🌟Brittany Higgins exposes @ScottMorrisonMP's FAILURE AS A LEADER
The Prime Minister’s first instinct was to see the story of #BrittanyHiggins
POLITICALLY.
He sensed the issue would be DAMAGING for his Government, & took the short cut of DENIAL.
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He wanted the public to know he wasn’t told by anyone in his office or his ministry [*clears throat*] before the news broke on February 15.
Now he's taken that argument to the strangest place of all, where he says he is aware of rumours on the Labor side, as well as his own
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but NOT the SPECIFIC allegation of a VIOLENT CRIME against Higgins, committed just 50mtrs from HIS OWN OFFICE. #Scottyknew
His NEED to be BLAMELESS @ all times echoes the self-sabotaging stand he took during the Black Summer of Fires, when he said he DIDNT HOLD A HOSE MATE.
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He didnt start the fires, & it was the responsibility of the states to put them out
[#ScottyTheFukwit will never change - its who he is]
Frankly, Im not sure Morrison understands how DEEP THIS SCAR RUNS.
MISOGYNY is the 2nd SIN of Australia’s settlement after dispossession.
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⚠️VOTERS BEWARE:
Make sure u know who & what u are voting for...
🧵A thread re; the $3.57 a day Jobseeker raise.
The TRUISM that u can judge a country by the way it TREATS its Least Fortunate is
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a damning indictment on the way we treat our jobless.
A rise in Jobseeker of $25 a week – an extra $3.57 a day – is possibly the LEAST AMOUNT that could be announced with some maintenance of a straight face.
It is little enough to mean NEXT TO NOTHING for its recipients
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– crumbs from the table – & is accompanied by ADDITIONAL JOB SEEKING Requirements. Which makes NO SENSE in a time when the number of unemployed (& underemployed) far OUTNUMBERS the number of available job vacancies by a factor of somewhere between 4 to 1 & 9 to 1.
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The woman alleged the sexual assault took place in Sydney in 1988, long before the man's [a current Cabinet minister] political career commenced...🕵🏻♀️🧐
The woman had prepared a long statement for her solicitor @ the end of 2019
Please take time to read it:👇🏾
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"This is my story, plain & simple. Its not pretty, but its mine," she wrote in the statement.
"& I stand by it, EVERY single word & image in this document is TRUE."
[In her statement, the woman alleged she had been anally raped by the man when she was aged 16]
“All I really
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want, in the end, is for this to have been reported to the NSW Police Force & to know that a copy of this document, & a transcript of any interview they might do with me, is in their archives...
"If this story does become public knowledge, I HOPE that it will ENCOURAGE OTHER
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🚨Man accused of raping #BrittanyHiggins in ministerial office RETURNED to Parliament House
A former colleague of the man who allegedly raped #BrittanyHiggins says he was temporarily ALLOWED BACK into parliament in 2019 as a registered lobbyist. @AlboMP @larissawaters
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The man had also been ADDED to the Government’s REGISTER of Lobbyists following his termination & STAYED on the REGISTER until May 2020.
A former colleague of the man said HE WAS in the building for a SMALL, PRIVATE EVENT associated with the 250th anniversary of Captain
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Cook’s Endeavour voyage. (a small event, he should've stood out then🤔. Who signed him in?) @AlboMP @Tony_Burke @SenatorWong
“He was there & SOMEONE would have had to SIGN HIM IN to the event,” the former colleague said, agreeing to speak only on condition of anonymity.
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🔥The Federal authorities have taken a very minimalist approach to the aftermath of the Namadgi ACT Fire that threatened the southern suburbs & destroyed an estimated 80% of the ACT's iconic national park.
The recent $1 million plus
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spend on restoration works in the Namadgi National Park in the wake of the Orroral Valley fire is another example of the ‘hands off' approach of the Morrison Government.
Despite the fire having been STARTED by an ADF helicopter crew, who then FAILED to report its location
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to authorities for 45 minutes, the ACT's REQUEST for Commonwealth DISASTER RECOVERY Funding was REJECTED earlier this year.
The outcome of a compensation claim for the destruction of an estimated 80% of the National Park still hangs in the balance.
🎄The Biloela family will be spending their 3rd Christmas in DETENTION
Priya, Nades, Kopika & Tharunicaa’s movement is LIMITED & everywhere they go they are escorted by SECURITY GUARDS.
They have been the ONLY Detainees for more than a year, other than those in a
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separate part of the centre who've had their visas revoked
after being Convicted of CRIMES in Australia.
Priya says every day on Christmas Island drags.
“We spend our day, either in the bedroom or the dining room. Its really boring for us, its very DEPRESSING & LONELY.”😥
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A statement from the Department of Home Affairs said the family had access to health & welfare services & their detention placement was regularly reviewed
“Australian Border Force (ABF) has deemed the current placement SUITABLE for the family,” it said