Vlandys is helping make the case for gambling ad reform. When faceless lobbyists show their faces, we get to see and hear just how odious they are. And raises an obvious question for the PM: Why do you preference the greed of this man and his lobby over the needs of ordinary Australians? #auspol

Dr Sophie Scamps MP@sophiescamps.bsky.social · 9h ago

www.afr.com/politics/fed... Aussies are the biggest losers to gambling in the world - $31B/yr - yet Peter Vlandys says it’s extremists who are trying to reign in the gambling corporations. Albanese has allowed himself to be led around by the nose by the likes of Vlandys for way too long.

We have a crisis of trust in Australian institutions. The Reserve Bank Governor seems to be doing her best to undermine confidence in hers. #auspol

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 5h ago

RBA governor Michele Bullock last week suggested that increases in interest rates are ‘not really’ an increase in the cost of living, but they really are. In his piece in The Guardian, Chief Economist Greg Jericho breaks down what these rises really mean for Australian households. #auspol

Trump has a brand new hairpiece in a youthful looking strawberry blonde colour. The sad fact is, when you put it on a decomposing, rancid mess, such as Trump, it’s just money down the drain.

Get well soon, Ed. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor MP Ed Husic taken to hospital with fractures and concussion after car crash

Husic to take ‘short’ period of leave after collision on Sydney motorway on Tuesday

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“AIPAC, if you’re listening, burn your money, come back and burn it again in the general. I’m happy to burn your money for you, and then we can get onto the business of governing and asking whether or not our foreign policy ought to be dictated to us by the interests of a foreign government.” 💥🎯👏👏👏

Mara Gay@maragay.bsky.social · 5h ago

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"understand this, Abdul won not despite his values. Because of them."

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 9h ago

Last night, 41-year-old Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan. What he overcame is not just politically significant. It is historic. And we must understand why so we can duplicate it nationwide. My latest: www.qasimrashid.com/p/dr-abdul-e...

The Great Australian Whinge is alive and well in our market and economic commentary. Sure we could have higher profits - if we ran a deficit 5 or 6 times larger Mine for MWM michaelwest.com.au/america-envy...

America-envy. The pet shop galahs of economic commentary - Michael West

The Great Australian Whinge is alive and well in market and economic commentary. America is so much better, the likely suspects tell us.

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A musical accompaniment to James Colley's excellent piece on The Jetstar Experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0...

FASCINATING AIDA - Cheap Flights

YouTube video by Ben Scriven

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Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 15h ago

Every Jetstar flight is a rabid fight for survival. What’s one more humiliating ritual for the masses?

"Slimy sea of slop" sounds like an accurate description for what passes for #NewsCorpse journalism. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

News live: News Corp loses subscribers in Australia as company lashes out at AI ‘crass kleptomaniacs’ and ‘slimy sea of slop’

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Ideal getaways. My @smh cartoon.

“Anything Jetstar can do to keep those airfares low, I think, is good,” the former Qantas boss told ABC TV. Anyone in Jetstar who thought it was great idea having Alan Joyce do promotion for them must be a Virgin mole. citynews.com.au/2026/jetstar...

Jetstar risks backlash over new overhead baggage fees | Canberra CityNews

Jetstar risks losing business after introducing a new charge for passengers who want to store their carry-on luggage in overhead lockers.

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Failure to endorse a Democrat means she is de facto endorsing the Republican.

Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 9h ago

But...but...VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO, right? RIIIIGHT? jewishinsider.com/2026/08/hill...

More accurate headline: 'Labor prioritizes lobby groups over gambling harm.' And I wish journos would stop using "crackdown" to describe Labor's pissweak package. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Gambling ad reforms at risk as Labor draws line on major changes

Labor is unlikely to entertain major changes to its gambling ad crackdown despite the bill being 'friendless' in parliament.

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A Palestinian father has opened an indoor play centre in Gaza to give children a sense of normality as they continue to endure near-daily Israeli attacks, with free entry for families who cannot afford to pay.

For anyone booking a cruise...

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 11h ago

Passengers boarding a Carnival cruise ship are promised a world of endless food, relaxation and oceanic luxury. But for the crew who make these escapes possible, life is vastly different.

Western nations are [at best] putting token sanctions on 'extremist settlers' in the #WestBank. Which enables them to avoid calling to account those really responsible: the Netanyahu regime and its genocidal policies.

Raimo Kangasniemi@rk70534.bsky.social · 9h ago

European Union 's "good ally" #Israel plans to destroy 14 more schools in southern West Bank while EU refuses to put any sanctions on the #Israeli regime or stop the flow of European tax-payers funds to Israel via EU programs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO23...

Dr Assal Rad— "It’s incredible that Israel can continue demolishing homes and occupying Lebanon—and kill Palestinians on a daily basis—but the only time you see the words "ceasefire violation" is when Israel uses it as an excuse to attack."

There’s an intense focus on other forms of discrimination throughout the English speaking world and no attention to no-holds-barred Islamophobia in right wing outlets, and casual Islamophobia in mainstream outlets

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h ago

If you think Fox has ramped up the Islamophobic outrage over Abdul El-Sayed's victory, you really need to check out what Newsmax was doing last night. It's hard to put into words how racist this is, but also notice how the anchor lies and calls El-Sayed an "immigrant from another Muslim country."

Peak capitalism - are we there yet?

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h ago

What once would have been a pitch in a writers’ room for tastelessly edgy joke in a comedic satire of a deranged country full of greedy sociopaths is now our reality.

Down the garden path. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social

“Crushing, mixing, and transporting rubble can erase evidence, location details, and connections within the crime scene." Israel continues its #GazaGenocide cover-up. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...

Israel accused of erasing evidence in Gaza

A new human rights report accuses Israeli forces and contractors of removing and crushing Gaza’s rubble before investigators can examine possible evidence of genocide, mass graves and unlawful killing...

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The Australian govt needs to explain in detail how #AUKUS nuclear subs will be delivered on schedule. When the Sundowning Stalin has other naval priorities. #auspol

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 9h ago

I hope you're sitting down.

The Netanyahu govt "aims to make Palestine disappear physically, economically, culturally and politically. This is happening on our watch. The lack of accountability that has allowed Israel to act in this way is unconscionable. The impunity must be stopped." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...

What I saw in the West Bank

Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight, enabled by impunity and a lack of international political will.

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“I am deeply concerned that we will hear, once again, predominantly from Zionist and pro-Israel Jewish witnesses describing their perceptions of protests they have not attended, while Jewish people who have actually participated in those protests...are excluded from giving evidence.” -Judith Treanor

Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10h ago

"Never experienced a jot of antisemitism" - Jewish Australian Judith Treanor who attended 'countless protests' but was excluded from Royal Commission (like many critics of Israel) #auspol @sstephanietrann.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/jewish-peace...

"Abdul El-Sayed’s primary win in Michigan is just another sign that Americans are ready for change and prepared to fight for it."

The DSR Network@thedsrnetwork.bsky.social · 11h ago

Progressives across America just keep winning. @wajali.bsky.social joins @djrothkopf.bsky.social to celebrate these victories and forecast what progressives and Democrats should do to keep the momentum going into November and beyond. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/KJmjYxbS3QU

HASAN: “Everyone is already doing ‘CaN @abdulelsayed.bsky.social uNitE the Dems’? That Q is really: can he get the people/consultants who work only for pro-🇮🇱 candidates to shut the fuck up about him being a ‘TeRrOriSt’ long enough to consolidate the base + beat Mike Rogers?”

"Labor will be forced to make major changes to its planned crackdown on online gambling advertising..." "crackdown" @tommcilroy.bsky.social ? If only. It was a pissweak package, which ignored evidence from Peta Murphy's committee. The PM's aim was to not upset gambling, sports & media lobbies.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 22h ago

Labor’s gambling reform friendless as Coalition withholds support amid drug and sex worker allegations

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Greenpeace welcomes renewed solar push, urges global leadership away from fossil fuels

Greenpeace Australia Pacific Media Release SYDNEY, Wednesday 5 August 2026 – Greenpeace has welcomed Minister Chris Bowen’s commitment to expanding Australia’s solar discount at his National Press Clu...

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