Darcel Russell

Goenpul. Quandamooka. Views my own. She/her.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@nworeject @BConn39 @KosSamaras Its actually more government incompetence than it is people on the grift.
Or, in the case of the NT both gvts have been on the grift.
Policy gets stuck between a rock and a hard place… like the proposal for the voice for example. The level of policy instability is a nightmare.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@StevenB18213256 @pjlogue @nyunggai He doesn’t have a vicious bone in his body.
He is humble, respectful, hardworking, kind, and polite.
He is not a communist.
Nor is he a thug.
And, just to reiterate…
he does not have a vicious bone in his body.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@jan_olson @_Schrami_ @OtherSideAus @DrVicFielding Where did that statistic come from?
Which entity presents their statistics using blood quantum categories? How do they determine this?

Or… be honest, Jan, did you just make that up?

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar Sorry Steve, but access to accountants doesn’t always guarantee effective financial mgt & compliance. Also, ATSIC had very narrow remit across the total Indigenous affairs budget. For example, it had no remit over education and health services but was routinely blamed for failing

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar The ACTU executive at the time met with Latham (they were scheduled to meet anyway as he was addressing the body) and they passed a resolution calling for a senate inquiry.
https://t.co/us9IHgvf0g

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar Hhhmmm… Latham went in to NSW parliament as the leader of Hanson’s One Nation. As for the union movement, it’s raison d’être is to get and keep the Labor party in to government. There were widespread nerves about Latham but he was polling very strongly at the time. Before the 🤝

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar As for the notion of corruption, there are plenty of taxpayer-funded bodies that have been found to be corrupt - in actual findings in actual courts of law.
When parliament debated the ATSIC legislation, it was one of the longest debates in the history of the country. #Funfact

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar Actually that’s not quite correct either. Successive audits and inquiries showed most of ATSIC’s inadequacies came down to two things - people’s lack of understanding of financial frameworks rather than intentional rorting; and public misperception of the of the issue.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar The leaders of the Gvt & opposition when ATSIC was abolished.
They were in ideological alignment. In fact, it was Latham who first announced in the middle of election campaign that the ALP would abolish ATSIC. Howard went for it. Didn’t blink & won election w massive majority.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar Howard & Latham

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@HJnL29 @walsh_medthwa @threedogsonekid @KJBar If that’s the case, why do we let political parties and other businesses off the hook? Using your logic, some of these organisations should also be shut down. It was not corruption that caused ATSIC’s demise. Rather, it was alignment of political ideology between the 2 leaders.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

@PoliticallyCand @Khaadro @BirdEsays @thomasmayo23 Did you know that the constitution already has race written in to it? The Race Power enables the federal government to make laws for people of any race.
Look up Section 51, clause 26, which states: “The people of any race, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws".

[Farida Bemba Nabourema @Farida_N]

France has the 4th largest gold reserve in the world. How?
France holds 90% of the gold reserves of 15 African countries and pays 0% interest on what it makes from those reserves since 1945. These nations however borrow from #France from their own reserves with interest!

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Musk's endless string of faceplants with Twitter is a good illustration of why the rich shouldn't rule the world. They're not wise. They're not even particularly smart. They just figured out how to play our shitty capitalist system which elevates assholes and sociopaths.

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

It costs half a million dollars a year to keep a child in prison.

94% of them will go back to prison before they turn 18

Divert that to prevention & let’s see what happens. You would only need a 6% success rate and $500k per child to achieve it.

[DHADJOWA FOUNDATION @dhadjowa]

On Friday 4 Nov, the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker sat on Arrernte Country with Senior Constable Kevin Agnew giving evidence. Below, we share some key excerpts. You can find the full link to the transcript here: https://t.co/ABwzxshzA8

#JusticeForWalker

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

The white system always entitles white people to the presumption of innocence.
#JusticeforWalker

[DHADJOWA FOUNDATION @dhadjowa]

CA: Do you agree in hindsight you probably should have checked with the QPS to see whether Rolfe’s account was consistent with the account of attending police?

KA:...I was going off what I was told. I was expecting the truth & I thought it was just a fine. I didn’t pursue it.

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

Policing by ‘vibe’…
😡🤬😡
#JusticeforWalker

[DHADJOWA FOUNDATION @dhadjowa]

CA:…has that guide book been updated since 2016?

KA:…It's outdated, it's not used

COR: What is used?

KA: We don't have a general order as such, but just going off what members have been doing over the years. We know the procedures…there's not actually anything written down

[Darcel Russell @DarcelRussell]

Alex and his multi-phobic, hateful Antics.

What a disgrace.
#auspol