Wolty 🇦🇺🦘
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Meanjin, Beer nerd, Untappd moderator, traveler, Aussie! Be kind...
Ah yes, cut international university students that universities rely on to stay open because you cut funding to higher education and cut skilled migrants that Australia relies on because you destroyed TAFE. Fucking morons.
#auspol #lnp
#auspol #lnp
Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration
The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
He said the quiet part out loud. A "Let them eat cake moment". "Why won't those poors just starve for the shareholders........"
#auspol #cba #commonwealthbank
#auspol #cba #commonwealthbank
CBA boss says repaying ‘excessive fees’ to low-income customers could be seen as taking shareholder money
Commonwealth Bank Australia– which reported a record cash profit of $10.3bn in most recent financial year – charged $270m in ‘excessive fees’ over five years
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
He said the quiet part out loud. A "Let them eat cake moment". "Why won't those poors just starve for the shareholders........"
#auspol #cba #commonwealthbank
#auspol #cba #commonwealthbank
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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A supposedly “intelligent” bunch of adults failed to learn the lessons from their huge electoral defeat. Their answer? Doubling down on their ideology. 🙄😂
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A supposedly “intelligent” bunch of adults failed to learn the lessons from their huge electoral defeat. Their answer? Doubling down on their ideology. 🙄😂
Leaving aside the fact that this right wing fringe party (The LNP) are unelectable now, I think the ALP should help lobby the LNP to dump net zero. The LNP will be destroyed (again) at the ballot box.
#auspol
#auspol
Advance launches last-minute lobbying campaign pressuring Liberal MPs to dump net zero target
Rightwing lobby group’s email blitz targets party ahead of Liberal shadow ministry meeting at 9am on Thursday
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Leaving aside the fact that this right wing fringe party (The LNP) are unelectable now, I think the ALP should help lobby the LNP to dump net zero. The LNP will be destroyed (again) at the ballot box.
#auspol
#auspol
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If only there was some form of Pill Testing facility...
October 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If only there was some form of Pill Testing facility...
Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland
Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland
Public health warning issued after drugs known as nitazenes detected amid move to ban pill testing
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Teddy bear-shaped pills laced with synthetic opioids have been linked to a death in Queensland, triggering a public health warning about a group of highly potent illicit drugs called nitazenes.
N-pyrrolidino-protonitazene and protonitazene were detected in toxicology and samples taken from pale yellow pills marked with the letter “Y” in the state’s south-east. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Trump's tantrum when he doesn't get his Peace Academy Award will mostly hurt the people of Gaza. The current pretence will be dropped hard.
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Trump's tantrum when he doesn't get his Peace Academy Award will mostly hurt the people of Gaza. The current pretence will be dropped hard.
So Norway is worried about Trump's reaction if he 'doesn't' win the Nobel Peace Prize........
Worried about his reaction........
Worried about his reaction.......
Worried about his reaction........
Worried about his reaction.......
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So Norway is worried about Trump's reaction if he 'doesn't' win the Nobel Peace Prize........
Worried about his reaction........
Worried about his reaction.......
Worried about his reaction........
Worried about his reaction.......
The 'alternative government' are a fringe right wing group that doesn't deserve the attention it gets.
#auspol
#auspol
Sussan Ley faces emboldened conservative backbench after Hastie’s resignation, Liberal MPs warn
Victorian Liberal Sarah Henderson says Perth MP has been ‘sidelined’ for his immigration views but party’s ‘backbench is a very powerful place to be’
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The 'alternative government' are a fringe right wing group that doesn't deserve the attention it gets.
#auspol
#auspol
After missing out on last year’s flag with Brisbane, Oscar McInerney retires as a Lions 2025 AFL Premiership player (and Lions 2017 NEAFL Premiership Player) aged 31, after 165 AFL games.
📸 Footy on Nine
📸 Footy on Nine
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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One of the most interesting things about Jimmy Kimmel, and what I loved most about his conversation with Bill Burr a few months back, was that they’re both middle-aged white comedians who heard how culture has evolved, took notes, grew up, didn’t get defensive, and became *even more* successful.
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
One of the most interesting things about Jimmy Kimmel, and what I loved most about his conversation with Bill Burr a few months back, was that they’re both middle-aged white comedians who heard how culture has evolved, took notes, grew up, didn’t get defensive, and became *even more* successful.
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She's illegally seeking foreign interference in future Australian elections.
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
She's illegally seeking foreign interference in future Australian elections.
That time when a fringe right wing party sides with republicans in the US rather than an overwhelmingly elected Australian government.
#auspol
#auspol
Ley writes to Republicans on Gaza ahead of Albanese's UN address
In an unorthodox move, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has written to a group of Republicans reassuring the Coalition would withdraw recognition of Palestine, ahead of a major United Nations address to b...
www.abc.net.au
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That time when a fringe right wing party sides with republicans in the US rather than an overwhelmingly elected Australian government.
#auspol
#auspol
So the USA is threatening a sovereign country for their foreign policy.
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
#auspol
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
#auspol
US Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state
Donald Trump allies, including Ted Cruz, pen letter warning Anthony Albanese against ‘reckless policy’
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So the USA is threatening a sovereign country for their foreign policy.
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
#auspol
Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
#auspol
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LNP, like all right-wing nutters, run on self-righteous emotion, not facts or expertise. Those who point out objective reality are enemies to be crushed.
September 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
LNP, like all right-wing nutters, run on self-righteous emotion, not facts or expertise. Those who point out objective reality are enemies to be crushed.
The 'alternative government' is a third rate tabloid show. Way behind Neighbours and Home and Away.
#auspol
#auspol
Ben Roberts-Smith’s mother emails Coalition MPs saying Andrew Hastie ‘not fit’ to lead Liberals
Exclusive: Sue Roberts-Smith sends 39-page dossier to two dozen Liberal and National MPs after fresh speculation about Hastie’s possible leadership tilt
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The 'alternative government' is a third rate tabloid show. Way behind Neighbours and Home and Away.
#auspol
#auspol
"Ley says Australia must move on from a time of dependency in government to empowerment of its citizens."
Thiss you?
"Sussan Ley bought $800k unit from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip"
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01...
Thiss you?
"Sussan Ley bought $800k unit from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip"
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01...
Ley bought $800k unit from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip
The almost-$800,000 investment property Health Minister Sussan Ley bought while on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Gold Coast was purchased from a Liberal National Party donor.
www.abc.net.au
September 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Ley says Australia must move on from a time of dependency in government to empowerment of its citizens."
Thiss you?
"Sussan Ley bought $800k unit from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip"
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01...
Thiss you?
"Sussan Ley bought $800k unit from LNP donor on taxpayer-funded trip"
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"mean they can't carry a gun if they're subject to a restraining order,"
Read that slowly and then realise the Union want them to have guns........
#auspol
Read that slowly and then realise the Union want them to have guns........
#auspol
WA Police officers are being taken off the beat because new firearms laws mean they can't carry a gun if they're subject to a restraining order, their union says.
New gun laws taking WA officers off the beat, union warns
WA Police officers are being taken off the beat because new firearms laws mean they can't carry a gun if they're subject to a restraining order, their union says.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"mean they can't carry a gun if they're subject to a restraining order,"
Read that slowly and then realise the Union want them to have guns........
#auspol
Read that slowly and then realise the Union want them to have guns........
#auspol
Animal advocates call on the WA government to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and phase out greyhound racing, as a state parliamentary inquiry examines the sport.
Calls for WA greyhound racing to be phased out as parliamentary probe looms
Animal advocates call on the WA government to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and phase out greyhound racing, as a state parliamentary inquiry examines the sport.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This will actually kill people. The #lnp are the party of 'If you take drugs you deserve to die'.
#auspol
#auspol
September 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM