Sue Ann Bowden

I am here to find out why a joke deported Tenacious D. We must stop it happening to other musicians and performers in future. Australian politics gone too far

[Charis Constantine Aussie Author & Horse Breeder @lunar_aphrodite]

@Dazzaat I am so over the stupidity of this malignant toad of a subhuman and those that follow her. It is incredulous that some if her followers do possess a high IQ-many more, not so much. If this racist twit somehow wins-hose brainless twats who voted for her will reap what they sowed.

[David Marler @Qldaah]

Residents of Dalby on Queensland's Western Downs suddenly face a $31bn datacentre. David Crisafulli lobbied Anthropic for it & refuses to implement power/water regulations. Now Jarrod Bleijie has seized control, taking planning away from councils. #qldpol
https://t.co/KSl3OgQM7K

[politic@l spinner @Justabogan]

Just one "word" to describe Pauline Hansen.. What would it be? #auspol #phon

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@Justabogan I’ve never said the C word in my life, but that’s what I would choose. Having watched her cause so much hate around our country that’s growing each day, I wish there were a stronger word Les.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@3AW693 Tyrell is a nut case. The whole family are strange. She would fit in well in red state hillbilly Trump land.

[Chris Pomfret @CJPomfret]

@australian Hansons unhinged threats are copy and paste Trumpism. Americans are sick to death of him yet Hanson loves him.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@PaulineHansonOz Big fail. You should be embarrassed by this LOL

[ShiannonCorcoran💉x4 @shiannonc.bsky.social @ShiannonC]

The Gherk calls out ON Real Deal policy booklet:

“I’ve spent the morning reading ON Vic 64-page Real Deal policy booklet.

& before we even get to the policy, I would like to acknowledge the usual collection of spelling & grammatical mistakes you might expect from a Year 7 civics project submitted at 11:58pm the night before it was due.

There are rogue apostrophes everywhere. The most mysterious is on page 27, during the grand summary of how they’ll fix Vic’s justice system, we are told: “We will give the courts the rooms, the v’ & the hours to finish cases.”

The v’

Nobody knows what the v’ is

Perhaps this is the missing constitutional ingredient that has held VIC back for decades.

But the more interesting problem is not the proofreading.

It is that a surprising number of their “new” ideas already exist.

ON says it will introduce income-tested sport vouchers so families can afford organised sport. VIC already has the Get Active Kids Voucher Program, which gives eligible families up to $200 per child. It has existed since 2020 & applications are open right now.

They say they will free up granny flats & spare-room rentals so more Victorians can rent them.

VIC changed the rules in 2023. Small second dwellings up to 60 square metres generally no longer need a planning permit & they can already be rented to anyone.

They say schools will use systematic phonics & explicit instruction.

VIC govt primary schools have already been required to use systematic synthetic phonics from 2025.

They say they will expand Hospital in the Home &nurse prescribing.

VIC already has dozens of Hospital in the Home sites & nurse prescribing is being rolled out.

They say they will reintroduce firebreaks & back-burning.

These are already part of bushfire & fuel-management practice.

They say they will make govt contracts & spending more transparent.

Fair enough...but VIC already publishes major contracts, variations & procurement information. The idea that this is currently some sort of sealed Byzantine vault is nonsense.

& then we get to the policies that a VIC Govt cannot actually deliver on its own.

“Deport violent criminals”

VIC cannot deport anyone. Visa cancellation & deportation are Commonwealth powers. What VIC can do is refer cases to the Commonwealth.

“Support stronger border controls”... again: international border control is federal.

“Reinstate the 1,500 gigalitre cap on buybacks.”

That was Commonwealth legislation.

“Request a five-year GST exemption” for certain building materials.

At least “request” is honest. Victoria does not control GST.

“Support the full completion of Inland Rail to Brisbane.”

A VIC govt can support it. It cannot order a Commonwealth-backed interstate freight project to finish itself all the way to back to QLD.

There are also places where the booklet simply misstates VIC law.

The section on sentencing claims judges can effectively pick 1 purpose (usually rehabilitation) & then give the “lightest sentence” consistent with that.

That is not how sentencing law works.

VIC courts can sentence for 1 or a combination of recognised purposes & they must consider a range of statutory factors & sentencing principles. The booklet reduces a complex system to a cartoon because the cartoon is politically useful.

& its claim that multiple concurrent sentences mean 2nd & 3rd offences “effectively receive no punishment” is similarly misleading. Courts already use concurrency, cumulation & the totality principle to produce an overall sentence reflecting the offending.

If you are asking Victorians to trust you with the machinery of state govt, it is probably worth knowing which machinery is already running, which machinery belongs to Canberra & which machinery you have misunderstood.

Otherwise The Real Deal starts looking less like a policy platform & more like somebody Googled “things govts do” & began typing”

👏🏻

Full credit to the Gherk for again holding ON to account while others give ON a free pass.

[ShiannonCorcoran💉x4 @shiannonc.bsky.social @ShiannonC]

The Gherk calls out ON Real Deal policy booklet:

“I’ve spent the morning reading ON Vic 64-page Real Deal policy booklet.

& before we even get to the policy, I would like to acknowledge the usual collection of spelling & grammatical mistakes you might expect from a Year 7 civics project submitted at 11:58pm the night before it was due.

There are rogue apostrophes everywhere. The most mysterious is on page 27, during the grand summary of how they’ll fix Vic’s justice system, we are told: “We will give the courts the rooms, the v’ & the hours to finish cases.”

The v’

Nobody knows what the v’ is

Perhaps this is the missing constitutional ingredient that has held VIC back for decades.

But the more interesting problem is not the proofreading.

It is that a surprising number of their “new” ideas already exist.

ON says it will introduce income-tested sport vouchers so families can afford organised sport. VIC already has the Get Active Kids Voucher Program, which gives eligible families up to $200 per child. It has existed since 2020 & applications are open right now.

They say they will free up granny flats & spare-room rentals so more Victorians can rent them.

VIC changed the rules in 2023. Small second dwellings up to 60 square metres generally no longer need a planning permit & they can already be rented to anyone.

They say schools will use systematic phonics & explicit instruction.

VIC govt primary schools have already been required to use systematic synthetic phonics from 2025.

They say they will expand Hospital in the Home &nurse prescribing.

VIC already has dozens of Hospital in the Home sites & nurse prescribing is being rolled out.

They say they will reintroduce firebreaks & back-burning.

These are already part of bushfire & fuel-management practice.

They say they will make govt contracts & spending more transparent.

Fair enough...but VIC already publishes major contracts, variations & procurement information. The idea that this is currently some sort of sealed Byzantine vault is nonsense.

& then we get to the policies that a VIC Govt cannot actually deliver on its own.

“Deport violent criminals”

VIC cannot deport anyone. Visa cancellation & deportation are Commonwealth powers. What VIC can do is refer cases to the Commonwealth.

“Support stronger border controls”... again: international border control is federal.

“Reinstate the 1,500 gigalitre cap on buybacks.”

That was Commonwealth legislation.

“Request a five-year GST exemption” for certain building materials.

At least “request” is honest. Victoria does not control GST.

“Support the full completion of Inland Rail to Brisbane.”

A VIC govt can support it. It cannot order a Commonwealth-backed interstate freight project to finish itself all the way to back to QLD.

There are also places where the booklet simply misstates VIC law.

The section on sentencing claims judges can effectively pick 1 purpose (usually rehabilitation) & then give the “lightest sentence” consistent with that.

That is not how sentencing law works.

VIC courts can sentence for 1 or a combination of recognised purposes & they must consider a range of statutory factors & sentencing principles. The booklet reduces a complex system to a cartoon because the cartoon is politically useful.

& its claim that multiple concurrent sentences mean 2nd & 3rd offences “effectively receive no punishment” is similarly misleading. Courts already use concurrency, cumulation & the totality principle to produce an overall sentence reflecting the offending.

If you are asking Victorians to trust you with the machinery of state govt, it is probably worth knowing which machinery is already running, which machinery belongs to Canberra & which machinery you have misunderstood.

Otherwise The Real Deal starts looking less like a policy platform & more like somebody Googled “things govts do” & began typing”

👏🏻

Full credit to the Gherk for again holding ON to account while others give ON a free pass.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@DHughesy Practice what you preach. You can’t even use it, you keep posting AI slop that you haven’t bothered to fact check.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@OneNationAus You and your Nazi’s are an extremist hate group that ASIO should be watching. You’re inciting extremism in Australia. You’re a lunatic like Trump and netyahu.

[Lord Rapihana @LordRapihana]

@OneNationAus Great so a new premier can put their ideological enemy in jail. All the bitches who cried about Trump being charged for crimes are cheering it on. This country is fucked.

[Daisy. 🕊️🍀🕊️ @DaisyIsStarDust]

@aaronsmith @PaulineHansonOz He wasn’t the only one there, they had other NSN Nazis in the crowd. But on the topic of this special Hanson worshipper, check out this high quality specimen. Pauline must be so proud. What a King🙄
4 x videos ⬇️

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Pauline Hanson was outraged last week by comparisons with the Ku Klux Klan.

Here’s an easy test of that outrage: publicly expel One Nation members who proclaim “Hail White Australia”.

Start with this one @PaulineHansonOz. He was at your launch today.

[Lilah RPG 💜 🇵🇸 @LilahRPGtt]

One Nation want to cut 10's of thousands of jobs in Victoria, including tradies... So we're gonna end up with Trump supporter style videos of people crying going "I never thought MY job would be impacted I've now lost my house"

[Dazza @Dazzaat]

"The New Way Of Doing Government "
If Hanson’s One Nation Wins .

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@Dazzaat Female rape and domestic violence apologist version of Trump.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@DHughesy It’s a shame you ruined what could have been a great show.

[Mimama 🐕🐝🦋🦉 @BConn39]

And why are Victorians angry? Because the Murdoch muppet media bombard us with rage bait 100 times a day.
The VIC gov has done brilliantly for the people of Victoria.
Not one achievement was ever reported by the scum that throw shit from their enclosures.

[Sue Ann Bowden @3PocketOveralls]

@TheKennyDevine Do we pay him to do anything else but gaslight us? Does he ever do anything? How did he get elected?

[Daisy. 🕊️🍀🕊️ @DaisyIsStarDust]

@toiletpaperaus1 The alignment of this guys eyes, brow shape, ears, hairline, forehead & overall facial structure looks like this guy. Not saying it is, but very similar features & age/working profile fit.