Sarah Schwartz currently giving powerful evidence to the Royal Commission about the repugnant abuse directed at her and other progressive Jews by the pro- Israel fanatics in the Australian Jewish community.
Rob
@rhkirby.bsky.social
Interested in people, progressive politics and driving efficiencies through automation.
Handy guide for reporters … A claim is made about the impact of tax policy. Test: is it true (you find out). If yes: you have a story. If no: it isn’t a story. Reporting government denial of something that isn’t real … that’s also not a story.
A lie makes it halfway around the world before the factcheck gets its pants on, or something.
🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial)@sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe 47 per cent tax claim going viral after the federal budget
Bit worrying that a state premier does not understand how income tax works.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Saul Eslake pours some much needed cold water on the hysteria around the reforms in the Federal budget #auspol
‘Death tax’, startups and a rent spike: it’s time to correct misleading claims about Labor’s budget | Saul Eslake
Jim Chalmers’ budget has proved controversial. But who will really be affected and how?
theguardian.com
‘But you said we’d stop for an ice cream.’ The press gallery’s infantile squawking about ‘broken promises’ ignores that the silly ‘rule in-rule out’ games in election campaigns are for the media’s own benefit. The rest of us in the real world simply don’t care. It’s good policy we care about.
Billions lost in tax revenue – $20 billion a year – and it looks like the Albanese government is not going to implement a 25% gas export tax, one of lowest pieces of hanging fruit that you’ll ever get in politics – choosing markets over national interest. FMD. www.newpolitics.com.au/p/the-increm...
The Incrementalist: Albanese’s art of doing nothing on gas
Billions in lost revenue, a stalled reform agenda, and the Prime Minister is choosing markets over the national interest.
newpolitics.com.au
Weary of this daily headline: TRUMP FACES BACKLASH OVER [insert latest insane tyrannical act] Yet the US and the world does nothing. The US Congress behave like obsequious sycophants and US allies behave like cowed vassal states. And innocent people suffer. #Palestine #Lebanon #Iran #USPolitics
Nice move @abcnews to interview the IPA and provide a 'balanced commentary' of LNPs new immigration policy. Do you take as mugs that don't know what the IPA stands for?
It’s a dumb and naiive question, but how is it that our governments act in their interests, not ours? What do we do about that?
Are you sick of the Australian Jewish Association telling us who can speak and which events can go ahead? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Grace Tame event to proceed despite pressure for cancellation
An International Women's Day event in Bendigo featuring former Australian of the Year Grace Tame will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled.
abc.net.au
I don’t know when Labor governments stop trying to please conservatives and learn that even by adopting their talking points and agreeing they’ll still get slammed - SO WHY NOT STAND FOR THE ACTUAL TRUTH AND WHAT’S RIGHT but it’s not today. This goes for appointments too
Excellent statement from Zali Steggall. The PM needs to realize that caving in to the Israel lobby is the last thing that will deliver 'social cohesion' for Australia. If he is looking for national unity, and greater safety for Jews, inviting a genocide enthusiast will not deliver. #auspol
Zali Steggall@zalisteggall.bsky.social · 6mo ago
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Brilliant article from @louiseadler1.bsky.social and should be mandatory reading in all MSM and offices of politicians in Australia
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
theguardian.com
Just saw this. What utter bullshit. The Israel lobby are devoted to destroying the livelihoods of anyone who does not share their love of genocide. The SMH is a rag. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Wilcox cartoon was divisive – and we apologise for the hurt it has caused
Although there is no place in this country for hate speech, there must be room for people to express their views on politics and world events.
smh.com.au
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/fr... @getup.org.au
ADD YOUR NAME ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
On Sunday at Bondi we witnessed the appalling consequences of hatred and how it breeds radicalisation and violence. But as the Jewish community and the whole country grieved, some politicians went on ...
petitions.getup.org.au
Anti semitism is exploding across the world for 1 reason. Netanyahu’s genocide of Gaza. This massacre would never have happened if Netanyahu hadn’t shifted a proportionate response for the October 7 massacre into Gaza’s utter annihilation. Despite the vehement protest of majority of Jews no less.
Australia’s economic complexity ranking is at a low. @albomp.bsky.social’s response - cut CSIRO staff by 300 - 350🤦♂️. Plenty of money for opulent projects like #AUKUS to fill foreign wallets, not so much money for our future prosperity. #auspol
2/2 All those Labor backbenchers staying silent on the obvious need for reform should reconsider their positions. Are they in parliament to represent their constituents and push for sound policy choices? Or are they merely props to give the illusion of democratic government?
1/2 Whether it's gambling, sports & media companies the fossil fuels lobby weapons contractors employments service providers aged care industry, or or private childcare conglomerates ...the Albanese government operates not in the national interest, but for powerful vested interests. #auspol
Nick Feik@nickfeik.bsky.social · 9mo ago“Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the prime minister's office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.” So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.