Geoff

Retired. Amatuer luthier, want to see more fairness in society, unencumbered by religion.

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

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[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

One Nation will tell you Pauline Hanson is the only one fighting for them. “Australians first.” The whole MAGA-pitch. Here's who she's spent her life fighting against:
• Aboriginal ppl— opposed Native Title and Welcome to Country; wants to abolish the National Indigenous Australians Agency to “save” $12.5B; her 2020 “Close the Gap” speech called Aboriginal parents lazy & negligent
- Nurses & aged care workers — $20,000–$34,000 worse off under Hanson. Called nurses overpaid
. Immigrants & refugees — wants to deport 75,000 “illegal migrants,” withdraw from the UN Refugee Convention, cut immigration to a 130,000 visa cap, with no economic modelling on the cost to Aust,
• Public schools — voted almost always against incr funding for public schools, incl cuts that stripped support from students with disability
• Teachers — pushed a narrative schools have “poor academic standards” & a lot of teachers can’t read & write properly.
• Students with disability — said they don't belong in mainstream classrooms because they're “disruptive”
• Welfare recipients— supported mandatory drug testing for recipients, & when a senator opposed it, publicly used that senator's son's drug addiction against her
• Welfare recipients broadly — $90B spending-cut plan targets the NDIS, Medicare & welfare payments, with no independently costed detail on how or any alternative method to support these vulnerable groups,
• Disabled Australians— wants to scrap wheelchair-access requirements for new homes
- Trans Australians — called it a “militant force” & “subversive transgender insurgency” that “must be dismantled; said trans “propaganda” was being imposed on children in schools. Trans Australians make up 1% of the pop’n.
• Childcare workers —questioned why they need qualifications, asking why centres need “people with some sort of degree to look after a child”
• Families /childcare access — voted consistently against incr childcare support, called the system “completely out of control”
• Asian-Australians — infamous 1996 maiden speech claiming we are being, “swamped by Asians”
• Muslim Australians — Senate burqa stunt got her suspended by Parliament, called for a Muslim immigration ban, said in 2026 there are no “good” Muslims
• African-Australian communities — pushed an “African gang” rhetoric against the actual data
• LGBTQ+ Australians — opposed marriage equality
• Domestic violence victims — repeatedly claimed women lie about abuse to win family court cases
• Women's reproductive rights — pushes to roll back abortion access nationally
• Women's pay / parental leave — dismissed the gender pay gap & said women shouldn't be paid on parental leave because “they're not at work”
- pledged to sack the Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Human Rights Commission
• Rape victims — kept convicted rapist Sean Black on staff for years & defended it
• Working Australians — opposed the minimum wage rise & tax break for low-paid workers, while taking a $100k pay rise
• Casual workers; voted no to same job, same pay
• Coal miners: a deal with the LNP cost mineworkers $16M in entitlements
• Pensioners;opposed pension increases
• Renters / home buyers; voted almost always against incr housing affordability
• Journalists — banned the ABC, voted consistently to cut ABC/SBS funding, called a reporter “trashy”
- Australians who rely on global health & scientific cooperation —wants to withdraw Australia from the WHO & the UN, abolished the TGA in her spending plan, rejects the IPCC’s climate science consensus, and wants to scrap net zero and the Department of Climate Change

So; yes, Hanson is “Australia first” — as long as you're not:
Aboriginal,
a nurse,
an aged care worker,
a public school student,
a teacher,
disabled,
rely on welfare,
in childcare,
Asian,
Muslim,
African,
gay,
transgender,
a survivor of abuse,
a woman,
a worker,
a pensioner, a
renter,
a journalist, or
someone who trusts science

So who, exactly, is she fighting for?

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@RichardAngwin Wilful ignorance

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@AZ_Brittney W ⚓️

[Cheryl Kernot @cheryl_kernot]

Just keep patiently explaining please @JEChalmers until the 95% register that it doesn’t affect them. That means a sustained fight back against most of the media’s agenda. Heaps of Australians, including boomer cohort, strongly support your changes.

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@BhattiLaib9960 Cute
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[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Simi_2210_ 21

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Maddu_550 3

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@ForgiatoBlow47 F

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Lina_rays1ya F. -10000000

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Dancingchick56 Is he really still alive 😱

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@MbarkCherguia ABBA 🥰

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Scott Bessent on NBC today: “Europeans project weakness, US projects strength”.
No, Trump projects stupidity, ignorance & cruelty, while Europe displays common sense, democracy & freedom.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

Just Repost

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Matt_Pinner He’s just getting a tow

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@millj919 @Roshan_Rinaldi I’m curious, do they really think that they can keep a lid on this?

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@Matt_Pinner Pay your staff a living wage like the rest of the world does 🤬

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@TrumpsHurricane Stains on a dress

[Geoff @DobroBloke]

@strangerous10 Another “Weekend At Bernie’s” moment 🤦‍♂️