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Jacqui Lambie

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2 Oct

I had so much feedback, and it took me ages to work through it, but here’s what I’m doing on the immigration detention phone ban bill. lambienetwork.com.au/surveyresults

Here’s a thread as well:

Don't give the government the power to do something you don't want them to do. It's as simple as that.

I'm not comfortable banning the phones of people who aren't doing anything wrong with them. Most of the people in immigration detention came to Australia legally. They're stuck in detention because they don't have a visa anymore.

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Jacqui Lambie

@JacquiLambie

18 Sep

@theadvocatetas

UPDATE: they’ve agreed to funding it!

Hundreds of people at AAP have jobs because of this. That’s huge! Hundreds of regional papers who rely on AAP content to keep their audiences informed - they’re staying alive too. Papers like my locals, @theadvocatetas & @ExaminerOnline.

https://twitter.com/JacquiLambie/status/1306153233199452162

But you know, the ones I’m most relieved for? They’re the ones who read, listen and watch AAP stories every day, and never even know they’re made by a small team working day in, day out, to keep Australians informed, no matter where you are.

They bring the world to Burnie, and they don’t ask for credit, praise or recognition. They just do it, and I’m so bloody grateful they can keep doing it. That’s thanks to this $5m lifeline.

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Jacqui Lambie

@JacquiLambie

26 Sep 19

https://twitter.com/GuardianAus/status/1177116800292724736

I’m open to looking at “gardening leave” for ex-MPs if it gives the parliament something we can do with rule-breakers. It’s a carrot and a stick. Right now we‘ve got neither. There’s no reward for following the rules and no penalties for breaking them. No wonder they’re useless.

https://twitter.com/GuardianAus/status/1177116800292724736

Of course we can just keep insisting people follow the rules and keep getting shocked when they don’t. But what we’re doing isn’t working. Once we stop paying them, we lose any power over them. And they’re running riot.

A temporary payment for ex-MPs who are subject to a cooling off period would give them skin in the game to actually do the right thing. If they break the rules, they refund the money, and pay a financial penalty like one year’s salary. Tell you what, that’d scare them.

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Jacqui Lambie

@JacquiLambie

12 Sep 19

I’ve sat eyeball to eyeball with John Setka and asked him what he’d prefer – the government's IR laws, or his leadership. Because if he can live with these laws, then so can I. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

John Setka is doing more harm to the union movement than any law could do. If you want an electable ALP you should want him gone. If you want a strong union movement you should want him gone. Members, leaders, politicians want him gone.

So if one union official can overrule everybody else and fail to put the interests of the movement above his own, and nobody can stop him, then we need laws to compel him to leave. He's a billboard for the problem.

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