I think #ABC australia is doing a great job of exposing them.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/surgical-abortions-at-queanbeyan-hospital-to-be-reinstated/104603266

#women #abortion #rights #womenrights #australia #auspol #ALP #albo

In context of collapsing profits, Myer alerts every old media organisations of promotion cancellation citing social media post (since itself taken down), garnering national coverage.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/myer-christmas-windows-unveiling-cancelled-protest/104603886

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2024/09/20/myer-profits-slashed

#auspol #gaza #marketing

Every election Labor and Coalition votes steadily erode, so they have to go somewhere.

Big indication this time 'round will be how much and where the Duopoly preference each other - now both are actively hand-wringing about the 'independent threat' and colluding with legislation against it - which could significantly impact the size of the cross bench.

#auspol

Albanese and Dutton to combine forces and parties' votes in next sitting fortnight to attack donation funding for independents and rival parties.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-14/labor-unveils-electoral-reform-plans/104602248

#auspol

Murdoch's Sky News reports on Sky News, linking Labor to terrorism for voting in favour of Palestinian statehood in the context of an ongoing genocide committed against Palestinians by the Israeli Govt.

Coalition have their orders and talking points then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

#auspol #palestine #gaza #israel

#AustraliaInstitute #auspol All I want for Christmas… Read more…https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/all-i-want-for-christmas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-i-want-for-christmas

Josh Wilson is 34.96% Dutton (https://politicalgadgets.com/) #auspol #votes_like

"I thought it was a war on Western tradition, Western values … and actually, it's an anti-white-male-agenda."
Neo-Nazisim has been around in Australia for some time & recruitment, particularly of young men, is growing. They are becoming bolder. #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-14/former-neighbours-star-damien-richardson-nazi-salute/104590504

Credit where its due, it's not all fumbled social media policies, burying gambling ad reform, attacking old media's enemies, outlawing opinions and exempting religious whack jobs.

Former Nine corporate lawyer and bible quoting fanatic, Communications Minister Michele Rowland, may have stumbled her way towards a rare win, flagging a 'Digital Duty of Care,' as recommended by an independent review of the Online Safety Act.

Could unleash all sorts of interesting torts such as parents suing US big tech for the suicide of a child or damages to reputations from the selling of incorrect or deliberately false private data. This one might unlock a pandoras box of unpredictable outcomes, some actually good.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/social-media-duty-of-care-laws-mental-health-harm/104597890

#auspol #socialmedia

Ladies and generals, the United States future Secretary of Defence.

Like to say the US has entered peak parody but the joke's on us. Time to divest ourselves of alliance with this shithole empire ASAP or we'll be knee deep again in the blood of whichever country the US is looking to decimate and plunder.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-nominate-fox-news-host-pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-2024-11-13/

#auspol #uspol

The #ABC's US correspondent Barbara Miller is doing the bare minimum to keep her job.

Stenography is not #journalism.

#Trump #ElonMusk #Vivek #misinformation #auspol

Real estate sector feels like a lawless corner of Australia.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/12/it-is-immoral-australian-investors-warned-about-cowboys-promising-unrealistic-returns-on-disability-housing
#AusPol #AusBiz

Peter Dutton has been howling for an early election for most of 2024. Antony Green wrote in May why there wouldn't be one. Why does the media continually go with "Peter Dutton says..." & not the experience of an election analyst? #auspol
https://antonygreen.com.au/why-there-wont-be-an-early-election-in-2024/

#TheConversation #auspol The Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse Read more…https://theconversation.com/the-treaty-principles-bill-is-already-straining-social-cohesion-a-referendum-could-be-worse-243568

'[Labor's Minister Don] Farrell is close to a deal with the Liberals on his plan ...'

Labor and the Coalition set to combine to introduce legislation some time in the next fortnight that severely curtails donations and spending for independents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WTlyuhDs

https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-don-farrell-pushes-to-pass-labors-electoral-reforms-before-christmas-243348

#auspol

With a first term closing out where Labor championed little but dual income households with investment properties, their voter base seems to have have shrunk considerably raising the prospect of two scenarios at next year's federal election.

Option A) is a hung a parliament with independents and possibly Greens cracking the whip and returning some conviction to federal parliament, which should terrify Labor who've spent an entire term fleeing from anything that requires leadership and a conscience.

Option B) is a Dutton Govt. Which should terrify everyone.

https://theconversation.com/coalition-retains-narrow-newspoll-lead-as-dutton-gains-where-democrats-may-have-erred-in-us-election-241921

#auspol

Who needs ASIO? Group tracking IDF soldiers who've doxxed themselves participating in the Palestinian Genocide.

Scanning for Australian foreign fighters.

via @nullagent @Sandrew

https://t.me/s/TrackingIsraeliGenocide

[telegram]#palestine #israel #auspol

Dutton gets a free pass from the media at large for a huge gaffe (a lie) on #Labor's #housing numbers.

How did the #ABC react when #Albo got the jobless rate wrong in the 2022 election campaign? It was a feeding frenzy.... Franzy. It went on for weeks.

#journalism #misinformation #auspol

Peter Dutton is asking today, how does a boat reach Australia undected? 2018 Peter Dutton knows the answer. It happened in August that year with a grounding in Queensland near the Daintree River. #auspol https://youtu.be/huHkQ7LQi0Q

Another tactic of the Qld LNP is to disrupt anything in Queensland that has federal government backing in order to make Anthony Albanese look bad & give a platform to Peter Dutton & David Littleproud. The PsiQuantum project faces axe. #auspol
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-s-1-billion-start-up-bet-at-risk-as-queensland-wavers-20241112-p5kpuo.html

'The explanatory memorandum to the bill says it also covers opinions, claims, commentary and invective.'

Labor's mis and disinformation legislation is kinda shit, according to Professor Anne Twomey.

Considering the minister responsible is also driving unimplementable social media bans while burying gambling ad reforms, not a big surprise.

Strange how they all benefit Minister Rowland's former bosses at Nine Media. Almost looks deliberate.

via @RaymondPierreL3

https://theconversation.com/how-the-federal-governments-misinformation-bill-might-impede-freedom-of-speech-243376

#auspol

I don't know why we're worrying about Trump. Our own democracy is being destroyed before our eyes. #AusPolitics #auspol

#LNP leader Peter #Dutton just told 12 minutes of Trumpian lies with zero pushback/fact-checking from a mob of journalists.

One journalist did find to promote one of his lies as a chyron.

#journalism #bias #misinformation #auspol

The #ABC parrots #Trump-style #misinformation on #qanda.

This is why Trump-wannabe Dutton will win the next Australian election.

#journalism #auspol

The media hates educating the public about the disgusting stuff the Right says, with Senator Ralph Babet being the latest example.

Mark Di Stefano, a journalist with 100k followers, has only tweeted about #Trump 11 times in 2024. #weird

#journalism #misinformation #auspol

There's journalists and politicians I'd expect to embrace the Hellsite and then there's the ones who regale against Space Karen and what he represents, yet do so creating free content and interactions on the very thing they profess to loath.

Dickheads like Adam Bandt and Bernard Keane. 'I'm opposed to the Nazi Party. You can read all about why in their newsletter.'

#auspol

#Auspol #Australia #Politics #SocialMediaBan #IA

As I thought, they do not want young educated users of social media, that will challenge the two major political parties.

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/government-bans-social-media-fearing-rise-of--generation-left,19158

After four years of covering gaffes, the #ABC is back to covering policy.

A bit late fellas.

#Trump #journalism #misinformation #auspol

#RAUKHUS
#AusPol #AUKUS

Russia, Australia, United Kingdom, Hungary, United States.

Ironically, if Albanese's social media ban on children was to protect their privacy and keep them out of the clutches of the US surveillance state, I'd be completely on board. Before and after Nov 5.

Sadly, the objectives are not that noble or sophisticated.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/6-news-anchor-leonardo-puglisi-hits-out-at-social-media-ban/104584430

#auspol #uspol #socialmedia

ABC News reports: 'An air strike on a house in northern Gaza has killed at least 24 people, reportedly all members of the same family, as Israel continues its renewed offensive against Hamas.'
And this is how it headlines its article: 'Eyewitnesses describe Israeli air strike as a 'massacre' in northern Gaza town of Jabalia.'
Three things to note which are typical of how our corporate and legacy media covers Israel's genocidal rampage: eyewitnesses just "DESCRIBE" this monstrous act and it occurred merely "REPORTEDLY" but Israel "CONTINUES ITS RENEWED OFFENSIVE AGAINST HAMAS.' So once again Israel's explanation is given immediate credence while doubt is implied regarding what witnesses saw.
What would any normal person call the mass murder of an entire family? So, let's rewrite that headline, shall we?
ISRAEL MASSACRES ANOTHER FAMILY IN GAZA.
#auspol #Australia #Gaza #Palestine #Netanyahu #Genocide #Israelism
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-11/middle-east-gaza-airstrike-jabalia-lebanon-syria-israel/104584068

Look who is on Bluesky! @simonahac.bsky.social
You can follow him from Mastodon thanks to Bridgy Fed
#Auspol #Australia #ClimateAction #Renewables

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A quick note for Australians about Trumpism coming down under. (Cross-posted from BlueSky.)

Just quietly: You know all that talk from Trump about mandatory detention and mass deportation for "illegal immigrants"?

Yeah, that's kinda been bipartisan Australian government policy since the early 1990s.

The election where the populist right wing leader vows to "stop the boats"?

Yeah, that was Howard with the Tampa in 2001 and again with Abbott in 2010.

The election where the centre-left party responds by selecting its own populist leader? We already did that one with Mark Latham in 2004.

Lynton Crosby went over to the UK to teach Boris Johnson all of Abbott and Howard's tricks.

His lobbying firm then set up a US office to upskill the American right: https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/lynton-crosby-lobby-shop-doubles-down-on-trump-s-america-20191218-p53kzd

That's not even mentioning this other chap named Murdoch we sent to America...

As for all this talk about how Trump is set to gut the American federal budget and workers' rights...

What do you think Howard's WorkChoices laws and Abbott's "budget emergency" were?!

And Trump's "war on woke"? What do you think Howard's "culture war" on "inner city elites" was?!

#auspol

Members of the Illawarra multicultural community meet each Friday to make 750 cheese sandwiches for school students.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-10/eat-up-sandwich-sessions-providing-conversation-and-friendship-/104541904
The sandwiches are delivered to 20 local schools and provided to students who turn up without lunch. #auspol

$1,099,392,780 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2024. $7,726,228 yesterday. - EY: $493,083 - Deloitte: $7,233,144 {985} (https://politicalgadgets.com) #auspol

Don't be doing this sort of stuff to offices of any of our politicians. There's cameras everywhere these days & police have enough other work, especially DV. If you don't like the person better off articulating against their speech/policy. There's a myriad of ways. #auspol https://x.com/7NewsBrisbane/status/1854772804845236440

Online harm doesn't stop at 16. An age limit is shortsighted.

"But then there are a lot of people in my life who have been affected by social media negatively and have had really negative outcomes.

"But some of those people have been over the age limit that we're talking about."

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8815097/canberra-weighs-in-on-social-media-ban-for-teens/

#auspol

'This is unworkable. We're blocking Australia.' - US Big Tech

Please. Please. 🤞 🤣

#auspol #socialmedia

Topical today in Australia.
Govt now just trying to annoy us. They are barking up the wrong tree. Work on the real problems.

#FirstDogOnTheMoon
#auspol

Kids these days have it easy! So what we need to do is ban them from talking to each other on the internet | First Dog on the Moon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/08/kids-these-days-have-it-easy-so-what-we-need-to-do-is-ban-them-from-talking-to-each-other-on-the-internet