People who can afford to distribute their income to members of their family using trusts pay less tax on any given amount of income than people who can’t, in particular, wage and salary earners. Is this fair? #auspol tinyurl.com/4nsxsvr3
Some further thoughts on the Federal Budget
The income tax reforms in the 2026 budget do deliver greater equity, despite the protests from those who think they will lose out.
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Governments should be held to account, but it should be on behalf of all people. Not just those who have the power to elevate their own grievances to the national stage. #auspol tinyurl.com/5ad7mkj4
Behind the 'broken promise' frenzy is a privileged press gallery pushing its own agenda – Amy Remeikis
The press gallery is wealthier than most Australians, and its coverage reflects those interests
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In what world is gas (CH4) part of 'net zero'? Seems that term can mean anything you want it to: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say
Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election
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"Palantir is not just a problem of profiteering from our national healthcare system— it's a fundamental threat to the democratic control of our public infrastructure + the privacy of every citizen. By giving our taxes to this company, we are aiding their operations everywhere." tinyurl.com/3ejuyv89
We can’t trust Palantir with our NHS data
Is this really the company we should be entrusting with our health service’s digital architecture?
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Grace Tame changed laws She protected children She gave survivors a voice when the system wanted them silent. The people who undermined her funding did not beat her. They simply made sure she could not afford to keep fighting.That is not a victory for anyone’s values. #auspol tinyurl.com/5ehy4vkt
Defund, don’t debate – the playbook for silencing dissent
The closure of the Grace Tame Foundation exposes a troubling pattern – dissent isn’t debated, it is defunded through pressure applied behind the scenes.
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www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-pos... President Donald #Trump followed a bizarre rant against #Pope Leo XIV with an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ.
BREAKING: Victor Orban has CONCEDED to Magyar www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Hungary election live: Polls in Hungary close in tightly fought election after 16 years under Viktor Orbán
Prime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia
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Apparently the Vicar of Christ is "Weak on Nuclear Weapons." Who knew?
I wrote this on Vance's worst week ever even before Trump launched a direct attack on the Pope just as Vance is out there trying to promote his book on a what a good Catholic he is. Strike three for the week for JD. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why Celebrate JD Vance's Worst Week Ever?
Deep personal loathing helps, but it is not enough.
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Having mocked and insulted a billion Muslims on Tuesday, Trump attacked core beliefs of a billion Catholics today. And don’t forget his suggestion that any Jew who didn’t vote for him was an idiot. All in the days between the end of Ramadan, Passover, Easter and Orthodox Easter.
Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.
The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.
President Donald Trump has strongly criticized Pope Leo XIV, denouncing his stance on the Iran war and saying he’s “terrible for foreign policy.” https://cnn.it/3OAW3nJ
#Congress the time is now, do it today. Come back from your Disneyland visits and do your job. Don’t leave your seats until it is done.
Another beautiful Easter message from the President who loves Jesus with all his heart and soul.
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
tinyurl.com/5edjeu3e Presumably she means dead, rather than taking a previously undisclosed Elon Musk test flight to Mars. Anyway, we mention it because this particular reason is surely the new dictionary definition of ‘beggars belief’.
Karoline Leavitt’s got a new reason why Iran’s leadership had to die and it’s her most extraordinary declaration yet
To the White House now, where White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters precisely why Iran’s leadership ‘are no longer on planet Earth’. Presumably she means dead, rather than taking...
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Companies receiving millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts aren't required to show they pay their fair share of tax. getup.to/8eVnwmC8CdLdsW
Jim Chalmers: No tax, no contract
This government-hired debt collected paid $0 in corporate tax – despite revenue of more than $100 million. Tell Jim Chalmers: No tax, no pay
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Our political discourse is dominated by the manipulation of “existential threats,” which are used to justify policies & maintain a status quo without scrutiny and the material costs of war are downplayed to protect powerful interests fossil fuel and mining. #auspol tinyurl.com/yt5z4rcd
Soaring petrol prices have exposed a 'rotten core' in Australia
The existential already became real for people when fuel prices increased almost overnight and then interest rates followed.
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We just learned that 6,000 companies have contracts with ICE. Not just a few hundred. SIX THOUSAND. We have a lot of boycotting and demands to make, folks.
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tinyurl.com/528p68na Tame said there was a “disconnect” between the “values of everyday voters and desires of influential powerbrokers”, which was placing the Australian government and some media outlets out of step with its people. #auspol #gracetame
‘We’re living in an Orwellian nightmare’: Grace Tame calls Anthony Albanese a ‘coward’ in scathing critique
In an essay for Crikey, the former Australian of the Year says the PM is a ‘turncoat’ who is ‘capitulating to foreign powers’ amid the US-Israel war on Iran
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