rod

Retired after 50+ yr Education career. Involved with Retired Unionist SA and Country Labor. And fishing. And Iron Maiden. and Grandparenting.

[Cheryl Kernot @cheryl_kernot]

#FiretheFryer sounds catchy.

[Craig Hill @CraigHill01]

A funny old bird is the pelican
She wants Oz to be more American
She thinks she's like Trump
But she's just a big chump
And a really obnoxious old specimen.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Trump’s dealmaking with Iran explained in 24 seconds.

#ArtOfTheDeal #TrumpSurrender

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

Drop a #PelicanPauline in the comments section. 😀

[rod @PiprodRod]

It’s about time we listened to the truth about what US is doing to the people of Cuba - especially the children!

[normboy562 Union Proud Labor until death 👊🙋‍♂️ @normboy562]

What's the point of elections where a political party strives to win over the other, wins with a huge (enormous) Majority then changes taxation for the betterment of younger Australians, using their majority for all those who voted for them, for CHANGE?
WELL DONE LABOR 👏👏👏👏👏

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

Today Pauline #Hanson in front of Parliament House was asked to define Monculturaliam and she responded by saying we must all speak only one language, English. We proudly speak 300 languages in our communities and we won’t stop and are proudly Australians too.

[rod @PiprodRod]

I stopped at a 100

[rod @PiprodRod]

Worth reading and sharing and citing in conversations

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The Sanewashing of Hanson Is at Its Peak.
This is how Trump came to power: platform the lies, skip the follow-up, let the headlines call it “proving her critics wrong.”
We are all watching it happen in real time.
At the National Press Club, Pauline Hanson said the following. Not one claim was challenged by the so called journalists in attendance and she continues to be unchallenged on the facts in every interview she sits.
-1. Unlike the Prime Minister, I welcome scrutiny.” Hypocritical. In the same speech she announced she refuses ABC interviews, will scrap the SBS, & will make the ABC subscription-only. The event allowed 2 hours; standard format gives 25–30 mins for the address. She spoke for 50-halving the time left for questions. When Guardian journalist Sarah Martin used that remaining time to ask about her daughter's $150,000 taxpayer-funded advisor role, Hanson called her “a trashy journalist” and banned her from all future press conferences.
• “Babies are aborted the day before birth.” Fabricated. Late-term abortion is highly restricted, requires medical approval, and occurs only in genuine medical emergencies.
• “Interest rates are heading towards 10%.” False. RBA cash rate: 4.35%. Forecast to fall, not rise.
• “There’s no gender pay gap — just women taking time off.” False. WGEA confirms the gap exists at equal hours, equal roles, regardless of career breaks.
• “$30B a year on Indigenous programs.” False. Only 18% (~$5.6B) is Indigenous-specific. The rest is the Indigenous share of mainstream services every Australian uses.
• Transgender people were compared to “militant Islam.” False and dangerous. ABS data: transgender and gender-diverse Australians make up 1% of the pop’n. There’s no body of research showing transgender ppl commit crime at elevated rates-in fact it shows transgender people are dramatically more likely to be victims of violence— assault, sexual violence, and homicide rates against trans people are well above general population rates in most studies (US, UK, and Aust data all show this pattern)
• “23% of Australians can’t speak English.” False. That 23% speak another language at home — most are bilingual. Limited English proficiency: just 3.2%.
• “The CEFC has had $200 billion.” False by a factor of six. Actual legislated capacity: $33 billion.
• “I care about the homeless and hungry.” Hypocritical. In the same speech, she backed cuts to Indigenous-specific funding — despite Aboriginal homelessness running up to 10 times higher than the non-Indigenous rate.
• $90 billion in cuts, no plan. ~$35 billion of it remains unaccounted for. No modelling.
• “I support worker rights.” False. Voted against minimum wage increases, penalty rates, criminalising wage theft, casual conversion rights, same job same pay, and the right to disconnect. Took a $100,000 pay rise while voting against a tax break for low-paid workers
• Called Australian workers “lazy.” She has attended just 12% of Senate estimates since 2016 & 53% of parliamentary votes. Paid over $200k a year
• Labor have let immigration get out of control.” False. Net overseas migration has fallen every year since the post-COVID peak in 2022-23 — 538,000 → 446,000 → 306,000 in 2024-25. She also recycled a 26-year-old ABS pop’n projection as a fresh “next 50 years” forecast

Said: This beautiful country belongs to all Australians born here and those who have joined us”- in her opening line; then spent the next 50 minutes demanding a monocultural society, comparing transgender Australians to militant Islam, inflating migration and language figures, denying the gender pay gap, and repeating the debunked $30 billion Indigenous funding myth. Welcomed everyone in the first sentence. Spent the rest of the speech defining most of them out — and offered no plan to fix anything she raised, only $90 billion in cuts.
Not one follow-up question. No source data on a single figure in the entire speech. This is what unchallenged looks like.
/2 sources

[rod @PiprodRod]

Buy shares in meat pies and vegemite or will we have to regress to kippers?

[Ash @AshPolitik]

Damn, 30% of Australians now have to revert to their "mono" culture. No HSP, Kebabs, Souvas, Pasta, Banh Mi or Curries for you.

And unfortunately, for the Mono Neurons, they will be unable to watch the World Cup on SBS.

I dont make the rules, Pauline does.

[rod @PiprodRod]

Frightened or complicit

[Ray Gatt @Gatty54]

@tomwconnell your performance at the Hanson NPC function was an utter disgrace. You should be ashamed of yourself.
You allowed her to go way over time, preventing more questions and then you refused to call her out when she abused another journalist.
Shame on you

[rod @PiprodRod]

@colonelhogans @Your_Avg_Punter Yes

[Rick @colonelhogans]

Cheer this young man while he’s scoring goals for Australia.

Blame him for high house prices and crime when he walks down the street.

The sheer fucking racist hypocrisy of white Australia and One Nation.

[rod @PiprodRod]

The circus is owned by Gina

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Well.... that escalated quickly!

[rod @PiprodRod]

The Nazis, one Nation, sovereign citizens and Libs describe themselves as patriots!

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

That is my view.

[rod @PiprodRod]

Like a rabbit but edgier.

[Phillip Adams @PhillipAdams_1]

More rain. I’m building an ark …but what the fuck is a cubit?

[rod @PiprodRod]

What about Warren? As in Wabbit Warren.

[rod @PiprodRod]

Sen McKenzie is not upholding Aussie values, she’s ripping off the Aussie battlers.

[David Marler @Qldaah]

Just pay for it yourself, Sen Bridget McKenzie. All Australians wish your son & bride the absolute, very best.

Are you short of a quid? No, then use your personal bank account to book flights & accommodation. We Australians do it all the time. #auspol https://t.co/2NiwgKI2MW

[rod @PiprodRod]

Similar but ‘those people’ visited for afternoon tea or a drink. We talked about those people and brought up fond memories.

[rod @PiprodRod]

Port individuals outplayed by a team

[Steve Mikić @SMikic13]

How calm is Josh Fraser for the entire game

#AFLPowerBlues