The fortnightly Roy Morgan poll has the Coalition nudging into second place with a two-point gain to 23.5%, while One Nation is down one-and-a-half to 22.5%. Labor is steady on 26% and the Greens have gained half a point to 15.5%. Labor holds respondent-allocated two-party leads of 55-45 over One Nation, out from 54.5-45.5, and 52.5-47.5 over One Nation, in from 53-47. Labor’s two-party lead over the Coalition on previous election preference flows is in from 53.5-46.5 to 53-47. The poll was conducted October 12 to 25 from a sample of 2711. The full release features breakdowns for the five mainland states.
We’re also about due for a monthly Essential Research poll – if so, details are likely available on The Guardian and/or the pollster’s website by the time you’re reading this.
Soc
Putin has the single biggest contributor to NATO, the US, in his pocket.
There is that.
In any case, the Poles would start WW 3 before they agree to that one.
Comrades, this proposal is an old Russian divide and conquer truk.
Former FBI Director James Comey has been criminally charged by the Justice Department for the third time. Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security document when he was FBI director in October 2016, according to court records made public Monday.
Few additional details are available in the court record, though charges were first filed against Comey in the DC District Court on October 5 — 10 years after the alleged transmission of the document.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/politics/james-comey-charged
Socrates
It will be interesting to see how she goes in the role. It’s one thing being able to manage a major procurement process in a way that satisfies a board of directors, but it’s another thing entirely to ensure that it can withstand intense scrutiny in the media, at Senate Estimates and in the broader political debate (let alone the level of scrutiny applied by some PBers).
In my dealings with them in the somewhat distant past, the people in the Defence procurement areas seemed to me to be both highly knowledgable and professional. But my impression was that they were struggling to cope with a complex system overlapping committees and internal consultation processes, any part of which could significantly delay or even derail the process on which they were working. And further problems arose from the fact that the men and women with several stars on their uniforms tended to have strong views about competing products (quite understandably, because they were responsible for their use in the field).
If I were Ms Parker, my first action would be to promise bucketloads of consultation, while seeking to gather to myself as much personal power over decision-making as I possibly can, and to establish a single line of decision-making between myself and the Minister. The thing to avoid in this sort of job is being required to report to multiple bosses: if that happens, you’re stuffed.
DOJ charges James Comedy again.
The charge was signed by deputy attorney general and associate attorney general, who are political appointments. Career FOJ prosecuter did not sign it
Warnings gas culprit Santos could slip through reservation net
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/experts-warn-of-santos-gas-reservation-scheme-loopholes/107309946
“Saul Kavonic, an analyst at MST Financial, there was broad consensus from producers, consumers, unions, and the public that keeping “more Australian gas for Australians” and ending a decade of policy interventions was a good idea.
“Unfortunately, there are growing concerns that the government may squander this unique opportunity,” Mr Kavonic said.
“After over a year of work and consultations, the reservation policy is still littered with fundamental drafting errors, major loopholes and overly cumbersome design elements that inadvertently risk rendering the policy futile, or even counterproductive.”
Kavonic said its effectiveness would depend almost entirely on the baselines against which gas projects would have their obligations assessed. But the process to determine these baselines would be opaque and susceptible to lobbying.
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As well, he said ministers would have virtually unlimited discretion to vary an exporter’s obligations, with little or no recourse to contest or review a decision.”
Boerwar
Yes. Russia really has regressed to its Soviet days, except now it is weaker and China is the more powerful of the two.
Presumably Putin only says these things for domestic (Russian) political consumption, to distract from the Ukraine war going so badly.
The window of time for battlefield advances in Ukraine before winter is nearly over, and this winter Ukraine will be firing plenty of missiles at Russian infrastructure. Russia needs an exit strategy, but for Putin that might be terminal.
Meher baba
I have several friends in Adelaide who used to do this work. Most are retired. Abbott cut back DSTO to DSTG in the 2010s, so they lost a lot of technical skills in some areas, a terrible mistake.
Yes, processes in this regard are way behind other government portfolios like infrastructure or competitive sectors like mining.
This is a big part of the problem and IMO it is not Ok. Knowing how to sail a frigate does not mean you know how to design, build or maintain the frigate, let alone a submarine. It also leads to terrible cost blowouts, as senior officers want the best of everything, not understanding the compromises required.
Charlie is being clever by half.
Charlie is an example who, IMO, belongs to that 15% of Greens voters, who preference L-NP over ALP.
MB and Soc
Yep. Good discussion, IMO. Unfortunately she is coming in midway some of the really big spends.
Socrates
I tend to agree, which is why I described it as “understandable” rather than “good.”
However, would there be a military anywhere on the planet in which the views of the top brass do not play a major role in deciding which hardware is purchased? If an outsider like Ms Parker procures stuff that some of the current or former top brass really don’t like, there’ll be hell to pay, including in the Senate and other public forums.
This is why I’ll be interested to see how she goes. I wish her well.
PS: I would imagine Rio Tinto never had to deal with any imperative to build stuff in places like Adelaide and Newcastle.
Missed that one!
‘Labor, continuing it’s tradition of mid-term surprises…’
charlie is referring to the half yearly budget update, which has been required by law since 1998…under the Charter of Honesty Act.
So not a Labor tradition. Not a surprise. A legal requirement which has been in place for decades.
To keep governments honest…
HH DP
Doh!
Last night on ABC 7 30 there was a remarkable interview with the cartoonist responsible for the One Nation attack on Jacqui Lambie. Here’s a story about it and her response: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/one-nation-cartoon-political-jacqui-lambie-pauline-hanson/107308528
Last week there was some discussion here about how to turn down the heat. Here’s a David Speers story on how that might be done. Worth a read: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/david-speers-helen-haines-compassion-politics/107291764
Australian News Update Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Parliament pays tribute: Natassia Chrysanthos describes the cardboard cockatoo and the empty seat as parliament reckoned with rage after last week’s rare act of violence against one of its own. Tom McIlroy reports that Albanese led the tributes and that Helen Haines’s first words after the attack have been revealed, as MPs honoured her “empathy and grace”. On the ABC, Holly Tregenza reports that a cardboard cockatoo stood in for Haines as parliament grieved.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-cardboard-cockatoo-the-empty-seat-and-a-parliament-s-reckoning-with-rage-20261026-p618iv.html
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/26/albanese-leads-helen-haines-tributes-as-parliament-pauses-ntwnfb
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/helen-haines-tributes-in-federal-parliament/107307826
Tom McIlroy also reports that Angus Taylor has been criticised for a “tone deaf” response to the attack.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/26/angus-taylor-criticised-for-tone-deaf-response-to-alleged-attack-on-helen-haines-ntwnfb
The anger problem: Peter Hartcher warns that Australia is approaching American levels of anger, argues that right-wing populist parties don’t deliver what they promise, and sets out how to defuse the bomb. Jessica Rudd writes that her dad was PM “once or twice”, and that somewhere along the way the job changed dramatically, as we began confusing the right to hold politicians accountable with licence to abuse them. On the ABC, Clare Armstrong reports that Labor MPs are using an AI tool to strip abuse from their social media, after it flagged almost half of all comments.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/australia-is-approaching-american-levels-of-anger-here-s-how-we-defuse-the-bomb-20261027-p618k7.html
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/my-dad-was-pm-once-or-twice-somewhere-along-the-way-a-politician-s-job-changed-dramatically-20261026-p6174b.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/labor-mps-turn-to-ai-to-combat-online-abuse-threats/107311412
One Nation’s cartoons: Emily Kaine reports that Lidia Thorpe has rebuked a defiant Pauline Hanson, who defended a cartoon showing Thorpe being run over by a bus. On the ABC, Alysia Thomas-Sam reports that the cartoon’s maker refuses to apologise, and that Jacqui Lambie wants both the One Nation candidate and the cartoonist dumped.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lidia-thorpe-rebukes-defiant-hanson-over-bus-attack-cartoon-20261026-p618iu.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/one-nation-cartoon-political-jacqui-lambie-pauline-hanson/107308528
James Massola reports that, in a bitter staff feud, Fatima Payman invoked the Haines attack and asked whether the PM was waiting for her to be attacked. Labor called the comparison “outrageous”.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/outrageous-payman-asks-if-pm-is-waiting-for-attack-on-her-in-bitter-staff-feud-20261027-p618rw.html
The economy: Paul Sakkal reports that Angus Taylor is gambling on a retreat from climate policy in the inflation fight, as markets price in a fifth rate rise next week. The RBA’s chief economist told 60 Minutes the bank is “not quite” done. On the ABC, Tom Crowley reports that the Coalition says cuts to climate, housing and other programs would save the budget $31 billion.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/in-inflation-battle-taylor-gambles-on-retreat-from-climate-policy-20261026-p618my.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/coalition-says-cuts-to-save-budget-31-billion/107310512
Markets: Stephen Bartholomeusz reports that Trump’s threats over Iran have oil markets nervous. Ian Verrender asks whether Trump or AI will blow up financial markets first. Business news today is dominated by Anthropic, the company behind Claude, filing to float on the sharemarket.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/we-don-t-play-games-trump-s-threats-have-markets-nervous-20261026-p618il.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/will-donald-trump-or-ai-blow-up-financial-markets-first/107311432
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/asx-markets-business-live-news-anthropic/107312526
Cyber: Shane Wright reports that AI is supercharging cyberattacks on Australia. The cyber agency is dealing with an 80 per cent surge, and superannuation savings are in the firing line.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ai-supercharges-cyberattacks-on-australia-with-superannuation-savings-in-the-firing-line-20261026-p618mz.html
AI and creativity: Dan Guthrie warns that, in its rush to attract AI companies, the government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that took decades to build.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/in-a-rush-to-lure-ai-companies-the-australian-government-risks-undoing-a-creative-ecosystem-that-has-taken-decades-to-build
Gas: Daniel Mercer reports that experts warn the historic national gas reservation scheme is ripe for manipulation. Peter Milne reports that a watchdog says Woodside’s gas drilling in WA puts endangered turtles and “exceptional” coral at risk.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/experts-warn-of-santos-gas-reservation-scheme-loopholes/107309946
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/27/endangered-turtles-and-exceptional-coral-at-risk-from-woodsides-gas-drilling-in-wa-watchdog-says
Aged care: Melissa Davey reports that a damning investigation found the algorithm-based aged care assessment tool “unreasonable and unfair”.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/26/damning-investigation-labor-algorithm-tool-aged-care-assessment
Pensions: Lottie Twyford reports that age pensioners who want to keep working say the system punishes them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/pensioners-who-need-to-keep-working-fear-financial-penalties/107259356
Hunger: the Herald’s editorial says that in a third of Australian homes, hunger is no game.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-a-third-of-australian-homes-hunger-is-not-a-game-20261027-p618ir.html
NT: Jack Hislop reports that prosecutors have withdrawn a breach of bail charge against federal MP Luke Gosling.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/luke-gosling-darwin-court-breach-of-bail-charge-withdrawn/107309702
Victoria’s election: Patrick Hatch reports that Labor once said Victoria’s lobbying rules were too weak, then dropped its plans to strengthen them, and neither leader will commit to reform. The SMH reports that the husband of a Victorian Liberal candidate was allegedly assaulted in a dispute over campaign signs. On the ABC, Harrison Tippet reports that a Geelong-region MP claims almost $60,000 in a Melbourne property allowance despite concerns about his attendance.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/labor-said-victoria-s-lobbying-rules-were-too-weak-then-it-abandoned-plans-to-strengthen-them-20261026-p6181q.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/husband-of-liberal-candidate-allegedly-attacked-20261027-p618t5.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/darren-cheeseman-mp-attendance-concerns/107308420
NSW: Max Maddison reports that, a year after declaring themselves unashamedly pro-development, NSW Liberal MPs are revolting against high-density plans in their own seats, as housing goes on the ballot.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/nsw-liberals-abandon-yimby-truce-as-housing-goes-on-the-ballot-20261027-p617ua.html
Queensland: Andrew Messenger reports that a children’s legal centre that criticised the Queensland government has had its funding cut. Eden Gillespie reports that prison officers fear deaths in custody under a human rights exemption.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/26/childrens-legal-centre-that-criticised-queensland-government-has-funding-slashed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/queensland-prisons-human-rights-deaths-in-custody-fears/107277276
Tasmania: Josh Duggan reports that a failed bidder for Hobart’s stadium is understood to be getting millions of dollars reimbursed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/failed-hobart-stadium-tender-bidder-webuild-costs-reimbursed/107310368
SA: Stephanie Richards reports that child protection workers acted in error when they “informally” removed children against their mothers’ wishes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/informal-removal-of-sa-children-against-mums-wishes/107310402
Childcare: Adele Ferguson and colleagues reveal the confronting data that childcare chains don’t want parents to see.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/childcare-industry-faces-reckoning-but-safety-gaps-remain/107288858
Health: Henrietta Cook reports that a cluster of anaphylaxis cases has been linked to black-market peptides. Rachel Carbonell reports that the TGA is bringing in tough new testing rules for sunscreens after the SPF scandal. Chloe Henville reports that WA country towns are paying three times over to keep their local doctors.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/they-are-so-prevalent-anaphylaxis-cluster-linked-to-black-market-peptides-20261027-p617v9.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/tga-to-overhaul-spf-testing-for-australian-sunscreen-brands/107308980
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/wa-country-towns-paying-millions-to-keep-local-gps-doctors/107296980
Compiled with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic, Claude Opus 5.5) and edited by Douglas and Milko.
An interesting analysis of China’s economy by someone who is usually reasonable at it. It focuses on what is keeping the banking system afloat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bxfwoDtn8
The IDF is standing up to Netanyahu. The writing is on the wall for him, it seems:
“Israeli military breaks silence on purported feud with Benjamin Netanyahu”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/israel-election-military-netanyahu-feud/107312270
Authoritarian and despotic leaders are losing their sway:
Bolsonaro, Sr. – gone & sentenced to over 27 years in prison
Orbán – gone
Vučić – gone
Bolsonaro, Jnr – didn’t get up, and looks like joining his old man in the slammer, after he was ordered to hand in his passport
Netanyahu – likely to lose office and to face criminal charges & should be handed over to the ICC by his replacement, but won’t be.
Trump – likely to lose the Senate & the House, and looks like being impeached for a third time
Perhaps voters are coming to their senses by concluding that authoritarian leaders are not a panacea to their woes – real or imagined. Hanson’s rise will be thwarted by her idiocy & meanness. Farage’s poll numbers are heading south. It will be harder to remove Putin and Dear Leader Kim, but they’ll ultimately have their day. Xi appears to be safe, and even if he were to be toppled, he’d be replaced by another of like mind. Things are looking up.
D&M
Thanks for the domestic political roundup. On the economy, we live in interesting times.
This article demonstrates the Liberals would cheerfully drive the economy into recession to win power and/ or appease their donors. I have said before austerity is bad economic policy in difficult times. Recent history contains plenty of examples.
Taylormade @ #26 Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 – 8:03 am
TailoredMerde, that is truly pathetic, even by your bottom-dwelling sub-standards. What a sad little man!
Vale Walter Koenig, one of my favourite actors in one of my favourite shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/26/walter-koenig-actor-star-trek-dies
Must do some work.
Politicians telling us to ‘turn the temperature down’ is peak hypocrisy – Amy Remeikis
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/politicians-telling-us-to-turn-down
“On the broader question of violence, we are a state and society that increasingly normalises violence. We’ve normalised a man killing a woman each week. We’ve normalised police bashing peaceful protesters. We’ve normalised throwing First Nations kids in jail until they kill themselves. We’ve normalised shackling women in labour. We’ve normalised delaying climate action even as we see the devastating impacts, and we’ve normalised an economy that prioritises corporate profits while people suffer.
And when there is pushback against any of what we are supposed to accept as normal, if there is dissent or protest or legitimate democratic objection, that is treated as the crime.
The calls for civility only ever come in response to legitimate democratic pushback – not the issues fuelling dissent.
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Has the political ‘debate’ around migration turned down the temperature? Has supporting a genocide turned it down? Has ignoring calls for climate action lowered it? Has letting the RBA diminish our living standards so corporate profits remain untouched turned down the heat? Is having ‘rational’ people claim that raising the GST – which you and I have no choice to pay – is the smart way forward, while refusing to tax gas and other corporations, helped anyone simmer down? Is imposing gargantuan datacentres in our suburbs and towns, next to our homes and schools, without our consent, turning it down? Why is it the people pointing to the fire are those being told to stop being so vocal about it?
You can be civil and dissent. You can push back and be respectful. And you can have higher expectations of your democracy and leaders without resorting, or wishing violence. Pretending that those who wish for better for all are the same as those who seek control or supremacy over others is not lowering the temperature – it’s raising it.
Legitimate democratic dissent and pushback is not the fire, it’s the alarm. Suppressing alarms doesn’t put out the fire, it just leaves less time for us all to act.”
Amy Remeikis calling for anyone to turn the temperature down is peak hypocrisy.
yabbasays:
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:08 am
TailoredMerde, that is truly pathetic, even by your bottom-dwelling sub-standards. What a sad little man!
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You’ve read this mornings discussion and that innocuous little comment is what has gotten your undies in a bunch?
“At a late-night Senate estimates hearing, Western Australian independent senator Fatima Payman accused the prime minister of being “petty” by not granting her additional staff members after she defected from the Labor party in 2024.
Payman has long argued her office is understaffed as part of a personal gripe Anthony Albanese has with her, but she drove the point home amid escalating threats of political violence. The senator told Guardian Australia last week her staff had also had to deal with human faeces being sent to her office, prompting the intervention of a biohazard team.
Payman said she had requested an additional adviser, in line with other independent political offices, two years ago but the prime minister had yet to process the request. Payman said the extra adviser would assist her office dealing with the “psychosocial hazards” imposed on her staff since leaving Labor. A document tabled showed she had no advisers, which can be paid more, while most other independents have one or two advisers.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/27/one-nation-pauline-hanson-independent-jacqui-lambie-labor-anthony-albanese-coalition-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6adfdc888f082a87cec57806#block-6adfdc888f082a87cec57806
yabbasays:
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 7:33 am
TailoredMerde, that is truly pathetic, even by your bottom-dwelling sub-standards. What a sad little man!
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It’s in the history books Yabba.
When people look back at the Albanese govt in 10, 20, 30 years time, it will be there. Front and centre.
And there’s fuck all you can do about it.
zoomstersays:
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:29 am
Amy Remeikis calling for anyone to turn the temperature down is peak hypocrisy.
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Most Laborites loved her when she was consistently tearing shreds off Abbott and Morrison.
In news that will no doubt please the warmongering Laborites, Labor’s MAGA allies have announced which nuclear sub they are sending over first to be deployed in Australia…
Joint Statement, USS Colorado (SSN 788) Announced as First Submarine for Submarine Rotational Force – West
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, and UK Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting are pleased to announce the designation of the USS Colorado (SSN 788) as the first U.S. Navy Virginia-class fast-attack submarine assigned to Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-West) beginning in late 2027.
This announcement comes ahead of the upcoming United States Submarine Maintenance Period, which begins later this week and will further demonstrate Australia’s growing ability to sustain U.S. and UK nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines.
SRF-West is projected to host up to four U.S. fast-attack submarines and one UK fast-attack submarine on a rotational basis at HMAS Stirling, a Royal Australian Navy base in Western Australia.
SRF-West will accelerate Australia’s readiness to own, operate, maintain, and regulate a sovereign, conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability, as well as support submarine deployments by expanding maintenance options and sustainment infrastructure in the region for AUKUS partners.
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/statements/2026-10-27/joint-statement-uss-colorado-ssn-788-announced-first-submarine-submarine-rotational-force-west
This is the ghastly weapon of war in question…
From HH’s links at 8.12am we have an article about mad king chump calling Norway a shithouse country because he didn’t get a Nobel Peace Prize.
If you keep reading the next article from The New Republic is about chump’s acolytes sacking the daughter of James Comey who was a District Attorney in New York for no reason in 2025. A judge has ordered reinstatement with back pay.
Elsewhere more of chump’s sexual crimes are being revealed. Surely a wipeout is due at the midterms. If that happens, expect a backlash against the local chump acolytes, Rinehart and Hanson.
Edit: HH has linked a story about Comey’s daughter’s reinstatement in another publication.
On eve of Israel vote, Netanyahu touts Trump support, signals possible Iran war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted US President Donald Trump’s endorsement ahead of Tuesday’s election, suggesting they could resume the war against Iran. Trump urged Israelis to vote for Netanyahu, saying they must “finish the job” they started.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/israel-election-trump-backs-netanyahu-iran-war-threat-3025697-2026-10-27
Trump offers $1 million for voter fraud reports, claims Brazil election looked rigged
US President Donald Trump questioned Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election victory, claiming it “looked rigged” without evidence. Separately, Trump announced a $1 million reward for voter fraud reports involving past elections or the upcoming 2026 US midterms.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/brazil-election-trump-questions-lula-victory-flavio-bolsonaro-annulment-3025696-2026-10-27
Ven, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:50 am:
Ven – I’m not sure a Trump endorsement will help Netanyahu very much, given that the IDF is now openly at odds with him (ie, Netanyahu).
Trump endorsing Netanyahu is roughly as newsworthy as the sun rising in the East this morning.
Cartoons
Rowe
Pope
Megan Herbert
Golding
Broelman
Ron Tandberg
Benke
Badiucao
Christopher Downes The Mercury
Rod Emmerson NZ Herald
newyboy
Let us wait and see. The thing is though that he was PM for 18 of last 30 years and during the remaining 12 years made the other governments dance to his tune. He was Israel pied Piper for last 30 years.
He restructured Israel in his image like John Howard did to Australia.
Pauline Hanson is a creation of John Howard and an offshoot of Malcolm Turnbull. And I have this ugly feeling that something bad could happen to Australia within next half a decade. I really hope I am wrong about that.
Probably she was the only one and no one else in Press did that during that time.
Even during Abbott and Morrison, the press was tearing down ALP in opposition. Nothing changed. Maybe Amy picked up a little slack.
Are you asserting that someone who aggressively holds Labor to account re its policies, is dangerously raising the temperature ?
No barrel, the bottom of which should be left unscraped, according to Minns. Second time in a month he has dumped a pile of shit on Albanese. The New South Wales right faction shall not denied:
‘The NSW premier, Chris Minns, says the federal government must be “serious” about meeting net migration targets as polling in the Hunter suggests Labor and One Nation are neck-and-neck in the key region’.
The victorian state election campaign , would be the political timing for Josh Frydenberg to see how popular he is, as the incoming federal liberal party leader.
If you look at the Fin Review article that Charlie was quoting to support his assertion that Labor was planning to make deeper cuts than the Coalition, it says no such thing.
There is only one quote from Chalmers, saying that the Coalitions cuts are not enough to pay for the Coalition’s new promised spending – a large part of which are tax cuts and reversing the CGT and negative gearing changes.:
The cuts include $9.4 billion achieved by “ending Labor’s climate bureaucracy” which included subsidies for home batteries and electric vehicles, abolishing the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, which is a carbon tax on light transport, and ending requirements for businesses to report their scope 3 emissions.
These cuts effectively eradicate what was left of the Coalition’s climate policy, prompting an angry reaction from moderate Liberal senator Andrew McLachlan, who said it was a disaster for Pacific diplomacy and for a still significant climate vote.
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Other measures include saving $7.3 billion by ending “corporate welfare” such as production subsidies for critical minerals and hydrogen, and abolishing the National Reconstruction Fund industry loan scheme. Labor’s “housing bureaucracy”, including the Housing Australia Future Fund loan scheme, will be abolished, saving another $4.7 billion, while $2 billion will be shaved off the NDIS and welfare programs by denying eligibility for non-citizens.
The Coalition’s plan to stamp out black-market tobacco by lowering excise will raise another $7.9 billion, and not proceeding with the government’s annual $250 cash-back tax cut, the Working Australians Tax Offset, will save another $10 billion.
The loss of this tax cut will be outweighed by Taylor’s promise to index tax brackets annually to inflation.
He (Taylor) said the cuts announced on Monday would more than pay for that as it was phased in over the first four years.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the cuts would not cover other spending promises made by Taylor, including lifting defence expenditure to 3 per cent of GDP and reversing the budget’s tax changes to capital gains, trusts and negative gearing.
But Taylor said there would be more to come before election day and there would also be measures to restart economic growth and productivity that would generate revenue.
https://archive.is/20261026072454/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/taylor-bets-voters-are-ready-for-budget-discipline-20261026-p618lz#selection-1763.0-1795.0
Taylormade
Still waiting for all your evidence that Vic govt have sold off vicroads, the port and social housing.
Rex
Anyone who does something aggressively is raising the temperature.
Yep. He was lying. He dished a couple more porkies before he disappeared.
We have the Shoebridge National Bank and the Shoebridge National Supermarket China and now, presumably to distract from the Shoebridge National Steele-John Cockup we have the Shoebridge National Ethical AI.
If Payman is getting death threats and the like then her situation will be assessed by the experts and she will be allocated a security detail.
That is BAU. Happens all the time. Hastie, recently, is an example.
By conflating a possible security detail with more personal staff, and by setting up a blame Albanese framework if she gets hurt, Payman is doing very, very nasty political stuff.
Yet more data points that polling has largely stalled since One Nation’s big surge last summer – Labor is in the high 20s, One Nation has settled into the low 20s, and so have the Coalition, while the Greens remain stuck at their perpetual 12%, with a likely 2PP of about 53/47 for Labor over anybody. Of course, as we all (should) know, mid-term polling doesn’t mean much, and certainly isn’t much of a pointer towards the next election.
As I’ve suggested before, polling goes through three broad phases – in the first six months after the election, people aren’t so much answering the question “who will you vote for”, so much as “what did you think of the election result”, to which most people will profess contentment with the result (the so-called honeymoon period). People aren’t really answering the “who will you vote for?” question in the way that we think until about three months out from the election itself (maybe sooner). For much of the term (and where we find ourselves right now, and will do until the end of 2027), the question people are really answering is “what do you think about the government”, to which the answer is inevitably, “can’t stand them, they are terrible”. Government polling is nearly always 5 points or more down in the middle of a term (about where Labor finds itself at the moment), but what really counts is what people are thinking when the actual election campaign (both phony and actual) comes into play, presumably in early 2028.
Well, we better cancel senate estimates then, if that’s the case.