Sandy Loffler

Social justice and climate change activist, including sustainable living at Christie Walk, SA. Bereaved mother juggling immense grief and great joy.

[Dr Josie McSkimming @JosieMcskimming]

‘congratulations to Chalmers & Albanese. After 30 yrs, we have 2 leaders, supported by cabinet, with the courage, determination & commitment to serve the public interest by resisting the self-serving calls of private vested interests..’

- Graeme Samuel.

https://t.co/ioKtauj574

[Sandy Loffler @LofflerSandy]

@sighmon Absolutely!!

[Sandy Loffler @LofflerSandy]

@sighmon Most important part is lessons were learnt (spoken by your Mum!)

[Joe2: Woke & proud of it. @eatatjoe2]

Breaking: It appears the organisation Liveable Victoria, that accepted money from a brothel owner to smear the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is aligned with the Liberal Party.
Jess Wilson has questions to answer.
Media do your job. #springst #auspol

[Captain Obvious™️ @TheFungi669]

JD Vance: “If you’re born in this country and your parents were not U.S. citizens then you should be deported.”

Grok: “There is no evidence that Usha Vance’s parents were U.S. citizens when she was born in San Diego in 1986.”

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

So here’s a lesson in how parts of the Murdoch media machine work.

For those outside South Australia, some context.

For decades Adelaide’s major north-south transport corridor, South Road, has been a bottleneck. Successive governments talked about fixing it. The current Labor government is finally building the final section: a 10.5km tunnel system under the city.

To avoid demolishing heritage-listed buildings, schools, churches, pubs and thousands of homes, the project is being built underground. From day one, the government said it would be the most expensive infrastructure project in South Australian history.

Naturally, state debt has increased as construction ramps up. That’s what happens when you build a once-in-a-generation piece of infrastructure. The government has also repeatedly stated that debt levels are expected to stabilise once the project is completed.

Cue the predictable headlines: “Debt out of control”, “Labor spending spree”, “Burden on future generations”. The usual suspects piled in.

Then came the next angle.

The paper started floating the idea that the tunnel should be a toll road.

Never mind that South Australia hasn’t had a toll road since the 1850s. Never mind that the Premier has repeatedly ruled it out. Never mind that the Treasurer has repeatedly ruled it out.

A Facebook poll was launched asking whether the tunnel should be tolled to help deal with Labor’s spending.

Predictably, the comments exploded. “Labor planned this all along.” “Users should pay.” “Vote One Nation and this wouldn’t happen.”

The poll scraped out a narrow majority in favour of tolls.

The government responded exactly as it had before: there will be no toll. There was never going to be a toll. The road will be free to use. The project is on schedule.

So after running stories about debt, then stories about spending, then stories suggesting a toll road was needed, the paper found a new headline:

“Government out of touch with voters.”

Apparently the same toll road that the government never proposed, never planned and repeatedly rejected is now something the government is being criticised for not delivering.

Create the problem. Amplify the outrage. Poll the outrage. Then report the outrage as news.

And people wonder why trust in media keeps falling.

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How the fuck do we live in a country where the media insisted negative gearing didn’t increase house prices but now house prices are falling the media are insisting it’s because the Labor government stopped … negative gearing?

#NewsCorpse

[Sandra K Eckersley @SandraEckersley]

Pauline Hanson calls her critics ‘arrogant’ but REAL arrogance is telling the world’s scientists that Climate Change is a hoax, lifesaving Covid vaccines are poisonous ‘shit’ and claiming the world’s two billion Muslims are terrorists. #auspol

[Misinformation Fact Checker. @MisinfoFact]

Pauline Hanson says young people don't want to work, but If you only showed up to work 12% of the time, you'd probably be looking for a new job.

Yet Pauline Hanson wants working Australians to take her seriously after an 88% absence rate at Senate Estimates.
#auspol #OneNation

[Brian Loffler - #SeventhGenerationPrinciple @jazzkat]

Errr…
“Days after Senator Hanson declared she had the ability to run the country as prime minister, The Australian has confirmed that One Nation Queensland Division is three years overdue in filing ­crucial annual reports…”
So capable…
https://t.co/JdY9IJh0E5

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

New Farrer One Nation MP, David Farley, is really making waves. First he stated that immigration numbers are fine, than he stated we may need to increase foreign aid, and now he has decided he will display the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in his office. Pauline is not happy.

[Dr Sheep Person Podge @noplaceforsheep]

Jewish convert @charliepick gave an interview to convicted wife beater Avi Yemeni, criticising his employer the ABC for airing a podcast about autism hosted by Grace Tame because she is anti genocide & supports Palestinians.

Pickering shouldn't be airing his pro Israel pro genocide
political views whilst wearing his ABC hat, amirite? Isn't that why they went after Latouff?

Also, it appears Pickering objects to anyone discussing anything unless they first pass his Zionist purity test - you can't talk about autism (or anything else) if you criticise Israel. Let that sink in.

[Nicole Chvastek @NChvastek]

Australia's 178 billionaires are $25.7bn richer than last year as 3.7 million live in poverty.

But if you believe NewsCorpse a modest pay rise for low income earners will kill us all.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

One Nation says they want to tax gas when it gets them a headline. But when it comes to putting your money where your mouth is, they’re missing in action.

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Do you stand with Grace Tame?

#IStandWithGraceTame

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

Australians lose $32 billion to gambling every year.

"We are the biggest losers in the world per capita when it comes to gambling," says Martin Thomas, CEO of @ReformGambling.

"It's reshaping a whole generation."

🎧 https://t.co/o2nNBGLBns

@ebony_bennett #auspol

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

When you pay off a credit card or mortgage, the bank can’t charge you interest on repayments you’ve already made. That would be illegal. But when the government does it, it’s fine and normal.

Sign my petition today to fix HECS. We've done it before, let's do it again.
https://t.co/bi9gP8x7p1