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Jean Gautier<p>Il n'y a pas de <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/d%C3%A9mocratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>démocratie</span></a> possible sans <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> libre et pluraliste. Nos médias sont bien malades, de l'argent, de la recherche du sensationnalisme et de la tyrannie du buzz. <br>La révolution citoyenne devra être menée sans faiblesse dans les <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/m%C3%A9dias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>médias</span></a><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Insoumis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insoumis</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LFI</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/GJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GJ</span></a></p>
Brett<p>I appreciate that the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> has a very difficult job to do, which they're doing in a characteristically competent and orderly manner.</p><p>I sure wish they could update the counts in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bean</span></a> a little more quickly though. </p><p><a href="https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-318.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivi</span><span class="invisible">sionPage-31496-318.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canberra</span></a></p>
Jean Gautier<p>Il n'y a pas de <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/d%C3%A9mocratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>démocratie</span></a> possible sans <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> libre et pluraliste. Nos médias sont bien malades, de l'argent, de la recherche du sensationnalisme et de la tyrannie du buzz. <br>La révolution citoyenne devra être menée sans faiblesse dans les <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/m%C3%A9dias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>médias</span></a><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Insoumis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insoumis</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/LFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LFI</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/GJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GJ</span></a></p>
Voracious Reader<p>Well, I've voted, and the place was packed!<br>Overheard staff talking about maybe having to stay open later than planned.</p><p>So, where are the resultses AEC?</p><p>Surely there's *something* you can make pretty graphics about?</p><p>You still haven't fixed the map location and driving instructions for Blue Haven 😡</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peterrenshaw</span></a></span> <br>It is plain to see the Australian Electoral Laws need some updating to mandate thruth in political advertising and make provisions for heavy fines and jail time for offenders. IMO</p><p>You just cannot allow these poeple to fuck around with weak minds in order to skew election results - that’s democracy under siege if it ever was - and it is.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElectoralLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralLaws</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TruthInPoliticalAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthInPoliticalAdvertising</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 33 cont 💰💰💰💰🥷</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ForeignFossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignFossilFuel</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IsraelLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelLobbyists</span></a> are flooding the 2025 election campaign with cash and smear ads against the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Teals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teals</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p>We investigate the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/shadowy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowy</span></a> players behind <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AdvanceAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvanceAustralia</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/better" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>better</span></a> Australia, and the so-called <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MinorityImpactCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityImpactCoalition</span></a>, revealing how these '<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/astroturfers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astroturfers</span></a>' are sowing fear and lies, deploying <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a> to rig the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a>.</p><p>Who <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/funds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funds</span></a> them? Why now? And why is the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> doing nothing?”</p><p>MichaelWest from the “West Report” (Chanel Youtube 📺) talks about the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ForeignInfluenceOperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInfluenceOperation</span></a> being conducted during the current elections. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LiberalNationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiberalNationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=pR1vEPh8-BY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=pR1vEPh8-B</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a>&gt;</p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>🎉 🥳 👯‍♀️</p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2LSAjmMA-E0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2LSAjmM</span><span class="invisible">A-E0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yOGD1WkJJok" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yOGD1Wk</span><span class="invisible">JJok</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cj1YlDceAcQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=cj1YlDc</span><span class="invisible">eAcQ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uydpjYShNfQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uydpjYS</span><span class="invisible">hNfQ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=j2F4INQFjEI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=j2F4INQ</span><span class="invisible">FjEI</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vhksaf8o_44" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vhksaf8</span><span class="invisible">o_44</span></a></p><p><a href="https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=pjMaIiSaNWM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=pjMaIiS</span><span class="invisible">aNWM</span></a></p><p>My goodness but a rush of dopamine feels so nice, after so long 🤗 🙂 💜</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ivoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ivoted</span></a></p>
Mark Deasy 🍉<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> Federal election. 3 May 2025 ...</p><p>A useful tool to find your local polling place.</p><p>(Also, does the AEC have a profile hete on Masto? )</p><p><a href="https://www.aec.gov.au/election/voting.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">aec.gov.au/election/voting.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/aec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aec</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol2025</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>My part of the paperwork is now done, &amp; like many have already remarked, for my electorate i also wish i could vote multiple creeps last; ugh. </p><p>Now, 🤞🤞🤞 that i haven't dared to get my hopes up for nothing... <em>again</em>. I will know by this evening. 🥺</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoteGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteGreens</span></a></p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p>In keen anticipation, &amp; desperate fingerscrossedness, for this evening's putative sub-miracle, this morning a minor-sub-miracle occurred. I vacuumed the house. 😮🤯</p><p>Ofc, my poor little old Vackie was quite taken aback at this proposition, having been left undisturbed in her slumbers for several months, as is her wont. She even went so far as to insist she'd forgotten entirely how to even do all the noisy sucky beeswax, but she eventually came good for it after i'd spent 45' demonstrating to her, down on my hands &amp; knees, mouth to the tiles &amp; carpet, emitting banshee noises &amp; sucking like billyo. </p><p>That's my fibre intake all sorted out for this month. </p><p>🤪</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OzElection2025</span></a></p>
Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠<p>They say early voting is happening in record numbers for this year's Federal Election. The level of activity when I early-voted at my local voting centre appears to confirm it. They weren't slammed, but the queue took about 15 minutes to get through.</p><p>AEC workers looked very well organised, and had a no-nonsense / get-it-done vibe.</p><p>No Democracy Sausage for early voters, but I heard snags will be there for people who vote on Saturday! 🗳️🌭</p><p><a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AusVotes2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes2025</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/DemocracySausage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracySausage</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2037835/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2037835/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> More Australians are voting early than in previous elections. Some parties have taken advantage <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/2025FederalElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2025FederalElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>albanese</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AustralianElectoralCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianElectoralCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dutton</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EarlyVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyVoting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnrollToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnrollToVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HowToVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowToVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PostalVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PostalVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVoting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrePollNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrePollNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 30 cont 🗳️🇨🇳</p><p>“I don’t want there to be any concerns about this, and in the interests of full transparency, I’ve contacted the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> and the Department of Parliamentary Services and given them the details that I gave to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheAge</span></a> yesterday about my <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/relationship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>relationship</span></a> with those <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> and with Mr <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JiJianmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JiJianmin</span></a> I’ve said, look, if you’ve got any concerns, please investigate.”</p><p>cont </p><p>“[They’re] people who attended a dinner where a community leader [JiJianmin] said that he supported me and he supported my <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a>, and thought that I’ve been very <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/supportive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supportive</span></a> of the community in recent years, and for that reason he thought people should <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> me now. I’m grateful for the support the Chinese Australians have given me in the last three years.”</p><p>I’ve got the nod from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCP</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independent</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ASIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASIO</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ForeignInterferenceOperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterferenceOperation</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HubeiAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HubeiAssociation</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Teal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kooyong</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/29/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-campaign-polls-economy-costing-credit-labor-coalition-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-681006e58f08212bfafe1327#block-681006e58f08212bfafe1327" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/29/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-campaign-polls-economy-costing-credit-labor-coalition-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-681006e58f08212bfafe1327#block-681006e58f08212bfafe1327</span></a>&gt;</p>
Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@gunstone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gunstone</span></a></span> It is good, but would be better if it also catered for those keen to vote, but stuck at home, &amp; for whom both in-person &amp; postal-voting are unavailable / inaccessible. 🥺</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 29 🗳️⚔️</p><p>“A dispute over signage between a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> staffer volunteering for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Wills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wills</span></a> MP <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterKhalil</span></a> and a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MuslimVotesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuslimVotesMatter</span></a> volunteer at a pre-polling station in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Brunswick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brunswick</span></a> led to police being called and the activist being questioned by officers.</p><p>The dispute, along with an argument between minor party <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a>, prompted the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> Electoral Commission on Saturday to note “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physical</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/verbal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>verbal</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>” at the pre-poll booth and to warn <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> and their teams to treat each other with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/kWwLU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/kWwLU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html?post=p58kh2#p58kh2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/federal</span><span class="invisible">/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-cost-of-living-in-focus-in-final-week-of-campaigning-20250425-p5lu8k.html?post=p58kh2#p58kh2</span></a>&gt;</p>
Voracious Reader<p>Another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> website screw-up.<br>This time they send potential Blue Haven voters gallivanting through the bush, swimming across a creek, then presumably giving their vote to a passing drop-bear?</p><p>The listed address is correct, but the map location and resultant directions are about as trustworthy as Dutton 🤮</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralCoast</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2031175/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2031175/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Australia Institute backs AEC to regulate political advertising <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AdvertisingRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdvertisingRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AlbaneseGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbaneseGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AustraliaInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectionLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaws</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElectoralCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalElections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MisleadingCampaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MisleadingCampaigns</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalFunding</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthAustraliaModel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAustraliaModel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TruthInAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthInAdvertising</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TruthInPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthInPolitics</span></a></p>
Dwight Walker<p>Found early voting centre at 79 King St <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Caboolture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caboolture</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Longman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longman</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AusElectoralCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusElectoralCom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> old Tursa office on corner of King Street and George Street Caboolture <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CanvasesByPeter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CanvasesByPeter</span></a></span> <br>The <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ADF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADF</span></a> and its symbols ought to remain politically neutral for very good reasons and ex-service members, more than anyone else, ought to know why. </p><p>Political candidates ‘marketing’ their ADF service only show they are simply unelectable based on their personal qualities and need ADF symbols to look ‘strong’ and ‘relevant’. Why would anyone vote for them?</p><p>Dare I say, while I don’t wish to tar all of them with the same brush, some ADF units and their members have had systemic issues with misogyny, misplaced bravura, and disproportionate sense of self-worth that are yet to be eradicated. </p><p>Surely, some tweak of AEC legislation could solve the issue.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ElectoralMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a></p>
Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>Officially gone postal 😉 </p><p>"This is an automatically generated message from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), please DO NOT reply. Your completed postal vote has been received by the AEC."</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AEC</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PostalVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalVoting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusVotes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>