Librarian, tenor singer, sports fan, train nerd, left-of centre, recovering ex-history teacher, former President NSW Fabians (2015-17). Views are my own
Paul Keating needs his own TV show where he just comes on and insults right wing deadshits for half an hour - I would watch it every week
#LaborLaunch
#auspol
Where's Albo, you say? Easy. He's fixing Australia's relationships with literally the entire western world, which Scott Morrison had completely and totally f*cked up even worse than anyone realised or admitted
Today Anthony Albanese found out from the Spanish PM that Australia's treatment of France over subs and the liberal party's climate skepticism had basically tanked the AUS-EU free trade deal. The Morrison government looks worse every single day
#auspol
@billmaher
@bariweiss
We're all frustrated, but when I watch stuff like this from Australia I just think about how many Americans and Europeans have just been completely desensitised by the high death rates. It's all "me me me". Fact is if everyone got vaccinated this would be over
Apparently the crossroads hotel cluster in Sydney was discovered by a physician who smartly connected two separate cases together in different suburbs within hours. Whoever that doctor is - you're a dead set legend. Sydney thanks you
#covidnsw
@MikeCarlton01
@AlboMP
The sudden tonal shift in the whole country is unlike anything I've experienced in my life. It's like the ghost of Bob Hawke's Australia has been quietly reanimated.
@latingle
This is possibly the funniest political story ever - big business so fed up they ring the guy they destroyed (Kevin Rudd), who then rings Pfizer and gets faster deliveries, then ScoMo takes the credit, then Kevin leaks it to the media. I am rolling on the floor laughing
@RonniSalt
It will build Dutton’s brand image as an uncompromising conservative. The USA thinking is that it builds credibility. But in an Australian compulsory voting system, it might backfire with important constituencies.
@MikeCarlton01
Worse than that - some journos actually helped the government discredit and smear complainants. Aussie battlers can't even count on the media's help when the government tries to steal their money
That was a great point by Albo- every time he goes to international forums, he is the only PM there representing a country that hasn’t in some way recognised its first people
#insiders
@GrogsGamut
This quote (on page 36):
"The assumption that Millennials will shift to the
right as they age has thus far not been borne out... through processes of generational replacement, the electorate is moving to the left and becoming more progressive in a range of policy areas."
@ShaneWarne
@Jaspritbumrah93
@SkyCricket
Bumrah has got to be the best Indian fast bowler of the 21st century, perhaps ever. Absolutely unreal bowler. I’m Aussie and I just love watching him.
@barriecassidy
I have never felt more abandoned by any Australian government (state or federal) in my life. It's like they have just completely given up.
Journalists really need to start fact checking liberal talking points on energy themselves, instead of relying on their interviewee to do it for them. Most of them aren't even hard to debunk because they lie so blatantly
#insiders
Melbourne Victory fans always love to claim they are the noble saviours of Australian football. Well congratulations you self-righteous fuckheads, you just killed the entire sport in this country for the next 5 years. Slow fucking clap you morons
#ALeagues
#melbderby
@barriecassidy
@SteveMolk
Whether Rudd had any impact is immaterial. Clearly ScoMo had no impact either because he didn't even get to the "picking up the phone" stage. That's the real story - along with the fact business is so fed up they asked Rudd to lobby in the first place
@farrm51
@SwannyQLD
It's pretty telling that the United States has donated 110 million doses of vaccine this year, and Scott Morrison hasn't been able to secure a single vial of it. Instead we go tramping around the far-right governments of Eastern Europe with the begging bowl.
@NateSilver538
Because - Australian government stuff ups aside - only 1000 Australians have died of Coronavirus out of a country of 25 million people, and within three months we'll all be vaccinated. Next time, you'll be copying us, not the other way around.
@MrKRudd
I wasn't going to bother signing the petition, but you just changed my mind. News Corp is a propaganda organisation pretending to be news, and it's ridiculous that they have been allowed to control so much of the Australian media.
The ABC, SMH and even ch9 have done some really good stuff during the fires. Meanwhile, NewsLtd & Ch7 have spent the last few days attacking the ABC or spinning for ScoMo. It's pretty sad when half of the Australian media can't even do their job in an emergency
#AustraliaonFire
@campbellclaret
@SarahOlney
Watching on from Australia in amazement. This is like Scott Morrison going on holiday to Hawaii during the 2019 bushfires. Except like 100x times worse
@atrupar
His basic message was threefold:
1. “Trump is a vile insurrectionist”
2. “I really wish the Dems had someone younger running against him”
3. “I learned during the 9/11 firefighters campaign that social change means turning up every day, not just on election day”
All legit
It’s really noticeable from
#Newspoll
that there is roughly 1/3 of the country that is stubbornly conservative. Dutton approval - 33pc. Voice opposition - 37pc. LNP primary vote - 34. Albanese doesn’t need to win them over - he needs to win over the rest.
@MChandlerMather
San Francisco? 😂 that city has a chronic housing shortage (in part caused by rent controls) and one of the highest homeless populations in America. I don’t think that’s a great example
@NeilMcMahon
@LaTrioli
@MargaretSimons
I said a few months ago that I've never known a newspaper that hates its own city more than the Herald Sun. Australia's most right wing newspaper in Australia's most left wing city - totally out of touch.
@RonniSalt
The core of her argument seems to be that she doesn't want a voice because it will amplify existing "elites" in Aboriginal leadership that she doesn't like for some reason. Which... is a pretty weird position
@RealCandaceO
@vanbadham
Every election that happened in Australia during this crisis (3 state elections) all resulted in the incumbent government being returned, in some cases with massive majorities. You don't need to Americasplain freedom to us.
@_davidlimbrick
Labor is making car companies offer you a more fuel efficient version of the same ute, instead of Aussie tradies being taken for mugs by the car companies
Here's a thought - Rudd's CPRS would have just brought up it's 8th birthday if the Greens had voted for it. And they would have had 8 years to fix anything they didn't like about it.
#insiders
@newscomauHQ
The key thing to remember about all of these stories planted in the media: the people complaining the loudest are the people who own the buildings in the city, because they don't want to reduce their CBD rents.
@damiencave
Tips should never be used to subsidise the poor employment conditions of the employer. It should purely be used as a reward for good service.
A good point made by Ed Husic - the pandemic has favoured incumbents. But this is the first time any govt has suffered a big swing against it during the pandemic. After a decade of dominance, the liberals in NSW are in trouble.
#nswpol
#auspol
#nswvotes
@RoseBJackson
I was born in 1985. The year I finished high school, we invaded Iraq. The year I finished my first degree, we hit the financial crisis. The year after I finally got a permanent job, we got hit with bushfires and covid. We have known only crisis and failure. We're tired.
@newscomauHQ
In case anyone is wondering, Australian citizens are allowed to vote in NZ elections after living in NZ for 12 months. So they already do it for us. Why not reciprocate?
@tedcruz
Australia will finish this pandemic with our people alive, our people vaccinated, our borders open and - yes - our freedoms restored. Australia doesn’t need saving from anyone, and we don’t stand with Ted Cruz.
@benschneiders
It's simple. This isn't about Dan Andrews's job performance (good or bad). News Ltd hate Daniel Andrews for one reason - they don't own him. He got elected twice against their endorsement, once in a landslide. News Ltd is meaningless in Victoria and they hate it.
@WatchtowerRome2
@AlboMP
@aec
3 things.
1. The current PM resigned.
2. Labor won more seats than the LNP. By convention, that means Labor gets the 1st offer.
2. Even though Labor is currently short, Sharkie, Katter, Bandt and Wilkie all got re-elected and have guarunteed confidence and supply to Labor.
@GrogsGamut
Listening to that speech just reminded me about how we were all lied to, every minute of every day, by Morrison and everyone in his party and the media who backed him
@Kieran_Gilbert
If you're surprised to see Labor running a presidential campaign - don't be. The big secret is that - by some stats - Albo is one of the most popular Labor leaders since 1990. His numbers are better than Beazley, Gillard, Crean, Latham, Shorten, and Keating. Only Rudd beats him.
If you look at the footage, the Aus
#4
player (who got fouled) ended up getting hit in the head from behind, ended up on the floor, then the whole Filipino bench dragged him off the court and started bashing him senseless. He never actually threw any punches.
#Boomers
@SBSNews
Albo is probably one of the few people in parliament who was working class enough to remember the inconvenience of going to the doctor and chemist all the time
Why are "Labor trolls" attacking the media? Simple. 48% of the Australian people voted ALP at every election since 1996 - but 80% of the newspapers, TV & radio stations in this country refuse to hold the LNP to account, even though they've governed for 20/25 years. Zero trust.
@benschneiders
Slightly different electorates too. The Sydney teal seats are all old established money areas. The Melbourne seats are a bit different and have a lot of younger insecure renters amongst the wealthy.
@ChrisMinnsMP
Aside from the issue of the cashless gaming card, this is actually a much broader and more ambitious set of policies than Perrottet. The big ones for me are the cash input limits and reducing the number of poker machine licenses, both of which I support 100pc.
@cheryl_kernot
@MayneReport
It’s been absolutely extraordinary how much the media made themselves the story today. They have been having one gigantic whine
@MikeCarlton01
Even if Morrison wasn't a dictator, he has now written the textbook for how a dictator could come to power legally through our own constitution.
@veesvision
@brett_mcgurk
There has already been a BLM rally in Perth and there will be more in Sydney and Melbourne in the next few days, so stay tuned. We have our own issues with the police too, especially against Aboriginal Australians
People are only just finding out that Channel 7 has a far-right editorial direction? This was the network that revived Pauline Hanson's political career by putting her on dancing with the stars
@rohan_connolly
I said the exact same thing to someone about 6 months ago. They hate Melbourne. They are Australia's most right wing newspaper in Australia's most left wing major capital city. Ridiculous, out of touch rubbish
PM Albanese fires back at Peter Dutton for going so “low” & linking a High Court ruling on detainees to unrelated matters “to get a Hear Hear from Sky After Dark”
PM exposes the “talkfest” attended by LNP front benchers was “paid for by foreign billionaire hedge fund managers”🔥
Donald Trump's staff thought they were booking the "four seasons hotel" a Rudy Guliani press conference, but accidentally booked the carpark of a landscaping business next to a crematorium and a sex shop. And the amazing thing is - this is a REAL THING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED 🤣
This is not over. For we shall mount our righteous stand at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Next to Fantasy Island Adult Books. Across the street from the Delaware Valley Cremation Center. Between the fire extinguisher and yellow hose.
#MAGA
After watching
#Nemesis
it’s pretty hard not to laugh at the desperate right wing media who are trying to paint Albo as a liar. There was an entire cast of thousands of them in the liberal government
The million dollar question in NSW politics is this: "What did Kerry Chant recommend, and when?" Because if Chant recommended faster lockdowns and tougher rules, and
@GladysB
didn't do it, then her political career is over.
#CovidNSW
#COVID19nsw
@InsidersABC
Well no wonder - his wife is going for liberal preselection. Plus in another seat (Hughes), the son of Greg Dore (editor of the Australian) is also going for preselection. If they disclosed where the money came from, everyone would know it was from Murdoch himself
It's important to remember that Labor is the only multicultural party in federal parliament that has both Jewish and Muslim MPs. Internal disagreement is understandable. The Greens and LNP both know this and are trying to engineer a 1916-style sectarian party split
#auspol
@KosSamaras
It’s the low-middle income graduates that actually have the problem - their degree often didn’t lead to an income high enough to buy a house or live comfortably in a major city, but it’s high enough to start repaying HECS loans. People like teachers, social workers etc
@robelinda2
@sachin_rt
I'll never forget that over. Brett Lee was bowling 150+ and Sachin smashed three absolutely incredible fours, including two drives straight past the bowler. He only got 40-odd runs as I recall but it was breathtaking