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Without #transparency, the use of taxpayer funded ‘private’ jets by politicians is open to abuse. @AlboMP’s claim that detailing PAST flights is a security risk is farcical. I’m in the AAT trying to lift the secrecy blanket off these flights. 1/5 #auspol theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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So Peter Dutton will go to the election not telling Australians what his 2030 target will be, while claiming he’s committed to the Paris Agreement which requires that no target can be less than that already committed to. How does that work? 🤔 unfccc.int/process-and-meeti…
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📺TONIGHT: 7:30PM ABC TV 📺
I'll join Laura Tingle on 7.30 Report to discuss the outcome of the much anticipated Consultants Inquiry Final Report.
14 months in the making - don't miss it!
#auspol
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Yes, will be doing pwc consultants inquiry story. Government got gutted. Need to read report first. Good work by @BarbaraPocock and colleagues to expose this rort
#auspol
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“These are difficult cases, but they can be done.”
Outstanding coverage by @ICIJorg's @spencerwoodman of the IRS' recent difficulties in investigating and, especially, prosecuting instances of suspected tax fraud by large corps. and the ultra wealthy.
icij.org/inside-icij/2024/06…
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If we don't end up with a minority (likely Labor) government next election, with Greens, Teals, & sensible Indies having control of both houses, I honestly don't know what will shift Aussie voters.
The duopoly is utterly destroying this place & any hope of a fairer, safer future.
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The Government’s ‘Sea Dumping’ Bill stinks.
It can be used to facilitate the expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
Govt & Coalition both supporting it in the Senate.
Full ramble in committee of the whole here: youtu.be/0RcTreBo29U
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Oh what fresh Hell is this ...
"MyGov to use face or fingerprint recognition instead of passwords in bid to fight scams
"Announcement of change to Australians’ accounts from 2024 comes amid concern over ‘scam-in-a-box kits’ being sold on dark web"
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Back from Covid and back on my bullshit.
With the screws tightening on everyday Australians, can Labor really afford to proceed with tax cuts for high-income earners, telling struggling voters to just sit tight?
themonthly.com.au/the-politi…
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Another major break on those behind the fake “ordinary Australians” anti-Voice campaign coming up later today…
How the 'No' campaign – which was a fake "grassroots" movement of fake "ordinary Australians" – was run by directors with fake residential addresses...with the whole shadowy network of six connected entities run from a fake "national headquarters". ICYMI
👉theklaxon.com.au/zgwi
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Secret Squirrel Stuff in South Australia . FFS, Malinauskas(& Albo) just get with the #FOI program.
#auspol
.@AnnastaciaMP, @ChrisMinnsMP and @ABarrMLA all proactively disclosure their diaries. @AlboMP is being forced to disclose his. On #FOI’ing @PMalinauskasMP’s diary he gave me👇this👇, which says nothing about who’s influencing him. I’ve sent it back to him for a retry 1/2 #saparli
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It’s a similar story each year. For 2023 it’s 831 large corporations not contributing a brass razoo towards the safe and just society they operate in, nor to the systems that educate and provide for the health needs of their workforces. #shame #auspol abc.net.au/news/2023-11-09/8…
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I hope we all learn from this because violence against women IS preventable.
But only if we work on the red flags. And that means having tough conversations about the flags we missed and why we missed them.
If you need help, help is available.
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Today I remember the 43 women killed by violence so far in 2023.
We need to stop framing men who kill women as ‘good blokes’ who just snapped. Men must do far more to stamp out the sexism and misogyny that breeds inequality and violence.
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Trade-off for competition was service (USO) @kwingerei #optus
Airlines similar, no minimum service obligation, though price (pre-covid gouge) worked
Yes Optus. It is not good enough, but outage also points to deep flaws in dysfunctional telecoms regulation. #Optusdown #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/yes-optus…
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Apparently #whistleblowing in desperation about soldiers slaughtering innocent civilians, because your internal complaints to Defence were ignored, is not a “very unusual and exceptional circumstance”. FFS.
Attorney-General declines to drop charges against #DavidMcBride @MurdochCadell because — “Ministerial intervention is reserved for very unusual and exceptional circumstances.”
AG refuses to intervene in McBride trial.
We are bitterly disappointed with the correspondence received today on behalf of the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus. We have waited weeks for a reply to detailed subs seeking the withdrawal of charges against McBride and now this vague letter arrives, with no indication that the arguments have even been considered.
As a trial is days away, we cannot comment on the matters we put to Mr Dreyfus seeking his intervention but we utterly reject the contention that the Attorney-General cannot intervene except in "unusual and exceptional circumstances". The law imposes no such restraint nor any hint of it. The AG does not need exceptional circumstances but there is no shortage of them in McBride’s case.
The implication that the AG’s Department has an arm's-length relationship to the case is difficult for us to accept as we are constantly entangled in its interventions. The AG now exerts startling powers over the conduct of the trial and the presentation of evidence under the National Security Information Act (NSI) Those powers are being exerted with vigour. In common parlance the AG and his delegates are up to their necks in this secret trial.
