Ian Reeson

Father, Papa and Grandpa. Former (now medically retired) NSW primary school principal.

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

Dear @AlboMP and @SenatorWong both of whom I have deep abiding respect & divisive @PeterDutton_MP who I find to be a self-serving opportunistic bigot; can you not LEAD AU & even the western world by calling for immediate cease fire in Gaza. #Auspol2023

https://t.co/b4X3lj4ASM

[signtst @SigntstSigns]

#auspol

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

@myoceandreams_ So beautiful so tasty 😋💞

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

Hopefully not just independent media but alo mainstream media will do the due diligence required of their privileged role and also report the facts and background of the action and inactions that have brought AU society to this place.

[The Noisy Elephant @TheNoisyTrunk]

Bondi Beach Attack Royal Commission may uncover stuff the LNP wanted hidden.

---Get a coffee, it's 434 words you NEED to read if you like to be properly informed.
🧵1/2

Sussan Ley is out there auditioning for PM, clutching her pearls and demanding a Royal Commission after #bondiattack .

Big emotions.
Big statements.
Very selective memory.

Because here’s the bit the LNP is hoping everyone forgets:

They didn’t just fail to act after Christchurch.
They very deliberately staged action — then walked away from it.

March 2019: Christchurch happens.
Scott Morrison convenes a national summit.
📢🤡📰Big talk about online extremism, livestreamed violence, radicalisation.
📸📹🎆A Taskforce is announced with fanfare .

June 2019: The Taskforce delivers a detailed report.
Clear recommendations.
Five streams: prevention, detection, transparency, deterrence, capacity building.
Explicit focus on extremist material online.
Clear warning that voluntary measures may not be enough.

It looked like action.
It photographed well.
It bought headlines.

And who was the “tough on security” enforcer front and centre at the time?

Peter Dutton.
Home Affairs Minister.
Permanent scowl.
Endless press conferences about being “strong” and “unapologetic”.

Then came the quiet part.

The Taskforce met just three times.
By May 2021 — still under the Coalition, still under #PeterDutton’s Home Affairs architecture — it was quietly disbanded.
-No announcement.
-No follow-up.
-No public accountability.
-No final assessment of whether the recommendations worked.

At the same time — again, on Peter Dutton’s watch:

• A parliamentary inquiry into extremism was watered down
• “Far-right extremism” was scrubbed from the language
• The scope was deliberately blurred
• Hearings were minimised
• The inquiry was never finished

This wasn’t an accident.
This wasn’t oversight.
This was a political decision.

They set it up to look like they were doing something —
then shut it down once the cameras moved on and the questions got uncomfortable.

Now, after #Bondi, the same people want a Royal Commission not to prevent the next attack, but to:

Rewrite the accountability timeline
Shift blame onto Labor
Create the appearance of toughness
Avoid discussing what they dismantled while in power

A Royal Commission is very handy when you don’t want anyone asking:

Why did Peter Dutton’s Home Affairs kill the prevention work?
Why was the inquiry buried?
Why was the ideology stripped out of the language?
Why was online extremism left to “voluntary commitments” and a feel-good podcast nobody watches?

You don’t get to gut the fire prevention system, walk away for years, then scream at the next occupants when the building burns.

That’s not leadership.
That’s political arson followed by performative outrage.

And Sussan Ley’s audition doesn’t change the facts.

The LNP built this system.
Peter Dutton presided over it.
They hollowed it out.
Now they want a Royal Commission to pretend they weren’t holding the matches.

That’s not accountability.
That’s industrial-grade wankfuckery.

Ref: Links below in thread.

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

@TheNoisyTrunk Hopefully not just independent media but alo mainstream media will do the due diligence required of their privileged role and also report the facts and background of the action and inactions that have brought AU society to this place.

[The Noisy Elephant @TheNoisyTrunk]

Bondi Beach Attack Royal Commission may uncover stuff the LNP wanted hidden.

---Get a coffee, it's 434 words you NEED to read if you like to be properly informed.
🧵1/2

Sussan Ley is out there auditioning for PM, clutching her pearls and demanding a Royal Commission after #bondiattack .

Big emotions.
Big statements.
Very selective memory.

Because here’s the bit the LNP is hoping everyone forgets:

They didn’t just fail to act after Christchurch.
They very deliberately staged action — then walked away from it.

March 2019: Christchurch happens.
Scott Morrison convenes a national summit.
📢🤡📰Big talk about online extremism, livestreamed violence, radicalisation.
📸📹🎆A Taskforce is announced with fanfare .

June 2019: The Taskforce delivers a detailed report.
Clear recommendations.
Five streams: prevention, detection, transparency, deterrence, capacity building.
Explicit focus on extremist material online.
Clear warning that voluntary measures may not be enough.

It looked like action.
It photographed well.
It bought headlines.

And who was the “tough on security��� enforcer front and centre at the time?

Peter Dutton.
Home Affairs Minister.
Permanent scowl.
Endless press conferences about being “strong” and “unapologetic”.

Then came the quiet part.

The Taskforce met just three times.
By May 2021 — still under the Coalition, still under #PeterDutton’s Home Affairs architecture — it was quietly disbanded.
-No announcement.
-No follow-up.
-No public accountability.
-No final assessment of whether the recommendations worked.

At the same time — again, on Peter Dutton’s watch:

• A parliamentary inquiry into extremism was watered down
• “Far-right extremism” was scrubbed from the language
• The scope was deliberately blurred
• Hearings were minimised
• The inquiry was never finished

This wasn’t an accident.
This wasn’t oversight.
This was a political decision.

They set it up to look like they were doing something —
then shut it down once the cameras moved on and the questions got uncomfortable.

Now, after #Bondi, the same people want a Royal Commission not to prevent the next attack, but to:

Rewrite the accountability timeline
Shift blame onto Labor
Create the appearance of toughness
Avoid discussing what they dismantled while in power

A Royal Commission is very handy when you don’t want anyone asking:

Why did Peter Dutton’s Home Affairs kill the prevention work?
Why was the inquiry buried?
Why was the ideology stripped out of the language?
Why was online extremism left to “voluntary commitments” and a feel-good podcast nobody watches?

You don’t get to gut the fire prevention system, walk away for years, then scream at the next occupants when the building burns.

That’s not leadership.
That’s political arson followed by performative outrage.

And Sussan Ley’s audition doesn’t change the facts.

The LNP built this system.
Peter Dutton presided over it.
They hollowed it out.
Now they want a Royal Commission to pretend they weren’t holding the matches.

That’s not accountability.
That’s industrial-grade wankfuckery.

Ref: Links below in thread.

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

https://t.co/D8pxA5RI1a

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

Sign the petition: PETITION https://t.co/Y7Ebg03Bcb

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

It's perfectly legal to lie in a political ad. It shouldn't be.

Tell the Australian Parliament to pass truth in political advertising laws before the next election. #auspol

ADD YOUR NAME to the petition: > https://t.co/D4LHt2lWeN

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

The federal Environment Minister just approved three new coal mines.

Australia’s emissions are increasing, not falling — we need to stop new fossil fuels #auspol

ADD YOUR NAME to the open letter > https://t.co/CbChpwFH0D

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Dear @abcnews,
ICYMI: Facts matter. Do your job! Stop platforming Dutton's #nuclear lies! #auspol #energy #renewables

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

"Nuclear energy is not suitable for Australia."

In less than 90 seconds, Rod Campbell debunks the argument for nuclear power in Australia #auspol #climate @R_o_d_C

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

Car park.

Time is running out.

Valencia floods, Spain.

[Ian Reeson @iar60]

Sign the petition: PETITION https://t.co/Y7Ebg03Bcb

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

The kids will not forgive us. https://t.co/gVa7VmSUoP

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

Greg explains the problem with negative gearing in 60 seconds:
"It is a tax minimisation scheme disguised as a housing policy, most of the benefits go to the wealthiest and it massively distorts housing prices."

@GrogsGamut on @theprojecttv #auspol

[Dee Madigan @deemadigan]

😂

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Dear @abcnews,
Whenever you give lengthy coverage to OL Peter Dutton's 'nuclear plan' pressers, perhaps at the end of the report your presenter could mention these facts. 👇 Yknow, for 'balance'. #JournalismMatters #auspol #energy #renewables #nuclear

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Politicians should owe a duty of care to young Australians on climate change.

They don't deserve to inherit a future shaped by disastrous decisions.

This has to stop.
https://t.co/lNdyJPPqLX

[Ash @AshPolitik]

It is a dumb, lazy analysis to say that the 2019 election was lost due to negative gearing.

Cherrypick one of 100 policies, and say oh, that's why Labor lost.

Or was it the $60 million Clive Palmer campaign in conjunction with Costello, Stokes and Murdoch media?

Or was it because, despite the reality of the great Leader he was, Shorten was a tainted figure?

Choose your own adventure.

[Russell Drysdale :#Do Noble Deeds. @Russputin2]

@_Tony_Garcia_ @abcnews *Gough Whitlam got Australias first AA.

*Paul Keating got our first AAA.

*Wayne Swan got AAA, by all 3 Agencies, for first time
in Aus History.

*Jim Chalmers retains AAA by all 3 agencies, despite
inheriting worst set of Accounts in history from Lib
crime Org
Org.