I’m struggling with this.. Did @PatsKarvelas really just read out a text she received from Barnaby Joyce begging for clemency over #watergate? Is Barnaby drunk at 9:30am? #Insiders— Terry Serio (@TerrySerio) April 20, 2019
Saturday 27 April 2019
Tweet of the Week
Labels:
Barnaby Joyce,
water security
Quotes of the Week
“The ABC's Vote Compass has
been harvesting the opinions of Australians for three elections now……The vast
majority of respondents — 78 per cent — think that the decision to remove
Malcolm Turnbull in August last year was the wrong call. That conclusion is
drawn from 153,354 responses to Vote Compass between April 10 and April 16……Among One Nation voters, 59 per
cent approved of Mr Turnbull's removal, while 41 per cent disapproved. ” [Journalist
Annabelle Crabb writing for ABC News
online, 19 Aptil 2019]
“Pentecostalism is
in fact the perfect faith for a conviction politician without convictions.” [Writer & historian James Boyce writing in The
Monthly, Februart 2019]
Labels:
elections 2019,
libspill,
religion
Friday 26 April 2019
"Stop Adani" convoy gets good reception as it passes through the NSW Northern Rivers region
Supporters at Ferry Park, Maclean, on Pacific Highway heading north Photo: The Daily Examiner online |
The Daily Examiner, 22 April 2019, p.4:
Protesters came out in
support of the anti-Adani convoy as it made its way through the Clarence Valley
yesterday.
Up to 180 cars, many of
them electric, decorated in “Stop Adani” paraphernalia made their way along the
Pacific Highway as part of a two-week campaign, organised by conservationist
Bob Brown, to stop the proposed Carmichael coal mine.
Karen von Ahlefeldt said
many in the convoy stopped for a chat and were “boosted” by the show of
support.
“A lot of people
standing there wished they could be on the convoy, this was a good chance for
them to be part of it,” Ms von Ahlefeldt said.
Clarence Valley
Councillor and Greens party member Greg Clancy stood at South Grafton waving on
the cars as they made their way north.
“Politicians are not
listening, and some of the public don’t understand,” Cr Clancy said.
“They think it is jobs,
we need coal, but we don’t, we are phasing it out. Coal is not the future, it
is the past.”
He said it was
unthinkable to “dig up more of the Galilee Basin” and the proposed coal mine
would be “contributing to climate change”.
Cr Clancy said movements
such as the convoy were important steps to making change.
“Bob Brown has said this
is going to be another Franklin River issue,” he said.
“People are not going to
stand by. There will be protests, there will be arrests, it will be big.”
“You just have to look
at how many vehicles have gone past today to know it’s going to be big.”
Mr Clancy called on
politicians to commit to oppose the Queensland mine ahead of the federal
election next month.
Listen up @billshortenmp and @ScottMorrisonMP - we’re heading headfirst for climate catastrophe. @BobBrownFndn leads the #stopadaniconvoy up to Galilee Basin. Here we are at #mullumbimby for the 2nd rally of the day, with an incredible turnout. #auspol pic.twitter.com/fYDwOSDHZZ— Ellen Kirkwood (@Nelled) April 21, 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
The claims by Coalition candidates grow even more absurd
Voters have been treated to the absurd spectacle of the Liberal Prime Minister and his ministers accusing Labor of wanting to steal tradies utes, of wanting to end weekends as well as lying about how quickly electic cars could be charged (in fact in Australia right now an EV can be charged in 8 minutes by JET Charge) and of conspiring with the Greens to introduce death taxes.
Now we have a Queensland Llberal-Nationals candidate, Gerard Rennick, stating that helping families send three-year-olds to pre-school is a Labor Party conspiracy to strengthen government control over child raising.
Then we had this from the Liberal-Nationals arch conspirator.....
ABC
News, 23
April 2019:
The weather bureau has
been tampering with temperature data in order to "perpetuate global
warming hysteria", according to an under-fire Coalition candidate.
The Bureau of
Meteorology (BOM) has strongly rejected the conspiracy theory being peddled by
Queensland Senate hopeful Gerard Rennick.
Shades of that hard right lobby group, the Institute of Public Affairs!
What will be the next desperate, far-fetched claim?
When old political enemies go two rounds on social media
The fighting is getting dirty during this federal election campaign.
I think that the former Member for New England Tony Windsor managed to floor the current Member for New England Barnaby Joyce in this round......
Joyce up off the canvas for another round.....
Oh dear. Jab went home and Joyce now sporting a cut lip.
Labels:
Australian politics,
election campaigns,
Social media,
Twitter
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Punters still expect Labor to win on 18 May 2019
Labels:
elections 2019
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