Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@CaraBruar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CaraBruar</span></a></span> <br>Some of the acute effects were known (if not fully appreciated). Chronic and longer-term impacts were yet to be realised.</p><p>But yes, we are far too concerned about offending the big boys.<br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a></p>
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Drop Bear<p>Where the UK was involved, Menzies could be embarrassingly obsequious <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@CaraBruar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CaraBruar</span></a></span> <br>He was a traditional Son of Empire.</p><p>H. V. Evatt was deeply attached to the symbols, traditions, and perceived unity of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Had Evatt been in power, he might not have acted much differently.</p><p>At that time, the dangers were not appreciated, nor even known.<br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@elldee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elldee</span></a></span> <br>To see how the Overton window drifts, we have only to look to the USA.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@elldee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elldee</span></a></span> <br>Conservative political parties tend to drift further and further to the Right, until they're no longer viable. That's what Menzies was dealing with.</p><p>The Institute of Public Affairs had been formed the year before, with the expressed goal of creating a party that was 'not Labor'. Menzies fought for the Liberal Party to be more moderate than most in the IPA wanted. </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p>‘we took the name “Liberal” because we were determined to be a progressive party, willing to make experiments, in no sense reactionary’<br>Sir Robert Menzies, in his memoir “Afternoon Light”, 1967<br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a></p>
Downshift 🍁<p>“Let’s be honest. This uncertainty, this chaos, is no accident,” saidn Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. “The president of the United States has chosen. Chosen to destroy the federal government’s ability to help people.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Never51" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Never51</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanadaStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaStrong</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LPC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5265781-walz-trump-chaos-democrats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/state-wat</span><span class="invisible">ch/5265781-walz-trump-chaos-democrats/</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>You can stop now, National Post. I already said I was voting <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>. You don’t have to keep selling me on them. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a></p>
Malcolm Nance<p>Wow. What a bombshell. Watch this new video of Peterson with Rogan aligning himself and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/PoilievreCons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoilievreCons</span></a> with <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and their side, and how powerful of an enemy Carney is to them. This should be used as a <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> as ASAP.</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 25 cont 🧍🏽</p><p>The LNP has a candidate problem. </p><p>“Since I started covering <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bruce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruce</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a>’s south-eastern suburbs, voters and Labor insiders have raised questions with me about the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> Party’s promotion of its candidate <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZahidSafi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZahidSafi</span></a> as a successful “small businessman”. So I decided to take a look for myself and headed for Merribrook Boulevard in Clyde.”</p><p>Update Safi has been found, “We found Safi!” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CharlotteGrieve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlotteGrieve</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/lyfPg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/lyfPg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quality</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/XtLTQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/XtLTQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/fake-reviews-a-bewildered-family-following-the-threads-of-a-candidate-s-business-empire-20250422-p5lthj.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/fake-reviews-a-bewildered-family-following-the-threads-of-a-candidate-s-business-empire-20250422-p5lthj.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥷👨💼👨💼🤦♂️</p><p>The LNP has a candidate problem. </p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> frontbencher <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JasonWood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonWood</span></a> was warned there were “serious integrity concerns” about a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> donor and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MigrationAgent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MigrationAgent</span></a> whom he tried to appoint to a government advisory group, two years before he denied knowing any adverse information about the man.</p><p>Migration agent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JackTa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackTa</span></a> was exposed in a 2022 investigation by this masthead and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/60Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>60Minutes</span></a> for being suspected of repeatedly gaming the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> system to help more than a dozen <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DrugOffenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugOffenders</span></a> remain in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> – concerns that were substantiated when his registration was cancelled months later.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ToughOnCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToughOnCrime</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HomeAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAffairs</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/qjnUF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/qjnUF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-frontbencher-shocked-by-allegations-against-a-migration-agent-but-he-had-been-warned-20250417-p5lsia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/federal</span><span class="invisible">/coalition-frontbencher-shocked-by-allegations-against-a-migration-agent-but-he-had-been-warned-20250417-p5lsia.html</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🏘️🏚️🏠🏡🏡🏡</p><p>“Thirty years ago, the average <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/buyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyer</span></a> looked more like the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MedianIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedianIncome</span></a> earner. But over time we’ve seen that shift [to] <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/households" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>households</span></a> that are in the top two income quintiles, so top 40 per cent of income earners, and shift from being <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SingleIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleIncome</span></a> earning households to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DualIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualIncome</span></a> households,”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/kbscP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/kbscP</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/how-much-you-can-afford-to-spend-on-a-house-20250423-p5ltn1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/property/news/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-much-you-can-afford-to-spend-on-a-house-20250423-p5ltn1.html</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🏡🏘️🏘️🏘️🏠🏠🏚️</p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> has dominated the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FederalElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalElection</span></a> campaign, and all sides of politics have desperately tried to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/harness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harness</span></a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/neutralise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neutralise</span></a> it as an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/issue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>issue</span></a>.</p><p>An analysis by The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AFR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFR</span></a> of nearly 25,000 data points compiled by research firm Cotality, formerly <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CoreLogic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoreLogic</span></a>, reveals how the property market is playing out at an electorate-by-electorate level, and what this means for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> – both at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> on May 3 and into the future”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/g5TZJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/g5TZJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/these-5-maps-reveal-the-house-price-pain-that-could-sway-the-election-20250421-p5lt63" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/politics/federal/these</span><span class="invisible">-5-maps-reveal-the-house-price-pain-that-could-sway-the-election-20250421-p5lt63</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥔🤓</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> has pledged to cut almost two-thirds of Canberra’s federal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServants</span></a> if elected, in a move <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> has criticised as “outrageous”.</p><p>In a testy press conference in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmania</span></a> on Thursday morning, the opposition leader batted away questions about not visiting a single proposed <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> ☢️ station site, as well as confusion over shifting positions on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> targets, tax breaks for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> support for recognising <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WestJerusalem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestJerusalem</span></a> as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s capital.”<br>… <br>“The numbers don’t even stack up, you can’t cut 41,000 public servants from Canberra without touching defence, intelligence and frontline services, and still run the country effectively – it simply isn’t possible,”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/24/anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-aps-public-service-cuts-canberra" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/24/anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-aps-public-service-cuts-canberra</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥷🥷🥷📸🤳🤳</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> MP <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MoniqueRyan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoniqueRyan</span></a> had just remarked that the national broadcaster’s annual budget was “about as much as we spend on keeping 100 refugees on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nauru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nauru</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNG</span></a>” when a man’s voice suddenly bellowed from the back of the room.</p><p>“We’re just here to ask about immigration and crime,” he said.</p><p>…</p><p>A meeting of Kooyong candidates led to a heated confrontation between agitators and other attendees.<br>In a room at the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KewLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KewLibrary</span></a> filled with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CivicMinded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivicMinded</span></a> locals waiting to hear from the Kooyong candidates about the state of the media, the arrival of the three unexpected men disrupted the calm.</p><p>Leading them was a bald man with a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/goatee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goatee</span></a>, wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AustralianWorkersAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianWorkersAlliance</span></a>” – a self-described nationalist organisation whose mission includes the “preservation of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WesternCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternCulture</span></a> and identity”. One of the other men wore a leather jacket and filmed the room with his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> – a dead giveaway that the goal was to capture a viral “gotcha” moment. The third man, dressed in a grey hoodie and sneakers, loitered nearby with his hands in his pockets as back-up.”</p><p>The old LNP, Advance create scene, capture distribute trick. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Advance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advance</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SandraBourke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandraBourke</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/V3knV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/V3knV</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.theage.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-federal-election-2025-continues-muslim-lobby-group-rolls-out-attack-ads-against-labor-20250421-p5lt3t.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.au/politics/federal/vic</span><span class="invisible">toria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-federal-election-2025-continues-muslim-lobby-group-rolls-out-attack-ads-against-labor-20250421-p5lt3t.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
atomicker<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a> candidate Tanille Johnston, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a> candidate Jessica Wegg, & <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> candidate Jennifer Lash 'remained outside the Tidemark Theatre to speak with community members.'</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorthIslandPowellRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthIslandPowellRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 💰💰💰🛢️🛢️🛢️</p><p>“Opposition Leader <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>’s “Australian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> for Australians” scheme (‘cost impost as a “charge” or “incentive” for producers to flood the east coast market with cheaper gas ‘) risks violating the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> and provoking an expensive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HighCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighCourt</span></a> battle with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> giants as prominent legal experts warn the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CoalitionPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalitionPolicy</span></a> appears to be a discriminatory tax regime.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/wxwWm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/wxwWm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/looks-and-smells-like-a-tax-dutton-s-gas-plan-flagged-as-unconstitutional-20250416-p5ls5w.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/business/the-econom</span><span class="invisible">y/looks-and-smells-like-a-tax-dutton-s-gas-plan-flagged-as-unconstitutional-20250416-p5ls5w.html</span></a>> (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥔🤓😧🇵🇸🕵🏻♂️👻</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> has committed to redoing security checks for thousands of Palestinians from Gaza granted visitor visas in Australia as he doubled down on introducing questions on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CitizenshipTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenshipTests</span></a>. In a press conference in Perth on Wednesday, Dutton said Palestinians on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VisitorVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisitorVisas</span></a> would be subject to further scrutiny, echoing the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a>’s previous claims – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WithoutEvidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WithoutEvidence</span></a> – that they are a national security risk”</p><p>VS </p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ASIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASIO</span></a> chief, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MikeBurgess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeBurgess</span></a>, has previously said <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> with visas had “gone through the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/process" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>process</span></a>” and “part of the process is, where criteria are hit, they’re referred to my organisation and ASIO does its thing”.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>National</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/23/peter-dutton-reaffirms-support-for-antisemitism-citizenship-test-question-and-re-vetting-gazan-visas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/23/peter-dutton-reaffirms-support-for-antisemitism-citizenship-test-question-and-re-vetting-gazan-visas</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🔋🥔🤓🪫🚗🚙</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> pledges to remove <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EVTaxbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EVTaxbreak</span></a> two days after <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> ruled out scrapping it – as it happened”</p><p>A reminder the LNP has no <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnergyPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyPolicy</span></a> it’s changed on the go. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/23/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-defence-spending-labor-coalition-debate-cost-of-living-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68089b5a8f08881f19d8b028#block-68089b5a8f08881f19d8b028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/23/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-defence-spending-labor-coalition-debate-cost-of-living-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-68089b5a8f08881f19d8b028#block-68089b5a8f08881f19d8b028</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🥔🤓🇮🇩</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>’s ambassador met with senior <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/diplomats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomats</span></a> on Tuesday as the nation was thrust into an election campaign debate about a potential <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> military presence in the region – and on the same day <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> accused <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> of damaging the bilateral relationship.</p><p>Indonesia’s ambassador to Australia, Dr <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SiswoPramono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiswoPramono</span></a>, met with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DFAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DFAT</span></a>) deputy secretary, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MichelleChan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleChan</span></a>, who leads its south-east Asian policy division. One diplomatic source said Indonesia requested the meeting.</p><p>The meeting has been described by multiple sources as part of a regular series of engagements between <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Pramono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pramono</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chan</span></a>, who is also responsible for managing the department’s diplomatic relationship with Indonesia.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/24/indonesian-ambassador-met-senior-australian-diplomats-on-same-day-albanese-accused-dutton-of-damaging-relationship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/24/indonesian-ambassador-met-senior-australian-diplomats-on-same-day-albanese-accused-dutton-of-damaging-relationship</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> is avoiding visiting any of the seven sites for his proposed <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearReactors</span></a> ☢️, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> and the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> party claim, arguing the issue has become “radioactive” ☢️ for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> leader says he is still committed to ☢️ <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a>, even as he concedes it may not be “politically popular”.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a>☢️ / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPolicy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> ☢️ <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/24/exclusion-zones-is-peter-duttons-campaign-avoiding-proposed-nuclear-power-sites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/24/exclusion-zones-is-peter-duttons-campaign-avoiding-proposed-nuclear-power-sites</span></a>></p>
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