Since 2013, the Liberals have appointed 85 of their mates to jobs on the Administrative Appeals Tribunal that pay up to $496,000 a year. The latest batch included 2 defeated WA MPs afr.com/politics/tribu… #auspol @markdreyfusQCMP

Really interesting read from @LisaVisentin on how some of the big-name TV and radio hosts think Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese come across to their audiences: smh.com.au/politics/feder…

You should read this. It graphically demonstrates the bias of the Murdoch media; prepared to bully volunteers because independents threaten their favourite coalition MPs. Support climate change. Express sympathy for Palestinians. They’ll come after you. twitter.com/blairpalese/st…

Farmers and workers call on supermarkets to only buy fruit and vegetables from growers that pay their fruit pickers legally, comes as new Horticulture Award rules come into effect at end of the month.

‘Beneath every confected outrage about trans athletes, trans prisoners and men pretending to be trans in order to lurk in toilets, there is a consistent theme, that trans people are not victims but predators. It’s such a fanciful reversal of reality…’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…





Australia is a bold innovation in government: a nation controlled completely by fossil fuel interests and their media and political managers

It's *nearly* here. @LisaVisentin reports on the main lines from each major party with the formal campaign so very close to being called.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…