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Damning Watch

High-signal X posts from tracked politicians — scored for evidence of failure, admission, or sharp critique.

Selection favours concrete admissions, failure framing, sarcastic critique of failure, weak government responses, and opposition attacks with evidence — not invective or unverified smears.

Damning Watch

High-signal X posts from tracked politicians — failures, admissions, sharp critique, and weak responses. Ranked for evidence, not noise. Last 7 days. Tap a post for full detail.

  • Anne Ruston

    @Anne_Ruston · about 22 hours ago

    Government Failure

    1 in 3 older Australians has cut or abandoned home care because they cannot afford it. Labor has turned essential care into another cost-of-living crisis. https://t.co/aZN0vf8TlS

    This post highlights the failure of the Labor government to provide affordable care.

  • Angus Taylor

    @AngusTaylorMP · about 4 hours ago

    Government Failure

    The PM has delivered a trifecta of failure on housing: fewer homes, higher rents and confidence smashed. Today we learned new-home sales have crashed 20 per cent in just three months, while there are 15 per cent fewer construction apprentices and trainees than when Labor came to

    This post directly attributes multiple housing failures to the PM's government.

  • Pauline Hanson

    @PaulineHansonOz · 6 days ago

    Government Failure

    Australians are being crushed by Labor’s cost-of-living crisis. Mortgage repayments are up about $1,760 a month, rents have jumped more than 40 per cent, and another rate rise is looming. My plan is simple: let struggling mortgage holders and renters access three per cent of https://t.co/RB733S6MhG

    This post highlights the severe impact of the government's cost-of-living crisis on Australians.

  • Kevin Hogan

    @KevinHoganMP · 1 day ago

    Opposition Attack

    Chris Bowen says he “never quite bought all the hype on green hydrogen” BUT has committed $9 BILLION of taxpayers’ money to it!!!! #auspol https://t.co/EkFEh6495K

    This post critiques the government's spending on green hydrogen despite skepticism.

  • Anne Webster

    @AnneWebsterMP · 2 days ago

    Government Failure

    Aged care access is failing Mallee families. I’m hosting a tri-state forum in Mildura on 23rd September to hear directly from providers and constituents. To attend, email anne.webster.mp@aph.gov.au. https://t.co/o5pNs9P5cH

    This post indicates a failure in the government's provision of aged care services.

  • Dave Sharma

    @DaveSharma · 3 days ago

    Opposition Attack

    Kelty said: “The PM is telling the country with glee that the price of property is falling, yet the unaffordability rate is increasing.” “Because interest rates are rising and real wages are falling,” he said. He’s right 👆🏼 https://t.co/aAnOPWmk1j

    This post highlights a contradiction in the PM's messaging about property prices.

  • Dave Sharma

    @DaveSharma · 3 days ago

    Opposition Attack

    Kelty said: “The PM is telling the country with glee that the price of property is falling, yet the unaffordability rate is increasing.” “Because interest rates are rising and real wages are falling,” he said. That’s right 👆🏼 https://t.co/aAnOPWmk1j

    This post highlights a contradiction in the PM's messaging about property prices.

  • Malcolm Roberts

    @MRobertsQLD · 6 days ago

    Government Failure

    One Nation strongly opposed the Online Safety Management (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 and its draconian amendments - which passed the Senate today. The social media minimum age framework has fundamentally failed because a nanny state https://t.co/0pt3sxGMrO

    This post indicates a failure in the government's approach to online safety.

  • Malcolm Roberts

    @MRobertsQLD · 5 days ago

    Opposition Attack

    I asked Minister Gallagher a simple question about the true cost of Snowy Hydro 2.0. Unsurprisingly, I got a response, just not an answer. Economic analysts like Robert Gottliebsen projects that this project could cost taxpayers over $1 trillion by the time it’s finished. While https://t.co/eR1QydaXQ2

    This post critiques the government's response to questions about project costs.

  • Anne Ruston

    @Anne_Ruston · 5 days ago

    Opposition Attack

    Labor Health Minister Calls Aged Care a “National Crisis” and it’s Only Getting Worse. https://t.co/cI5wZeIcTe

    This post reflects a weak response from the Labor government regarding the aged care crisis.

How this feed is ranked

Corpus: listed X/Twitter statements from politicians on ingest tier ≤ 2 (leaders and frontbench), scored over a fixed last-7-days window. Heuristics prefilter candidates; an LLM scores evidence and rhetoric; ranking mixes evidence (~45%), rhetorical force (~25%), author tier (~20%), and recency (~10%), with a category mix that prioritises failure/admission/sarcasm over pure attack.

Incumbent government is currently Labor (ALP) — update after elections. “Government Response” applies only to posts by Labor/ALP authors under pressure; One Nation, Coalition, Greens, and Independents are never labelled that way (critique of Labor is Opposition Attack or Failure framing). Engagement metrics are optional in v1. Full pipeline notes live on the methodology page.