Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price asserts Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is "absolutely" committed to ending "indoctrination" in schools by teachers, just hours after Mr Dutton said the Coalition had no proposal to change the curriculum.
In short:
The Coalition will not pursue its stated plan to "restore … common sense" to the curriculum.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton previously claimed students were "indoctrinated" by educators.
What's next?
Voters will head to the polls on Saturday, May 3.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has dropped his vow to change the national school curriculum, after comments earlier in the campaign that students should be able to think freely without being "indoctrinated" by educators.
Mr Dutton confirmed this morning "we don't have any proposals" to change the curriculum, despite saying in his budget reply address just a month ago that "a Dutton Coalition government will restore a curriculum that teaches the core fundamentals in our classrooms".
But his comments were contradicted by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price just a few hours later, who asserted the Coalition would end "indoctrination" in schools.
Lets assume 51% vote 1 for Liberal ... then the Liberal wins regardless ...
Yes? That is always the case.
I'm just wondering why you say: "if you vote green in one of those districts then you’re endorsing the Liberal Party of Australia to Drill Drill Drill, baby". Unlike the Liberals and Labor, the Greens are against all new coal and gas.
If you vote green in one of those districts then you’re endorsing the Liberal Party of Australia to Drill Drill Drill, baby.
That's not how preferential voting works.
Anglicare Sydney's 2025 Rental Affordability Snapshot reveals worsening rental crisis, with fewer affordable options than ever. Discover key findings about Australia's declining rental market.
Of 13,334 advertised rental properties...
6 Were affordable and appropriate for a couple on the Age Pension
2 Were affordable and appropriate for a family with 2 children on JobSeeker
21 Were affordable and appropriate for a single person on the minimum wage single parent
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EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion in all dead birds
EPA says toxicology tests after distressing March event detected fenitrothion in all dead birds
Malcolm Turnbull hasn't drunk the Kool-Aid on AUKUS | ABC NEWS
Mark Carney declares victory in Canada election, securing fourth term for Liberals
The Liberals staged a major comeback to retain power, fuelled by a backlash against President Donald Trump's comments on making Canada the 51st US state.
Man accused of murdering Newcastle teenager 'extremely remorseful' as hundreds attend vigil
Decklen Deaves-Thornton is accused of the shooting murder of 18-year-old Ekampreet Sahni Singh in a car park at Bar Beach on Wednesday.
In short:
The lawyer of a man accused of murdering teenager Ekampreet Sahni Singh says his client did not mean to kill or injure the victim.
Hundreds of mourners joined Mr Sahni's parents at a vigil at the Bar Beach car park in Newcastle where their son was fatally shot on Wednesday.
What's next?
Decklen Deaves-Thornton was denied bail on Saturday and will face Newcastle Court on June 18.
Nah, these were neo-Nazis, they're not taking their cues from Palmer, they're taking them from... another guy.
From the ABC article (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-25/melbourne-anzac-day-welcome-to-country-hecklers/105215124):
Police were later seen escorting prominent neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant away from the service.
In November, Hersant was the first Victorian found guilty of performing an illegal Nazi salute in public and was sentenced to one month behind bars.
The ABC understands a group of far-right extremists were present at the Shrine.
This quote cited on his Wikipedia page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Hersant):
After his conviction in 2024 for performing a Nazi salute in public, he stated to journalists "I'm ready to go to jail, because I'm a Hitler soldier and what I'm doing is right".[8]
The biggest issue with this is that people that think like this tend to throw accusations like “neo-Nazi” out like lollies, at everyone that they disagree with about on certain things that are in no way “nazi-esque”.
Disliking the “welcome to country” does not make you a neo-Nazi.
The hecklers in this case were straight-up neo-Nazis.
From the ABC article (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-25/melbourne-anzac-day-welcome-to-country-hecklers/105215124)
Police were later seen escorting prominent neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant away from the service.
In November, Hersant was the first Victorian found guilty of performing an illegal Nazi salute in public and was sentenced to one month behind bars.
The ABC understands a group of far-right extremists were present at the Shrine.
This quote cited on his Wikipedia page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Hersant):
After his conviction in 2024 for performing a Nazi salute in public, he stated to journalists "I'm ready to go to jail, because I'm a Hitler soldier and what I'm doing is right".[8]
The interruption was soon drowned out by louder applause from the crowd, and condemned by RSL Victoria and the premier.
Are you talking about Australian war crimes in 1918 or the fucking events of 1947.
Both - they're drawing parallels between the two events.
That quote is actually from the booklet they published last year, which you can find here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzMIZo-GZLtrakJKkdITx5zhzRSvnPeK/view
Specifically, in this section:
WHAT DOES PALESTINE HAVE TO DO WITH ANZAC DAY?
Few students and teachers sitting through the annual Anzac ceremony, for instance, would associate Anzac day with Palestine — but the first Anzacs invaded Ottoman Palestine in World War I, and they took control of the land and the people for the British Empire.
After the armistice in 1918, Anzac soldiers of the Light Horse brigade remained in Palestine, waiting to be demobilised and sent home to Australia. During this time, some returned to the Gallipoli Peninsula, where they engaged in what was described as the “holy task of locating the graves of Anzacs, and in collecting trophies for the Australian national memorial collection,” solidifying the nationalist myth of the Gallipoli Landings, the anniversary of which was already being observed as Anzac day from 1915 onwards.[1]
Such acts of quasi-religious myth-making about the Anzacs have continued to this day. In 2017, to mark the centenary of the Anzacs’ capture of Palestinian territory, then Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten attended a commemoration service at Beersheba with Benjamin Netanyahu.
In his official address, PM Malcolm Turnbull stated that the Anzacs “like the State of Israel has done ever since … defied history and with their courage fulfilled history. Lest we forget.”[2] His words are striking, not only because of the monumental historical narrative that they invoke (the Anzacs “defied” and ‘fulfilled’ history), but also because of the way in which they situate the Anzacs as “courageous” heroes who birthed two nations.
Turnbull was right to connect the Anzacs’ military successes with the creation of Israel. The Australian victories set in motion a series of devastating events, enabling the fulfilment of the Balfour Declaration, where Britain agreed, despite separate and contradictory promises, to recognize “a National Home of the Jewish people” to be located in Palestine, and the establishment of a “Jewish National Colonising Corporation for the resettlement and economic development of the country [Palestine].”[3] In short, the British mandate was secured in part by the Anzacs, and this laid the ground for the creation of the state of Israel, while preventing the creation of a Palestinian state.
There are some other parallels with Israel that Turnbull did not draw. If both countries form their identities through stories of noble military successes, they both also hide a history of horrific, racially motivated violence against Palestinians. More than this, the brutal massacre committed by the Anzacs at Surafend chillingly portended the Nakba, the catastrophic displacement of Palestinians in 1947-1949.
Turnbull did not share this darker parallel because it did not suit the heroic myth-making project of the Australian and Israeli governments to do so. As teachers, however, it is our obligation to bring this history to light.
Pro-Palestine educators send teachers new classroom resource challenging ‘Anzac mythology’
Teachers for Palestine want schoolchildren taught about Australian soldiers acting as “enforcers of Empire” in post-WWI Egypt.
De-paywalled archive: https://archive.is/aaC2D
Google Drive link for this year's booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z71OI0fDwLIT4e7LzjhKhBXpTy7jrF2c/view
Google Drive link for last year's booklet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzMIZo-GZLtrakJKkdITx5zhzRSvnPeK/view
Teenager shot dead during brawl near popular beach (Bar Beach)
A gunman remains on the run after a man was shot dead overnight during a brawl in the NSW city of Newcastle...
Buses to be stopped for 24 hours in industrial action
Local bus drivers will walk off the job on Thursday 24 April for 24 hours in an industrial action against owning company Keolis Downer.
Residents shaken by 4.6-magnitude earthquake at Broke near Singleton in NSW Hunter Valley
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of the Hunter region with impacts felt as far away as Tamworth and Canberra.
Find out if you're eligible to cast your vote early and where the early voting centres are near you.
De-paywalled archive link: https://archive.is/3LSkV
De-paywalled archive link: https://archive.is/3LSkV
Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, has died aged 88.
In short:
Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88.
Francis had been in a critical condition in hospital in Rome receiving treatment for double pneumonia before being discharged on March 23.
What's next?
Cardinals, including Australia's Mykola Bychok, will now be summoned to Rome to choose Francis's successor.
😆 Don't worry, I nearly posted a similar reply myself
You are correct, but I believe MHLoppy was just making a joke about how 'MSM' is also an abbreviation for 'Mainstream Media'.
‘I would defy ICC, welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to Australia’, says Peter Dutton
It's satirising what the bellends say with a straight face, though. See examples: https://aussie.zone/post/19606192/16128256
But, as was already pointed out, this is satirical. However I feel like it’s gearing up for the Coalition’s response if Labor ends up forming government with the Greens, which I feel like is more than just an outside chance.
They've been trotting out this line consistently for ages. That's why it's being satirised...
4 March 2025
“A Labor-Greens minority government would be a disaster for this country,” Mr Dutton said.*
12 April 2025
"... So a Labor/Greens/Teal government is a disaster for WA. It's a disaster for the economy. ..."
Dutton
6 August 2024
In the course of his answer, Mr Dutton said: "The prime minister, if he's in a minority government in the next term of parliament, it will include the Greens, it'll include Green-Teals, it'll include Muslim candidates from Western Sydney. It will be a disaster."
Damn! The Coles site has them in-stock (and half price) in my area. Woolies lists them as out-of-stock, but that's fair enough the day before Easter Sunday I guess.
According to this page, the Darrell Lea bilbies should be available at Coles and Woolworths, at least: https://savethebilbyfund.org.au/bilbies-not-bunnies-at-easter/
Monster swells claim a fourth life in NSW, while search to resume tomorrow for man washed off rocks in Sydney
Dangerous surf conditions have claimed four lives in NSW over the Easter weekend and authorities spent Saturday searching for a 24-year-old washed off the rocks at Little Bay.
De-paywalled archive link: https://archive.is/FoCxu
“A Minority Government Will Be A Disaster” Says Coalition Of Four Parties That Hate Each Other | Betoota Advocate
No end in sight for Birmingham's 'disgusting' rat and rubbish nightmare as bin strike continues
Birmingham residents haven't had their rubbish collected in six weeks, as a pay dispute between bin workers and the council leads to trash piling up in public spaces and rodents running rampant.
But no one wants to do anything about it
There are many who are trying, but we need many more to join the cause
Portrait of Palestinian boy who lost both arms picked as World Press Photo for 2025
The World Press said the image "tells the story of one boy, but also of a wider war that will have an impact for generations."
In short:
A portrait of a Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza has been chosen as World Press Photo of the year.
"This is a quiet photo that speaks loudly," said World Press Photo Executive Director Joumana El Zein Khoury.
The winner of the 68th edition of the prestigious photojournalism contest was selected from 59,320 entries submitted by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries.
Portrait of Palestinian boy who lost both arms picked as World Press Photo for 2025
The World Press said the image "tells the story of one boy, but also of a wider war that will have an impact for generations."
In short:
A portrait of a Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza has been chosen as World Press Photo of the year.
"This is a quiet photo that speaks loudly," said World Press Photo Executive Director Joumana El Zein Khoury.
The winner of the 68th edition of the prestigious photojournalism contest was selected from 59,320 entries submitted by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries.
Australia Moves To Ban Maple Syrup Because Fuck You Too Canada