All you have to be is marginally better than the other side. 

I also wonder if the ALP have given up for this cycle. Every government which has managed COVID well has been returned and we've done well here.

Old mate caught wanking on the minister's desk has gone to the police claiming he's a victim of 'revenge porn'.

Probably was I suppose.  https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/parliament-house-staffer-sacked-for-masturbating-on-desk-makes-police-report/news-story/095e00018f7da2fcd81ff28023705c5a

Andrew Bolt making a surprising amount of sense.

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/andrew-bolt-ashamed-of-australia-over-india-flight-ban-threat-of-jail-and-fines-for-citizens/news-story/558ec9e5abbbc73ceb5fd96ab0ed91d1

Edit:  https://www.betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-betoota/inner-city-leftie-finds-himself-in-that-strange-place-again-where-he-agrees-with-andrew-bolt/

He does every so often. He had a go at his own paper and the other murdoch press when Corby was in the news. Then he went back to normal

The far left dumb fucks & far right fuckwits generally have this cognitive dissonance thing going on where neither would agree about the sum of 2 plus 2.    It's essentially where logic ends & ideology begins. 

Yep.

https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/how-antivaxxers-and-prolockdown-crowd-is-now-running-australia/news-story/3364d95a831aa206a4c75df5cd952272

In other words, the government’s lazy populism has locked the country in a COVID catch-22: The borders are closed because not enough people are getting the vaccine and not enough people are getting the vaccine because the borders are closed.

It is hard to imagine a more moronic hamster wheel for the nation to be caught on as we try to get our society and economy moving forward.

What an own goal this has been for porter. 

Wtf? Friendly jordies producer gets arrested for stalking? The acting premier of nsw? And yet women who have been stalked and victims of domestic abuse get no help. 

Very scary times for democracy when Jordies' producer is arrested by the counterterrorism division for criticising Barilaro.

Looking forward to the deafening silence from the people on the right who talk the talk about free speech.

If they can prove to a court that Barilaro lied in a police report things could get very interesting...

Just watched the four corners episode . And Scotty seriosuly needs to distanced himself.  Yes you can have friends and family who have different views but when you're a leader of a country ..you need to distance yourself from those people.  

Donated some cash to their fighting fund.  It's pretty fucked they sent blokes not in uniform in unmarked cars to make a simple arrest.  The whole thing is like something from a third world country. 

And not coppers either, counter-terroism goons.  What for?  Asking Bruz a question?!

Those thugs rocking up to his door was terrifying. And for what exactly? 

I've always said it. The right's claim to being the modern day defenders of personal freedom and speech is total utter bullshit. 

Yep . And what's worse it's the anti terrorism unit . Wtf . If he doesn't resign or gets sacked then something is wrong.  Clear abuse of power but sadly nothing will change. Especially in nsw where it's been corrupt for a very long time on both sides 

Jordies and his sycophants would argue till they were blue in the face that your argument that both sides are corrupt is a smear tactic from News Limited and THE LIBRUL GUBMINT!!! and that Labor, in fact, are squeaky clean and anybody who can't see this is an uninformed idiot/ Murdoch shill.

Seriously though- this arrest of Jordies and his mate sets a real concerning precedent. It has nothing to do with what quadrant you mark in the political compass. A society where you can be taken in by plain clothes goons for such an erroneous "offence" is supporting other people- and yourself- being f**ked over by the powers that be simply for voicing your disapproval of them. People who think that's ok can go live in China.

100% agree with you about Labour in NSW.  They are as, if not more, corrupt than the current mob .

It does amaze me though that nothing seems to stick on Gladys. 

Fuck a corrupt colleague and turn a blind eye to his dealings.  Nothing. 
Perjure yourself at ICAC. Nothing.
Pork barrel quarter of a billion dollars to marginal coalition seats.  Nothing. 
Shred all evidence of above pork barreling. Nothing.
Barilaro threatening to blow up the coalition, then going on mental health leave (?!). Nothing.

I've studied politics in high school and in tafe and we all knew about how corrupt politics are in nsw. Labor is as corrupt as the lnp.  Sadly most people in nsw have ignored it for too long so it doesn't seem wrong 

For a historical eye-opener you'd do well to watch the recent ABC series on the Luna Park fire. 

There's some very damning evidence presented to suggest that fire was no accident- and the mishandling of the subsequent investigation/ aftermath of the Luna Park site goes all the way to the top...

cheez Carlito, and Qld Vic parties are not any better talking East Coast being the majors.
All 3 of these States discreations/wrongs behind closed doors smelly wrongs have been going on for decades and decades.
So much has been ignored but more so mis informed by the gagged press how can any rank and file react.
I agree it stinks, seems covid is also setting new boundaries on controlling us all what we can and cannot do on top what/who to believe.

Yes both parties are just as bad in qld and Vic. But it seems nsw has left it simmer. Politics needs to be cleaned up 

Watching 4 corners about scomo and his links to these qanon clowns.  Bit of a long bow but there's no smoke without fire.

Plenty of circumstantial stuff including wedging in a strange phrase into his apology to abused children.  The qanon folk lapped it up.

Seriously, Abbott was better than this bloke. 

Well, at least a few got cleaned up finally.....but so so many more out there.
Such POS these types are.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-19/obeid-macdonald-found-guilty-of-mine-licence-conspiracy/100303688

trouble is - whats the alternative ?
I seriously can't see anyone.
Talk about lack of talent across the board.

This is the problem with ingrained two party politics. It's a race to the bottom. ScoMo probably spends 90% of his work time (however much that is), balancing his internal factions.

I had no idea how prominent his mate was in the qanon crowd, and how close they were, he was even on Scomo's famous Hawaii trip!

Wtf was scomo  thinking  that was a car crash presser. 

Christian porter becomes acting leader of the house of representatives.   How can an accused rapists get that role?  Scomo's words seem hollow now. 

Matt canavan.  Wtf ..

Labor extending their Federal two party preferred lead to 8%, it's 20% in Victoria. We won't be seeing a Federal election for a while I reckon, latest possible date is May 2022.*

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/8778-federal-voting-intention-august-2021-202108180625

*Unless Scomo gets really desperate and has the Senate election separately in May and pushes the House election back to September, but that hasn't happened since 1972 and Antony Green says it would be "fanciful".