Day ten cont

“We have hit a tipping point where the civil rights of an #individual need to be put aside for the #CivilRights of a #community. When a community doesn’t feel #safe, you have to act and you have to make sure there’s a #deterrent and a #consequence.

In my home state again [#Queensland], I would encourage every state to do this, we’re going back to #outback camps where we are rebuilding these young people with a life #skill. Not putting them behind barbed wire but sending them to remote places, giving them a skill and #purpose in life.” — David Littleproud

The National leadership is roaring to the press.

A reminder, my daddy was a State National MP and Minister. I’m from Queensland and our ideas need to be heard across the nation.

#LNP / #Liberal / #Littleproud / #rights / #Youth / #Justice <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5#block-67f4ab468f08e0f1eb0325d5>

Day 10

“This morning #Labor has promised $1bn for mental #health services, including investing in more mental health workers and improving #facilities.

It follows a $400m commitment for #youth #MentalHealth and a promise to reinstate 20 subsidised mental health sessions. The Coalition (#LNP) promised those a fortnight ago during #PeterDutton’s budget reply”

#AusPol / #Liberal <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f447be8f08054ffed4232c#block-67f447be8f08054ffed4232c>

Day 10 cont

Opposition Leader “We [the #LNP government] had identified #JoeHockey’s work as #ambassador was crucial in doing this – identifying people who could have an #influence in the decision in and around the administration. That’s exactly what we did. This #PrimeMinister just hasn’t got any of that connection. There’s been no work done in the run-up to what was obviously being announced”

Connections, deals and nods to the wont help the country in crisis .

#AusPol / #Liberal / #tariffs / #trade / #finance <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/08/australia-election-2025-live-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-share-markets-economy-mental-health-prepare-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67f444f08f08e0f1eb032389#block-67f444f08f08e0f1eb032389>

Yet social democrats keep telling me "at least we're getting somewhere unlike you #tankies!"

Yeah, you're getting somewhere alright. Getting too cozy with the #liberal establishment. Which makes you a liberal which means I don't trust you because you'd be too willing to compromise your ideals.

Day nine cont:

“Andrew CLENNEL: Alright, joining me live is Shadow #HousingMinister #MichaelSukkar. He is in the marginal Labor seat of #McEwen, just taken part in a press conference with #PeterDutton with this new announcement. Michael Sukkar, thanks for your time. You’re proposing to cut the #InternationalStudent intake from 320,000 to 240,000 – isn’t that along the lines of what the government has been trying to achieve anyway? And you blocked their #StudentCap #legislation.”

“Michael SUKKAR: No, Andrew, what we’ve seen under this government is increased #StudentNumbers. They completely botched their attempt at trying to address this issue because they tried to placate all of the #VestedInterests involved. And that means that we’ve seen more than a million #migrants over two years. Our announcement today, Andrew is part of a suite of measures to help Australians battle this #HousingCrisis.”

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #HousingCrisis <https://www.michaelsukkar.com.au/ministerial-media-releases/interview-with-andrew-clennell-sky-news-australia-3/>

Day nine cont

“We’ve listened to feedback from right around the country, not just #Canberra based #PublicServants … who are telling us that flexible work is something that they would like to see #enshrined.

Now, *let’s face it, it always was going to be enshrined*. Flexible work was always here to stay. But what our concern now is that part of that #flexible work should also be an ability to work from home where it’s appropriate to do so” Opposition #Finance minister.

#Liberal / #LNP / #Work / #Sack / #AboutFace <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6#block-67f2ece18f082d3642a798b6>

Day nine cont

AFR, MAR27th, “Oxford-educated renter brings #Millennial edge to Kooyong battle”

#Kooyong / #Liberal / #rent / #property / #housing <https://archive.md/VNpTL> / <https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oxford-educated-renter-brings-millennial-edge-to-kooyong-battle-20240326-p5ff8y> (paywall)

Day nine cont: The Opposition has a #candidate problem.

Not enough diversity. Amelia is a good candidate, The #AFR describes Amelia as bringing, a “#Millennial edge”. Right pedigree (Dicks Grand niece), #OxfordUniversity educated, lives locally. The problem, I’m a renter …and I’m also a home owner that I failed to disclose.

#Kooyong / #Liberal / #rent / #housing <https://archive.md/zspBW> / <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/amelia-hamer-pitched-herself-as-a-renter-she-owns-two-investment-properties-20250404-p5lp8f.html>

Day nine

Not the Opposition leader making apologies for asking Canberra to go back to the Office to work, Not the, “I’m going to “sack the Public servants who do the Education and Health things ” (cite), but this from the Opposition Treasurer.

“Well done Angus”.

In an interview with ABC News Breakfast host James Glenday:

TAYLOR “We absolutely not backing down on that, I can assure you, James and we’re not backing down to making sure we drive down prices of electricity.”

GLENDAY asks how exactly the Coalition will pay for it?

TAYLOR “#NuclearPower is through to 2050, and it’s substantially lower than the cost of Labor’s policies.”

GLENDAY “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars no matter which way you twist it.”

TAYLOR “Well that’s the #EnergySystem. The energy system much of which is paid for by a combination of the #PrivateSector and #StateGovernments. The piece we will #finance, of course, is the #NuclearGenerators which will deliver a return and that’s how we have modelled it, James.”

Well done Angus, now show me the costings?

With no plan, #Liberal / #LNP make themselves open to critical analysis and thus reverse their decisions when deficiencies are pointed out.

#Leadership VS #Chaos

#Energy / #SolarPower / #WindPower / #Gas / #coal <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a>

#Bush made fascism better for liberals to tolerate because he hid his behind the cloak of a loveable oaf. Liberals remember the #liberal oaf & not the #warcriminal.

Hell, #Iraq was a #bipartisan decision.

Unlike liberals, I can't forgive him for #Iraq. It was a #warcrime that has basically been swept under the rug now in no small part to the #liberal rehabilitation of the grotesque creature known as #GeorgeWBush.

“Wilson said he was a founding patron of #Liberal Friends of Israel and had also helped list Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organisations.

He said the #Coalition wanted a judicial inquir into #antisemitism on Australian university campuses and would make it clear that Australia was #IsraelAlly.”

A reminder #Politicians show flexible and ambiguous loyalty to their own country.

#AusPol <https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/victoria-s-hot-seats-live-updates-the-electorates-that-will-gauge-the-nation-s-mood-on-big-issues-during-the-2025-federal-election-20250330-p5lno1.html>