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Sep 19, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Some construction workers are protesting mandatory vaccine requirements outside a CFMEU office in Victoria. Image
It looks like the office they’re protesting out the front of is actually closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Image
One construction worker in this livestream, who isn’t wearing a mask, just claimed he was at the Melbourne anti-lockdown protest on Saturday.

He’s wearing a shirt with false information written on it (i.e. “the vaccine is COVID-19” Image
More construction workers have shown up outside the CFMEU office in Victoria to protest against mandatory vaccines. Image
A union official has asked the crowd: "please calm down".

Things are very tense. Some construction workers are now screaming and swearing at union workers. Image
"We're not the enemy. I don't know what youse have heard," the union official says.

Construction workers are now screaming at this union official calling him a "snake" and "gutless c---".
Construction workers are now chanting "f--- the jab"

The official is asking workers to allow him to talk. They are yelling expletives at him. Image
This protest has descended into absolute chaos.

Union officials were unable to calm the crowd and retreated inside. Construction workers began fighting officials and throwing projectiles. ImageImageImage
"You got your point across," a CFMEU Victoria official tells protesters.

"Either you stay here or walk to Parliament where the problem is."

Protesters now yelling "walk with us" and "lead the way" at union officials. Image

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May 22, 2022
Lots of people are saying Greens gains in Brisbane electorates are due to climate change. That’s part of it but as someone living on the ground here, people are missing the huge grassroots community approach those candidates have led.
The Greens have been holding community forums, providing flood relief and COVID-19 care packages and door-knocking up a storm.

They’ve had thousands of volunteers campaigning for them every weekend. It’s been a massive campaign that was widely underreported.
Atm the LNP have received more votes in Griffith than Labor. Floods were definitely on people’s minds but the Greens have been building momentum in Sth Brisbane since Jonathan Sri was elected local councillor in 2016.

& Greens MP Amy MacMahon was also elected to Qld parliament
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May 21, 2022
Frydenberg says “there’s still thousands of postal votes to count”. He acknowledges it’s possible but “difficult” to win in Kooyong.
“Maybe after tonight I get the chance to be the most extraordinary dad,”Frydenberg says.

Sounds like he’s not optimistic about a win in Kooyong.
Frydenberg just gave Guide Dogs CEO Karen Hayes a shoutout. amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…
Read 4 tweets
May 21, 2022
Qld seats to watch tonight 👇
- Brisbane
- Ryan
- Longman
- Griffith
- Flynn
- Leichhardt
Other things I’m interested in knowing;
- Will Greens pick up a lower house seat in Qld
- How will Labor go in Qld this time around
- How many Independents will get elected
- Have UAP and One Nation managed to attract more voters with anti-vaccine/mandate sentiment
ABC says LNP will retain Groom in Qld. Results are currently showing One Nation with more votes than Independent Susie Holt (but only 16.8% of the vote has been counted)
Read 4 tweets
Oct 8, 2021
1/ Exclusive from me: Australian sex workers have reported police inaction, entrapment and expectation of free services by some officers in a new research paper. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
2/ Some migrant sex workers in states where sex work is yet to be decriminalised said police expected free services in exchange for not reporting them. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
3/ Some sex workers vowed nothing would convince them to contact the authorities, no matter how dire the circumstances. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
Read 7 tweets
Oct 6, 2021
New from me: When the pandemic began, the government asked ‘backpackers’ with critical skills to stay and help Australia get through the health crisis.

But these workers have been excluded from the re-opening of international borders next month. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
Midwife Roisin has cared for patients with COVID-19 and gone without seeing her family for 18 months.

She said the decision to exclude temporary visa holders from re-entering Australia feels like "a slap in the face."
sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
Tom, an emergency department doctor from the UK, believes the government should give temporary visa holders more clarity about what they have “to look forward to” rather than leaving them “in limbo”. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
Read 5 tweets
Sep 23, 2021
1/ Fox has interviewed 'Real Rukshan' - a prominent livestreamer who attends anti-lockdown protests

He calls himself an "independent journalist" but is notably popular among the anti-lockdown crowd. In his livestreams, protesters have chanted his name & offered him donations
2/ Rukshan claims he isn't accepting donations. At the protest, he was praised while a Ch7 journalist was attacked by protesters & doused in urine.

Rukshan's livestreams have reached 70k viewers & he's been interviewed by global media, as well as Australia's own 3AW.
3/ In this clip, he compares Melbourne to "Communist China".

There is no mention of protesters smashing up a union building, protesters pelting projectiles at police or the rioting that occurred on Monday. Only the police response is discussed.
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