#Labor) #government has done is gambled the #taxpayers’ money of Australia”

…

“We understand that the other side has a good heart, that they want to make #medicines cheaper. But to recklessly, recklessly cut the profits of small business owners, the #pharmacies working extremely hard, some of them have told me they’ve gone down to 30-40%. That gambling-like behaviour is simply not on.” — #ScottYung

Piss off Scotty, leave our Pharma alone.

#AusPol / #Medicare / #pharmaceuticals / #PBS / #Liberal / #Bennalong / #LNP / #Nationals / #CCP / #LiberalPartyChineseYouthCouncil / #JohnHoward / #XiongmingXie <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/22/australia-election-2025-live-pm-leads-tributes-to-pope-francis-pre-poll-voting-begins-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6806e3898f089c7bf64d93f3#block-6806e3898f089c7bf64d93f3>

Day 25 🚫☢️

“#TradeUnions, #conservationists, #FirstNations groups, #church congregations and #community organisations have launched a coordinated campaign against opposition leader #PeterDutton’s plan for #NuclearReactors across Australia.

The #Coalition has pledged, if elected, to build seven nuclear reactors to replace retiring or retired coal sites naming #Tarong and #Callide in Queensland, #Liddell and #MountPiper in New South Wales, #PortAugusta in South Australia, #LoyYang in Victoria, and #Muja in Western Australia.”

The location of Nuclear power plants is not optimised for safe operation. The Loy Yang location was originally chosen due to coal deposits not geological stability. This area is prone to geological faulting.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nuclear / #NuclearPower <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/peter-dutton-coalition-nuclear-reactors-plan-risks-waste>

Day 25 cont ✋🥷

“#Greens election corflutes have been #defaced with #swastikas and #Islamophobic slurs in what the party says is the “tip of the iceberg” of the #racism and #hate it is facing during the campaign.

The #NSW Greens senator, Mehreen Faruqi, and the Greens’ candidate in the inner-west Sydney seat of #Grayndler, Hannah Thomas, have had swastikas drawn on election posters in #Erskineville and #Stanmore respectively.”

#AusPol / #propagand / #elections / #extremism / #FarRight <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/22/australia-election-2025-live-pm-leads-tributes-to-pope-francis-pre-poll-voting-begins-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68073b208f08195611b6c854#block-68073b208f08195611b6c854>

Day 25 cont 👦👧📰🗞️

“For at least 20 years, #YoungPeople have been moving away from formal #politics – such as #joining a political #party or a #volunteering organisation – and towards “#IssueBased” politics, says Prof #PhilippaCollin from #WesternSydneyUniversity. Collin researches the role of the #internet in the #PoliticalLives of young people.

“It’s pretty common that it has been interpreted as young people not being interested or involved in #CivicEngagement or political #participation,” she says.”

#AusPol
<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/22/moral-panic-about-new-media-influence-on-young-voters-underplays-their-interest-in-politics-creators-say>.