The frenzied "debate" about the Voice is only serving to confuse everybody. In practical terms the Voice will be able to express its opinion on just about any public policy issue, because every one of them, one way or the other, impacts on indigenous Australians. So yes the Voice could offer its advice to the Reserve Bank. So what? It could offer advice to the Treasurer on the technical drafting of the latest Tax Laws Amendment Bill too. So what? In each case it wouldn't be a great use of time because absent a particular expertise in monetary policy or tax law, the Voice's views would not carry a lot of weight. Where they will carry weight, and should, is on matters directly or particularly relating to indigenous Australians and so it is natural that the Voice will concentrate its attention on issues where its views will be most influential. As to Australia Day - seriously? Of course the Voice will have a view on Australia Day and it would be very surprising if its view was not to move the date.
Take the time to listen to @DavidPocock as he explains the gas situation and most importantly the solution to the problem. Excellent presentation David.👇🏾
This is right. Having watched the election and its aftermath with friends who were either Green, Teal or Labor, I think the ALP is making a potentially fatal error in not seeing that it was a broad progressive coalition that removed the Morrison gang.
1/5 Putin decided to organize a "Z-marathon" of concerts in support of the war all across the country. The amount of money allocated for it is so large that reports show that the artists were paid twice as much as usual.
Want to go back to the past about who said what? Watch this amazing insight from Penny Wong 2.5 years ago. Scott's mob have been and will continue to be detrimental to Australia. But hey, at least they've made a few mates wealthier. 💙💔
I just re-read this, the Fijian PM “After what we went through with Morrison, nothing can be worse than him. China never insults the Pacific…They’re good people, definitely better than Morrison, I can tell you that.”
https://t.co/ulF035jCov
1/16A Russian political prisoner addressing the voters of France is quite ironic. But technically, I'm in jail due to a criminal complaint by a French company; I studied 🇫🇷 at university and wear a scarf whenever I come to Paris. France is close to my heart, so I'll give it a try
If @AustralianLabor wins the election we will set up a National Anti Corruption Commission by the end of this year.
Here’s my full interview with @fauziah_ibrahim on @abcnews this morning 👇👇👇
Still official Liberal Party policy to privatise the ABC. Did you know? @jonaholmes48 presents @abcalumni’s 1st campaign video - please view and retweet. https://t.co/8W5W3J7CmJ #Vote1ABC
OK, we need to talk a little bit about Russian oil/gas markets, US LNG and climate change. Because I'm seeing some otherwise smart and well intentioned people getting confused. Thread:
THREAD 1/16 We all have so many questions about Russia's invasion of Ukraine that we decided to take an issue at a time in our explainers. I wanted to put them in one place. Here are 13 videos - starting with the scale of Russian gas exports to Europe.
It is regrettable that many Western commentators repeated Putin’s narrative that the problem came from an aggressive NATO expansion aimed at encircling Russia.
Time for a reset of narratives. Here are some simple insights, informed by our work on the game theory of alliances. 🧵