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@australian 23 March #BrittanyHiggins is raped in the office of the Minister of Defence, Linda Reynolds by Bruce Lehrmann. Lehrmann had worked for Reynolds at one time. The office is quite near Morrison’s.
As soon as word travels, the office is cleaned.
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As soon as word travels, the office is cleaned.
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@australian At some time Ms Higgins is called for a meeting IN THE ROOM WHERE THE RAPE OCCURRED
4 April a meeting between Reynolds’ office & 2 others to nut out what was to be done.
5 April Lehrmann’s PH employment is terminated. Now, keep that date in mind. It’s important.
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4 April a meeting between Reynolds’ office & 2 others to nut out what was to be done.
5 April Lehrmann’s PH employment is terminated. Now, keep that date in mind. It’s important.
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@australian #ScottyTheGaslighter invites media to watch him pray. Sure thing. 21 April it rolls on up. Through the campaign, it’s been gleefully going along with the 🧢🍺 bad-Labor shtick. Meanwhile #CarparkRorts is occurring (#SportsRorts on steroids) @JoshFrydenberg knew all about it.
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1/- AUSTRALIA ARE THEY LYING?
These video scenes of #brutal #LawEnforcement are from around the world and Australia figures prominently.
It is #dehumanising and mentally debilitating to see this and to comprehend the #inhumanity
Is it right to assault citizens like this?
These video scenes of #brutal #LawEnforcement are from around the world and Australia figures prominently.
It is #dehumanising and mentally debilitating to see this and to comprehend the #inhumanity
Is it right to assault citizens like this?
2/- AUSTRALIA ARE THEY LYING
The #G7summit was a cosy affair. Social distancing for the cameras and free-for-all off-it. #Scomo was in the midst of this #Cornwall retreat to plan the next phase of #Lockstep.
Do any of them appear concerned about the “pannddemmic” ?
The #G7summit was a cosy affair. Social distancing for the cameras and free-for-all off-it. #Scomo was in the midst of this #Cornwall retreat to plan the next phase of #Lockstep.
Do any of them appear concerned about the “pannddemmic” ?
3/- AUSTRALIA ARE THEY LYING?
#Scomo returns from his #G7Summit2021 all buoyed in #Lockstep and then NSW goes into #Lockdown followed by restrictions in other states.
Do you see fingerprints on this?
Is #GladysCluster trying too hard to convince?
See where we are on cases curve??
#Scomo returns from his #G7Summit2021 all buoyed in #Lockstep and then NSW goes into #Lockdown followed by restrictions in other states.
Do you see fingerprints on this?
Is #GladysCluster trying too hard to convince?
See where we are on cases curve??
1/Hey Tweeps
I have ideas and I can make speeches but I can't organise an uprising. I can barely organise myself. I just got over a ten-year opioid addiction, I have MS, and I'm so tired. I'm working a demanding job that pays fuck-all at present because I'm still in training.
I have ideas and I can make speeches but I can't organise an uprising. I can barely organise myself. I just got over a ten-year opioid addiction, I have MS, and I'm so tired. I'm working a demanding job that pays fuck-all at present because I'm still in training.
2/I translate Chinese for an e-publishing house. I taught myself to read & write it but I've only been learning for 2 years. Translation is not an easy job but I can do it from home, an important consideration b/c of my MS and being in the at-risk 10% for COVID-19 complications.
3/I could've got an easier job in academic editing, maybe, but after 8 years I'm fucking over it.
Seriously, I'm exhausted. I'm still trying to finish my report on #ClivePalmer. With no legal qualifications & a lengthy act of legislation I acquainted myself with a week ago.
Seriously, I'm exhausted. I'm still trying to finish my report on #ClivePalmer. With no legal qualifications & a lengthy act of legislation I acquainted myself with a week ago.
UPDATE: Still reading sodding QLD Electoral Act. Much tired. Very eyestrain. Can't find my reading glasses, which I only use about once a year anyway. They make me look like my dad, which is scary. I might call it a night. On track to finish #ClivePalmer report by end of weekend.
Thanks everyone. I really appreciate your kind words, because this is a deadset grind. I don't have the knowledge to try & get him on breach of party constitution, and for such a litigious man I'd expect him to have that side of it sewn up. But the truth is I just wouldn't know,
and I don't have time to teach myself. Time is of the essence, because if the AEC doesn't succeed in deregistering him, I or someone else must challenge him before the state election comes off. I hope the people in QLD remember the federal election and what he did.
1/Hi Tweeps
I've had lots of offers of help on my #ClivePalmer investigation. Thanks heaps, I'll take you up on it, once I know what we're dealing with.
I'm reading through the relevant laws & drafting arguments as I go. I won't know what I've got until I'm through reading.
I've had lots of offers of help on my #ClivePalmer investigation. Thanks heaps, I'll take you up on it, once I know what we're dealing with.
I'm reading through the relevant laws & drafting arguments as I go. I won't know what I've got until I'm through reading.
2/And while I'm grateful the AEC is taking a stand, I'm not so enamoured of their recent performance that I'm willing to abandon my efforts. They may drop their action if Palmer scours up 500 members or provides evidence of such.
3/Sorry if I'm being overly cautious &/or pedantic, but if the Constitution had me scratching my head, the Electoral Act is almost as bad. It's a magistrate's job to interpret the law, but I don't want to just dump a bunch of notes on the QEC, I want to build a proper case.
1/UPDATE: Thanks to @ajmckenna for this. Yesterday the AEC released a notice of intention to deregister #ClivePalmer's United Australia Party, under section 137 (1) (b) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.
I've got the Act in front of me so I'll cut and paste exactly what it says:
I've got the Act in front of me so I'll cut and paste exactly what it says:
2/ 137. Deregistration of political party on other grounds
(1) If the Electoral Commission is satisfied on reasonable grounds
that:
(b) a political party so registered, not being a Parliamentary party, has ceased to have at least 500 members
(1) If the Electoral Commission is satisfied on reasonable grounds
that:
(b) a political party so registered, not being a Parliamentary party, has ceased to have at least 500 members
1/UPDATE ON #ClivePalmer: It's quite late so I'm going to finish up. I've read through the first hundred or so pages of the QLD Electoral Act and have typed up my notes. All relevant provisions have been noted along with page numbers.
2/Regarding the section on function and powers of the QEC, subsection 4 is deliberately broad, stating the QEC 'may do all things necessary or convenient' in connection with the performance of its functions.
3/I argue it is necessary to evaluate CP's actions & motives, as well as the UAP's policy if one exists, w/due consideration to the role Palmer's political presence played in the outcome of the 2018 federal election. What is more necessary than safeguarding our democracy?
1/UPDATE ON #ClivePalmer AND #UAP
I'm exhausted. I've been through the entire Australian Constitution and am partway into the QLD Electoral Act. I need a break & I'm taking one. But I'll let you know what I've got first.
I'm exhausted. I've been through the entire Australian Constitution and am partway into the QLD Electoral Act. I need a break & I'm taking one. But I'll let you know what I've got first.
2/I haven't even begun reading the section on fraud yet so I expect to find more solid arguments against Palmer in due course. Right now I'm focusing on the definition of 'political party' according to the Act. My argument is that the UAP does not satisfy the definition.
3/As defined in the Electoral Act, a political party is an organisation 1 of whose objects is promoting the election to the Legislative Assembly of a candidate/s endorsed by it. I say this is NOT one of the UAP's objects. I base this claim not on proof, but on precedence.
