Glenn Connley
@glennconnley
Senior Media Advisor at The Australia Institute
This is one of the bravest things I've ever seen a politician do. Jacqui Lambie tells the Senate the injury which ended her military career was just the beginning of her health hell.
Which is more pathetic ... Dave Hughes' mindless bleating on social media ... or Dave Hughes trying to be serious, giving a PRESS CONFERENCE at a Liberal event? I suppose it's too much to ask of a journalist dispatched to cover this "story" to actually fact check some of his bullshit?
How stupid do you have to be for your ignorance to be highlighted by Sky after darkers and republished by the most right wing News Corpse rag?
How To Lose Voters 1.0 Angus Taylor: "I know, I'll get a selfie with that whining property investor who used to be a comedian." Pauline Hanson (in Italy): "Hold my beer ..."
Just when you thought Irrelevant Angus Taylor's political judgment couldn't get any worse Two out-of-touch rich guys walk into a cafe ...
Whereas Ray Hadley is only Australia's EQUAL WORST radio big mouth since Federation, tied with that disgusting sleaze bag Alan Jones.
I've never really been into Dave Hughes' whiny style of comedy. But each to their own. However, his whining about tax is just bullshit. This 'man of the people' is a rich property investor. His social media bleating has more factual errors than a One Nation 'policy'. Spare me.
Not sure what kind of hockey Susan McDonald watches, but the budget papers say PRRT revenue is going backwards. Surely she isn't just parroting the gas lobby's lies again. Who needs Treasury data when you can just make sh*t up?
Think about this. The Prime Minister of Australia is now openly quoting inaccurate talking points from the gas lobby. Not ATO data. Not his own government's budget papers - talking points from a bunch of foreign-owned companies taking an entire nation for a ride.
Old mate Susan Mcdonald's written an op-ed asking who funds The Australia Institute. That's easy. We have many vested interests: like an interest in making Australia better, fairer, healthier, cleaner, kinder ... Her vested interests? Those who wine and dine her ... and fund her?
The Vic election is 9 months away. Front page of today's Herald Sun is practically a Liberal how to vote card. If the Libs lose a 4th straight election, what does that say about the influence of the Hun? Could it be that all the beats ups and lies actually drive voters the other way?
Next time a politician offers their "thoughts and prayers" after a tragedy, will Karl Stefanovic ask them if they're trying to pick a fight? How can praying be provocative? Karl's been dismissed as a dumb autocue reader today. My gut feeling is that he knew exactly what he was doing.
For all the PM's talk about our "Pacific family", Australia is a neighbor from hell. We burn and sell the fossil fuels which put their futures at risk (yet promise "meaningful action"). We pillage their labour force then mistreat workers when they come here (yet call it "win-win scheme").
Well, that may have just added a zero to what Malinauskas will have to cough up in defo damages.
Oh the irony. The Murdoch media lecturing readers on the dangers of political bias. From the mob whose only currencies are hate, division and misinformation.
I'm sure all the stories in the Herald Sun are really helpful, too. The Hun's pathological obsession with Dan Andrews is pathetic.
He didn't have the ticker or the talent last time. Even shamelessly cashing in on a tragedy, who's to say anyone would elect this lightweight back to Parliament?
Apart from the whole pots and kettles argument, why would anyone care what the temporary leader of a dying minor party thinks about this?
The coalition's decline is bad for Australia. A very ordinary Labor govt surely wins at least one more term, probably more. Voters fooled by climate lies and immigrant bashing are drifting to One Nation. We need a decent opposition almost as much as we need a decent govt. We have neither.
When the book about the death of the Liberal Party of Australia is written, this photo of these grinning clowns will be on the cover. So proud to be so obviously on the wrong side of history. They deserve what’s coming.
What a shock. Taxing the companies which make billions extracting and selling Australia's natural resources raises a lot of money to spend on schools, hospitals, roads and transport. Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭
There's a coal royalty crisis in Queensland, all right. In fact, across Australia. It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties. Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants. Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.
Apart from that, it's all going swimmingly for the federal Liberals ...