Labor's regional minister Kristy McBain has criticised Jane Hume's (tongue in cheek) comments today where the Liberal said she'd have to "speak a lot slower" & is "too fond of good coffee and free markets to join the Nationals" McBain accuses her of insulting regional Australia

🟢 BREAKING: Israel Cuts Aid to Gaza to Pressure Hamas Over Bodies — While Violating Its Own Commitments on Palestinian Remains With the four bodies of slain Israeli captives transferred to the Red Cross earlier today, Hamas has now handed eight since the ceasefire began. Around

The bodies of 45 deceased Palestinians transferred from Israel to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis have not been identified, the hospital’s forensic department told CNN on Tuesday. https://t.co/gGiZXDofvT

Greens respond to Labor backdown on plan to raise super taxes and tax unrealised gains - Nick McKim says govt has "further weakened" the proposal, calling it "a gift to the super-rich that will cost the budget billions"

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treasury website compares previous policy (announced in 2023) to new changed policy threshold to be altered, policy will now only apply to "realised earnings" - not *unrealised*, a major sticking points for opponents of the proposal

Labor government announces major changes to superannuation tax proposal, in a big backdown $3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"

"The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s."

In totally unrelated news, the media would like to unveil its latest recruit for the Press Vs Pollies touch footy match, David Snrocock [Pocock, wearing a fake moustache and hat with little MEDIA card tucked into the brim, comes on and scores 8 tries] https://t.co/4MtNv0SilZ

This cannot go on.

I've exited my naive techno-optimist era & I will unabashedly state we should shame this stuff. That's not how we should use AI: to further fry our brains & turn us into walking zombies. We should build *real* things & avoid these cursed use cases from the 2010s era.

dealing with the critical "national security" issue of *checks notes* kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered furniture

An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:

America 2025

150+ of 190 United Nations members recognise Palestine. Which is a fact that nearly all criticisms of Australia's decision *conveniently* seem to leave out

“The myth of low autism rates among the Amish likely stems from limited healthcare access, cultural misunderstandings, and underreporting—not actual lower incidence.”

Trump has the "warrior mommy" ethos down flat. Stop taking vaccines because I feel like they're bad

So we learned today from medical experts Trump and RFK Jr that people in CA are more likely to get autism and Amish people are immune but I’m not sure what happens if an Amish person goes to CA.

The major theme from a lineup of Liberal rightwingers boiled down to: please don’t abandon the Coalition, especially for One Nation, or start a new party My report from conservative political conference CPAC in Brisbane & what it means for the opposition

“Promoting a mirage of a Palestinian state without taking meaningful action to halt the annihilation would be cruel, cowardly and self-serving.”

Matt Canavan claims Coalition is "on the cusp of walking away from net zero", being read its "last rites" Tells CPAC Sussan Ley should take inspiration from Dutton’s opposition to the Indigenous voice referendum Inside the anti-net zero push at CPAC: https://t.co/hRQeReist0