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“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Australians lose close to $32 billion a year from gambling” but “Labor's leadership decided it was not worth acting on gambling advertising and upsetting the powerful lobby”.
Pure ALP.
Pure ALP.
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I have been thinking about this in the context of the US flight trips that are in focus of some parts of the media.
That whole UN trip was catered to favourable news coverage from News Corp papers that have campaigned for the ban so I expect they weren't thinking it'd turn on them.
That whole UN trip was catered to favourable news coverage from News Corp papers that have campaigned for the ban so I expect they weren't thinking it'd turn on them.
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I have been thinking about this in the context of the US flight trips that are in focus of some parts of the media.
That whole UN trip was catered to favourable news coverage from News Corp papers that have campaigned for the ban so I expect they weren't thinking it'd turn on them.
That whole UN trip was catered to favourable news coverage from News Corp papers that have campaigned for the ban so I expect they weren't thinking it'd turn on them.
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That's how I can square last minute rebooking of flights at great cost shortly after the Optus triple zero outage.
They didn't consider the "I don't hold a hose mate" factor because it was showcasing a News corp campaign (here she is mentioning it in her first UN doorstop comments)
They didn't consider the "I don't hold a hose mate" factor because it was showcasing a News corp campaign (here she is mentioning it in her first UN doorstop comments)
December 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
That's how I can square last minute rebooking of flights at great cost shortly after the Optus triple zero outage.
They didn't consider the "I don't hold a hose mate" factor because it was showcasing a News corp campaign (here she is mentioning it in her first UN doorstop comments)
They didn't consider the "I don't hold a hose mate" factor because it was showcasing a News corp campaign (here she is mentioning it in her first UN doorstop comments)
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"Blind obedience is not strategy. It is outsourcing judgment."
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Blind obedience is not strategy. It is outsourcing judgment."
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This is a good analysis of the “groundbreaking” (yeah sure) return to 2015 with Labor’s new Defence agency. A case of rearranging the deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic from Rex Patrick
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
Marles' new Defence agency - rearranging deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic - Michael West
Defence procurement. Minister Richard Marles' new Defence Delivery Agency is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Rex Patrick reports
michaelwest.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a good analysis of the “groundbreaking” (yeah sure) return to 2015 with Labor’s new Defence agency. A case of rearranging the deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic from Rex Patrick
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
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Chart shows mind-boggling $ spent on Defence v other govt depts.
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chart shows mind-boggling $ spent on Defence v other govt depts.
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
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Straight up 🔥
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Straight up 🔥
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On Monday Defence. Minister Richard Marles announced he was re-arranging the deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic. But with the same captain, same crew and same tunes being played by the same band, the outcome for us taxpaying passengers will remain unchanged.👇 #AUKUS #auspol
Marles' new Defence agency - rearranging deck chairs on the HMAS Titanic - Michael West
Defence procurement. Minister Richard Marles' new Defence Delivery Agency is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Rex Patrick reports
michaelwest.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This would be a meaty case for a #NACC if only it had not been nobbled for precisely these sorts of situations.
Today's lead in the Saturday Paper abt govt instructions to use disappearing text, have 'meetings ' without records has really enraged me.
In the absence of anything vaguely resembling an effective opposition, @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social should pay heed to wise words of Wayne Swan #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This would be a meaty case for a #NACC if only it had not been nobbled for precisely these sorts of situations.
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As it should! It has enraged me too. It is a recipe for #corruption and #autocracy just at a time when we all need to be building a shared #vision for the #future of the #nation & then building consensus in #communities about how to act to make it happen in different parts of this large continent.
Today's lead in the Saturday Paper abt govt instructions to use disappearing text, have 'meetings ' without records has really enraged me.
In the absence of anything vaguely resembling an effective opposition, @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social should pay heed to wise words of Wayne Swan #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
As it should! It has enraged me too. It is a recipe for #corruption and #autocracy just at a time when we all need to be building a shared #vision for the #future of the #nation & then building consensus in #communities about how to act to make it happen in different parts of this large continent.
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Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.
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Following Eurovision’s decision to let Israel compete in 2026, Spain’s RTVE aired a powerful segment: a split-screen showing Israel’s 2025 performance beside the reality of its ongoing genocide in Gaza — bombed homes, starved children, and mass killings.
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Following Eurovision’s decision to let Israel compete in 2026, Spain’s RTVE aired a powerful segment: a split-screen showing Israel’s 2025 performance beside the reality of its ongoing genocide in Gaza — bombed homes, starved children, and mass killings.
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David Pope cartoon, Eurovision and Israel.
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
David Pope cartoon, Eurovision and Israel.
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Today's lead in the Saturday Paper abt govt instructions to use disappearing text, have 'meetings ' without records has really enraged me.
In the absence of anything vaguely resembling an effective opposition, @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social should pay heed to wise words of Wayne Swan #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Wayne Swan warns Labor not to speak to Australians in ‘highly stylised political way’
Exclusive: ALP national president urges party to urgently renew its ageing grassroots membership base in suburban and regional areas
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Today's lead in the Saturday Paper abt govt instructions to use disappearing text, have 'meetings ' without records has really enraged me.
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Honestly fuck these people. Spend their lives finding ever-trickier ways to keep the public in the dark, then complain about the smallest accountability measures. Giving the public basic information is an abuse of laws??
"Albanese government staffers – as well as senior Commonwealth public servants – privately fume at what they claim are abuses of laws and practices surrounding transparency by people whose sole aim is to embarrass the government."
Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requir...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Honestly fuck these people. Spend their lives finding ever-trickier ways to keep the public in the dark, then complain about the smallest accountability measures. Giving the public basic information is an abuse of laws??
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Gaza home to most ‘child amputees in modern history’: UNRWA chief
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says nearly 42,000 people in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and nearly one-quarter of those are children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says nearly 42,000 people in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and nearly one-quarter of those are children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Gaza home to most child amputees in ‘modern history’, UN says
Helicopter gunship and artillery fire hit major cities in north and south Gaza as Israeli truce violations continue.
www.aljazeera.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Gaza home to most ‘child amputees in modern history’: UNRWA chief
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says nearly 42,000 people in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and nearly one-quarter of those are children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says nearly 42,000 people in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and nearly one-quarter of those are children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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It is also clear that those close to and actually running the Albanese administration assume that the lobbyists and industry associations they are consulting with are doing so in good faith.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
Slick
A riveting expose of the global oil industry’s multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation.
www.uqp.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It is also clear that those close to and actually running the Albanese administration assume that the lobbyists and industry associations they are consulting with are doing so in good faith.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
I wrote a whole book about why that is a mistake.
For those film noir lovers out there, I watched Kubrick's "The Killing" last night.
Enjoyed it, here's the trailer.
youtu.be/gAe1CJWH_B8?...
Enjoyed it, here's the trailer.
youtu.be/gAe1CJWH_B8?...
The Killing - Original Trailer [1956] HD
YouTube video by Stanley Kubrick
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
For those film noir lovers out there, I watched Kubrick's "The Killing" last night.
Enjoyed it, here's the trailer.
youtu.be/gAe1CJWH_B8?...
Enjoyed it, here's the trailer.
youtu.be/gAe1CJWH_B8?...
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Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media”.
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
As it turns out, not that much
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...