@geoffkitney.bsky.social
Particularly if you watched SBS Insight tonight and heard the harrowing testimony of how the Catholic Church treated someone who had been abused by a pedophile priest. Absolutely evil!
You’re not supposed to say this, but the torrent of adulation for the late Pope is ridiculous.
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Particularly if you watched SBS Insight tonight and heard the harrowing testimony of how the Catholic Church treated someone who had been abused by a pedophile priest. Absolutely evil!
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Good bit of reporting, this. Advance portrays itself as a grassroots outfit, but it’s actually a front for some singularly unpleasant oligarchs and their nasty mates.
‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richest
The Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation.
www.smh.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Good bit of reporting, this. Advance portrays itself as a grassroots outfit, but it’s actually a front for some singularly unpleasant oligarchs and their nasty mates.
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Hang on. The Orange Oaf said he’d end the war within 24 hours of getting back in the White House.
‘Get it done’: Trump threatens to abandon Russia-Ukraine peace efforts
Over the past few weeks, US officials have acknowledged privately that the chances of a quick peace deal in Ukraine have grown elusive.
www.smh.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hang on. The Orange Oaf said he’d end the war within 24 hours of getting back in the White House.
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The hatred against trans women probably makes me as sad as anything else happening in this world.
Have never encountered a transphobe who doesn’t also reveal their homophobia and racism with the slightest scratch.
Transphobes devote their lives to hatred. My contempt for them is total.
Have never encountered a transphobe who doesn’t also reveal their homophobia and racism with the slightest scratch.
Transphobes devote their lives to hatred. My contempt for them is total.
April 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The hatred against trans women probably makes me as sad as anything else happening in this world.
Have never encountered a transphobe who doesn’t also reveal their homophobia and racism with the slightest scratch.
Transphobes devote their lives to hatred. My contempt for them is total.
Have never encountered a transphobe who doesn’t also reveal their homophobia and racism with the slightest scratch.
Transphobes devote their lives to hatred. My contempt for them is total.
Pure evil!
Fatima Hassona, a Palestinian photojournalist who's stars in a documentary to be screened at Cannes next month, has been killed in an Israeli air strike on her home in Gaza.
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) estimates that at least 157 journalists & media workers have been killed.
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) estimates that at least 157 journalists & media workers have been killed.
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
April 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Pure evil!
Arguably, the worst thing a political leader can do is to beat up a national security threat. Dutton is dangerous.
Mike. I followed Indonesian news in Bahasa media everyday closely. And in direct contact with a prominent politician. There was not a single news item being reported on Russia seeking access to Indonesian military base. It was truly a fake news by Australia media and Komandant SS Spud
Dutton was running around yesterday, screeching that “ the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! “ and howling about “ a catastrophic failure of Australian diplomacy.” It was total bullshit. Worse it was grossly irresponsible.
April 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Arguably, the worst thing a political leader can do is to beat up a national security threat. Dutton is dangerous.
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Alan Kohler nails it: America is becoming a gangster state. Australia should rethink its relationship because alliance will turn into obeisance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Trump's order on showerheads seems trivial but it's a subtle power grab
It seems only a matter of time before Donald Trump uses a crisis and the National Emergencies Act to bring about a revolution in the United States.
www.abc.net.au
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Alan Kohler nails it: America is becoming a gangster state. Australia should rethink its relationship because alliance will turn into obeisance.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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When election time rolls around we don't discuss the big issues such as taxation reform & how it would assist young Australians.
Dr Ken Henry has been talking about it for years. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
Dr Ken Henry has been talking about it for years. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
'The rental property sector in Australia is not a net taxpayer'. Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says that needs to change
Australia's tax system is stacked so heavily against younger people that it's threatening the social compact, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has warned.
www.abc.net.au
April 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
When election time rolls around we don't discuss the big issues such as taxation reform & how it would assist young Australians.
Dr Ken Henry has been talking about it for years. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
Dr Ken Henry has been talking about it for years. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
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Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot
The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.
theshot.net.au
April 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
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Dumping this policy will make Australia the dumping ground for shitty cheap obsolete cars the manufacturers can't sell anywhere else. Under the Libs Australia will go from car manufacturer to the global reject shop car yard. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Coalition to abolish 'ute tax' fuel efficiency standards
Peter Dutton says a scheme to cut the emissions of cars and encourage electric vehicle uptake will be abolished under a Coalition government.
www.abc.net.au
April 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dumping this policy will make Australia the dumping ground for shitty cheap obsolete cars the manufacturers can't sell anywhere else. Under the Libs Australia will go from car manufacturer to the global reject shop car yard. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Successive governments have reviewed the deal to lease the port to a Chinese company and found no cause for concern. Both major parties have made a sudden about-face.
‘Alarmist nonsense’: Labor and Coalition dismissed security risks over the Port of Darwin for years. What’s changed?
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Successive governments have reviewed the deal to lease the port to a Chinese company and found no cause for concern. Both major parties have made a sudden about-face.
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Australia's future must be funded by those who can most afford to pay
New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax
#auspol
@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net Roman Lanis & Mikhail Shashnov
michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...
New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax
#auspol
@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net Roman Lanis & Mikhail Shashnov
michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...
Corporate tax avoidance. Who helps fund Australia, and who doesn't? - Michael West
With the election looming, the promises of the major parties can only be kept if enough tax is collected to pay for them.
michaelwest.com.au
April 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Australia's future must be funded by those who can most afford to pay
New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax
#auspol
@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net Roman Lanis & Mikhail Shashnov
michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...
New tool to track good taxpayers & worst corporate tax avoiders in Australia #infotax
#auspol
@jasonward-cictar.bsky.social @taxjustice.net Roman Lanis & Mikhail Shashnov
michaelwest.com.au/corporate-ta...
It was a terrible cave-in. The cost of it continues to grow as Australia allows its resources to be plundered!
Gina made a lot of money out of that $20 million investment.
But the ALP were weak, they never should have rolled Rudd.
Never forgave Gillard for that, never liked her.
But the ALP were weak, they never should have rolled Rudd.
Never forgave Gillard for that, never liked her.
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
It was a terrible cave-in. The cost of it continues to grow as Australia allows its resources to be plundered!
Thuggery!
Donald Trump signing an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its $787 million settlement with Fox News for lies about the 2020 election, is a warning shot…
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thuggery!
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This is beyond even Putin’s wildest dreams: Trump has destroyed the foundations of US economic exceptionalism. Its ’safe haven’ status is over.
Larry Summers: the sell-off suggests a “generalized aversion to US assets in global financial markets”. He warns of a “financial crisis wholly induced by US govt tariff policy.”
“We are being treated by global financial markets like a problematic emerging market.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...
“We are being treated by global financial markets like a problematic emerging market.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/b...
Bond Sell Off Raises Questions About U.S. Safe Haven Status
As the fallout from President Trump’s global trade war spreads, investors are fleeing what is typically seen as the safest corner.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is beyond even Putin’s wildest dreams: Trump has destroyed the foundations of US economic exceptionalism. Its ’safe haven’ status is over.
The big lesson from America: Never let a thug near the leadership of your country.
“He did not reason himself into his preoccupation with tariffs and can neither reason nor speak coherently about them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated (Gift Article)
The tariff saga is just the latest example of the president’s urge to dominate.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The big lesson from America: Never let a thug near the leadership of your country.
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Petition to stop Sky News from hosting economic debates
April 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Petition to stop Sky News from hosting economic debates
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I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I cannot overstate the importance of reading books, particularly novels by respected authors, for critical thinking skills and reading comprehension. If the big gun novelists don't interest you, start small and work your way up. Or read whatever interests you. Just read. Or listen. It's all books.
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Yes, the self-serving war criminal, Netanyahu, is manipulating The Mad King into a war with Iran.
Very suspicious that Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran during Netanyahu’s visit. Could be setting up a pretext to launch strikes on Iran when talks “break down”.
Trump met his master Netanyahu in the White House and once again held his chair out for him like a loyal servant. I’m unclear if he gave the Israeli PM a shoulder rub, but I’m told Trump received his orders to bomb Iran. If you can’t afford healthcare, war with Iran is the next best thing, right?
April 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Yes, the self-serving war criminal, Netanyahu, is manipulating The Mad King into a war with Iran.
Very suspicious that Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran during Netanyahu’s visit. Could be setting up a pretext to launch strikes on Iran when talks “break down”.
Trump met his master Netanyahu in the White House and once again held his chair out for him like a loyal servant. I’m unclear if he gave the Israeli PM a shoulder rub, but I’m told Trump received his orders to bomb Iran. If you can’t afford healthcare, war with Iran is the next best thing, right?
"There has been much speculation about whether Israel or the US is in charge of the relationship ... The PM of a tiny fake country is marching into your capital and telling your leader what to do. You could be about to fight a war for him. It’s pathetic."
open.substack.com/pub/councile...
open.substack.com/pub/councile...
April 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Very suspicious that Trump announced nuclear talks with Iran during Netanyahu’s visit. Could be setting up a pretext to launch strikes on Iran when talks “break down”.
The Liberal Party has gone rogue.
Note sure what is worse:
- that so many LNP candidates turn out to be rabid RWNJs
- that the party vetting process is so poor, or
- that these dodgy blokes seem to be the Liberals' and Nationals' idea of quality candidates. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- that so many LNP candidates turn out to be rabid RWNJs
- that the party vetting process is so poor, or
- that these dodgy blokes seem to be the Liberals' and Nationals' idea of quality candidates. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
LNP candidate in critical Queensland seat apologises after controversial posts on China and ‘feminists’ resurface
Leichhardt candidate Jeremy Neal says views – including on Covid measures – were shared on social media during ‘traumatic’ pandemic frontline work
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The Liberal Party has gone rogue.
This is policy on the run. An Opposition scrambling not an alternative government ready for office. A coalition victory would be a disaster for Australia.
April 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is policy on the run. An Opposition scrambling not an alternative government ready for office. A coalition victory would be a disaster for Australia.
Malcolm Turnbull was right about Peter Dutton.
Yes, Dutton's not fit to lead anything.
Agree 💯A stark reminder of just how out of touch the Coalition has become. What we’re seeing isn’t just a weak campaign, it’s a desperate scramble from a party that’s lost its way. Led by a man more interested in fueling division than offering hope or solutions.
April 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Malcolm Turnbull was right about Peter Dutton.
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This Lutnick character is a Real Estate spiv from New York, a property developer mate of Trump. Count your fingers after you’ve shaken hands.
Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off
As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.
www.smh.com.au
April 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This Lutnick character is a Real Estate spiv from New York, a property developer mate of Trump. Count your fingers after you’ve shaken hands.
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They hate the ABC. They’ll obey their Murdoch masters and take a chainsaw to the place if they get in.
Dutton tells ABC to show ‘excellence’ or he won’t ‘support the waste’
The opposition leader told ABC radio that taxpayers would not expect the government to support waste at the national broadcaster.
www.smh.com.au
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They hate the ABC. They’ll obey their Murdoch masters and take a chainsaw to the place if they get in.