Looks like Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is preparing to run for #OneNation in Barnaby Joyce's seat
IMO this is not a bad thing for the Libs as it is one less far right individual to appease in the party room
I'm not sure how well she will get on with Pauleeeen, or how long she will last with ON 🍿🍿🍿🍿
Sorry paywalled
#AusPol https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/12/13/exclusive-libs-brace-prices-defection-one-nation
Reynolds FFS
You are not doing yourself a favour...
You are making yourself look like a POS!
@joannejacobs@aus.social after ON then it'll be Palmers... whatever he'll call it next time
#AusPol #beetrooter
Listening to Barry Cassidy and Tony Barry on their podcast for The Guardian.
Apparently 1 in 4 Gen X men intend to vote One Nation.
Holy smoke, climate denying trolls are making fake pictures showing a huge mess left behind by the Rising Tide blockade on Newcastle’s Horseshoe Beach. Here’s the original pic vs the fake, which has apparently spread widely on social media. #auspol #AI #fakenews #risingtide
#auspol Finding it hard to differentiate between Labor and the Coalition re transparency. Senator Gallagher defies Senate order re APS efficiencies
https://region.com.au/gallagher-defies-a-senate-order-while-the-aps-commissioner-gets-stuck-in-estimates/926617/
Like, if it’s his own personal thing fine… but then why’s it on the front of all the national news websites?
I don't give two fucking shits about Albanese's wedding.
Fuck off!
They get a $400k+ severance package, and are returning to the same employer for a $400k+ / yr position.
"Genevieve Bell resigned in September from her position as vice-chancellor, after months of controversy over the management of the Australian National University.
It was revealed on Tuesday she received a severance package of more than $400,000.
After a period of study leave, Professor Bell will return to the university as a distinguished professor at the School of Cybernetics, earning $498,712 a year."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/genevieve-bell-paid-more-than-400000-in-severance/106051834
@troberts@theblower.au Start by eliminating 5% of all political positions...MP's, Senators, etc. Round up where necessary.
@troberts@theblower.au
Ha! So much for rebuilding the APS gutted out by the #LNP.
#AusPol #Labor.
All the 'we didn't take this policy to the election' hand-wringing by the ALP about all sort of things ...
... yet apparently a 5% cut to the APS is on the cares.
Far out...
I'm pretty flipping mad about this.
I was at the ABS when the Rudd govt asked for 3.5% cut and it's just a stupid and suffocating policy.
"Asked about the reported 5 per cent figure, Senator Gallagher said it was a "re-prioritisation" rather than a "cut" but did not dispute the magnitude. Re-prioritisations balance out other new spending, rather than reducing funding in absolute terms.
But that still leaves agencies needing to find 5 per cent of their current activities to discontinue."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/labor-to-squeeeze-public-service/106050668
In the lead of this newsletter, Amy Remeikis asks the question that has been on my mind for months … what is it Labor is waiting for?
Certainly, as Amy notes, Menzies, Howard, Whitlam and others would have been reforming by now. Why not the Albanese Government?
Worth a read.
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-are-they-waiting-for-between-the-lines-newsletter/
(This is also a fairly big sign I need a political detox)
I keep thinking about when we will next get a chance to vote out the ALP…
Then I remember 2025 was an election year and we won’t get a chance for ages.
@troberts@theblower.au Privatising the CBA was a massive dis-service to all Australian's.
