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- Comment on I'm not sure that talking-point is a winner... 1 day ago:
I can’t believe I’m defending her, but she’s no Trump wannabe.
She’s been saying this crazy shit since 1996. All that’s changed is the level of attention she’s been getting for some reason. If it turns out that there’s been an orchestrated campaign to mass-spam social media with ONP propaganda a couple of years down the line, I’d believe it. She’s been around for decades, and catering to her 5% fringe whack-jobs all this time. Suddenly in 2026, she’s mainstream-relevant. - Comment on I'm not sure that talking-point is a winner... 2 days ago:
I don’t think I could manage to listen to her speak for over 8 minutes, so here’s a tldw:
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/…/106808570PM Pauline’s wishlist:
- End multiculturism.
- End the SBS.
- End free ABC in cities - only regional areas get ABC.
- End access to media she dislikes from the Canberra Press room.
- End all immigration (from non-white places).
- End families speaking languages other than English at home.
- Reduce employee rights. Reduce minimum wage.
- End Trans rights.
- Scrap National Indigenous Australians Agency.
- Reduce abortion access.
That looks like a pretty solid ‘go after the white boomer vote’ checklist to me. I saw her last year, in person she looks oooold. That trademark hair is all fake these days, she’s in her 70’s now. Fairly standard boomer look. Going for the boomer vote is a strategy has been failing the Liberal party of late, there just aren’t enough boomers any more. But if she wins them then yeah - she might get a third of the vote.
- Comment on I'm not sure that talking-point is a winner... 2 days ago:
Hey that’s me! My mum was a Kiwi. Despite my family having been on this island for at least 200 years, my ancestors weren’t bigots, so some of them married foreigners! gasp
- Comment on Kenyan student Sheila Chebii fell 15 floors to her death while working at a Sydney hotel. Her family want answers 3 days ago:
I mean - what coverage do we want as a society on this? The headline tells just about everything we know. This sentence is carrying all that anyone has: “NSW police said a report would be presented to the state coroner to determine if an inquest into Chebii’s death will be held. A spokesperson for SafeWork NSW confirmed it was “making inquiries” into the matter.”
It’d be wall-to-wall if we knew she was murdered. It’d get nothing if we knew she killed herself. It’d get a minor article and the hotel would face charges if we knew a railing failed or something.
But we have nothing in this case. It’s weird that she fell to her death, and a bit suspicious. But I don’t actually know what coverage I would demand in this situation.
“The Family want answers” is probably about the only angle they can go with.
- Comment on You rock up to Super Cheap to deck out your silver 2009 Toyota Yaris. Which aisle endcap you going with? 3 days ago:
I hired a Yaris in Adelaide for a week once. It drove great but I couldn’t get over the dashboard console all being in the centre of the car. And nothing in front of the driver.
I figured I’d get used to it after a couple of days, but nope.
- Comment on Quokkau not federating correctly? 1 week ago:
Is it only Aussie.zone where the posts/comments are failing to appear?
Alternately, are people seeing comments/posts from other instances failing to appear on aussie.zone?
I’m 99% local to this instance, so I probably wouldn’t notice either scenario without replicating it myself.
- Comment on One Nation wants to roll back abortion rights in Australia – and is emboldening activists seeking US-style laws 2 weeks ago:
People want an alternative to Labor. The lazy strategy of vaguely catering to boomers is no longer working for the coalition - that base is simply dying out and they’ve never gotten around to appealing to anyone else.
Now their voters are splintering and ONP is picking up the nutters.
- Comment on 'What a surprise': Butler hits back at forecast suggesting tax reforms will hurt renters 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Why are people trying to raid Scientology buildings around the world? 5 weeks ago:
I mean, was this not obvious from the beginning?
- Comment on ABC radio kills third party internet radio streams and embedded links. 5 weeks ago:
I don’t know whether it’s the reason, but a super obvious one would be to be able to measure how many people consume different shows etc.
If you read their articles or listen to their shows on third-party feeds, they have no way of knowing. Before you claim this is a good thing, some show you love might get cut because they don’t know it’s actually popular.
I just use their apps, so I’m not affected. I can see how people who prefer aggregate apps would dislike this, however.
- Comment on Who do you blame the most for the ongoing fuel crisis in Australia? 1 month ago:
I see dumb people. They’re everywhere. And they don’t even know that they’re dumb.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😛 Friday 17 April 2026 2 months ago:
Disappointed that today’s emoji was not the fire one, @YarraByte.
- Comment on Former US Marines pilot Dan Duggan loses bid to avoid extradition from Australia 2 months ago:
Really? Giving lessons on taking off/landing on short runways - lessons that could be applied to air operations on an aircraft carrier, constutute state secrets? He hasn’t denied teaching pilots this stuff, though he claims he never knowingly taught Chinese airforce pilots. He also taught tight formation aerial exhibition flying, which again could have military applications.
From what I can tell, that’s the main thing he’s accused of. There’s been no accusations of weapons or combat training, actually landing on aircraft carriers etc. As I read it all, I thought “that’s it?” He’s also accused of sending money abroad in some sort of laundering thing, but I can’t see how the US military would care about that enough to extradite him.
They might have more charges once he’s in US hands, but from what I’ve seen in the indictment documents, people could probably learn that stuff in Australia.
- Comment on Former US Marines pilot Dan Duggan loses bid to avoid extradition from Australia 2 months ago:
What a fascinating case! Former US fighter pilot becomes an Australian citizen. Then trains pilots in Australia and overseas.
Is he training pilots in military flying? Or just civilian flying? Is he breaking any laws? Who bloody knows?Reading more about his case:
The 2017 indictment said “Duggan provided military training to PRC (People’s Republic of China) pilots” through a South African flight school on three occasions in 2010 and 2012.
He’s denying this. Though the fact that he lived in Beijing for eight years looks pretty sus. He claims he’s just teaching civilian flying.
His defence lawyer is claiming that ASIO gave him a security clearance to acquire an aviation license in 2022 while he was still in China, enticing him to return to Australia. That clearance was revoked a few days after he arrived and suddenly he’s facing extradition to the USA. The defence is saying they lured him to Australia only to extradite him. And to be frank, that holds water. Though, I could probably also be convinced that US officials were monitoring his movement and started proceedings once he entered a country they had an extradition treaty with.
Dude has been in solitary confinement in Lithgow for over three years so far. That’s frankly pretty damn harsh all on its own for the accusation of ‘three cases of military training’. Three years in solitary for a person who hasn’t even got a guilty verdict? Are the yanks saying that you go to prison for a year per military flying lesson? Are they going to recognise time served if they find him guilty? Are both government going to compensate him for what this has all cost him and his family if he’s found innocent? They have frozen the family home half-built. It can’t be sold or lived in. The family have racked up half a million dollars defending the case so far.
I have trust issues around releasing an Australian citizen to the mercies of the present US administration/military. I am unconvinced he’ll face a fair trial.
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- Comment on Girl, 13, looked up punishment for running someone over after hitting cyclist in stolen car, court hears 2 months ago:
I don’t know what the maximum sentence it is possible to give a kid in this situation, but the longer she’s away from whatever toxic community such acts bring notoriety, the better. Also, there is a significant danger she’ll kill someone if let out onto the street. That simple fact has to weigh down on whatever judge gets this case.
We’re talking about a kid born in 2012, here. She was in 2/3 during Covid lockdowns. It boggles the brain that someone so young can be acting this way.
- Comment on Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith arrested, expected to be charged with war crime of murder 2 months ago:
There was probably reluctance to accept it as true because he’s a VC recipient. One of the only seven living recipients in the world. These guys are meant to all be heroes. And what this dude did in 2011 was heroic. It’s just that he (allegedly) did stuff after that date that we don’t want to believe a hero is capable of.
- Comment on The ‘Third Front’: China resurrects Mao’s military capabilities 2 months ago:
I was speaking of conventional warfare - which is what it would take for a “third front” to be necessary. There’s a huge difference between the assorted military operations we’ve seen in my lifetime and total warfare. Even in Vietnam, the major powers held back. The USA hasn’t actually declared war on a country since 1942.
If the USA actually decides to go all-in on a country, that country is in for a bad time. Even if that country is China. That said, **any **nation that invades China is also in for a bad time. The very idea of such a war is horrendous.
- Comment on The ‘Third Front’: China resurrects Mao’s military capabilities 2 months ago:
In a land of spy satellites, stealth bombers and ICBMs, “hiding” critical infrastructure in your remote mountain fortress is a little archaic in thinking.
- Comment on The ‘Third Front’: China resurrects Mao’s military capabilities 2 months ago:
I believe all nations should have strategies to defend themselves in the event of an attack by a foreign power. I see no controversy, here.
- Comment on Thieves steal 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars in Italy 2 months ago:
The truck and cargo are both missing.
Fun fact: The KitKats are worth more than the truck! - Submitted 2 months ago to worldnews@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Smoking has already killed far more people this century than in the entire 20th century 2 months ago:
Plus there are probably loads of smoking-related deaths in the 20th century that weren’t attributed to smoking.
- Comment on Trump calls out Australia in blistering post declaring the US does not 'need' ally support in Iran 2 months ago:
Two key points from the article:
- The US hasn’t actually requested support from Australia.
- Australian government is not discussing Trump’s personal war - even today.
“I think it’s a reflection on his character more than us.”
That about says it all.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026 3 months ago:
The last holdout servos finally went above $2/l today. I topped up at $1.49 last week. Is this even real?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026 3 months ago:
Jazz hands!! 👐
- Comment on ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸 3 months ago:
You just know you are important when people need to Google who you are and even Google doesn’t know!
Do I take it that the point of the whole post is that the Libs and Nats are kissing and making up?
- Comment on ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸 3 months ago:
This has happened to so many politicians, I can’t be expected to remember them all.
- Comment on ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸 3 months ago:
Okay, Thanks Google. But I still have no idea what’s going on. I remember Sussy being ousted, but didn’t know/remember who replaced her.
- Comment on Are users who openly parrot literal Nazi talking points allowed here? 3 months ago:
Another is shaping the norms of a community and what is acceptable.
This is incorrect. The community shapes itself. The community is lovely. We are not it’s shapers.
You’ve been here about as long as the instance has existed. In the almost three years we’ve been at this, have you ever seen us shaping discussion? Who the hell am I to dictate to everyone what the norm is, anyway? I’m just some guy on the Internet.
I was reluctant to remove a reported post on /c/worldnews the other day, despite it being in clear violation of the sidebar rules.
One neat thing about Lemmy is moderation is all transparent. The modlog is just down there on the bottom of every page. You’ll see that just about all the accounts I ban are for spam with a smattering of troll accounts. We are accountable to the users and not some secret group manipulating discussion out of sight.
