2026-01-31 23:34:33
The ‘pleasant fiction’ of a rules-based order has been blown apart. It’s time for Australia to codify a bill of rights | Julianne Schultz | The Guardian
#Australia #BillOfRights #AusPol
The ‘pleasant fiction’ of a rules-based order has been blown apart. It’s time for Australia to codify a bill of rights | Julianne Schultz | The Guardian
#Australia #BillOfRights #AusPol
FWIW, the #LNP’s serving its base—what need have #mining magnates for #AffordableHousing?
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Spotted these in the letterbox on my way out yesterday so, of course, I forgot to share until now.
#Stickers #GetUp #SameShitDifferentCountry
First, they need to decouple the route from the existing network, or risk it daily becoming a *glacially slow* high-speed train. Then, set rolling stock design parameters that don’t, say, require paring back multiple existing station platforms. And then, somehow manage not to fuck up the rolling stock tender process.
We’ve been dancing this dance for decades. I can guess what’s on that shovel.
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The poster, FWIW, is shown here: #auspol
Australia Day - Jan 26 - Not A Date To Celebrate
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This is the face of the dog who inherited the postie bike. #auspol #libspill https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11
Are democracy pie floaters a thing? They should definitely be a thing. #auspol #sapol https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11
Another FFS moment - give me strength!
Palmer will run for the Queensland seat of Fadden at the 2028 federal election, pledging his United Australia Party will have candidates in every electorate across the nation.
#AusPol #ItsBloodyPalmerAgain
Y’know, I saw a lot of electorate offices graffitied in my youth, and were I the kind of mouthbreathing incel who gets off on venial hate crimes, I’d have sprayed my pithy opinion over the top of the corflutes in the window to emphasise my point, not off to the side where it's easily cleaned and doesn't interfere with the MP's branding.
Just saying.
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This is the face of the dog who inherited the postie bike. #auspol #libspill https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11
I’ve not had a deep dive into the files, but from the little I did see, it was clear #Epstein actively searched for inroads into #Australia. I’m glad our government’s taking this seriously. Who knows what they’ll dig up.
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