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The hypocricy of this #Labor govt (and no doubt #AlboPM) couldn’t be made move vivid than what this latest foreign policy blunder has shown it to be. And to what ends?
Expressing outrage and making public demands that justice be served when an Australian citizen is murdered by the #IDF in #Gaza (and rightly so) while standing by, mealy-mouthed, in the face of a #genocide we are all witnessing, cannot ever be forgiven. It will be recorded, it must be recorded in our history books to forever smear the names of those leaders which are complicit by their silence.
How can one trust any political leader willing to remain silent in the face of such atrocity for purely political reasons.
“Labor also knows it has lost support over Palestine, but saving its hand-wringing for an Australian aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is calculated to hide its ongoing alliance with the apartheid state of Israel.”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/analysis/zomi-frankcom-and-struggle-free-palestine
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Zionism -
The hypocricy of this #Labor govt (and no doubt #AlboPM) couldn’t be made move vivid than what this latest foreign policy blunder has shown it to be. And to what ends?
Expressing outrage and making public demands that justice be served when an Australian citizen is murdered by the #IDF in #Gaza (and rightly so) while standing by, mealy-mouthed, in the face of a #genocide we are all witnessing, cannot ever be forgiven. It will be recorded, it must be recorded in our history books to forever smear the names of those leaders which are complicit by their silence.
How can one trust any political leader willing to remain silent in the face of such atrocity for purely political reasons.
“Labor also knows it has lost support over Palestine, but saving its hand-wringing for an Australian aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is calculated to hide its ongoing alliance with the apartheid state of Israel.”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/analysis/zomi-frankcom-and-struggle-free-palestine
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Zionism -
The hypocricy of this #Labor govt (and no doubt #AlboPM) couldn’t be made move vivid than what this latest foreign policy blunder has shown it to be. And to what ends?
Expressing outrage and making public demands that justice be served when an Australian citizen is murdered by the #IDF in #Gaza (and rightly so) while standing by, mealy-mouthed, in the face of a #genocide we are all witnessing, cannot ever be forgiven. It will be recorded, it must be recorded in our history books to forever smear the names of those leaders which are complicit by their silence.
How can one trust any political leader willing to remain silent in the face of such atrocity for purely political reasons.
“Labor also knows it has lost support over Palestine, but saving its hand-wringing for an Australian aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is calculated to hide its ongoing alliance with the apartheid state of Israel.”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/analysis/zomi-frankcom-and-struggle-free-palestine
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Zionism -
The hypocricy of this #Labor govt (and no doubt #AlboPM) couldn’t be made move vivid than what this latest foreign policy blunder has shown it to be. And to what ends?
Expressing outrage and making public demands that justice be served when an Australian citizen is murdered by the #IDF in #Gaza (and rightly so) while standing by, mealy-mouthed, in the face of a #genocide we are all witnessing, cannot ever be forgiven. It will be recorded, it must be recorded in our history books to forever smear the names of those leaders which are complicit by their silence.
How can one trust any political leader willing to remain silent in the face of such atrocity for purely political reasons.
“Labor also knows it has lost support over Palestine, but saving its hand-wringing for an Australian aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is calculated to hide its ongoing alliance with the apartheid state of Israel.”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/analysis/zomi-frankcom-and-struggle-free-palestine
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Zionism -
The hypocricy of this #Labor govt (and no doubt #AlboPM) couldn’t be made move vivid than what this latest foreign policy blunder has shown it to be. And to what ends?
Expressing outrage and making public demands that justice be served when an Australian citizen is murdered by the #IDF in #Gaza (and rightly so) while standing by, mealy-mouthed, in the face of a #genocide we are all witnessing, cannot ever be forgiven. It will be recorded, it must be recorded in our history books to forever smear the names of those leaders which are complicit by their silence.
How can one trust any political leader willing to remain silent in the face of such atrocity for purely political reasons.
“Labor also knows it has lost support over Palestine, but saving its hand-wringing for an Australian aid worker killed by Israel in Gaza is calculated to hide its ongoing alliance with the apartheid state of Israel.”
https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1461/analysis/zomi-frankcom-and-struggle-free-palestine
#Palestine #WestBank #Israel #Zionism -
Senate enquiry: University Funding.
““We don’t endorse this sort of marketisation of universities…Essentially every university should be good.” (The Australian Institute giving evidence)Not sure that telling a bunch of #NeoLiberal acolytes sitting in the benches is going to cut through… 1) we’ve all known for almost two decades now that “trickle down economics” is a euphamism for the concentration of wealth in fewer hands and 2) universities should be excellent, not just good, despite the #fascist tendencies of Office holders to keep the masses as illiterate as can be in order to preserve the privileged class’ standing in society..
The #AlboPM cotterie in charge of our lives is going to do what it wants to do (as little as that might be) come what may. After all the govt can always get the *official* Opposition to vote whatever centre-right policies they put forward.
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Senate enquiry: University Funding.
““We don’t endorse this sort of marketisation of universities…Essentially every university should be good.” (The Australian Institute giving evidence)Not sure that telling a bunch of #NeoLiberal acolytes sitting in the benches is going to cut through… 1) we’ve all known for almost two decades now that “trickle down economics” is a euphamism for the concentration of wealth in fewer hands and 2) universities should be excellent, not just good, despite the #fascist tendencies of Office holders to keep the masses as illiterate as can be in order to preserve the privileged class’ standing in society..
The #AlboPM cotterie in charge of our lives is going to do what it wants to do (as little as that might be) come what may. After all the govt can always get the *official* Opposition to vote whatever centre-right policies they put forward.
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Senate enquiry: University Funding.
““We don’t endorse this sort of marketisation of universities…Essentially every university should be good.” (The Australian Institute giving evidence)Not sure that telling a bunch of #NeoLiberal acolytes sitting in the benches is going to cut through… 1) we’ve all known for almost two decades now that “trickle down economics” is a euphamism for the concentration of wealth in fewer hands and 2) universities should be excellent, not just good, despite the #fascist tendencies of Office holders to keep the masses as illiterate as can be in order to preserve the privileged class’ standing in society..
The #AlboPM cotterie in charge of our lives is going to do what it wants to do (as little as that might be) come what may. After all the govt can always get the *official* Opposition to vote whatever centre-right policies they put forward.
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Senate enquiry: University Funding.
““We don’t endorse this sort of marketisation of universities…Essentially every university should be good.” (The Australian Institute giving evidence)Not sure that telling a bunch of #NeoLiberal acolytes sitting in the benches is going to cut through… 1) we’ve all known for almost two decades now that “trickle down economics” is a euphamism for the concentration of wealth in fewer hands and 2) universities should be excellent, not just good, despite the #fascist tendencies of Office holders to keep the masses as illiterate as can be in order to preserve the privileged class’ standing in society..
The #AlboPM cotterie in charge of our lives is going to do what it wants to do (as little as that might be) come what may. After all the govt can always get the *official* Opposition to vote whatever centre-right policies they put forward.
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[edited for typos which made it through because…emotions]
It’s yet more of #AlboPM temu-progressive agenda… tinkering round the edges, complicating things when it’s really very, very simple — Ban #gambling #advertising, full stop. Everybody wants it baned except peeps who don’t matter and #betting industry #leeches causing misery. This pile of shite, a sorry excuse for socially responsible legislation has more holes it in than an old sock (trust the betting shops to get around most of it as soon as it’s passed.
Ban the bloody advertising in all forms and pass it with #Greens and #IND #Anthony, show some cojones amigo !
With a bit of luck it won’t pass the #Senate.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/watch-out-dont-step-on-the-governments-new-adstop-regime/
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[edited for typos which made it through because…emotions]
It’s yet more of #AlboPM temu-progressive agenda… tinkering round the edges, complicating things when it’s really very, very simple — Ban #gambling #advertising, full stop. Everybody wants it baned except peeps who don’t matter and #betting industry #leeches causing misery. This pile of shite, a sorry excuse for socially responsible legislation has more holes it in than an old sock (trust the betting shops to get around most of it as soon as it’s passed.
Ban the bloody advertising in all forms and pass it with #Greens and #IND #Anthony, show some cojones amigo !
With a bit of luck it won’t pass the #Senate.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/watch-out-dont-step-on-the-governments-new-adstop-regime/
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[edited for typos which made it through because…emotions]
It’s yet more of #AlboPM temu-progressive agenda… tinkering round the edges, complicating things when it’s really very, very simple — Ban #gambling #advertising, full stop. Everybody wants it baned except peeps who don’t matter and #betting industry #leeches causing misery. This pile of shite, a sorry excuse for socially responsible legislation has more holes it in than an old sock (trust the betting shops to get around most of it as soon as it’s passed.
Ban the bloody advertising in all forms and pass it with #Greens and #IND #Anthony, show some cojones amigo !
With a bit of luck it won’t pass the #Senate.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/watch-out-dont-step-on-the-governments-new-adstop-regime/
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[edited for typos which made it through because…emotions]
It’s yet more of #AlboPM temu-progressive agenda… tinkering round the edges, complicating things when it’s really very, very simple — Ban #gambling #advertising, full stop. Everybody wants it baned except peeps who don’t matter and #betting industry #leeches causing misery. This pile of shite, a sorry excuse for socially responsible legislation has more holes it in than an old sock (trust the betting shops to get around most of it as soon as it’s passed.
Ban the bloody advertising in all forms and pass it with #Greens and #IND #Anthony, show some cojones amigo !
With a bit of luck it won’t pass the #Senate.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/watch-out-dont-step-on-the-governments-new-adstop-regime/
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[edited for typos which made it through because…emotions]
It’s yet more of #AlboPM temu-progressive agenda… tinkering round the edges, complicating things when it’s really very, very simple — Ban #gambling #advertising, full stop. Everybody wants it baned except peeps who don’t matter and #betting industry #leeches causing misery. This pile of shite, a sorry excuse for socially responsible legislation has more holes it in than an old sock (trust the betting shops to get around most of it as soon as it’s passed.
Ban the bloody advertising in all forms and pass it with #Greens and #IND #Anthony, show some cojones amigo !
With a bit of luck it won’t pass the #Senate.
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/watch-out-dont-step-on-the-governments-new-adstop-regime/
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CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
My point exactly, that audience is not ‘labor’ oriented and I doubt that there are many votes in there for #AlboPM , esp. since he doesn’t come across as ‘genuine’. Quite *off* actually. -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
My point exactly, that audience is not ‘labor’ oriented and I doubt that there are many votes in there for #AlboPM , esp. since he doesn’t come across as ‘genuine’. Quite *off* actually. -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
My point exactly, that audience is not ‘labor’ oriented and I doubt that there are many votes in there for #AlboPM , esp. since he doesn’t come across as ‘genuine’. Quite *off* actually. -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
My point exactly, that audience is not ‘labor’ oriented and I doubt that there are many votes in there for #AlboPM , esp. since he doesn’t come across as ‘genuine’. Quite *off* actually. -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
My point exactly, that audience is not ‘labor’ oriented and I doubt that there are many votes in there for #AlboPM , esp. since he doesn’t come across as ‘genuine’. Quite *off* actually. -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
What’s there to know but that #AlboPM is not good at play acting *blokey*, that it was an unforced diplomatic blunder, or that our PM should not pretend he is something that he’s not? And, that his political minders ought to be sacked for getting the PM on those *stupid* shows (where are the votes in those?). -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
What’s there to know but that #AlboPM is not good at play acting *blokey*, that it was an unforced diplomatic blunder, or that our PM should not pretend he is something that he’s not? And, that his political minders ought to be sacked for getting the PM on those *stupid* shows (where are the votes in those?). -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
What’s there to know but that #AlboPM is not good at play acting *blokey*, that it was an unforced diplomatic blunder, or that our PM should not pretend he is something that he’s not? And, that his political minders ought to be sacked for getting the PM on those *stupid* shows (where are the votes in those?). -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
What’s there to know but that #AlboPM is not good at play acting *blokey*, that it was an unforced diplomatic blunder, or that our PM should not pretend he is something that he’s not? And, that his political minders ought to be sacked for getting the PM on those *stupid* shows (where are the votes in those?). -
CW: Auspol, MelonGate. A poll
@HardBeingGreen
What’s there to know but that #AlboPM is not good at play acting *blokey*, that it was an unforced diplomatic blunder, or that our PM should not pretend he is something that he’s not? And, that his political minders ought to be sacked for getting the PM on those *stupid* shows (where are the votes in those?). -
@msdropbear
Yes, #AlboPM playing *blokey* is offputting, even to me. But the point is that our PM on this *stupid* show made light of a Japanese tradition (see: https://migaku.com/blog/japanese/japanese-gift-giving ) and therefore made light of a very respectful gift from #TakaiichiPM and #Japan as a whole. It was a #ForeignPolicy *Blunder* if there ever was one. And a blunder which our PM, surely having been briefed on the gift and its significance before the Japanese PM’s visit, ought not to have made… which brings into question Albo’s judgement as a leader.That’s my two cents worth, it it’s worth that much at all… :)
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@msdropbear
Yes, #AlboPM playing *blokey* is offputting, even to me. But the point is that our PM on this *stupid* show made light of a Japanese tradition (see: https://migaku.com/blog/japanese/japanese-gift-giving ) and therefore made light of a very respectful gift from #TakaiichiPM and #Japan as a whole. It was a #ForeignPolicy *Blunder* if there ever was one. And a blunder which our PM, surely having been briefed on the gift and its significance before the Japanese PM’s visit, ought not to have made… which brings into question Albo’s judgement as a leader.That’s my two cents worth, it it’s worth that much at all… :)
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@msdropbear
Yes, #AlboPM playing *blokey* is offputting, even to me. But the point is that our PM on this *stupid* show made light of a Japanese tradition (see: https://migaku.com/blog/japanese/japanese-gift-giving ) and therefore made light of a very respectful gift from #TakaiichiPM and #Japan as a whole. It was a #ForeignPolicy *Blunder* if there ever was one. And a blunder which our PM, surely having been briefed on the gift and its significance before the Japanese PM’s visit, ought not to have made… which brings into question Albo’s judgement as a leader.That’s my two cents worth, it it’s worth that much at all… :)
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@msdropbear
Yes, #AlboPM playing *blokey* is offputting, even to me. But the point is that our PM on this *stupid* show made light of a Japanese tradition (see: https://migaku.com/blog/japanese/japanese-gift-giving ) and therefore made light of a very respectful gift from #TakaiichiPM and #Japan as a whole. It was a #ForeignPolicy *Blunder* if there ever was one. And a blunder which our PM, surely having been briefed on the gift and its significance before the Japanese PM’s visit, ought not to have made… which brings into question Albo’s judgement as a leader.That’s my two cents worth, it it’s worth that much at all… :)
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@msdropbear
Yes, #AlboPM playing *blokey* is offputting, even to me. But the point is that our PM on this *stupid* show made light of a Japanese tradition (see: https://migaku.com/blog/japanese/japanese-gift-giving ) and therefore made light of a very respectful gift from #TakaiichiPM and #Japan as a whole. It was a #ForeignPolicy *Blunder* if there ever was one. And a blunder which our PM, surely having been briefed on the gift and its significance before the Japanese PM’s visit, ought not to have made… which brings into question Albo’s judgement as a leader.That’s my two cents worth, it it’s worth that much at all… :)
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A good recap from Natalie Whiting (ABCNews). And while I don’t wish to add to the newsmedia *Beat up* it has so obviously become (as well as a political jab from Tri-Opposition), it does highlight #AlboPM ‘s *faux pas* in a monumental error of PR exercise for which he is paying dearly — as he should. I say this because the #PM would’ve been briefed on the *Cultural* significance of #TakaiichiPM ‘s State gift during her visit to Australia. Hence there is no excuse for *wanting* to pander to a stupid show host’s crass proddings. This is all on Albo (and whomever convinced him to go on these #Nutter shows), even as the Japanese govt wishes (despite its ambasadorial opinion piece), in true face-saving efforts, to sweep it all under the carpet. See, nothing to see here.
#Melons #Omiyage #JapanAustraliaRelations #StupidTVAppearance
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A good recap from Natalie Whiting (ABCNews). And while I don’t wish to add to the newsmedia *Beat up* it has so obviously become (as well as a political jab from Tri-Opposition), it does highlight #AlboPM ‘s *faux pas* in a monumental error of PR exercise for which he is paying dearly — as he should. I say this because the #PM would’ve been briefed on the *Cultural* significance of #TakaiichiPM ‘s State gift during her visit to Australia. Hence there is no excuse for *wanting* to pander to a stupid show host’s crass proddings. This is all on Albo (and whomever convinced him to go on these #Nutter shows), even as the Japanese govt wishes (despite its ambasadorial opinion piece), in true face-saving efforts, to sweep it all under the carpet. See, nothing to see here.
#Melons #Omiyage #JapanAustraliaRelations #StupidTVAppearance
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A good recap from Natalie Whiting (ABCNews). And while I don’t wish to add to the newsmedia *Beat up* it has so obviously become (as well as a political jab from Tri-Opposition), it does highlight #AlboPM ‘s *faux pas* in a monumental error of PR exercise for which he is paying dearly — as he should. I say this because the #PM would’ve been briefed on the *Cultural* significance of #TakaiichiPM ‘s State gift during her visit to Australia. Hence there is no excuse for *wanting* to pander to a stupid show host’s crass proddings. This is all on Albo (and whomever convinced him to go on these #Nutter shows), even as the Japanese govt wishes (despite its ambasadorial opinion piece), in true face-saving efforts, to sweep it all under the carpet. See, nothing to see here.
#Melons #Omiyage #JapanAustraliaRelations #StupidTVAppearance
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A good recap from Natalie Whiting (ABCNews). And while I don’t wish to add to the newsmedia *Beat up* it has so obviously become (as well as a political jab from Tri-Opposition), it does highlight #AlboPM ‘s *faux pas* in a monumental error of PR exercise for which he is paying dearly — as he should. I say this because the #PM would’ve been briefed on the *Cultural* significance of #TakaiichiPM ‘s State gift during her visit to Australia. Hence there is no excuse for *wanting* to pander to a stupid show host’s crass proddings. This is all on Albo (and whomever convinced him to go on these #Nutter shows), even as the Japanese govt wishes (despite its ambasadorial opinion piece), in true face-saving efforts, to sweep it all under the carpet. See, nothing to see here.
#Melons #Omiyage #JapanAustraliaRelations #StupidTVAppearance
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@johnquiggin
One has to wonder which votes #AlboPM is chasing by appearing in such *inane* shows and *play acting* blokey. Because what other reason could he possibly have for doing that? In any case, whomever advises him on PR stunts (Not Murpharoo, she left his Staff in May last year) ought to be castigated for it — though with Staff revolving doors spinning, it’s likely to be someone out or on the way out of the office. In any case, whether it’s a news (fascist propaganda) beat up or not, the optics are pretty damning. There are more pressing matters for the PM to attend to IMO. -
@johnquiggin
One has to wonder which votes #AlboPM is chasing by appearing in such *inane* shows and *play acting* blokey. Because what other reason could he possibly have for doing that? In any case, whomever advises him on PR stunts (Not Murpharoo, she left his Staff in May last year) ought to be castigated for it — though with Staff revolving doors spinning, it’s likely to be someone out or on the way out of the office. In any case, whether it’s a news (fascist propaganda) beat up or not, the optics are pretty damning. There are more pressing matters for the PM to attend to IMO. -
@johnquiggin
One has to wonder which votes #AlboPM is chasing by appearing in such *inane* shows and *play acting* blokey. Because what other reason could he possibly have for doing that? In any case, whomever advises him on PR stunts (Not Murpharoo, she left his Staff in May last year) ought to be castigated for it — though with Staff revolving doors spinning, it’s likely to be someone out or on the way out of the office. In any case, whether it’s a news (fascist propaganda) beat up or not, the optics are pretty damning. There are more pressing matters for the PM to attend to IMO. -
@johnquiggin
One has to wonder which votes #AlboPM is chasing by appearing in such *inane* shows and *play acting* blokey. Because what other reason could he possibly have for doing that? In any case, whomever advises him on PR stunts (Not Murpharoo, she left his Staff in May last year) ought to be castigated for it — though with Staff revolving doors spinning, it’s likely to be someone out or on the way out of the office. In any case, whether it’s a news (fascist propaganda) beat up or not, the optics are pretty damning. There are more pressing matters for the PM to attend to IMO. -
@johnquiggin
One has to wonder which votes #AlboPM is chasing by appearing in such *inane* shows and *play acting* blokey. Because what other reason could he possibly have for doing that? In any case, whomever advises him on PR stunts (Not Murpharoo, she left his Staff in May last year) ought to be castigated for it — though with Staff revolving doors spinning, it’s likely to be someone out or on the way out of the office. In any case, whether it’s a news (fascist propaganda) beat up or not, the optics are pretty damning. There are more pressing matters for the PM to attend to IMO. -
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In case you’re interested in what #AlboPM said to the Caucus in preparation for the next sitting of Parliament which starts Tuesday, it’s been transcribed in The Point Live :“And here is how the caucus rah-rah sounded - Anthony Albanese:” … as well…as well…as well…as well…as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… Anthony sure likes those two words. I stopped counting when I got to 10. Well :) anyway you can read it here: posted at 15:25
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[Edited for missing text and typo]
In case you’re interested in what #AlboPM said to the Caucus in preparation for the next sitting of Parliament which starts Tuesday, it’s been transcribed in The Point Live :“And here is how the caucus rah-rah sounded - Anthony Albanese:” … as well…as well…as well…as well…as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… Anthony sure likes those two words. I stopped counting when I got to 10. Well :) anyway you can read it here: posted at 15:25
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[Edited for missing text and typo]
In case you’re interested in what #AlboPM said to the Caucus in preparation for the next sitting of Parliament which starts Tuesday, it’s been transcribed in The Point Live :“And here is how the caucus rah-rah sounded - Anthony Albanese:” … as well…as well…as well…as well…as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… Anthony sure likes those two words. I stopped counting when I got to 10. Well :) anyway you can read it here: posted at 15:25
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[Edited for missing text and typo]
In case you’re interested in what #AlboPM said to the Caucus in preparation for the next sitting of Parliament which starts Tuesday, it’s been transcribed in The Point Live :“And here is how the caucus rah-rah sounded - Anthony Albanese:” … as well…as well…as well…as well…as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… as well… Anthony sure likes those two words. I stopped counting when I got to 10. Well :) anyway you can read it here: posted at 15:25
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#AmyRemeikis says is all. #Labor polies need a jolt to wake them up and read the room.
“The view from Amy
The main takeaway from the mainstream on the Newspoll is that Labor is at a 10-year low – that it hasn’t been this unpopular (as a government) since Julia Gillard’s government. Which, yes. But also what is happening is that the Coalition is at 18%. It is also at historical lows, it’s vote continues to crater and One Nation is the beneficiary of that.I spent the five week break talking to more politicians than anyone ever needs to and I am unhappy to report, that most of Labor’s backbenchers still believe that Albanese’s incrementalism is what is going to get them over the line. The main view is that the electorate will “see sense” once it gets closer to an actual election. Almost all of them point to this time in the last election cycle when Dutton’s Coalition was ahead and say ‘see, and then we got a historic majority’.
What they are not looking at, is what happened in the US a few years ago, where fear of the status quo, was, as Richard Denniss and Emma Shortis have said multiple times, greater than the fear of Donald Trump.
It’s not even necessarily One Nation that people want – it’s a change. Labor doesn’t seem to have grasped that. The Coalition certainly haven’t. This is unchartered waters and they are trying to apply the old way of doing things. It is not going to work. Whether or not they work that out in time is questionable.”
Source:https://live.thepoint.com.au/ 2 hrs ago#AusPol #AlboPM #PHON #LNP #FederalPolitics #Parliament #ThePoint #FederalElections2028 #LaborIncrementalism
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#AmyRemeikis says is all. #Labor polies need a jolt to wake them up and read the room.
“The view from Amy
The main takeaway from the mainstream on the Newspoll is that Labor is at a 10-year low – that it hasn’t been this unpopular (as a government) since Julia Gillard’s government. Which, yes. But also what is happening is that the Coalition is at 18%. It is also at historical lows, it’s vote continues to crater and One Nation is the beneficiary of that.I spent the five week break talking to more politicians than anyone ever needs to and I am unhappy to report, that most of Labor’s backbenchers still believe that Albanese’s incrementalism is what is going to get them over the line. The main view is that the electorate will “see sense” once it gets closer to an actual election. Almost all of them point to this time in the last election cycle when Dutton’s Coalition was ahead and say ‘see, and then we got a historic majority’.
What they are not looking at, is what happened in the US a few years ago, where fear of the status quo, was, as Richard Denniss and Emma Shortis have said multiple times, greater than the fear of Donald Trump.
It’s not even necessarily One Nation that people want – it’s a change. Labor doesn’t seem to have grasped that. The Coalition certainly haven’t. This is unchartered waters and they are trying to apply the old way of doing things. It is not going to work. Whether or not they work that out in time is questionable.”
Source:https://live.thepoint.com.au/ 2 hrs ago#AusPol #AlboPM #PHON #LNP #FederalPolitics #Parliament #ThePoint #FederalElections2028 #LaborIncrementalism
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#AmyRemeikis says is all. #Labor polies need a jolt to wake them up and read the room.
“The view from Amy
The main takeaway from the mainstream on the Newspoll is that Labor is at a 10-year low – that it hasn’t been this unpopular (as a government) since Julia Gillard’s government. Which, yes. But also what is happening is that the Coalition is at 18%. It is also at historical lows, it’s vote continues to crater and One Nation is the beneficiary of that.I spent the five week break talking to more politicians than anyone ever needs to and I am unhappy to report, that most of Labor’s backbenchers still believe that Albanese’s incrementalism is what is going to get them over the line. The main view is that the electorate will “see sense” once it gets closer to an actual election. Almost all of them point to this time in the last election cycle when Dutton’s Coalition was ahead and say ‘see, and then we got a historic majority’.
What they are not looking at, is what happened in the US a few years ago, where fear of the status quo, was, as Richard Denniss and Emma Shortis have said multiple times, greater than the fear of Donald Trump.
It’s not even necessarily One Nation that people want – it’s a change. Labor doesn’t seem to have grasped that. The Coalition certainly haven’t. This is unchartered waters and they are trying to apply the old way of doing things. It is not going to work. Whether or not they work that out in time is questionable.”
Source:https://live.thepoint.com.au/ 2 hrs ago#AusPol #AlboPM #PHON #LNP #FederalPolitics #Parliament #ThePoint #FederalElections2028 #LaborIncrementalism
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#AmyRemeikis says is all. #Labor polies need a jolt to wake them up and read the room.
“The view from Amy
The main takeaway from the mainstream on the Newspoll is that Labor is at a 10-year low – that it hasn’t been this unpopular (as a government) since Julia Gillard’s government. Which, yes. But also what is happening is that the Coalition is at 18%. It is also at historical lows, it’s vote continues to crater and One Nation is the beneficiary of that.I spent the five week break talking to more politicians than anyone ever needs to and I am unhappy to report, that most of Labor’s backbenchers still believe that Albanese’s incrementalism is what is going to get them over the line. The main view is that the electorate will “see sense” once it gets closer to an actual election. Almost all of them point to this time in the last election cycle when Dutton’s Coalition was ahead and say ‘see, and then we got a historic majority’.
What they are not looking at, is what happened in the US a few years ago, where fear of the status quo, was, as Richard Denniss and Emma Shortis have said multiple times, greater than the fear of Donald Trump.
It’s not even necessarily One Nation that people want – it’s a change. Labor doesn’t seem to have grasped that. The Coalition certainly haven’t. This is unchartered waters and they are trying to apply the old way of doing things. It is not going to work. Whether or not they work that out in time is questionable.”
Source:https://live.thepoint.com.au/ 2 hrs ago#AusPol #AlboPM #PHON #LNP #FederalPolitics #Parliament #ThePoint #FederalElections2028 #LaborIncrementalism
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#AmyRemeikis says is all. #Labor polies need a jolt to wake them up and read the room.
“The view from Amy
The main takeaway from the mainstream on the Newspoll is that Labor is at a 10-year low – that it hasn’t been this unpopular (as a government) since Julia Gillard’s government. Which, yes. But also what is happening is that the Coalition is at 18%. It is also at historical lows, it’s vote continues to crater and One Nation is the beneficiary of that.I spent the five week break talking to more politicians than anyone ever needs to and I am unhappy to report, that most of Labor’s backbenchers still believe that Albanese’s incrementalism is what is going to get them over the line. The main view is that the electorate will “see sense” once it gets closer to an actual election. Almost all of them point to this time in the last election cycle when Dutton’s Coalition was ahead and say ‘see, and then we got a historic majority’.
What they are not looking at, is what happened in the US a few years ago, where fear of the status quo, was, as Richard Denniss and Emma Shortis have said multiple times, greater than the fear of Donald Trump.
It’s not even necessarily One Nation that people want – it’s a change. Labor doesn’t seem to have grasped that. The Coalition certainly haven’t. This is unchartered waters and they are trying to apply the old way of doing things. It is not going to work. Whether or not they work that out in time is questionable.”
Source:https://live.thepoint.com.au/ 2 hrs ago#AusPol #AlboPM #PHON #LNP #FederalPolitics #Parliament #ThePoint #FederalElections2028 #LaborIncrementalism
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What can I say… I like the cut of his jib. All that remains is to see how #Burnham will sail. He is certainly saying all of the right things to society at large and especially to those whose anger and frutrations require outlets, a safety valve to let off some steam, before *Repairs* begin. #AlboPM, *take note* if you value your legacy.
“In his first speech as prime minister on July 17, Burnham promised “good growth in every postcode”, saying his victory in the Makerfield by-election, which returned him to Westminster, was a call “on behalf of forgotten places everywhere up and down this country, for a return of the Labour they once knew”.
“We must recognise that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn’t work well enough for ordinary people.”
Burnham charts that failure to “a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s”.
“Four decades of the neoliberalism that began in the 1980s have not been kind to the places that built our party, nor to the communities across the UK in rural and coastal areas,” he said.
“Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised.”
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/burnham-farage-grievance-politics-hanson-uk-prime-minister/107004586#UKPol #AusPol #Economics #NeoLIberalism #StateCapture #PublicInfrastructure #UKLabour. #AusLabor
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What can I say… I like the cut of his jib. All that remains is to see how #Burnham will sail. He is certainly saying all of the right things to society at large and especially to those whose anger and frutrations require outlets, a safety valve to let off some steam, before *Repairs* begin. #AlboPM, *take note* if you value your legacy.
“In his first speech as prime minister on July 17, Burnham promised “good growth in every postcode”, saying his victory in the Makerfield by-election, which returned him to Westminster, was a call “on behalf of forgotten places everywhere up and down this country, for a return of the Labour they once knew”.
“We must recognise that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn’t work well enough for ordinary people.”
Burnham charts that failure to “a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s”.
“Four decades of the neoliberalism that began in the 1980s have not been kind to the places that built our party, nor to the communities across the UK in rural and coastal areas,” he said.
“Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised.”
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/burnham-farage-grievance-politics-hanson-uk-prime-minister/107004586#UKPol #AusPol #Economics #NeoLIberalism #StateCapture #PublicInfrastructure #UKLabour. #AusLabor
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What can I say… I like the cut of his jib. All that remains is to see how #Burnham will sail. He is certainly saying all of the right things to society at large and especially to those whose anger and frutrations require outlets, a safety valve to let off some steam, before *Repairs* begin. #AlboPM, *take note* if you value your legacy.
“In his first speech as prime minister on July 17, Burnham promised “good growth in every postcode”, saying his victory in the Makerfield by-election, which returned him to Westminster, was a call “on behalf of forgotten places everywhere up and down this country, for a return of the Labour they once knew”.
“We must recognise that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn’t work well enough for ordinary people.”
Burnham charts that failure to “a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s”.
“Four decades of the neoliberalism that began in the 1980s have not been kind to the places that built our party, nor to the communities across the UK in rural and coastal areas,” he said.
“Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised.”
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/burnham-farage-grievance-politics-hanson-uk-prime-minister/107004586#UKPol #AusPol #Economics #NeoLIberalism #StateCapture #PublicInfrastructure #UKLabour. #AusLabor
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What can I say… I like the cut of his jib. All that remains is to see how #Burnham will sail. He is certainly saying all of the right things to society at large and especially to those whose anger and frutrations require outlets, a safety valve to let off some steam, before *Repairs* begin. #AlboPM, *take note* if you value your legacy.
“In his first speech as prime minister on July 17, Burnham promised “good growth in every postcode”, saying his victory in the Makerfield by-election, which returned him to Westminster, was a call “on behalf of forgotten places everywhere up and down this country, for a return of the Labour they once knew”.
“We must recognise that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn’t work well enough for ordinary people.”
Burnham charts that failure to “a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s”.
“Four decades of the neoliberalism that began in the 1980s have not been kind to the places that built our party, nor to the communities across the UK in rural and coastal areas,” he said.
“Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised.”
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/burnham-farage-grievance-politics-hanson-uk-prime-minister/107004586#UKPol #AusPol #Economics #NeoLIberalism #StateCapture #PublicInfrastructure #UKLabour. #AusLabor
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What can I say… I like the cut of his jib. All that remains is to see how #Burnham will sail. He is certainly saying all of the right things to society at large and especially to those whose anger and frutrations require outlets, a safety valve to let off some steam, before *Repairs* begin. #AlboPM, *take note* if you value your legacy.
“In his first speech as prime minister on July 17, Burnham promised “good growth in every postcode”, saying his victory in the Makerfield by-election, which returned him to Westminster, was a call “on behalf of forgotten places everywhere up and down this country, for a return of the Labour they once knew”.
“We must recognise that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn’t work well enough for ordinary people.”
Burnham charts that failure to “a series of wrong-turns in the 1980s”.
“Four decades of the neoliberalism that began in the 1980s have not been kind to the places that built our party, nor to the communities across the UK in rural and coastal areas,” he said.
“Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised.”
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/burnham-farage-grievance-politics-hanson-uk-prime-minister/107004586#UKPol #AusPol #Economics #NeoLIberalism #StateCapture #PublicInfrastructure #UKLabour. #AusLabor
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#BernardKeane is not one to mince his words and in his latest tirade, aimed at the Department of Defence (#DoD), though uncontroversial, is a tell-tale dig at #AlboPM ‘s govt entrenched #Secrecy and #Opacity bordering on a #Conspiracy to cover up anything that might tarnish the already low esteem we have of it.
“With the Defence budget to grow to more than $60 billion over the next four years, the lack of transparency and accountability around often spectacular procurement and contract management failures means taxpayers have no faith the department can competently administer such large sums effectively, or that it can do so honestly. The determination of a dominant government that has no meaningful opposition to suppress anything inconsistent with its cheery narrative guarantees billions will continue to be wasted.”
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#BernardKeane is not one to mince his words and in his latest tirade, aimed at the Department of Defence (#DoD), though uncontroversial, is a tell-tale dig at #AlboPM ‘s govt entrenched #Secrecy and #Opacity bordering on a #Conspiracy to cover up anything that might tarnish the already low esteem we have of it.
“With the Defence budget to grow to more than $60 billion over the next four years, the lack of transparency and accountability around often spectacular procurement and contract management failures means taxpayers have no faith the department can competently administer such large sums effectively, or that it can do so honestly. The determination of a dominant government that has no meaningful opposition to suppress anything inconsistent with its cheery narrative guarantees billions will continue to be wasted.”
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#BernardKeane is not one to mince his words and in his latest tirade, aimed at the Department of Defence (#DoD), though uncontroversial, is a tell-tale dig at #AlboPM ‘s govt entrenched #Secrecy and #Opacity bordering on a #Conspiracy to cover up anything that might tarnish the already low esteem we have of it.
“With the Defence budget to grow to more than $60 billion over the next four years, the lack of transparency and accountability around often spectacular procurement and contract management failures means taxpayers have no faith the department can competently administer such large sums effectively, or that it can do so honestly. The determination of a dominant government that has no meaningful opposition to suppress anything inconsistent with its cheery narrative guarantees billions will continue to be wasted.”
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#BernardKeane is not one to mince his words and in his latest tirade, aimed at the Department of Defence (#DoD), though uncontroversial, is a tell-tale dig at #AlboPM ‘s govt entrenched #Secrecy and #Opacity bordering on a #Conspiracy to cover up anything that might tarnish the already low esteem we have of it.
“With the Defence budget to grow to more than $60 billion over the next four years, the lack of transparency and accountability around often spectacular procurement and contract management failures means taxpayers have no faith the department can competently administer such large sums effectively, or that it can do so honestly. The determination of a dominant government that has no meaningful opposition to suppress anything inconsistent with its cheery narrative guarantees billions will continue to be wasted.”
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#BernardKeane is not one to mince his words and in his latest tirade, aimed at the Department of Defence (#DoD), though uncontroversial, is a tell-tale dig at #AlboPM ‘s govt entrenched #Secrecy and #Opacity bordering on a #Conspiracy to cover up anything that might tarnish the already low esteem we have of it.
“With the Defence budget to grow to more than $60 billion over the next four years, the lack of transparency and accountability around often spectacular procurement and contract management failures means taxpayers have no faith the department can competently administer such large sums effectively, or that it can do so honestly. The determination of a dominant government that has no meaningful opposition to suppress anything inconsistent with its cheery narrative guarantees billions will continue to be wasted.”
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Well. The writer #DavidArmstrong is correct, that didn’t make any waves in the press here in Australia (not a good thing IMO). So why not? The Kylie thing was big, very big, so much so that #AlboPM apologised for it. Yet:
“When Anthony Albanese confessed in a podcast he would like to spend some very private time with Kylie Minogue, the public and political reaction was a swift, strong negative. Albanese apologised.
But in the same podcast, looking to please his host, comedian Nikki Osborne, Albanese made a joke at the expense of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
He recalled that when Takaichi visited Australia in May, she had brought melons as a gift. Osborne made a crack about Pamela Anderson and Albanese grinned, cupped his hands in front of his chest, and said: “She brought two. As you do.”
Albanese mocked the first female prime minister in Japanese history and leader of Australia’s closest security partner in Asia. He did not apologise.
The disparity struck Japanese journalist and academic Waka Ikeda. “An Australian pop star’s dignity commanded a national conversation; a Japanese prime minister’s didn’t,” Ikeda said.
Takaichi’s gift, she said in a column in The Japan Times, had been chosen with diplomatic care – Crown Melons from Shizuoka (the Mount Fuji region), the most prized fruit in Japan.
“In Japan, a single Crown Melon can cost more than a fine bottle of wine,” she said. “Its perfection, based on the Japanese artisan spirit of takumi, is what you bring when you wish to honour someone.”
Ikeda said that what happened after the podcast was the real story – because almost nothing happened. Albanese had never spoken about the Takaichi joke; the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, had remained silent, and then-Victorian premier Jacinta Allan had brushed it aside as lighthearted.
Ikeda recalled that when Allan had been called a witch, Albanese had said it was “completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women”.
Japan had also declined to comment. “Japan needs Australia on trade and security,” Ikeda said. “[T]he first female prime minister, fighting Beijing, cannot afford a quarrel over her own chest.
“[Takaichi’s] dignity was weighted against the alliance and found lighter.” (Source: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08/instagram-generations-win-japans-security-drive-and-albos-undiplomatic-insult-asian-media-report/ )
Not only is our PM a political lightweight in the eyes of this tooter (for his lack of gumption on progressive legislation), but he is showing himself to be quite disrespectful of women generally. Not the kind of ‘man’ I wish to represent me, not in the least.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Please….
##AusPol #Takaichi #Japan #ForeignAffairs #WomensAgenda
#Misoginy -
Well. The writer #DavidArmstrong is correct, that didn’t make any waves in the press here in Australia (not a good thing IMO). So why not? The Kylie thing was big, very big, so much so that #AlboPM apologised for it. Yet:
“When Anthony Albanese confessed in a podcast he would like to spend some very private time with Kylie Minogue, the public and political reaction was a swift, strong negative. Albanese apologised.
But in the same podcast, looking to please his host, comedian Nikki Osborne, Albanese made a joke at the expense of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
He recalled that when Takaichi visited Australia in May, she had brought melons as a gift. Osborne made a crack about Pamela Anderson and Albanese grinned, cupped his hands in front of his chest, and said: “She brought two. As you do.”
Albanese mocked the first female prime minister in Japanese history and leader of Australia’s closest security partner in Asia. He did not apologise.
The disparity struck Japanese journalist and academic Waka Ikeda. “An Australian pop star’s dignity commanded a national conversation; a Japanese prime minister’s didn’t,” Ikeda said.
Takaichi’s gift, she said in a column in The Japan Times, had been chosen with diplomatic care – Crown Melons from Shizuoka (the Mount Fuji region), the most prized fruit in Japan.
“In Japan, a single Crown Melon can cost more than a fine bottle of wine,” she said. “Its perfection, based on the Japanese artisan spirit of takumi, is what you bring when you wish to honour someone.”
Ikeda said that what happened after the podcast was the real story – because almost nothing happened. Albanese had never spoken about the Takaichi joke; the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, had remained silent, and then-Victorian premier Jacinta Allan had brushed it aside as lighthearted.
Ikeda recalled that when Allan had been called a witch, Albanese had said it was “completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women”.
Japan had also declined to comment. “Japan needs Australia on trade and security,” Ikeda said. “[T]he first female prime minister, fighting Beijing, cannot afford a quarrel over her own chest.
“[Takaichi’s] dignity was weighted against the alliance and found lighter.” (Source: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08/instagram-generations-win-japans-security-drive-and-albos-undiplomatic-insult-asian-media-report/ )
Not only is our PM a political lightweight in the eyes of this tooter (for his lack of gumption on progressive legislation), but he is showing himself to be quite disrespectful of women generally. Not the kind of ‘man’ I wish to represent me, not in the least.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Please….
##AusPol #Takaichi #Japan #ForeignAffairs #WomensAgenda
#Misoginy -
Well. The writer #DavidArmstrong is correct, that didn’t make any waves in the press here in Australia (not a good thing IMO). So why not? The Kylie thing was big, very big, so much so that #AlboPM apologised for it. Yet:
“When Anthony Albanese confessed in a podcast he would like to spend some very private time with Kylie Minogue, the public and political reaction was a swift, strong negative. Albanese apologised.
But in the same podcast, looking to please his host, comedian Nikki Osborne, Albanese made a joke at the expense of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
He recalled that when Takaichi visited Australia in May, she had brought melons as a gift. Osborne made a crack about Pamela Anderson and Albanese grinned, cupped his hands in front of his chest, and said: “She brought two. As you do.”
Albanese mocked the first female prime minister in Japanese history and leader of Australia’s closest security partner in Asia. He did not apologise.
The disparity struck Japanese journalist and academic Waka Ikeda. “An Australian pop star’s dignity commanded a national conversation; a Japanese prime minister’s didn’t,” Ikeda said.
Takaichi’s gift, she said in a column in The Japan Times, had been chosen with diplomatic care – Crown Melons from Shizuoka (the Mount Fuji region), the most prized fruit in Japan.
“In Japan, a single Crown Melon can cost more than a fine bottle of wine,” she said. “Its perfection, based on the Japanese artisan spirit of takumi, is what you bring when you wish to honour someone.”
Ikeda said that what happened after the podcast was the real story – because almost nothing happened. Albanese had never spoken about the Takaichi joke; the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, had remained silent, and then-Victorian premier Jacinta Allan had brushed it aside as lighthearted.
Ikeda recalled that when Allan had been called a witch, Albanese had said it was “completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women”.
Japan had also declined to comment. “Japan needs Australia on trade and security,” Ikeda said. “[T]he first female prime minister, fighting Beijing, cannot afford a quarrel over her own chest.
“[Takaichi’s] dignity was weighted against the alliance and found lighter.” (Source: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08/instagram-generations-win-japans-security-drive-and-albos-undiplomatic-insult-asian-media-report/ )
Not only is our PM a political lightweight in the eyes of this tooter (for his lack of gumption on progressive legislation), but he is showing himself to be quite disrespectful of women generally. Not the kind of ‘man’ I wish to represent me, not in the least.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Please….
##AusPol #Takaichi #Japan #ForeignAffairs #WomensAgenda
#Misoginy