“Everyone on Earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50 per cent of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50 per cent of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?” writes Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at the Australia Institute.
This is the “red/blue button dilemma. “In short – which are you putting a primacy on? Individuals or the collective? Would you stake your life on people caring about more than themselves?”
“The response to the overdue structural changes to the housing tax concessions announced in Tuesday’s federal budget seems a real-world red/blue button question.”
“The number of people jumping to ‘I’m screwed’ because they’ll have to pay slightly more tax on any potential sale, based on any gain – the profit – they made on their purchase, is as individualistic as you can get.”
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🚨 The Federal Budget has arrived 🚨
The government has introduced some massive changes to negative gearing, family trusts and more, so what does it mean for you? @joelkillsbills and @pyjamapolitics help us break it down in an emergency episode of @thepayoffpodcast OUT NOW!
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LIVE NOW: Budget 2026 reaction on The Point Live with @pyjamapolitics , Chief Political Analyst and Political Blogger at The Australia Institute.
All the day's events, with factchecks, as it happens on @thepointcomau
Could One Nation form a Throuple-ition?
This week, Amy Remeikis, contributing editor at The New Daily, on the power of populism right now, and what One Nation wants next.
Listen now at the link in bio.
LIVE NOW: Budget Day coverage on The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst and Political Blogger at @theausinstitute .
Follow our live coverage of the 2026-27 Federal Budget tonight.
All the day's events, with factchecks, as it happens on @thepointcomau
It’s something Pauline Hanson has been eyeing for years – and on the weekend, she finally got it: a seat in the lower house.
Her candidate for Farrer, David Farley, did even better than expected: he was elected on 57 per cent of the vote.
It changes things not just for Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but for the country.
Today, contributing editor for The New Daily, Amy Remeikis, on the power of populism right now, and what One Nation wants next.
Listen now at the link in bio.
‘One Nation won the Farrer by-election on Saturday, much of that victory will be put down to people’s anger – right-wing anger and the politics of grievance is an ongoing theme in a lot of Western nations’ writes Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute
‘We know how to deal with it – our politics moves further to the right. That those policies don’t work to address the root cause of the grievance doesn’t matter, because politicians can tell the media they are doing something.’
“We’ll move the whole body politic to the right rather than address the failing infrastructure of the regions, the poorer health access, the unfair resource allocation, be it water or land, while telling people they can’t have any assistance in the budget because that would make inflation worse.”
“But there is a shift coming, whether the political and media classes are ready for it or not.”
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The Canberra press gallery is where most mainstream journalists are based, fueled by insularity and whiteness (mostly). It explains a lot about why so many outlets indulge and support Pauline Hanson and her far-right party, One Nation.
An extract from the latest episode with @pyjamapolitics , part 3 of a 3-part series on One Nation, at The Antony Loewenstein Podcast.
Find it on YouTube, Spotify and Apple. And details how to donate $ to support independent journalism in my bio.
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“Again. An Indigenous woman, living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, gave birth to twins in a tent. One of those babies died. In a tent. Where their parents were living, because the waiting list for social housing in their area is up to seven years” writes Amy Remeikis (@pyjamapolitics ), chief political analyst for the Australia Institute.
“There will be a crowd of people rushing to blame an individual for what happened to them, rather than the system that is supposed to support them. There will be comments based on information cobbled together from social media that people will use to justify why this tragedy happened.”
“But let’s be clear. This happened because we stopped caring about people having basic needs. Housing is no longer considered shelter, it is considered an asset.”
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