Stephen Mitchell

@utterstevie.bsky.social

arty / lefty

On almost every issue listed, the PM has gone against public opinion. More than three-in-five Australians support a gas tax, 83% say the supermarkets deserve some blame for the cost-of-living crisis, three-in-four Australians want a ban on gambling ads and 79% hold a negative view of Israel.

Go #HannahFerguson! The biggest threat to #auspol right now is not the right wing cookers; it's the spineless, bought-and-paid-for custodians of the left. Albo's so called incrementalism is just greasing our slide into corporate thralldom. It's probs too late but Labor needs to find its soul.

Tony Cartledge@decentral21.bsky.social · last wk.

Excellent. Even if she loses she's bound to amass a shitload of votes to put the wind up Albo. And if she wins? It will revolutionise the Indie movement. Go, Hannah! #Auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nothing says "we take your concerns seriously" like sitting on the report for 10 whole months and then quietly pushing out your response on a Saturday morning (knowing that Monday morning's headlines will be wall to wall World Cup coverage). #auspol #socialcohesion

PM releases government's response to Islamophobia report

The Albanese government's long-awaited response to its special envoy's report on Islamophobia has rejected calls for an overhaul of counter-terror laws.

abc.net.au

Yasser Bakri reveals the shocking ordeal a Palestinian Australian student endured when seeking special cons. to grieve family killed by Israel in Gaza— inc forcing her to obtain death certificates for each family member killed. ANU’s Joan Leach insists she doesn’t know. Outrageous.

"The collapse the Gaza’s health system has not only hindered reporting, but is potentially contributing to an undocumented tally of indirect deaths, which Australian experts estimated could lead to a final death toll in excess of 680,000." Segal's claims are patently false. Intentionally so.

Deepcut News@deepcutnews.bsky.social · 4w ago

Jillian Segal claimed at the Royal Commission the Gaza death toll is "grossly inflated". We decided to fact check her claims. www.deepcutnews.com/p/jillian-se...

Idk who needs to hear this, but there is no "gender war". Women didn't try to take away men's right to vote, to education, or for property. Women don't write laws that control a man's body. Women didn't built systems that strip men of their any freedoms. This injustice does not go both ways.

Opinion | The anti-abortion movement’s growing support for throwing women in jail

The only way to actually stop abortions in states where they’re banned, some activists argue, is to prosecute women for homicide.

ms.now

Joel Jenkins: "Allan holds up a glass of wine at a fancy Zionist event, keyed into the same interests as her predecessor Dan Andrews, and they both represent the personality types that now hold public office in Australia. Morally bankrupt, politically obsessed, and utterly sociopathic..." #auspol

Joel Jenkins@boganintel.bsky.social · last mo.

"@JacintaAllanMP may hope that “Australians reconnect with what Israel” by merging Victorian hospitals with them, but she hopes in vain" My latest: 'Victorians feel sick as Allan toasts Israel and announces hospital partnership' open.substack.com/pub/joeljenk...

So many people keep saying "this is not a left 🆚 right issue" and then go on to describe a hyperwealthy pedophilic oligarchy destroying and enslaving the global working class. Motherfuckers, that is THE left vs right issue, you've just accepted the oligarchy's framing.

"The Prime Minister himself sets the standard in a closed, secretive, non-transparent and unaccountable system, just as he does with concealment of his dealings with lobbyists. Four years into power, his government is now reproducing all the worst features of the Morrison government."

Independent Media Australia.@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago

How governments move into Mafia – or Trump – territory https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-06-09/469725/ #Auspol

POCOCK: "Australians are also asking a simple question: why are we one of the world’s largest gas exporters, yet Australian households and businesses pay international prices for our own gas?" "I’m concerned we’re about to make the same mistake again. This time, with AI and datacentres." #auspol #AI

If Australian data centres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return | David Pocock

We cannot afford to make the same mistake as we did with gas. If tech companies are going to use our land, energy and water for AI, they must pay their fair share of tax

theguardian.com

You want straight talking? Here it is. No jet required. Pauline Hanson says she tells it like it is. So let's do exactly that. The system is not broken. It's working exactly as designed. Against you. These are the headlines the mainstream media won't run. 👇 #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

You want straight talking? Here it is. No jet required.

The system is not broken. It's working exactly as designed. The headlines the mainstream media won't run.

open.substack.com