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@dlew919
@NewPoliticsAU
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Dear
@ABCnews
, in case you didn’t realise, there are 76 Senators. Just because they’re in the Senate, you don’t always have to interview Hollie Hughes or Matt Canavan for their opinions on climate. Look around, you might be able to find Senators who are more relevant.
#AUSPOL
NSW case numbers are 1286% higher than Victoria. If you’re wondering why Berejiklian is getting away with murder, first question to Daniel Andrews today was “how are you going to get numbers down”. First question to
@GladysB
was “do you have to wear a mask to a picnic”.
A church in Blacktown was fined a total of $36,000 a few months ago for breaching COVID rules. Why are police not applying a $55,000 fine to the Hillsong church for the breaches at their youth festival? Houston-Morrison-Pentecostals-NSW Police. What a rotten connection.
#auspol
Wow. A climate change protester who blocks a lane on Sydney Harbour Bridge for 25 minutes is jailed for 15 months, but a 62-year-old guy who sexually abused a 14-year old boy will receive a suspended sentence because he’s “of good character”.
#auspol
Remember when the media labelled Labor’s warning that the Liberal Party wanted to get rid of Medicare as a big
#Mediscare
lie? On 1 July, the Liberal Party is removing 1000 rebate items from Medicare. Wasn't a lie after all, they’re just doing it by stealth.
#AUSPOL
Just for context. Dutton sets up a GoFundMe page to raise $25,000 for food relief rather than seeking funds from the government. Stuart Robert charged government over $37,000 for internet fees, which was used to run Pentecostal TV channel. What is wrong with these people?
#auspol
The lobotomised media going wild about ‘freedom day’ in NSW, laying the boot into other states, without realising Queensland and WA have had freedom day very day for the past 15 months.
#AUSPOL
One of the biggest scandals to hit NSW politics gets 4 mins on
@abc730
, journalists preempt ICAC and concur Gladys has “done nothing wrong”. Then moves onto Melbourne to attack Daniel Andrews, 12 minute segment. Once again, ABC shows how severely compromised it is.
#abc730
A tennis club on the North Shore is now fully Pfizer vaccinated because of family connections with a doctor. How many other well connected clubs have been vaccinated before priority areas? What a total break down of a vaccination program.
#sydneylockdown
#auspol
How stupid is McCormack, saying Australia went to two world wars to defend freedom of speech. I don’t think we fought two wars against fascism so we could have more fascism though.
#auspol
Dutton: “No other country in the world can keep the lights on with the renewables-only policy”.
Except for Norway, Iceland, Nepal, Albania, Paraguay, Costa Rica. 20 other countries with +90% renewable, 33 are +80%.
As usual, Dutton completely lies to achieve his agenda.
#AUSPOL
Interesting to see ABC is now calling for public feedback for why
#qanda
is failing so badly, once their flagship current affairs program. This is odd - if they want answers, all they need to do is scroll through Twitter. The feedback is all there.
#auspol
Morrison says the army is “not available on a moment’s notice”. That’s literally the role of army isn’t it? To be prepared and be available at a moment’s notice.
#auspol
Morrison’s team is now saying he couldn’t go to
#March4Justice
rally because of “security issues” but he was at the footy on Thursday night with a crowd of 50,000. As usual, sounds like a complete lie.
#auspol
The omicron disaster in NSW occurs when someone with limited life experiences enters politics at 31 and becomes Premier at 39 and is also committed to an extreme catholic ideology. The real quandary is how on earth does this happen and how do we get out of it.
#auspol
#nswpol
How sweet. Christian Porter’s Wikipedia page is being edited by an IP address in Canberra. These Liberal Party staffers are so loyal, working on weekends to cover up for their boss.
#AUSPOL
It’s starting to come out now. Australia Post valued at $7 billion, Holgate was just too brilliant at her job. So, she had to go, new CEO will run it down, Liberals sell it to mates in a fire sale. The public misses out, corrupt LNP mates win out. Absolutely disgusting.
#auspol
Has anyone been able to explain why the wife of the Governor-General – who has no official capacity – sings naff, embarrassing and inept Christian songs to foreign dignitaries? Time for some answers, this is not normal.
#QT
#auspol
Perhaps the media hasn’t picked up this big story yet:
1. Government illegally acquired $721 million
2. Spent $600 million acquiring this money
3. Now has to refund this money
4. 2,000 people suicided
5. They were warned not to do it.
Maybe the media slept in this morning?
#auspol
The final score in Victoria:
News Corp = 0
The Age = 0
ABC = 0
Channel 7 = 0
Channel 9 = 0
Channel 10 = 0
Liberal Party = 0
Daniel Andrews = 100.
A smashing victory, all the fools lost, and by a large margin.
#auspol
#VicPol
Imagine creating six lucrative jobs in your last days of office, saying you’re resigning from politics to spend time with family, and then taking up one of those jobs you’ve created. Politics in NSW, always corrupt.
#auspol
There’s some really scandalous material coming out from
#RobodebtRC
– really scandalous, and I would have thought very newsworthy. Why is
@ABCNews
mainly avoiding it? News Corp. 7, 9 and 10 – they supposedly love scandals. Why are they avoiding this like a barge pole?
#auspol
22,000 went to the football yesterday. Morrison mingled with donors in the corporate box, interviewed footballers. But can’t organise 150 MPs to sit in Parliament? Lazy. And journalists seem to be OK with this and can’t see the anomaly.
#insiders
#auspol
Why is almost every journalist in the media anti-Labor and pro-Morrison?
@abcnews
just announced the attendance of the Prime Minister at G20 in October, “which we presume will be Scott Morrison”. Why presume? Isn’t there an election before then when voters will decide?
#auspol
Today, I saw
@abcnews
give about 10 minutes to Dutton with his lies, gaslighting, misinformation and solid bagging of Labor. Then followed by Albanese for 1 minute, and then a cut to other news. ABC is a public broadcaster, not an LNP promo outlet. It really has to stop.
#auspol
A NSW premier, prime minister and the mainstream media siding with the state that has 46 deaths and 30,000 COVID cases and attacking the WA Premier who wants to avoid those numbers. It tells you everything about the ethics and morality of these people.
#AUSPOL
Morrison now has TV advertisements claiming emissions have been reduced by 20% over the past 15 years. Except it’s not true, they’re using accounting trickery. Emissions have increased by 7%.
#auspol
Laming to get $100K for leaving Parliament. Christensen too. Joyce screwing his media staffer, and now his 22-year-old daughter is on a “senior advisor” salary working for Barilaro. And the worst thing? Not enough people seem to care.
#AUSPOL
Another Morrison “break the glass” moment. Under pressure about the Port Darwin deal with China, he blames Labor. It was a deal organised by Country Liberals, he was Treasurer, approved by Liberal Government. But somehow it’s all Labor’s fault?
#auspol
Brad Hazzard now demanding Queensland drops the PCR test requirement to enter the state. Maybe with 6000+ daily cases in NSW, he needs to stop lecturing other states and worry about doing his own job properly.
#nswpol
The cafe and gym owners who were calling for “let it rip” in NSW to save their businesses are now saying “let it rip” in NSW is destroying their businesses. You just cannot please some people.
#nswpol
Strong rumours - it seems like there are big reasons why Ruby Princess was allowed to berth in Sydney. It wasn’t a stuff-up and government wants to cover it up, hence the blame game to cause confusion. The truth might bring down a few Ministers.
@smh
#auspol
#RubyPrincess
Just wondering why Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzulo aren’t being called to account for Ruby Princess disaster and Sydney Airport debacle? It’s their responsibility. Why isn’t the media having a field day about this?
#auspol
There was no “lynch mob”. No one in the media was calling for Berejiklian’s resignation, no one in the Opposition, there wasn’t a public clamouring for her to go. She had to go because ICAC is investigation her corruption. Which part of this does the media not understand?
#auspol
Morrison taken to the Supreme Court by his own Liberal party. This is a massive story - two months before an election - but not much news about this in the media. Best to report on Labor and turn Albanese’s weight loss into a bad news article.
#auspol
Any ideas why the ICAC findings on Gladys Berejiklian haven’t been released yet? They were due in February. Nothing to do with election timing? If there were no adverse findings, surely the report would have released by now...
#auspol
@abcnews
Abbott has received an AC honour for “significant contribution to the Indigenous community”? He cut $500 million to front line Aboriginal services within weeks of become PM in 2013, even before the budget. Wanted to close down communities. This must be some kind of joke?
#auspol
A huge media pile-on on Mark McGowan for keeping the borders closed, including
@ABCNEWS
. I’ve spoken to many people in Perth who are very happy with this decision, why does the ABC keep representing the views of the Liberal Party and big business?
#AUSPOL
Morrison is claiming he “stood up to the banks”. Another complete lie. Rejected a Royal Commission into the banks on 26 occasions. 26! Morrison has never stood up to big business or difficult targets, not once.
#auspol
Daniel Andrews says “I am accountable, I am the captain of the team. I have to take responsibility.” Leadership. These are words we will never hear coming from the mouth of Scott Morrison, more likely to say “I don’t hold a hose”.
#auspol
This should be the final nail in the government’s coffin. The Minister for Emergencies claims it’s not lawful to spend more than $150 million from the $4.8 billion recovery fund. The same minister who navigated the sports rorts funding, which had no limits at all.
#auspol
Robert is lying. RoboDebt was not a program run over 30 years, as he claimed. It was instigated by Morrison in 2016, implemented by the LNP. Absolutely lying.
#insiders
#auspol
These journalists are absolutely sick, feral and unhinged. This is not normal, this is unprofessional, this is abuse. What type of journalist behaves like this, and why don’t the others pull them into line?
#AUSVOTES
A nurse wanting to travel from New Zealand to be with her dying sister refused entry by Home Affairs. But Kerry Stokes coming in from US
#Coronavirus
hotspot is allowed in, isolates in own home, then off to Canberra. No wonder people hate this vile cruel government.
#AUSPOL
Why is ABC making apologies for the Melbourne anti-lockdown protests? “Marching peacefully”, “people are obviously frustrated”. No, it’s like a national dickhead day. Stop trying to normalise this behaviour.
@abcnews
#auspol
If
#4Corners
is meant to be an investigative program, why did it leave all the allegations of Dutton’s corruption untouched? Friendly Jordies went there, why not the
@abcnews
?
#auspol
The worst thing is, all of this information about Morrison entering Parliament has been available since 2009. The mainstream media is 13 years behind and if they had done their job, the worst person ever in Parliament would never have been become Prime Minister.
#AUSPOL
Jacinda Ardern was trying to patch together a country after the murder of 50 of its citizens. What did The Australian do? Its arsehole journalists attacked her relentlessly. There is a cancer at News Corp, and it needs a big operation to get rid of its sickness.
#auspol
A week when Melbourne protesters are calling for the assassination of a Labor Premier, and a PM exposed as a liar. And the media seems OK with that. Keating said Australia has lost its way – couldn’t agree more.
#insiders
#auspol
Whatever people think about him,
@DanielAndrewsMP
faces the music every single day, fronts up, takes blame, the heat, takes action. Meanwhile, Morrison goes on holidays, visits Queenland donors for photo ops, supports Palmer to open up WA borders. Absolute troublemaker.
#AUSPOL
The Liberal Party is no longer the party of Menzies or Fraser. It’s a party of right-wing religious nutcase fanatics who have no relationship with the real world. The big question is: why do people keep voting for this garbage?
#abc730
#auspol
Lockdowns ended in Melbourne and Sydney at the same time in October 2021 – over a year ago – and Sydney had more lockdown days. Why does the lobotomised media keep saying Melbourne is still “suffering from lockdown dispair”, but Sydney doesn't seem to be affected at all?
#vicpol
A loss of 25 seats is not enough punishment for all the pain the LNP has inflicted upon the public over the past nine long years. They deserve nothing.
#auspol
#abc730
Is Nick Coatsworth a Chief Medical Officer, or is he a political commentator? He can’t be both. Yet, there he is, supporting the protests in Melbourne, the protests where people were calling for the execution of Daniel Andrews. It’s quite extraordinary.
#AUSPOL
If Morrison believes he was called upon to “the work of God”, that’s fine, he can go and become a priest, pastor, or a man of the church. But that’s not his role as Prime Minister, this really is blurring the lines.
#auspol
A tale of two cities and two viruses: a virus outbreak in Melbourne is always reported as Labor government mismanagement but in Sydney, an outbreak is reported as incidents the Liberal government is doing its best to manage in difficult circumstances. Why the difference?
#auspol
The Australian public is now seeing why Morrison was sacked from Tourism Australia and NZ. He’s totally incompetent and out of his league. And corrupt.
#auspol
Perrottet: “Many people in NSW are hurting about that decision” to keep WA borders closed. Not as many people hurting when there’s 30,000 daily COVID cases, 46 deaths, tanking businesses, age care homes locked. Why would WA want what’s happening in NSW?
#AUSPOL
#nswpol
Just out of interest, why is
@flightcentreAU
taking WA to court over border closures, but not Tasmania or South Australia? That’s right, it’s a Labor state. Take your business elsewhere, these people are LNP right-wing shills.
#AUSPOL
Apparently Victoria is struggling to contain the Delta outbreak with 72 cases, whereas NSW is doing remarkably well with its 818 daily cases. It’s good to see the ABC keeping up with its balanced perspectives.
@abcnews
#auspol
Sweden has been a catastrophe but
#abc730
frames the happy story about how free it is - compared to Melbourne (of course) - and how business is booming (compared to Melbourne). Downplaying the massive numbers of deaths. Welcome to the new ABC, the LNP propaganda outlet.
#auspol
Morrison trumpeted Australia has the highest level of
#coronavirus
testing in the world, and of course, repeated everywhere in the mainstream media. Except it’s not correct and no one bothered to check. There are nine other countries with higher testing.
#auspol
Anyone in the media asking the Liberal Party how they’re going to pay for the $5.5 billion fee for cancelled French submarine deal? Seem very keen to know how Labor’s going to pay for $2.5 billion for aged care.
#auspol
#budget2022
Ruby Princess. Then opening the door to Delta. And then opening the door to Omicron. How many big mistakes should the NSW Government be allowed to make?
#auspol
Laming and Christensen have both announced they won’t be running at the next election, but have asked their branches to refuse their “nominations” so they can each receive $100,000 when they exit parliament. The gravy train never ends for these people.
#auspol
And Morrison ends the media conference by saying hello to Jenny, and hope to see her soon. Could he have not made a mobile phone call to her after the media conference? Why speak to her through the public? A weird choice…
#AUSPOL
It’s not often a political party gets smashed but all the focus is on the problems of the winning party. I’ve not seen this before, is there a word that can describe this odd phenomenon?
@abcnews
#ausvotes
Has any journalist today reminded Scott Morrison that he ripped out $1.2 billion from the age care sector in 2017? And maybe also remind him his government has responsibility for private age care homes?
#AUSPOL
The Tasmania Liberal Government is holding back border reopening until 90% of population over age of 12 are vaccinated. Why isn’t the media shouting from the rooftops over this recalcitrant Government?
#auspol
The vile anger and despicable cult subhuman behaviour of News Corp was on display today. Daniel Andrews had a fall, broke ribs, damaged vertebrae. But they continued to ridicule him. There’s something seriously wrong with these people at News Corp.
#auspol
#vicpol
According to the media, Albanese has “gatecrashed” the Byron Bay music festival, even though he was invited by Jimmy Barnes. We’ve got a sick and cooked media, nothing can save it now, nothing as all.
#auspol
Wow. Fresh from accusing Labor of supporting Hamas, News Corp is rewarded with a seat on
#Insiders
and the
@ABCNews
gives a big FU to Laura Tingle and its audience. And a big FU to Insiders and the ABC.
#AUSPOL
What are the reasons for placing Hillsong with the major religions on
@abcnews
segments? An explanation would be useful, even if they come out say its because Morrison is a Pentecostal. They only make up 1% of the population, so why the prominence?
#auspol
25 years ago, every ABC journalist would have been a Laura Tingle. Today, lackeys who have forgotten their role is to hold power to account, not to be a courtier for a government that wants to destroy the ABC. Why is Tingle the only one left standing?
#AUSPOL
Need to remind the audience: Scott Morrison cut aged care sector by $1.2 billion in 2017. Was warned this would have catastrophic effects on aged care homes, didn’t listen, proceeded with the cuts. Today’s problems can be sheeted back to Scott Morrison.
#auspol
#insiders
Quarantine centres are now going to be known as Centres of Resilience? What kind of acid are government advisors taking? It’s becoming more and more ridiculous.
#auspol
Any reason why
@abcnews
would refer to the government’s fuel efficiency standard as a “Ute tax”? It’s not a tax and it’s also a lie pushed by the Liberal Party. They did the same thing with “retirees tax. What’s happened to standards at the ABC?
#auspol
I have applied for many jobs in my professional career, but I can’t recall needing a staff of eight or a $4000 per hour jet to help me get a leg up into the job. What makes Mathias Cormann so special?
#auspol
What type of national leader threatens to provide less support to a state if they fail to vote in an LNP government? Morrison is the most divisive Prime Minister ever, at a time when the leader needs to provide unity.
#auspol
Nice work if you can get it. A Liberal Party-aligned recruitment company was paid $18,000 to find the “best candidate”, only to find John Barilaro - a $500,000 job he created while he was a Minister. Corruption all round!
#auspol
Hazzard: “this virus is moving far faster than anyone could have imagined.” Except for all the medical people that has been telling the NSW Government a couple of weeks ago to act quickly.
#sydneylockdown
#auspol
Talk about interfering in a court case. Witnesses are not allowed to appear in a trial. So, Linda Reynolds gets her partner to sit in the trial, then says they didn’t talk about it. Why was he there? Then she asks for transcripts. Then trys to coach legal team…
#AUSPOL
Funnily enough
@abcnews
had Fletcher on for five minutes deriding Labor’s fast rail network, the newsreader reiterates his key points, and then crosses to Albanese for 10 seconds to announce the policy. How is this fair and balanced coverage? It’s completely unacceptable.
#auspol
There’s been a breach at Sydney quarantine hotel. Looking forward to the media pile up on the Liberal Party and the calls for Berejiklian to resign immediately.
#auspol
No one in the media wants to make the link between Morrison humiliating China by blaming it for
#Coronavirus
and the huge wine tariffs. It’s all Morrison’s fault. Absolutely no courage in the media.
#auspol
Gas prices up! But no one is keen to look at the ridiculous 20-year deal signed by Howard in 2005, where Australia now buys back the gas it sells to Japan at an exorbitant rate. Mindless deal that lines the pockets of gas barons, rips off Australian consumers.
#auspol
Why is the ABC able to find every disgruntled gym and cafe owner in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne during their lockdowns, but can’t seem to find any in Sydney to whinge and complain about the
@GladysB
lockdown?
#AUSPOL
#SydneyLockdown
There is a lot of ugly shit inside Morrison’s head, slowly coming out for everyone to see. Today is the start of his downfall IMO. He ain’t the daggy dad, he’s a devil in disguise. As a Liberal volunteer said to me, “he’s got the most evil of hearts”.
#auspol
#March4Justice
Total irony that
#insiders
is now highlighting all the misinformation, lies and racism from the No campaign, but they didn’t say much about this before the referendum.
#insiders