18 WEAPONS OUT actions in a week of continent wide antimilitarist shenanigans. From Elbit to Marand to Saab to Boeing we used dragons, frogs and furries to harass the war profiteers . ... read full post
The headlines are breathless: “ China versus the world,” proclaimed The Australian, quoting some very important people from the sheriff’s office urging allies to “decouple” from Beijing and unite against China’s “takeover of global rare earth supply chains”. ... read full post
A 27 year old inner city art student has revealed her horror at the meeting between Albo and Trump earlier this week. ... read full post
A nice little write up on some Aussie political history ... read full post
Former Labor Prime Minister and Labor Prime Minister destroyer Julia Gillard has thrown her hat back into the political scene by releasing a glowing endorsement of US President Donald Trump. ... read full post
DisruptWars is a movement targeting the weapons manufacturing pipeline in Australia. In this case HTA is responsible for treating all F-35 parts manufactured in 'australia'. This disruption used tea as a centrepiece. Tea culture in the Arab world predates British colonialism by centuries.
In a move aimed at bolstering its grassroots campaign, there are rumours that One Nation is set to announce Barnaby Joyce as its “man on the ground” for the next election — a role for which the party says the former Deputy PM is uniquely qualified. ... read full post
As former Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce announces his plan to leave the Nationals Party at the next election, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has decided to rev up her push to pick him up from the Canberra footpath he drunkly lays on. ... read full post
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Barnaby Joyce is in advanced talks to defect from the Nationals to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party. ... read full post
Thanks to Opposition leader Sussan Ley, the government’s disgraceful attempt to squeeze the life out of the Freedom of Information Act is as dead as a herring. ... read full post
Australia’s high court has unanimously backed the government’s 2024 decision to refuse the rightwing provocateur Candace Owens a visa to enter the country. ... read full post
Turning Point Australia is moving into South Australia ahead of next year's state election. It is the Australian affiliate of late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA. ... read full post
Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Institute.
cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/115325050083067669 ... read full post
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Trump’s record suggests that meetings with him frequently fail. Instead, Albanese has an important agenda to pursue at the UN in New York, and when dealing with the US better outcomes are more likely if Australia develops its own policies in its own interests.
There is no productive bilateral relationship to be had with Trump's USA.
Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley claims too many of us are too dependent on government. But where is the evidence, with government income support in Australia being more tightly targeted than in any other country?