Tony Cartledge

The announcement today from the Albanese Labor Government to send an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to the Gulf and provide medium-range air-to-air missiles to the UAE shows Australia has been fully dragged into another US forever war.

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'The People's Economist' Gary Stevenson responds to claims that wealthy people will 'leave Australia' if they are forced to pay their fair share of tax.

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War is unpredictable. What happens when one of those 80 Aussie personal is killed by errant missiles or drones? How 'non-offensive' will Albo be then? When a lot of voters already find it offensive to be roped in by US geo-bullies? #Auspol

Green comeback stuns Chancellor Merz's conservatives in key German state vote | DW News YouTube video by DW News

Germany's Greens have narrowly won elections in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg, home to automaking giants Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Green lead candidate Cem Özdemir is expected to become the first German state premier with Turkish heritage.
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Possible tribute band name: Smashing Pumpkin Spice.

Or a mash-up band: Smashing Pumpkin Spice Girls.

Well, that is definitely on the cards but the Indies will flourish regardless.

I hope it mentioned the legal challenge to the laws and didn't just paint a picture of doom. The Community Independents' movement is very resilient.

I have no doubt. There are many more regional seats that turned marginal thanks to Indies. Hopefully they will be even more successful next election.

The Dog's Breakfast Club
Up Yours
Sex Toy Story
Schindler's Bucket List
Iron Deficiency Man

In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing

I've found that many journos don't really understand the Independents, as if actual democracy/true representation is a concept that's beyond them. In any case, if Zoe Daniels and Rex Patrick are successful in their legal challenge of the laws, all this will be moot. #Auspol

*paywall*

Why the independents may be forced into an alliance A party of independents is a contradiction in terms, but new donation laws may force teals and others to form a party to compete with the majors.

I haven't got past the firewall but also can't get past the contradiction in the first para. I can't see this happening. I suspect that they'd look for alternative funding pathways before forming a party and short-changing their constituents. #Auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

High.

The unbearable lightness of being helium

Jackie Brown nose

The infinite possibility, the unlimited and unqualified wholeness of being of the uncommitted, the nonacting, the uncarved: the being who, being nothing but himself, is everything.

I think the Libs will hang on desperately to the fantasy of ruling for at least another election or two and split into several parties. They'll shrink in power but still manage to capture the MSM screen time. Meanwhile a growing ethical crossbench will become the real opposition.

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Good news for Independents and Greens. I can't see the right coming back from this fracturing. Now we can just focus on decimating Labor's grip on power.

I don't hold out much hope for tonight's #ABC National Forum when the first one is focusing on being a Jew in contemporary Australia. If they have Sara Schwartz or others from the JCA on, I'll give them a few kudos, but somehow I doubt they'll be seeking such 'alternative' views. #Auspol

If I was a Libber trying to save the party, I'd put in a true believer like Hastie. At least he looks the part of a right-wing crusader. Prangus looks like he's dodging tomatoes all the time. I'd lay odds that was the plan all along. Get the two losers our of the way to let the big boys play.

The Light and the Hill - Michael West The Australian Labor Party has drifted from its historic purpose. What does Labor's retreat from reform mean for Australia?

"Labor once believed government existed to shape the economy in the service of people. ... Redistribution was not excess. It was obligation. Stability was not the goal. It was the consequence of justice."

Where are they now? #Auspol

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The Greens’ election review flew under the radar. Here’s what it said With the Liberals’ 2025 election review recently leaked, what does the Greens’ version reveal about the lessons they’ve taken from the federal poll?

The Greens had some soul-searching to do, also. But they have a better chance of learning from their mistakes.

"Another defining feature of this election were the setbacks experienced by the Greens, who lost three seats in the House of Representatives." #Auspol
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And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholly what he must do.

One Nation candidate contesting Sussan Ley’s seat likened Julia Gillard to ‘non-productive old cow’ Pauline Hanson says ‘get over it’ and fully backs David Farley, her party’s candidate in Farrer byelection

"So it’s designed for non-productive old cows. Julia Gillard’s got to watch out." ONP Farrer candidate David Farley's 2012 comments resurface. Pauline Hanson says she fully backs him & his comments. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

'People don't want One Nation': the LNP gets a warning from within Former Queensland premier Rob Borbidge says siding with Hanson drove away moderates and ‘when you leave the middle, you run into trouble’

In the lead up to the 2017 Qld election the media was going crazy for Pauline Hanson. It was the same sort of headlines & analysis we're seeing now. LNP's HTV went out preferencing ONP over Labor in 50 seats. They went backwards & ONP got 1 seat. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...