James MacKenzie

Chair : Slater & Gordon

[Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social @markgkenny]

Read this. Beautiful piece.

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

@MargieJay50 @smh Tony Wright at his best

[Margie Jones @MargieJay50]

Journalism as generous as the story told by Tony Wright in Saturday’s @smh

[Toni Symonds @toni_symonds]

@colonelhogans @Judith54Nunn Friend went to Anzac Day service at Opera House tonight. Gina Rinehart spoke and turned it into criticism of migrants, indigenous flag, Labor and claimed kids from age 3 are taught to disrespect the flag. My friend was appalled at the politicisation of this event.

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

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[Wazza from Melbourne @Melbourne_says]

“Wominjeka, welcome. Enjoy the game.” Uncle Colin Hunter Jr. says as a packed MCG erupts in applause. 👏🏼

Welcoming to Country ain't goin anywhere. Know this.

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

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[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

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[Kos Samaras @KosSamaras]

Angus Taylor stood up this week and told Australia its immigration system needs to discriminate based on values, that people from certain places are less likely to share what we stand for.

Somewhere in Menzies, a Chinese Australian family heard that and thought: he's talking about us.

They're probably right.

Here's the thing nobody is saying about Tuesday's announcement. We asked 2,000 voters who they blame for rising prices and interest rates. Forty per cent said politicians. Twenty per cent said CEOs. Six per cent said immigrants.

Even among One Nation voters, the people Taylor is performing for, 59% blame politicians. Their vote isn't an immigration grievance. It's institutional fury. And you cannot outdo One Nation on either grievance or immigration.

So what Taylor has actually done is design a policy that won't win the voters he's chasing, delivered in language that will cost him voters he desperately needs, in the seats that decide Australian elections, in the cities that have already punished the Coalition across two consecutive elections.

The demographic backdrop makes it worse. India is about to overtake England as Australia's largest overseas-born diaspora, likely confirmed in ABS data due this month. The median age of England-born Australians is 59.6. India-born: 35.8. One of those communities is the electoral future of metropolitan Australia. The other is not.

Chasing ghosts of the past whilst losing votes. Full piece below

[Simon Banks @SimonBanksHB]

Tonight @SenPaterson confirmed on @abc730 that the LNP plan was to deport people from countries like India who have been permanent residents of Australia for some time even if they have not broken any law or otherwise come to the attention of national security agencies

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

@PaulHiggins @abcnews @FergusonNews @AlboMP ✔️

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

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[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

We now know that Katie Johnson not only sued Donald Trump for raping her at 14 — and gave sworn testimony under the penalty of perjury — but that she was interviewed by the @FBI FOUR TIMES and her story was found to be credible.

Donald Trump raped children.

[janine gebert @janinegebert]

Why can’t we have Amy Remeikis on Insiders instead of Patricia Karvelas.??
Please

[James MacKenzie @jacmassoc]

@SimonBanksHB ✔️

[Simon Banks @SimonBanksHB]

As former Prince Andrew proves

A hereditary Monarchy is inconsistent with Australian values

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Imagine when you had to get to the part where you had to also explain that despite the fairytale nonsense of the whole thing, there were still AUSTRALIANS that wanted to buy in to the whole cringeworthy facade!
#ausrepublic

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Andrew Hastie is sitting in QT with a copy of the Art of War on his desk
https://t.co/kP7t3EagBp

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

It is absolutely worth reading Mark Carney’s address to Davos.

You do not hear a leader speak this frankly and clearly that often.

https://t.co/go0vJBJ7qr