The Job-Ready-Graduates (JRG) scheme forces students studying arts, law and commerce to pay almost twice as much for their degrees as other students. It’s a punitive, unfair, ineffective policy failure. Labor campaigned against JRG in opposition but has now owned the scheme for longer than the Liberals who came up with it. The Albanese Government must end JRG. Students deserve the ability to pay off their degrees in a reasonable timeframe and then get on with their lives. Join my campaign today to #FIXHECS and tell the Education Minister that JRG must go.

🚨NEW: Democrat Scott Colom has won the Mississippi U.S. Senate race, defeating GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. He is the first African American to represent Mississippi in 145 years. RETWEET to congratulate Senator-elect Colom on making history!

Australian officials have issued a reminder to shut your car doors after one wombat helped himself to several passenger seats. The notice followed complaints from visitors at a popular picnic area, where the same wombat reportedly kept climbing into parked cars while people unloaded bags or packed up lunch. At first, staff thought they were receiving several calls about one incident. Then they realized the cars were different. The passenger wasn’t. One couple waited nearly an hour before he climbed out. Another visitor said he settled into the seat before she’d even finished putting her things in the boot. Officials asked visitors to keep their doors closed and contact staff if they found an unexpected occupant. After the photos spread online, a park spokesperson clarified the situation. “He hasn’t been abandoned. He lives here. Please stop calling to say someone’s left their wombat in a car.”

Maratus tasmanicus - the best booty in the world! 🕷️🌈

The elite media absolutely never talks about how the Mexican left utterly crushed the corrupt narco-establishment in Mexico and instituted a wildly popular democratic socialist government that’s still going strong after eight years because they wouldn’t want to give you any ideas

I can’t sleep I’m thinking about long weevils! 🖤

Australians, be afraid. Very afraid. A small sample with thanks to @RonniSalt in @shot_au

My latest article for @shot_au where I point out that Segal's latest 'report' was not requested by government or the PM. It's simply a rehash of last year's report - with a purpose beyond its pages. It's arrival has more to do with her strategy of filling media spaces with antisemitism angst now the royal commission is over, and also influencing the royal commission findings. It is also a document designed to inflame culture wars and get people arguing and create political division - a classic tactic of conservatives the world over. Nothing Segal says is new, (except of course for the astonishing claim she makes that all Jews in Australia are unbothered by neo-Nazis!) Comments welcome. theshot.net.au/uncategorized…

Literal jewels of the rainforest! 🌳✨

All the aura to the winner of the New Mexico governorship with those outfits. Deb Haaland, the first Native American woman to govern a state in United States history.

Today’s independent AUKUS Public Inquiry, led by Peter Garrett, found that the submarine timetable is likely unachievable, that successive governments have concealed AUKUS’s true costs and risks, and that Australia could be left without an effective submarine capability.

If all the things to cut…scientists and science funding where we know the ROI is fantastic. Let’s raise some revenue….hmmm @DavidPocock has some excellent ideas

I believe that Texas voting machines are rigged. I went with 2 others and all 3 of us had this problem, on separate machines. When we press the button for James Talarico, Ken Paxton lit up. We had to change our votes back several times before a vote for him would stick In Austin

I feel more people should be discussing Pauline Hanson suing over a satirical song about her back in 1997 and 2003. @PPantsdown (Simon Hunt) released a song, 'I'm A Backdoor Man' that arranged Hanson soundbites to have her saying . . . 'I'm very proud that I'm not natural. I'm a backdoor man for the Ku Klux Klan' and 'I'm a very caring potato', among other words of wisdom. Interestingly, Hanson's so-called support of satire escaped her and through her lawyers, she lodged defamation proceedings in the QLD courts, arguing the satire was injurious and defamatory and the lyrics and audio imputations falsely portrayed her as: • a homosexual, a transvestite/man, or a prostitute • engaging in unnatural sexual practices or pedophilia • associating with the Ku Klux Klan • being a subhuman or a "caring potato" (please try to read that with a straight face) The proceedings resulted in the granting of an injunction in Pauline Hanson's favour restraining the continued publication of the satirical material. After remaining legally dormant for roughly five years, Hanson reactivated the existing defamation case in the Supreme Court of Queensland in mid-2003. Legal analysts and media noted that Hanson revived the lawsuit specifically around the same time she was facing high-profile criminal charges and prison time for electoral fraud. Anywhoo, it seems Pauline Hanson and her team of bald men are very happy to cruelly and sadistically mock others, especially women with disabilities, but when it comes to mocking Pauline, that so-called sense of humour suddenly vaporises. .

This is now a pattern: Meta suspended Lula’s account right in the middle of Brazil’s election (acc to whistleblowers). The No Kings account was inaccessible during the last No Kings event. And now this. It certainly seems like Meta is engaged in a deliberate attempt to harm or silence those who oppose Trump, his party, or his allies. Seems that a lot of us are going to have to use some alternative. Meta may be becoming like Starlink and Starshield: unreliable and untrustworthy

Did you know we’re below the minimum recommended amount of oil, and just barely above the *statutory minimum* in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Lowest level since 1982, and gas is still through the roof. What happens when the war in Iran kicks back off?

"Senator...I...I....I...I....." Lied to the Royal Commission? For how long are we expected to sit back and watch our hard-earned taxpayer dollars get funneled directly into the pockets of this person? No more excuses, no more delays—sack her NOW!

David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood” Who is she partnering with? 🚩

The Government™ has made an ad about the protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.🌍🌎🌏

The biggest issue with doing anything on the moon, is the fact that the moon wants to murder you. With moon dust. The stuff was the biggest surprise for NASA, who didn't expect moon dust to tear apart everything.