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Henry The Social Democrat

@Biggy1883

18 Feb

@LiberalAus

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A young woman, a Federal minister`s staffer and her colleague, another Federal Ministerial staffer were let into Parliament house late at night by security after a @LiberalAus function
"The first odd piece of reality

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Security passes are needed to do this of course & documentation recorded

Brittany Higgins is taken to Senator Reynolds office where later she is found alone in a state of undress by security

"Security let her colleague out of PH unaccompanied"

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Parliament House Canberra would have to be the most secure building in Australia
Security cameras are part of this security
Event logging is part of this security
Security discussed calling an ambulance for Brittany Higgins

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Henry The Social Democrat

@Biggy1883

15 Feb

@LiberalAus

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As a male I have always despised @LiberalAus for it`s treatment of workers
Libs hate universal healthcare, public schools, blue collar superannuation & equal rights for women
The ABC has returned to 60`s style of @AustralianLabor bashing

@ABCaustralia

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In the 60`s, Labor was "that other lot" according to @ABCaustralia
Menzies used the McCarthyism "Reds Under The Beds" which he & the ABC linked to Labor in order keep them out of power
In the 60`s the #ABC was the doyen of televised media

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The #ABC has never really been the "people`s media" as it always promoted highly conservative geopolitical views :ie Tory/Royalist & Autocratic
It was revamped somewhat to a more balanced nuance during the Hawke/Keating 13 yr era

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Henry The Social Democrat

@Biggy1883

5 Feb

@Tony_Burke

From @Tony_Burke {worst}
1. This is very telling. Scott Morrison isn’t out spruiking his industrial relations changes. He isn’t making the case for them. He isn’t even defending them in the Parliament. Instead - bizarrely - he’s pretending they don’t exist.

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The Coalition’s slide into Trumpian black-is-white up-is-down post-truth politics continues.

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2. Christian Porter is playing the same denial game. On Thursday Anthony pointed to the exact part of their IR Bill that allows for pay cuts. Porter then stood up, read out the first three words of the clause and pretended the rest didn’t exist

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Henry The Social Democrat

@Biggy1883

5 Feb

@Tony_Burke

From @Tony_Burke
1. This week Labor’s focus was jobs. Not just any jobs: secure jobs with decent pay. That’s what Australians need coming out of this pandemic, that’s what the Labor Party wants to deliver and that’s what Scott Morrison’s industrial relations changes fail

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to deliver. We used almost every question this week to pursue the government over their IR scheme, which will allow huge pay cuts for workers. Penalty rates, shift allowances and other entitlements: they’re all on the chopping block for millions of workers.

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Anthony Albanese led the attack each day with follow-up questions from Richard Marles and myself. Backbenchers Emma McBride, Ged Kearney, Steve Georganas, Rob Mitchell and Kristy McBain also asked questions detailing the impact of the potential pay cuts on ordinary people.

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Henry The Social Democrat

@Biggy1883

19 Jan

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IDK how many feel as I do that the Morrison lead government will not bring out #Budget2021
For all thinking people it appears the we are now in an undeclared Federal election campaign
The impact of the Opposition`s attack on all of Morrison`s failures

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has finally cut through
Media cannot find positives to promote this LNP government any further
A further eroding of the Democratic process in shutting down debate in #HoR question time cannot be defended by the #MSM, nor can it be glossed over

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Also, the impact of the new US Biden admin with it`s #NetZeroBy2050 & return to the #ParisAgreement will see Morrison not only further sidelined by global powers it will see him totally isolated in #ClimateChangeDenialism

The impact on reducing #covidstimulus

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