Amazing first day at the public inquiry into AUKUS. The analysis, intellect and commitment from presenters was exceptional.
The govt cannot ignore this inquiry, it cannot hide behind “secrecy” and cannot continue to spout propaganda at the expense of facts.
Well done everyone!
Heard @RichardMarlesMP on RN Global Roaming justifying AUKUS as necessary to keep vital sea lanes open. If that’s the case why are the Straits of Hormuz still closed? Given China is our major trading partner and our economy is dependent on exports, why would China block shipping?
@DoranRobert1@strangerous10@lassie_welsh When I tell people Mary M and the Bishop are all surprised. The priest in question raced back to Ireland.
If they had listened to her, maybe the Church would not be in the financial Hell it ended up in, not forgetting reputation trashed.
#AUKUS is a textbook example of the sunk cost FALLACY - a cognitive bias that sees people continue to pursue a project when it no longer makes sense, simply because they’ve already invested significant time, money and effort into it. #OnlyYOURMoney#auspol https://t.co/uJDpi9pNqH
In March 2025, I put in an FOI request: Segal's secret US trip.
The request was denied, but I did get 70 pages of completely redacted docs.
A question was asked at a subsequent Senate Estimates.
Last week @Tony_Burke lodged a Public Interest Immunity claim
#transparencyfail
#aukus
Labor backbencher Ed Husic has broken rank on AUKUS, demanding a “plan B” and urging Australia to confront the “reality” that it may never receive the submarines it is entitled to under the agreement.
https://t.co/zdT1d1cQhU
Isn't it amazing that Ofir Birenbaum an undercover Israeli soldier who only recently arrived in Australia gets an "access all areas" pass within the Labor party?
But the rest of us holding a peace vigil outside @AlboMP's office got the police instead.
@AlboMP pls explain?
I bet R Marles would not be amused if he went to the local @BYDGlobal dealer to pick up his new car, paid for, and find that he was being supplied with a @Toyota used Camry.
Dumping old subs, the 21st Century version of the 1788 Invasion of Australia, when England dumped the poor, starving and homeless Brits.
Now dumping knackered subs.
This is what Labor has signed us up for.
This is probably also what the UK joined AUKUS for.
A dump for these old subs on the other side of the world.
https://t.co/HUzOOq9V1I
Anyhow, Marles could jump ship, oops submarines, and stay as Defence Minister. Ship shape from day one of the Hanson Govt, oops again, Hanson Shambles.
Anyhow, Marles could jump ship, oops submarines, and stay as Defence Minister. Ship shape from day one of the Hanson Govt, oops again, Hanson Shambles.
Christ, there’s some stupid Australians -
Hanson has no policies, she lives the luxury life of an elite courtesy of a billionaire who gave her a plane, she’s got plenty of rat cunning but no intelligence, & then there’s Barnaby Joyce.
Throwing away your precious vote on these grifting, useless, self-aggrandising incompetents?
You fucking idiot 🙄
@noplaceforsheep Just like with Farage, legacy media have given Hanson saturation coverage which keeps growing for years now—the millionaires/billionaires behind the scenes are getting what they want. And I don't think most people look past their noses. They think these shysters are legit.
Arfur Daley re-incarnated
Arfur would be green with envy, missing out on the #AUKUS scams, I use the plural intentionally. Marles has turned Arfur's deals into petty cash.
https://t.co/URv9eURFgk
We're trading our sovereignty for a clutch of second-hand subs? Still taking their nuclear waste, still hosting US bases that make us a target, still controlled by the US military, which is about to be officially controlled by Israel. @RichardMarlesMP is a danger to our country.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the power to fire the miscreants on the spot, or in this case whilst in the Senate.
I can envisage the public servants coming to the Senate Estimates with their personal belongings and the having to find their own way home because they had to hand over the @BMWGroup car keys.
The perfect pair! Senate estimates and @David Shoebridge. Watch him, skewering these feckless public servants to the hotplate of their hidden misdeeds, turning up the heat, watching their egos melt in the fire of his unrelenting search for truth. How lucky we are to have him !!
What is missing from this comment is that the bosses paid themselves huge bonuses based on the improved profits and share values. Hypocrites
The big boss of Qantas shot through with $25million
Albanese, terminate her NOW!
It is outrageous that $200,000 of taxpayers' money was gifted by Jillian Segal to a former PM Morrison's adviser.
Segal issued a contract ignoring public tender process.
Who ever granted Segal's authority is either negligent or criminal!
Kickbacks???
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