22 October 2023
To the Prime Minister and every Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament This is an open letter which will be circulated to the Australian public and media…
…Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have observed a week of silence across Australia since the outcome of the Referendum last Saturday 14 October 2023. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags have flown half-mast and we have refrained from media commentary,…
Nov 13, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
"…of the various pathways modelled in this document, Australia’s government picked the one that doesn’t even reach net zero by 2050. Their preferred scenario, “ThePlan”, hits 2050 with a whopping 94 megatonnes of emissions remaining, or 215 if you exclude questionable offsets…"
"…They reached the point of 85% reduction in emissions, and very simply gave up. This ignored 15% is breezily labelled “further technology breakthroughs” in the document. It’s both amusingly honest and stunningly irresponsible…"
Nov 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
"…NewsCorp has knocked out the keystone of its own culture war triumphal arch — climate change denialism. With the Oz&tabloids bleating about solar panels& green growth, the other stuff is just rubble on the ground. The rubble of their love, from which no castles will B built…"
crikey.com.au/2021/11/12/pro…
Feb 10, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
"…She’s crass, she’s crude, and she’s still at it. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is an embarrassment to Congress, and she’s certainly useless to her constituents in Georgia’s 14th congressional district…"
"…Greene has more time on her hands now that she’s been stripped of her committee assignments, to which she added absolutely no value, but she isn’t using her newfound free time to work for her constituents or to rehabilitate her reputation. She’s back to the same old antics…"
Feb 10, 2021 • 75 tweets • 13 min read
The reminder of Kristina Keneally's #NPC address from yesterday:
"…At just $100m SportRorts is small fry compared to where the main game is.
Let’s take just one example with Community Development Grants…"
"…These grants were established in 2013 with a relatively modest $340m under the Abbott Government.
But Scott Morrison – as Treasurer – recognised the political benefit of sitting on large amounts of unallocated money in the budget…"
Feb 9, 2021 • 42 tweets • 7 min read
"…No-one goes into politics to be in Opposition.
Especially not those of us on the Labor side, the party of initiative and ideas, the party created and sustained by a belief in the power of government to change people’s lives for the better…"
"…But - so long as you are in Opposition - you have a fundamental responsibility to hold the government to account – not just on issues of policy but on questions of integrity…"
Feb 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"…fed-gov's attempt to use "extraordinary security powers to obstruct Bernard Collaery engaging a highly respected barrister in the Timor-Leste spying case was “disturbing” and “unfair”, a judge has ruled…"
"…Collaery is fighting allegations that he unlawfully shared protected information about a 2004 Australian spy operation that bugged allies in the Timor-Leste government to gain the upper hand in negotiations over oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea…"
Feb 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"…The MAGA-mutts are not just deplorables; they R contemptible. Actually, they R beneath contempt but they aren't beyond pity – or sympathy at least. Not that I’m getting all mushy about MAGA-mutts. No. But…They wr played like cheap violins &,2 their shame, they were eager,…"
"…willing marks. Trump played them&now many refuse 2 acknowledge that they were marks. They stormed the Capitol&bought into the con. They bought into Donald Trump. Nearly a half-dozen dead, they played the con so thoroughly.
But Trump wasn’t the only one playing the yokels…"
Feb 9, 2021 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
"…Of history’s four impeachments of US presidents, Donald Trump is the proud owner of half of them. Since he’s fond of superlatives he can truthfully say that no one gets impeached better than he does. He gets impeached strongly. All of his impeachments are tremendous…" [bigly]
"…Senator Josh Hawley and his family had a good time on his donors’ dime. FEC records show the Republican Senator used $197 in campaign funds to pay for junk food from places like Voodoo Doughnut and Lard Lad during a family trip to Universal Studios back in March…"
"…Republican lawmakers R makin'their attempts 2 destroy democracy a family affair. Hawley&his family wr at th-park 2 partake in a lobbyist retreat hosted by Sen-RoyBlunt’s Rely on YourBelief’sPAC, which spent ov-$4,500 on admission, includin'tickets 4Hawley,his wife&2children…"
Feb 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"…In order to crack almost any political scandal, even one as over the top as Donald Trump’s attempt at overturning the 2020 presidential election, it always helps to simply follow the money…"
"…Now it turns out Trump and his campaign paid thousands of dollars to an Arizona state legislator, right around the same time that legislator was trying to overthrow the Electoral College results in Arizona…"
Feb 8, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
"…House Republican Minority Leader KevinMcCarthy is rapidly proving that he’s completely in over his head. He’s causing harm not only to the nation, but also specifically to his own caucus. He forced HouseRepublicans to take sides in a damaging vote over MarjorieTaylorGreene,…"
"… because he didn’t have the guts to take action. Now it turns out McCarthy is screwing things up with Liz Cheney as well…"
Jun 14, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
A closer look at Scott Morrison’s CV discloses that he's a crook from way back.
"…Michael Towke is also a long-serving member of the Liberal Party. In July 2007 he won preselection for the then safe federal Liberal seat of Cook. He was set to replace the outgoing member, Bruce Baird…"
