Some of these pork barrelling grants from The Age's research are wild. The actual government buying ice compression gear for Skevs old boys, Jesus wept


This is a form of corruption. It is the use of public money for the pursuit of private advantage for a political party and its politicians. A comment on the "mapping the money" project:

Omicron is exploding worldwide. They’ve declared a “major incident” in London. Biden is going to address the American people. Here, we’re carrying on as if not much has happened. Ideological folly.
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I spent so long working with @swrighteconomy to examine 19,000 government grants that I started to dream in spreadsheets…
Here’s how we pulled the data together smh.com.au/politics/feder…

A clear-eyed assessment from @CroweDM on the chances of independents at the coming election .. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Yes, people, this is happening: I'm running as an Independent for the mighty seat of #Boothby. It's way beyond time to reset the toxic mess of our current politics and demand honesty, integrity and accountability from our leaders. #independentsday #auspol
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“They won’t silence you or me,” he continued. Alas, he was silenced. After a dramatic introduction to the strains of Laura Branigan’s Gloria, all three feeds sputtered to a halt about 2.45 minutes in theguardian.com/media/2021/dec… @ToryShepherd



I'm not sure if any major media outlets would have run a piece like this, but at Crikey we have the freedom to call it as we see it: Gina Cass-Gottlieb should not be head of the ACCC.
She's been put there by Josh Frydenberg to keep the Murdochs sweet
crikey.com.au/2021/12/16/mur…

If you want news that isn’t depressing today, may I suggest: scientists have discovered the first millipede that actually has 1000(+) legs – deep underground in Western Australia theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…


I’m departing @abc730 to host @RNDrive in a big 2022 #auspol/election year, replacing the indomitable @PatsKarvelas (as she replaces @frankelly08 on @RNBreakfast), & joining absolute national treasures @PhillipAdams_1 @GeraldineDoogue on @RadioNational: google.com/amp/s/amp.smh.…

While women outnumber men for marginal seat contests, the analysis shows that when safer seats have come up for grabs, men have been more likely to secure preselection. ⁦@msmartotheguardian.com/australia-news…