#australiapolitics — Public Fediverse posts

One Nation wants to cut the tobacco tax. Would that curb the illicit cigarette market?
#Health #TobaccoTax #Tax #IllicitTobacco #Australia #Smoking #PublicHealth #OneNation #Tobacco #TobaccoIndustry #HealthPolicy #AustraliaPolitics #CostOfLiving
https://the-14.com/one-nation-wants-to-cut-the-tobacco-tax-would-that-curb-the-illicit-cigarette-market/

Coalition's Migration Policy Sparks Fierce Exchange on Today Show

Coalition's plan to link migration numbers to housing construction is debated on the Today Show. Find out how it affects Australia.

#MigrationPolicy, #HousingCrisis, #AustraliaPolitics, #TodayShow, #AngusTaylor

https://newsletter.tf/coalition-migration-cap-housing-today-show/

Coalition leader Angus Taylor's proposal to cap migration based on housing construction faced tough questions on the Today Show. This plan could significantly reduce new arrivals.

#MigrationPolicy, #HousingCrisis, #AustraliaPolitics, #TodayShow, #AngusTaylor
https://newsletter.tf/coalition-migration-cap-housing-today-show/

Australia's wealthiest companies — think Murdoch's NewsCorp — dodge their fair share of tax while the rest of us foot the bill. Meanwhile, the government has managed to waste a staggering $37 billion out of the $58 billion Defence budget. Priorities, anyone? Check out the TAXDATA corporate tax transparency app to see exactly who's paying what.

#taxavoidance #australiapolitics #corporatetax #defencewaste #newscorp #taxdata #auspol #WestReport

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KcXYpGhg-aQ

Railroaded: Chapter 4 – Towards a sustainable Freight System: Policy Recommendations http://dlvr.it/TQQz8d #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #RailNews #Melbourne

@Ratoncita @dyckron

This isn't just "unfortunate"—it's the logical result of the deliberate, slow-motion "starve the beast" strategy we see across the West. Conservative and neoliberal governments underfund public hospitals until they buckle, then use the resulting "inefficiency" as an excuse to funnel public money into the pockets of private healthcare providers.
We are seeing the exact same playbook being run in Australia. Our Medicare system is being hollowed out by decades of frozen rebates and the creeping "Americanisation" of our clinics. Just like in Canada, we’re seeing "ambulance ramping" (paramedics stuck in hospital driveways for hours because there are no beds) and a growing gap where if you can’t afford private insurance, you’re stuck in a second-tier system.
When healthcare becomes a for-profit industry rather than a human right, people like Prashant pay the price. We have to stop accepting "budget constraints" as an excuse while billions are handed out in corporate subsidies. Solidarity with the healthcare workers on the front lines who are being set up to fail by these policy choices.

#healthcareisaright #publichealth #canadapolitics #australiapolitics #solidarity #auspol #medicare

Railroaded: Chapter 3 – Case Studies: The Regional impacts of Road Freight Dominance http://dlvr.it/TMKZsx #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #RailNews

Australia’s biggest copper mine shuts down http://dlvr.it/TMBR8J #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #RailNews #Glencore

Railroaded: The Politics of Freight Influence and Corruption – Chapter 2 http://dlvr.it/TM60VT #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #RailNews #AustralianTransportPolicy

Railroaded: Australia’s unsustainable obsession with Road Transport – Chapter 1 http://dlvr.it/TLfNyn #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #RailNews #AustralianTransportPolicy

‘High speed rail between Melbourne and Sydney? Not in my lifetime’ http://dlvr.it/TLYt2y #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #HighSpeedRail

Railroaded: Australia’s unsustainable obsession with Road Transport http://dlvr.it/TLWk1T #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #RailNews

Why Political Factions Are Undermining Australian Democracy?
#AusPol, #AustraliaPolitics, #DemocracyNow, #LaborRight

Political factions in Labor and LNP parties support neoliberalism and U.S. militarism. Factions are internal party power blocs hijacking Australia’s democracy.

https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/political-factions-in-australia/

Decarbonising heavy transport is critical to net zero journey http://dlvr.it/TL2g4G #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #carbonemissions #Climatechange

"They tried to divide the Australian community in the election campaign, and they ended up dividing themselves. And the consequence of that is that the Liberal [aka CONservatives] Party is now barely bigger than the crossbench in the parliament." #Australia #auspol #election2025 #AustraliaPolitics
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-25/jim-chalmers-the-coalition-is-a-smoking-ruin/105316720

The Victorian Road Maintenance Sham Caused by Freight Victoria http://dlvr.it/TKxHcz #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #RailNews

A few days after the Albanese LABOR government was resoundingly reelected, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen boldly declared:
"In 2022, the Australian people voted to finally act on climate change. After three years of progress […] in 2025 they said keep going."
But the Albanese LABOR government continues to piss down our collars while claiming it is just a bit of rain! #AustraliaPolitics #auspol #election2025 #climateemergency #NetZero #globalwarming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jH6zzjyCXE

Back in 1983, I built the election computer system for ATN-7 in Sydney (with a PDP-11) to process and display results from the Dept of Industry & Commerce.
It worked well, but the same could not be said of the Network 9 computer which went horribly wrong.

The satirists were brutal the next day.

I did feel sorry for them (it could have been any of us).

It was quite exciting being in the Tally Room in Canberra as Bob Hawke claimed victory.

#AustraliaPolitics #Australia #election2025

Polls closed at 6pm but the Labor Party's historic win was obvious by 8.30pm! Will Prime Minister Albanese now put his foot to the pedal or continue tinkering at the edges as he has done for the past 3 years? #AustraliaPolitics #auspol #election2025 #DeadeyesDutton #RWNJ https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/federal-election-2025/2025/05/03/peter-dutton-loses-seat

Anthony Albanese announces support for WA government to buy back state’s freight rail network http://dlvr.it/TKPF95 #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #RailNews

'The central con, of the very many, at Advance is that it is a “grassroots movement” of “ordinary Australians”. This is unmitigated nonsense, and anyone presenting Advance in this light is lying to you.' #AustraliaPolitics #auspol #election2025 #AustralianLaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #DeadeyesDutton #CONservatives #RWNJ #Reactionaries https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/advance-is-a-billionaire-backed-racist-disinformation-factory-undermining-democracy/

Deadeyes Dutton has a long and easily verified history of verballing and making up brazen lies. His reckless "Russian base" BS is just more of the same. #AustraliaPolitics #auspol #election2025 #AustralianLaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #DeadeyesDutton #CONservatives https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/labor-says-dutton-fabricated-indonesian-statement/105181644