u/Rarespaker

Anyone else think this is a media/ political beat up

Anyone else think this is a media/ political beat up

  1. It was a female podcaster asking the question/ pressing for an answer so this isn't grubby locker room talk the way Henderson and others are implying.

  2. If they really want to play the how low can you go game remember how Morrison handled Brittney Higgins or the marches against domestic violence.

  3. It's a "game" million of people play. Is ever participant meant to be a sexist?

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 4 hours ago

Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe seems to have breached campaign finance laws

Only quoting select sections to show the questions around her compliance and financing

The ABC has tracked her Meta ad spend over the election's nine-month disclosure period and found Ms Howe spent more than $219,000, including almost $34,000 directly targeting voters and MPs in the SA election.

But Ms Howe declared $0 in political campaign expenditure to the electoral commission.

f third parties receive donations above $1,000 or spend more than $5,000 on political campaigning during the official reporting period, they are required, by law, to declare that money.

Joanna Howe registered her entity, Australia Life, as a third party last December.

The ABC's investigation shows Ms Howe racked up $219,000 on Meta ads in total during the disclosure period and spent at least $33,900 directly targeting MPs and political issues — mainly regarding abortion — in SA.

But this publicly available document shows she did not declare a cent of that spending.

Ms Howe also filed a separate return disclosing the combined sum of any expenditure and donations of $0 for April.

She has spent more than half a million dollars on Facebook and Instagram advertising her pro-life agenda since 2020 and, in recent months, has out-spent the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

The ABC asked Ms Howe to explain her funding arrangement and if she received donations she did not declare during the SA election. 

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 3 days ago

Senator Bragg claims we live in a super communist system

He really wants to reminds us why Teals replaced "moderate" libs in the House of Reps.

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 6 days ago

Ernst and Young staff allegedly access Anthony Albanese's private banking information

EY for those that don't know is part of the big four that includes KPGM and PWC. If they can illegally look at Albo's banking information who is exactly safe from these cretins?

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 6 days ago

Moria Deeming has accused Mathew Guy of Assaulting her. He denies it and is considering suing her.

Apparently Liberal MP's are privately siding with him based off the footage.

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 11 days ago

Teal Party, Community Strong Australia

Will just say I do think how they voted on the tax reforms has taken momentum they otherwise would have had. As it does show they really are just environmentally conscious Liberals.

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 11 days ago

Another Liberal defection to Hanson

>Ms Harkin, a one-time federal Liberal candidate for the seat of Macnamara, is also the director of education at the conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.

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>In May last year, former Liberal leader John Pesutto was ordered to pay $2.3 million in legal costs and damages to MP Moira Deeming after losing a high-profile defamation case.

>Five state executive members, led by Ms Harkin, launched Supreme Court action to block the $1.55 million loan from the Liberal Party — through its investment company Vapold — to help him pay the debt. 

As much as she makes noise about its the party that's changed her record indicates she was actively seeking to make the Vic Libs more like One Nation. I don't see her "defection" as being a massive blow in itself but the grid state the Vic Libs are going to be in in the lead up to the state election election as the crazies they cultivated aren't going to stay on side and their "moderates" are still marginalised.

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 15 days ago

Labor prepares 2025 campaign 2.0 against Hanson

To summarise Hanson's stated views on childcare, healthcare and education seem ripe to exploit in a manner akin to how Labor campaigned in 2025 but with industrial relations added in.

In fact Labor has already started running adds on instagram highflying what Hanson stated on those topics.

So I do suspect her ceiling is pobrbdly going to be fairly similar to Dutton's in a Federal Campaign.

abc.net.au
u/Rarespaker — 15 days ago

Fuel Excise Cut extended

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/fuel-excise-rebate-discount-petrol-federal-government-extended/106823512

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In short:

>The federal government is winding back its discount to the fuel excise over the next month.

>The 32 cents per litre fuel discount will drop to 16 cents per litre, and the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge will increase from free to 16 cents per litre.

>What's next?

>State and territory governments will decide on their contribution to the fuel excise rebate at national cabinet on Monday.

Called it https://www.reddit.com/r/friendlyjordies/comments/1u691zb/predictionfuel_excise_cut_might_be_extended_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Again I think it is a good decision as it will take time for traffic to flow back to normal and we are relying on Trump not mucking things up in the meantime.

u/Rarespaker — 16 days ago

Project Invisibility, Qld state Government systematically purging Indigenous people from high ranking positions in cultural and health departments.

This is spread across two articles

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/langbroek-remains-silent-over-aboriginal-leadership-changes/106817420

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Queensland Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek will not say why his department removed eight Indigenous leaders from state cultural institutions, with two replacements. 

>It follows allegations the state government is systematically removing Indigenous directors in a sustained campaign known internally as "Project Invisibility". 

>Mr Langbroek's office says the decisions were by cabinet and are therefore confidential, and that cultural centres have Indigenous advisory panels and staff.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/aboriginal-leaders-accuse-government-of-project-invisibility/106803276

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In short: 

>Queensland Health insiders say the government has failed to fill key Aboriginal leadership roles for the state's hospitals. 

>Indigenous barrister Joshua Creamer says this has been referred to as "Project Invisibility" within the halls of government. 

>What's next?

>Queensland's health minister says they are searching for Indigenous health directors for Metro North and Metro South. 

If there was nothing to this why claim cabinet privilege when pressed for reasoning behind these sackings.

u/Rarespaker — 16 days ago

Tim Wilson owns undisclosed shares in climate advisory group through family trust

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/tim-wilson-shares-gondwana-climate-trust/106803920

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In short:

>Tim Wilson's investment trust holds shares in a climate advisory firm named Gondwana Carbon which trades carbon credits under a scheme the Coalition has vowed to scrap.

>Mr Wilson has rejected that he should have disclosed those shares, saying the trust which holds them has been declared.

>MPs are required to notify interests in any shares, including those held indirectly.

I do think Wilson is probably a walking justification for the tax changes on trusts.

u/Rarespaker — 19 days ago

Chalmers found reason behind Coalition's post budget slump

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/federal-politics-live-blog-liberals-one-nation/106784070?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-303142

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has just made a speech at Labor's National Policy Forum, telling the party faithful the government's budget shows it has the answers to the rise of populism and division.

>He says politics is split between "three right-wing parties who see economic and social division and divisive politics around the world and want to replicate that here … and a Labor government determined to actually address it."

>"The irony of their position is they want to change the government in order to leave everything as it is, a truly absurd proposition," he says, adding that the controversy about the budget's tax changes has been driven "by the biggest beneficiaries … not the biggest victims of the broken status quo".

While some like to pretend Hanson is about change can anyone really pretend the Coalition is anymore.

u/Rarespaker — 25 days ago