Jars
@benarman.bsky.social
Park cricketer, dad, husband, stoic, Moldova fan, wanderer of Arabia...
"The biggest risk to a Labor government comes from itself... And by... impressions that the government is not listening to ordinary voters, but is paying attention to insiders, mates, and high-paid lobbyists." Insiders, mates, and highly paid lobbyists like Richo.
Richardson was far from the first politician to retire (early, and in some scandal) and to set himself up in a job as a lobbyist. Not merely a gun for hire, helping a businessman to put a winning submission to government. #Auspol
Richo’s grave should be extra deep
Graham Richardson was a very successful operator of the Labor Party from the late 1970s who was distinctly short on redeeming virtues.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"The biggest risk to a Labor government comes from itself... And by... impressions that the government is not listening to ordinary voters, but is paying attention to insiders, mates, and high-paid lobbyists." Insiders, mates, and highly paid lobbyists like Richo.
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"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Whitlam was a rarity in modern Labor leaders in that he was not afraid of power. Not of it and crucially, not of using it." @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Anthony Albanese’s Australian Labor Party governs through fear, secrecy and compliance, just ask Payman and Husic. It’s not good enough in a supposed democracy. Gambling destroys families and lives. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fear rules on gambling in Albanese government
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Anthony Albanese’s Australian Labor Party governs through fear, secrecy and compliance, just ask Payman and Husic. It’s not good enough in a supposed democracy. Gambling destroys families and lives. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“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.
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“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.
So pathetic. Backbenchers scared of taking a moral position, Albanese scared of any reform.
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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The Upper Path is to stop acting like a quarry and start behaving like a sovereign industrial nation. This means building an Australia-led critical minerals ecosystem. Not just digging faster or finding new customers. #Auspol #criticalminerals #Chinathreat
China, US or us? Australia’s Upper Path in the global minerals race
The headlines are breathless: “China versus the world,” proclaimed The Australian, quoting some very important people from the sheriff's office urging allies to decouple from Beijing and unite against...
johnmenadue.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Upper Path is to stop acting like a quarry and start behaving like a sovereign industrial nation. This means building an Australia-led critical minerals ecosystem. Not just digging faster or finding new customers. #Auspol #criticalminerals #Chinathreat
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The decent Albanese ...
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The decent Albanese ...
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Stunning writing
Stunning observations
Watch how our society in all its facets - built by men, designed by men, produced by men, predominantly controlled by men - works to protect the man every time
(From the BBC drama: The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies, on ABC iview I believe)
Stunning observations
Watch how our society in all its facets - built by men, designed by men, produced by men, predominantly controlled by men - works to protect the man every time
(From the BBC drama: The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies, on ABC iview I believe)
October 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Stunning writing
Stunning observations
Watch how our society in all its facets - built by men, designed by men, produced by men, predominantly controlled by men - works to protect the man every time
(From the BBC drama: The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies, on ABC iview I believe)
Stunning observations
Watch how our society in all its facets - built by men, designed by men, produced by men, predominantly controlled by men - works to protect the man every time
(From the BBC drama: The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies, on ABC iview I believe)
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The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Given a choice between protecting its citizens from harm, or protecting those who inflict the harm, @albomp.bsky.social chooses the latter every time.
👉Gambling
👉Environment
👉Climate
👉Aged Care
Gough would be spinning in his grave.
👉Gambling
👉Environment
👉Climate
👉Aged Care
Gough would be spinning in his grave.
Every time the government accepts money from the gambling industry, it increases its debts to companies whose business models are based on preying on young and vulnerable people, and doing them harm.
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Given a choice between protecting its citizens from harm, or protecting those who inflict the harm, @albomp.bsky.social chooses the latter every time.
👉Gambling
👉Environment
👉Climate
👉Aged Care
Gough would be spinning in his grave.
👉Gambling
👉Environment
👉Climate
👉Aged Care
Gough would be spinning in his grave.
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Prime Minister for Gambling, Anthony Albanese
October 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Prime Minister for Gambling, Anthony Albanese
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The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.
That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.
Just utterly unbelievable.
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Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club:
“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”
#npc
“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”
#npc
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club:
“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”
#npc
“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”
#npc
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Intrepid.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
September 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Intrepid.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
'Australia must act now to rebalance our defence.'
Uncle Sam rapidly becoming an abusive degenerate.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
Uncle Sam rapidly becoming an abusive degenerate.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
The world in 2050 is already here
Dr Mike Gilligan has reminded us that Australia’s defence and foreign policies are pulling in opposite directions: we preach “equilibrium” in the Pacific while binding ourselves ever more tightly to W...
johnmenadue.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
'Australia must act now to rebalance our defence.'
Uncle Sam rapidly becoming an abusive degenerate.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
Uncle Sam rapidly becoming an abusive degenerate.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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To continue as if Washington’s dominance will endure is to abdicate responsibility. Australia must act now to rebalance our defence, invest in our sovereign economy, earn credibility in our region. By 2050 the world will be different. #auspol #USpolitics
The world in 2050 is already here
Dr Mike Gilligan has reminded us that Australia’s defence and foreign policies are pulling in opposite directions: we preach “equilibrium” in the Pacific while binding ourselves ever more tightly to Washington’s war plans against China. His warning is timely, but we must go further.
johnmenadue.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
To continue as if Washington’s dominance will endure is to abdicate responsibility. Australia must act now to rebalance our defence, invest in our sovereign economy, earn credibility in our region. By 2050 the world will be different. #auspol #USpolitics
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Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
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"The Pacific has lost patience with Australia," writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
"This is not new, nor particularly earth-shattering as analysis. But it does pose larger questions for Australia moving forward, as the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it." #auspol
"This is not new, nor particularly earth-shattering as analysis. But it does pose larger questions for Australia moving forward, as the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it." #auspol
The Pacific has dealt Australia two smackdowns. That's a problem
The Pacific has lost patience with Australia – proving that the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"The Pacific has lost patience with Australia," writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
"This is not new, nor particularly earth-shattering as analysis. But it does pose larger questions for Australia moving forward, as the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it." #auspol
"This is not new, nor particularly earth-shattering as analysis. But it does pose larger questions for Australia moving forward, as the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it." #auspol
Anything is achievable if you want it enough.
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social might say, it was the very least this Labor Government could do. So pathetic.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social might say, it was the very least this Labor Government could do. So pathetic.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bowen says cutting emissions by more than 70% ‘not achievable’ as 2035 target criticised from all sides
Albanese says 62% to 70% range represents ‘the sweet spot’ as Coalition rejects ‘economy wrecking’ target while Greens label it a ‘betrayal’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Anything is achievable if you want it enough.
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social might say, it was the very least this Labor Government could do. So pathetic.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
As @amyremeikis.bsky.social might say, it was the very least this Labor Government could do. So pathetic.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Review and Walk Away From AUKUS!
Donald Trump wants AUKUS to serve his “America First” agenda. We know what that means: Australia Last. I just joined thousands demanding we walk away from this $368 billion nuclear deal. Raise your ha...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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