One Nation is being urged to pull down a "disturbing" cartoon depicting politicians getting rammed by an SUV, which has resurfaced in the days after the horrific attack on federal MP Helen Haines.

Haines' husband Phil fronted the media on Wednesday evening, confirming both of his wife's legs had been amputated after the incident.

The animation, released several years ago, features cartoon versions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews being struck by a vehicle.

If we cannot agree to disagree in a civil and safe manner, the result is a worse democracy.

No more public mobile offices.

It will involve a lot more AFP, police etc.

Is that the society or democracy that we want? 2 police and body guards following politicians aren’t every time that they just want to talk to the community because of safety

Only two months ago, a group called Compassion in Politics Australia gained the first signatory to its "Civility Pledge".

Helen Haines.

The organisation, based on a similar foundation in the United Kingdom, aims to turn the tide of toxic debate and build a better politics.

As a start, it's asking elected officials to sign a simple pledge. "In my political life, I pledge to act with honesty, respect, and compassion," is all it states.

Breaking news, and hearts. Just watch out for the guns - they'll getcha.

Source: 7NewsSC

TL;DR:

It’s reallllll bad. For example, a few universities have already taken down their sites, meaning upcoming exams may be unable to be taken.

Excerpt from ABC’s linked article:

Australia's own cybersecurity agency was among the government websites affected by vulnerabilities in a widely used internet programming language that hackers are believed to be exploiting.

Developers of the PHP programming language have identified two critical vulnerabilities and have been urging website operators to run an update to fix the issues.
The issue was first discovered using AI, according to a Google-owned cybersecurity agency.

PHP underpins large parts of the internet, raising concerns that a significant number of websites could be vulnerable to attack

Phon must be getting desperate after alienating half of Australians population by mocking a woman’s health condition
Trying to somehow suggest the completely insane actions of an individual with a history of mental health problems are the governments fault is completely beyond the pale.
The tone of political discourse in Australia has turned exponentially toxic since the emergence of PHON and their racist, homophobic, bigoted rhetoric

Source: tallncurly

What's up with Maccas promoting their protein content? I don't know anyone who is consciously choosing a fast food burger for it's nutrition content...

Trying to ride a nutrition trend, or just pointless marketing?

This fuckwit turned up to court wearing a Support BRS hat. He needs to go to jail.

This was not a once-off thing, this happened numerous times:

They alleged emails were sent to Mr Burnell's official email address twice in 2023, on May 2 and November 30, and three times in 2024, on May 12, August 4 and August 20.

They further alleged Mr Munro sent a further five emails in 2025, on June 6 and 17, July 14 and 15 and on December 31.

Community opposition to one of Melbourne's largest hyperscale data centres has smashed the value of one of Australia's biggest companies.

A neighbourhood dispute over power poles has forced multi-billion-dollar tech giant NextDC to cut its net earnings and revenue forecasts by tens of millions of dollars, with a planned expansion hit with power supply and government approval delays.

The company, among Australia's largest 100 listed companies, notified the stock exchange this morning that its net revenue for the current financial year would be slashed by a third — now $475 million to $500 million — down from $615 million to $640 million.

The company's operating profitability was also revised down to $245 million to $265 million, from $385 million to $410 million.

Following this morning's announcement, NextDC's stock plummeted by 40 per cent.

NextDC attributed the revised estimates to delays to electricity network upgrades by energy supplier Jemena, required to increase power supply to its M3 data centre in West Footscray.

The West Footscray data centre, located just 15 metres from homes, has long been the subject of community opposition due to concerns over diesel and noise pollution. 

A 66-year-old woman has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attempting to remove a person's religious clothing at Manly, in Brisbane's bayside, earlier this year.

The woman, from Lakeland in Queensland's far north, is accused of twice verbally harassing a group of people on February 21 at Bayside Park.

It is alleged she also attempted to remove religious clothing from one member of the group.

On September 22, counter terrorism police searched a Manly property, and charged the woman with one count of common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime circumstance of aggravation.

She is due to face Wynnum Magistrates Court next Monday.

As the nation reels from this horrific car attack on Helen Haines, we need to draw attention to the root causes and drivers of increasingly violent sentiment towards elected officials. This cartoon from One Nation is a classic example. It normalises the exact method that was used to attack Helen Haines yesterday. One Nation should remove it and apologise.

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Authorities are charging almost one individual every week for targeting Commonwealth parliamentarians or high office holders.

The attack on Independent MP Helen Haines has shocked Canberra and the wider community.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett says authorities are charging “almost one individual every week” for targeting Commonwealth parliamentarians or high office holders, adding it is one of the “biggest parts of the business”.

Australia's domestic security agency says it has foiled four advanced terror plots since the Bondi terror attack last December.

In a submission to a new parliamentary inquiry into radicalisation, the agency lays out the volume of terror threats it is encountering, and suggests the threat is escalating.

"There have been 33 major counter-terrorism disruptions in Australia since September 2014, meaning the prevention of an imminent or advanced attack plot," it says in the submission," the submission says.

"Since the Bondi attack, the AFP and state and territory law enforcement agencies, supported by ASIO, have disrupted 4 plots involving advanced or imminent attack planning (included in the 33), and 16 other serious terror-related incidents.

"These 16 'other' disruptions include cases where attack planning was present, but not imminent or advanced."

The four attacks include "a planned antisemitic attack, threats to kill Muslims, and an advocate of racist violence found in possession of weapons and ammunition".

The inquiry is looking at the drivers of radicalisation in Australia, and how the landscape for police security agencies is changing.

The ASIO submission warns individuals are becoming more frequently radicalised online, and that process is becoming both faster and harder to detect.

Fellow Australians I can't stand Facebook scroll it relentlessly dopamine addiction I guess.

I have deactivated it here and there but usually go back after a week.

I have an app block that gives me 30 minutes a day then I switch to browser.

I know just delete account right sounds easy can't bring myself to do it.

Have you deleted your account and not missed it marketplace community groups etc

Cheers all

Article excerpts:

The sister of murdered UK MP Jo Cox has called on Australia to see the attack that left independent MP Helen Haines in a critical condition as a turning point.

Cox was murdered aged 41 in 2016, when she was shot and stabbed multiple times by a far-right extremist.

Since then, former UK MP Ann Widdecombe was killed this year and sitting UK MP Sir David Amess was killed in 2021.

Kim Leadbeater, who is now the MP of the constituency formerly held by her late sister, called on Australia to unite against these kind of attacks.

"Maybe for Australia this is your moment to think about what your politics looks like and how we can bring people together [and] find common ground," Ms Leadbeater told 7.30.

"That was something my sister was brilliant at, and I would imagine it's something Helen [Haines] is good at.

"I am devastated for Helen and for her family, her friends, her colleagues, her staff, that I am probably one of the few people, I suppose, that can understand a little bit of what they're going through."

She echoed calls from politicians, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, for a calmer discourse.

The really depressing thing for me is I've been giving a very similar interview for the last 10 years about how we need to look at our political culture in this country, and it would seem in other countries as well," Ms Leadbeater said.

"I find it really frustrating that we're having the same conversation and every time something so horrific happens."

She said while robust political debate was important, she believed more civilised comment was needed.

"Things don't happen in a vacuum and horrendous attacks and incidents like this don't happen in isolation," she said.

"They are part of a wider culture around politics and society [and] we all have a role to play in that."

Wondering if this would actually be immersive, distracting AF, or just an overpriced gimmick?

Original

Edit: Apparently Hoyts has them in a few places in NSW/VIC too?

Perhaps a lack of housing affordability and wealth inequality form the basis for a narrative that the Boomers are to blame.

At the same time it sounds like a discussion in Australia is opening up about what people should do with their PPOR; and by extension, in the extreme case, should we mandate that anyone over say 67 years of age should downsize their PPOR to help fund their retirement?

If this is the case and the PPOR formally becomes part of a person’s retirement savings then the whole concept around the role of a PPOR in Australia becomes debatable.

In addition, if this argument gains traction then some might propose that it should be extended so that it is mandatory that anyone who has more than say 2 spare bedrooms in their PPOR must also downsize.

The father of a 43-year-old man accused of allegedly attacking Helen Haines has pledged to work with police and described the incident as “shocking and horrific”.

The independent MP remained in a critical condition on Tuesday after being airlifted from Wangaratta in northern Victoria to Melbourne’s Alfred hospital for emergency surgery on Monday night. She has lost one leg, with surgeons working to save the other.

Police confirmed a 43-year-old Tarrawingee man alleged to have driven the Toyota LandCruiser was arrested at the scene.In a statement, Brendan Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, and Rod’s partner, Christine Cunningham, said Haines had been their friend for more than 20 years.

“What happened to her yesterday is devastating and unfathomable,” they said.

“We would like to sincerely thank members of the local community and police who came to Helen’s aid yesterday … We will be assisting Victoria Police in any way we can.

“Helen Haines is a deeply respected, valued and much loved member of our local community.”

Bodycam footage from police patrolling an anti-Isaac Herzog protest earlier this year has been aired in a Sydney court, including a clip showing the actions of an officer before he boasted, “I punched him in the head when he was down.”

On Friday, Downing Centre local court viewed new bodycam footage that showed what happened before those controversial comments.

Lawyer Nick Hanna said the video, which shows the officer running at Wenzel Auch and pushing him to the ground, depicted an “unlawful use of force”.

Auch was charged with assaulting police but the charge was withdrawn in August.

The court on Friday was also shown the viral clip that was leaked in September.

Hanna told the judge: “Auch was charged with assaulting … the very officer boasting about how he pumped him and punched him in the head when he was down.”

Friday’s hearing came after the NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, refused to release a number of internal documents the defence team had subpoenaed.

On Monday, Judge Scott Nash ordered that NSW police provide the documents, which would include communications between police, the premier, other NSW cabinet ministers and their staff. The papers would also cover directions by senior police to officers.

NSW police intend to challenge Monday’s ruling on public interest immunity grounds. The failed attempt to block the release of documents was based on the defence application lacking a “proper forensic foundation”.

The ABC has confirmed that Indi MP Helen Haines has lost a leg after being pinned between two cars outside her electorate office in Victoria's north-east yesterday afternoon.

Victoria Police said 43-year-old Tarrawingee man Brendan Nugent was arrested at the scene of the incident.

Asking the real questions here...

Source: paul_maland_

Edit: No h8 to my Errol Flynnsters!

Anne Aly has condemned as “racist” and “misogynistic” comments in parliament calling for her to be “stoned in the square” – while revealing she has received 19 death threats in the past week alone.
The Gold Coast Liberal National MP Angie Bell, the member for Moncrieff, told the House of Representatives that Aly, the small business minister, and the prime minister should be “shamed and stoned in the square” over a decision made by the tax office.

Bell was forced to withdraw the comment by the speaker