Anthony Albanese has finally united Australia to one point of view: his plan for social media bans on under 16 year old is being panned at all levels of society while Albanese tries to tell Australian parents their kids should be riding bikes like the 1970s and not being educated about electronic media and responsibility. There's an important background to this policy idea, though: the deal forcing the owner of Facebook and Instagram (Meta) to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to selected Australian media organizations, predominantly Murdoch-managed News Corp, ended after three years earlier this year. Meanwhile, the election of Donald Trump has lead to a) Australia's ambassador to the US Dr Kevin Rudd to delete a number undiplomatic tweets b) Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong to tweet their fealty to Trump c) News Corp to begin its campaign to remake Peter Dutton in the style of Donald Trump and d) at least one person to ask questions about Australia's $200 million dollar export market in vaccines to the US now that Robert F Kennedy Jr looks to be put in charge...

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King Stingray - Light Up the Path

Night Parrots - you Tried To Let Me Down

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