Ilandar
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- Comment on JK Rowling reacts to Harry Potter trailer after 'millennial slop' allegations 3 days ago:
I find the “millennial slop”/“we don’t need a remake yet” arguments kinda weird. It’s not a remake of the films for a start, it’s a different medium which hasn’t been used before, but even if it was it’s actually quite normal for incredibly popular pieces of literature to receive multiple adaptations across decades. A lot of the complaining sounds like millennials not coping well with the reality of their aging and the fact that they’re now seeing newer adaptations of the things they grew up with.
- Comment on Match Thread | 2026 South Australian State Election 1 week ago:
She was also slowed down at the start, one of the anchors started laughing. Yet more evidence that the woke leftist ABC are corrupt and are pushing an agenda against One Nation!
- Comment on Match Thread | 2026 South Australian State Election 1 week ago:
Why is Pauline Hanson doing a speech like she (or One Nation) won something? And she starts by talking about Victoria, you cannot make this up lol
- Comment on Match Thread | 2026 South Australian State Election 1 week ago:
Already called for Labor lol
- Comment on Match Thread | 2026 South Australian State Election 1 week ago:
There’s a live watch party on YouTube here with a bunch of Australian politics nerds if you want analysis with your analysis.
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- Comment on SA Liberals stand by candidate who said homosexuality opens up ‘demonic realms’ 2 weeks ago:
They’re so dead and irrelevant now that they have to rely on cookers to run in every seat. Sad.
- Comment on [Video] Australia makes first arrest using new draconian "hate speech" laws against Palestine 2 weeks ago:
lol at that face she pulled
“Yep, this is really happening…”
- Comment on Matt Canavan replaces David Littleproud as Nationals leader 2 weeks ago:
Interesting posturing. It sounds like The Nationals are feeling the heat from One Nation and looking to frame them as American imports. There was also some notable separation between the Coalition and One Nation positions on the Iranian women’s football team this week. I wonder if we will see more infighting on the right as we get closer to elections.
- Comment on Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments 4 weeks ago:
The question doesn’t take that into account so one would assume that in some seats there would be a viable independent that some voters (Greens, for example) would be even more open to than One Nation. An interesting point raised in the podcast was that perhaps some Greens voters see themselves as outsiders in the same way as One Nation voters do, and therefore view a party like One Nation as a more viable option than traditional centrist parties that haven’t done shit for anyone other than those on the inside.
There is always a question mark over this stuff until we get close to an actual election, though. Many people are unhappy right now and might just be trying to send a message to the major parties via polls like this. A sort of “do something or else” type response.
- Comment on Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments 4 weeks ago:
And here’s the direct link to all the data corresponding to the question. 32% of Greens voters were also open to voting for One Nation.
- Comment on Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments 4 weeks ago:
If you’re interested, here’s the corresponding Guardian Essential podcast where they discuss the results and the rationale behind the questions and the phrasing of them.
- Comment on Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments 4 weeks ago:
Yes, it’s another reminder of the very widespread underlying racism in this country. If you give Australians a reason to target minority groups under a false premise (housing prices, cost of living, etc), many will happily take you up on it.
- Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim commentswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 17 comments
- Comment on Pauline Hanson issues partial apology for suggesting there are no 'good' Muslims 5 weeks ago:
Senator Hanson told the ABC on Wednesday that she did not believe there are no “good” Muslims and referenced a non-practising Muslim woman who stood for One Nation.
She apologised if she “offended anyone out there that doesn’t believe in sharia law, or multiple marriages, or wants to bring ISIS brides in, or people from Gaza that believe in a caliphate”.
But she added: “In general, that is what they want — a world caliphate. And I am not going to apologise … I will have my say now before it’s too late.”
Senator Hanson then suggested that the government’s policies were being unduly influenced by Muslim voters and called for a “far more stringent” vetting process for prospective migrants.
“People are in fear. We don’t know who these people are. You’ve got 18,000 people on ASIO’s watchlist. Doesn’t that tell you something?” she said.
“We’ve had terrorist attacks in this country, and it’s not just about terrorist attacks, it’s about our changing way of life.”
Senator Hanson alleged that Australians were not welcome in some suburbs with large Muslim populations, such as Lakemba in Sydney’s west.
That’s not an apology. It’s not even a “partial apology”, she straight up doubled down on her original comments.
- Comment on Angus Taylor rolls Sussan Ley to become Liberal leader 1 month ago:
Yes, elect two of the people most responsible for throwing your last election campaign as your leaders. Fantastic. Great move. Well done Liberals.
- Comment on [Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting. 1 month ago:
Just because you aren’t paying attention, does not mean it’s not a problem. Yes the other protests went well, but consider if there were more Chris Minns. Imagine if One Nation is in power, how would they utilise the police?
Putting aside the fact that you just agreed with me that police in other states and territories do not have this problem, “imagine if they also had Chris Minns” completely ignores the second part of my reasoning. Sydney has a culture problem and consistently elects terrible politicians. Other cities do not have this cultural problem, therefore they do not elect Chris Minns, therefore they do not have insane people utilising the police against protestors. Live in denial if you want, everyone outside of Sydney knows it is a shithole and not representative of the rest of the country.
- Comment on [Video] Australian police violently beat up protester with his hands up at demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visiting. 1 month ago:
the police are a problem everywhere.
And yet no other city or town experienced these issues. It’s a NSW Police and Sydney culture problem.
- Comment on Liberal election autopsy delayed after Dutton suggests report defamatory 2 months ago:
Almost reads like a satirical headline lol
- Comment on How Adelaide Writers' Week imploded after axing Palestinian author 2 months ago:
As I understand, in that instance the guest decided not to attend. I think you’re focusing on the wrong part of the story if you’re trying to determine whether any of the guests were morally in the right/wrong or whether we should feel sorry for them. The problem is that the event is now caving to pressure, which completely kills its premise of being an open space for the discussion and sharing of ideas.
- Comment on Israeli president invited to visit Australia after Bondi shooting 2 months ago:
Hitler was put on the United Nations War Crimes Commission’s first list of war criminals in December 1944, after determining that Hitler could be held criminally responsible for the acts of the Nazis in occupied countries. By March 1945, at least seven indictments had been filed against him.
- Comment on Greens Preferences Flow to Labor – 2010 and 2025 Compared | Antony Green 3 months ago:
They depend on each other in the sense that Labor needs Greens preferences and Greens voters need an alternative to a Coalition government.
- Comment on Greens Preferences Flow to Labor – 2010 and 2025 Compared | Antony Green 3 months ago:
It’s an interesting relationship between the two parties, for sure. As he says at the end, they kind of hate and depend on each other at the same time.
- Comment on Favourite (least hated) and Most Hated Prime Ministers ? 3 months ago:
Probably Gillard within my lifetime. Frankly, there haven’t been any impressive PMs so she wins by being least worst. Howard was by far the worst and most destructive, although it feels like we’re constantly discovering new information about how fucked Morrison was so maybe he’ll end up being worse for me.
- Comment on Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target 4 months ago:
🤡
- Comment on [Opinion] Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time 4 months ago:
There is absolutely no way the Coalition is winning the next election. They are basically extinct fron most major cities now and their core voter base is rapidly dying out. The Liberals been bleeding out to female teal independents over climate policy for 2 elections and a big group are STILL trying to kill emissions targets and overthrow their first ever female leader. It really cannot be overstated how fucked that party is, they are absolutely hopeless.
- Comment on [Opinion] Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time 4 months ago:
Unfortunately, it seems like Labor sees the Coalition falling apart as its chance to setup decades of dominance as the “sensible centre” party, rather than use the minimum two terms they now have to actually show some centre-left ambition.
- Comment on With the Social Media Ban coming in next month what's the plan? 4 months ago:
This is how I feel as well lol
I’m willing to jump through some hoops for messaging services, assuming all my friends and family do the same, but for just general social media I am perfectly content to wave goodbye. It is so far from being an essential part of my life.
- Comment on Financially illiterate Greens supporter appalled by PM schmoozing leader of world's biggest economy 5 months ago:
Betoota Advocate being employed by Labor makes this less funny than it otherwise would be.
- Comment on Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation 5 months ago:
Yes, I’ve wondered exactly the same. Will that be millennials like me (not actually me though lol) in another decade? Again, a lot of the polling so far suggests that us and zoomers move to the right slower than previous generations, but we are still young enough for a big shift later in life. I do feel like there is a certain age at which men often become quite grouchy and stubborn, which are conditions that can lead them down the right wing populist rabbit hole.