The last time Frydenberg was involved with a Royal Commission, respected Commissioner Kenneth Hayne publicly refused to shake Josh Frydenberg's hand. Hayne was furious because his Banking Royal Commission findings were being distorted for political cover. 'Frydenberg 101'.

I suspect elements of the campaign for a royal commission are political and opportunistically motivated. The real intention is to do as much damage to the Albanese government as possible whatever it takes and to serve the purposes of a very powerful sectional interest group.

Putin sends his Christmas wishes and shows his commitment to peace.

The Member for Rankin is Jim Chalmers, who is five times the Treasurer that Frydenberg ever was, and who is smiling, I think, because he can see exactly how much self-harm Frydenberg is unintentionally doing.

In which the man using an unspeakable national tragedy to further his ambitions to sit in the big chair reminds us just exactly how much respect he has for the religions of the world.

‘Never before has there been an opposition that has blamed a government for an act of terror and mass murder. Before Sunday, the rule for both major political parties was to place national unity ahead of any political gain.’ https://t.co/qG00WMBBR6

Thread. And a very important read. I saw the Coorey piece as part of an opportunistic but well-organised campaign to use the Bondi massacre for political gain, using clickbait to destabilise and undermine Labor in general and Albanese in particular.

@TrigwellMatt *Objectively* false. I'm defending him, and I'm a noted critic of his. Regular people think the media has lost its mind. They're scratching their heads, going "why are they blaming him and saying he's MIA when he's clearly doing lots of stuff? That's ridiculous, poor guy."

I know comparisons are odious, but it’s very bad luck for Sussan Ley that we’re seeing news clips of her public and scripted attempts to show leadership interspersed with news clips of Chris Minns looking and sounding like a leader. Very, very bad luck.

There’s nothing loving about “letting women” do this or that, or “telling women” to do anything.

I’ve disliked this muppet for a very long time, but I never thought he was an actual fool until this morning.

Gotta admit, using an atrocity to launch your bid for the Liberal leadership in 2028 is classy stuff https://t.co/PoGj8m7u8O

Saving this in case anyone ever asks me to define “opportunism”.

Imagine being either so ill-informed or such a liar that you’re prepared to let the world know about your ignorance & deception on this platform. For the record, no such ban exists, only enough restrictions to make sure it’s only 30 years between massacres, instead of 5 minutes.

Sharing just to warn the world what’s in store. And I’m not talking about these brave women, whose physical gestures are not what this boy is trying to pretend they are. Good thing I have less than no desire to enter the US any time soon, ay.

Shout out to the #bondi beach life guard who, while there was shots being fired and we were all ducking for cover behind their buggy, noticed someone in the water struggling so grabbed a board and went to rescue them

We’ve all had a good day watching the lovebirds in Tamworth but on a serious note the worst form of politics is the deliberate promotion of fear,anxiety and bullshit to promote a political agenda solely about problems and no solutions…that‘s One Nation.

https://t.co/QQ7Xrgb7oW

It’s not “mass migration”. And saying that it is just makes you look ignorant, fearful, and racist.

Congrats to ABC News Radio’s Sarah (?) Hall for the patience, courtesy and clarity with which she dealt with some of the more moronic responses she was getting from this person in her interview.