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Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠<p>I, for one, live for this chaos of RWNJ fools in the LNP experiencing humiliating failure due to their own incompetence and handing a big win to shitposters on AusPol.</p><p><a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/PeterDuttonIsNotAMonster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDuttonIsNotAMonster</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/FuckOffDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckOffDutton</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/DavidLittleproud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLittleproud</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/SussanLey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SussanLey</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusVotes2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes2025</span></a></p>
Queen 1066<p>I wonder as i look at the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greens</span></a> line up and the anti-environment pro fossil fuel stance <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/albonese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albonese</span></a> has taken whether, like Howard and the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a>, he is going to drive <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> into oblivion. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> </p><p>Playing hardball and a thug did not work in the long term.</p>
National Secular Lobby<p>Under ACNC rules, a registered charity is not allowed to engage in activity "promoting or opposing a political party or a candidate". This is a flagrant violation by the PBCC on behalf of the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> and a shocking breach of trust by a major political party. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-made-nearly-a-million-calls-for-the-liberal-party-20250508-p5lxml.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/ex</span><span class="invisible">clusive-brethren-made-nearly-a-million-calls-for-the-liberal-party-20250508-p5lxml.html</span></a></p>
Mark<p>2023: Nikki Savva offers free advice to Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party in the wake of their shock loss in the Aston by-election.</p><p>They didn't listen to Savva. They listened to Peta Credlin and Rowan Dean.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AusVotes2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insiders</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Lats (314 ppm)<p>Glad that Sussan Ley has got the message from the electorate and that all the old policies will get a coat of paint and business will continue on unchanged.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2025/05/13/sussan-ley-liberal-leader" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/australian-politics/2025/05/13/sussan-ley-liberal-leader</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sussanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sussanley</span></a></p>
Queen 1066<p>This is the most important issue <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sussanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sussanley</span></a> has decided to come out with <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a>:</p><p>Ley claims PM’s approach to Jewish Australians ‘one of the biggest threats to social cohesion’<br>Sussan Ley then pivots, unprompted, back to the situation in Gaza. She said:</p><p>One of the biggest threats to social cohesion and the country is the prime minister’s approach to Jewish Australians.<br>Everything that happens overseas, and I have reflected on that, has domestic implications.<br>We have a foreign minister, Penny Wong, who let down Australia in the UN this year and we have a prime minister who is intent on letting down Jewish Australians on the streets of our cities.<br>One thing I have heard consistently over the last two years has been the sense of isolation, fear and real concern for our wonderful Jewish Australians. I want to make clear, going forward, we will work very hard to hold this prime minister and government to account because it is not acceptable to see what we have seen on the streets of our cities and in the universities.</p>
Mazz@1984<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SussanLey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SussanLey</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FossilFuelPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuelPoliticians</span></a> <br>May '21<br>'Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley has approved a third coal mine extension in the space of a month.'</p><p>Australian environment minister approves third coal project in a month - Mining Technology<br><a href="https://www.mining-technology.com/news/australian-environment-minister-coal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mining-technology.com/news/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralian-environment-minister-coal/</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Federal politics live: Nationals leader faces Canavan challenge as Taylor confirms he'll contest Liberal leadership</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/federal-politics-live-election-albanese-labor-liberal-party/105271228" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-politics-live-election-albanese-labor-liberal-party/105271228</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a></p>
Syulang<p>PSA: The <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Crisafulli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crisafulli</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> government of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queensland</span></a> wants to expand native forest logging as part of it's anti <a href="https://aus.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> pro <a href="https://aus.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> "Primary Industries Prosper 2050" blueprint.</p><p>*Not* protect or continue native logging. No. The plan is to *EXPAND* it.</p><p>It's been carefully shuffled out of sight, being slid out under cover of all the noise from the federal parties during the election.</p><p>There is a consultation period now open. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE submit your thoughts on this proposal, and encourage others to do so. Our survival depends on our native forests. Without them there is no future for our land, and by extension no future for us - just eroding soils, dead rivers, dessicated land and mass extinction. </p><p>Defend life. Defend the land we belong to. Defend the forests that sustain us.</p><p><a href="https://dpi.engagementhub.com.au/primary-industries-blueprint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dpi.engagementhub.com.au/prima</span><span class="invisible">ry-industries-blueprint</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NativeForestLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForestLogging</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusEnviro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusEnviro</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NotesFromADyingCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotesFromADyingCulture</span></a></p>
Dave J<p>Leaked <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> pre-election polling showed (correctly) that <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> was on track for a catastrophic defeat.</p><p>Amidst the ashes, LNP figures lay blame for their crushing loss—the worst since the <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> Party was founded in 1944—at the very same pollsters' feet. And Menzies House is rumoured to be in the early stages of legal action against… you guessed it.</p><p>They must've run out of Moderates to scapegoat this time around.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.05.06-052121/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/tehan-firms-as-kingmaker-in-liberal-leadership-battle-as-polling-leak-sparks-recriminations-20250506-p5lwvy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.05.06-05212</span><span class="invisible">1/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/tehan-firms-as-kingmaker-in-liberal-leadership-battle-as-polling-leak-sparks-recriminations-20250506-p5lwvy.html</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a></p>
Frank<p>Gina Rinehart has excellent advice for the LNP; they should take it.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/05/gina-rinehart-liberal-party-trump-australia-election-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">may/05/gina-rinehart-liberal-party-trump-australia-election-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ausvotes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinaRinehart</span></a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p>Now that this chapter of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> has closed, Hardaker's review puts it nicely in perspective. </p><p>"When the Liberals assess the causes of their disaster they’d be tempted to dwell on the five weeks of the campaign. A better place to start would be August 24, 2018, the day Abbott finally tore down Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister. </p><p>"It was an act of pure vengeful bloodletting, led by Dutton, Abbott’s ideological twin. Even then Dutton failed to convince his party that he was fit to lead. Victory on the day went to God’s man, Scott Morrison. </p><p>"But the purge of the party was well underway. Turnbull remarked at the time that the hard-right Abbott forces would rather destroy the party than accept the views of the moderates, especially on climate change and energy. </p><p>"And so it has transpired. Abbott lost his own seat in 2019, but the hard right ploughed on, oblivious to the evidence."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NastyParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NastyParty</span></a> <br><a href="https://thepolitics.com.au/behind-every-liberal-loser-stands-tony-abbott-hit-man/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thepolitics.com.au/behind-ever</span><span class="invisible">y-liberal-loser-stands-tony-abbott-hit-man/</span></a></p>
John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GR:<p>To those piling on to <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/AngusTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngusTaylor</span></a> saying that he was behind the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> mass extinction event, I can say only one thing, “Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.” <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> </p><p>Based on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a>'s metro seat numbers, they should rename the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> to "The Country Party" 😀</p>
AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>More Victorians would have voted for the <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/lnp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lnp</span></a> but they were afraid to go to the polling booths because of all the criminal gangs.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a></p>
Sheepie<p>Dear Libs,</p><p>Most "teals" are ex-Lib voters who felt unrepresented. By you.</p><p>What they stand for are the things they wanted YOU to implement but you never did.</p><p>Don't like "teals"? Maybe adopt the policies that made them stop voting for you and start running against you. Listen to the people in your electorates more, your corporate sponsors less. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a><br>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.nu/@vwdasher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwdasher</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://masto.nu/@vwdasher/114443161932318403" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.nu/@vwdasher/11444316193</span><span class="invisible">2318403</span></a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p>Mike Carlton: "A vote for The Thug is also a vote for the most witless, vacuous, incompetent front bench in living memory: Angus Taylor, Sussssan Ley, Barnaby Joyce, Jane Hume, Michaelia Cash, James Paterson…what an appalling thought."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NastyParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NastyParty</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont 🗳️🚬🚭💰💰💰💰 </p><p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a>’s plan to raise $3.6bn by increasing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VAPES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAPES</span></a> and making them MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE would lead to “serious short- and long-term harm” and is “exactly what <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BigTobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTobacco</span></a> have been asking for”, according to public health experts.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/02/coalition-vape-tax-retail-stores-sales" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/02/coalition-vape-tax-retail-stores-sales</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont 🗣️🇨🇳</p><p>“Foreign Minister <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PennyWong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennyWong</span></a> (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>) is telling voters on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> apps that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> are questioning their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/loyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyalty</span></a> as both sides seek to exploit perceived links to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> while continuing to court the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diaspora</span></a> vote.</p><p>Key marginal seats in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> will likely be decided on the Chinese Australian vote, including the north Sydney seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennelong</span></a>, where a man who held a senior role in a Chinese government-linked influence association (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>) is leading a volunteer group for the Liberal candidate.</p><p>Both claims show the difficulty political parties face as they try to win over Chinese Australian voters with a wide array of priorities, manage Australia’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ComplexRelationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComplexRelationship</span></a> with its largest trading partner, and attack the other side over <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>.”</p><p>Diversity in action.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/bglBZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/bglBZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wong-weaponises-liberal-chinese-spies-gaffe-in-battle-for-vote-20250430-p5lvic.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/politics/federal/wo</span><span class="invisible">ng-weaponises-liberal-chinese-spies-gaffe-in-battle-for-vote-20250430-p5lvic.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont 🗳️💰💰💰🎭🎨🖼️🧑‍🎨👨‍🎨👨🏼‍🎤👩‍🎤</p><p>“A <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> government would divert more than 10% of annual government funding for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CreativeAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeAustralia</span></a> to a single cultural project and unspecified broadcasting programs if elected at Saturday’s federal election.</p><p>In the Coalition’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PolicyCostings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolicyCostings</span></a>, released on Thursday, the “safe, sustainable and connected communities” section contained a pledge to “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/redirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redirect</span></a>” $33.2m of Creative Australia’s annual <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> of $312m “to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MelbourneJewishArtsQuarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MelbourneJewishArtsQuarter</span></a> and supporting <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/broadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broadcasting</span></a>”.</p><p>The quarter is a planned new centre celebrating Jewish <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/shopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shopping</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Elsternwick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsternwick</span></a> in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a>.”</p><p>Entitlement. Since the LNP has no policy, the funding could be more than the stated 10%.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNational</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ClaireChandler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClaireChandler</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/02/coalition-arts-funding-election-costings-creative-australia-jewish-quarter-project-broadcasting-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/may/02/coalition-arts-funding-election-costings-creative-australia-jewish-quarter-project-broadcasting-ntwnfb</span></a>&gt;</p>