⚙️ Political Gadgets News | Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Bluesky says Canavan’s Capricornia move and AUKUS, Segal and housing dominate #auspol as anger over cost of living and One Nation runs high

BlueSky #auspol  ·  03 November 2026, 04:30 AEST  ·  577 posts  ·  AI-generated

The day’s conversation was dominated by frustration with both major parties. Matt Canavan’s announcement that he will move to the House of Representatives to contest Capricornia, where One Nation polled 15.5 per cent in 2025, drew wide commentary, alongside a Newspoll showing Labor at its equal lowest level. Posters also turned on the Reserve Bank’s expected rate rise and falling home values, with many framing the slide as a disaster for buyers while others argued it was overdue.

Key issues included the Jillian Segal report on antisemitism, which many posters condemned as a threat to free speech, and continued debate over Israel and Gaza. Cost of living, interest rates and the falling property market drew sustained attention, with several calls for tax reform on gas and land. The AUKUS alliance, the One Nation candidate vetting controversy and the Melbourne Cup, targeted by animal welfare campaigners, rounded out the main threads.

A widely shared post from @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social, criticising Bunnings’ boss for promoting Israel at a JPost conference, drew more than 180 likes, while a post on the Segal report by @simonrosenberg.bsky.social attracted over 200. The overall tone was sharply critical and distrustful of the major parties, with many users urging voters to back the Greens or independents, and others warning against One Nation.

Top topics: Cost of Living  ·  Jillian Segal Report  ·  Interest Rates and Housing  ·  AUKUS Alliance  ·  One Nation Candidate Vetting

AI-generated from BlueSky #auspol posts.

New How We Vote gadgets

Just added 5 new gadgets on How we Vote. These are complex gadgets mapping voting to ABS data, showing changes in voting patterns over time, and mapping preference flows. Not for the faint-hearted, but deeply rewarding for the voting nerds amongst us. [link]

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu wins $41.5m in Defence finance and publication work

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has won Department of Defence contracts worth about $41.5 million, covering budget, taxation and financial services and publication developer support.

Deloitte is one of the Big Four, with EY, KPMG and PwC. It is the world's largest professional services network by revenue and headcount. It offers audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk, tax and legal services, and has about 470,000 staff in more than 150 countries. Deloitte Australia reported FY26 revenue of $2.55 billion, up 8.5% after an 8.3% fall in FY25 and revenue of $2.78 billion in FY24. It has set a goal of building a $1 billion managed services business by 2030.

Deloitte is a long-standing federal supplier. InnovationAus reported that it was paid more than $324 million across 381 federal contracts in 2021/22, including $10 million from Defence for accounting services. Consultancy.com.au has reported earlier Defence awards to Deloitte, including workforce analysis and design services, policy development for Navy Strategic Command and IT consulting. Defence also ended a $1.8 million Deloitte advisory contract with the Australian Submarine Agency in 2023. Defence said the termination was not related to performance or conflict of interest.

Big Four firms have a large presence in Defence. Consultancy.com.au estimated they had at least 3,000 people working on Defence, and it put their revenue from that work at upwards of $700 million. That estimate comes from an older report.

Sources: deloitte.com; consultancy.com.au; innovationaus.com; en.wikipedia.org; theepochtimes.com; grafa.com [link]

All tenders

The Fed Govt announced $131,831,212 in contracts. Top of the list was DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU ($41,516,556) DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU has received $111,669,483 in contracts this year. [link]

Consultant Tenders

$559,184,343 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2026. $41,516,557 yesterday. – Deloitte: $41,516,557 {502} [link]

Flights

The VIP fleet flew at least 8,879 km in the last few days. That’s 2 planes doing 4 flights over 11 hrs and 04 mins and costing around $165,062. [link]

What’s Parliament doing

Parliament… is not sitting today. There are no committees today. {63} [link]

Fed Govt Outsourced labour costs

Government Temporary Staff Tenders in the last day: $4,923,370 [link]

How does the tender money flow…

YTD tenders for Department of Parliamentary Services: $187,017,555 [link]

Donations

Franklin Briggs made $91,100 in Federal political donations. [link]

Politician Expenses

Gabriel Ng (Reps, Menzies, Labor) claimed $540,572 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters for major categories such as travel, offices and cars. That is $107,134 less than the median. #auspol [link]

Double Donors

Toga donated $59,489 in 2024-25. That was $2,000 to Labor and $57,489 to the Coalition. {2734} [link]

Parliamentary attendance

Andrew McLachlan (Sen, SA, Liberal Party) attended 65% of possible votes. [link]

Political advertising on Google

Political advertising spend with Google in last 24 hours: $93,000. (YTD: $4,743,750) [link]

Political advertising on Facebook

Political advertising on Facebook on 30 Oct: $167,304 ($35.7m so far in 2026). Top spender: Victorian Labor ($20,493). Biggest categories: Party/Candidate $64k, Advocacy $30k, Charity $20k. Full breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/facebook_stats/2026-10-30.html [link]

Votes-Like-Taylor-O-Meter

Rebekha Sharkie (Reps, Mayo, Centre Alliance) is 54.70% Angus Taylor [link]

Federal Grants – This Week

This week the Australian Government awarded $236,082,992 across 719 grants. Biggest: Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited ($74,900,000). Full electorate breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/grants/map/ [link]