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Mark<p>Peter Dutton aka <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a> smacks down suggestions of a lover's tiff between himself and Gina Rinehart. 💔❤️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AustraliaVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaVotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/afternoonbriefing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afternoonbriefing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Andrew Jennings<p>the Monash guy on abc 7:30 was really interesting. An actual trade expert. I learned a lot <a href="https://aus.social/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a></p>
David Sentinella<p>Bridget McKenzie on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ABC730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC730</span></a> is absolutely dodging the question about sacking "public servants". Make no mistake <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> is setting himself as a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> mini-me. They would set Australia back a century. They don't understand health, education or welfare. They dumb down the agenda. Please keep the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> out of Govt. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a></p>
Mark<p>If journos like Sarah Ferguson want <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> to stop talking about the LNP delaying an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> price increase report before the 2022 election they should stop bringing up Labor's promise to cut power bills by $275.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AustraliaVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaVotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Citizen ❎️❎️<p>Chris Bowan on <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ABC730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC730</span></a> "well done Angus"<br>🤣😂</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a></p>
David Sentinella<p>Listening to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AngusTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngusTaylor</span></a> respond to the budget was predictable. Angus Taylor is like one of those toys that give recorded responses every time you touch one of his buttons. Sadly, he's one of those old themed toys where no one can remember the relevance of the message or what movie they came from. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Budget2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget2025</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SayNoToDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SayNoToDutton</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Labor will refer allegations of violence and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> by members of the CFMEU to the AFP. </p><p>Dutton and his corrupt mob are squawking and the media lets them get away with it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrittanyHiggins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrittanyHiggins</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qanda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Would Peter Dutton lie to taxpayers?<br>Only if his lips were moving.</p><p>When <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DodgyDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DodgyDutton</span></a> says he wants to slash <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WorkFromHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkFromHome</span></a> he's not talking about himself.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DuttsCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuttsCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Peter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dutton</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> screwed up <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> for years:<br>❌Beef<br>❌Wine<br>❌Barley<br>❌Cotton<br>❌Lobster</p><p>Australia needs a government that can deal with its trading partners effectively =&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DodgyDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DodgyDutton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Sarah Ferguson: “What is it that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is doing that has become so egregious?"</p><p>A question that puts to rest any doubts about the intelligence and competence of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> host.</p><p>Malcolm Turnbull sets the record straight.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SaveTheABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Heliograph<p>that <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bankstown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bankstown</span></a> hospital video 🤯 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/abcnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abcnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a></p>
Heliograph<p>"Dutton is as popular as smallpox in Victoria" - <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> 😆</p>
Mark<p>Peter Dutton on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insiders</span></a>:<br>"<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> just can't manage money, they can't manage the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TemuTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TemuTrump</span></a> lies as Trump lies.</p><p>Labor:<br>✅ Crushing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <br>✅ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> surpluses<br>✅ Record <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qanda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Clearly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> spokesperson Sarah Ferguson didn't write ANY of her own questions. She's just parroting Dutton's word-vomit.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a>'s Sarah Ferguson spreads the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> of Peter Dutton that increases in cutting <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a>.</p><p>How does she still have a job?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>'s Jim Chalmers set the record straight.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>2/2. Sarah Ferguson continues her anti-<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> rant about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a>.</p><p>People have jobs, wages are up, inflation is down.</p><p>Who's angry? People paid $2 million for a house worth $1 million?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Stewart<p>Josh Frydenberg on <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ABC730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC730</span></a> conflating antisemitism and protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.</p>
Mark<p>Sarah Ferguson: "EXTREME <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> pressures... voter anger at the 10% increase in consumer prices since you came to office".</p><p>So, 3.3% per year? Why would informed voters be angry at the party that fixed the LNP's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> mess?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a>'s Sarah Ferguson claims that the fate of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> government lies with the reserve bank's decision to cut (or not cut) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a> in February.</p><p>So if interest rates are cut the media will cheer on Labor? Fat chance.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>'s tackled <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> and now <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InterestRates</span></a> are set to fall.</p><p>Meanwhile the media is spreading the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> that Australia's in the MIDDLE of a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CostOfLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostOfLiving</span></a> crisis.</p><p>🔹 ⬆️ Wages<br>🔹 ⬇️ Inflation<br>🔹 ⬇️ Unemployment<br>🔹 ⬇️ Interest rates (soon).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abc730" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abc730</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>