Why do fossil fuel companies get away with leaving their mess behind when they leave?
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Rev Dr Brian Brown@BrianBrownUCA
Past Moderator of the NSW.ACT Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. Uniting for the Common Good. Views my own
Newcastle NSWJoined July 2013
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It turns out that the 18 million is just the start of the rip off as they get 4 million in perpetuity. This is getting bigger every day the theft of tax payers money.
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Three federal parliamentary party leaders are united in objection to the distortions and unethical tactics of Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp in our representative democracy. The Murdochs abuse the privilege of free media.
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I'm thinking of getting a regular full page column in a major daily newspaper and a hosting gig on a major television network and my own Australia-wide syndicated radio program to tell everybody that I can't get any attention in the media anymore.
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Take it from me: the Governor General’s role in getting $18m from Morrison for a charity without a record, office or program and no competitive bid is set to be the most controversial vice regal indulgence since Kerr’s dismissal of Whitlam.
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I am enjoying the way the meaning of the term “thug” is being reframed on Twitter as a person of value.
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What a pity Howard and Costello pissed away the mining boom and failed to invest in a future fund. We could be using that money to fund these productivity measures like universal childcare. #insiders
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I don’t know who is to blame for the train crash that is season. What I do know is that they could have had the core of Premiership-winning side with the players they have let go in recent years, starting with Tedesco, Moses and Woods.
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Scott Morrison's friend, his Indigenous charity and the millions in defence contracts theguardian.com/australia-news
News story from The Guardian on 5th September, 2020.
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Pentecostal church given $660,000 in jobkeeper, then returns 3,620% increase in profit theguardian.com/australia-news
News story from The Guardian on 16th September, 2021.
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We got there via Howard & LNP Govt’s over a long decade. Media have swallowed the narrative.
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“News Corp’s pursuit of agendas and biases…and its desire to be a powerbroker in elections has been fundamentally disruptive to our democracy,” writes , arguing the case for an independent media inquiry in Australia.
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Agreed, Evil doers doesn’t cut the mustard
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A good recap of events by Karen Middleton.
Inside Morrison’s secretive $18m leadership grant thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/ via
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This is exactly what they did to divide America. The Murdoch monopoly is now dialling up their ‘culture war’ campaign to the max in Australia.
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People were hounded to actual death over sums of money the former govt believed they owed; but the GG can just sign away $18 million and no one bats an eye.
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Well, we know where this was headed, don’t we:
“… the Morrison government planned to directly control the manner of choosing candidates for the leadership program and deciding what they would learn.”
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tweeted all that more than a week ago. had been on the story and today looks at whether the very unusual granting of $18 million to this very unusual charity will receive more attention in the Senate.
Has MSM been worried about lèse-majesté ?
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Imagine G-G William Deane lobbying Paul Keating?? You know he wouldn’t. |Inside Morrison’s secretive $18m leadership grant thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/… via Inside Morrison’s secretive $18m leadership grant thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/ via
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I’m a union thug. I work in a hospital where I routinely do around 10 hours a week of unpaid overtime.
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We’re not living with Covid, we’re ignoring it. Like we live with domestic violence, inequality, crumbling public infrastructure, and runaway climate change.
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This week’s column: The system is broken. At least everyone agreed on that at this week's jobs summit
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Carbon capture is not a solution to net zero emissions plans, report says | Carbon capture and storage (CCS) | The Guardian. Sea weed and sea grass might work
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Was #JobsSummit a success? Yes. Can its decisions now be carried out? Yes. Is there room for improvement? Yes. Can Australia now leave behind #politics of fear & division. YES.
Common ground & concrete steps: 5 takeaways from Labor’s jobs & skills summit
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He could have sat with the airline thug.
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"I feel completely vindicated I've got to say. Sitting there with some CFMEU thug is not my idea of a fun day out." Peter Dutton feels no regret for not attending the jobs summit. (BTW his claim the union has stormed the Qld premier's office in Brisbane is false). #auspol #qldpol
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I’m not a thug. My members are not thugs. They are cleaners, educators, paramedics, tradespeople, early childhood educators, retail workers, engineers, nurses… and more. The Liberal Party haven’t got the message - people are tired of this sort of politics #JobsSummit #auspol
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This is so good.
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Sussan Ley, on why she's not attending the #JobsSummit:
"I refuse to share a room with Union thugs..."
Is this the best the LNP can muster?
They really are running on empty!
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When Sussan Ley throws around the ‘union thugs’ slur, does she know that the average Trade Union member in Australia is a university training, middle aged woman? Is she really vilifying nurses and teachers during the teacher/healthcare worker shortage?
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This you Peter?
Here in the police magazine, July 2018?
"I was proud to be a member of the Queensland Police Union. I was a member from the day I joined."
Is that you there talking up the glory and value of a union - or another bloke called Peter Dutton?
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A few people have asked if I regret not attending Labor’s Union Summit. The short answer is no.
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Release the medical advice on your pathetic response to Covid deaths . This is the type of response Australians detested from
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This is unbelievable to watch..
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