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Aaron Smith
@Aaronsmith333
Tech for work, swimming for sanity, and doing my bit to fight for integrity in our politics. Also aaronsmith333 at the other place.
Dec 16 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
The UK, pioneer of the world’s first civil nuclear program with Calder Hall in 1956, runs 8 reactors across 5 sites.

Logic says this deep history would make the UK a nuclear expert.

Faster, cheaper and more capable than anything led by Peter Dutton and Ted O’Brien, right?

/1 Image And we know Dutton likes nuclear in the UK, because he even used this 3d render of a concept of a plan for a nuclear reactor on a seaside grassy knoll.

Although, at the time, Peter didn't tell us he'd simply lifted the image from a glossy Rolls Royce marketing brochure.

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Dec 10 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
John Pesutto recently settled a potential defamation case with Kellie-Jay Keen and Angela Jones, paying $50k in costs and issuing an apology

The amount is larger than many expected given John described it as a ‘small’ amount.

This is the first time this has been disclosed.

/1 Image That $50,000? It didn’t come directly from Pesutto. It was organised by his former staffer Xavier Boffa in three payments: $20k, $20k, and $10k.

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Oct 22 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
If the Liberals can subvert democracy in Council elections, should there be laws to stop it?

I don’t make this accusation lightly.

This thread is a dive into an egregious attempt to win an election through unbridled deception.

You'll be furious.

/1 Welcome to Studley Ward, part of Boroondara Council, in the Melbourne state seat of Kew, and the Federal seat of Kooyong.

4 candidates are contesting:

Liberal Incumbent Nick Stavrou
Independent Sophie Torney
Independent Kym Sullivan
Liberal Stooge Amanda Towe

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Oct 7 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
Why is Boroondarra Council covering up what has happened at Kew Pool?

Why have ratepayers been kept in the dark for 2 years, while the site languishes?

What's your theory?

Read on. The most damning bit is at the end.

/1 Image This situation cannot be explained by Council incompetence alone. I'll quickly cover the backstory.

Kew Rec consisted of a 25 metre indoor pool, with slides and a learn to swim pool.

My kids learnt to swim at Kew. I swam with a squad there in the 90s.

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Aug 9 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Is this the greatest scandal in Victoria's electoral system?

Next election, run as an Independent, and the largest single donation you can receive is $4850.

The Liberal you run against can access $118M from the Lib's biggest donor: The Cormack Foundation.

Who is Cormack?..

/1 Image Some history.

Years ago, the Govt gave radio licenses to the major parties. The Liberal Party ended up with radio station 3XY, established in 1935.

3XY broadcast from the ballroom in the Princess Theatre.

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Jul 28 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
You probably know the start of this Olympic story, but do you know how it finished?

This photo is of Eric Moussambani, aka 'Eric the Eel' from Equatorial Guinea, competing in the 100m Freestyle event at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, alone.

Why?

/1 Image Eric's heat started with 2 other competitors; one from Niger and the other from Tajikistan. Eric's competitors however both broke, and were disqualified, leaving him to swim this event alone.

Eric hadn't completed a full length of a 50m pool before, but he dived in anyway.

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May 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Today it was revealed that Victoria Liberal MP Richard Riordan's wife was instrumental in orchestrating the setup of fake patients at a Colac Health hospital for a Ministerial visit.

The scandal aside, this gets messier because...

/1 Image A few months ago, when MP Richard Riordan was questioned about the fake patients, he defended the practice to ABC Richard Willingham, but curiously, doesn't appear to have disclosed his wife's involvement.

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Jan 15 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
A cautionary important thread on how the culture war mongers do their work.

The last week shows how Peter Dutton plans to win the next election, assisted by media who moonlight as the LNP PR machine, working in unison with a conservative lobby group funded by billionaires.

/1 If you want to see how these groups working together plan on manipulating your family and friends, this thread shows what they do, and importantly gives a taster of what is to come.

This is a look at the Woolworths 'story' this week, by zooming way out.

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Jan 5 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Caroline Marcus at SkyNews is doubling down having been accused of not disclosing the backstory of the man she interviewed who said he felt intimidated by a Palestinian Flag pin worn by a Qantas flight attendant.

Here's 2 parts of Caroline doubling down. You be the judge....

/1 Part 1. In her latest, Caroline says, "he is not a branch president of the (Liberal) party as I have seen claimed online".

Why doesn't Caroline elaborate on "as I have seen claimed online"?

There's a good reason.

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Nov 20, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
I’m in the Lobby of the @apolloDimora Hotel in Calicut India.

I leave in 18 hrs. The Hotel says unless they receive hundreds of dollars more than the amount agreed and pre-paid, they will hold my possessions.

A story of failure by @qantas Hotels, @expedia and @ApolloDimora.

/1 Image How it started;

On 23 Sept, I booked for 12 Nights commencing 9 Nov at the @ApolloDimora Hotel via the @Qantas Hotels website.

This booking was paid in advance, in full, on a no-cancellation basis. I received a confirmation, a tax invoice and my credit card was charged.

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Aug 11, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Bernie Finn has been accused of harassing a Liberal party member online. The article doesn't say who.

Can we work it out?

1/ Image I'm reminded of the time a recording was leaked of a Liberal Party room meeting where Bernie Finn calls Tim Smith a f**king ididot.

I'm not sure if that's harassment, or truth.

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Jul 18, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Rachael is CEO of the innocuously named Catholic-linked think-tank 'Women's Forum Australia'.

Women's Forum Australia hold the position that teenagers should not have access to sex education, and oppose access to reproductive healthcare.

And they are connected. A thread....

/1 When looking at 'think-tanks' it's interesting to look at who else is involved.

Stephanie Bastiaan is a 'Research Fellow' (whatever that is) at Women's Forum Australia.

Stephanie might be familiar to you.

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Jul 8, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
How’s the religious infiltration at the Vic Liberals progressing?

Scheduled for 2pm, a secret gathering is taking place in the Dandenongs.

An 'afternoon tea', hosted by Peter Killin, featuring newly minted MP, Renee Heath.

Familiar names?

Read on to remember why....

/1 Peter Killin was a Liberal candidate in the 2019 federal election.

But his homophobic views ended his candidacy.

They didn't end his Liberal Party membership though. And he'd soon find other ways to pursue his agenda.

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Jun 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Brittany Higgins, a Liberal staffer accuses Bruce Lerhmann, also a Liberal staffer of sexual assault in Liberal Minister Linda Reynolds' office.

Without explanation, the sofa in Linda Reynolds' office undergoes cleaning the following day.

1/ In relation to this, an inquiry to establish who knew what in PM Morrison's office by Phil Gaetjens, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is setup.

That report from Phil Gaetjens' inquiry still remains unreleased, which is a pattern for Gaetjens.

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Mar 13, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The @australian just ran an article by @Chambersgc and @jessmalcolm1, I suspect following instructions from @SenatorHume.

It demonstrates a lack of ethics at The Australian and an absence of integrity by Jane Hume.

Read on and I'll explain why this is so egregiously bad.

/1 Image The article seeks to create outrage by suggesting Dr Ryan is failing Kooyong by not attending the chamber for 6 divisions on Thursday.

So, why did Geoff and Jess consider this news but not mention that Jane Hume attended just 5 of 28 votes last week?

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Jan 15, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Greg Sheridan, as expected has written a glowing tribute to #Pell, in The Australian, of course.

It's an indulgent piece, afforded to Sheridan because he is Pell's friend and in a powerful position at The Australian. Let's drill down.

1/ Sheridan starts by regurgitating the idea that Pell is a victim of 'anti-Catholic Hysteria'.

Sheridan, like others never suggest why complainants, with zero to gain, would voluntarily subject themselves to examination by ruthless Barristers like Robert Richter.

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Jan 15, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Man of God? The Pell I knew failed kids. Some are now dead, some irreparably damaged, some living a destroyed life of unfulfilled potential.

This remains true no matter how much those like Andrew Bolt defend him and want to re-write history.

A thread of #Pell defenders.

/1 Tony Abbot, of course.

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Dec 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
John Pesutto's inability to be the reformer the Victorian Liberal Party needs has been confirmed.

Hansard reveals the quiet announcement that Moira Deeming has been appointed Whip and Renee Heath Secretary of the Parliamentary Party.

1/ Moira Deeming, anti-abortion activist, transphobic, endorsed by the Australian Christian Lobby and Katherine Deves is the candidate the Liberal Party hid and silenced leading into this election. This thread touches on why. 👇
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Dec 12, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
A difficult personal thread.

Thinking of 9 young girls who just learnt that the man they said sexually abused them would not face another trial meaning 10 remaining charges have been dropped.

A jury was discharged after failing to reach a unanimous verdict on the first 11.

1/ Those girls were under the age of 10 when the alleged abuse took place. They'd be teenagers now.

Those girls, all 9 of them, now live in the shadow of a 3 year binary criminal justice process that has ruled what they said happened, didn't happen. All Nine.

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Nov 20, 2022 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
This thread is about connections, and shows how religious infiltration in the Victorian Liberals is pervasive.

It also reveals examples of positions that motivate the infiltration.

Let's start with Cynthia Watson, Liberal Candidate for Ringwood, and see where we end up.

1/13 In 2018, Cynthia was elected a Liberal Party Delegate, with husband Elliot. Both are Mormons.

They’re linked to Marcus Bastiaan’s ultra-conservative religious recruitment drive.

Maryke Rancie, anti-safe schools campaigner and Ivan Stratov, both Mormons were also elected.

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Nov 16, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Moira Deeming epitomises religious infiltration in the Victorian Liberals.

There's a lot missing from Moira's profile. Perhaps Liberal HQ can refer to this thread and add it?

Reportedly, Deeming has been banned from speaking to the media, so this thread can fill you in.

1/11 Moira's Liberal Party profile doesn't mention Moira was Secretary for anti-abortion group, 'March for the Babies'.

Listen to 19 seconds of Moira at their anti-abortion rally. Note who Moira thanks.

Deeming will vote to stop women accessing abortion.

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