“The thing we need is for those obstructing progress to get out of the way and to find something useful to do,” Bates continued. “They aren’t adding anything, just pushing people towards illicit markets and breaking small businesses.” Nonetheless, he finds the new statistics

The country needs certainty on energy but the Libs haven’t just abandoned net zero, they’ve abandoned evidence-based policy thinking. Let’s be clear - the Libs have abandoned climate action and the need of businesses having certainty to invest.

My legislation, the No Troops in Our Street Act, ensures that no president can turn our soldiers against our citizens by restoring checks and balances in these domestic deployments.

A housing crisis that is on fire. Build public housing. Fix the taxes driving the explosive spike in wealthy property investor activity. Cap investor borrowing. End unlimited rent increases. abc.net.au/listen/program…

HECS cuts have offered temporary relief for students with existing debts, but they offer nothing to students starting arts degrees next year, who face debts of close to $55 000 The govt must reverse the destructive HECS increases of the Morrison years, and make tertiary

The world hasn’t raised the white flag — even if the White House has. At COP in Belém there’s real momentum for stronger climate action. Deniers lost the science fight, so the new denial is delay. Australia should cut emissions to drive jobs and prosperity.

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the Liberal Party saying they’ve now resorted to a “fact free, reality free culture war” on energy “designed to gratify the RW media ecosystem dominated by Sky News.”🔥 Says they’ll “absolutely not” reduce prices with their new plan. #Abc

Why don’t you reign in your spending on AUKUS ⁦Anthony Albanese⁩ & prioritise the health needs of the Australian population? abc.net.au/news/2025-11-1…

The fools who sold us $375 billion AUKUS nuclear submarines are now telling us they will cost more, a lot more. Their war plans with China, their surrender to Trump and their back of-the-envelope costings are all super dangerous. Don’t trust them.

Not surprised states and territories are angry. Govt can’t ask them to spend less on hospitals, when so many patients in the hospitals can’t be discharged because of federal programs like NDIS & aged care. abc.net.au/news/2025-11-1… ACT public health is currently less than 35%

Let’s make this really easy. 1. The points on the left reflect the Liberal Party Oppositions position on net zero. 2. The points on the right illustrate the reality they could have grasped and worked with. 3. The Liberal Party has effectively lobotomised itself. 4. There is

The very same life-saving vaccine that Far Right Conservative Barnaby Joyce tried to prevent AUS girls accessing on grounds it would make them “promiscuous”…You know, the same “family man” who impregnated his mistress while cheating on the wife and children he walked out on…

The Duggan family is struggling to pay for legal fees & the cost of living — and they can’t get legal aid. Then this: “The US blocked the sale of their property and have frozen the asset.“ Support them if you can.

AGAIN we find out that Commissioner Major General Brereton had been involved in undisclosed conflicts of interest. What’s it going to take for the Albanese Government to finally realise his position is untenable??

And the LNP dumps Net Zero

This is probably one of the most interesting and revealing industrial stories of the year. This car 👇, the 2026 version of France's Renault Twingo, is the first Western car engineered in China and made in Europe - a complete reversal of what used to be. The challenge that

So you rip off low income Australians, then complain that you’re being ripped off, by giving the originally ripped off money back. No dramas. All perfectly cool. theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/…

Correlation is not causation. I suspect he knows that but hopes you don’t.

Hooray. Logic.

CBA's Moral Compass Failure: Analysing Matt Comyn's Defence of the Indefensible. A Parliamentary Moment That Defines Modern Banking's Ethics Crisis. Using Albert Bandura's moral disengagement framework, we scored Comyn's parliamentary testimony: 5.5 out of 7 for moral