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So Herzog will make an Official Visit to Parliament on Tuesday and journalists have been asked not to report on it. This is really bad. https://bsky.app/profile/nickfeik.bsky.social/post/3me6doslork2b #BanHerzog #auspol #Gaza #StopIsrael

2 Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social - 4h
[=%Y “Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery
have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.”
Incredible.
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Exclusive: Israeli President to Make Official Australian
Parliamentary Visit
The official parliamentary visit has not been made public by either the
Australian or Israeli governments.
® wwwlamestream.com.au
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@Jinjirrie@mastodon.social · 6 hours ago

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Craig Lambie

@craiglambie42@fosstodon.org · 11 hours ago

I'm very excited. Just got my first mastodon instance up and running.
Can't wait to start asking our MPs in Australia to join, I've written a little reasons to go Fedi piece too.
Special instance just for verified gov accounts.
#auspol #masto #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

Craig Lambie

@craiglambie42@fosstodon.org · 11 hours ago

Sheepie

@bastardsheep@aus.social · 16 hours ago

I laugh at DNS blocking (the method I believe they'll use), but most normies wouldn't know how to get around it. Especially from their phones. So this is a good thing. It will be highly (though not completely) effective.

Sheepie

@bastardsheep@aus.social replied · 16 hours ago

I hope ACMA's response to these claims of being a "prediction market" and "derivatives trading" was simply to say "Really? Really? How much fucking contempt do you have for us? That's a no". #GamblingHarm #FuckGambling #AusPol

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But, prompted by Crikey's reporting, ACMA ruled that Polymarket was in fact a gambling operation, and ordered Australian internet providers to block access to the platform as it didn't abide by Australian gambling regulations.

In rejecting its argument that users betting on elections, sports matches, and world events was a form of "prediction markets", Australia thwarted Polymarket's attempt to sidestep gambling regulations. — But, prompted by Crikey's reporting, ACMA ruled that Polymarket was in fact a gambling operation, and ordered Australian internet providers to block access to the platform as it didn't abide by Australian gambling regulations. In rejecting its argument that users betting on elections, sports matches, and world events was a form of "prediction markets", Australia thwarted Polymarket's attempt to sidestep gambling regulations.

In the US, Polymarket and its competitor Kalshi have so far successfully argued their platforms aren't for gambling but instead offer a form of derivatives trading, allowing them to operate with lighter regulatory oversight than traditional bookmakers.

ACMA wasn't convinced. In its final investigation report, dated June 30 last year, the regulator concluded that Polymarket users "are not engaging with or purchasing financial products" under Australian corporate law. — In the US, Polymarket and its competitor Kalshi have so far successfully argued their platforms aren't for gambling but instead offer a form of derivatives trading, allowing them to operate with lighter regulatory oversight than traditional bookmakers. ACMA wasn't convinced. In its final investigation report, dated June 30 last year, the regulator concluded that Polymarket users "are not engaging with or purchasing financial products" under Australian corporate law.

Sheepie

@bastardsheep@aus.social · 16 hours ago

Polymarket has been ruled by the Australian Government to be a gambling organisation, and thus without an Australian license is now illegal to use in Australia. Likely to be blocked to Australians. #GamblingHarm #FuckGambling #AusPol

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/06/polymarket-australia-rules-predictions-markets-are-gambling/

As Polymarket claims it offers a financial product, it never applied for a commercial gambling licence in Australia. With ACMA ruling it is in fact a gambling operation, Polymarket is in breach of the law which says gambling companies must operate with a proper licence.

Crikey

Australia makes landmark decision that 'prediction markets' like Polymarket are gambling

Prompted by Crikey's reporting, AMCA's investigation into a Trump-linked 'prediction market' company led to a landmark decision with dramatic ramifications for the gambling industry.

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ApaulD

@ApaulD@aus.social · 19 hours ago

“In October 2025, something remarkable happened on Australia’s east coast grid. For the first time, renewables generated more electricity than coal, not just for an hour, but consistently over several days.”
#energy #australia
Coal industry will die https://eosel.org/australia-just-overtook-coal-how-the-sun-and-wind-rewired-a-nation/amp/
Meanwhile its damage continues, with impunity
#auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/call-for-more-information-on-coal-mine-water-release/106288312

Calls for more detail on coal mine water releases into reef catchment

There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.

eosel.org

Australia Just Overtook Coal: How the Sun and Wind Rewired a Nation

Australia’s renewable energy transition just reached a turning point. Solar, wind, and battery storage have officially overtaken coal — here’s how the grid rewired itself.

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Cloudslave

@Cloudslave@aus.social · 19 hours ago

The top 1% of income earners received 63% of the benefits from the capital gains tax discount. So says the Parliamentary Budget Office in a Greens-initiated report. The discount will cost the budget $250 bn by 2030, at a time when the budget is under intense pressure and housing prices remain out of reach for most younger people. Seems a no-brainer to wind back the discount. Over to you Jim Chalmers. #auspol #CGT #taxreform

Cloudslave

@Cloudslave@aus.social · 19 hours ago

ApaulD

@ApaulD@aus.social · 19 hours ago

Calls for more detail on coal mine water releases into reef catchment

There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.

eosel.org

Australia Just Overtook Coal: How the Sun and Wind Rewired a Nation

Australia’s renewable energy transition just reached a turning point. Solar, wind, and battery storage have officially overtaken coal — here’s how the grid rewired itself.

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Matthew Rimmer

@drrimmer@aus.social · yesterday

Big Bunnings is watching you - Bunnings wins fight to use AI facial recognition tech to combat store crime, opening door for other retailers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/bunnings-wins-ai-facial-recognition-tech-fight/106309308 #privacy #auslaw #auspol

Ruling made in Bunnings' three-year fight to use AI to scan customer faces

Bunnings was reasonably entitled to use AI facial recognition technology to combat crime and staff abuse in its stores, the Administrative Review Tribunal finds.

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Santa b-Aby

@aby@aus.social · yesterday

In future when you think I'm being super paranoid and over-exaggerating about this stuff, I'm gonna need you to shut the fuck up.

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Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians’ biometric data — and we’re not being told anything about it.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/australian-biometric-id-data-access-donald-trump-ice/

#AusPol #Australia #US #USA #USPol #Trump #GlobalPol #surveillance #surveillanceTech

Crikey

Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.

Santa b-Aby

@aby@aus.social · yesterday

In future when you think I'm being super paranoid and over-exaggerating about this stuff, I'm gonna need you to shut the fuck up.

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Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians’ biometric data, ID documents

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians’ biometric data — and we’re not being told anything about it.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/03/australian-biometric-id-data-access-donald-trump-ice/

#AusPol #Australia #US #USA #USPol #Trump #GlobalPol #surveillance #surveillanceTech

Crikey

Trump, ICE set to be handed access to Australians' biometric data, ID documents

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.

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lucie digitální

@luciedigitalni@aus.social · yesterday

I suggest that if you need to take legal advice about whether someone you've invited to visit your country can be arrested for inciting genocide, maybe you shouldn't have actually invited them.

#AusPol