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Skeptical about skeptics
Still not understanding. Are you casting a formal vote against Labor or are you claiming that there will be a swing against Labor (regardless of the way you vote).Sorry. Meant to be a swing.
Still not understanding. Are you casting a formal vote against Labor or are you claiming that there will be a swing against Labor (regardless of the way you vote).Sorry. Meant to be a swing.
Still not understanding. Are you casting a formal vote against Labor or are you claiming that there will be a swing against Labor (regardless of the way you vote).
Oh. So the same non-prediction I made.The latter. And I’m not voting as I’m not in Dunkley.
Advance is Australia's MAGA, in case anybody missed that.Lobby group made a mark during voice vote and is outspending the Liberals in byelection. Will its tactics work again?
The rightwing political group Advance is running a third-party campaign “unprecedented” for an Australian electoral contest, outspending the Liberal party on social media ads in an effort to wrestle the seat of Dunkley from Labor.
The strategy, being orchestrated by the team behind the referendum’s no vote, is focused on criticising Anthony Albanese over the cost-of-living crisis and community safety. Labor believes it may be among the biggest push mounted by an activist group in a single seat outside a general election.
Dunkley is Advance’s first electoral project since the voice, with the mortgage belt seat a field test of whether its brand of populist, incendiary campaigning honed in the during the voice can have an impact in a standard ballot rather than the binary choice of a referendum.
The group’s rolling billboards – which it calls “truth trucks” – circle the Victorian electorate, imploring voters to “put Labor last”. But despite Advance’s deep links with – and prior work for – the Liberal party, it is not explicitly campaigning for the Coalition candidate, Nathan Conroy, as much it is campaigning heavily against the government. The group plans on “hammering letterboxes” with anti-Labor flyers; it ran full-page ads in Victorian newspapers about asylum seekers; and its paid social media ads are targeted solely at Dunkley.
It's always worth taking some time off for the good of one's mental health.Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce will not attend parliament this week, his party leader David Littleproud says, after being advised to take a break following a late-night incident in Canberra.
Mr Joyce was filmed laid out on a Canberra footpath on one of the city's bar and restaurant strips late one evening after a sitting day of parliament.
The former deputy prime minister apologised for what he called "a big mistake", blaming an interaction between alcohol and a medication he was taking.
Barnaby Joyce takes leave from parliament after encouragement from Nationals leader
It's always worth taking some time off for the good of one's mental health.
Market-based capitalism is a Judeo-Christian principle."Individual liberty, the rule of law, equality of opportunity, responsible citizenship, morality, liberty of speech, thought, religion and association. All of these stem from the core principle of respect for individual human dignity," he says.
"So does representative democracy. And even market-based capitalism. This is a unique Judaeo-Christian principle."
Market-based capitalism is a Judeo-Christian principle.
Well there's Prosperity Theology summed up in a single sentence.
An unnamed former Australian politician, who was successfully cultivated by an international spy ring, once suggested bringing a prime minister's family member into contact with their foreign handlers.
The boss of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation has given few details of the alleged plot from "several years ago" but has confirmed the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce has conducted more than 120 operations since it was established in 2020.
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Mr Burgess has described how several years ago the A-team successfully cultivated and recruited a former, but unnamed, Australian politician.
"This politician sold out their country, party and former colleagues to advance the interests of the foreign regime."
"At one point, the former politician even proposed bringing a prime minister's family member into the spies' orbit. Fortunately that plot did not go ahead but other schemes did."
Following the speech Mr Burgess took questions from assembled journalists and confirmed the former member of Parliament had cut ties with the foreign intelligence service and was no longer regarded as a national security risk.
"Personally, I don't think they'll be stupid enough to repeat what they've done in the past, so problem neutralised, harm in some elements was done," he said.
If I were to bet, I'd bet they were in the Coalition.Fraser Anning?
More detail now available, though it's still not a lot:
ASIO has revealed an Australian politician betrayed the nation. Here's what we know
He has a point. As long as the politician isn't named, every single MP will be under a cloud of suspicion.Interesting that 'Diamond Joe' Hockey has piped up to complain about it.
He has a point. As long as the politician isn't named, every single MP will be under a cloud of suspicion.
That doesn't mean that sitting MPs didn't have dealings with him.It’s a retired politician the article says ASIO said.
Wow.
So what else is new?Jeff Kennett now on admitting he has been on the piss most of the day and saying what a great day it’s been for the Libs. Priceless.
So what else is new?Peta Credlin now calling a 3% swing as a win. Pathetic.
Has Dutton made the predictable "Labor's vote is so bad that they should go to the polls early" speech yet?
Political wisdom is that politicians who go to the polls early (especially if it is just because the polls look favourable) take a bad hit at the election.Dutton hasn’t, but the Sky crew was speculating about it. Credlin (who I hate, but isn’t an idiot) said that if there were three interest fate cuts this year, Labor would go early. I think this may be right.
I hoping that someone with a stronger stomach than me, will report on how the Murdoch press is spinning this as a 'massive loss for Labor' which means that 'Albanese must go'.
It's extremely unusual for bi-elections to favour the sitting government, so, personally, I read this as a devastating loss for the right-wing coalition.
In short:*The former politician accused of helping a spy ring was recruited while serving in*parliament.
While ASIO boss Mike Burgess*provided no information about the person's age, gender or political affiliation, he said they were*recruited before 2018.
ASIO has dismissed pressure to name the former politician.