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@PaulineHansonOz The grifting continues

[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

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@PaulineHansonOz Suck it up Pauline

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@TheKennyDevine @Wersula I am so looking forward to this one

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@OneNationCCoast I suppose we’ll have our own ICE. Xenophobic rubbish from One Nation

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@Commoncents21 @CindySailor2 She has my support too

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@BenFordhamLive More like an unconditional surrender

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@TheKennyDevine @CorruptNSW @PaulineHansonOz Straight out of the Trump playbook

[Ibis Desempleados @IbisDesempleado]

@PaulineHansonOz

[andojc 🌈🐯 @andojc]

@PaulineHansonOz So the grift continues

[andojc 🌈🐯 @andojc]

With One Nation surging in the polls, who is their State based leader as we head to November?
What are their policies for Victoria?
If they actually won, who would be the Premier?

#springst

[andojc 🌈🐯 @andojc]

My contempt for the Israeli Government grows with each day #abc730

[John Kennedy @JKennedy1947]

Struggling to think of a more self-interested, ignorant, intelligence lacking political contributor than…comedian Dave Hughes. His hot takes about as small minded as his comedy.

[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.

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@netz_melb @ShaneSpriggs2 @the0_greenburra Tommy like intellectual conversation, not the mindless rhetoric he gets from you

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Seriously, does anyone really believes that 3 subs would stop China if there was conflict.
America is a failed state
I prefer diplomacy rather than sabre rattling. #insiders

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Dump #AUKUS it’s a dud #insiders

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@theheraldsun Grubby politics from a grubby paper

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

Compare the pair.

Anthony Albanese and Pauline Hanson both entered federal politics in 1996.

Same year.
Same country.
Same broad opportunity to leave a mark.

Nearly 30 years later, here’s the comparison.

Pauline Hanson:

Bills originated and passed into law: zero.

Her great parliamentary hits include:
• a failed COVID vaccination bill
• a failed burqa ban
• a failed immigration plebiscite
• endless motions, stunts and tantrums that generate headlines and but no actual law

Her own political legacy is mostly framed around:
• blocking other people’s legislation
• forcing inquiries
• leveraging crossbench numbers
• complaining loudly enough that the media mistakes volume for achievement

Parliamentary attendance rate: 53%.

Which does raise the question if Pauline attended parliament a bit more often, might she have actually managed to get something done beyond scowling at modernity?

Anthony Albanese:

Bills passed into law in government include...
• legislating the 43% emissions reduction target
• 10 days paid domestic violence leave
• cheaper childcare through a higher subsidy cap
• energy price caps on gas and coal
• household energy bill relief
• establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission
• the Help to Buy shared equity housing scheme
• banning foreign purchases of existing homes
• wiping billions in student debt
• full school funding reform
• RBA reform
• the under-16 social media ban
• the Future Made in Australia manufacturing package
• criminalising wage theft
• lifting minimum wages for the lowest paid
• delivering two consecutive budget surpluses
• EV fringe benefits tax exemptions
• aged care pay rises
• support for nurse and midwife wage rises
• legislated super on paid parental leave

Parliamentary attendance rate: 83%.

And that’s as the Prime Minister, with international travel, diplomatic obligations, cabinet management, legislation, party discipline, question time, and the small inconvenience of actually running the country.

Compare the pair.

One has spent decades in politics and can point to a list of legislation, reforms and institutional changes.

The other has spent decades in politics and can point to a list of grievances, failed bills, lost crusades and media appearances.

One knows how to govern.
The other knows how to linger.

One built policy.
The other built a brand.

One passed laws.
The other passed through parliament just often enough to remind us she’s still there.

Same starting line.
Nearly 30 years later.

One of them knows how to run the country.
The other knows how to run a permanent one-person protest stall inside it.

Compare the pair.
General advice only.
Please consider your personal circumstances before mistaking noise for achievement.

[andojc 🌈🐯 @andojc]

@the0_greenburra @netz_melb More like snakes in the grass