Tazedevil
@tazedevil.bsky.social
Supporter and member of Carlton Football Club. Member and supporter of Tassie Devils.
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We don't all need a tax cut.
It's unaffordable and disproportionate.
Putting more on the national credit card for the sake of an election.
I wish I expected better.
#Budget25
It's unaffordable and disproportionate.
Putting more on the national credit card for the sake of an election.
I wish I expected better.
#Budget25
March 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We don't all need a tax cut.
It's unaffordable and disproportionate.
Putting more on the national credit card for the sake of an election.
I wish I expected better.
#Budget25
It's unaffordable and disproportionate.
Putting more on the national credit card for the sake of an election.
I wish I expected better.
#Budget25
Tania Plibersek was once a powerful member of the Labor party, high profile Minister and touted as a party leader. Seems to be fading into the distance by the day 🤔
Can anyone work out what the government has actually done to *help* the environment in this term?
Just more votes-before-policy. So disappointingly gutless.
#auspol
Just more votes-before-policy. So disappointingly gutless.
#auspol
March 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tania Plibersek was once a powerful member of the Labor party, high profile Minister and touted as a party leader. Seems to be fading into the distance by the day 🤔
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Ridiculous.
Not only in size but in the complete absence of means-testing.
Gina doesn't need it. Twiggy doesn't need it. Self-funded retirees don't. I don't.
Why isn't it means-tested?
Politics.
Wasting billions just so no-one complains they missed out.
#auspol
Not only in size but in the complete absence of means-testing.
Gina doesn't need it. Twiggy doesn't need it. Self-funded retirees don't. I don't.
Why isn't it means-tested?
Politics.
Wasting billions just so no-one complains they missed out.
#auspol
March 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ridiculous.
Not only in size but in the complete absence of means-testing.
Gina doesn't need it. Twiggy doesn't need it. Self-funded retirees don't. I don't.
Why isn't it means-tested?
Politics.
Wasting billions just so no-one complains they missed out.
#auspol
Not only in size but in the complete absence of means-testing.
Gina doesn't need it. Twiggy doesn't need it. Self-funded retirees don't. I don't.
Why isn't it means-tested?
Politics.
Wasting billions just so no-one complains they missed out.
#auspol
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Rather than dial back on the gambling ads or the kickbacks to fix its integrity nightmare, the AFL is now demanding it receive the private info of every punter so it can track who they are.
We need to break the toxic nexus between gambling and sport.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We need to break the toxic nexus between gambling and sport.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
AFL admits it has lost control of online gambling oversight amid spike in ‘integrity risks’
Exclusive: Leaked documents reveal the AFL struggles to detect if players are using inside information to manipulate betting markets, despite close ties to industry
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rather than dial back on the gambling ads or the kickbacks to fix its integrity nightmare, the AFL is now demanding it receive the private info of every punter so it can track who they are.
We need to break the toxic nexus between gambling and sport.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We need to break the toxic nexus between gambling and sport.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
February 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
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It is madness that this, by Alan Kohler, needs to be said.
If you sell tickets to a sporting event, you start by counting the seats and only selling that many tickets.
For some reason, immigration policy under both parties assumes those rules don't apply.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
If you sell tickets to a sporting event, you start by counting the seats and only selling that many tickets.
For some reason, immigration policy under both parties assumes those rules don't apply.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Australian immigration is a mess, controlled by business and universities
It seems beyond either the wit or the political muscle of Australia's political leaders to set an immigration target, let alone to meet it.
www.abc.net.au
February 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It is madness that this, by Alan Kohler, needs to be said.
If you sell tickets to a sporting event, you start by counting the seats and only selling that many tickets.
For some reason, immigration policy under both parties assumes those rules don't apply.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
If you sell tickets to a sporting event, you start by counting the seats and only selling that many tickets.
For some reason, immigration policy under both parties assumes those rules don't apply.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
Senate Confirms RFK Jr., a Prominent Vaccine Skeptic, as Health Secretary
The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The lunatics are running the asylum.
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An absolute bloody disgrace.
Democracy for sale, rubber-stamped by the duopoly.
I said if this was passed that I'd use my (tiny) influence to advocate for putting the majors last this election.
It's locked in.
Please, vote for your favourite independent/minor party.
#auspol
Democracy for sale, rubber-stamped by the duopoly.
I said if this was passed that I'd use my (tiny) influence to advocate for putting the majors last this election.
It's locked in.
Please, vote for your favourite independent/minor party.
#auspol
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
An absolute bloody disgrace.
Democracy for sale, rubber-stamped by the duopoly.
I said if this was passed that I'd use my (tiny) influence to advocate for putting the majors last this election.
It's locked in.
Please, vote for your favourite independent/minor party.
#auspol
Democracy for sale, rubber-stamped by the duopoly.
I said if this was passed that I'd use my (tiny) influence to advocate for putting the majors last this election.
It's locked in.
Please, vote for your favourite independent/minor party.
#auspol
The Tassie Devil 💪
The argument for the massive pay packets of our top public servants falls apart when you know that the US Secretary of Defense (who has to oversee a budget bigger than the entire Aus Fed Budget) gets half the pay of the Australian secretary of Defence! #fatcats #auspol @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The Tassie Devil 💪
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But also, the 'plan' on the table "...included a cap of two gambling ads per hour on radio and TV...".
Because two ads can't hurt, right?
And they couldn't even go through with *that*???)
Because two ads can't hurt, right?
And they couldn't even go through with *that*???)
January 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
But also, the 'plan' on the table "...included a cap of two gambling ads per hour on radio and TV...".
Because two ads can't hurt, right?
And they couldn't even go through with *that*???)
Because two ads can't hurt, right?
And they couldn't even go through with *that*???)
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Unbelievably gutless.
'What did you do to help problem gamblers and kids, dad?'
'I delayed for a term and said we'd look at it later, son.'
Ban. Gambling. Ads. Now.
#auspol
'What did you do to help problem gamblers and kids, dad?'
'I delayed for a term and said we'd look at it later, son.'
Ban. Gambling. Ads. Now.
#auspol
Australia has the highest gambling losses in the world.
This decision by the government to dodge a tough issue is disappointingly gutless.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
This decision by the government to dodge a tough issue is disappointingly gutless.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Labor shelves crackdown on gambling ads until after election
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s timidity on the gambling advertising debate was evidence of his alleged weakness of character.
www.theage.com.au
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Unbelievably gutless.
'What did you do to help problem gamblers and kids, dad?'
'I delayed for a term and said we'd look at it later, son.'
Ban. Gambling. Ads. Now.
#auspol
'What did you do to help problem gamblers and kids, dad?'
'I delayed for a term and said we'd look at it later, son.'
Ban. Gambling. Ads. Now.
#auspol
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If you were a sports administrator (not the CEO of a 'product'), you'd:
1. Put games on at times that kids could watch
2. Make the fans your priority, not marks for bookies
3. Take care of your players
4. Take less money from broadcasters and sponsors if it contravened 1-3
1. Put games on at times that kids could watch
2. Make the fans your priority, not marks for bookies
3. Take care of your players
4. Take less money from broadcasters and sponsors if it contravened 1-3
The growth fetish that plagues not-for-profits always stuns me.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
January 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you were a sports administrator (not the CEO of a 'product'), you'd:
1. Put games on at times that kids could watch
2. Make the fans your priority, not marks for bookies
3. Take care of your players
4. Take less money from broadcasters and sponsors if it contravened 1-3
1. Put games on at times that kids could watch
2. Make the fans your priority, not marks for bookies
3. Take care of your players
4. Take less money from broadcasters and sponsors if it contravened 1-3
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The growth fetish that plagues not-for-profits always stuns me.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
January 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The growth fetish that plagues not-for-profits always stuns me.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
Why do the NRL and AFL need to chase gambling money?
They don't, other than to build an empire.
And they trample their own fans in the process.
A disgrace.
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If you're going to make a loan, make it to a politically sensitive company.
If it's going to go bad, hope it's in an election year.
Another $50m of our money spent to shore up votes, this time in the regions.
And what does the taxpayer get for it?
Nothing.
#auspol
If it's going to go bad, hope it's in an election year.
Another $50m of our money spent to shore up votes, this time in the regions.
And what does the taxpayer get for it?
Nothing.
#auspol
January 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
If you're going to make a loan, make it to a politically sensitive company.
If it's going to go bad, hope it's in an election year.
Another $50m of our money spent to shore up votes, this time in the regions.
And what does the taxpayer get for it?
Nothing.
#auspol
If it's going to go bad, hope it's in an election year.
Another $50m of our money spent to shore up votes, this time in the regions.
And what does the taxpayer get for it?
Nothing.
#auspol
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I'm not cheering for either side.
I'm far from sure the Opposition is any better.
But I'm not saying what 'should' happen.
I'm giving a view on what people are saying/feeling.
The government has a tin ear. That could cost it.
3/3
I'm far from sure the Opposition is any better.
But I'm not saying what 'should' happen.
I'm giving a view on what people are saying/feeling.
The government has a tin ear. That could cost it.
3/3
January 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I'm not cheering for either side.
I'm far from sure the Opposition is any better.
But I'm not saying what 'should' happen.
I'm giving a view on what people are saying/feeling.
The government has a tin ear. That could cost it.
3/3
I'm far from sure the Opposition is any better.
But I'm not saying what 'should' happen.
I'm giving a view on what people are saying/feeling.
The government has a tin ear. That could cost it.
3/3
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"It's the economy stupid"
- nothing to help fight inflation
- nothing to help fix house prices
- immigration at unsustainable levels
All real.
Then:
- telling people they're helping
- telling people how to think on social issues
Not real, but damaging
2/3
- nothing to help fight inflation
- nothing to help fix house prices
- immigration at unsustainable levels
All real.
Then:
- telling people they're helping
- telling people how to think on social issues
Not real, but damaging
2/3
January 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"It's the economy stupid"
- nothing to help fight inflation
- nothing to help fix house prices
- immigration at unsustainable levels
All real.
Then:
- telling people they're helping
- telling people how to think on social issues
Not real, but damaging
2/3
- nothing to help fight inflation
- nothing to help fix house prices
- immigration at unsustainable levels
All real.
Then:
- telling people they're helping
- telling people how to think on social issues
Not real, but damaging
2/3
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I have zero idea how the federal election will pan out.
But the government's pretense that it's been helping with people's problem is falling on deaf ears.
Labor supporters can argue the reality, but Labor is losing the perception war.
(And much of the reality)
1/3
But the government's pretense that it's been helping with people's problem is falling on deaf ears.
Labor supporters can argue the reality, but Labor is losing the perception war.
(And much of the reality)
1/3
January 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I have zero idea how the federal election will pan out.
But the government's pretense that it's been helping with people's problem is falling on deaf ears.
Labor supporters can argue the reality, but Labor is losing the perception war.
(And much of the reality)
1/3
But the government's pretense that it's been helping with people's problem is falling on deaf ears.
Labor supporters can argue the reality, but Labor is losing the perception war.
(And much of the reality)
1/3
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The Federal election is shaping up as a re-run of the US one.
MAGA-style 'Get Australia Back On Track', with a dose of identity politics and Laura Norder.
And the retort is to go after the person saying it, as they did with Trump.
How did that work out?
#auspol
1/2
MAGA-style 'Get Australia Back On Track', with a dose of identity politics and Laura Norder.
And the retort is to go after the person saying it, as they did with Trump.
How did that work out?
#auspol
1/2
January 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Federal election is shaping up as a re-run of the US one.
MAGA-style 'Get Australia Back On Track', with a dose of identity politics and Laura Norder.
And the retort is to go after the person saying it, as they did with Trump.
How did that work out?
#auspol
1/2
MAGA-style 'Get Australia Back On Track', with a dose of identity politics and Laura Norder.
And the retort is to go after the person saying it, as they did with Trump.
How did that work out?
#auspol
1/2
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“If you ever get overwhelmed thinking about all the things you could achieve with a majority Government give me a buzz and I’ll give you some strategies for putting those ideas on hold until a 3rd term to ensure they never eventuate"
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December 21, 2024 at 4:38 AM
“If you ever get overwhelmed thinking about all the things you could achieve with a majority Government give me a buzz and I’ll give you some strategies for putting those ideas on hold until a 3rd term to ensure they never eventuate"
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This is a nonsense analysis.
They should get the numbers re-run and come back to us.
There is no way to engage with these numbers seriously.
They should get the numbers re-run and come back to us.
There is no way to engage with these numbers seriously.
December 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This is a nonsense analysis.
They should get the numbers re-run and come back to us.
There is no way to engage with these numbers seriously.
They should get the numbers re-run and come back to us.
There is no way to engage with these numbers seriously.
I call bullshit in this 👇
December 10, 2024 at 6:38 AM
I call bullshit in this 👇
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The frozen edge ❄️✨
December 8, 2024 at 6:56 AM
The frozen edge ❄️✨