EVERALD COMPTON
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A young Aussie in his 90's making a difference in vital areas of life such as Positive Ageing, Infrastructure, Water, Earthcare, Refugees, Poverty and Religion
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May I as Elder of my
#Church
for 63 years ask
@JEChalmers
to save $60 million every year by defunding Christian Chaplains in
#schools
. No Govt has right to subsidise teaching of
#Christianity
in any School. It is WRONG. More Christian to provide breakfast for hungry students.
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My sister Vivienne died last night aged 92. Has been my privilege to share 90 of those years with her. Real good mate. Was with her when she graduated as a nurse 70 years ago. Watched with pride as she served splendidly as compassionate aged care nurse. They don't come better.
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Today I gave eulogy at funeral of my sister Vivienne. In preparing my words I came across this photo of us taken 87 years ago when the Great Economic Depression was at its peak & WorldWar2 was looming. Our parents told us there always is hope and there was. We give thanks.
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Stunned that some on
#SocialMedia
are saying that no Minister has been legally sworn in unless they hold a
#Bible
in their hand. No one should have Bible anywhere near them when they are sworn in. Everyone should hold a copy of Australian
#Constitution
. Nothing else.
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Just want you to know I am a romantic guy. Here I am taking Helen out to moonlight dinner at Coolum last night. Saw her across crowded room 67 years ago, rushed to her side, never let her go. As they say out in the bush where I grew up 'she is a fair dinkum cracker of a shiela'.
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#Pell
is travelling from Melbourne to Sydney & no one is stopping him but I am not allowed to leave my suburb without being fined. His life of privilege continues.
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Probably not wise to say too much until
#RobodebtRC
makes final report but if I were a punter I would put big dollars on it finding that this awful program is worst piece of coldblooded corruption & persecution by
#politicians
&
#bureaucrats
in history of Australia.
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Are we to understand from this decision that even though people were driven to take their own lives after
#Robodebt
persecution those who caused it will walk away free? This is disgraceful.
Corruption watchdog rules out robodebt probe
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My spies tell me
@AlboMP
is about to wave the
#ReligiousDiscriminationBill
through
#Parliament
after making some minor amendments. I hope they are wrong as it is a document of
#bigotry
that divides our nation & will cost
#ALP
many thousands of votes. Am appalled. Stop it now.
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Word is that pressure is on
@ScottMorrisonMP
to resign as MP for
#Cook
so Peta
#Credlin
can take his place & challenge
@PeterDutton_MP
for leader of
#Liberals
. Just imagine it. In 2025 our election will be Albo v Credlin. I am putting some significant dollars on Albo right now.
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Been to 3 funerals this week. All old friends. At my age of 90 lots of friends fall off perch with increasing regularity. I give thanks for their contribution to my life & to society. Every morning I am grateful for another day in which I can do my bit & try to kick another goal.
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Friendly waiters at our Anniversary dinner couldn't work out how we have lived together for 64 years without getting bored & how 91 year
#old
bloke has no glasses or walking stick. Diners at next table anonymously paid for our drinks. World is good place.
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Since I mentioned that
#AustraliaDay
is 1 January as that is day Australia was founded in 1901, have had many messages calling me
#woke
. Dictionary says woke is well educated person who seeks justice for all. Don't deserve honour but happy to receive it. Please keep accusing me.
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History records that when
@JuliaGillard
established Royal Commission on
#ChildAbuse
she was hugely criticised by
#Pell
&
#Abbott
. She lived by higher set of values than both of them combined. She has my respect & thanks.
I also think of
@JuliaGillard
for having the guts to carry out a RC into Institutionalised Child other PM in our history would have stood up for the children.Remember well the pressures she endured to maintain the circle of silence.Respect.
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My friends in Parliament tell me that
#CraigKelly
meeting with
#Barnaby
was to create new
#conservative
party led by Barnaby. They will be joined by Christensen and Canavan and will sit on cross bench.
#Morrison
will lead minority government. Happy days.
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#Politics
at its most juvenile worst. Shadow Treasurer
#AngusTaylor
publicly berated
@AlboMP
for cancelling
#NationalCabinet
meeting because he has
#Covid
. Accused him of not doing his job. Taylor scrapes bottom of barrel every time he opens his mouth.
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Absolutely enlightening.
@AngusTaylorMP
has revealed to us that sun goes down at night time & so we should get rid of our
#Solar
panels. May I kindly say in reply that the sun has gone down on his contribution to
#Parliament
. Perhaps all
#Liberals
too.
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Can
@PeterDutton_MP
stop talking rubbish & treating us as dills? Says
#power
crisis caused by
@AlboMP
changing to
#renewables
too quickly. Can he give us list of renewable plants Albo has built in 3 weeks as PM & how many
#coal
plants he has closed? Is he saying Albo is superman?
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Last night Helen & I enjoyed splendid dinner celebrating Wedding Anniversary 65. Happy 3 hour chat about highs & lows of our solid partnership strengthened by wonderful family of 4 children 8 grands 1 great grand of whom we are immensely proud. And we are privileged to be Aussies
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Am reliably informed that NO campaign against
#Voice
is being heavily financed by wealthy
#ChristianRight
groups in USA. Surely it is abuse of our electoral laws for foreign money to be used to influence a
#Referendum
. What legal steps can we take to stop it?
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#Trump
won
#Alaska
by 10% margin in 2020 USA President Election. Today his personal candidate
#sarahpalin
lost Congress Seat there to unknown Democrat. Key campaign issue was
#SupremeCourt
rejection of
#AbortionRights
. I am cheering.
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Just 91 years ago today at 5am on 5 October 1931, I came out yelling & kicking. I will continue this habit in my 92nd year. This serious photo was taken for last Sunday's
@abclandline
when we talked about good goals that
#old
guys can kick for
#Australia
.
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Grateful I made it to my 92nd birthday today. When I was born in 1931 the world was suffering cruel effects of Great Depression but there was wonderful community spirit where people helped one another out of trouble. This has disappeared from our society today. Let's revive it.
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Been keen student of
#politics
since high school days in 1940's. Heard lots of crude comments from people who should never have been elected to
#Parliament
but can't remember any uttering more crude & disgusting than this one. Its time
@sussanley
for you to resign.
If you live in Frankston and you’ve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor.
If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor.
Send Labor a message.
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HELEN AND I ARE ENJOYING OUR 68TH CHRISTMAS TOGETHER.
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In all the 60 years I have been visiting
#Parliament
there has always been between 25 & 50 Bills in various stages of legislative process. When I was there last week there were only 6 in the system. This clearly tells us that there is something badly wrong.
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My 4 children got University degrees free as
#GoughWhitlam
was their PM. Gough knew it was dumb to charge citizens to get skills that would enhance nation. Great man.
University of Melbourne vice chancellor calls for free university education
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Lovely person who helped me get to finish line of my 90th birthday charity walkathon of 14kms last Saturday is Helen. 63 years ago today we married at Scots Church Clayfield. We have enjoyed a wonderful journey & our best years lie ahead starting with dinner at Noosa tonight.
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As my dad was low wage labourer my entire education was in
#StateSchools
& I got solid education in good environment. Lets remove
#government
grants to elite
#schools
that charge top fees & upgrade investment in state schools. Australia will improve its skills enormously.
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May I forecast that if
#Lehrmann
wins one million women will march to Court House to burn it down in anger. His cold blooded campaign to destroy
@BrittHiggins_
has reached into darkest depths of depravity. I have been anti-marcher all my life but I will turn out for this one.
Lehrmann v Network Ten ~ things have taken a distinctly sinister turn with men plotting the continued mental torture of Brittany Higgins.
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Every week someone leaks trivia alleging
@BrittHiggins_
is not behaving like a 'nice' lady. No one ever leaks anything about
#Lehrmann
. So may I ask if rumours are true that Court has ruled that details of alleged Lehrmann incident with woman in
#Toowoomba
cannot be made public.
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Shadow Ministry of
@PeterDutton_MP
omitted
@DarrenChesterMP
despite him being most talented person in their team. Still punishing him for being first
#LNP
MP to support
#samesexmarriage
. They reckon good
#Christians
like them should not do that. Join
#Independents
Darren.
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Most important event of 2022 in Australia was defeat of government led by
@ScottMorrisonMP
. It was worst of my lifetime &
#Morrison
himself was most appalling PM in our history as a nation. Even worse his Party is totally unable to provide any genuine opposition in
#Parliament
.
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John Hewson has made valid comment on
#Coles
&
#Woolworths
in
@SatPaper
on their role in adding to
#inflation
with unjustifiable prices, poor quality & smaller quantities in packaging etc. They are blot on Australia's marketplace.
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My mates in
#Coalition
have told me sad tale of
#Rorts
. They absolutely expected to lose
#Election2019
& decided to hand out grants to mates while they still had power to do it. Then they made huge mistake. They won. 'And then the shit hit the fan'.
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Been non political mate of
@billshortenmp
for 20 years. We enjoyed dinner tonight at Canberra restaurant. Over 60% of diners plus chef & staff asked for photos with Bill. When I went to pay for our dinner I was told an anonymous diner had paid it. How did Bill lose
#Election2019
?
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Pleased I live in Australia where
#Keating
can take swipe at
@AlboMP
& Albo can hit him back while democracy is enhanced by debate. Interesting how
#Aukus
&
#Submarines
has divided us more than any other issue in decades. Fact is most Aussie voters are not frightened of
#China
.
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Got text from Senator
#JacintaPrice
asking me to vote NO if I don't know what
#Voice
is about. Who gave her my number? Have never ever signed up to NO mailing list. So one of many companies I deal with is helping NO. What right do they have to help NO invade my privacy.
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Was at Parliament when
#Whitlam
had Bill passed giving
#women
equal pay for equal work.
#Liberals
voted NO claiming women could not do equal work.
Whitlam gave women divorce childcare Pill. 50 years on is it time for another revolution? via
@InQldMedia
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Premier of
#Victoria
@DanielAndrewsMP
is a leader. Today he said 'I am accountable. I am captain of the team. I have to take responsibility.' We need many more
#politicians
like that. These are words we rarely hear.
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My gut feeling is that
@AlboMP
is leading Australia away from old ties with USA & UK while strengthening our relations with China Japan India Indonesia. Am cheering.
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Growing criticism of
@DanielAndrewsMP
is unfair & hysterical. He is giving courageous leadership in tough situation & is honest enough to admit mistakes.
#Victoria
will get
#Covid19
under control soon. Keep up the good work Dan. The light at end of tunnel is getting brighter.
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Gave eulogy today at funeral of old mate who died at 91. We played in same cricket team 65 years ago & chased same girls. He was old time bank manager who looked after his customers. In his retirement he became a beekeeper who kept me supplied with superb honey. Real good bloke.
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If
#Referendum
was held today asking Australians if we want 368 billion spent on
#Submarines
or on local infrastructure health education energy water I reckon submarines would lose 90% to 10%. Am I right or wrong?
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Further evidence of
#political
corruption with
#InlandRail
is at Narromine NSW. Correct path for track went through property of eminent member of
#Nationals
. He objected &
#Barnaby
had it moved to location that will cause entire town to flood. Ask Jennifer Knop
@merebone
.
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Decision of
@PeterDutton_MP
not to attend
#JobsSummit
is huge error. 100 of most influential Australian Leaders will be there & he should be working the crowd during the breaks to advocate his views. His absence tells them he is not our next PM. Unbelievably poor
#politics
.
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Been flying
#Qantas
70 years. They removed me from Chairmans Lounge on 90th birthday for not flying enough. I do more volunteer work for society than any
#politician
.
Nearly all federal politicians accepted gifts from Qantas, but not all declared them via
@crikey_news
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Been flying
#Qantas
for 70 years & now I am watching it die. Trying to get home to Brisbane from Canberra. They have cancelled one flight & have no baggage handlers to load this one. I am on board so there is hope. Others missing out. Founder Hudson Fysh is turning in his grave.
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In my 92 years I have not bought
#AustraliaDay
merchandise & not more than 10% of Aussies ever have yet
@PeterDutton_MP
says its availability is crisis issue. Voters must ask if he can handle a real crisis.
Dutton fires shots in Australia Day culture war
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Comments by
#Barnaby
about turning our ballot papers into bullets to fire at
@AlboMP
& Chris Bowen reveal him as failed
#politician
who is a threat to society. He is unfit to remain in
#Parliament
.
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What a divisive appallingly dreadful spectacle
#VoiceReferendum
has become. In my 91 years of life & 70 as voter I have never before experienced such a debacle. No matter who wins Australia will be hopelessly divided for a generation. By 14 October it will be a bloodbath.
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I will not be celebrating
#AustraliaDay
in any way on 26 January. I have already done that by drinking with pride a toast to
#Australia
in 1 January which is day the nation of Australia was born in 1901. 26/1 is day of
#British
invasion when they brutalised convicts & stole land.
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It is always sad to watch MP's being sworn in to Australian
#Parliament
and note they have to swear allegiance to the
#Queen
. I find it appalling. Their loyalty must be to the people of Australia. When will we have courage to untie ourselves from
#Britain
.
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Word is going around
#Parliament
this afternoon that
@ScottMorrisonMP
speech on
#Voice
today was his last. His resignation is expected this week. The entire building will give huge sigh of relief. His presence is now a total irrelevance.
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Good.
#Catholic
church loses high court bid to prevent father of
#GeorgePell
accuser suing for damages
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Was at bush Schools for 5 years from 1936 with 2 good
#indigenous
mates Jackie & Kathleen Dumbleton. They did better than I did at exam time but in years that followed they faced hurdles of race that I didn't & were not given a fair go. In their honour I will vote YES to
#Voice
.
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May I join many others in expressing my admiration of
#UsmanKhawaja
for his resolute support of his people in
#Palestine
. I also cheer his valiant leader
#PatCummins
for his brave & sensible support of Khawaja.
Cummins supports Khawaja dove symbol
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Easter is renewal of life & hope. While enjoying prime beef & red wine Helen & I noted our combined age is 177. We plan to reach 190 enjoying every minute & using experience to contribute to better Australia. When our inevitable last day comes it will be happy occasion. Cheers.
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Australia is
#democracy
. We have right to publicly criticise anyone so long as we don't tell lies or defame them. There is one exception. We can't criticise
#Israel
or Jewish people. If we do we are clones of Hitler. Nevertheless I will criticise
#Netanyahu
whenever he deserves
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I lived through Great Depression of 1930's when one out of every three was unemployed. We fought our way out of that only to be hit by WorldWar2 in 1939 when food & clothing were rationed & we faced huge threat of Japanese invasion. We survived & prospered. Lets do it again
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Today I enter 10th decade of my life & will use it to help rebuild an
#Australia
that once was proud. Our 6 States grow further apart daily despite having a valued
#heritage
of 65000 years & citizens who have come here from 100 nations but I happily walk into a beautiful sunset.
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My book DINNER WITH THE FOUNDING FATHERS notes that NZ tried to join Federation of States in 1901 but withdrew when our 6 States refused to give Indigenous people status
#Maoris
had rightly gained in Treaty of 1840. Opponents of
#UluruStatement
are still in denial 120 years later
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Just want to say I will quietly support
@BrittHiggins_
every step of the way as she gives her evidence. May justice be done.
Brittany Higgins takes stand in Lehrmann defamation trial as lawyer warns her evidence will be ‘graphic and distressing’
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Begin my YEAR OF LIVING CURIOUSLY by asking why are we not celebrating AUSTRALIA DAY today? Australia came into being on 1 Jan 1901 when
#historic
celebration was held on Sydney Harbour. Why can't we scrap nonsense we have on 26 Jan that honours creation of brutal convict jail.
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Been flying
#Qantas
for 70 years & guest at Chairman's Lounge for decades. Cancelled last year. Said I was not doing as many flights as I used to. Tough attitude now reflected in them blaming passengers for current chaos. Something is badly wrong. Hudson Fysh would weep.
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Sadly
@AlboMP
has made huge error in dropping reform of
#frankingcredits
that may well lead to his defeat in next Federal Election. A solid core of Australians want a PM who advocates visionary
#policies
& principles & does not react to
#polls
. Albo & ScoMo look very alike.
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Today I begin my 89th year. Have lived through a great economic depression, world war, cold war, enormous political & social upheaval plus internet. Looking forward to more challenges as Australia is great place for old guys like me to make a contribution & enjoy it. Cheers,
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#GovernorGeneral
of Australia is upholder of
#law
& defender of
#Constitution
. By tradition he or she takes advice from
#PrimeMinister
but is required to ask questions about validity of advice before signing anything. Sadly it appears our Governor General propped up a dictator.
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Great result in
#BruceLehrmann
defamation trial would be for judge to decide he was 'defamed' but grant him a payout of one dollar & order him to pay fees & costs for both sides as penalty for humiliating witnesses, wasting everyone's time & demeaning legal system.
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If you are ever told that
#Muslims
are terrorists who will never be good Aussies don't ever believe it. Local Muslims always back my
#Church
at Aspley in our efforts to help the needy. These Melbourne Muslims look like great Aussies to me. Cheering them all the way to
#Gippsland
.
The barbecue meat was gone in a flash, but there were still delicious pastries made by Melbourne’s Muslim community. The MFB with Human Appeal Aust and the Aust Islamic Council are taking 5 truckloads of food, water and supplies to Gipps communities.
#vicfires
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Have pre-ordered books by
@TamePunk
&
@JuliaGillard
. When
#old
boy like me who was born & bred in
#bush
has his reading habits based on words of influential
#women
then revolution is happening in Australia. Could be a good thing actually.
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#StuartRobert
has nil to contribute to
#politics
& government. His extreme Pentecostal
#religion
is divisive & he must fall on his sword over
#Robodebt
. NOW.
Another MP overboard? Former Liberal minister Stuart Robert under pressure’| The New Daily
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I went to bush
#school
of 20 students. 2 were
#aborigines
. Their dad worked hard & happily with mine at timber mill. We played together every day & shared meals. They taught me to love the land. Entire school was colour blind. They were great days. Why did we lose them?
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The Australian
@australian
today has piece that gives
#barnaby
headlines to accuse
#Albanese
Govt of failure to complete Melbourne Brisbane
#InlandRail
. They ignore fact
@AlboMP
must find $20 billion to cover cost blow out solely caused by Barnaby mismanagement. Huge political
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In her press club address
#FrancescaAlbanese
gave such a refreshing display of honesty clarity integrity objectiveness that Journos simply could not cope with her. She made them look like cheap political gangsters. I could not stop cheering. Wonderful performance of quality.
Francesca Albanese walked into the press club as a guest speaker. She walked out leaving the MSM journos in a mess, she owned the joint. Didn’t know who they were, just took them on with knowledge. Try harder journos.
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Here we go again.
#ClivePalmer
has announced he is financing 2 million dollars of advertising promoting NO to
#Voice
over final 2 weeks before
#Referendum2023
. Can we get some laws passed to stop guys like this from buying votes in future?
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Three hours today at
#cardiovascular
clinic. My
#old
heart got big work over. Told me its as good a 92 year old heart as they have seen & if I stay mentally & physically active I have 5 years of productive life ahead. Hope they got it right. Would like to stir a few more pots.
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I founded
#InlandRail
1996 so farmers could have low cost export access to ports but
#Barnaby
sacked me so he could waste billions building rail to no ports at all.
At $31 billion, is Inland Rail biggest waste of public money in history? via
@InQldMedia
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For 89 years I have watched
#politicians
world wide give voters
#taxcuts
. Result has always been that
#rich
guys got richer, their wealth has not trickled down to
#poor
& national debt has risen. It represents total fraud. Opposite happens when same funds build infrastructure.
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This speech by
@PeterDutton_MP
linking Port Arthur with
#Palestine
has ensured that
#Independents
will take more seats from
#Liberals
at Election2025.
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It is likely that
#LindaReynolds
may win defamation case against
@BrittHiggins_
but she will be hugely diminished in stature in eyes of most voters in Australia. She will achieve absolutely nothing.
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The incredible has happened.
#Oil
has no value. Huge pay back for oil barons who have plundered our lives for a century. Lets fix them forever by producing
#ElectricCars
&
#hydrogencars
as soon as possible.
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