💧Jack Vernon

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

If you are going to be trusted with millions of public $$& and to conduct audit, you need to behave better than this. Time for a forensic audit of KPMG. https://t.co/Y2fEDogTkX

[Spoon&Soul @SpoonandSoul]

Golden Apricot & Beef Delight 🍑🥩
"Sweet, savory, and simply delightful"

Serves: 4–6
Ingredients
For the beef:
700g beef chuck or stewing beef, cut into cubes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp paprika
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp turmeric
Salt and black pepper to taste
For the stew:
2 carrots, sliced
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 zucchini, sliced
150g dried apricots, halved
500ml beef stock
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp tomato paste
For the couscous:
300g couscous
350ml hot vegetable or chicken stock
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
To garnish:
Fresh parsley, chopped
Toasted almonds (optional)
A pinch of chili flakes (optional)
Method
Brown the beef:
Heat olive oil in a large pot.
Season beef with salt and pepper.
Brown the beef on all sides and remove from the pot.
Build the flavor:
In the same pot, sauté onion until soft.
Add garlic, cumin, coriander, paprika, cinnamon, and turmeric.
Cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
Simmer:
Return beef to the pot.
Add tomato paste, stock, honey, carrots, and apricots.
Bring to a gentle simmer.
Cover and cook for 1½–2 hours until the beef is tender.
Add vegetables:
Stir in bell pepper and zucchini.
Cook for another 15–20 minutes until vegetables are tender but still colorful.
Prepare the couscous:
Place couscous in a large bowl.
Pour over hot stock.
Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
Fluff with a fork and mix in butter and olive oil.
Serve:
Spoon fluffy couscous into bowls.
Top generously with the beef and apricot mixture.
Sprinkle with parsley and toasted almonds.
Note:
The sweetness of the apricots balances the rich beef beautifully, while the warm spices create a comforting Moroccan-inspired flavor. For an extra touch of luxury, add a few golden raisins and a squeeze of fresh lemon just before serving. 😋

[Deborah Lyttle @lyttle_deb9361]

How about this instead of the other version

[stranger @strangerous10]

Albanese fires back at Pauline Hanson’s 1M+ donation claim & calls out mainstream media for giving her free PR💥
PM “Did she though? Did she? What evidence is there?”
Yes show us the evidence Pauline.🙄 #auspol

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

We've stopped talking about Taylor's "Cayman Is. Entity" which was paid $80,000,000 for water.

The deal was set up & approved by the $32,000 a day drought envoy Barnaby Joyce.

The water ended up being imaginary, the money very real, has never been recovered.

He wants to be PM!

[Gus Lefty Aussie Patriot @GusLefty]

@AngusTaylorMP You were against the ALP Stage 3 tax cuts that gave workers under $140,000 a bigger tax cut that you wanted to foist on them

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

Time to act. Rot spans far and wide. Greens call for KPMG government ban over ethical breaches via @crikey_news https://t.co/tbo2vZ273X

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the extraordinary outbursts of the President of the United States against female journalists... well, actually against journalists in general and journalism. But it feels like he saves his most childlike behavior and irrational language for female reporters, calling them all kinds of names that kids in kindergarten are given times out for. It’s stunning to me to witness such behavior from any leader, any CEO, any person of influence or importance. I’ve never witnessed someone like this raging, this weekend with @meetthepress host @kwelkernbc, just last week in the Oval Office with @cnn’s @kaitlancollins, calling women stupid or piggy, telling them to “smile”, calling them darling, demeaning their credibility. Every good man should denounce this behavior. Every person should be able to stand up for their colleagues and say “No more.”

Imagine this man screaming like this at your daughter, your wife, your sister, your mother... would you stand for it? No, you wouldn’t! And neither should any of us. It’s unacceptable and undignified. Period. End of story.

[Politic@l Spinner. @lesstenny]

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

[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.

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

Here are the active audit contracts the government holds with KPMG and their values:

👉Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) $6.428m
👉CSIRO: $4.9m
👉BoM: $2.1m
👉Department of Industry, Science & Resources (DISR): $1.748m
👉ATO: $680,000

Labor must immediately ban KPMG.

[Squizz @SquizzSTK]

The LNP has gone quiet after the fuel shortages they repeatedly predicted didn't happen - because the government acted whilst the LNP refused to help and only wanted to scare people.

Chris Bowen "When the news is good, the opposition is not interested"

#DopeyDanTehan #qt

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

KPMG caught in a stinking mire of its own making - in a failed regulatory regime. Excellent piece by Anthony Whealy. Labor’s ’deep concern’ doesn’t cut it.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Hunter Biden SHREDS the media's double standard toward the Trump family in one devastating post — and EVERY word is documented.

Hunter Biden just posted something on X that cuts right to the heart of America's broken media landscape — and it's IMPOSSIBLE to argue with.

"So let me get this straight," he wrote. "Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom," referring to the comments the CNN anchor has made about disbelieving some of the claims in Jill Biden’s latest memoir.

"Meanwhile, Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land." TRUE. Over 100,000 Albanians are in the streets. Anti-corruption prosecutors have opened an investigation. Flamingo habitats are being bulldozed. It BARELY registers on mainstream media.

"Don Jr. married the daughter of Epstein's banker." Also TRUE. While Epstein survivors read their FBI abuse reports aloud outside the Justice Department, Pam Bondi refused to answer a even a SINGLE question about Trump and the Epstein files, and DOJ lawyers intervened to make sure she didn't.

"A startup that Donald Jr. fund backs just got a record $620 million Pentagon loan." FACTCHECK: ALSO TRUE. While Trump's own financial disclosures show him trading stock in companies his administration then hands billion-dollar contracts to, Don Jr.'s SHADY investment connections to Pentagon contractors receive almost NO scrutiny from mainstream media.

"Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5 billion in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted." Also TRUE, but that story got almost NO coverage.

And then Hunter Biden delivered the punchline that lands like a sledgehammer: "And I know: 'But what about your paintings, Hunter?'"

HUNTER IS 100% RIGHT: His art sales, laptop, and legal troubles consumed years of breathless media coverage. The Trump children's CORRUPT overseas business deals, foreign investments, Pentagon contracts, and connections to Jeffrey Epstein's associates a free pass.

And while Jake Tapper attacks Jill Biden is being attacked for a book, Jared Kushner is bulldozing protected wetlands for a $4 billion resort while his father-in-law runs foreign policy, while raising BILLIONS from shady deals with foreign governments.

There is simply NO comparison!

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[Gus Lefty Aussie Patriot @GusLefty]

@PaulineHansonOz I do not understand why workers/women would vote for a Party whose voting record shows they do not vote in their best interests

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

Now is the winter of our discontent: Pauline for PM? Her solution to our duopoly grievances? Frack, drill, open cut coal; deport/ban Muslims; restore landlords’ neg-gear/CGT slush; open slather gambling; paywall for ABC; axe Family Court; ‘work choices’ 2.0, burn Aboriginal flag.

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

I repeat: One Nation is a circus, Senator Hanson is the ringmaster, and Barnaby the clown.
#Discuss.

[Barbara Pocock @BarbaraPocock]

3 yrs on & Yates finally takes the fall. For gross, systemic failures, clumsy coverups & attacks on whistleblowers. These guys laugh at Parliament. Time to change the rules. Time for Labor to act on unregulated massive partnerships - who laugh all the way to the bank 🏦💸💵

[Wominjeka Wurundjeri Balluk yemen koondee bik. @lachiemc64]

"Let me tell you a story about One Nation"
If you've not been paying attention, this will blow your mind...