Nostr notes by lucie digitální

"We didn't know anything about the EFTPOS machines until ...

2026-07-30T07:53:21+02:00

"We didn't know anything about the EFTPOS machines until the club staff people told us," she said.

#Gambling #Canberra

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/hellenic-club-accused-gamblers-cash-withdrawal-limits/106971446

Nice lady at the Woolies check out asked me if I was collecting ...

2026-07-25T06:42:37+02:00

Nice lady at the Woolies check out asked me if I was collecting whatever it is they're giving away this month.

I said, "is that plastic crap that will just end up in the ocean and kill fish?". She said "yes it is. I will pass your feedback on to management."

Unpaywalled coverage #AusPol #Canberra #CFMEU ...

2026-07-23T07:44:06+02:00

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Unpaywalled coverage
#AusPol #Canberra #CFMEU

https://region.com.au/corruption-findings-force-berry-to-resign-from-cabinet/984198/

Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry has resigned from cabinet in ...

2026-07-23T07:32:33+02:00

Deputy Chief Minister Yvette Berry has resigned from cabinet in the wake of a corruption finding against her former chief of staff.

#Canberra #AusPol #CFMEU

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9316429/yvette-berry-resigns-from-cabinet-after-integrity-findings/

Reminder that the Pharmacy Guild are the worst rent-seekers in ...

2026-07-18T02:31:28+02:00

Reminder that the Pharmacy Guild are the worst rent-seekers in the country.

"...the guild also fought a furious but ultimately unsuccessful public campaign against the introduction of 60-day prescribing in 2023, an initiative that meant patients with certain chronic diseases enjoyed a dramatic reduction in the cost of their medications and needed fewer visits to their doctor and pharmacist. While the guild claimed at the time the move would lead to the closure of between 200 and 600 community pharmacies due to financial pressures, the health minister’s office tells The Saturday Paper that 54 new pharmacies have opened nationwide since the change."

#AusPol
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2026/07/18/how-pharmacy-guild-got-so-powerful

"We heard similar arguments before tobacco advertising was ...

2026-07-04T02:01:38+02:00

"We heard similar arguments before tobacco advertising was banned. We heard them before seatbelt laws, random breath testing and plain packaging. Powerful industries almost always argue that reform will go too far. History usually judges otherwise."

#AusPol
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260703-from-guns-to-gambling-fierce-industry-backlash-is-often-a-sign-reform-is-necessary

"Is the socialism in the room with us now?" #AusPol ...

2026-06-25T09:27:41+02:00

"Is the socialism in the room with us now?"

#AusPol
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260625-why-this-answer-proves-our-politicians-and-reality-are-miles-apart

The submission says two important drivers of antisemitism are the ...

2026-06-19T12:59:07+02:00

The submission says two important drivers of antisemitism are the “growth of far-right, neo-Nazi and conspiracist movements, which represent a significant and often overlooked threat to Jewish communities, and the aggressive actions of the state of Israel and conflation of Jewish identity with Israel”.

That is “a conflation that the state of Israel itself has long cultivated and which causes direct harm to Jewish people worldwide when they are blamed for Israel’s actions”, the submission says.

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/19/antisemitism-royal-commission-conflation-of-jewish-identity-with-israel-jewish-council-submission-ntwnfb

Presumably, Mr Thaler is Mr Davis's most lucrative client

2026-06-17T08:20:21+02:00

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Presumably, Mr Thaler is Mr Davis's most lucrative client

I agree that Albo is hopeless, but it's worth remembering ...

2026-06-15T08:32:27+02:00

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I agree that Albo is hopeless, but it's worth remembering that Dutton was leading Albo on preferred PM by 5 points just a few months before the last election

"AUKUS has always been a one-sided deal in which the US reaps ...

2026-06-04T04:59:09+02:00

"AUKUS has always been a one-sided deal in which the US reaps the benefits while Australia accepts the risks. The agreement Australia entered into provides the US with numerous opportunities to cancel or modify the deal. Washington simply acted on what was permitted."

#AUKUS #AusPol
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260603-australia-has-been-the-victim-of-an-aukus-bait-and-switch

Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not ...

2026-06-01T01:04:33+02:00

Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.

#Censorship

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival

we don't get everything right, but we're very good at ...

2026-05-31T23:51:52+02:00

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we don't get everything right, but we're very good at elections.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage

there's a third, probably equally important element, which is ...

2026-05-31T23:44:59+02:00

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there's a third, probably equally important element, which is that we have a non-partisan, independent Electoral Commission that sets electorate boundaries and runs elections.

Because it's compulsory*, we have the opposite of voter suppression. The Electoral Commission goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure everyone gets to vote.

*voting isn't actually compulsory, but returning a ballot paper is. It's perfectly legal to leave it blank or draw rude pictures on it and many people do.

#AusPol https://insidestory.org.au/quiet-revolution/

2026-05-30T01:35:09+02:00

#AusPol
https://insidestory.org.au/quiet-revolution/

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2026-05-25T12:17:18+02:00

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https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/22/james-murdoch-vox-media-new-york-magazine-podcast-purchase/

This really is a massive clusterfuck #ANU #AusPol ...

2026-05-23T02:58:26+02:00

This really is a massive clusterfuck

#ANU #AusPol
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/11d38afc-078e-4eee-8144-9c7dab932d63/VUed3TV2

Baby yoda in the Bush Capital #Canberra ...

2026-05-22T04:55:44+02:00

Baby yoda in the Bush Capital

#Canberra

also, they were falling before the budget

2026-05-21T00:53:48+02:00

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also, they were falling before the budget

"As everyone outside the government and the shills of the ...

2026-05-20T03:58:09+02:00

"As everyone outside the government and the shills of the defence lobby readily accepts, those timelines are anything but credible. Far from being a decision that will “reduce risk” and “enhance capability”, as Marles insists, it will increase the risk that the AUKUS debacle leaves us with no submarines while the Americans and the British take our money."

#AUKUS #AusPol
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/aukus-collins-class-submarines-defence-australia-richard-marles/

✅✅❌❌❌❌❌❌✅✅ The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 600 I ...

2026-05-15T22:06:15+02:00

✅✅❌❌❌❌❌❌✅✅
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 600
I got 4/10!
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2026/05/15?rival=1100000011

I was just served an ad on Youtube from the State of Israel ...

2026-05-14T13:12:02+02:00

I was just served an ad on Youtube from the State of Israel offering me 0% income tax for moving there. I have no idea what I've done to make the algorithm think I'm the right demographic for that.

No, Casey, there are no safe seats anymore. #AusPol

2026-05-09T12:10:40+02:00

No, Casey, there are no safe seats anymore.

#AusPol

About time #AusPol #ANU #Canberra ...

2026-05-08T03:49:08+02:00

About time

#AusPol #ANU #Canberra
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/julie-bishop-resigns-as-anu-chancellor/106657576

meanwhile, Mossad Sydney Chief of Station Jillian Segal says we ...

2026-05-07T12:57:13+02:00

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meanwhile, Mossad Sydney Chief of Station Jillian Segal says we must "move the thinking and the culture of the country".

So ABC News has gone full A Current Affair by putting a ...

2026-05-07T11:07:57+02:00

So ABC News has gone full A Current Affair by putting a journalist *on the same flight* as the IS women and their children.

I'm sure splashing their names and faces on national television will be a great help as they try to give their kids a chance at something resembling a normal life.

Disgusting behaviour that is not worthy of the ABC.

#AusPol

Do I know anyone who's used Dodo for NBN? Are they to be ...

2026-05-07T07:30:35+02:00

Do I know anyone who's used Dodo for NBN? Are they to be avoided or just normal bad?

"This move may well deliver One Nation its first election win ...

2026-05-02T23:43:32+02:00

"This move may well deliver One Nation its first election win in the lower house in the federal parliament. In doing so, the Coalition may be putting the final nail in its own coffin.

"And given the place the seat of Farrer holds in the history of conservative politics – Robert Menzies hosted the formative Albury Conference there in 1944 – arguably the Liberal party is coming home to be buried."

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/02/the-coalition-is-nailing-its-own-coffin-shut-in-farrer-it-should-have-had-the-courage-to-put-one-nation-last

💯

2026-05-01T06:22:42+02:00

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nah, that happened 15 years ago

2026-05-01T01:51:06+02:00

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nah, that happened 15 years ago

I'm trying to find the right word for my email to my local ...

2026-04-30T14:51:46+02:00

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I'm trying to find the right word for my email to my local Labor MP. Disappointed isn't strong enough.

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that he's actually ...

2026-04-30T11:29:47+02:00

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I'm becoming increasingly convinced that he's actually always been a nasty little man

Albanese: 'these children are victims of their parents ...

2026-04-30T10:54:21+02:00

Albanese: 'these children are victims of their parents choices'.

What a fucking arsehole.

#AusPol

"No matter their background, an effective leader must earn ...

2026-04-30T02:03:35+02:00

"No matter their background, an effective leader must earn their community’s trust, act beyond their own interests, and bring people along even when times are very tough and hard calls are necessary."

#Canberra #ANU #AusPol
https://region.com.au/cybernetics-silicon-valley-and-kool-aid-is-this-what-really-went-wrong-at-the-anu/958598/

yeah, it's like they thought, 'how can we make the ...

2026-04-29T02:40:09+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…a0ev
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yeah, it's like they thought, 'how can we make the business case for this project as hard to justify as possible'

there are plans for a high speed rail line to come through a ...

2026-04-29T00:23:57+02:00

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there are plans for a high speed rail line to come through a tunnel under Mt Ainslie to a terminus at the bottom of Ainslie Avenue, outside Gorman House. More realistic, I reckon, is to get the airport people to pay for a new station/freight terminal at the airport, as part of a new track alignment that avoids Molonglo Gorge completely.

I got excited last year when Flixbus started and was selling $10 ...

2026-04-28T14:09:01+02:00

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I got excited last year when Flixbus started and was selling $10 fares, but they didn't last long. Their cheapest ticket is $35 now, up to $64. The train is $36 to $43, or first class for $51. Murray's: $35 to $54

mostly

2026-04-28T13:43:40+02:00

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mostly

the train is a more comfortable trip but don't expect to have ...

2026-04-28T13:24:56+02:00

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the train is a more comfortable trip but don't expect to have phone reception for large parts of the route. If time is tight or you're going to the airport, the bus is the best option.

Someone needs to come up with whatever the Albo version of TACO ...

2026-04-24T14:44:49+02:00

Someone needs to come up with whatever the Albo version of TACO is as shorthand for his visceral fear of implementing any meaningful, progressive reform and his apparently irresistible need to squander the largest parliamentary majority in recent Australian history.

#AusPol

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2026-04-24T09:35:51+02:00

Just went to Woolies. Everyone else in my postcode was there too.

Apparently, the secret to using less petrol is to do all your ...

2026-04-22T13:53:58+02:00

Apparently, the secret to using less petrol is to do all your travelling naked

https://youtu.be/80pr-86-At0

all the ones that came in the 60s and 70s would be

2026-04-22T06:24:32+02:00

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all the ones that came in the 60s and 70s would be

I think the vote in areas like Griffith that are heavily ...

2026-04-22T04:28:32+02:00

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I think the vote in areas like Griffith that are heavily dependent on migrant labour will be interesting to watch.

"A uComms poll done for Milthorpe on April 9-10 showed One ...

2026-04-22T03:05:13+02:00

"A uComms poll done for Milthorpe on April 9-10 showed One Nation’s David Farley leading her by a whisker, 30.9% to 30.0%, on primary votes.

"The electorate-wide poll of 1116 people, with an error margin of about 3%, had the Liberals’ Raissa Butkowski on 16.1% and the Nationals’ Brad Robertson polling 7.1%."

#AusPol #FarrerVotes
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-its-a-chilly-campaign-for-matt-canavan-in-farrer-280583

very strong interview on 730

2026-04-21T12:10:05+02:00

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very strong interview on 730

Good work, Mr Pocock #AusPol

2026-04-21T11:48:22+02:00

Good work, Mr Pocock

#AusPol

it seems careless not to have at least included the original ...

2026-04-19T10:12:35+02:00

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it seems careless not to have at least included the original Arabic phrase

The Queensland ban on the phrase 'from the river to the ...

2026-04-18T11:15:06+02:00

The Queensland ban on the phrase 'from the river to the sea' is going great. I only heard it three times on the ABC News tonight.

#AusPol

“Every other US ally is busy rethinking decades-long ...

2026-04-18T05:58:29+02:00

“Every other US ally is busy rethinking decades-long assumptions and plans based on a reliable America. Australia is lonely in resisting admitting anything has changed, and even more extraordinarily, continuing with plans to make Australia’s military more dependent on America and American military production than we are now.”

#AusPol #AUKUS
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/defence/2026/04/18/exclusive-keatings-aukus-sit-down-with-the-new-defence-chief

Few things in life are certain - death, taxes and the IDF ...

2026-04-17T10:34:09+02:00

Few things in life are certain - death, taxes and the IDF breaching a ceasefire.

"Farrer includes the vibrant and exceptionally diverse ...

2026-04-16T06:31:04+02:00

"Farrer includes the vibrant and exceptionally diverse centres of Griffith and Leeton, producing huge harvests of citrus, grapes and other horticultural crops. Without migrant workers, there’s nobody to pick the fruit. Without migrants, there would be no Griffith."

#AusPol
https://region.com.au/as-farrer-goes-to-the-polls-regional-voters-will-make-up-their-minds-independently/957932/

“Today’s judgment makes it clear: governments cannot rig ...

2026-04-15T05:57:31+02:00

“Today’s judgment makes it clear: governments cannot rig electoral laws in favour of major parties and expect to get away with it,” she said.

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/15/victoria-political-donation-laws-unconstitutional

to be fair, Dutton already lost many of them

2026-04-14T13:03:20+02:00

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to be fair, Dutton already lost many of them

I saw an interview with a sheep farmer on the ABC news a while ...

2026-04-14T07:47:41+02:00

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I saw an interview with a sheep farmer on the ABC news a while ago, expressing his genuine concern about the trees that will be cut down to run power lines through the area while he was standing in the middle of a completely cleared paddock, without a tree in sight

I have lovely new trakkie daks!

2026-04-10T11:49:15+02:00

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I have lovely new trakkie daks!

No heater before Anzac Day challenge begins. #Canberra ...

2026-04-10T11:33:47+02:00

No heater before Anzac Day challenge begins.

#Canberra

Yes, BRS represents everything that I dislike about what Anzac ...

2026-04-09T03:05:43+02:00

Yes, BRS represents everything that I dislike about what Anzac Day has become.

#AusPol #Anzac

for anyone who wants to understand the full story, this is a ...

2026-04-02T13:07:54+02:00

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for anyone who wants to understand the full story, this is a fascinating read https://andrewtink.com/index.php/honeysuckle-creek-new

#Canberra #Apollo11

Reminder that 'The Dish' in Parkes was not the main game ...

2026-04-02T13:02:25+02:00

Reminder that 'The Dish' in Parkes was not the main game in 1969 and still isn't in 2026.

"The heavy lifting on Australia’s side of the Artemis II mission will be done by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC), part of Nasa’s Deep Space Network (DSN), which is run by the national science agency the CSIRO.

"The CDSCC, then known as the Tidbinbilla deep space tracking station, was somewhat sidelined in The Dish, as was the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, which actually captured the initial images of Armstrong before Parkes took over."

#Artemis #Apollo11 #Tidbinbilla #Canberra
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/humans-are-en-route-to-the-moon-for-the-first-time-in-54-years-and-australias-dish-is-tracking-them

just!

2026-04-02T09:45:19+02:00

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just!

I am about to make the mistake of going to a supermarket the ...

2026-04-02T08:28:42+02:00

I am about to make the mistake of going to a supermarket the evening before a four day weekend.

'at driver's discretion', apparently

2026-04-02T08:24:31+02:00

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'at driver's discretion', apparently

So the poor gambling companies will only be able to run ads once ...

2026-04-02T06:57:30+02:00

So the poor gambling companies will only be able to run ads once EVERY 20 MINUTES in prime time.

How can they possibly survive?

#LaborValues #AusPol #Gambling

Doggo on the bus! ...

2026-04-02T03:16:14+02:00

Doggo on the bus!

Just put Jim Chalmers in charge already. #AusPol

2026-04-01T10:05:08+02:00

Just put Jim Chalmers in charge already.

#AusPol

Meh. That was a total nothing burger. #AusPol

2026-04-01T10:03:34+02:00

Meh. That was a total nothing burger.

#AusPol

Obviously not so great for all the 'guest workers' who ...

2026-04-01T05:34:55+02:00

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Obviously not so great for all the 'guest workers' who aren't in a position to flee so easily, if at all.

I have to say that the bursting of the fantasy that westerners ...

2026-04-01T05:30:05+02:00

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I have to say that the bursting of the fantasy that westerners can go and live risk and tax free in the gulf is one of the upsides of the current omnishambles

Deflect, deny, distract #AusPol https://youtu.be/63tGuLELe1A

2026-03-31T13:42:12+02:00

Deflect, deny, distract

#AusPol
https://youtu.be/63tGuLELe1A

Wait, the Shoppies did something good for workers? There must be ...

2026-03-31T12:37:07+02:00

Wait, the Shoppies did something good for workers? There must be a catch.

#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/fair-work-comission-junior-pay-rates-retail-fast-food/106514948

The other factor is the Nazi paradox: there are people who should ...

2026-03-31T03:36:53+02:00

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The other factor is the Nazi paradox: there are people who should not be heard. Actual racist supremacists should be silenced, boxed up and banished, with no quarter for civility afforded to them. It’s easy, however, to take this too far and start cancelling for discomfort, as we’ve been seeing done by pro-Israel lobbyist groups.

The problem presented by Newman is not that he will spout propaganda. Of course he will — he’s the spokesperson for a regime waging a propaganda war in the West to provide cover for its long-term designs in its own neighbourhood that include the destruction of the idea of a Palestinian homeland.

The problem is that we live in a country with a government that has completely normalised the actions of that regime. This is the awkward point: objectively, Israel is behaving as a rogue state. Consider this fact: its prime minister is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for suspected war crimes, and Israel’s attitude to that is to deny the ICC’s legitimacy.

But the reality is that we maintain diplomatic relations with Israel and treat it as a close ally. The entirety of Australia’s mainstream political and media class makes no pretence at challenging Israel’s freedom of action, beyond mild rhetorical criticism from time to time. Israel is, in short, our friend.

At the same time, Australia is a democracy. Free speech remains an important value, at least to the extent that our constitution protects it in the realm of government and political issues. Democracy, not just in theory but also reality, depends on robustness in public forums.

If our government is in bed with a nation committing crimes, that’s both hardly unusual and something for which it should be held to account in the open. If our legacy media players are in practice quiescent and cravenly pandering to Israel’s desires, that should also be called out and exposed as another reason for their terminal decline.

And if the National Press Club is playing along with this — which, to be clear, it is, as betrayed by its cowardice in platforming Newman but not advertising his appearance — then sure, call it out for that.

None of this justifies silencing the ambassador.

We the people can do nothing about Israel; it is outside our reach. But we can do something about our own institutions — governments, media, universities and so on — that defend and coddle its acts, while acting themselves as its avatars in the silencing of all dissent here.

We are still a democracy. We have power. Participating in the cancellation game is the wrong way to wield it.

2/2 #AusPol

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2026-03-31T03:36:17+02:00

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/31/israel-ambassador-speech-hillel-newman-national-press-club/

Cancelling Israel ambassador Hillel Newman’s speech isn’t the answer

The instinct to cancel is a pervasive one. But that doesn’t make it right.

Michael Bradley 31 March 2026

Today, the National Press Club is hosting Hillel Newman, the recently installed ambassador to Australia from Israel, as its special guest. His speech will be broadcast by the ABC.

On social media, there have been widespread expressions of outrage and calls for Newman to be cancelled. The NPC’s board has been told it should resign. Some of these calls have come from journalists I admire greatly and with whom I would be surprised to find myself disagreeing, but on this point I do.

In fairness, here’s the case against the NPC. It has three parts. First, Israel has been targeting and killing journalists in Gaza and now Lebanon since 2023, with the death toll now well over 250. As Nick Feik put it in an open letter to the NPC, “What sort of a press club welcomes murderers of journalists?”

Second, there is Newman’s position as representative of a state that has flagrantly committed international crimes, is engaged in illegal invasions of Iran and Lebanon while continuing to ramp up its settlements program in the West Bank, and just overnight passed a new law that targets Palestinians alone for judicial execution. Why, as Greg Jericho posted, is the NPC “giving a voice to this murderous regime?”

Finally, Newman himself has made controversial statements that downplay or deny the reality of Israel’s actions and assert that the United Nations has no legitimacy, the argument being that he does not deserve to be platformed as he is a propagandist.

I posted a counter-argument: that Newman should be allowed to speak, but that he should be asked extremely awkward questions about his own words and the actions of the state he represents, and that he is not entitled to politeness. Part of the response I received was: sure, good in theory, but our media won’t ask him hard questions because they’re all captive to the pro-Israel lobby and terrified of being Segaled.

These are all valid arguments, but I have a different view.

The instinct to cancel is a pervasive one. It derives from a sense of powerlessness, that the deck is stacked. Two complicating factors deserve unpacking here. One is that it’s true: the deck is stacked; the public space is overwhelmed by voices who — consciously or unconsciously — say words Israel would like to hear. This imbalance is by design. It’s critical that we recognise that and don’t reflexively fall into the trap it sets.

1/2 #AusPol

"Will a gas export tax harm our diplomatic relationships? No. ...

2026-03-28T02:53:55+01:00

"Will a gas export tax harm our diplomatic relationships? No. Foreign companies being sad about having to pay some tax in Australia is quite different to foreign countries losing trust in Australia as a reliable trade partner."

#AusPol
https://thepoint.com.au/explainers/260326-gas-export-tax-wont-harm-trade-or-diplomacy-despite-industry-scare-campaign-claims

Guardian Australia has spoken with several other Labor MPs who ...

2026-03-28T02:49:19+01:00

Guardian Australia has spoken with several other Labor MPs who believe there is support within caucus for the change. One Labor MP, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “I’m getting a lot of heat and I think David Pocock’s run a pretty good campaign on this.”

Email your MP today!

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/28/its-fired-people-up-support-grows-including-within-labor-for-new-gas-tax-to-curb-wartime-profits

"For too long, policy has treated housing primarily as a ...

2026-03-24T23:33:53+01:00

"For too long, policy has treated housing primarily as a vehicle for wealth accumulation. But a home is not simply another financial asset. It is the foundation for health, stability and participation in society.

"The government now has the evidence, the mandate and the opportunity to act. The question is whether it will choose genuine reform, or allow a once-in-a-generation chance to fix Australia’s housing system slip away."

#Housing #AusPol
https://region.com.au/a-test-of-political-courage-on-housing-tax-reform/952287/

From what I've read, he's really only listening to ...

2026-03-24T11:03:32+01:00

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From what I've read, he's really only listening to V'Landys and just isn't interested in hearing about the harm.

this is all on Albanese personally. He's the blockage.

2026-03-24T10:51:58+01:00

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this is all on Albanese personally. He's the blockage.

Pocock: the Albanese Government has failed Australians ...

2026-03-24T10:20:41+01:00

Pocock: the Albanese Government has failed Australians

#LaborValues #Gambling #AusPol
https://youtu.be/daK9kj11lJo

I'm in an income bracket that makes it either hospital ...

2026-03-24T05:48:35+01:00

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I'm in an income bracket that makes it either hospital insurance or more tax. I wish it were otherwise. I'm also very good at getting more back on extras than I pay.

I was just about to switch health insurers but in trying to ...

2026-03-24T04:24:29+01:00

I was just about to switch health insurers but in trying to confirm one small detail, I've discovered just how shit the customer service of my prospective new provider is, so I will happily continue to pay a slightly higher premium to my current provider who is responsive to email and answers their phone quickly.

“Energy investors are like butterflies. When they are scared, ...

2026-03-23T21:09:35+01:00

“Energy investors are like butterflies. When they are scared, they fly away,” he said at the National Press Club.

So, gas producers would just abandon a highly lucrative situation in a safe country with extensive established infrastructure because of a 25% tax, when about a third of global capacity is offline?

What complete, utter bullshit.

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/albanese-australia-gas-profit-taxes-international-energy-agency-warning

yes

2026-03-23T11:32:08+01:00

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yes

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2026-03-23T09:49:41+01:00

Old Fishnets Downer doesn't seem to be very well

Many people seem to be under the misapprehension that duct tape ...

2026-03-23T04:37:14+01:00

Many people seem to be under the misapprehension that duct tape and gaffer tape are the same thing.

he and Poorlean will have their first fight within weeks, I ...

2026-03-21T13:05:13+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…ewcr
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he and Poorlean will have their first fight within weeks, I reckon

until his quits to start his own party

2026-03-21T13:01:10+01:00

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until his quits to start his own party

from what I've seen as a scrutineer, the vast majority of ...

2026-03-21T11:59:20+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…kngq
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from what I've seen as a scrutineer, the vast majority of informal votes are completely blank

Gentle folk of the bush capital ACTgov wants to ban more single ...

2026-03-21T02:10:12+01:00

Gentle folk of the bush capital

ACTgov wants to ban more single use plastics, including soy sauce fish, plastic-lined coffee cups and takeaway containers and other things.

If you want to see less plastic in our environment, you can support this proposal by doing a short online survey.

#Canberra #Plastics
https://yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/plastics-next-steps/act-plastic-reduction-plan-community-survey

If you're not up to speed on the Afroman situation, I can ...

2026-03-20T11:40:14+01:00

If you're not up to speed on the Afroman situation, I can recommend this update from the Daily Show.

https://youtu.be/rIEGz9LtF3I

yeah, ditto

2026-03-18T09:15:31+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…enzg
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yeah, ditto

I stopped buying Tasmanian salmon last year

2026-03-18T09:02:09+01:00

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I stopped buying Tasmanian salmon last year

it's back at Hoyts in Woden ...

2026-03-17T10:56:31+01:00

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it's back at Hoyts in Woden https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/one-battle-after-another

If you haven't seen One Battle After Another, you really ...

2026-03-17T09:01:50+01:00

If you haven't seen One Battle After Another, you really should. It's an extraordinary movie. Nearly 3 hours long but absolutely worth the effort.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30144839/

In the words of Housing Minister Clare O’Neil: “We’re not ...

2026-03-17T04:21:26+01:00

In the words of Housing Minister Clare O’Neil: “We’re not trying to bring down house prices…That may be the view of young people, [but] it’s not the view of our government.”

Likewise, Anthony Albanese made clear that because of his new housing policy called the First Home Guarantee that: “There will be a slight increase in prices”.

Indeed, during the last election, both the PM and then-Opposition Leader Peter Dutton clarified that they wanted house prices to keep rising, with the former Leader of the Liberal Party saying he wanted house prices to “increase steadily.”

To be clear, neither the banks, the property speculators nor the Albanese Government want house prices or rents to fall.

When we talk about a ‘housing crisis’ in Australia, we need to be clear that Australia does not have a ‘shortage of housing’ crisis, but an ‘access to housing’ crisis.

#AusPol #Housing
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260317-the-fake-gas-and-housing-shortage-is-australias-real-crisis

I don't see the Greens winning any of the ACT House seats ...

2026-03-15T01:07:34+01:00

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I don't see the Greens winning any of the ACT House seats anytime soon, unless/until Labor becomes seriously toxic, but like all 'safe' seats they're all potentially vulnerable to a strong independent who can pull in votes from across the spectrum.

I also don't think the Greens can win an ACT Senate seat until there are more than two, and even then, not while Pocock's around. I think at least one of their MLAs is also vulnerable to a strong independent in 2028.

The difficult truth Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame ...

2026-03-13T23:42:58+01:00

The difficult truth

Writing exclusively for Crikey, Grace Tame reflects on the prime minister calling her ‘difficult’, the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don’t ignite public support.

13 March 2026

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/grace-tame-difficult-anthony-albanese-globalise-the-intifada-palestine/

I do not support violence. I do not condone antisemitism, Islamophobia or hatred of any kind. I am a human rights activist who advocates for the safety of all children, no matter their background.

I shouldn’t have to say this, but I’m currently up against a well-oiled, well-funded political propaganda machine whose aim is to frighten everyone into complicity by maligning its critics. We’re living in an Orwellian nightmare. The same powerful democracies that are bombing and starving children to death throughout the Global South are portraying anti-war protestors as a threat to social cohesion.

Let’s be real, there’s only one reason that the prime minister thinks I’m “difficult”. It’s not because I’m a woman or a child sexual abuse survivor. It’s because I have been outspoken about Australia’s toxic alliance with the US and Israel, and whether you agree with my methods or not, they have cut through.

For the past month, our conservative politicians and media have been running a concerted smear campaign against me because I led chants of “globalise the intifada” outside Sydney’s Town Hall on Monday, February 9, at a peaceful rally protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s state visit. It didn’t matter that the core message of my speech that day was one of hope; that seconds before I spoke the contentious phrase, I said, “You can buy bombs and you can buy politicians, but you cannot buy the truth; you cannot buy our compassion and you cannot buy our love — these are our weapons and we will keep on fighting with them until the very end”.

It also didn’t matter that Isaac Herzog stands accused of inciting genocide, nor that he represents a rogue apartheid regime found to be committing genocide in the Gaza Strip by the UN. It didn’t matter that he signed his name on an artillery shell later deployed by the IDF. All that mattered was that I crossed one of many grey lines manufactured to obstruct dissent.

Language means different things to different people. The Arabic word “intifada” literally translates to “shaking off” or “uprising” and is often used in reference to two periods of Palestinian resistance that began with labour strikes, boycotts and peaceful protests against Israel’s violence.

“Globalise the intifada” is a call for widespread nonviolent resistance to Israel’s ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people, but along with other pro-Palestine catch cries like “from the river to the sea”, it has been coopted, decontextualised and disingenuously redefined as hate speech by pro-Israel lobbyists, who equate it to threatening collective violence against Jewish people. This is not my interpretation.

#AusPol 1/n

Lib Dems + UAP got 5.13% in 2019. PHON + UAP got 5.6% in 2022. ...

2026-03-13T09:29:33+01:00

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Lib Dems + UAP got 5.13% in 2019. PHON + UAP got 5.6% in 2022. I'm assuming Jessie picked up most of that in 2025. A higher PHON vote would presumably come mostly from Libs, so may not have a big effect on the final 2CP. Might even help JP if they also take a bit of Labor primary.

a PHON candidate in Bean will mix things up a bit, likely pulling ...

2026-03-13T09:05:18+01:00

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a PHON candidate in Bean will mix things up a bit, likely pulling some of the 'none of the above' primary vote away from Jessie

I wouldn't call Jessie Price a teal. Indy Jamie Christie also ...

2026-03-13T08:50:16+01:00

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I wouldn't call Jessie Price a teal. Indy Jamie Christie also did very well in NI in 2019 and 2022, at least partly because he actually went there. It will be good to have Woden back together in one electorate.