@ClareONeilMP This is completely hypocritical. You claim Australia should reward hard work over inheritance, yet your Labor government makes sure the harder people work and earn, the more the government takes through higher effective taxes, CGT changes, negative gearing crackdowns and trust rules. If you actually believed in hard work getting you ahead, stop punishing it.
@JEChalmers Another FACT, if you paid $1 in income tax last year, you have paid more income tax than these companies paid in corporate income tax. I call that pretty fair.
The full bench of the High Court came down off the top rope on the Victorian government today, invalidating the ENTIRE part 12 of the Vic Electoral Act (including admin and public funding) because the majors tried to have their cake and eat it too.
Rules for thee but not for me!
Contrary to what @AlboMP would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down, and Australian consumers are now paying the price for that. Look at the chart, the higher your reserves, the lower the impact has had.
#FuelCrisis #Australia
Contrary to what @AlboMP would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down, and Australian consumers are now paying the price for that.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Contrary to what @AlboMP would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down, and Australian consumers are now paying the price for that.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Contrary to what @AlboMP would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down, and Australian consumers are now paying the price for that.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Contrary to what politicians would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down.
Time to build real resilience.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Contrary to what politicians would like us to believe, the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down.
Time to build real resilience.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Contrary to what you would like us to believe @AlboMP the global oil crisis didn’t hit everyone equally.
High-reserve nations (Japan ~230 days, Singapore ~200) kept price rises modest.
Australia? Stuck at ~34 days — chronically below the IEA 90-day standard after years of bipartisan neglect.
We got hit hardest at the pump. Low reserves turned a global shock into a domestic crisis.
Government policy left us caught with our pants down.
Time to build real resilience.
#FuelCrisis #Australia #EnergySecurity
Simple summary if the bill passes the Senate:
Extra powers it gives ASIO (Australia’s spy agency)
- Permanent forced questioning of anyone: ASIO could make any adult (16 and over) show up and answer questions under oath about national security threats — terrorism, spying, sabotage, foreign interference, etc. — even if you’ve done nothing wrong and aren’t a suspect.
- You must talk and hand over stuff: Refuse, lie, or don’t show up? Up to 5 years in jail.
- Police can grab you: If they think you might run or warn others, cops can pick you up and search you.
- Long interrogation sessions: Up to 24 hours of questioning (or 40 with an interpreter), spread out with breaks.
- Gag order: You’re banned from telling anyone (family, friends, media) that it happened — again, jail if you do (except telling a lawyer or watchdog).
- They can reject your lawyer: Government can say “no” to your chosen lawyer and force you to use someone else (or one they pick at first).
- Kids 14+ still covered (but only for terrorism cases, with a parent/lawyer present and shorter sessions).
These are for gathering secret intelligence, not for charging you with crimes.
Rights Australians would lose or have seriously limited
- Right to silence: You lose the normal protection of “I don’t have to answer questions that could get me or others in trouble.”
- Freedom to just walk away: You could be forced to attend, possibly be apprehended, and held for questioning sessions.
- Privacy: You can be made to spill personal or sensitive information.
- Choice of lawyer: Not guaranteed — the government can veto who represents you.
- For teenagers: Being dragged in and questioned like an adult in serious cases.
In plain English: the bill locks in and slightly widens ASIO’s ability to “compel ordinary people to talk” on security matters, backed by jail threats. It adds a few extra oversight rules, but critics say it chips away at basic freedoms most Australians take for granted.
The only MPs who voted against the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 in the House of Representatives (on the second reading motion, 12 February 2026) were:
-Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Australian Greens, Ryan, QLD)
- Nicolette Boele (Independent, Bradfield, NSW)
- Kate Chaney (Independent, Curtin, WA)
- Dai Le (Independent, Fowler, NSW)
- Monique Ryan (Independent, Kooyong, VIC)
- Sophie Scamps (Independent, Mackellar, NSW)
- Zali Steggall (Independent, Warringah, NSW)
- Andrew Wilkie (Independent, Clark, TAS)
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