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Free-roaming lobbyists in Australian parliament could face tighter restrictions, Albanese says Prime minister outlines ‘security’ review of conditions for coveted orange passes that allow unrestricted access

Australians really dislike the unfettered access lobbyists have to politicians in Parliament House. Every day Parliament sits, hundreds of lobbyists roam its halls. We can't know which Ministers they meet with, or how they influence government decision-making.

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he got a bit wonky as he aged but in his prime he was the sharpest nail in the #auspol packet

We can alway hope for a) the action and b) "aspirational rage"

Funniest thing I read on the interwebs this week "MAGA is just a support group for male submissives" ... wonder who is their Daddy 😂🤣

Shot of a tv screen: “Police statement "We have today arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office." Thames Valley Police”

Gurgling with pleasure at this wording

Trump's vulgarity made “American exceptionalism” an ironic joke + he is doing the same for their over-the-top “Christian morality, polite society” class – I am sure a few Australians will get dragged into it but I am happy with our more authentic, less idealised, public life standards. #auspol

Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53 Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by The Australian, The Saturday Paper and The Hobart Mercury

Absolutely awful news 😔
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

This is an ugly statistic:

David Pope

Morning. ☕️

Confidence in AI offsets US economic uncertainty under Trump | Finance Report | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

According to Alan Kohler the current US AI Investment Boom is meah! compared to the Aussie 2000's mining boom #takethat #auspol youtu.be/5v940V_sGaE?...

@sugar-fen.bsky.social

already won the best of 2026

"It's just obscene. I mean, that's basically state-owned media," George Conway says about CBS Evening News' fawning sign-off about Marco Rubio. "I feel bad for the people at Fox News—now they have competition."

The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.

(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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@antonygreenelec.bsky.social is an #aispol treasure

Not even 3-days into 2026 and the US attention seeker bringing out his #WeaponsOfMassDistraction to help the US Companies who want someone else’s resources... convenient to distract from the traction the EpsFiles was getting in the news cycle. So over hearing about him and his extinction burst.

The 2026 outlook for the economy and some markets YouTube video by Stephen Koukoulas

@thekouk.bsky.social 2026 #auspol economy predictions include stability for house prices in Aus and due to the US Stock Market "heading for a pretty substantial crap out" the ASX is looking vulnerable. youtu.be/u6007K2JNFo?...

Treasury figures reveal $18 billion capital gains windfall for Australia’s richest 10 per cent The latest tax expenditure figures released on Friday by the Treasury department show this financial year the richest 10 percent of Australians will receive $18bn worth of tax breaks from the capital ...

The richest 10% of Australian households get more money from the capital gains tax discount than the government spends on Jobseeker, the childcare subsidy, government schools or higher education - nearly $4.5bn more than it would cost to include dental in Medicare.

(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.

So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.

Tax data released with this years' MYEFO shows Australia's highest income earners continue to receive the vast bulk of tax benefits.

Not good news for people who might be feeling the pinch before Christmas.

📺co-CEO Richard Denniss on Today
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

I’m positive there were many, many examples of bravery at #Bondi #Australia. This guy is the face of their bravery #auspol

Donate to Support the Hero Who Disarmed a Bondi Attacker, organized by Car Hub Australia After witnessing the extraordinary actions of the hero who helped dis… Car Hub Australia needs your support for Support the Hero Who Disarmed a Bondi Attacker

the GoFundMe for Ahmed Al Ahmed who may be permanently disabled by bullets that are potentially lodged bone deep. He has a wife, two kids, and two parents here. Established by CarHub Aust Bondi, who kicked it off with $50K. This is as much as I have verified.

www.gofundme.com/f/zbcjn-supp...

from an energetic perspective, we would say you need to feel more supported... hope you feel very supported :)

will look into it, thanks

never watch legacy media

The Year That Was - December 14 - Doug Cameron, Zoe Daniel, and many more! YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

Watching an independent media #auspol program named the #SundayShot youtu.be/sz4pO_thA4c?...