#aus-pol — Public Fediverse posts
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They changed the #weather forecast for today late yesterday.
It was supposed to rain today, but it was changed to fine & windy.
So I wake up this morning & the rain is pelting down & the rain radar shows the state covered in rain cloud.
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#LiberalParty ‘corroded by #hate’ MP says amid concerns of ‘#dogwhistling’ on #immigration.
Several #Liberal MP’s say they now believe #PaulineHanson’s #GinaRinehart party was in control of the Liberal agenda.
A senior Liberal said that if the Liberal party fell into oblivion, “the only joy is that the #NationalParty would die before us”.
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Cannes and the courts deliver a sharp rebuke to political silencing – Message from the Editor https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-15/467855/ #Auspol
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Chinese newspaper cartoon #auspol #nzpol #uspolitics
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Siri Hustvedt’s Ghost Stories will make you cry https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-17/467430/ #Auspol
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International campaign to defend women’s armed self-organisation in Rojava https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1453/world/international-campaign-defend-womens-armed-self-organisation-rojava #Auspol
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CW: CW: auspol, transphobia.
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116583196502733971
Not content to merely punch down on migrants, #WellDoneAngus issues a suspiciously-timed attack on #transgender rights truly worthy of the junior partner in a One Nation/National/Liberal coalition:
‘"We will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to ensure that women and girls (and men and boys) have protections based on biological sex," he said.
"We will define biological sex in the Act. Male or female. The sex you are born."’
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What does Pentagon chief Hegseth’s presence in China say about Trump’s military agenda? https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05/what-does-pentagon-chief-hegseths-presence-in-china-say-about-trumps-military-agenda/ #Auspol
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Budget 2026: Will this budget really make housing fairer for more Australians? It’s a good start https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05/budget-2026-will-this-budget-really-make-housing-fairer-for-more-australians-its-a-good-start/ #Auspol
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Never again. Worst antisemitism comes from Zionists says Australian Jew https://michaelwest.com.au/submission-to-royal-commission-on-antisemitism-and-social-cohesion/ #Auspol
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Hollywood’s shrinking bodies are impossible to ignore when the algorithm never stops https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/hollywoods-shrinking-bodies-are-impossible-to-ignore/ #AUSpol
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detailed tax breakdown of changes to trusts, cgt and negative gearing changes. questionable politics, but analysis is very detailed.
> Accountant EXPLAINS: What the 2026 Federal Budget ACTUALLY Means for Investors & Business Owners
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The look of a winner? I think not.
Maybe #Trump was wondering where he was?
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Australia needs a broader vision of social cohesion https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-16/467695/ #Auspol
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Yet more lies from One Notion's resident r*cist: Pauline Hanson claimed $16,000 for private charter despite claiming floods tour was at ‘no cost to taxpayer’
"Parliamentary expense reports published this week show that Hanson billed taxpayers for three private flights between Mount Isa and Cloncurry, Cloncurry and Julia Creek, and Julia Creek to Mount Isa on 10 January. The cost of the three flights totalled $15,990. It is unclear which company provided the private charter.
Under the rules governing use of taxpayer-funded travel, MPs and senators must ensure their claims meet the “dominant purpose test” of parliamentary business, and “must use public resources for parliamentary business in a way that achieves value for money”.
According to Hanson’s register of interests, Hancock Prospecting provided flights between the Sunshine Coast and Mount Isa on the same day.
Hanson has also previously billed taxpayers $9,000 for a flight from Tamworth to Avalon in October last year to attend an event at a private agricultural college honouring Rinehart."
(Image: Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce disembark from Gina Rinehart’s plane on arrival in Mount Isa. Photograph by Mt Isa Aviation)
#Corruption #AUSPol #AVoteForHansonIsAVoteForRinehart #News #Activism
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"Appropriate" here means even if: - you can't afford it - you can't get it where you live - it's dangerous or experimental - it's quackery, like bleach enemas? If they tell you to try it, and you haven't? No NDIS for you. No appeals. This *will* kill people. And they know it. #AusPol #Disability
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lia4ywzl2c2kt4dn3kzbywog/post/3mlpwnkda5k2w -
Welcome to the 16 May 2026 edition of the NSL Weekend Wrap, your weekly round-up of news and views on Australian #secular issues! #auspol #secularism
Coming up this week...
Friday delivered an unlikely political trifecta. Before 10am, the Full Federal Court dismissed Giggle for Girls' appeal in Tickle v Giggle, confirming two acts of direct discrimination and rejecting the argument that the Sex Discrimination Act's protections don't extend to transgender women. By the end of the day, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor had announced amending that same Act would be a first-term Coalition priority, and Nationals MP Alison Penfold had announced her own legislation to strip some trans protections. ADF International, the US-based religious legal organisation that backed Giggle's case, has now lost that argument twice.
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, under parliamentary investigation for alleged covert electoral interference on behalf of the Coalition in 2025, issued an edict to members to purge their homes of all animals. Some pets have already been put down. What the edict reveals is the absolute authority the sect exercises over members' private lives, and prompts obvious questions about the religious exemptions and charity status that allow it to operate with almost no external scrutiny.
And from Victoria: four parties seeking to contest November's state election — with names calculated to attract left-leaning voters — appear to share infrastructure and operators linked to Avi Yemini and Monica Smit, with the stated aim of directing preferences to One Nation. Democracy as a product to be gamed, no doubt with implications for pro-secular and progressive policy in Australia.
https://www.nsl.org.au/columns/weekend-wrap-for-16-may-2026/
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RE: https://aus.social/@ApaulD/116575575818257230
Exactly 👇
Via Ketan Joshi “Genuinely cannot tell America and Australia apart, when it comes to headlines in my data centres news alert”
#ai #datacenters #australia
Our government #auspol does not care about others’ experiences of tech environmental impact
https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/9245191/moss-vale-data-centre-plan-sparks-gas-power-plant-fears/ -
Former VP: ‘The US has imposed its tutelage over Venezuela’ https://www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1453/world/former-vp-us-has-imposed-its-tutelage-over-venezuela #Auspol
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Demagogues, despots and the rise of ‘phantom democracies’ https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-05-15/467446/ #Auspol
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@IndyMediaAus/116582312357466712
@IndyMediaAus Not independent, not journalists. Simply a sub branch of the Epstein media class. Using the same techniques Murdoch perfected decades ago.
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