Political leanings all over the shop. Nationalist, Alt-Left, Communitarian or old school Social Democrat.
Take your pick.
Hobby: yelling at clouds. Adelaide. South AustraliaJoined June 2011
If India draws away from the US (joining China in opposition to US foreign policies) what does that mean for changing voter sentiment in their Australian diasporas?
Will Australia feel a stronger pull out of the US orbit led by new Chinese/Indian Australian citizens?
The Queensland bust was valued at nearly $75 million — $53.8 million in tobacco duty lost, plus $20 million in vape sales. And that’s just one operation, in one state, over one week.
Multiply that out across the country and across the year, and the figures spiral into the…
The Queensland bust was valued at nearly $75 million — $53.8 million in tobacco duty lost, plus $20 million in vape sales. And that’s just one operation, in one state, over one week.
Multiply that out across the country and across the year, and the figures spiral into the…
And don’t think that the fountain of illegal funds won’t find its way into corrupting our political, judicial and policing systems.
In the same way it has penetrated South American, Mexican, Italian or any number of other governments it will happen here.
And don’t think that the fountain of illegal funds won’t find its way into corrupting our political, judicial and policing systems.
In the same way it has penetrated South American, Mexican, Italian or any number of other governments it will happen here.
There comes a time for every western democracy when the chickens
-favouring a political class full of ex-lawyers, arts, political & the other social ‘sciences,’
instead of engineers-
finally comes home to roost.
There comes a time for every western democracy when the chickens
-favouring a political class full of ex-lawyers, arts, political & the other social ‘sciences,’
instead of engineers-
finally comes home to roost.
Australia’s Tobacco & Vape War Incidents Hit #240
As Violence Escalates!
More than a year after Australia’s vape bans came into force, and amid yet another round of tobacco tax hikes, the black market war is only getting bloodier.
It's costing adjacent businesses, their…
Nicotine vapes entered the US market 18 years ago. From 2007-2024, the number of US adults who vape nicotine increased from zero to 21 million, and adult smoking dropped from 44 million to 25 million.
...And lung cancer incidence and deaths have continued to drop.
Dear electors of South Australia. On Saturday please vote 1 for Rex Patrick of the Jacqui Lambie Network. This bloke is a warrior for transparency. We need him in the Australian Senate because he exposes the bastardry which often afflicts our governance.
The program will be quietly dumped by a future Labor Government after the (ir)responsible Ministers (Albanese, Wong and the doofus Marles) have left parliament.
Having squandered 100’s of millions we wouldn’t want to embarrass anybody, would we?
The program will be quietly dumped by a future Labor Government after the (ir)responsible Ministers (Albanese, Wong and the doofus Marles) have left parliament.
Having squandered 100’s of millions we wouldn’t want to embarrass anybody, would we?
So @AlboMP had a tantrum when @D_JervisBardy asked what it would take to increase JobSeeker. We're disgusted.
"A lot of poor people believed Labor when they said 'no one left behind' & that broken promise has caused a lot of pain" – Jay Coonan
Thx @AmyRemeikis for reporting.
“It is a rentier model of exploitative capitalism that hollows out living standards at a speed that is politically manageable but over a few cycles is calamitous.
High population growth is corrupt and designed to do you harm as it fattens select bosses.” macrobusiness.com.au/2025/03/gittin…
We're now 2nd class citizens in our own country-
"it's unlikely you'll be offered a place due to an unexpected intake of international students for semester 2025,
which we have been instructed by the directorate to prioritise."
Our country is being vandalised by our own govt.
Michael Moore on the LA fires.
"A succession of mediocrities — each a political careerist — has bounced from office to office for an entire generation doing nothing but ignore growing problems, while seeking elevation to the next office."
Absolutely not referring to any of…
Tobacco war kingpin making $1 million a month in ‘extortion tax’ watoday.com.au/national/victo…
Could not have been achieved without the support of big public health and the minister for smoking.
We await the next ministerial photo op showing 8c worth of illicit product seized
🚨 PLEASE READ: Letter from @FSUofAustralia 🚨
Celine Baumgarten's (🙋♀️) hearing against the eSafety Commissioner is on today. The hearing so far has been a revelation, it exposes that the Commissioner is systematically acting beyond her legal authority.
Here are the key…
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