iurgi urrutia

And the same goes for people paying their HECS/HELP. We pay more to the government than the big gas giants 🤬 #auspol

Time to make 'em pay! The big bludgers are the corporate tax dodgers - Michael West The first step to fix corporate tax dodging is to expose who pays and who doesn't pay their share. To that end, MWM is launching TAXDATA.

Launching #TAXDATA where you can find Australia's biggest 'lifters and leaners' with the tap of a keystroke

A co-pro with UTS and @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social
#auspol
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A kind reminder that the Australian government and army are signing huge contracts with this creep. That Australia’s sovereign fund(our money) is being invested in this warmongering bastard. And that Coles supermarkets use this evil man’s surveillance systems. #auspol

Because all the IDF knows is to commit heinous crimes with total impunity

Arundhati unloaded:

“Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel, and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping imperial power and its allies who are trying to bully the whole world into submission.”

It was a double tap attack by the US on primary school children

A list of state laws in Australia targeting protests and free speech State governments have played a key part in stripping Australians’ democratic rights at the behest of powerful interest groups

Welcome to Australia where freedom of speech and protest are being attacked everyday by Labor governments who, historically, built the whole Labor movement on... you guessed it protests. #auspol

The NACC has been an utter waste of public money. Its sole achievement so far is to further persuade everyone that consequence-free corruption and bastardry are fixed features of government in this country.

NEW: I got my hands on a Palantir-Department of Defence contract that outlines how the Trump-aligned tech company has embedded staff in Defence, leaves a carve-out for training on Australian data, and has a number of quite generous contract conditions.

www.crikey.com.au/20...

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

Is Australia at war?

“And according to legal experts, the simple answer is: yes.

Australia is at war.” #AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Because, sometimes, you just need to escape the real world and go to a gentler, kinder place, even if it’s just for an hour, with:
•a fine local ale
•Frieren Volume 5 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe
•and listening to my favourite Japanese power metal band, Hagane.

🚨 The final number of dead at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, is 108 school girls, a spokesperson for the Iranian Red Crescent Society said — more than half of the roughly 170 students who attend the school.

It remains unclear whether the strike was carried out by...

I remember how the “shock and awe” of the US attack on Iraq ended in decades of broken cities, broken people and broken promises. Trump’s and Netanyahu’s bombs today can only produce more of this in Iran. Australia must reject this illegal attack.

Breaking: US launches 'major operation' in Iran, Trump says President Donald Trump says the US has launched a "major operation" in Iran.

No UN authorisation needed (as required by international law), no congress approval needed (as required by the constitution he claims to cherish so much) ‘cause the current US government (like many others before) believes itself to be the sheriff of the world, above the law. A terrorist state indeed

The US government doesn't share our values but the problem is that our tory PM Anthony Albanese does share its values 🙄🤢🤮

He turned into a tory

Cutting the creative state: funding changes threaten the cultural future of Melbourne, arts workers warn Creative Victoria funding has dropped by more than $20m since 2022 and organisations including Writers Victoria now face closure

Cutting the creative state: funding changes threaten the cultural future of Melbourne, arts workers warn

Creative Victoria funding has dropped by more than $20m since 2022 and organisations including Writers Victoria now face closure #SpringSt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There can be no social cohesion while divisive groups like Advance aim to smear hate against some Australians | Lucy Hamilton The astroturf group’s strategy event had the theme ‘evolve’ – but its speakers want to take the country back to the past

"At a time when Australian politicians and certain members of the commentariat are lecturing us about "social cohesion", Advance’s messaging was a reminder that our definition of hate speech often depends a lot on who does the speaking."
— Lucy Hamilton
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent work reporting on a sickening practice.

That was such a great conversation. Definitely

When a young woman is raped by two friends, her small town turns against her A local footy star and his mate are convicted of raping their friend. In the tiny town of Balmoral, where the footy club reigns, the town makes it clear whose story they believe.

Why don’t women come forward when they’ve been sexually assaulted? I grew up around these types of people, I grew up around people who’d always support hating on a girl over a boy.
They are VERY common attitudes in close communities.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

A new survey from the Australia Institute has found a majority of voters for all political parties – save one – are in favour of taxing gas exports more heavily.

Read more: https://theaus.in/4aCaIpK

The Inside Story of How ABC Bosses Abandoned Their Commitment to Protect Sources The obligation to protect sources was quietly erased from ABC policy over 15 years ago, leaving journalists to fend for themselves as the Royal Commission orders them to retain sensitive information.

The Royal Commission’s order for journalists to retain information has been reported — but I wanted to go a bit deeper.

I found the story of why any sentence that guaranteed source protect at the ABC was erased from policy over 15 years ago.

www.lamestream.com.au/the-inside-s...

a close up of a cricket crawling on a floor . ALT: a close up of a cricket crawling on a floor .

Since the question implies intellect…

Palestinians look to salvage Gaza's history from the ruins of Israel's military offensive The Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli strike during the war with Hamas. It is one of dozens of heritage sites that were damaged or destroyed during the war.

A loss not just to Palestinians, but to the world and to humanity, as a whole. History will not be kind.

“They want to erase the Palestinian identity and Palestinian heritage and ... to remove any connection that keeps the Palestinian society clinging to this land,”

apnews.com/article/isra...

The Australian Comics Community Back in the blogging saddle, this time diving deep into the flourishing Australian comics community!

There's a lot happening in the Australian comics community and the recent launch of the Folio: Stories of Australian Comics was momentous. I discuss this and other updates in my latest blog post.

Jerseys of nations ‘involved in major conflict’ banned from A-League multicultural round The A-League has been accused of undermining social cohesion after banning fans from wearing jerseys of unspecified nations ahead of this week’s multicultural round

Jerseys of nations ‘involved in major conflict’ banned from A-League multicultural round
Attire that ‘may cause offence or incite tension’ will not be allowed
Civil liberties group says APL should be ‘ashamed’ of decision

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

AMAZING NEWS:

Today, under the cover of the Liberals tearing each other down, Labor has approved another coal mine extension.

Extending Middlemount to 2044 means Labor has now approved 35 fossil fuel projects.

In the middle of the climate crisis, they're approving more coal & gas.