The New Black #VoteYes

Looking beyond the headlines. Slow down in order to see more. Open to the new while respecting the old. Curious, always.

[Margie Jones @MargieJay50]

I wonder when Jewish people in Australia will start to realise that Jillian Segal in the past few years has, arguably, done more harm to their standing in the community than at any other time since Jewish people first came to live in Australia.

[Sam Neill @TwoPaddocks]

When the world seems close to pear shaped,
When leaders fill you with despair
When things look dark and dreary
And love seems far too rare -
CUDDLE A DUCK
[ It works ...]

[10 News @10NewsAU]

BREAKING: Beloved New Zealand star Sam Neill has sadly passed away at age 78 surrounded by family in Sydney.

"The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free."

More to come soon.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

The United States carried out a genocide across Southeast Asia. Four million people died. And Vietnam is still Communist to this day.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

No Chinese baby was ever born speaking Chinese. No German baby was ever born speaking German. No English baby was ever born speaking English. They had to listen to their parents to learn the language. No one is born racist, they're taught racism, stop teaching it. WE ARE ALL ONE.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Jess has written to the Prime Minister to "put him on notice".

Hard to imagine a more theatrical form of doing absolutely nothing.

[Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2]

Brilliant take from @PeterBeinart on how pro-Israelis, who kept calling anyone that said Israel was withholding food in Gaza ‘antisemitic,’ immediately shifted their talking point when Israel officially & publicly withheld food to “of course Israel has to withhold food! What are you, crazy? You think they should be feeding their enemies?”

"[Their] standard is what Israel does is right and it should never be subject to any international or American pressure & that the terms in which you have to defend that change. That’s what I mean by a position of worship rather than a position of support, which I think is kind of de facto idolatry.”

This clip is from a lecture I attended with Peter 2 weeks ago in Vienna 🧵

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

The interview confirmed Lee Hanson lives in Tasmania, sits on the One Nation executive, and is campaigning for a Senate seat in Tasmania.

Yet Sky somehow managed not to ask how she is also a $180,000-a-year taxpayer-funded adviser to a NSW senator who lives in Queensland.

Not so much an interview as a supervised outing for unanswered questions.

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Roy Morgan
One Nation fell 9 points over two weeks:
31.5% to 22.5%

Beautiful NPC address Pauline 🙌

Lots of ppl asking how we “combat the ‘rise’ of One Nation” (ie two good polls)

Answer: Just let her keep talking

[stranger @strangerous10]

Socceroo Awer Mabil torches Pauline Hanson’s “monoculture” idea
“It’s all bullshit” 🔥
Says multiculturalism makes Australia the best country in the world.
“If anybody’s trying to divide that, then they’re probably not Australian themselves.” 💥

[friendlyjordies @friendlyjordies]

Let's actually see some of the "quality candidates" Pauline has at One Nation

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Who agrees with De Niro?? 🖐️

[ShiannonCorcoran💉x4 @shiannonc.bsky.social @ShiannonC]

Niki Savva is, as always, the undisputed Queen of the scathe. Regardless of what side of the political spectrum she sits - she writes with a clarity, integrity and insight that is sadly lacking in much of our journalism today.

Savva says what many of us are thinking. Much more eloquently and from a powerful base of hard-won respect built through her decades of experience within the political spectrum.

When Savva speaks about the state of our politics, it’s not from a manifestation of social media fairy farts or the latest version of troll-bot-fest toxic meanderings that are ingested into the psyche of doomscroller-dom central on a daily basis. It’s from decades of factual observations, first-person conversations and evidential analysis.

Those who did see Pauline Hanson’s NPC Titanic moment who exhibited a modicum of critical thinking would be asking themselves similar questions about the motivation of somebody who professes to want to lead the country but instead displays a distinct lack of legitimacy in policy and leadership skills every time she opens her mouth. They would be questioning the increasingly toxic authoritarian likemindedness that we see elsewhere in the world. They would ask themselves if this person is more likely to be motivated by the monetary rewards of stirring up hate and division rather than for any benefit financially and/or socially for the majority of Australians. They might agree with Savva.

To be sure, what Hanson has unpacked and unleashed has frightened the fence sitters and the half-asses. Her adoring loyal supporters are another story, however. They’ve been anger-washed & fitted with rose coloured glasses. They can’t see the hypocrisy of “I’m just like all yous” while financially benefiting from a billionaire who would ultimately punish orangearmy loyalists without blinking.

The real losers of the Hanson-Rinehart bulldozer bash will ultimately be the coalition, regardless of how much Labor bashing the media aspires to on a daily basis. An ineffective & incompetent opposition leader will ultimately bear the brunt of an exodus of discontent right-wing voters with nowhere to go. Alternately, the more moderate Liberal voters will be both horrified by Hanson’s authoritarian impersonations & be despairing of no credible alternative within their own ranks. They will likely defect to alternative MPs like the Teals & independents.

Angus Taylor will not stand up to One Nation. His ineffectual response to the hard-right push is rooted in the perpetual interference of Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin & her husband, Brian Loughnane who have more or less succeeded in destroying the Vic liberals & are on track to ruin any chances the Liberals have federally of winning an election for at least two terms.

Abbott’s control over the liberal party and push towards the hard-right and Hanson has effectively knobbled the entire party. Those who would speak out against it are shut down. The frustration that is evolving in the ranks will be far more damaging to the liberals if they lose any more moderate MPs because they see the Hansonisation of the Liberal party for what it is. Political suicide.

The final player in this fiasco is the media - who are driven by the vested interests of the few who would undoubtedly benefit financially from a far-right and undemocratic government here. The same media who are intent on persecuting the Labor government on a daily basis will not hold Pauline Hanson and One Nation to the same standards.

In Savva’s words “No other politician would survive telling voters they have to wait until after the election to see their tax policy. No other leader would get away with dictating who can ask questions or who can attend press conferences or argues their party is not racist then denigrates Aborigines, Asians, Muslims, vulnerable people and anybody who refuses to speak English at home”

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

The Federal Government is facing criticism from all sides over the weak half-measures in its proposed gambling reforms.

Crossbench MPs are calling on Labor to adopt the landmark Murphy Report in full, including a blanket ban on gambling advertising.

Why won't the PM listen to the rest of the country, not just the NRL, AFL, gambling companies and broadcasters?
https://t.co/kWl9HtgmTT

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Niki Savva says Victorian Liberals are courting One Nation candidates to run in seats where Liberals are weak, to bolster the Liberal vote.

It’s surrender.

The Victorian Liberals have capitulated so completely they now need One Nation as scaffolding.

#Insiders

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Half the Aussies watching our heroic Socceroos this morning did so on a streaming service, the latest figures showed that 0.12% of people opt out from gambling ads on streamers.

Under the government’s new gambling laws, streaming services will be allowed more gambling ads - unlimited ads - not fewer.
https://t.co/WMnBPEYwom

[Sophie Torney @Sophie__Torney]

This backflip is proof that Independent pressure works.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

It's infuriating that our government still refuses to tax our national oil and gas resources adequately. That inaction is costing us all.
https://t.co/8gMcl6kXIY

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Why put your hand up to be leader if you don’t want to do the leading bit?

[Sophie Torney @Sophie__Torney]

Sick of the fighting, corruption, lies and wasted money? Vote Independent this state election.