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prodding from community independents.

This could give us a more active commitment to the environment, better governance and a fair dinkum integrity body, and real action, rather than half-hearted action on climate.

It may even lead to a self-confident open discussion about where we want to be in the world. If they do, they will not be putting a hamper on a rejuvenated Labor. Instead they may make Labor more committed and more dedicated to a better service to their constituents.

  • Jack Waterford is a former editor of The Canberra Times.

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@jaykuo The solution is don’t shop or buy on Amazon. I canceled my Prime membership a while ago back, and I do not buy ANYTHING from Amazon. I realize it’s hard to give up the Amazon jones, but you can do it. It’s time for Bezos to find out. Also, #tuckfrump

social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/11 Yet again ABC is pissing me off. This seems the latest in a string of articles in recent days about RHaC & Climate 200 #FUD. They seem to be strongly vibing the Advance RWNJ bullshit about dark money & unfair influence. It's been documented for years that he is an initiator & facilitator, not a puppeteer, & that the vast majority of C200 money comprises tiny donations from ordinary citizens. What the fuck is wrong with this? Why the fuck is Aunty participating in this FUD? I admit this article is "less bad" than some, yet IMO it still is written in a style that vaguely connotates string-pulling & Machiavelli.

#AusPol #Greens #VoteGreens #ProgIndies #WeAreTotallyFscked #WeAreSelfishCruelBastards #Misanthropy #FsckOffDutton! #ShitParty1 #ShitParty2 #ComeOnTanya! #WhyIsLabor #NatsAreNuts #NoNukes #racism #FuckRacists #TuckFrump #OzElection2025

Chinwag SocialUnofficial ABC News Bot (@abc_bot@chinwag.org)Holmes à Court fuels movement that denies he'll have seat at the table https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/simon-holmes-court-fuels-independent-mps-who-say-he-has-no-sway/105210256 #PoliticalPartiesandMovements #AustralianFederalElections #FederalParliament #Elections
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@ajsadauskas @feather1952 Just wanna point out a rather obvious thing. All these monsters, these arseholes, these rabid haters... they did not spontaneously appear from nowhere come January. They were always there, always present in that country. So, all the times in The Before that global tourists visited Merka for leisure or business, all the times that peeps from other lands sought Merka for haven & a safe new life, all the times that women gained rights, that LGBTQIA peeps gained rights... these monsters were there, with lips curled, eyes glaring, hearts of bile, fists clenched, waiting for a time to come when they could publicly unleash their foetid hatred in violence & oppression.

Avoid Merka like the plague... coz it is plagued indeed.

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outside the inner circle are well informed, it is doubly true of our senior politicians, diplomats or spooks. Close colleagues and good personal friends they might be. But they are all used to being economical with what they say. Particularly when they do not know.

Australia wants continuing world growth and prosperity. Our own growth and prosperity depend upon it. But the US no longer seems to care, intending to put itself behind an economic curtain, reinventing its own comparative advantages, avoiding getting involved in international politics and conflict other than when it directly affects its interests. Australia is a major buyer of goods in which the US intends to specialise, such as IT, AI, and computer technology. But it is becoming clear that China has made genuine achievements in innovation in the same area, and that America will be unable to maintain a stranglehold over intellectual property or new product development. Nor will the US be able to rely on an old mate's act to assume the loyalty of its old markets.

Those asking themselves whether they trust the US as an ally, a business partner or a friendly culture with similar values and free markets are also looking with astonishment at America's hostility to Canada, its intentions towards Greenland (which necessarily involves its relations with Denmark and Europe) and various coercive diplomacy towards Mexico and Central and South America. Old friends wonder whether Americans still share the same broad values, and respect for science and education, for a rational legal system, and for civic values. The Trump administration operates by fiat rather than a parliament, reinforced by a tame highly politicised judiciary. It is seeking to write down by executive declaration human rights, anti-discrimination laws and schemes promoting diversity and inclusion.

Australians, even of generally conservative disposition (and Brits and Europeans, and even Canadians) want an open society, respect for learning, the rights of minorities and America's place as a beacon for refugees.

George Carlin once said that, "When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts. It will be wrapped in the stars and stripes and carrying a Bible."

The word "fascist" is not always helpful, because the movement, in revival, is to be found everywhere. America's bigotry, racism, authoritarianism and state terrorism is as American as apple pie. America does not import its bigotries and bad thinking and does not need to exclude it by tariff. It grows its own, the most toxic and contagious of the modern world. If we walk away from them we will be better people. Experience, for example over vaccination, has demonstrated that we cannot convert them by argument and example. It is time for us to grow up, move out, and establish ourselves in the world.

  • Jack Waterford is a former editor of The Canberra Times.

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