⚙️ Political Gadgets News | Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Bluesky says Labor’s AUKUS and Abbott-era rows dominate #auspol as Victorian election anxieties rise

BlueSky #auspol  ·  10 November 2026, 04:29 AEST  ·  618 posts  ·  AI-generated

The day’s dominant tension was Labor’s standing with its base, as a wave of anger erupted over Anthony Albanese’s decision to appoint Peter Dutton to the Australian War Memorial Council. Posts that drew the largest engagement, including one reposted more than 90 times, framed the appointment as a betrayal of voters who had rejected Dutton at the 2025 election. The anger was compounded by a US embassy comment about undersea cables, which many users read as a threat tied to AUKUS, a deal that a widely shared post said lacked social licence.

Key issues included AUKUS and US relations, the Victorian state election due 28 November, the treatment of Tony Abbott’s remarks on Julia Gillard’s 2012 misogyny speech, and the rise of One Nation. Victorian polling showing Labor at 18 to 22 per cent and the Coalition well ahead drove much of the state-level commentary, while data centres, AI copyright and inflation featured in economic threads. Several users also raised the Jillian Segal antisemitism envoy and the proposed Royal Commission into antisemitism.

The standout exchange came in response to Abbott’s claim that Gillard’s speech was an unjustified attack, with one user calling it a textbook case of DARVO and another noting that the speech remains a touchstone. The overall tone was hostile and frustrated, with many posts describing both major parties as a duopoly and urging support for the Greens or independents.

Top topics: Dutton War Memorial Appointment  ·  AUKUS and US Relations  ·  Victorian State Election  ·  Abbott and Gillard Speech  ·  One Nation Rise

AI-generated from BlueSky #auspol posts.

Curtin University wins ACIAR Philippines agriculture and aquaculture research deal

Curtin University has been awarded a $5 million contract by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) to scale Good Agriculture and Aquaculture Practice in the Philippines.

Curtin is a public university in Bentley, Perth. It began as the Western Australian Institute of Technology in 1966 and was later named after wartime Prime Minister John Curtin. It is Western Australia's largest university, with more than 58,000 students from over 130 countries. It also has campuses in Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai and Mauritius.

Curtin has worked with ACIAR in the Philippines before. A 2005 ACIAR report on the Philippine vegetable industry was prepared by Curtin with the University of the Philippines Mindanao. It noted that over 80 percent of vegetable growers are smallholders. A later ACIAR project, "Developing vegetable value chains" (HORT/2016/188), tested a staged good agricultural practice protocol. It helped the country's first smallholder vegetable farmers gain PhilGAP certification, with pilot sites on Mindanao and Leyte involving about 130 smallholders. Local partners included Visayas State University.

On the aquaculture side, the Philippines has a national Code of Good Aquaculture Practices, PNS/BAFS 135:2014. It is based on an ASEAN code designed to improve regional trade competitiveness and to reduce production risks at hatcheries and farms.

Sources: aciar.gov.au; curtin.edu.au; ebsco.com; vsu.edu.ph; bafs.da.gov.ph; en.wikipedia.org [link]

All tenders

The Fed Govt announced $22,410,449 in contracts. Top of the list was Curtin University ($5,000,000) Curtin University has received $9,005,361 in contracts this year. [link]

Consultant Tenders

$561,804,995 in Federal contracts to the big consultants in 2026. $2,095,280 yesterday. – Deloitte: $2,095,280 {1864} [link]

Flights

The VIP fleet flew at least 2,347 km in the last few days. That’s 2 planes doing 4 flights over 3 hrs and 38 mins and costing around $30,700. [link]

What’s Parliament doing

Parliament… is not sitting today. There are committees today. {70} [link]

Fed Govt Outsourced labour costs

Government Temporary Staff Tenders in the last day: $4,500,356 [link]

How does the tender money flow…

YTD tenders for Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency: $976,432 [link]

Donations

Currabulla made $229,500 in Federal political donations. [link]

Politician Expenses

Helen Haines (Reps, Indi, Ind) claimed $672,550 in expenses over the last 4 reported quarters for major categories such as travel, offices and cars. That is $24,844 more than the median. #auspol [link]

Double Donors

Telstra Corporation donated $100,500 in 2024-25. That was $33,000 to Labor and $67,500 to the Coalition. {4704} [link]

Parliamentary attendance

Jonathon Duniam (Sen, TAS, Liberal Party) attended 78% of possible votes. [link]

Political advertising on Google

Political advertising spend with Google in last 24 hours: $112,350. (YTD: $5,420,250) [link]

Political advertising on Facebook

Political advertising on Facebook on 6 Nov: $164,672 ($36.8m so far in 2026). Top spender: Victorian Labor ($16,458). Biggest categories: Party/Candidate $56k, Advocacy $41k, Business $19k. Full breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/SocialMedia/facebook_stats/2026-11-06.html [link]

Votes-Like-Taylor-O-Meter

Patrick Conaghan (Reps, Cowper, Nat) is 99.50% Angus Taylor [link]

Federal Grants – Last 24 Hours

In the last 24 hours the Australian Government awarded $42,000,984 across 86 grants. Biggest: WEHI ($12,459,628). Full electorate breakdown: https://politicalgadgets.com/grants/map/ [link]