Simon Clark

All round rugby nut. Wallaby and Western Force fan. I’m starting a crusade on climate change.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@DaveMilbo How is that a headline or news? Who cares what he has to say. Utterly irrelevant

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@westernforce Can't wait to see this guy run out for the first 15

[Roy Sholay 🇲🇺🦤 @ephemeral1107]

They are going to make those MAGA fuckers cry!😭

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@Marcela252016 Breathe a sigh of relief. We get a second chance.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@BallinFFB You're culture is gun violence and celebrity worship fueled on bad food. It is younger than football. By a long way...

[Politic@l Spinner. @lesstenny]

Yes I've noticed it and not surprised 🙄 well done Albo

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

Outstanding list of questions that any serious contender for government needs to answer to the satisfaction of the electorate. Failure to do so means you are not fit to govern

[��Dr Richard Sallie MD FRACP🇺🇦🇺🇦 @DrRichardSallie]

Pauline Hanson is scheduled to address the National Press Club on **Wednesday, 17 June 2026, from 11:30am to 1:30pm. I have some questions for her, in case the assembled journalists can't think of any:

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@DrRichardSallie Fantastic summary. I can't wait to hear her response to these questions

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@OBBY001 Id definitely start Donno over Carter. Better form, game control and throws less intercepts.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@sigmundurdavid So good

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@icelandcricket Looks like some of the wickets prepared on the sub continent 😉

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

Compare the pair.

Anthony Albanese and Pauline Hanson both entered federal politics in 1996.

Same year.
Same country.
Same broad opportunity to leave a mark.

Nearly 30 years later, here’s the comparison.

Pauline Hanson:

Bills originated and passed into law: zero.

Her great parliamentary hits include:
• a failed COVID vaccination bill
• a failed burqa ban
• a failed immigration plebiscite
• endless motions, stunts and tantrums that generate headlines and but no actual law

Her own political legacy is mostly framed around:
• blocking other people’s legislation
• forcing inquiries
• leveraging crossbench numbers
• complaining loudly enough that the media mistakes volume for achievement

Parliamentary attendance rate: 53%.

Which does raise the question if Pauline attended parliament a bit more often, might she have actually managed to get something done beyond scowling at modernity?

Anthony Albanese:

Bills passed into law in government include...
• legislating the 43% emissions reduction target
• 10 days paid domestic violence leave
• cheaper childcare through a higher subsidy cap
• energy price caps on gas and coal
• household energy bill relief
• establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission
• the Help to Buy shared equity housing scheme
• banning foreign purchases of existing homes
• wiping billions in student debt
• full school funding reform
• RBA reform
• the under-16 social media ban
• the Future Made in Australia manufacturing package
• criminalising wage theft
• lifting minimum wages for the lowest paid
• delivering two consecutive budget surpluses
• EV fringe benefits tax exemptions
• aged care pay rises
• support for nurse and midwife wage rises
• legislated super on paid parental leave

Parliamentary attendance rate: 83%.

And that’s as the Prime Minister, with international travel, diplomatic obligations, cabinet management, legislation, party discipline, question time, and the small inconvenience of actually running the country.

Compare the pair.

One has spent decades in politics and can point to a list of legislation, reforms and institutional changes.

The other has spent decades in politics and can point to a list of grievances, failed bills, lost crusades and media appearances.

One knows how to govern.
The other knows how to linger.

One built policy.
The other built a brand.

One passed laws.
The other passed through parliament just often enough to remind us she’s still there.

Same starting line.
Nearly 30 years later.

One of them knows how to run the country.
The other knows how to run a permanent one-person protest stall inside it.

Compare the pair.
General advice only.
Please consider your personal circumstances before mistaking noise for achievement.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@TheShovel I bet he watches Fox News...

[Toilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus1]

Just a reminder: when Barnaby Joyce joined One Nation, Pauline Hanson received a $100,000, 42.5% pay rise, due to One Nation getting enough MPs to be classified as a minor party.

Yesterday, she stated that she would not support a 6% raise to the minimum wage.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@ChristypDoran Still don't know how Hastie stopped him. Some tackle.

[Josh Bornstein @JoshBBornstein]

Modelling shows 90% of young Australians will be better off under Labor’s tax reforms https://t.co/ZUTw5VGzvI

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@SkyNewsAust Calling the Leberal Party the opposition, is a bit of a stretch after the last election. They have become irrelevant. Stop pushing this lost cause. Its embarrassing.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@RobHanby @WorldCup26HQ That's a travesty. The technique to score that is something rare.

[Simon Clark @dropindes]

@ChristypDoran I can't believe they didn't win that. They looked really good in parts, but couldn't buy a try. So many wasted opportunities...