Australia remains steadfast in our support for Ukraine and we are pleased to be providing an additional $100 million in assistance to Ukraine for vital military equipment.
We will make two additional $50 million contributions to the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) over 2026-27.
In partnership with NATO, Australia is supporting Ukraine to secure the critical military equipment and capabilities it needs to defend itself against Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion.
🚨 BOMBSHELL! Senator Raphael Warnock completely destroys the Trump administration.
He explicitly calls the vile attacks on Black women pure evil and bigotry.
He confirms Donald Trump has intentionally unleashed a terrifying wave of cruelty upon the American experience!
How the fuck do we live in a country where Pauline Hanson can bleat on and on today about Australia’s level of debt while she’s a fully-owned subsidiary of Gina Rinehart, a woman who’s campaigned viciously against billionaires paying fair taxes for decades?
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Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran.
Trump is giving $300 billion to Iran
🚨 Absolute madness in the US right now as the Uruguay national team gets pulled to the side of the road and treated like straight-up suspects.
They literally just landed for the World Cup and security is already ripping their luggage open on the tarmac with sniffer dogs everywhere
Qatar and Russia hosted without this level of paranoia but the "land of the free" is handing out pure humiliation to Global South athletes before a single match is even played, the double standards are screaming.
Australia isn’t “on the ropes” because workers have annual leave, sick leave, penalty rates, workers compensation and safety laws.
Those things weren’t handed down by generous employers. Workers and unions fought for them over generations. The 38-hour week, annual leave, superannuation, parental leave, workplace safety standards and unfair dismissal protections all exist because people organised and demanded them.
The claim that productivity has stalled because wages are “forced up” doesn’t stack up. For years, wages grew slower than productivity and slower than company profits. In fact, one of Australia’s biggest economic problems has been weak wage growth, not excessive wage growth.
If employment laws were making business “almost impossible”, Australia wouldn’t have thousands of profitable businesses, record company profits in many sectors, or unemployment near historic lows.
As for offshoring, companies offshore work because it is cheaper. That’s a business decision made by boards and executives trying to reduce costs and increase profits. Blaming unions for decisions made in corporate boardrooms is like blaming firefighters for house fires.
Australia absolutely faces challenges: housing affordability, productivity growth, energy transition, infrastructure bottlenecks and an ageing population. But the answer isn’t to strip away worker protections and return to some mythical past that never existed.
The countries with the highest living standards in the world generally have strong worker protections, strong institutions and productive economies. Those things are not mutually exclusive.
If we want a stronger Australia, let’s have an honest conversation about tax reform, skills, innovation, infrastructure, housing supply and competition policy. Blaming workers, unions and employment laws for every problem is simply looking for an easy scapegoat.
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore's campaign to educate people about climate change.
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