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Independent Media Australia.If I were minister for employment services: No more bastardry dressed up as policy <a href="https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04/if-i-were-minister-for-employment-services-no-more-bastardry-dressed-up-as-policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04/if-i-were-minister-for-employment-services-no-more-bastardry-dressed-up-as-policy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a>

DrALJONESJuice Media on the Australien electionPeter Dutton, the Australian leader of the opposition, has made a new election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8eZTyQQg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8eZTyQQg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dutton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auselection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auselection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#islamophobia</a> .

AJ SadauskasOver the years, I've come around a bit on compulsory voting. Here's why I think it's a good idea. The difference between voluntary and compulsory voting isn't really about being forced to vote vs choosing to vote. It's about an opt-in vs an opt-out system. Under Australia's compulsory voting system, if you have a deep moral objection to voting, there are still various ways you can opt out of casting a valid ballot. (You could vote informal, or opt to pay a small fine.) But the default expectation is that you will fulfill your civic duty and vote. When combined with preferential voting, what you end up with is a government that a majority of people in a majority of electorates think is the least bad option. (You probably won't get prime minister Bob Brown, but you won't get prime minister Mark Latham either.) Voluntary voting is an opt-in system. The default expectation is you won't vote, and need to opt in to make your wishes known. So a huge part of electoral campaigning is simply "mobilising the base" and getting people who already agree with a candidate to actually vote for them. And it leaves the door open for the kinds of anti-Black voter suppression methods that have long plagued American elections. Which means voter turnouts can be around the 50% mark. Even assuming an actual majority votes for the winning candidate, that's just 25% of the population. Now let's say the winning party has two roughly equally supported factions: The reasonable faction and the evil faction. Each is supported by roughly 12.5% of the overall population. And, if the evil faction is better and mobilising its supporters (or suppressing votes) than the reasonable faction and the other party, then it's possible to win an election with the support of just 12.5% of the population. And then this happens *gestures at America*. Now, that's not to say the Australian political system is perfect, and there isn't room for improvement. But. Opt-out voting definitely has its benefits. <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

sortiusHalf a million votes yesterday.Dutton is aiming to "win it in the last 3 days".Not sure if anyone told Dutton how elections work in Australia<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausvotes</a>

Matthew RimmerAustralia’s student strikers for climate believed they could change their future. Where are they now? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/australias-student-strikers-for-climate-believed-they-could-change-their-future-where-are-they-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/australias-student-strikers-for-climate-believed-they-could-change-their-future-where-are-they-now</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auslaw</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a>

DrALJONES2. Re the debate: "Should the U.S. federal government make reducing the national debt a fiscal priority?"Today's fed "debt" is entirely different from household debt. Fed "debt" isn't borrowed, so isn't repayable.The US tried paying down the so-called"debt" seven times in its entire history.The first 6 times resulted in a depression (first image)The seventh time (Clinton) resulted in a recession (2nd image)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mmt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/useconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#useconomics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a>&deficit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> .

DrALJONESA revolution that doesn't know how govt money works? Pls help to spread this info:An intellectual demolition of Steve Moore, economic mouthpiece for Trump, Musk, & Heritage Foundation:Debate: "Should the U.S. federal government make reducing the national debt a fiscal priority?"Steve Moore argues the affirmative case.Arguing the negative is Stephanie KeltonDebate starts 30.45 min in:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyDVycbRGp0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyDVycbRGp0</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mmt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a>&deficit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stephaniekelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stephaniekelton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/useconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#useconomics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> .2

🐻 John 🏳️‍⚧️I dunno if I have any Aussies following me, but just in case: there's currently a petition to allow LGBT+ people from the US seek asylum in Australia. Currently only has about 5500 signers and is closing soon. Please sign if you can and boost for reach if you can't! <a href="https://toot.garden/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://toot.garden/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://toot.garden/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7163" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7163</a>

fullfathomfive"Poses low risk to humans" is the nicest thing anyone outside of Australia has ever said about Vegemite. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vegemite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegemite</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HappyLittleVegemites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HappyLittleVegemites</a>

Max Gross'The central con, of the very many, at Advance is that it is a “grassroots movement” of “ordinary Australians”. This is unmitigated nonsense, and anyone presenting Advance in this light is lying to you.' <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AustraliaPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustraliaPolitics</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election2025</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AustralianLaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustralianLaborParty</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AnthonyAlbanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnthonyAlbanese</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/DeadeyesDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeadeyesDutton</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/CONservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CONservatives</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RWNJ</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Reactionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reactionaries</a> <a href="https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/advance-is-a-billionaire-backed-racist-disinformation-factory-undermining-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theshot.net.au/news/general-news/advance-is-a-billionaire-backed-racist-disinformation-factory-undermining-democracy/</a>

Tom RobertsAll this talk of elections reminds me we have in the house a book for kids about Australia's voting system.(Illustrated by <a href="https://theblower.au/@cathywilcox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cathywilcox</a> )I love the pull quotes on the back.<a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a>

John :au: :hb:<a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australians</a> & other world citizens are not merely declining to visit the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>. We have started to cease to imagine it.<a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> isn’t doing facts any more. Hence the defunding of science agencies & a political interference in education & research they are imposing on researchers beyond their borders. Australian universities are having projects defunded “because they don’t fit with <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Trumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumps</a> authoritarian rightwing agenda”. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/america-used-to-fire-the-worlds-imagination-but-now-the-cultural-conversation-is-being-silenced" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/17/america-used-to-fire-the-worlds-imagination-but-now-the-cultural-conversation-is-being-silenced</a>

Independent Media Australia.The oligopoly that is Australian politics <a href="https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-oligopoly-that-is-australian-politics,19637?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-oligopoly-that-is-australian-politics,19637?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a>

Mazz@1984<a href="https://mastodon.au/@RenewEconomyRSSFeed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@RenewEconomyRSSFeed</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NASAclimateScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASAclimateScientist</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> ‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest Peter Kalmus was among a group of scientists who chained themselves to a JPMorgan Chase building in Los Angeles in protest of the bank’s financing of fossil fuels.'<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/protest-nasa-scientist-rebellion-b2059788.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/protest-nasa-scientist-rebellion-b2059788.html</a>

EV not PetrolThat both major parties refuse to get rid of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/negativegearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#negativegearing</a> and fix <a href="https://aus.social/tags/capitalgains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalgains</a> just says that neither have the balls and both parties have all their ministers have massive property portfolios. The argument and policies just make things worst. Both. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausvotes</a>

DavidThe quiet and methodical revolution in Australian democracy. How Australia is weakening the major parties by electing independents<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/grantrwyeth/p/how-to-reclaim-democracy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2wlot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/grantrwyeth/p/how-to-reclaim-democracy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2wlot</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausvotes</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Andrew Jenningshow Trump treats Ukraine and Canada is how he treats every country. Let that sink in. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a>

Matthew RimmerPeter Dutton’s climate comments draw criticism from scientists, advocates and affected communities <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/dutton-debate-climate-change-policy/105186658" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/dutton-debate-climate-change-policy/105186658</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a>

David📎 Asylum Seeker Resource Centre's election scorecardHow do the major parties stack up on issues that matter for refugees?<a href="https://action.asrc.org.au/scorecard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://action.asrc.org.au/scorecard</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausvotes</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#refugees</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElectionScorecard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionScorecard</a>

David📎 Australia Palestine Advocacy Network election scorecardAPAN assesses how the major parties have responded to Israel’s genocide in Gaza during the past 18 months<a href="https://apan.org.au/election-scorecards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apan.org.au/election-scorecards/</a><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausvotes</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElectionScorecard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionScorecard</a>

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