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

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

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

"Aside from the horrific reality of Trump 2.0, the atrocities continue in the Middle East, Spain is drowning and the Crisafulli LNP Queensland Government is preparing to get “tough on crime” by locking up children as young as ten (which is already happening in the NT). Oh, and in case you missed it, overturning abortion is also back on the agenda up there."
#auspol #USA #election2024 #Harris #KamalaHarris #Trump #DonnieDiaper #ElonMusk #BatshitCrazy #LockHimUp #TrumpCrimeFamily #MAGAlies #Democracy #Fascism #AbolishElectoralCollege
https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/trump-won--but-wait-albo-just-got-another-flight-upgrade,19150

The mainstream western worldview pretends the Global South does not exist https://johnmenadue.com/the-mainstream-western-worldview-pretends-the-global-south-does-not-exist/ #Auspol

Social media obviously is an issue but feel Albanese and Labor have got themselves caught up firing off in a random wrong direction.

Big US tech armed with outrage and hate based algorithms that hoover any and all private details for exploit and sale are the real issue, not kids.

And as for solutions, well, we're kinda using one.

#auspol #mastodon

Pondering if Mastodon will get caught in the cross-fire of the Prime Minister's desperate cry for positive attention. Overseas based instances can shrug and laugh but aus.social, theblower.au and mastodon.au fit the government's definition of social media and are presumably administered from somewhere within the borders.

So many factors to consider, foremost, a ministerial staffer scratching their head and mumbling, 'What the fuck is Mastodon.' Even if they get that far, Mastodon and ActivityPub present enormous challenges for any attempts to exert control, by design. Can easily see it all being ignored or just given up on if it isn't.

Safe bet the only services targetted will be the commercial ones an RSL member can name but you never know. If the legislation is finalised. If it passes. If it's even implemented. So many ifs, it's almost impossible to take seriously. What a stupid hill to die on.

#auspol #mastodon

But I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this graph is why the ALP may lose the next election.

Sure this is "Owner-Occupiers", but it seems logical to me that interest rate risess have also contributed a lot to rental increases as landlords have passed on mortgage costs.

#auspol

Penny Wong claimed $481,997 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters. #auspol (https://politicalgadgets.com/) #auspol

Solidarity with students and staff at Sydney University who are being terrorised with fascist tactics for their opposition to genocidal, apartheid #Israel. https://greens.org.au/nsw/news/media-release/university-students-and-staff-facing-discipline-pro-palestine-views-and #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacism #BDS #StopArmingIsrael #auspol

If Albo doesn't learn from Harris's loss, he will lose to Potatohead as people turn away from Labor''s disgusting lack of action against genocidal, apartheid #Israel. https://solidarity.net.au/highlights/trumps-return-a-warning-as-labor-fails-on-genocide-and-cost-of-living/ #BDS #auspol

𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝟭𝟲𝘀

'Albanese says his government would use the same definition of social media as that used in Australia’s Social Media Services Online Safety Code. The code defines social media as electronic services that meet the following conditions:

● the sole or primary purpose of the service is to enable online social interaction between two or more end‑users

● the service allows end‑users to link to, or interact with, some or all other end‑users

● the service allows end‑users to post material on the service

● such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules.'

https://theconversation.com/australian-kids-under-16-will-soon-be-banned-from-social-media-but-parents-still-dont-know-which-apps-are-out-243138 [Hellsite widget warning]

#auspol #mastodon

Government: We will ban social media to protect the children.
Australia: Ban gambling ads to protect the children.
Government: No not like that!

Disingenuous prices

#auspol