Almost identical slogans, 14 years on. Amateur hour.

Wait… is this the same guy who lost $140,000 in a defamation case after he tweeted a homosexual MP engaged in “disgusting” acts that involved shit on body parts?. In that context, these allegations are absolutely wild!.

Labor’s Rob Mitchell lost his challenge to the 2007 result, with just 15 votes shifting (to Liberal Bailey, who described it as a “waste of money”). Kapterian should look ahead to 2028, as Mitchell (who’s still an MP) did after his case, and as Boele did in 2022.

The ongoing self-immolation of the Liberal Party continues. What’s the party’s most embarrassing legal action so far:. - This?.- The “Failed Nomination” Class Action?.- The (ongoing) VIC branch’s infighting?.

Conservative commentators will usually lament the disappearance of an Australia that never existed. Here they’re lamenting the disappearance of an Australia that never disappeared.

“I miss this Australia” bemoans Sky News commentator referring to… . [wait for it]. …the Sydney Royal Easter Show’s woodchopping event, which ended just 92 days ago. 😅. Don’t worry, entries are open for the Royal Melbourne & Perth Show competitions later this year.

22 fines totalling $7,606…. Organised contempt for publicly owned areas under environmental protection is pretty much without consequence. I can’t imagine the costs of surveillance and cleanup will even be covered by the minuscule fines.

RT @BrentHodgson: @saltyskin_ 😴

Sundae has the coffee run down to a fine art. She is a master at sizing up customers outside and identifying which one is most likely to give her pats.

Court art

"Appalling", "insensitive" and "really disrespectful". Glad this has been reported.

How the local dog library works…

Kinder backpack with dogs in sunglasses for nephew: sorted!. Ngl did consider the dinosaur one for myself. Getting late 80’s/early 90’s nostalgia vibes.

Today I learned my dog has her own drawer at our neighbours’ house full of toys and treats for whenever she visits 😭😭.

Quite a piece in today’s AFR. Branches may be down 40% in the “bluest” seats in Victoria. It explains why Exclusive Brethren were deployed to Kooyong (which boasts half of the state’s rank-and-file), and why @CommunityIndeps’s community-first approach is so powerful.

“Just because you lost the election, don’t kick the black football around! Australia is bigger and better than that!”. (This was met with a standing ovation from the bulk of the 1,300-person assembly. Good!). 5/5.

Post-walkout, QLD-based ALGA President Matt Burnett returned to stage to confirm Webster’s remarks did NOT represent ALGA’s position. Last words belonged to Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Mayor Lacey, given the right of reply:. 4/. .

In the context of a Coalition agreement that nearly folded, following an election an opposition ran on “not standing in front of indigenous flags” after thinking a “No” vote was a blueprint for an election strategy, that a NAT MP remains on this failed path is significant. 3/. .

…complaining of the closure of cultural heritage sites (like Mt Arapilies/Dyurrite) to rock-climbers, and other cultural heritage sites closed to campers. Even Coalition-linked ALGA board members seated on stage walked off during the remarks. 2/. .

Hearing Australian Local Govt Association’s General Assembly (ALGA) was derailed by NAT MP Anne Webster today. Apparently her 20-min speech was so piercing in its dog-whistling it led to a board walk-off. Beginning with an anti-renewable rant, it apparently moved onto…. 1/. .