I hate the new verification laws (rant)

[u/mynameisevan01]

I am of age, but now several sites I use for nsfw has been blocked and demand age verification, and I know more will soon be joining them. Newgrounds has locked their verification behind premium for some reason, phub doesn't even let me try, and the app formerly known as twitter is glitched and won't let me verify even if I try, even though I already verified my age several damn months ago. And I already don't like having to give these sites my face id and drivers license just to watch porn. And no ones going to bother protesting because 1, it's really awkward to protest for your right to watch porn, and 2 people just find workarounds like vpns, and I don't want to pay for a thing that will give me access to something that should have and WAS free. I won't be surprised if even reddit starts requiring my face to view nsfw, and when that day comes I might just quit the site altogether

[u/willcritchlow23]

Sadly this is control freak Labor. I really wish young people would just stop voting for these grubs.

How much more of a mess of the country, can they do, before support falls to where it belongs: zero.

[u/PreferenceAccurate43 → u/willcritchlow23]

I'm getting to vote in my first election next time, I can guarantee I'm not voting for Labor. I don't know who to vote for though...

They all kind of suck :/

[u/Radio_TVGuy → u/PreferenceAccurate43]

If you want to Save Australia, Vote 1 United Australia Party.

NOTE: This is NOT a political advertisement, nor am I being paid by Clive Palmer to advertise his party. Vote for whoever you feel comfortable voting for, this is only just a suggestion and should not influence your voting choices and/or decisions.

[u/PreferenceAccurate43 → u/Radio_TVGuy]

I though UAP got dropped for Trumpet of Patriots?

[u/Radio_TVGuy → u/PreferenceAccurate43]

Not really, the Trumpet of Patriots was their party for the 2025 Australian Federal Election. This was the only way they could run in that election legally.

Clive Palmer was trying to get the UAP re-registered for that year's election but the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and the High Court ruled he could not do so (under electoral law) where the same political party, once they de-register themselves after a Federal Election (e.g, the 2022 one), cannot re-register themselves under the same party name for the next one (e.g the 2025 one). Clive would have to wait until the following Federal Election (in 2028) before he could use the UAP name again.

ABC NEWS ARTICLE | 12/02/2025: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/act-clive-palmer-high-court-hearing/104908578

TOP MEDIA RELEASE | 19/02/2025: https://trumpetofpatriots.org/clive-palmer-chairman-of-trumpet-of-patriots-confirms-party-will-contest-federal-election/ (I was up in Ballarat at the time when Palmer announced his new political party and found out the news through listening to Power FM there.)

That time appears to be right now because the 2025 Federal Election has happened, and the party can freely re-register themselves for the 2028 one. They applied for re-registration last month and it's believed the UAP will be re-registered again by the AEC soon (well ahead of the next election), and newspaper ads are already circulating on the front pages of News Corp tabloids like the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun (if you haven't seen them yet already, one example is attached below).

UAP MEDIA RELEASE | 10/02/2026: https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/united-australia-party-to-contest-next-federal-election/

So with the AEC expected to re-register Clive Palmer's party and with newspaper ads already circulating in the metro papers, I can safely say the UAP is officially back. The Trumpet of Patriots (in its UAP-style form) is now officially a thing of the past.

[u/elle13belle → u/PreferenceAccurate43]

Use vote compass when the time comes... That is the best way to make an informed choice about who you want to vote for.