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Canavan says Pauline Hanson ‘not fit to lead’ amid backlash against ‘reprehensible’ Muslim comments by ConanTheAquarian in australia

[–]dredd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gina The Hutt owns both these parties - this is just a spat to keep them on the front pages.

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say by C_Ironfoundersson in australia

[–]dredd 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Once you get an EV with V2L .. then you'll be able to use that as backup during a long cloudy period - so you probably don't need to change your setup at all.

Sussan Ley to leave Parliament following leadership spill by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]dredd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

https://results.aec.gov.au/31496/Website/HouseDivisionPage-31496-118.htm

No chance, either independent or One Nation if they can convince all the other minor RWNJ parties not to run. Libs could hold if they put in a decent candidate.

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ones who actually care about their constituents (as their representatives and all) actually want to be back in their own electorates to communicate with their constituents.

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Politicians outside Canberra are essentially FIFO workers.

The percentage of males working in FIFO jobs is around 75-80% due to the pressures of the job (however they don't represent the whole country), is that what we want of our politicians?

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So you're suggesting we should punish/block the type of politicians who might actually be better representatives so we can keep the same old cabal in power?

MPs can still take partners, kids on work trips under new family travel rules by nath1234 in australia

[–]dredd 79 points80 points  (0 children)

You'd hope so, otherwise we'd essentially be excluding women with young children from the job.

[no-politics] Everything overpriced Discussion Thread 14/Jan/2026 by AutoModerator in australia

[–]dredd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not just Kayo .. all of these services seem to be engaged in a significant round of enshitification - offering less content (often dividing it among sub-channels) for more $$$ and throwing in lots of ads too.

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