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Well, Josh Burns can show whether he has spine or becomes the face of an Anti-Green smear campaign.

He went for photo ops, e.g. taking part for 5 minutes at planting under the Westgate Bridge.

Whether he really has environmental-friendly bones I can't say. In Canberra his party wasn't really pushing for better environmental laws.

Does he have democratic bones?

Come on Josh, show who you are!

Don't be a push-over. Our electorate deserves better.

The Guardian · Jewish leaders unhappy at decision to block Greens candidate from Melbourne community forumBy Henry Belot
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Maude Nificent

#Auspol #Wages

i owe the #ALP an apology — i thought they were completely useless, but <same job same pay> is in principle an important leap forward.

since forever women and other marginalised people have been underpaid, based on the assumption they are less productive. now, employers can no longer use bias about productivity to discriminate in wages. (of course, they can continue to do what they have always done which is to simply not give jobs to women and marginalised people, but same job same pay does remove an excuse for ripping people off if they do have a job)

so… what does #LNP plan to do about it? if the party says they will repeal it but Dutton says he won’t, whom should we trust? If dutton doesn’t back down to party demands, how hard would it be to depose him as leader after the election?

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/sam

ABC News · Future of Same Job Same Pay industrial relations laws remain in doubt under CoalitionBy Samantha Dick
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For context:

Lebanese Muslim leaders couldn't even refuse to allow Dutton into their places of worship, the day before Eid, despite him saying Lebanese Muslims are terrorists for fear of the media backlash against the Muslim community.

Yet the Jewish leaders feel so empowered they can exclude candidates from forums to give their favoured candidates a leg up.

This is not about beliefs, this is about the use of one's religious position to influence votes

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Tony Cartledge

Polls are easy to spin, but the real salient facts here is that the duop are only two points apart and #Independents are the only contenders who have enjoyed an increase in their primary vote. That is my spin for true, participatory democracy #auspol michaelwest.com.au/dutton-appr

Michael West · Dutton approval unplugged as work-ban policy hits home - Michael WestPeter Dutton’s approval rating among voters has plunged to its worst level since becoming opposition leader, polling shows. The first YouGov poll since the federal election was called for May 3, provided to AAP, shows Mr Dutton’s satisfaction rating plummeting to minus 15. His net satisfaction among voters slumped by 10 points in the two […]
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It's kind of crazy that Jewish leaders would not only import conflict into a candidate forum, but would clearly pick a side in politics.

This is just further increasing animosity toward Jewish people at a time when antisemitism is at an all-time high:

theguardian.com/australia-news

The Guardian · Jewish leaders unhappy at decision to block Greens candidate from Melbourne community forumBy Henry Belot
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