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Every day, Kevin Rudd looks more and more like Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders' profession was dishing up grease and slop. Kevin Rudd wants to do that too, telling Australians we need to spend all our money on AUKUS submarines. #auspol

Kevin Rudd, looking like the new Colonel Sanders.

👇 Miranda Divine. She's not a "conservative commentator". She's a far-right political operative. She was in the house of a state Liberal Party minister, helping to recruit far-right religious warriors into the party. #auspol

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🚨NSW Liberal MP Damian Tudehope introduced the "NSW Reformers" to their key backer - an illegal donor - at an event at his home....featuring Miranda Devine... theklaxon.com.au/2pmp

Gina Rinehart has more influence over politics than most politicians She is a political player more powerful than most politicians. Australia needs urgent legal reforms to stop people like her using legal threats to quash satire about herself. We need satire about political players #auspol

Gina Rinehart pressured the National Gallery to remove a satirical portrait she didn't like. Now she's attempting to silence the ABC with legal threats over a satirical skit she didn't like.

The Catholic Church is a political organisation. It directly employs Liberal Party members & their families to run Liberal Party activities from inside the church. It directly funds conservative factions, while taking billions in gov funds & tax grants. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Angus Taylor has inadvertently taken centre stage in an Icac hearing – and the fallout could be profound

If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomach

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🚨What's the point of a test siren on 30 million phones when the government doesn't know how many sounded or not? What possible emergency scenario requires all Australians to panic or run for shelter all at once? #auspol

I would like there to be a critical emergency alert every time a politician does something to put democracy in danger. Eg anti-protest laws, bashing protesters etc. What kind of events would you like to see a Critical AusAlert for? #auspol

Image of a phone when it sounds a siren and puts a critical Aus Alert on the screen. It would be good if this could alert the Australian people whenever a politician does some wrongdoing.

In the same week when Albo said he was "too tired" to meet Aboriginal people, because he "needs a day off"... ...a Chinese billionaire offers to pay Albo $1 million for an 'intimate dinner', which he gladly accepts. #auspol

Every day, Anthony Albanese dines with billionaires. That's his social circle. While Albo dines on lobster, he keeps the unemployed hungry because he won't raise the rate. While Albo takes another helping of caviar, he keeps refugees on Nauru hungry because he won't give them enough food. #auspol

Anthony Albanese dining with billionaire Anthony Pratt.

Next time you vote, remember this: Every single Labor MP now stands with Israel and Jillian Segal to say that genocide in Gaza is not happening. Except one: Ed Husic, who stands with Palestine. And he will pay a huge price of never being allowed to be a Labor minister again #auspol Read ALT TEXT👇

Anthony Albanese stands with Jillian Segal. Albo made it forbidden for the word 'genocide' to even be debated in the Labor Party.Tony Burke stands with Jillian Segal. Tony values his career, so he doesn't use the word 'genocide'. He says Australians should trust what Jillian Segal says.Ed Husic is the *only* Labor MP to speak out about the genocide in Gaza. As a result, his career with Labor is now over, and he will be 'frozen' out. A terrible personal price to pay.

Could you imagine the scramble within the Labor Party. A phone call from Netanyahu to the Israel embassy that certain subjects at the Labor conference are unacceptable. Labor bigwigs then panic and pressure unions not to support Ed Husic's resolution on genocide. Bibi will be happy now. #auspol

The Labor Party is now just an instrument of Israel & the USA • Netanyahu, via the Israeli embassy, influenced talking points at the ALP conference • At the behest of Israel, Labor bigwigs went to extraordinary lengths to shut down debate on genocide Even debate forbidden at a conference! #auspol

The alcoholic US defence secretary Pete Hegseth ordered US soldiers take testosterone injections to increase their virility in preparation for war. We can only assume Hegseth must be injecting himself with testosterone too, before the full-scale invasion of Iran. Are these our friends? #auspol

Alcoholic US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is inebriated on alcohol, and maybe testosterone too.

TRUMP TO ALBANESE: Bend over Albo. First your whole country gets tariffed. Then you can loose blood and treasure and fight my full scale war against Iran. And I might poop my nuclear sub waste onto your land. Good deal. Ha ha ha ha! You sycophant. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #auspol

US confirms new 12.5pc tariff for Australia

The levy will be placed on exports from later today, superseding a 10 per cent tariff that was set to expire. Dozens of other countries will also be hit, but Australia's tariff rate is among the highe...

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The Origin Energy hacking is the government's fault. Retailers don't need to store excess information. They don't need to store our credit card number (you can enter it when you pay). Or our birthday. If our political parties weren't so focused on pleasing corporations they'd protect us. #auspol

It's bizarre. The Labor Party rank & file go through their motions. They pretend they're a left-wing party. They pretend they get a say. Neither are true. Albo spent his career making sure members get no say. They'll get no say on gas export tax. Albo will override them. Debate = futile #auspol

Headline from The Guardian: PM resists calls for new gas exports tax as Labor gathers to debate policy platform.

The Albanese Labor government does f*** all to protect Australians' personal information. Energy retailers have no reason to retain customers' credit card details. They shouldn't even get your phone number. Even amusement parks demand to know your birthday. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #auspol

Breaking: Origin Energy investigating 'potential' customer data breach

Origin Energy says it does not believe customer credit card or bank details have been affected by a suspected data breach at the company.

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Study: Artificial sweeteners destroy brain health Adults who consumed higher amounts of sweeteners experienced 62% faster rate of cognitive decline. The Australian government needs to put warning labels on artificially sweetened soft drink. Or ban it. www.newsnationnow.com/health/highe... #auspol

Higher consumption of sweeteners linked to decline in memory

Researchers discovered adults who consumed heavier amounts of sweeteners showed a 62% faster decline.

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There's something very wrong with the Catholic church. Last week it was the Christian Brothers abusing kids. This week it's Bishops holding "shirts off" parties to abuse young men. Church hierarchy refusing to pay victims. Police need to raid the church. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... #auspol

Former Catholic bishop sexually abused boys at 'shirts-off' parties, court hears

One of Australia's longest serving senior Catholic clerics had a sexual interest in young Aboriginal men and abused them in Western Australia's far north over several years, a Perth court hears.

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