quackademic<p>From Laura Tingle: this week has been an assessment of basic competence.</p><p>In which the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ALP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALP</span></a> shows it can perform actual governance alongside campaigning for reelection, while the <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Libs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libs</span></a> demonstrate incompetence at both. Independent candidates, please take note.</p><p>I wonder for how long the media <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/DistractionMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistractionMachine</span></a> can effectively obscure this? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/potential-economic-consequences-australia-trump-policies-now/105139692?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/pot</span><span class="invisible">ential-economic-consequences-australia-trump-policies-now/105139692?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=other</span></a></p>