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13 Jan, 9 tweets, 4 min read
probably explains why Morrison started losing his cool when asked about allocation of federal government RATs procurement.
part 2 of 2 here. Both tweets have multiple replies describing similar experiences, people saying they were emailed about “emergency” requisition of their RAT orders, imposed on suppliers by the federal government.
Morrison was conspicuously agitated when asked about allocation of RATs procured by the federal government. My guess is the “emergency” designation is legally regulated and defined and he has stretched it to retroactively cover for incompetence.
“Government Emergency Requisition” hm hmm could it be a category regulated by law very hard to say.
ah. Anne Davies at GuardianAus was onto it. Apparently there are “extreme urgency or events unforeseen” procurement rules. Explains the comms, the framing, and the panic from Morrison on Commonwealth RAT allocation today.
the internal inconsistency here is quite something. Extreme urgency tender process is simultaneously normal commercial channels.
Sure, Scott.
the December 2020 Commonwealth Procurement Rules. This guff is issued by obedient mouthpiece Simon Birmingham, but I can not find the “urgency” and “unforeseen” provisions.

finance.gov.au/sites/default/…
more from retailers on notice from suppliers that RATs are being seized by the government at point of import. Health Dept using standard “within the rules” spin.

sbs.com.au/news/retailers…
found the “extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen” provision. Even if RAT demand was foreseen by everyone bar the federal clownshow, this applies to limited tender procurement (not compulsory acquisition).

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13 Jan
“emergency services and that includes law enforcement and corrective services” - Scott Morrison.
ten per cent is a pretty low estimate of infected and isolating workers but moving on. Morrison is blaming the extremely high transmission rates on infectiousness. Disruption to workforces are inevible.
mask is off hur hur on why he is so aggressive about schools being open. Schools open means shops open, he says. Schools open means health care workers. His decisions are based on keeping Australians at work, says Scott.
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12 Jan
segue to interview with Sydney Festival chair is clip of Sara Saleh asking that the Festival not accept funding from Israel to artwash its atrocities.
The chair opens with a tory trope: taking the Israeli cash is “typical” and the festival has “always done it”.
Sydney Festival chair is very sorry that artists have been “pressured” into withdrawing and this is something they “never want to see again”. He is talking about the success of the boycott campaign.
the line cuts out. Hamish puts the Q as to whether the Festival enjoys the support of artists. The chair - whose line is breaking up - says the artists have been put in a “compromised” position. Not says: the Festival accepting $20K from Israel caused this “compromise”.
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11 Jan
Morrison government fossil fuel commission (trading as covid commission). Remember not to fall for the “nothing on climate” lies served up by press gallery journos. Coalition policy is to spend public money on increasing emissions. Has been for years.
abc.net.au/news/2020-05-2…
ftr Abbott did not just campaign on repealing the price on carbon. He had a piece of policy garbage called “direct action”, comprised of giving free public money to big polluters. Turnbull maintained it. Morrison rebranded and upped these corporate handouts.
every federal coalition politician is a climate criminal, by definition.
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11 Jan
Palestinian resistance, global BDS, and the 2021 Sydney Festival boycott:
overland.org.au/2022/01/from-s…
why Sydney Festival board members should answer their critics: Image
Hamish telling RN breakfast audience that the ABC has repeatedly invited “Sydney Festival leadership” to appear on the program. He says BDS convenor and Israeli embassy spokespo up shortly.
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9 Jan
each time I go out to do the weeding the sun comes out and humidity soars to a thousand per cent.
nice and cool with a soft breeze while doomscrolling tho😎
in other news, the lemon myrtles are almost cleared. Hmu if you are in western Sydney. Three 6 year old trees, most flowers now seeding. Image
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6 Jan
unions “can put in place” the protections “we need”. Casual workers can not.
PRIORITISE CASUAL WORKERS.
omg fuck me I can not describe how bad casual conditions are and how much worse it has got. Being casual is eleventy times more fucked up now than it was five, ten, twenty years ago.
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