just read unintentionally hilarious 1600-word #JanetAlbrechtsen piece claiming would be doing a lot better if — who drove his new jaguar into a house at 8.55pm one saturday night last year then blew a 0.131 BAC reading — was contesting this election!
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People who don’t get the idea of Climate Change, given all the evidence, forget that the mechanism (carbon-based molecules prevent the escape of infra-red heat) has been known since 1856: over 170 years
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A third of Pakistan is under water. The melt of the Greenland ice sheet is ‘now inevitable’. Victoria is being told to prepare for fires and floods at the same time.
The climate crisis is here. We cannot open new coal and gas.
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28 Aug 1833 Slavery Abolition Act; 28 Aug 1963: Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech
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The only thing stopping the repeal of the Stage 3 tax cuts is the ALP. It’s now clear that if Labor would get on board the numbers are there in the Senate to legislate a repeal. We should scrap this $240 billion obscenity and instead build a better, fairer society.
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Uber sent me an account earlier today, ostensibly for a ride in Melbourne, Vic, ustralia on Tuesday. BUT I didn't ride with #Uber on Tuesday.
AND I was unable to reply to their email. So I tried to find an email address for them: nothing
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What don’t they get about Climate Change?
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BREAKING: The Labor government has just released 46,758 square kilometres of new ocean acreages for oil and gas exploration.
Labor likes to talk big on climate, but when it really matters they’ll do exactly what their fossil fuel donors demand.
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There's a growing sense Murdoch's lawsuit against Crikey could backfire if it probes Fox News' influence in the lead up to Jan 6. Its potential to generate ongoing unflattering headlines, at least in local independent media, could even pave the way for a Royal Commission. #auspol
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Good on Crikey for challenging Lachlan Murdoch’s crazy attempts to stifle debate in Australia. Cross-examining him would be a delight and we’ll all read it with joy
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The impact of Fox News doesn't stop at America's borders. Fox News content and presenters have validated Australia's fringe and conspiracy figures by repeating their own views back to them.
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Taking a stand against Lachlan Murdoch is a huge risk for a small publisher. But we believe a free press is worth fighting for.
CEO explains why Crikey is not backing down in the face of legal threats from Lachlan Murdoch [FREE TO READ]
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The Murdoch’s have been out of Australia so long they have forgotten Australians won’t tolerate foreign bullies.
When does the crowdfund start.
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#Amnesty International
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I was invited to give a speech today at Monash to Amnesty supporters. But the person who invited me, “Gloria Stark” never told me which Monash campus; that made it very difficult to deliver the speech I prepared. In the end, I didn’t go. If any Amnesty fans missed out; I’m sorry
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I was invited to give a speech today at Monash to Amnesty supporters. But the person who invited me, “Gloria Stark” never told me which Monash campus; that made it very difficult to deliver the speech I prepared. In the end, I didn’t go. If any Amnesty fans missed out; I’m sorry
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That will be exciting
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Monster story coming up on Scott Morrison's illegal multi-jobs saga.
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Barnaby Joyce says on that Scott Morrison told him he’d overruled the Resources Minister on the PEP11 decision in 2021 but didnt mention that he did it by seizing ongoing power over the whole portfolio. Joyce didn’t ask what power he used & wasnt curious. #insiders
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Donald J Trump is unfit to be President of USA again. If he stands and gets in, it will be the end of the country
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#Scomo is an unrepentant liar
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Scott Morrison claiming he didn’t use his “extraordinary powers” is of course, a lie. He overruled Pitt, for purely political reasons, and he clearly had a hand in the “coincidental” Sri Lankan boat headed for Australia on Election Day.
The man is an unrepentant liar.
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Huge study. Worrying findings. We’re letting this rip and doing pretty much nothing about indoor air.
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Neurological & psychiatric risk after #COVID19:
↑ risk of #dementia and lasting deficits in adults. risk of psychotic disorder, cognitive deficit, dementia, and epilepsy or seizures persisted. Similar w #Delta & #Omicron. thelancet.com/journals/lanps
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Behold, one of the feeblest yet most public attempts at DARVO ever. Scott playing the victim of a nation holding him—a prime minister—accountable, as justification for abusing his power, is peak gaslight. Not only is he in denial, he is attacking us, and claiming we are to blame.
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Scott Morrison sitting on Facebook for hours commenting on memes paying out his secret ministries to try to play down the whole sorry affair is the most pathetic and cowardly thing I’ve seen in a long time. Resign Scott.
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We MUST stop using Don Dale Detention Centre as a place for locking up Aboriginal children
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Morrison empathises with the public, stating he is also furious that Jenny and the girls didn't stop him taking those ministries
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Santos has recorded a 300% profit.
That’s during an energy crisis, one that households are footing the bill for.
Never believe them when they say we need more gas. We don’t.
We need gas corporations to stop wrecking the planet and rorting the system for profit.
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Scott Morrison has not explained the secrecy surrounding his power-grabs, or why he kept News Corp heavyweights informed, without extending the same courtesy to Australians, or even his ministry. It's raised concerns about the potential for foreign influence or blackmail. #auspol
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so many ministries so little time
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Questions for #Scomo:
1. Did you or a staff member tell Greg Hunt you had been sworn as Health Minister?
2. If it was a staff member, did you (or anyone else) tell ANY staff not to disclose to anyone that you had been sworn into other ministries
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18 August 1227 Genghis Khan died in camp during a campaign against the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia
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5 Australian women were killed last week by male violence.
This is a national emergency.
This is an epidemic #AllMen must actively work together to end.
Every one of these women had a right to safety and a future.
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Morrison needs to resign (in disgrace) and the actions of the GG need to be looked at by the Queen. All agree? #auspol
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This press conference show exactly why has been fired from every job he's ever had.
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Morrison says people expected him to take what responsibilities he could in extraordinary times - ignoring that when Australia was at war, no prime minister did this
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You hang around politics for 30 years + & you think you’ve seen it all (or a fair bit of it anyway 👀) & then you find the prime minister had 5 secret portfolios that not even his colleagues knew about,
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& you go 😲 🤷🏻♀️🤯
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Morrison is now claiming he seized these five ministries “in good faith” during the Covid outbreak. So why the secrecy ? He kept his own cabinet in the dark, let alone the Australian people. He is a disgrace, a liar, a menace to democracy. He must go. Now.
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Sick to death of illegality being continually trotted out as the test of appropriate political behaviour. What crap. If that’s the line you are treading you have no right to lead or represent.
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Gee the Murdoch press are a good judge of character. Every paper (bar NT News) backed Morrison in the election.
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