Nobody in the history of the world who said "I'm just saying" was just saying.

The secret figures who sought to block the release of a high-level corruption report involving numerous political figures, including former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews, have been revealed. skynews.com.au/australia-new…

First replace everyone in HR, Compliance and Procurement with AI. Then switch it off completely, leaving people free to do their jobs.

Finally …this corruption being exposed!! Union leaders have no place on Super Boards, they have no relevant skill. Must be controlled by independent Directors.

At long last, the UN Human Rights Council has formally acknowledged that Hamas in Gaza carried out executions, torture, improperly used medical facilities for terror purposes, and engaged in violent abuses against women and children after October 7. The report captures only a fraction of what actually occurred, in part because documenting these crimes is extraordinarily difficult and because Gazans fear retaliation if they report anything to the UN or other investigators. The findings on Hamas were buried beneath a long section on Israeli settler abuses in the West Bank, but even so, this marks a significant shift for an international body that has long struggled to speak plainly about Hamas’s brutality in Gaza. Most importantly, the report acknowledges but barely scratches the surface of how extensively Hamas has weaponized Gaza’s medical infrastructure, embedding fighters in hospitals, using patients as shields, and turning civilian facilities into operational hubs. The UN even notes that Doctors Without Borders evacuated non-essential staff from Nasser Hospital because Hamas was interfering with the hospital’s operations. When I shared this information, including testimonies from Gazans who documented Hamas’s fascistic behavior inside hospitals, and photos of fighters emerging from Nasser Hospital after the ceasefire, the online “pro-Palestine” chorus had nothing to offer except accusations of Zionist collaboration, accusations of betrayal, and personal insults. This UN report is an indictment not only of Hamas, a violent extremist terror organization responsible for immense suffering, but also of every activist, journalist, and academic who chose to look away. It shows that Hamas’s crimes were so egregious, so undeniable, that even a slow, hesitant, and often ineffectual body like the UNHRC could no longer pretend not to see them. Shame on anyone who still defends Hamas or ever believed its violence constituted “resistance” on behalf of the Palestinian people.

Well said Beefy. All is forgiven.

Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year. Measles used to be an extremely common disease. Just sixty years ago, over 90% of children would have been infected by it, and of those who developed symptoms, around a quarter would be hospitalized. The US alone had around three to four million cases annually, leading to tens of thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each year. However, in 1963, John Enders developed the first effective measles vaccine. Vaccination efforts ramped up rapidly in richer countries, and in the 1970s and 1980s, they were scaled up worldwide. In just the last fifty years, it’s estimated that measles vaccinations have prevented over *90 million* deaths worldwide. Two to three million people would die from measles every year without them. This means these vaccines are likely the most life-saving ones currently in use.

If the Fair Work Commission is truly independent, why are ministers promoting today’s wage rise more emphatically than anything from their own budget?

RT @FinancialReview: Labor tried to block documents that the royal commissioner says reveal cabinet was ‘informed about and considered’ dec…

Great article in the AFR today from @profholden. The proposed changes to CGT are an act of self-harm which will incentivise businesses to stay small and grow slowly--the opposite of what we should be doing in a productivity crisis.

In his AFR opinion piece today @profholden absolutely dismantles Treasury's "removing distortions" argument. He also notes that both the Mirrlees Review and the Henry Review explicitly rejected the idea that capital income should be taxed at the same rate as labour income. The more economists weigh in, the clearer it becomes that these CGT changes aren't removing distortions. They're creating new ones that penalise investment, entrepreneurship and productivity growth. afr.com/policy/economy/there…

This week alone: DOJ opens an investigation into the woman Trump raped. The White House is caught steering a $620 million contract to Don Jr.’s firm. The Pentagon hands out a $10 billion contract after Trump buys stock in the company. Foreign governments are caught funneling hundreds of millions into a random JPMorgan account tied to Trump’s “Board of Peace” with no oversight. It’s just Thursday. The corruption isn’t hidden anymore. It’s happening out in the open.

Asking rents were already growing dramatically faster than inflation prior to the federal budget. Up nationally by 7.3% YoY & 6.9% YoY in the capitals. Lets not pretend this train wreck was caused by tax changes, its government choosing excessive migration levels. Table: SQM

Neale Daniher was handed a diagnosis that comes with 2-3 years life expectancy and no cure. He fought it for over a decade and threw everything at it not for himself, but for others. Inspirational doesn't even come close to describing him.

But they have never worked a day in the private sector; never started a business; built a new product or service; hired a single soul from their hip pocket; or struggled for years, always at risk of going under… What we are seeing is the lid being lifted on those who have always lived completely taxpayer-funded lives trying to take and tax as much as possible to feather the public sector nest. They have never known what it is like to draw a private wage and/or profit. They think it is a zero sum game: any private income, profit or capital gain needs to be redistributed back to government and its dependents. It is the only way they know how to make money: by taxing private citizens and corporations to fund the public oligarchy and its way of life…

This budget feels like a high school project when it comes to the details

This is beyond staggering. Completely ignores a fundamental principle of fairness in our tax system Chalmers is dangerous as he is incompetent, and not half as smart as he thinks

Jumpers in tonight’s game are horrific! Took some time to work out who was even playing. Add in the changed team names and it’s just bizarre #AFLHawksCrows

Does not include their wages. 🐷🐷🐷

Senator Penny Wong expenditure for Jan-March 2026 is whopping $508K. How is it possible to book up a half a million tab for tax payers within 3 months! That is $169k a month $5,644 a day. WTF is @SenatorWong doing on a daily basis to spend $5,644 of tax payers money.