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“This is the best, most reforming budget we’ve seen in many a long day. So I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t fly to the defence of brave Jim Chalmers against the tax-avoiders who aren’t short of a bob but do want to continue evading their moral…”
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“…obligations, and his (Chalmers’) many political critics, including lily-livered Labor backbenchers.
@1RossGittins
This must be a turning point, and it is incumbent on all politicians to turn down the temperature of political debate rather than continuing a race to the bottom with cheap personal attacks and juvenile insults.
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law.
Trump has just exempted Russia from a new sanctions that Congress passed last month, giving another economic lifeline to Putin in the hope of his help in lowering US gas prices.
nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/po… via @NYTimes
Australian governments have led the world in comprehending the social media problem and attempting some basic protections.
A good start - but we need to do much more.
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Philip Pollard retweeted
Libs & Nats desperately try & block Corinne Mulholland’s questions to
Plymouth Brethren leader Bruce Hales over his MAGA-inspired "Make Australia Smile Again" campaign
Chair Jerome Laxale forced to call it out, reminds McKenzie she’s not even a committee member, please shut up.
“Don’t burn your bridges. You need allies, and we are an ally,” Shoebridge said, according to sources familiar with the meeting with Ukrainian- Australian community.
Maybe start acting like an ally then David.
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Philip Pollard retweeted
“I think we’ve been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas.”
Burnham claims Russia interfered with Brexit vote telegraph.co.uk/gift/767cd8a…
Philip Pollard retweeted
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Some awkward questions from @lindareynoldswa
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Who in the Liberal Party authorised or facilitated the #Brethren election involvement?
What access was sought by, or provided to, Brethren-linked campaigners?
Were commitments or expectations attached?
How were concerns, including @lindareynoldswa’s, handled?
Philip Pollard retweeted
Australian Taxation Office data shows 30% of the largest companies in Australia pay no corporate tax. News Corp paid zero corporate income tax for the eleventh consecutive year.
Artificial intelligence will remain useful and important.
But buying into fantasies of possibly conscious or “rogue” AI programs that have their own intentions is ludicrous.
Regulators should instead focus on the humans…
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Very sad news about the death of Peter Manning, who has been described by his peers as “a colossus of Australian investigative journalism.” The former EP of 4 Corners received a standing ovation last year when he won the Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism.
Philip Pollard retweeted
The Coalition says it wants cheaper power, not ideology. But its evidence-free plan is all ideology
Adam Morton theguardian.com/environment/…
Cameron Maclean just became Parramatta’s lord mayor by a single vote on Monday after a testy and teary meeting that followed a day of drama.
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In her resignation from the Liberal Party, Raffoul, who previously served as chief of staff to NSW Liberal corrections minister David Elliott, also cited the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s public inquiry into Liberal Party operatives.
#ICAC
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“The recent #ICAC public inquiry has also raised very serious questions about the Liberal Party’s culture and the weight given to merit and a genuine commitment to public service,” Cr Tanya Raffoul said.
Philip Pollard retweeted
Sigh
It's not a passing unseasonal dry spell
It's a long-term drying climate
Data is clear
Incontrovertible
Farmers not taking action on climate change asleep at the wheel
Farmers supporting absence of political action backing long term end to what they do
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48-hour deluge flattens crops as farmers prepare for harvest ift.tt/DesrXnK
