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In true trumpian style, Peter Dutton has reaffirmed support for 'Jewish/Israeli Loyalty test' questions and cracking down on Palestinian visas

"Coalition leader says he will subject Palestinians from Gaza on visitor visas to more scrutiny, echoing claims – without evidence – they are a national security risk"

theguardian.com/australia-news

The Guardian · Peter Dutton reaffirms support for antisemitism citizenship test question and re-vetting Palestinian visasBy Sarah Basford Canales

And yet more Liberal gaffes...

"Liberal candidate Scott Yung and party officials have declined to answer detailed questions about whether his use of Chinese celebrities and a public relations firm in the 2019 state election complied with official guidelines, as the Liberal party confirms an audit of campaign disclosures."

theguardian.com/australia-news

The Guardian · Bennelong Liberal candidate declines to say whether Chinese celebrity endorsements complied with guidelinesBy Henry Belot

So we've just had mailshots about registering for postal voting in Deakin Electorate. (E Melbourne suburbs)
Libs won by 0.02% after 3 recounts.

The mailshot is NOT from AEC.

They've come from Michael Sukkar's office again, as in 2022, with full colour leaflets promoting him and his fugly mugshot.

This pissed me off 3 yrs ago and my understanding it wasn't to happen again.

So why is it ?

Always cracks me up come election time the classic photo-ops start circulating of 'Politician holding a Beer' and 'Politician holding a Football'... Like we're all just supposed to say "Yup, they're definitely one of us, definitely voting for them now" 😆 😆 😆

(incidentally there's a very amusing photo of Dutton holding a beer in front of him like he doesn't know what to do with it over on the Guardian website currently)

For decades, American Big Pharma has been scheming to undermine Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), which has given Australians access to some of the cheapest medicines in the developed world. Their goal? Higher profits at the expense of affordable healthcare. They’d love to see Australia adopt a US-style privatised system, where individuals are forced to pay exorbitant prices for the same medicines we get for just a few dollars.

#BigPharma #PBS #AffordableHealthcare #Australia #Medicare #HealthcareForAll #PharmaGreed #PublicHealth #Auspol #LNPfail

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/beh

ABC News · Behind America's decades-long fight to dismantle the PBSBy Ian Verrender