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Aussie, AuDHD, lefty boomer, tax FF properly, fix NACC, protect whistle-blowers, legislate Truth in political advertising. LNP never ever. Voted Yes to Voice. Anti genocide. Novid mask wearer. Begging/donations=Block

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Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 28

David Pope

Title: The Keeper
Soccer net name: Multicultural Australia
Angus Taylor shot into the net from the rear.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 24

Stuff like this? I can copy images from Xhitter.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 23

Peter Broelman, Canberra Times Trump sleeping at Resolve desk. Whiteboard with tallies for Strait of Hormuz. Ships: 3, Threats: 132

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 22

Good article on Pauline Hanson, from Zoe Wundenberg, unfortunately paywalled. Try archive.is if you can't access. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/929549...

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 22

It's not just gambling. Add in pandering to fossil fuels, the big 4, property developers etc. And then underline it with the billion$ to AUKUS, which no Australian can see any benefit for, except those who hope to/are profiting. #auspol

Regardless of the merits of a ban (and it certainly has merits: Australia faces the highest per-capita gambling losses in the world), this is something the public wants. It’s something a bipartisan committee recommended. Even John Howard is calling for stronger limits. It should be an open-and-shut case, but it’s not, and anyone even vaguely engaged can grasp why: the government is putting vested interests above the well-being of its citizens.

Is there a connection between this and the growing distrust of the major parties that is driving voters towards the likes of One Nation? It’s hard to draw a definitive parallel. But once again, it feels cumulative, with every decision that shows governments pandering to the whims of big business adding to the feeling that “Canberra” is not on the side of regular people.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 11

Rupert Murdoch’s cookies. More relevant now than ever.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 5

Ronni Salt on Xhitter

"The briefing pack contains details of a discussion between the Australian Govt and the United States ... If these details are released, the Govt risks undermining diplomatic trust and failing to meet international disclosure obligations."

So how and why is Jillian Segal in charge of this high security, incredibly sensitive information then?

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 5

None of this is Pauline Hanson’s project. Her project – as the voting record demonstrates, as the Rinehart relationship demonstrates, as the scarf and the burqa and the dyed hair demonstrate – is the perpetuation of a performance. And the performance’s function, whatever its performer’s intentions, is to ensure that the anger of the people who have been left behind does not threaten the arrangements that left them behind.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 3

A scan ordered by a NSW doc, but had it in ACT which is where I was. She ticked the box for Medicare only, but they tried to charge full price. I pointed it out, they argued but gave in. But, they then never sent the results to my Dr. She had to chase them. live.thepoint.com.au?post=d26ffe9...

Senator David Pocock asked why the same imaging company charges ACT residents $60 more for an ultrasound scan than NSW residents just across the border.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 3

SMH/The Age editorial cartoon 13 June 25 by Cathy Wilcox

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Jun 2

Peter Broelman

Label: Fair Work Commission Pay Rise.
Two large hands, two people in between. Hand on left marked "Fair Work Commission", and one on right "Reserve Bank".
Man on left says, "The suits giveth" and woman on right says, "and the suits taketh away".

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 23

3 men facing Albanese, who is seated at his desk: "Albo, the Israelis have just kidnapped eleven Aussies on the high seas. I think the Australian government needs to say something."
Albo says: "O.K. but make sure you run it past Jillian...!"
Jillian is seated at a desk right behind Albo, with a flag of Israel on it.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 21

And every election candidate needs to hammer that ON intend to abolish TGA (they set standards & test drugs for compliance) & worse, slash the PBS. No doubt on Gina and Trump’s orders. They’ve weasel worded it, but you can read between the lines. That will affect a lot of the older voters.

Abolish the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and roll its essential functions into the Department of Health.
Review $3 billion worth of medications approved for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) during the pandemic.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 19

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Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 5

Peter Broelman: Trump and Iran arguing about ceasefire

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 5

"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐼𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐼𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒."

We are finding out, in real time, in full view, with the explicit sanction of elected governments and the silence of a press gallery that has decided looking away is easier than looking at what they have become part of.

Every generation that has watched a democracy hollow itself out from the inside has left behind the same testimony. We did not think it would go this far. We did not think they meant it. We thought there would be a moment when the institutions held.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 3

Mmm, significant reservations. They seem to govern for corporations 1st. FF, gambling, US & Israel seem to have priority. Definitely much better than LNP though. Interesting article here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Yet the government continues to approve fossil fuel projects, has repeatedly rejected advice to substantially increase the rate of jobseeker payments, balked at a blanket ban on gambling advertising, is resisting pressure to tax gas exports and remains in lockstep with the US despite Donald Trump’s hostility and disregard for international law.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· May 3

Truth bomb from @ronnisalt.bsky.social on xhitter. (Sad she seems to be mostly posting there now 😢) #Farley #Farrer #Milthorpe #auspol

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 30

Ronni Salt back in Aug 23

Spot the difference.

Here's a handy checklist:

- in the pockets of fossil fuel billionaires
- not doing enough to reduce emissions
- doing the bidding of political donors
- spineless coward
- prepared to sell his own soul to keep himself in office

#pfffft

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 29

Joel Pett

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 29

Maybe someone could take her back out here. And then accidentally leave her behind.

Julie Bishop posing on a light post in the middle of a harbour.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 27

This?

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 23

Taxpayers forked out for Segal and staffer to travel to Israel, but no one will say the purpose of the trip. Cost: $61,736.68 on top of $440,000 salary, + offices + 6 staff.

Table of claimed costs for Segal & staffer to travel to Israel. Purpose unknown.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 19

Everyone seems to have forgotten Brandivino

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 18

This? Comments around it credit Reaganism as the reason. Saturation coverage when teenagers.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Apr 9

Don't always agree with Bernard, but this is correct:

Australians need a real debate about escaping the toxic embrace of this damaging country. Foreign policy rarely plays a significant role in Australian elections, which are instead dominated by economic issues, but come 2028, we may have all the evidence we need of the extent to which our deeply flawed, US-aligned foreign policy has very real consequences for the economic circumstances and personal safety of ordinary Australians. Too bad Albanese and his government are literally incapable of seeing that.

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Mar 31

Helen Mirren

Kelanoa 😷@kelanoa· Mar 26

Utterly disgraceful. Yes, it was started by Howard, but Labor have done nothing to reverse it. COVID deaths were far higher in private nursing homes than the few government ones. Indicative of the lack of care. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit...