And of course, the ABC will also publish a headline from a person who has voted Liberal for 40 years but won’t this time. Always offering a helping hand at ABC Tory central. #auspol

One of the reasons why tariffs have historically failed to “bring back” jobs to an already wealthy country like the United States is twofold. Let’s say you “succeed” and make it so expensive to import into your country, that you can only viably produce it domestically. 1) Who

Today is a day of total bliss for Trump. Every leader, every government, every big business, every major media organisation, all waiting to hang on his every word. His reality TV show goes truly global on a whim, an economic view not shared by his closest advisors but they are

Even the UK is starting to think AUKUS is a dud. Australia must pull the pin on AUKUS and start defending ourselves. abc.net.au/news/2025-04-0…

Niki Savva, writing with her usual biting honesty, offering a relatively rare critique of Peter Dutton in MSM. Here it is for anyone who finds the op-ed behind a paywall. With acknowledgment of The Sydney Morning Herald

the only two countries on earth exempt from Trump’s tariffs are, no joke, Russia and North Korea

What’s the real motivation behind Trump’s tariffs? He believes they’ll bring so much money to the treasury that the U.S. will be able to afford another giant tax cut that will mostly benefit the rich. Who will pay for it? The working class. Here's what you should know.

End AUKUS. abc.net.au/news/2025-04-0…

Either of the major parties could have passed legislation through the senate any time with support of the crossbench implementing the Murphy Review recommendation to ban gambling advertising. But both chose not to. What they say ≠ what they do theguardian.com/australia-news…

Gee, Dutton and the Coalition's poor start to the campaign wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that they've spent three years ducking media scrutiny and instead fielding softball questions from clowns like Sharri Markson on Faux Fox, would it?

Good quick summary from Bloomberg

Republican Senator Rand Paul just went on Fox News and attacked Trump's Tariffs simply by using facts.

This is disgraceful. How is this new news? How did the Opposition Leader think this was ever okay? #auspol

All of the discussion at the #SovereigntyandSecurity forum in Canberra on Monday is now up available as 6 podcast episodes in my #defendingdemocracy series available at all podcast apps. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/def…

BREAKING: The Senate voted 51–48 to pass a resolution blocking Trump’s Canadian tariffs from taking effect. Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and Lisa Murkowski — joined all 47 Democrats in supporting the measure.

Our PBS is a national treasure. Our research shows the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Heart disease/cholesterol medicine: $25 v $968 Depression medicine: $32 v $2,244 Female contraception: $28 v $621

Cancel AUKUS. AUKUS will cost us one million dollars a day, every single day, for more than 1,000 years. GET. US. OUT.

Gold from Hipkins...

Peters, Luxon and Willis think they have pulled the wool but smarter people than them have their measure. werewolf.co.nz/2025/04/gordon…

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