Sankofab<p>If you are experiencing the impact of casteism anywhere in the US, please call the anti-caste helpline at 1-844-66-UNITE (1-844-668-6483), or write to us at helpline@akscusa.org</p><p><a href="https://x.com/akscsfba/status/191251681635147368" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/akscsfba/status/19125168</span><span class="invisible">1635147368</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>islamophobia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/antiArabracism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiArabracism</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lebanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lebanon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/yemen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yemen</span></a></span> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/untouchables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>untouchables</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AntiImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BLKNewsNow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BLKNewsNow</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/socialwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialwork</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a></p>
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#Labor
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 23 cont 🏭🏭🏭🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️</p><p>“Australia’s biggest industrial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> polluter – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chevron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chevron</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gorgon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gorgon</span></a> gas export plant in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WesternAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternAustralia</span></a> – received the equivalent of millions of dollars in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CarbonCredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCredits</span></a> from the federal <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> last year, despite increasing its emissions.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/21/australias-biggest-industrial-polluter-receives-millions-in-carbon-credits-despite-rising-emissions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/21/australias-biggest-industrial-polluter-receives-millions-in-carbon-credits-despite-rising-emissions</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 23 cont 🕵🏻♂️🕵️🇷🇺 👻</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> warnings to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> that “you have no cards” to stop Russian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> activity in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IndoPacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndoPacific</span></a> have been mocked by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a>, who has dismissed an incendiary letter from an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ambassador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambassador</span></a> as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a>”.</p><p>The fact 🥔🤓 and his merry mob entertain the charade over Indonesia makes you wonder are they putting Country before job? </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/21/propaganda-albanese-mocks-russias-you-have-no-cards-warning-to-australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/21/propaganda-albanese-mocks-russias-you-have-no-cards-warning-to-australia</span></a>></p>
John :au: :hb:<p>Nine’s newspapers say <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Albo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albo</span></a> decided to put gambling reforms developed by communications minister <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/MichelleRowland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichelleRowland</span></a> on hold late last year.</p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreens</span></a> have called the report “disturbing”, & the party will push <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> to act.</p><p>“The govt has failed to act on the scourge of gambling ads, despite the pleading of their own backbenchers & even their own communications minister” Independent MP <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ZoeDaniel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoeDaniel</span></a> said “we can finally fix this” under a “balanced parliament” <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc#block-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc#block-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc</span></a></p>
The Internet is Crack<p>"Mechanize: The startup that wants to erase your job—and everyone else’s."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mechanize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mechanize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TamayBesiroglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TamayBesiroglu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheInternetIsCrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheInternetIsCrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 23 cont 💰💰💰🏇🏈⚽️🏟️</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gambling</span></a> ads are everywhere – even during the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/footy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>footy</span></a>. It’s not normal, and it’s not OK. I’ve written the bill to ban them. It’s ready. The major parties stalled. In a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/balanced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balanced</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parliament</span></a>, we can make it law. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> works.” — MP/Candidate <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Goldstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goldstein</span></a>, Daniels. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Advertising</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthonyAlbanese</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc#block-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc#block-680597fc8f08195611b6bcbc</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 23 cont 🥫🤺🧢🇷🇺</p><p>“I have no wish to help <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/promote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promote</span></a> Russia’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> messages and I would suggest that that is not in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>’s national interest either.” — PM </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> responding to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> & <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> on Indonesia. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62#block-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/21/coalition-sex-offender-register-peter-dutton-labor-early-voting-election-easter-monday-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62#block-6805848d8f08195611b6bc62</span></a>></p>
AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>Peter Dutton doesn’t know much. </p><p>He admitted that when he responded to a question about climate change during one of the debates.</p><p>What he does know is policing…surveillance, arrest, punishment, incarceration and deprivation of civil liberties.</p><p>Any government lead by him will use police (state) tactics because that is all he knows </p><p>Oh, and he does not respect the courts.</p><p>A Peter Dutton lead government will undermine Australian democracy, disregard the rule of law and imperil individual rights. </p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/peterdutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peterdutton</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/alp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alp</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 23 🚫🙈🙉🙊</p><p>“Blocking the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GamblingAdReforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamblingAdReforms</span></a> is the fourth known example of Albanese’s willingness to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/overrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overrule</span></a> senior ministers such as <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnvironmentMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentMinister</span></a> Tanya Plibersek, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a> Mark Dreyfus and assistant minister Andrew Leigh when they were tackling <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/controversial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>controversial</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sensitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensitive</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeMinister</span></a> can always use the authority of his position to make the final call on all matters of policy. This masthead has already revealed that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Albanese</span></a> has come over the top of Plibersek on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnvironmentalProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalProtection</span></a> laws, Dreyfus on mandatory jail terms for hate crimes and antisemitism, and Leigh on sex and gender census questions.”</p><p>I’m going to be re-elected. 🙈🙉🙊</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PM</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <<a href="https://archive.md/PfMXe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/PfMXe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-used-captain-s-call-to-avoid-messy-brawl-over-gambling-ads-20250420-p5lsyi.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/al</span><span class="invisible">banese-used-captain-s-call-to-avoid-messy-brawl-over-gambling-ads-20250420-p5lsyi.html</span></a>></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> has <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/failed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failed</span></a> in its <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/promise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promise</span></a> to <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a>, which has made it clear only minority parties can achieve that goal.</p><p><a href="https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/the-duopoly-crucifies-whistleblowers-a-robust-post-election-crossbench-would-protect-them/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/b</span><span class="invisible">log/the-duopoly-crucifies-whistleblowers-a-robust-post-election-crossbench-would-protect-them/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/54703" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/547</span><span class="invisible">03</span></a></p><p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/statism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/morals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morals</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/principles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>principles</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberal</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fuckneoliberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckneoliberals</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/hypocrites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrites</span></a></p>
Daytona Slim<p>“Why is the labor movement so dependent on the government in the first place? Can we afford to be in a situation where one orange man can suspend the union process? The moment has opened our imaginations to what labor organizing would be like without the NLRB.”</p><p>No <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>? No problem. Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@industrialwrkr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>industrialwrkr</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IWW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://industrialworker.org/no-nlrb-no-problem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">industrialworker.org/no-nlrb-n</span><span class="invisible">o-problem/</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 🌀🌊🔥💨</p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a>) is refusing to say if it will introduce any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> to cut <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhouse</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> in the next decade as it pledges to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/unwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unwind</span></a> most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMeasures</span></a> introduced under <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a>’s position on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> came under scrutiny last week after he gave contradictory answers on whether he accepted mainstream climate science. Asked during a leaders’ debate on the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ABCAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCAustralia</span></a> whether <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> events were worsening, the opposition leader said: “I don’t know because I’m not a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/scientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientist</span></a>”.”</p><p>Say IT AS IT IS.</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> under the leadership of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> has no policies. Policy changes are random. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/bordering-on-incredible-coalition-under-fire-for-planning-to-scrap-labor-climate-policies-and-offering-none-of-its-own" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/20/bordering-on-incredible-coalition-under-fire-for-planning-to-scrap-labor-climate-policies-and-offering-none-of-its-own</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 💰💰💰🏡</p><p>“Nearly half of all <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renters</span></a> sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.</p><p>“If you’re in the bottom two <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/quintiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quintiles</span></a> of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> to be servicing a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a>, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.</p><p>“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>struggling</span></a>.”</p><p>That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a>, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> arrive.”</p><p>If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 💰💰💰🏡⚠️</p><p>“At the time, the International <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Monetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monetary</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Fund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fund</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a>) had just released a staff report on Australia's economy which contained this graph of Australian house prices. It shows how <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PropertyPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PropertyPrice</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> had really accelerated in the early 2000s (in real terms, once inflation had been taken into account), which explains why people were so worried.</p><p>The index of real property prices in major <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> jumped by 46 per cent between 2000 and 2003. (Source: International Monetary Fund, Australia, Staff Report for the 2003 Article IV Consultation, September 3, 2003.) In its report, the IMF noted that investor demand was contributing to the property price increases. It said that was understandable, because the expected returns on housing were far outstripping returns on other assets in Australia in the early 2000s.”</p><p>"Consequently, by the end of 2002, investor housing accounted for 30 per cent of the stock of housing loans, compared to 18 per cent a decade ago,"</p><p>Australians are being played for mugs by the *Investor Class.*</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/whe</span><span class="invisible">n-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458</span></a>> / Original transcript <<a href="https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/relea</span><span class="invisible">se/transcript-20920</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 📻💰💰💰🏡⚠️</p><p>Cont: </p><p>You: Phyllis is the first one, I guess.</p><p>Phyllis: I've broken the mould.<br>PM: Well, you're not ... you're not actually <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/complaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complaining</span></a>. What you're really saying is the value of [your] house hasn't gone up enough.</p><p>Phyllis: No, no, no. I disagree. I think it is ridiculous that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> of house prices ... what about our <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/grandchildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grandchildren</span></a>?<br>PM: Well look, that is a valid point and I've acknowledged that. </p><p>I'm not saying there aren't problems for people buying for the first time, but you have to look at it in terms of both <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/existing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existing</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HomeOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeOwners</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> home owners and what we have to try and do, and you quite rightly identify in relation to your grandchildren, is to find ways of mitigating the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> of getting into your first home. </p><p>But we can't, and shouldn't do that at the cost of reducing the wealth effect and the wealth value of people who have existing properties, there's nothing to be gained by that. We have to find some other ways of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ameliorating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ameliorating</span></a> the cost of buying your first home.</p><p>Phyllis: I think some commonsense has to be thrown into the arena just the same. You know, it's ridiculous. I mean, *you're not seeing value in the $500,000 you're spending on some broken down old dump* and…</p><p>PM: No, well...<br>Phyllis: That's where we are at the moment.” </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/when-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/whe</span><span class="invisible">n-housing-turned-toxic-captured-in-talkback-chat-with-pm/105155458</span></a>> / Original transcript <<a href="https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-20920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/relea</span><span class="invisible">se/transcript-20920</span></a>></p>
John :au: :hb:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@fakemetrotrains" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fakemetrotrains</span></a></span> </p><p>Looks like <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> have wedged the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/COALition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COALition</span></a> again. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 🏠🥦🥖🥛🥩💰</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> is the most important issue for Vote Compass respondents regardless of age, education, birth, sex, and voting intention, but particularly among those under 40”</p><p>“Keeping day-to-day living <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a> down was the most important issue for electors identified by respondents of a Roy Morgan survey of 14,713 voters in the September quarter of 2024 who were asked to identify their top three issues”</p><p>“The second-most important issue for respondents differs by voting intention, with Liberal-Coalition voters concerned with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> and the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> and Labor voters concerned with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independents</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/federal-election-2025-most-important-issue-vote-compass/105178788" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-election-2025-most-important-issue-vote-compass/105178788</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 🗳️🖕🐧</p><p>“Traditionally safe seats are <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/flipping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flipping</span></a> around the country, as voters put their hopes and dreams in independent and non-major party candidates.</p><p>But it takes more than just hopes and dreams to create a seismic political <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/shift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shift</span></a> that flies in the face of decades of voting history. </p><p>So what does it take for a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/challenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenger</span></a> to pose a real threat to a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SafeSeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafeSeat</span></a>?”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Teals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> <<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/safe-seat-disruptors-changing-political-landscape/105191762" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-20/saf</span><span class="invisible">e-seat-disruptors-changing-political-landscape/105191762</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 cont 💰💰💰💰💰🏘️🏠🏡🏠🏠🏡🏡🏡</p><p>“Advocates wonder why the new commitments have targeted a small number of first home buyers over the larger number of lower-income people living in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RentalStress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RentalStress</span></a>. And industry experts warn the situation has become so dire, they are only seeing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DINKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DINKS</span></a> (dual income, no kids) or people with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/inheritance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inheritance</span></a> make it on to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PropertyLadder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PropertyLadder</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingEmergency</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renting</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/19/housing-affordability-income-stress-saving-deposit-labor-coalition-policy-federal-election" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/19/housing-affordability-income-stress-saving-deposit-labor-coalition-policy-federal-election</span></a>></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 22 ⚖️⚔️🇦🇺</p><p>“I’m in jail because I stood up to Government who has lost respect for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, and the nation of Australia, and sacrifices our nation for their own selfish re-election campaigns”</p><p>“Probably only one thing is guaranteed about this election: that in three years time <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> will be in worse shape that it is now. </p><p>That is because our system promotes ‘window-dressing’: pretending to do good things with expensive <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> campaigns, while actually doing the opposite. The party which tells the biggest boldest lies, and makes promises that it has no intention of keeping, will win. Australia will lose. A hung parliament is our only hope for progress. </p><p>If you want to understand the concept of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WindowDressing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowDressing</span></a>, all you have to do is consider how <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> came in on a promise of more transparent government, a better deal for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a>. Its hard not to smile in a black-humoured way when those three things are now considered in light of the last three years.” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidMcBride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMcBride</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpEd</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NACC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NACC</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BenRobertsSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenRobertsSmith</span></a> <<a href="https://michaelwest.com.au/the-system-needs-to-change-war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelwest.com.au/the-system-</span><span class="invisible">needs-to-change-war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride/</span></a>></p>
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