Shaun Leane

citizen

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

From one of his lesser known Sonnets ... "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Fantastic game
Australia cup

[Logical ⚽️ 🍺🦘 @BinManIan]

I'm not sure how many times I need to keep warning people...

A vote for Jess Wilson and the Liberals will be a vote for One Nation.

[Nikki J Lawson 🌹#IStandWithAlbo to trigger RWNJs @Commoncents21]

This is what Geoffrey Watson SC said about the $15B CFMEU corruption furphy.

Not hearsay, not cherry picked but straight from his mouth 👇
#auspol

(Excuse typo 2026 not 2926). 😁
👇

[Suburban Rail Loop @suburbanloop]

Glen Waverley, the first stage of station construction is now complete.

Crews recently finished installing 268 piles, they’re the circular ground supports that outline the station space.

Now, we’re ready for full-scale excavation.

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Why? What are they accusing them of ? … using party membership money to pay for a huge shed to built on one their private properties?

[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.

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

No doubt the convicted Michael Nelson, neo-Nazi, felt right at home at the One Nations Victorian Election launch. A party whose legal advisor believes political opponents should be rounded up without trial and "heads should roll". #springst #auspol

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

Michael Nelson a neo-Nazi, was once a member of outlawed National Socialist Network. He's currently on bail for alleged Attack on First Nations Camp & was convicted 4 disruption of Anzac Day Dawn Service. He attended One Nation Vic launch. #springst #auspol

[Senator Tony Sheldon @TonySheldonNSW]

So One Nation voted with the Liberals to gut the rights of working Australians and protect labour hire corporations.

Then it received nearly $50,000 from one of Australia’s biggest labour hire firms?

One Nation is on the side of billionaire corporations, not yours.

[NOT a Canberra Bubbler 🌲🌏🌲 @MSMWatchdog2013]

It's another freshly minted @OneNationAus trollbot based in Africa engaging in foreign interference

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Herald sun political commentator’s long article giving advice on how not to be a Plonker ?????
Yep

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

Another of Ol’Gutfull’s little helpers. He’s a Nazi. The 88 in his tag is code for Heil Hitler.

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Has the Lib, Nat, ON gaggle made an election commit yet that there will be no earthquakes if they manage to form government?

[NOT a Canberra Bubbler 🌲🌏🌲 @MSMWatchdog2013]

Melb’s Town Hall Station, located beneath Swanston St
& 1 of 5 underground stations built for Metro Tunnel, has been named 1 of the world’s most beautiful stations by the Prix Versailles, an int'l architecture award recognising outstanding design globally

https://t.co/j0kSYF6hCt

[Toilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus1]

This is Matthew Collins. He is One Nation’s candidate for Melbourne.

One Nation candidates usually hide their socials. Matthew did exactly this.

One small problem, Matt:

You were too slow. We have the screenshots.

Here’s a highlight reel of the best:

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Yep,
Milk sandwiches are no picnic

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

And yet they manage to generate endless commentary on how taxpayers money should be spent

[Crikey @crikey_news]

Let's all say congratulations to News Corp, which, according to the latest company tax data, has gone more than a decade without paying any tax.
https://t.co/FqQD95mO8h

[Shaun Leane @ShaunLeaneyerr]

Fantastic

[Level Crossing Removal Project @levelcrossings]

🥳 96 gone for good.

🛣️ Cheltenham Road, Dandenong's new road underpass, opened to traffic last week.

🗞️ Read more: https://t.co/tKhSWw414c

[💧Sandi Keane @Jarrapin]

News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia via @crikey_news https://t.co/VgtYpNmHt2