This should never be allowed on Australian beaches. Exclusive areas for those who pay are not on. Governments must ensure all our beaches remain accessible to all. It’s an important part of our culture.
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Matt Thistlethwaite
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Federal Member for Kingsford Smith, Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Assistant Minister for the Republic.
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Anyone else get the feeling Perrottet & Morrison are losing control of COVID….again!
Liberal MP’s including Dave Sharma, the Member for Wentworth, just voted in Parliament against Australia adopting net zero emissions by 2050.
Surprise surprise. Childrens vaccination appointments are being cancelled because the vaccines have not been delivered to GP’s. Another Morrison government stuff up.
The Premier says COVID case numbers are not the most relevant number. Why do Liberal leaders always move the goal posts to avoid responsibility & accountability?
The British PM stopped our head of state attending the COP 27 conference to speak about the importance of stronger action to combat climate change. We need a head of state that represents the aspirations of the Australian people, not the wishes of the British government.
So get this.
Keith Pitt, who does not support net zero emissions by 2050, has been elevated to Cabinet as part of a deal for the Nationals to support net zero emissions by 2050.
God help our nation!
If you ever want an illustration of why Australia should become a republic it's a frothing & possibly pickled member of the MCC targeting Usman Khawaja in the Long Room at Lords. Old Britain reminding new Australia of our place.
Tim Wilson should resign as chair of the House Economics Committee. He has a clear conflict of interest in the outcome of this inquiry & has abused parliamentary processes & tax payer funds on a blatantly partisan inquiry.
David Littleproud just told he will not say if Barnaby Joyce supports net zero by 2050. Don’t the Australian people have the right to know if the Deputy PM supports it?
Notable that the PM's new Vaccine Roadmap does not include a timeline or targets. Anyone else think he is making this up as he goes? No plan, no leadership #auspol
The Morrison Government MP’s, including Dave Sharma, just voted to block Zali Stegall’s Climate Change bill being debated in the Parliament.
So much for action on climate change.
Get this. Labor was building NBN fibre to the home. Lib's got elected, stopped it & changed it to the node & copper. Now Lib's are going to "upgrade" to Labor's original plan at a cost of $4.5 bn. And they say they are better at managing money! 😂😂
afr.com/politics/feder.
I'm proud to support an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. In 2023, we can all be a part of creating a better future by voting “Yes” for the Voice.
Great to have Kristy McBain sworn into Parliament as the new member for Eden Monaro. She should not have to swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs & successors. She should be swearing allegiance to the Australian people that elected her. #republic
Ain't it funny that the PM who gave us sports rorts, pork and ride, regional infrastructure rorts etc does not want a NSW style ICAC?
Dear Australian workers
Thanks for your hard work & helping us get through COVID. Now we are going to introduce new laws to cut your pay.
Yours Truly
Prime Minister Scott Morrison
1035 cases, 2 more deaths.
You still commending Gladys on resisting going into lockdown PM?
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"I commend Premier Berejiklian for resisting going into a full lockdown"
Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP says he is "concerned" about Sydney's coronavirus outbreak but is "confident" the NSW Government will be able to get on top of it.
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Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in a property mogul with $200 million in his portfolio calling Labor’s negative gearing policy “elitist” ?
Why is it that Coalition MP’s keep complaining about the QLD border being closed, yet the WA, SA and NT borders are also closed but they never mention that? Could it have something to do with the election in QLD this year? #auspol
It’s 4 minutes past 10am & no Governemnt MP has showed up for the Federaltion Chamber to start, denying a quorum. The Libs chaos is now undermining the functioning of parliament.
Under the Morrison government if you are a wealthy billionaire you can fly to Australia no worries. If you are a hard working Australian you get left behind. #auspol
Proud and honoured to be sworn in today as Assistant Minister for Defence, Assistant Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Assistant Minister for the Republic in the Albanese Labor government.
Tim Wilson must assure those Australians whose personal data he has collected from his inquiry website that it will not be handed over to the Liberal Party.
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Don’t be fooled by the Morrison government’s balanced budget claim. It’s built on a $4.6 billion underspend on the NDIS. Quite despicable. #auspol
Morrison’s bungled vaccine roll out leads to lockdown extended by 4 weeks in Sydney.
The Liberals have abused the processes and integrity of the House Economics Committee. They treat it like a Liberal Party branch meeting. Tim Wilson must resign if we are to restore faith in the committee & its work.
Australia needs a National Integrity Commission...here’s why. #auspol
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This is an outrageous abuse of taxpayers money by the Morrison Government. They sacked many very experienced public servants yesterday, now this. Unbelievable. theguardian.com/australia-news
Unbelievable. Even after the Helloworld scandal. twitter.com/michaelkoziol/
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Antony Green calls Bega for Labor with a 13% swing. Super result for Dr Michael Holland, Chris Minns & . Big kick in the pants for Perrotet and the Liberals.
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If you believe spending $5.8 bn on cash refunds for people who don’t pay tax and only $5.2bn on our public schools is ridiculous sign the petition nb.tai.org.au/close_tax_loop
Unbelievable. An American university qualifies for JobKeeper but Australian uni's miss out. Tells you everthing about the Morrison Governments values & priorities. #auspol twitter.com/conorduffynews
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This budget sees cuts to the ABC locked-in with $83.7 million taken from our national broadcaster over the next three years. Labor will restore Scott Morrison’s unfair cut.
Australia Post directors are handing out bonuses to its Liberal Party mates on the board and refusing to be held accountable, but still want to cut postie jobs and reduce services in our community? #auspol
Our elected representatives should pledge to serve the Australian people, not the Queen of England. My op ed in today’s smh.com.au/national/austr
Look who we made an Australian citizen tonight. Welcome to the team Tom Burgess.
Are you kidding me. The Liberals have:
▪️cut $3b from TAFE & training
▪️cancelled trade training centres in schools
▪️140,000 fewer apprenctices
▪️massively increased TAFE fees
▪️presided over widespread skills shortages
Dont fall for their spin.
Great night in Penrith supporting Labor’s fantastic candidate for Lindsay, Trevor Ross. A local fire fighter who does hold a hose! @trevorrossforlindsay
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Gerry, in case you haven't noticed there are 100,000 Australians waiting for aged care packages, TAFE colleges are being closed and we have a massive budget deficit. Your company should pay back JobKeeper as other companies have done.
Liberal MP Andrew Wallace just appeared before a House Economics Committee hearing & encouraged members of public about to give evidence to sign up to the Liberal Party. He then handed out forms. An outrageous abuse of the parliamentary committee process.
Parliamentary committees should not be used for Liberal party recruitment or to corral people into signing Liberal petitions.
Vale Simon Crean. A Labor man through and through. He lead the union movement & the Labor Party & was greatly respected. He was a mentor to many in the Labor movement. Sad news. Commiserations to the Crean family.
“The number of landlords with five investment properties grew at nearly six times the rate of those with just one property” Exactly why Labor is proposing to reform negative gearing to make it fairer.
The NSW Government should abandon their planned cruise ship terminal in Yarra Bay. The economic case is now in tatters, it would lead to destruction of indigenous heritage, environmental & social damage. Our community will continue to fight it.
A new survey shows 75% of Australians want their Members of Parliament to pledge allegiance to Australia and the Australian people instead of to the Queen of the United Kingdom.
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Polling released by Essential Media today has shown Australians don't want the parliamentarians they elected swearing allegiance to the Queen, with 75% of Aussies saying the oath should instead be to Australia and its people. #AusPol #AusRepublic
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If we were living in the 70s.
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Ray Hadley: A coal-fired power plant could be the government’s circuit breaker to usurp Bill Shorten bit.ly/2EuUQsz
"Women can take advantage of driving on the new infrastructure and roads." That’s how the Morrison government is supporting women in the budget according to the Minister for Families and Community Services. They just don't get it. #auspol
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Better call, Saul! Respected and independent economist Saul Eslake slams Josh Frydenberg as "misleading and disingenuous". Agree! #auspol
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This is what happens when the Liberals privatise hospitals.
Scott Morrison promised he would get all stranded Australians home by Christmas. It’s another announcement the Prime Minister won’t deliver on. Yet Mathias Cormann is flying around Europe on a government jet to get himself a job while Australians remain stranded. Unbelievable.
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Are you kidding me. You opposed the #RoyalCommission for 600 days Scott. You also opposed the FOFA laws which require financial advisers to act in the best interest of their clients #Auspol
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.@ScottMorrisonMP: It was ultimately the @TurnbullMalcolm government who initiated the royal commission. We admit we did not enter into it lightly, but you must act carefully when it comes to the financial services sector.
MORE: bit.ly/2HfbxWN #SkyLiveNow
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Today spare a thought for Jeff Morris. He is the bloke who blew the whistle on the scandals & rip offs at CBA wealth mgt. For doing so he lost his job & livelihood but his actions uncovered what was really going on in Australian banking & led to calls for a royal commission
You are a hypocrite Mathias Cormann.
This is the man that chaired the Senate inquiry against Labor's carbon price, campaigned against it & now wants us to adopt one.
The Liberals have no principal & believe in nothing. They are a pack of liars.
Scott Morrison and the Liberals have cut $3 billion from TAFE with the number of Australians doing an apprenticeship lower now than it was a decade ago.❌ #auspol
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Why are Australian taxpayers paying $200k for Prince Charles & Camilla, their hairdresser & butler to jetset around? Surely the royals can pay rather than lumping on Aussie taxpayer. More proof Australia should become a republic.
Proud to be officially declared the Member For Kingsford Smith today. It’s an honour to represent our community and I will continue to work every day to deliver for you as part of an Albanese Labor Government.
Offering free face masks to commuters at Maroubra to encourage members of our community to mask up on public transport & reduce the risk of COVID #maskup
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Gerry Harvey is worth $2.6 billion, yet his company is refusing to pay back $22 million in JobKeeper payments from the government!
Millions of Australians are in lockdown, businesses are really struggling, the vaccine roll out is in disarray and Scott Morrison has been MIA for 5 days. A complete lack of leadership. #auspol
Bravo to the thousands of young Australians who supported the #ClimateStrike calling on the Morrison government to take stronger action on climate change.
It took 8 years to put this together and there is literally not one new policy in it!
God help our kids future.
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So glad the Prime Minister has a new pamphlet to tackle climate change.
9th year in government & a new pamphlet which says nothing new.
#auspol #ScottyFromGaslighting
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At 4:45am Labor has been successful in moving amendments to protect LGBTIQ kids from discrimination #auspol
“But if you can buy permits at a reasonable price then the economic cost would be the same, and that's a reasonable argument that Labor is making." So there you have it. No real difference on cost to the economy from Labor climate policy. smh.com.au/federal-electi
Can help explain how the locations for these public hearings were decided? It seems there is a common theme...🤔@KKeneally
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Fair crowd at the @AboutTheHouse Inquiry into #FrankingCredita this morning in Adelaide ...
Isn't it funny that those saying our minimum wage is too high don't have to try and live off $12.60 an hour. #auspol
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Tragic twitter.com/MichaelRoddan/
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A large number of these sacked Qantas workers live in Scott Morrison’s electorate, but he refuses to stand up for them. So much for supporting Australian workers!
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This is not because of the pandemic. This has been on the cards for a decade, and an easy excuse for Qantas to get rid of loyal, experienced workers.
Qantas is a disgrace.
The Morrison government just voted to stop an inquiry into Christian Porters secret donation.
Federal ICAC now! #auspol
Scott Morrison just said "You don't pretend your birthday was on a different day". But we pretend the Queens birthday is in June...every year! #republic
Let's just vote to become a republic and end this ridiculous nonsense.
Drought. Bushfires. Pension cuts. Power prices. But what are the Liberals focused on? Themselves and their jobs. #auspol
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Oops. It appears the PM & Treasurer did not tell the Deputy PM they were dumping the big stick energy plan. And he’s not happy #qt
Those 310,000 Victorians are grandfathered Josh & not affected by our policy. It’s clear you have not even read our policy or you don’t understand what grandfathering means, or both!! #auspol
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Around 310,000 Victorians use negative gearing on their property, w. the majority of those in Labor held seats.
Labor’s big new property tax will hurt home owners, renters & investors & undermine confidence in our housing market.
My @theheraldsun op ed: joshfrydenberg.com.au/latest-news/la
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'We are not rich': Retirees rally against @AustralianLabor's 'class war'. @patrickdurkin #personalfinance #auspol bit.ly/2CrGczH
Wearing my grandfather, Ralph Thistlethwaite’s Rabbitohs jersey. He was a life member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and member of the board for many years.
Like many families in our community the red and green runs deep in our veins. #sstid
Scott Morrison says there have been no cuts to aged care funding. Oops. with the facts on budget night. #auspol
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They're cutting Aged Care? Do our elderly eat too much @ScottMorrisonMP or are their showers too long?
#Budget2016
What are you hiding from the Australian people Josh? Why won't you release the modelling on the cost of your tax cuts?
This is disgusting. Complete disregard for the 1000’s of Australians that are victims of bank rip offs. #auspol
This is a must watch speech. So proud Pat is a Labor Senator.
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An emotional Labor Senator Pat Dodson speaks directly to the people of Christchurch, as he voices his support for the censure of Fraser Anning #auspol @abcnews
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It’s plainly obvious Josh has not even read Labor’s policy which grandfathers anyone currently negative gearing. If you negative gear a property now you will not be affected. #auspol
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Labor's property tax will hit 1.3m Australians who negative gear & every Australian with equity in their home.
If you own your own home, it will be worth less. If you rent your home, it will cost you more.
@billshortenmp must listen to the experts & ditch his big property tax!
The Liberals just voted against the Zali Steggall bill to stop PEP11. Vote was 52-48. I and my Labor colleagues voted to stop oil & gas exploration of the NSW coast. We fight on. #pep11
The Coalition’s $660 million commuter car park fund was a “corrupt” process. #auspol
Only and will properly fund the ABC and guarantee its future as Australia’s national public broadcaster. #auspol2019
More astro turfing from the Liberals I see. smh.com.au/politics/feder
Congratulations to on a well deserved win in Strathfield. Jason will be an excellent member of parliament #nswvotes
This was supposedly one of the best boards in the country. If this is how corporate Australia acts it is a cause for concern
This is completely unjustified. These are important Australian historical documents written by Australian’s. The Australian people have the right to know their contents. More evidence of why we should cut ties with Crown & become a republic.
