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Antic’s dangerous ban on gender-affirming healthcare
South Australian Liberal Senator Alex Antic has announced plans for a private member’s bill calling for a ban on all gender-affirming medical treatment of transgender youth. Antic’s proposal would mean under 18s would only be allowed to change their gender in “exceptional circumstances.” This includes people who have “long-diagnosed sexual development disorders.” The senator says …
LNP learns nothing since 1989 gay invasion election
Coverage of the LNP’s historic Aston by-election loss gave me deja-vu. It was like watching the Queensland National Party’s 1989 gay invasion election campaign all over again. Truly, this mob have learned nothing. Election loss after election loss but LNP luminaries still call for the party to move further right. Any further right and they’ll …
Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour
Niki Savva doesn’t like Scott Morrison. In the very first chapter of Bulldozed, she describes him as “petty and vindictive.” Savva was just warming up. After the revelations of Morrison having secretly taken multiple ministries, his colleagues presented him to her as “messianic, megalomaniacal, and plain mad.” “Often, he would screw his friends”, she quotes …
Liberal pollster: we’ll keep drinking the Kool-Aid
Former Liberal strategist and pollster Tony Barry didn’t pull any punches about yesterday’s Victorian Liberal Party election loss. He described the party as looking a bit like Jonestown and said he suspected they’d keep drinking the Kool-Aid. ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’ originated from the 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of an American …
Vic Libs dump City Builders affiliated candidate (sort of)
Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy today distanced himself from Liberal Senate candidate, Renee Heath. Heath is a lifelong member of City Builders, a conservative church allegedly linked to extreme gay conversion practices. Guy made the comments following an article in The Age previewing a segment on Sunday’s 60 Minutes. The story follows a joint investigation …
Liberal slammed for vile slur against Courtney Act Play School episode
The ABC has refuted a vile accusation from right-wing Liberal Senator Alex Antic that Courtney Act’s appearance on Play School Story Time reading a book about a girl wearing pants is “child grooming”. The drag performer recently appeared on the ABC’s Play School spinoff, which sees different celebrities read picture books to young viewers. But in …
Wrong Trent Zimmerman! Australian republic now guaranteed
Trent Zimmerman, one of the Liberals of late unceremoniously evicted from parliamentary office, writes on The Guardian today that he’s pessimistic about Australia’s chances of achieving a republic. As members of the former government so often were, he is wrong. Two words: Eric Abetz. Ah yes. I’m put in mind of that colourful Aussie expression: …
Scott Morrison, Religious Freedom PM & Minister for Everything
During his lamentable tenure as Australian PM, Scott Morrison echoed far-right strongmen around the world. A cynical embrace of religion, the demonisation of LGBTQIA+ communities, and inept governance combined with an unrelenting reliance on spin and deflection. Australia’s Religious Freedom PM and Minister for Everything. We could call the former PM Trumpian, Putin-lite, Bolsanaro-mild, Son …
Which failed political candidate is star attraction of pub crawl?
Most failed political candidates grasp for ambassadorships or other political appointments. Or perhaps trip the light fantastic on Dancing with the Stars. But not Katherine Deves. The losing Liberal candidate for Warringah’s first notable appearance since the election is as the star attraction of a student pub crawl. The Western Sydney University Liberal Club began …
Money! Senator Chandler’s anti-trans fundraising
Money Money Money. Despite failing to find support for her ‘Save Women’s Sport’ legislation and the spectacular own goal of the Katherine Deves debacle, Liberal Senator Claire Chandler continues a campaign of anti-trans fundraising. Earlier this year, Senator Chandler proposed a private member’s bill allowing sports clubs to exclude transgender women from single-sex sports. Then, …
