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Written by Glen Turner on 2025-01-23 at 03:08

The time Tony Abbott flew into Mimili, a remote community in South Australia. Got his photo taken. Flew out again.

So much of Liberal Party politics seems similarly performative. Nuclear reactor which will never be built. Submarines which will never be made. All where the ideological messages mean more than content and action.

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Written by Andrew Bartlett on 2025-01-23 at 04:37

@glent I feel like the nuclear power thing is just another wedge on the Labor party because the nuclear subs one didn't work.

And on that, deepening the US alliance never felt so stupid.

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Written by Insurgo Formica on 2025-01-23 at 08:24

@abartlet @glent i always thought the nuclear subs were just a trojan horse for the nuclear industry

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Written by Mark Newton on 2025-01-23 at 10:11

@InsurgoFormica @abartlet @glent Having a nuclear industry is a Trojan horse for having nuclear weapons. Big and tough. Shirtfront. Got some fuck-you nukes.

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Written by Insurgo Formica on 2025-01-23 at 10:14

@NewtonMark @abartlet @glent I think that's mostly been the case, but in Australia nukes were banned, so I think they signed up to nuclear subs to get the nuclear industry up.

The reason probably true.

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Written by Mark Newton on 2025-01-23 at 10:16

@InsurgoFormica @abartlet @glent The only reason to create a nuclear industry in 2025 is to become nuclear armed. That’s the bit.

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Written by Insurgo Formica on 2025-01-23 at 10:18

@NewtonMark @abartlet @glent unless all your supporters are mining and coal barons.

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Written by Mark Newton on 2025-01-23 at 10:24

@InsurgoFormica @abartlet @glent You can believe that if you want, sure.

There are any number of tactics they can use to delay climate action and keep coal in the mix. They chose this one. Specifically.

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