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The Opposition Leader has revealed a broad intention to overhaul the APS. https://bit.ly/44Uk2D7
Angus Taylor's plan to slash the APS revealed in explosive leaked recording
The Opposition Leader has revealed a broad intention to overhaul the APS.
canberratimes.com.au
Not just importing EVs—Volvo's building battery electric trucks in Queensland. Next-gen with 700km range coming. Local manufacturing, cleaner freight, quieter cities, zero diesel exhaust. This is real industrial shift and Australia stands at its gates. #EV
"Imagine a city that's pollution-free:" Volvo delivers first 10 Australia-made battery electric trucks, with 700 km range
Ten heavy-duty electric trucks have rolled off an Australian production line in a move experts say could slash emissions and change the way freight moves around the nation.
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Socceroo Awer Mabil torches Pauline Hanson’s “monoculture” idea “It’s all bullshit” 🔥 Says multiculturalism makes Australia the best country in the world. “If anybody’s trying to divide that, then they’re probably not Australian themselves.” 💥
Murray Watt says he’s not surprised to see One Nation sliding back down in the polls after Hanson’s trainwreck speech at NPC where she vowed to cut worker’s wages & make it “easier for ppl to be sacked by their boss” “That Press Club speech was a bit of a reality check”💥 #auspol
Jim Chalmers brutal on Angus Taylor, saying Liberals are “dying in his arms” bcoz of his repeat attempts to outdo One Nation, which look “more & more pathetic each day”💥 Says it’s “hard to distinguish” the 3 right wing parties, who all share the same “anti worker agenda”💥
Albo shuts down Hanson’s monoculture “nonsense” “ppl are proud of their ethnicity” Says on first fleet arrival “Not everyone was at one. There were some in chains & some in charge of ppl in chains”💥 “It’s a nonsense argument to go back to something that was never there” #auspol
As the first Australian #wind farm to reach 1 GW of output is celebrated, the #project that was supposed to be the first to reach that milestone is stuck at its half way point.
Australia's second biggest wind farm still stuck at half-way point as faulty blade replacement continues
As the first Australian wind farm to reach 1 GW of output is celebrated, the project that was supposed to be the first to reach that milestone is stuck at its half way point.
reneweconomy.com.au
Prof Hal Pawson says Labor’s CGT changes are “to be commended” & shreds the LNP’s “well out of line” tax scheme that incentivised investors to pile in “causing inflation in the system”💥 Says we’re “already seeing the beginnings of the beneficial impact” of the changes.✅ #auspol
Great win! My heart was in my mouth the entire game!
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2mo agoWorld Cup: Socceroos' great gamble pays off as Patrick Beach vindicates Tony Popovic's big call
Australia's Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’
Australia's Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’
* Message comes ahead of politically-charged World Cup * ‘Socceroos are best representation right now of what Australia is’ The Socceroos have addressed growing anti-immigration sentiment in a powerful video message ahead of the World Cup, speaking of their pride in their heritage and playing for the national team. Compared to their equivalent release ahead of the Qatar World Cup, which directly addressed the hosts’ human rights record, the Socceroos’ statement on Friday was uncontroversial. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Please explain: One Nation housing policy confuses its own as senator's interview turns into a 'train wreck'
Multiple One Nation MPs are unclear about their party's housing policy
After Barnaby Joyce needed a do-over interview to explain One Nation's housing policy, a senator's interview was terminated after it turned into a 'train wreck'.
abc.net.au
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions drop as renewable energy, batteries surge
Here's why Australia's emissions dropped. Could it be a tipping point?
Emissions are at their lowest point since the COVID pandemic shut down the economy, dropping 2.1 per cent over the year to December 2025.
abc.net.au
RBA not concerned about stagflation or wage-price spiral
RBA not concerned about stagflation or wage-price spiral
RBA governor Michele Bullock says she is not concerned about stagflation or a wage-price spiral
abc.net.au
Urgent action must be taken to regulate #power and water used by #data centres to avoid burdening Australian #households with higher costs, a study has found.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/gas-powered-ai-could-push-up-bills-by-26-per-cent-without-strict-rules-and-focus-on-renewables/
Gas-powered AI could push up bills by 26 per cent without strict rules and focus on renewables
Urgent action must be taken to regulate power and water used by data centres to avoid burdening Australian households with higher costs, a study has found.
reneweconomy.com.au
Looking forward to the time that we no longer hear from Coffee Shop owners, because according to them they will all be going out of business because they don't want to pay people an award wage.🥳 #AusPol
When was the last time WCE kicked 7 unanswered goals? Great to see! I think they’ll win their next 2 games as well. #WCE
Clare O'Neil calls out the Coalition’s “huge mistake” in 1999 to change CGT & gift investors taxpayer handouts, saying it turned residential property into the country’s “most lucrative, low-risk investment”💥 “The tax system should not drive investment decisions”💯 #auspol
Coalition messing up their own policital stunt during Question Time is about what you’d expect from them #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05... "This is economic reform as it should be — bold ideas, put into the public domain and opened to the community for debate," she wrote.
Five economists share opinions on Labor's budget and Coalition's reply
Five leading economists weigh in on the budget and reply debate, embracing many of the ideas raised while also arguing that "bigger tax reform is needed."
abc.net.au
Always love watching a moka pot fill #coffee
Moka Pot Coffee Brewing
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Australia should seek bilateral reciprocal deals with willing partner countries allowing eftpos and NPP-based payments to be accepted internationally in exchange for reciprocal acceptance here in Aus #auspol
‘Marginal change’: Keating lashes Coalition, John Howard and startup sector over CGT claims
‘Marginal change’: Keating lashes Coalition, John Howard and startup sector over CGT claims
Former Labor prime minister says the wealthy have been beneficiaries of tax system ‘distortion’ for decades * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Paul Keating has rubbished claims from the Coalition and the startup sector that Labor’s reforms to capital gains tax will undermine entrepreneurship, insisting the changes are “marginal” and badly needed to improve housing affordability. Amid a week-long assault on Jim Chalmers’ budget, the former Labor prime minister said wealthy individuals had been the beneficiaries of preferential treatment for investments for decades – rules he said had distorted the tax system and disadvantaged wage earners. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Angus was also asked to explain why he avoided having his new tax policy costed by the PBO. He can’t answer, so he pivots to “Labor is raising taxes.” Pathetic. Of course we know it’s because it has a $12.5 billion budget black hole. #auspol
The CGT and Negative Gearing changes in the budget helps shift Australia to be fairer long term, great work from the Government #auspol
With One Nation on the rise we’ll see defections to them from the Coalition. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Nationals MP Colin Boyce says he’s considering move to One Nation after ‘wake-up call’ in Farrer byelection
Exclusive: Queensland MP says ‘I think everybody should be thinking about their political future’ after devastating result for Coalition
theguardian.com
Queensland #LNP government celebrates its new focus on fossil fuels, and makes some very misleading #claims about the few #renewable projects going ahead.
LNP takes credit for Labor wind deals as it boasts of huge oil and gas project pipeline
Queensand LNP government celebrates its new focus on fossil fuels, and makes some very misleading claims about the few renewable projects going ahead.
reneweconomy.com.au
